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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Yes… since as long as i’ve been listening to punk rock in the early 90s, it seems like nothing has changed… maybe even gotten worse.

    As a youth punk rock made me hopeful. Gave me the sense that other people saw the same problems and writing songs and expressing displeasure… 30+ years later, i feel like we havent made much progress in our class struggle. The DIY ethic of the 90s seems to be gone. I’m still going to shows with 55 year old dudes singing about their high school girlfriends, lol…









  • I have a white coworker who goes to the states almost every weekend to visit family… probably low risk since they’re white…

    Here’s where is gets wild:

    My manager is a muslim, clearly visibly middle eastern. Goes to NYC for meeting twice a month.

    My friend is pakistani, muslim, middle name is mohammed right there in his passport. Goes to lots of midwest states for meetings at least once a month

    Neither on has had any problems at the border and they tell me that my apprehensions about travel to the US are blown out of proportion…

    I still wont go down there, but i hope for their sakes that they are right.

    so basically 3/3 people i know who travel regularly to the states have no problems… clearly ymmv.

    Low probability of incident, but very serious consequences if it happens