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Juche posters would put us all to shame, need more of that on the internet

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I like using pics of skylines or city streets in socialist countries. Like beautiful little side streets in Cuba or a glowing view of Shanghai at night

This is real, not entirely common but becoming so as climate change accelerates. This image in particular is from the mountain town of Asheville, NC and is the result of Hurricane Helene.

States like Florida get hurricanes like this with some regularity and thus have built infrastructure to withstand it. It’s also a very flat state so geographically the flooding can run-off quickly. We here in the Appalachian mountains do not usually get hurricanes but apparently we do now. Thus the immense destruction as water pools in the valleys, rivers break over the banks, and infrastructure falls apart due to the flooding it was never designed for. Whole towns have been flooded out and washed away, people and all.

So is Arce just making this up? This article gives scant details

It really is, it’s a lovely town and my heart aches for them

I have friends in Boone and a lot of the town itself did lose power and water but it’s mostly restored today by the sound of things. But the water isn’t safe to drink. Truly a miracle that they have as much as they do because road closures due to the washouts and landslides have most everybody stuck hunkering down. I saw some videos of lees mcrae students being evacuated via helicopters so hopefully the worst affected communities can get that same treatment…

I’ve got a lot of friends in Asheville, luckily heard from most and they’re alright. I’ve been lucky enough that my region wasn’t hit as badly but the majority of my town was under a foot of water on Friday.

Don’t want to dox myself too bad but I need to vent some. I saw whole apartment complexes flooded, houses washed away, all sorts of horrible scenes that I’d rather not have seen. A house directly next to where I lived 1 year ago collapsed into the creek and killed the family inside. My partner is volunteering at a local hospital and the stories and sights she’s told me about make my skin crawl. There are small towns nearby that just don’t exist anymore. Awful awful images, and the resources are just not here.

Still no clean water here and all major roads have been washed away, highways are closed to people coming in and all but one are closed off to those fleeing. I tried to volunteer but Red Cross had enough people. I saw the national guard roll into town and lots of evacuation helicopters which have been relieving. I just feel horrible seeing my community suffering and I’m just here doomscrolling to keep my mind off it.

Super et effrayant-pilled 💀🎃👻

Death to America, there is nothing to be done to redeem this country but a total destruction of it

My worst reaction was to the booster last year, it had me feeling fatigued and lethargic for a whole weekend. This year I got my covid and flu together, and I had some cold sweats and chills that kept me up the night I got it but by the morning I felt fine

Yeah just came here from that thread to regain some sanity. Some disheartening shit in those comments…

My apartment has its own HVAC unit and all appliances including laundry are in unit. I also have a breezeway rather than a hallway which makes my apartment effectively isolated from any other interior spaces. But I still run a HEPA filter all day, and frequently keep the windows open for fresh air. When Ive lived in more traditional apartments the fresh air from the windows + HEPA filter + masks when in common spaces were my main precautions. Having one of those under door seals that sticks to the bottom of the front door is a good move too

What have they done/said to support US imperialism?

Yeah there gas station honey was just straight up Cialis lmao

Is that meat consumption per capita or for the whole country

Yeah that self censorship is so grating to me, i hate the way that the capitalist surveillance state has reached its tendrils all the way into our daily language

On voyager it shows up at the bottom of the screen when viewing an image fullscreen

Normal country where you have to become a world class athlete just for the chance to get routine medical examinations