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2·1 day agoUnparalleled meme fodder
[2026-04-12] @genHCM: BREAKING: construction begins on Vietnam’s first HSR line, 120 km long, speed of 350 km/h across 4 provinces
From Hanoi to Ha Long Bay will take just 30 minutes instead of 3 hours
[2025-12-28] @BeijingDai (it’s that annoying bald man again):
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8 days ago, Vietnam announced a cooperation plan between Vietnam’s richest man and Germany’s Siemens to invest in the construction of the north-south high-speed railway, 8 days later, this Vietnam’s rich man announced to give up the plan.
I think everything Vietnam is currently doing is just acting, with the sole purpose of putting pressure or temptation on China to agree to build this north-south railway with harsh conditions such as transferring technology to Vietnam. This is a very common tactic in bidding.
China should just ignore it and welcome Vietnam to try to cooperate with Japan, Germany, France, South Korea or anyone else. China has a lot things to do, such as China-Laos-Thailand railway and the railway in northern Vietnam and doesn’t mind waiting another 10 years.
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[2] This is only 4 months after Vingroup signed w/ Siemens for this specific project (and not for North South HSR as many were deliberately misled by “Free Media”)
(the other line started almost immediately)
[3] No, Vietnam isn’t building high speed rails connecting with China.
This is another classic “Free Media” psyop
@felix375: This is a dumb tactic for Vietnam. Because if they use anyone else’s HSR then it won’t connect to China. They have to offload everything before entering China.
This will give everyone else in SE Asia a head start. Why go to Vietnam to set up a factory when it costs a lot more?
[4] There will be 2 newly constructed lines using standard gauge 1,435mm, replacing French 1,000mm gauge line
1/ The 187-kilometer Hai Phong-Ha Long-Mong Cai railway
2/The 156-kilometer Hanoi-Lang Son railway
@HungNguyenTuan: I am not 100% agreeing with german construction
I would rather see china to build it
Reason?
Experience, and german will gost 4x times and never ending bureaucracy
Since this guy didn’t provide any supporting links, anyone want to make a better attempt? It’s all in the spirit of inquiry.
@genHCM: Thread for you to educate yourself and STFU:
[2025-12-29] What this Amerikkkan doesn’t want you to remember: the first HSR project in China, from technology transfer to production, all comes from SIEMENS.
https://xcancel.com/BeijingDai/status/2005257234964762988#m (same QRT as OP)
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Let’s help his befuddled audience wake up from historical amnesia 🧵
[2] Let’s remind these losers how embarassing mainland Chinese used to behave while begging for Western technologies.
Now many of these overseas fascists act like THEY invented everything
[2022–11-03] @BeijingDai: Vietnam choose Japan over China in 2010 to build railway from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh for political reasons.
Now the railway is delayed and practically suspended. It can’t be done until 2045.
With the closer tie between China/VN, I hope VN will replace japan with China.
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[3] 5 years after the first HSR project, China was still buying around 1,000 high-speed trains from SIEMENS (!)
[4] The entirety of Chinese HSR industry all started under “digestion, absorption and re-innovation” of foreign technology.
This direction was set even before cooperation with SIEMENS. (note that Jamestown is citing Xinhua correctly here, and he’s not saying China’s strategy was unsuccessful at all)
[5] China was not only forcing Western companies on techn transfer but also demanded JVa (!)
No such demands have come from any Vietnamese companies to any of their potential HSR partners, incl Chinese ones.
Yet @\BeijingDai cry & lie
[6] Even more, China used market leverage to lobby the Germans allowing Chinese HSR industry to be included in German HSR supply chains.
That’s how they could stay on par with international standards.
[7] It took 10 years with all this shennanigans for China to finally be able to compete against its German teachers.
Not on better quality or better technology. But on PRICE!
This is the characteristics of most Chinese industries for the past 2-3 decades
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[2025-02-24] The graph is outdated as it was written in 2009, when the downfall of Japanese world power status wasn’t so obvious. Korea and Taiwan are already Stage 4, and Japan is dangerously falling to Stage 3. Vietnam is likely already at stage 3.
https://wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/gvcs_report_2017_chapter5.pdf
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That last thread is pretty amazing as well, have a look.
