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Things are not looking good in Bolivia, folks. The US is planning to destroy the resistance there while US puppets are rushing to the aid of the neoliberal puppet Rodrigo Paz.
Striking workers have erected barricades blocking highways in every region of the country.
i pray and pray all of these simultaneous interventions can in some way overextend them and worsen things but none of that would be happy so much as it is only a minimal reassurance. the death throes include trying to take everyone down with them, but it’s just such unfair suffering
What’s the downfall of Trump going to look like? I feel like he’s going to get to comfortable age and die while MAGA far outlives him. He was useful in building the movement but I have to imagine the billionaire class is ready for him to kick the bucket here soon so he’s out of the way
trump is never going to die. The whitehouse ball room is just a cover for a super computer and biotech lab under the white house where trumps consciousness will get digitized and linked in to the whitehouse intranet so he can live forever as the machine god of usa. (this is a joke. but it might be what is going on with the ball room but obviously it is just a grift and wont work)
You joke, but we live in a world with an empire that is unhinged enough I could honestly see Trump dying quietly and they try to replace him with AI and hide the fact that he’s dead.
My job has been hard on my body lately and I’m so tired from the long commute. But I use the time to read and scroll Lemmy. It’s very encouraging. makes me want to keep reading even when I’m getting confused and have to go back several times.
I was able to set up an appointment with that new place I was trying to go to! and got in rather quick to which is kind of surprising since my previous doctor, I had to like schedule four months ahead of time. But instead of dealing with that one place that refused to give a referral, I called the other place and talked to them about it and they were able to get my medical records and one of the medical staff reviewed and accepted it.
It is still really ridiculous that one place refused to write a referral, like again. It all just to set up an appointment to see someone. It’s not as if I was asking for something big.
Hey peeps, I want to help out a comrade here with their child legal case but I am unsure if I can link the original post here because it has to do with mutual aid. Do you peeps know if I can link it here (or any other way to help)?
There’s a mutual aid community
I was recommended Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) recently.
Could be better than just more CBT.
What do you think?
Disclaimer: I am not a mental health professional.
You should definitely try DBT because its a new tool that might help you.
first thoughts that were really pessimistic
Did the person recommending DBT address capitalism as a major root of your suffering or are they just trying to sell you another cure without naming the problem? Therapists and social workers are basically cops. Their job is to keep people in line and not asking the real questions. Mental health professional education is permeated with individualism and white supremacy. Even the ones who think they are doing good are often just keeping their patients trying new things that wont work so they stay busy and keep coming to the next session. If they aren’t addressing capitalism, exploitation, and atomization then I doubt the efficacy of any treatment they suggest.
“Just one more pill bro, this one might work, Just try out this new mental exercise, I swear bro one of these will work, This one has a word you like.”
Don’t get me wrong, I definitely get what you are saying about addressing the root causes.
I just need something right now to help me get through things.
I get that completely.
But these were from other COMRADES, other Marxist-Leninists, not just anyone.
Also, the medication I have (Vyvanse especially) does help me function.
Do you have any resources? Never heard the term. Would be interested to see how it stacks up. Read: I can ask a Vietnamese therapist about it :P (I have no psychology knowledge myself lol)
i tried DBT after CBT and found it much much better. depends on the specialist of course
Hey everyone, I’m recovered from muscular pain. It was horrible to walk with that pain.
I am happy that you are doing better!
what kind of pain? I’ve been having some pain in my left butt bone when i walk or stand for long periods, and now when i sleep on my left side. it has been going on for about a year or so but seems to be getting much worse lately.
i asked my dr about it last year when i did my physical and he shrugged it off.
i just had an appointment with him again last Friday specifically for this pain and again he shrugged it off and said I’m just getting old and need to do stretches.
I’m getting a new doctor. but also this sucks
could be an issue with the piriformis muscle.
but what to do about it? my dr said just take ibuprofen for the next 6 weeks and see if that helps and that just sounds stupid to me.
