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Not only is my landlord a landlord, he also works for Cargill. Talk about a double whammy aye.
Went to take care of my sis in laws garden as she is on holiday. Beautiful garden with native plants and edible things.
I was scraping weeds from between the tiles when her MIL walked in (husbands mother). When she saw me doing that she said her husband had some Roundup I could use so it would be quicker.
Nearly threw a spade at her head. Fucking Roundup lmao. Yes let me use fucking poison in an edible garden where a cat and a child chill in a regular basis. For some weeds.
I swear to God some people just want to see the world burn.
I kindly explained why that would be a bad idea and she could see my point.
Also saw an Asian Hornet for the first time. Things are huge.
lol found out a new yeonmi park, dont wanna link her videos but her youtube channel is hanaya, it’s exactly what you expect “north korean goes to supermarket 1st time” and that sort of stuff 😂 can these people get creative ffs?
“if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” also works on propaganda
Austrian neo nazi Felix Baumgartner, famous for jumping from high altitudes, died today doing what he loved. Jumping from high altitudes.
Rest in piss.
Wait he was a nazi?
Yeah he as a misogystic shit who simped for dictators and endorsed neo nazi orgs
leave paragliders to the pros Felix

We managed to stop a weapons shipment going through our port. Even a judge has now ruled it illegal. A while ago one did go through and we increased pressure, with success.
Thank you so much.
Shipment to Israel* forgot to add

🇰🇵 DPRK bank’s official exchange rates for foreign currencies.
Image -> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gv--YMdWQAAiYRM.jpg?name=orig

BTW do you have official DPRK sources on what their GDP for 2023 or 2024 is ? All I can find are Bank of Korea (i.e. South Korea) estimates and I have absolutely no reason to trust these.
There is a book that have plenty of sources from the DPRK in regard to their GDP and other economic indicators:
Phillip H. Park, History of Economic Management in North Korea, Routledge, London & New York 2025 -> https://1lib.sk/book/116565577/4da96d/history-of-economic-management-in-north-korea-from-planned-economy-to-socialist-enterprise-system.html

That makes approximatively 10% growth a year, which is strong but not too surprising when compared with typical USSR (under Stalin) or chinese growth figures. Also the reference year is a covid year, in which I expect production was slightly lower, which could make for slightly stronger growth figures (but still very impressive).
It’s really great to see the DPRK growing this fast, especially when compared with the failing economy of the south.
So the main stage of a festival nearby burned down just now (Tomorrowland, huge festival). Not only are people treating it like some 9/11 (festival didn’t start, nobody hurt), the media were spreading fake AI images of a burned down stage as well. Scary stuff. Guess that happens when you need to be the first to get the clicks.
It will never cease to suprise me the speed in which the DPRK builds towns:
February/July


Thank you! This went viral on twitter and I found the name of the project, it’s the ragwon offshore fishing farm. With this I was able to find more pictures, going to see about making a page for it on prolewiki

I am glad that I was able to help!
If there is interest for this, I can probably make posts of my findings along with pictures on c/korea
non-editors can edit content pages or even create them now on ProleWiki (it just logs your IP), however you can’t upload pictures but you can use them if they’re already uploaded. I just need to get around to uploading a bunch of pictures about it on PW and then anyone will be able to add to the page. If you google ragwon county offshore farm a lot of information comes up so there’s plenty of sources to pick from.
I guess DPRK is rapidly catching up to counter RFA narrative
So jealous. Here in the Netherlands they are planning a neighborhood in Utrecht, where they will only start building in 2035.
hello comrades. i got laid off from my job. i have about a year of free money from the government coming. i would love your suggestions on how to spend this time
currently my plans are:
learning french
reading das kapital along with david harvey lectures
putting a lot of effort in to making nice foodIf you have the space plant a herb garden. Once established herbs are generally low maintenance and fresh herbs are an easy +10% bonus to your cooking skills.
Blackshirts and Reds from Michael Parenti is a good book to include in your plans!
Also, I am sorry for your loss in your job. Hope this opens a door for a better future for you.
thank you, to be honest i’m glad to see the back of it
Had the honor to create a garden for a friend this weekend. It was my first garden I have done for someone else. I made a border with native bee friendly plants. I go to the gym quite often but there are some muscles that the gym can’t train that only manual labor seems to target lol. My forearms are sore as fuck from removing grass, lifting tiles and stuff.
Political wise things seemed to have died down a bit for some reason. Maybe because of the holiday but then again life goes on and things can be done. Bit of a bummer.
I’m just taking a Fedi break
Good article, thanks!