@HungNguyenTuan: ? Why hostility?
Read the room bruh that won’t work
I said I would prefer chinese construction as they had experience while I have been in Germany many times and knows Germany well, their bureaucracy and quality have gotten worse and it will take mostly forever
If they prove me wrong, then sure
Just not trusting Germany much, as they themselves haven’t gotten hsr in germany worth mentioning
I somewhat agree, bumbling man in the replies. This thread lacks sufficient anti-German perspective. I am intrigued by the claim that Viet Nam is implementing China’s industrial strategy better than China. It’s not overall anti-China, it’s anti-Chinese nationalist.
Is it more important to wrench industrial expertise away from the first world, or develop an immediately fully-compatible regional rail system? It’s not like Europe’s gauge-incompatibility is the main barrier to becoming more i̫͒n͉̋̊t̐ᷘ͂e͙ᷮ͆r̂᷃͂l᷈ᷞ͊i̡᪽͆n̗ᷮᷡk̉᷑̍eͪ᷅̑d̀̈́ᷦ, it’s their stupefying lack of capital management.
“Your comments on this?” As they say.
I can’t even read replies from my main instance, so should be fun, see you later! Enjoyed the discussion of anarchist vibes on the US left the last one provoked.
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The General Command of the Internal Security Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced on Sunday the dismantling of a network linked to enemy intelligence agencies and the arrest of 50 people in coordinated security operations spanning 16 provinces across the country.
In a statement published by the Fars News Agency, the General Command reported that the operation followed security monitoring and surveillance, resulting in a significant blow to an organized network working for enemy intelligence agencies.
The statement added that the agents were collaborating with the Zionist and American enemies, collecting and transmitting information and coordinates related to sensitive locations, including service facilities and infrastructure, checkpoints, and security force deployment sites, in addition to identifying fixed and mobile locations used for military purposes.
The statement indicated that specialized electronic equipment and communication devices, including equipment connected to satellite communication networks, were seized during the operations, along with weapons and ammunition.
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During the assault, the occupation forces pushed people, beat several individuals, and detained a number of participants.
Israeli police had already set up checkpoints and inspected IDs of those attending the religious ceremony.
They had also deployed barriers and iron barricades across key routes leading to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of al-Quds.
The restrictions came one day after the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in al-Quds called on Christians to attend Holy Saturday rituals following a 40-day closure of the church amid the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the assault on Christian worshipers as a direct attack on freedom of worship, saying it reflects a systematic policy targeting the Palestinian Christian presence in occupied al-Quds.
It also noted that blocking access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre violates international law and the long-standing status quo.
Meanwhile, Ramzi Khoury, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee and head of the Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs, strongly denounced the Israeli attack.
Israeli forces, he added, deliberately intimidated the crowds to impose a coercive reality and prevent native Palestinians from practicing their religious rituals in violation of international law.
Similarly, the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Israeli police actions and rejected the illegal and restrictive measures against Palestinian Christians.
In a statement, the ministry further called for an immediate halt to all measures that hinder Muslims and Christians from practicing their religious rituals.
Additionally, it urged respect for the historical and legal status quo in al-Quds’ holy sites and called on the international community to pressure the Israeli regime to stop violations against Islamic and Christian sacred places.
[2026-04-12] @cgtnafrica: A meeting of Israel’s mini Security Council has been called for today following the failure of negotiations: report.
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Oil tankers and ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, on March 11, 2026. Photo: VCG
Amid intensifying regional tensions and wild swings in global oil prices, the cost of shipping is on the rise — not only for air freight but also for international express delivery services. Major global logistics players including DHL, FedEx, and SF International have all adjusted their fuel surcharge policies in recent weeks, with most implementing notable increases as they pass on higher energy costs.
DHL Express announced in an official notice that its fuel surcharge for Time Definite, domestic, and international scheduled services will rise from 46 percent for April 13-19 to 47.75 percent for April 20-26. It will be the fourth consecutive increase since February.
The company said in the notice that fuel price volatility directly drives up global transportation costs, forcing the introduction of floating fuel surcharges that rise, fall, or are suspended in line with market fuel prices.
