Propaganda is a helluva drug...

¿Por qué no los dos?

I'm sure they had a hand in accelerating the whole collapse.

I guess a prison? Or maybe a penal colony.

It sort of was.

Before and during World War II, Hashima, like many industrial sites in Japan, was a location for forced labor.

Korean and Chinese prisoners of war were kept here, enduring varying degrees of hardship.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/hashima-skyfall-island-visit/index.html

Wow, nice, looks great! What do you use for tiling, and hiding the window borders?

I really love the framing and lighting of this shot, nice work!

Love these arial shots! There's a load of pictures people have uploaded to Google Maps, and there's even "street" view throughout the island. Pretty incredible stuff.

Very disappointing. Guess I'll buy it when it's released DRM free.

It's an older meme, but it checks out.

Yeah, they were state capitalist.

Yup, I just watched this episode yesterday. It's Pallavi Gunalan, on episode 7 of Smartypants.

lol when are you gonna "get to" this one?

Those ones are actually still there!

With neovim you can even put vim in the textarea.

The irony of you trying to be contrarian is that Tacoma is still derived from the native name. Good luck finding a coloniser name for our city.

Thank you! The telephoto lens (and camera in general) is like, 90% of why I bought this phone.

Says the one that imported so much Longbottom Leaf that the Southfarthing all but ran out.

Ty for the kind words. Maybe you'll like this one better. :)

You mean I have to bring up the on-screen keyboard and type out the name of an app instead of just scrolling & tapping an icon with 1-2 simple motions?

It just means you have the option to do both. Kvaesitsio has the app drawer one would expect, and a persistent search bar.

Every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation. Every word. All statements made by conservatives should be dismissed out of hand as dishonest.

100% this. There's a reason we in the states say the GOP stands for gaslight, obstruct, project.

Please note that Tsar Nicholas II was a horrid authoritarian ruler with a lot of fucking blood on his hands. We're talking to the tune of millions.

The Podcast Behind the Bastards did an excellent, four part series, on good ol' Nicky the Second. Great listen.

But this is what many authoritarians look like. Ordinary people, with ordinary fascinations and family.

A lot of people like to cut him some slack, like "oh but he loved his family and was a great family man!" It reminds me of people who say Hitler was a great public speaker and artist or whatever. 🙄