Depends if you have short or long piriformis syndrome. Likely, your hip flexors are too weak/overworked, and your glutes are too weak.
I have the same issue.
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Honestly have a newfound appreciation for just how offensive Tom Cotton’s “are you a member of the CCP” questions were to the Singaporean CEO of TikTok, considering that Singaporeans infamously dont like being called Chinese and the founding father of Singapore being very clear that Singaporeans are not Chinese
I mean they’re mostly chinese exiles afaik.
Right, but it’d be like saying an Australian person is British or a Cuban person is Spanish
Its an interesting dialectic, the cuban exiles in the US think of themselves as spanish, e.g. Narco Rubio so i bet the diasporoids in america would prefer to be called spanish, idk about the other ones tho.
Not really? Depends on the type of Chinese Singaporean, most of the ancestors of the Nyonyas left during the Qing dynasty, and integrated into to the local cultures of Malaya. Those whose ancestors came and settled down in Singapore during 1819-1937 were mostly fleeing the decline of the Qing dynasty and the Warlord Era, and their descendants mostly identify as Singaporean first. The New Immigrants that came into Singapore post WW2 and after independence would identify more as Chinese first, mostly due to the more nationalistic education they received from the mainland.
Though I would like make a side point that being Singaporean isn’t tied to race, there are also large minorities of Indian and Malay Singaporeans that have also influenced each others’ culture.
started a new job a month ago. In the AI generated onboarding documents it says i better get really comfortable with AI because it will be an extensive part of every job in the company.
fast forward to last weekend when CEO writes an angry teams message saying people are relying too much on AI to do their jobs and aren’t putting any thought into anything.
lol lmfao even
Major disrespect towards the working class. Any company which makes the applicant worker do these fucking obnoxious mini games is a no go for me. As if i need to demonstrate superhuman skills to flip burgers!
I need a place to vent again. But It’s bullshit that I need a referral to see a place where I live that offers HRT, but they want a referral that I can’t give because the doctor I use to see for this, left, and his place refused to give a referral and just told me to get a referral from a primary care doctor, which I don’t have.
and im trying not get overwhelmed at the same time with dealing with my dad’s affairs either since he died.
I am sorry to hear that. Every person that needs HRT should get it (it should be a fundamental right for those who want it).
HRT should just be sold off the counter or free without any gatekeeping. It just very frustrating especially since I like, I did have access to it before the doctor I saw left last year. And it was sudden to since I schedule an appointment late fall, and they just tell me that the doctor left and sent me a letter saying that they would give a referral! and when I finally get around to it this month, they don’t. like…
im genuinely getting angry and want to yell at this place. Actually I am going to raise a mess with this place
True, people should get free HRT if they want, and I wish you the best in getting HRT.
Do you still have the letter? Maybe if you show them their own letter that will convince them.
I do, I just emailed their patient representative contacts with a copy of the letter attached and even mentioned of willing to file a complaint. and if they ignore that I’ll just show up to the clinic or call that patient rep line. Like, this is all extremely ridiculous all to get a referral just to see another doctor. It’s not as if I’m asking for them to do surgery or something. All this reminds me of my mom who hated doctors, and legitimately. how can someone be a doctor and not end up being like Che Guevara and wanting and fighting for change? How do these doctors just for lack of better terms, not give a shit about the people they claim to care for.
and erg. I’m reminded when I had a very bad tooth infection a decade ago and got turned way from a dentist since I couldn’t pay a few grand up front. and the tooth infection was really bad.
Well, doctors are part of the labor aristocracy (I believe), so it is not surprising to me that there would be those more interested in making money than helping people.
I am sorry to hear about your bad tooth infection! I know from experience that the dental industry is horrible when it comes to costs.
I don’t know why but the last five days have been weird and bad.
I don’t feel like doing anything.
I don’t enjoy anything, I think.
I don’t want to really do anything.
I have no motivation, I think.
I am sorry to hear that. I have those days sometimes as well.
I hate that feeling. I get it a lot.