FedEx has also raised its charges. Between April 6 and May 3, its international fuel surcharge has been raised from 29.75 percent to 31.5 percent, the second round of increases since February.
SF International has adjusted the fuel surcharge rate for its international express services to 40 percent for shipments billed outside of Europe and the US starting April 13, up from 39.25 percent previously. The fuel surcharge for shipments billed in Europe and the US now stands at 19 percent, up from 18.5 percent previously.
A customer service representative told the Global Times on Sunday that the move was a response to persistent high volatility in international oil prices, which have directly lifted international logistics costs, and the move was a normal market adjustment to align with energy price movements.
Behind these coordinated hikes lies a sharp rise in jet fuel and diesel costs due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Experts warn the wave of oil price hikes will amplify cost-push inflation across the global economy.
Cong Yi, a professor at the Tianjin School of Administration, told the Global Times on Sunday that rising oil prices create cost-push inflation, with the most direct effect being higher freight costs, which exert a clear short-term shock on international air logistics and the broader logistics industry.
“The current oil price surge is driven by geopolitical risks in the Middle East, which have disrupted energy supply expectations,” he explained. “Higher fuel costs hit international air cargo especially hard. This not only raises retail prices but can also dampen cross-border consumer demand.”
The duration of oil price volatility remains highly uncertain, and geopolitical conflicts continue to increase market unpredictability, Cong said.
All transport sectors — aviation, shipping, and road freight — face near-term cost escalation risks, Hu Qimu, a deputy secretary-general of the Forum 50 for Digital-Real Economies Integration, told the Global Times on Sunday.
“These higher expenses will ultimately be passed on to end-consumers. While consumer price inflation will feel the pinch, upward pressure will be more pronounced in the producer price index, as cost increases originate mainly in industrial and logistics segments,” Hu said.
The conflict in the Middle East has led to “the world’s daily oil flow cut by some 13 percent, and its LNG flow by some 20 percent,” IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a speech at the 2026 Spring Meetings on Thursday, according to a readout on the website of the IMF.
[2026-04-12] @PressTV: Newly released drone footage purportedly shows that all movement in the Strait of Hormuz is under the complete control of the Iranian armed forces.
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[2026-04-11] @desmukh: Shehbaz Sharif is doing Key & Peele’s Meet & Greet skit. Kushner denied 🤣
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@PakPMO: As the Islamabad Talks commenced today, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting with His Excellency JD Vance, Vice President of the United States of America.
The U.S. Vice President was assisted by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Mr. Jared Kushner.
The Prime Minister was assisted by Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister Sen. Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Interior Minister Sen. Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi.
Commending the commitment of both delegations to engage constructively, the Prime Minister expressed the hope that these talks would serve as a stepping stone toward durable peace in the region.
The Prime Minister reiterated that Pakistan looks forward to continue its facilitation of both sides in making progress towards sustainable peace in the region.
[2026-04-12] @genHCM: First they sanctioned Russia, now they’re pretending that they have any power over Iran.
The Asian Century will usher in the demise of Singapore as the Southeast Asia Israel.
@MsMelChen: Singapore is the first and only Asian country so far to publicly refuse negotiating passage with Iran.
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Many others have made deals with Tehran to allow their shipments through. Some vessels are reportedly paying as much as $2m in fees to Iran to cross the waterway without coming under fire.
This speech which was given for a domestic audience in Singapore’s parliament but somehow, it has ended up triggering a diplomatic incident with Malaysian politicians who are friendly and supportive of the Iranian regime.
Singapore refuses to accept the principle of turning transit through international straits as an extortion racket or a modern pirate toll booth. It’s a right under UNCLOS transit passage rules, the same rules that keep the global economy breathing.
Partly, this is due to self-interest as Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia lie at the crossroads of another chokepoint - the Malacca Strait. The narrowest point is the Phillips Channel in the Singapore Strait is barely 2 nautical miles wide, squeezed between Singapore’s islands and Indonesia’s Riau chain.
Compared to the Strait of Hormuz’s 21 nautical mile pinch point, Singapore’s narrowest stretch is ten times tighter. Every eastbound ship on the planet is funneled through its Traffic Separation Scheme. If anyone had a temptation to start charging “protection fees,” it would be Singapore.
