Hello comrades and welcome to the third improvement megathread of January! bonfire

  • How is your year going so far?
  • Did you start implementing any new habits or new year resolutions?
  • How was your week?
  • Do you have any goals for next week?

Poster: Palace of the Soviets - painting by Alexander Kotyagin [1938]

Good luck with your goals! unity

    • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      17 days ago

      Typical Hexbear answer but I’m just reading Lenin. I first encountered Lenin when I was an idealistic anarcho-kiddo and didn’t appreciate his wisdom like I can now. Half way through Imperialism now, then State and Revolution is up next.

      And I started Kieslowski’s Three Colors trilogy. Watched Blue and White so far, tonight will finish up with Red. Absolutely beautiful films! White had a nice, maybe unintentional, critique of Poland’s experience of post-USSR shock therapy when you contrast it to Kieslowski’s Communist-era Decalogue.

        • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
          2·
          16 days ago

          Thanks, Comrade! I was doing it more often last year but then the year went to shit. I have such a large backlog of films and readings. It’s nice to get back into it, although I have to admit it was harder to focus now on the reading but I think I’m just still tired, I’ll condition myself into it. I finished both Lenin and the films, though, and they were great!

          Skyrim modding is life.

          • moonlake [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
            2·
            16 days ago

            I also have a never-ending backlog of books and movies, I want to chip away at it more this year. I’d like to catch the new Dylan biopic at the cinema next week

            • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
              3·
              16 days ago

              Oh, please let us know if it’s good! I don’t know anything about Dylan so it may be a good starting point for me.

              Hope you can make a dent in your backlog this year! The problem is always that it continues to increase at a faster rate than it is reduced, it’s like the universe in that way.

              • moonlake [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
                2·
                15 days ago

                I agree about the backlog, it’s impossible to finish it, all we can do is slowly chip away at it. Dylan is the GOAT, I recommend listening to a greatest hits collection since he has a lot of bangers spread across many different albums