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  • One of the ugliest traits of war is that masses of otherwise decent human beings, predominantly of the same class and age, are ordered to kill each other in the field by individuals of a different class and age sitting comfortably in remote headquarters or sheltered conference rooms. The larger group is by far the younger, more naïve, and more idealistic; its members have much more to lose in their confrontation with a so-called “enemy” than the rarefied élite sending them on their way.

    Enemies in the field always have more in common with one another than they do with the élites on either side. One Japanese survivor of Iwo Jima recalled participating in the shooting of an American who fell from a cliff and landed near his position. Inside the fallen Marine’s pocket were pictures of his family, including one of a little boy and another of a baby. And he painfully recollected:

    When I saw those pictures it reminded me of my daughter who was just born when I came to Iwo. And tears just came streaming down my face. And then I realized that both the American and Japanese soldiers were all suffering the same kinds of hardships. You know, losing of families and missing our loved ones back home.⁸

    (Source.)

  • Took a massive break from work and organising due to burnout. Couldn't sleep at all at night. Now I'm back to work and as soon as I get home all I think of is getting going straight to bed.

  • I was gifted a big zinc tub for my balcony garden this weekend and I immediately went out to buy some native pollinator plants. I got some figwort, cowslip, ferns, wild garlic and endangered common bluebell. I hope it will work out and that the bees and the beetles and the wasps and the butterflies find their way to it.

  • One of our party officials in the European Council quit our party and will continue as independent. He gives no reason himself but rumours has it that it is about money. Every one of our officials needs to give a part of their governments wage (which is enormous) back to the party so that they only receive an average wage as to not lose touch with the people. Guess he wanted everything.

  • My Twitter FYP Page is Riddled with Salafist HTS Shit, and Literal Advocate for Killing alawites

    • Use Bluesky instead. It's lib, but it's just lib, and there's an increasing amount of leftists and Marxists there.

      Granted, now they've started allowing in conservatives.

  • You ever go through old bookmarks and realize how many websites you saved don't exist anymore?

    • I have a Start Page that my browser defaults to with Quick Links and I feel this.

  • I'm proud to present my new acquisition, a Likebook Mars!

    I was originally going to buy one similar to this new from AliExpress but the budget got out of hand so I got this one second hand for like half the price. It's a rare find tbh, not many 7.8" Android ereaders around

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