Negotiating with Iran would shred the legal norm that protects every strait used for international navigation. Malaysia, Indonesia, or anyone else with “geographical privilege” and a grudge could do the same.
And before you say “but Israel and America violated international law so why can’t Iran," let me just reiterate that two wrongs don’t license Iran to play 17th-century privateer with 21st-century oil tankers. Clearly the same people making this argument don’t extend the accusations of flouting of international law to an Iranian regime that has cut the internet off for its people, murdered several tens of thousands, and has been found in breach of international nuclear safeguards and IAEA obligations due to undeclared nuclear materials and activities, particularly in violating the 2015 JCPOA deal by enriching uranium up to 60% and limiting inspector access.
Selective outrage is the refuge of people who only care about rules when they hurt their preferred side. Singapore has never played that game.
During the 1973 and 1979 oil crises, Singapore faced a severe shock and given that it was an oil refining hub, it could have nationalized foreign oil stocks and kept the lights on for two years. But Lee Kuan Yew didn’t do that. Singapore honored contracts and kept the system running.
Part of its brand in a chaotic world is that of being a responsible actor. This decision prioritized long term global trust and reliability over short term national gain. It positioned Singapore as a dependable partner in the eyes of multinational oil companies and international business. As a result, it attracted even more investment, expanded its role as a major refining and trading hub, and strengthened its economy far beyond what hoarding the oil would have achieved. Building credibility pays dividends for decades.
Furthermore, every single dollar funneled to Iran’s “safe passage” scheme ends up subsidizing the very terror networks rebuilding Hezbollah and Hamas. Singapore knows it.
@WorldStrategist: Singapore’s Foreign Minister on why he cannot accept negotiating with Iran for safe passage of ships. Definitely worth listening to:
If that piques your interest, please take a moment to read more about the history of Singapore: https://pusatsejarahrakyat.org/announcements/lee-kuan-yew-and-the-pap-turning-singapore-into-a-portal-for-israel-in-southeast-asia-by-amir-dastan/
Want to read about why the reorientation of the world system towards Asia & MENA is natural? Samir Amin, baby. Just start with the low page count ones. You’ll find them rewarding. Intan Suwandi’s Value Chains would make a good primer.
Catbox uploads are paused when I need them & Imgur won’t let me connect. I rly need a better lazy phone video upload option, or to commit to Peertube. I just like no-login options still they feel clean. Anyways, this Eric X World Strategist guy is a real Premium idiot check out his TL. #1 type of guy on there now.
One less reason to log in ⏳
1·1 day agoAlso happening with Lemdr.oid I guess? Check out how little is federating on my actual page. I guess the cost of perfect federation for posting is wandering these wastes a blind man. So be it.
@PleasantPeasant@lemmygrad.ml: is a little too close to being a vulgar economist in that he refuses to moderate his language when he’s told he’s using terms that are too close to actual slurs like “westoid”
No Patrick, mayonnaise is not an instrument. Fucking crackers. Surely you don’t think that is really what “vulgarist” refers to?
[2026-04-11] @IRAN_GHANA: America sent a destroyer warship to the strait of Hormuz to intimidate Iran before the negotiations.
Iran picked up the phone: “You have 30 minutes.”
The ship turned around. It made a U-turn immediately!
Then a Pentagon official had to go on AXIOS and explain that actually it was only “freedom of navigation”.
Now we know what a U-turn means.
No shots fired. No missiles launched. Just Iran’s word. And apparently, that was enough.
[2026-04-11] @SecRubio:
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Masoumeh Ebtekar - also known as “Screaming Mary” - was the spokeswoman for the Islamic terrorists who stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days - subjecting them to beatings, starvation, and mock executions.
In 2014, the Obama Administration granted visas to her son and his family to enter the United States. In June 2016, the Obama Administration gave them lawful permanent resident status via the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.
This week, I terminated their lawful permanent resident status and today, Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son are now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pending their removal from our country.
Her family should never have been allowed to benefit from the extraordinary privilege of living in our country.
America can never become home for anti-American terrorists or their families - and under the Trump Administration, it never will.
Simply epic, sir. Ruining people’s lives for something to rant about on television always projects strength.
