Finally! I was waiting for this since we applied last year, I'm honestly surprised they invited Egypt considering the current economic situation. Maybe this will help us get out of the crippling weight of foreign debt. Also surprised Algeria wasn't invited when it's more ideologically aligned to current BRICS countries, while Egypt tries to play both sides since the 70s (although it's increasingly looking east recently).
deepl may give you better results. i've compared it with gtranslate for a few languages and it's usually better at slang.
what else is to be expected from a capitalist country with active interference of religion in state affairs? i don't believe queer liberation will ever be possible under capitalism anyways.
despite that, these news are still tragic of course. the state's treatment of queer people in my country is similar to what russia is trying to implement and i don't wish than on anyone. even though homosexuality is not expliclitly illegal here and transitioning is technically legal, gay* people still get arrested on prostitution and public indecency charges instead of homosexuality charges, and trans people can't change their legal identification anymore because the committee that would authorize it has not operated in years and is leaving trans people in limbo.
testing emojis from jerboa 0.0.37
i opened lemmygrad from the site and clicked one of the emojis then copied the output.
i had no idea about this even though i use the site pretty regularly. big tech is killing itself.
well since reddit is going to shit, do you have any plans to leave it or will you (the mods) wait and see?
oh okay, makes sense. i was wondering if it's lemmy developers being pressured by the mobs, but seems like it isn't.
is r/drugs planning to ditch reddit because of their shenanigans? i haven't talked to this person before, so idk about their plans.
why does it get removed from join lemmy? i noticed it wasn't there when looking yesterday.
Here's some good open source alternatives (you can use their own hosted ones with some restrictions or self-host):
this is not confirmed information, but i saw speculation that he was buried in a secret funeral and not even his family members were allowed to bury him. if it's true, it's probably to avoid any issues with isntreal and not being seen as "legitimizing" his actions.
do you have any people that buy used oil in your country? this is a thing where i live so i thought i should mention it. i saw that you're in a rural area, but if you have a car you might find people to buy the oil from you in any reasonably populated city. i can't help with the other stuff, hopefully someone else will.
I'm glad that people are still seeing this post! They keep adding more stuff regularly too, so hopefully you'll find whatever you need.
Israel is trying to claim that Egyptian soldiers started shooting at them unprompted. This shit happening now when the country is in economic crisis seems real fishy.
I just checked and this already has a wikipedia page?? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_shooting_incident_on_the_EgyptâIsrael_border
the state of c/drugs
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/565483
> As you guys can tell, this community is dead (again). I haven't really done a good job of moderating because my ability to come up with post ideas fizzled out pretty quickly, and life circumstances made me totally neglect this community. I'd like to stop moderating it, so if anyone else is willing please tell. If people even want a community for drugs, you should also voice your opinion.
the state of this community
As you guys can tell, this community is dead (again). I haven't really done a good job of moderating because my ability to come up with post ideas fizzled out pretty quickly, and life circumstances made me totally neglect this community. I'd like to stop moderating it, so if anyone else is willing please tell. If people even want a community for drugs, you should also voice your opinion.
Anna's Archive - shadow library search engine
> Search engine of shadow libraries: books, papers, comics, magazines. âď¸ Z-Library, Library Genesis, Sci-Hub. âď¸ Fully resilient through open source code and data. â¤ď¸ Spread the word: everyone is welcome here!
I came across this site when z-library's clearnet domain was taken down and have been using it regularly since then because of how easy it is. I haven't seen anyone talking about it here so I thought I'd share.
Does anyone know any good mastodon instances?
My needs are simple:
- not a libshit hellhole
- federates with other cool instances and mastodon.social cuz that's the biggest one
Monthly General Discussion Post #1
Hey! This is the first monthly general discussion post for the Drugs community.
You can use it as a place to share any anecdotes, questions or ideas you have that you don't want to make a whole post for. Sorry for creating it this late, I was too busy with life stuff.
Would you be interested in a weekly/monthly discussion post?
I see other communities doing this but because this one isn't very active a weekly one may be too much.
When the meddling backfires in your face
!The story behind the construction of Cairo Tower
hope it's apropriate for this sub.
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Built from 1956 to 1961, the tower was designed by the Egyptian architect Naoum Shebib, inspired by the Ancient Egyptian Architecture.[1] Its partially open lattice-work design is intended to evoke a pharaonic lotus plant, an iconic symbol of Ancient Egypt.[8] The tower is crowned by a circular observation deck and a revolving restaurant[9] that rotate around its axis occasionally[10] with a view over greater Cairo.[11]
According to documents published by Major General Adel Shaheen, the funds for the construction of the tower were originated from the Government of the United States through the CIA that represented by Kermit Roosevelt, which had provided around $US1-3 million to Gamal Abdel Nasser as a personal gift to him with the intent of stopping his support for Algerian Revolution and other African independence movements.[8][12][13] Affronted by the attempt to bribe him, Nasser decided to publicly rebuke the U.S. government by transferring all of the funds to the Egyptian government for the use of the tower construction, which he stated that it would be "visible from the US Embassy just across the Nile, as a taunting symbol of Egypt's, Africa and the Middle East's resistance, revolutions and pride".[12][14]
The book also stated that the General Intelligence Service took full responsibility for everything related to the design and planning work, including the selection of the architect who was assigned to design, the construction work, and even providing the necessary materials for the building with the aim of giving the heroic character of the president.[8] However, its design was controversial as the Egyptians called it the "waqf Roosevelt" ("Roosevelt's endowment"), which was then mistakenly interpreted by the Embassy of Egypt in Washington, D.C. as the "waqef Roosevelt" ("Roosevelt's erection"). This prompted the Americans to react by calling it "Nasser's prick".[13] Because of that, a local Islamic group issued a fatwa to demolish the tower in the 1990s, stating that it "could excite Egyptian women", but this failed to be implemented due to its influence on national history and popularity among the nation and tourists.[15][16]
Between 2006 and 2009, the tower underwent an ÂŁE15 million restoration project that included a new installation of light decoration. It was stated that the project used the LED lamp for its efficiency on energy consumption.[17]
What substances are legal or normalized in your country?
I'll start with myself (Egypt).
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Caffeine: nearly everyone drinks tea or coffee at least once a day if not more despite neither of them being grown here.
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Tobacco: Smoked in cigarette form or flavored tobacco using a hookah. The percentage of smokers here is very high, there's more smokers than there isn't. Even if you don't smoke there's enough second hand smoke from everyone else lol.
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Alcohol: legal but its use is somewhat stigmatized because of a majority Muslim population. However I regularly see broken bottles of alcoholic drinks along the sidewalks so a lot of people are probably hiding their drinking habits.
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Hash/hashish: I don't think it's exactly legal but it's very normalized among a lot of people. Some stigma because any form of inebration is considered bad by religious people but not nearly as stigmatized as alcohol.
Very curious to hear about other countries.
Thoughts on psychedelics?
For those of you who have tried them, what was your experience and what do you think of it?
Do you think they should be legalized?
Revive drugs community
In light of this recent discussion, I was looking for more and found this community that's been inactive for a long time. If you're interested in its revival please reply.