[2026-04-10] @PressTV: First train crosses rebuilt Yahyaabad railway bridge in Kashan, central Iran, after it was damaged in a US-Israeli attack on April 7.
[2026-04-11] @PressTV: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says that while US authorities accuse Iran of lacking “good faith”, US policy and media space are recommending the assassination of the Iranian negotiators.
[2026-04-11] @business (Bloomberg): US intelligence indicates that China is preparing to provide Iran with air defense systems in a matter of weeks, CNN reported. Beijing is expected to ship shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missiles known as Man-Portable Air Defense Systems.
Hell News 👹
[2026-04-11] @FurkanGozukara: BOMBSHELL: A California Sheriff goes on live TV and openly confesses to an extrajudicial killing. He admits police intentionally used an armored vehicle to run over and crush a suspect, bluntly stating “he got what he deserved.”
[2026-04-11] @solzhenidiot: Liberals want a society where the thug who, on behalf of the worst form of parasite known to man–the real estate speculator–goes to make someone homeless by force of arms, thinks he has a right to live. This politics is called “Landlord Theory.”
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@katee_K1: A Tulare County detective was ambushed and killed Thursday morning while serving an eviction notice in Porterville, CA.
Detective Randy Hoppert was shot by a 60-year-old suspect armed with a high-powered rifle. He died at a local hospital, leaving his four-months-pregnant wife behind.
The suspect barricaded himself, then later emerged in tactical gear and opened fire on SWAT. Officers ran him over with a BearCat, killing him instantly.
No prior record. Motive unknown.
(insipid news video)
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[2] Are you an American leftist? If so you probably disdain “theory” and extoll action, any action at all. But since you either believe that it is fine to harm a landlord or that it is terrible to do so, you are definitely a political theorist. You’re probably a landlord theorist.
[3] Where did you learn this theory? Basically every place in America of any kind that distributes ideas is a place of landlord pedagogy, such as your school, your university, your church/mosque/synagogue, your TV shows, your movies, your DSA speed-dating bingo night, your podcast. [4] Why don’t you know you are a theorist? Because the most important theory the landlords serve is liberalism, and part of what makes it so effective is it hides itself from its host. Your disdain for theory is itself a theory in disguise, so you won’t know what you’re doing. [5] Btw don’t go out randomly harming landlords. The idea that it is good to do so is another landlord theory called “anarchism.” It sacrifices a few landlords (they dgaf) but ultimately only serves to fortify and preserve the landlord system. They want you to do that.
For legal reasons I agree with the last part 😶
[2026-04-11] @AryJeay: Iran’s Judiciary has released names of Iranian celebrity/influencer traitors who played a role against national security and/or encouraged war against the Iranian nation — whose assets have been seized and likely to be used to pay for damages
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Ali Sharifizarchi, Ali Karimi, Hamed Esmaeilion, Ashkan Khatibi, Mohammad Sadeghi, Maziar Fallahi, Parasto Salehi, Zahra Ghanbari, Masoud Shojaei, Pouria Zeraati, Fardad Farahzad, Elnaz Kiani, Ahmad Samadi, Mojtaba Pourmohsen, Niousha Saremi.
Samira Gharaei, Azadeh Asadi, Ali Asghar Ramazanpour, Reza Mohaddes Ardabili, Maryam Nazari, Armin Ghobadi Pasha, Zahra Alipour, Mazdak Mirzaei, Leila Saadati, Mohammad Taghavi, Arash Alaei, Pouya Azizi, Firoozeh Jabani, Farahnaz Espad, Sharareh Azizi, Farnoush Faraji, Saeedeh Ghadri, Maryam Rahimi Moghadam, Fariba Masoud Pour Shirazi, Reyhaneh Fallah Yazdan Abad, Shabnam Azar, Ali Hossein Ghazizadeh.
Mahtab Saadatmandi, Salour Avaz Malayeri, Sara Mahourian, Niloufar Molaei Taleghani, Kamelia Pourketabi, Ehsan Akbari, Zahra Yazdani (Niki), Mohsen Farshidi, Sedigheh Yazdiha, Reza Akvanian, Mojtaba Keshtkar, Narima Gharib, Niloufar Pour Ebrahim, Ashkan Safaei Hakimi, Masoumeh Pourbakhsh.
Hamid Farkhnejad, Boroz Arjmand, Ehsan Karami, Sohila Shahreki Sabat, Morteza Kazemian, Mahsa Mortazavi, Amir Soltanzadeh, Ali Hasanpour, Neda Keshavarz, Amir Naeem Najafzadeh, Morad Veysi, Abolfazl Jahandar and Reza Gheibi.
Keyvan Abbasi, Marjan Abbasi, Amirali Mohammadian, Salomeh Seydnia, Neda Jenab and Tina Ghazi Moradi, Roozbeh Manjazi, Poupek Simon Daryaeh, Amin Fakhodi Ghaleh Nayebi, Saeed Badleh, Nasim Mohammadi, Shabanali Moradi, Al Zahrabi, Karim Mahmoudkhalas, Mohammadreza Kamrani Nejad, Hadi Rostami, Reza Fazeli, Amir Mohammad Memarian, Nader Noushi, Fariba Hosseinpour, Javad Abouei Mehri, Roya Rouhi, Farahaneh Jalilian, Sina Khanipour Roshan, Aita Arian, Parasto Soleimani, Mojtaba Elhani, Bahareh Sepah Mansouri, Masoud Bakhtiar and Leila Rahimi.
1·2 days agoQobuz is good I wish
would start working for it again, nice search string to have in launcher + Firefox
☝️🤓 Not with PipePipe or Tubular. They’re NewPipe forks I use former for YT videos generally, latter for Soundcloud/Bandcamp ♾️ piracy (Metrolist for YT music), keeps queues separate but that may not be desirable. Metrolist is less reliable for avoiding YT blocking, but it has better caching. All have decent listings of offline listens.
Brainz suggestions are very good & they give you an RSS feed of your scrobbles. Unfortunately the scrobble app only works while online :(
https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/org.listenbrainz.android
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The Official ListenBrainz App
ListenBrainz keeps track of the music you listen to and provides you with insights into your listening habits.
Using our visualizations, you can use ListenBrainz to track your music listening habits and share your taste with others.
Based on your listening history we recommend music you might like, new music you missed out on from your favorite artists, and what similar users have been listening to.
When you use the ListenBrainz Android app, you need to create an account with ListenBrainz, and your listening history will be associated with this account. This data is not kept on the device but is transmitted to the ListenBrainz server. The data collected is used to improve the recommendations and is accessible to other users.
OP if you use Android, check out this FOSS client.
Also, Soulseek itself as a service is proprietary & centralized, don’t buy privileges on it, funds a guy who went to Tel Aviv University (unless someone can dig up Ilan Pappé-level based writings by him, this is enough to avoid it imo). It’s definitely one of the best public spots for music access. Unless you speak Russian or Chinese I guess.
https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.companyname.andriodapp1
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An unofficial soulseek client.
Seeker is an unofficial client for Soulseek. It uses the Soulseek.NET library for communicating with Soulseek server and peers.
Features:
• Searching (including wishlists and filters)
• Browsing User Directories
• Downloads and Uploads
• Port Forwarding via UPnP
• Chatrooms and Messages
• Adding Users
• Get and Set User Info
• Privileges
Hell yeah also I know I am posting this show too much (it is genuinely difficult to find accessible material related to dependency theory that isn’t just Samir Amin’s books), but a recent discussion on The East is a Podcast nailed this imo, particularly in the section covering the distinction between imperialism & colonialism + the way colonialism destabilizes imperialism
Iran vs the Epstein Empire 11 w/ Resistance is Fertile and Bikrum Gill
Half of them think they won? 🤣
@cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml nobody would argue that German industry at home is efficient, except relative to other core countries. It’s not like they forgot how to build trains, though. It’s the cost of living + energy + materials & components, combined with unwillingness to manage where investment goes. Not problems when working in CN & VN. Just look at how differently car factories operate. The argument is essentially that VN is going for a better bid, & getting the rail tech directly rather than secondhand. Wouldn’t it be wise to deepen collaboration with CN rail industry, though, thinking forward?
Anyways, it’s past my bedtime. Check this shit out. https://m.soundcloud.com/dreamcatevo/vaporwave-mix-by-sephora-dream_mix_4