movies ReadFanon • 3w ago • 100%

[Documentary] What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) [1:42:03]

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**It is recommended that you use a VPN when accessing TankieTube to protect your anonymity as your IP may be revealed to others** Classically trained pianist, dive-bar chanteuse, black power icon and legendary recording artist Nina Simone lived a life of brutal honesty, musical genius, and tortured melancholy.

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**It is recommended that you use a VPN when you access TankieTube to protect your anonymity because your IP may be accessible to others while using the site** It's happening!! There is now a TankieTube channel that has started up which is dedicated to posting audiobooks for people who are neurodivergent. This book is a real favourite with neurodivergent folks, especially if you struggle with energy, motivation, and executive dysfunction. The title says it all. The book is quite short and it's divided up into succinct chapters so you don't have to dedicate hours upon hours to slog through it, especially if you happen to be struggling with finding enough time and energy to manage the basics. Here's a summary of the book from the publisher: >When you are neurodivergent, have undiagnosed ADHD or are struggling with your mental or physical health, keeping on top of the laundry pile and tackling dishes in the sink can feel like climbing a mountain. But it doesn’t have to be that way. > >Licensed therapist KC Davis has been there. Having relearnt the basics of self-care after an adult diagnosis of ADHD, she is here to revolutionise the way you look after your home and your mind. This gentle guide to staying afloat when life is tough shares practical strategies to create a functional home, make your space work for you rather than against you, and treat yourself with more compassion and kindness. > >KC’s philosophy: good enough is perfect. With her help, your home will feel like a sanctuary again. KC Davis appears on social media here and there so if you want more advice from her then it's worth checking to see if she has an account on your platforms of choice. Supporting her in this way will help her reach a broader audience so even if you can't afford to support her work by purchasing it yourself, you can still contribute something back by helping to raise her profile in the media by following her if you find her advice helpful. **Note that as of posting this audiobook is still in the TankieTube transcription queue so if you encounter any bugs or glitches then give it a while and try coming back to it a bit later** (It is working on my end but ymmv)

history ReadFanon • 3w ago • 100%

[Audiobook] Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union by Vladislav Zubok (23 hours 50 mins)

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**Publishers summary:** A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union - showing how Gorbachev's misguided reforms led to its demise In 1945, the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army four million strong, 5,000 nuclear-tipped missiles, and was the second biggest producer of oil in the world. But soon afterward, the union sank into an economic crisis and was torn apart by nationalist separatism. Its collapse was one of the seismic shifts of the 20th century. Thirty years on, Vladislav Zubok offers a major reinterpretation of the final years of the USSR, refuting the notion that the breakup of the Soviet order was inevitable. Instead, Zubok reveals how Gorbachev's misguided reforms, intended to modernize and democratize the Soviet Union, deprived the government of resources and empowered separatism. Collapse sheds new light on Russian democratic populism, the Baltic struggle for independence, and the crisis of Soviet finances.

the_dunk_tank ReadFanon • 4w ago • 95%

Alexandria Ocasio-Comprador capitalising on Marcellus Williams' state-sanctioned murder

Do you want to speak out against Marcellus' execution before it actually occurs? Do you think you might be able leverage your political influence to do something to stop it? No? Okay, well maybe just grandstand and exploit his murder so you can gain clout instead. >Liberals are opposed to every war except the current one, they are opposed to every execution except the pending one

videos ReadFanon • 4w ago • 100%

Red Elvis: The Cold War Cowboy (2022) [1:28:29]

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**Reminder that it is recommended to use a proxy when accessing TankieTube** The extraordinary forgotten story of an American pop star who defected to the Soviet Bloc and became a superstar. From the 1960s until the collapse of Communism, the most famous musician in the Soviet Bloc is not Elvis Presley, John Lennon, or a Communist Party official. It’s a U.S. born, former teen idol from Denver named Dean Reed. In the Eastern Bloc, Dean sells out stadiums, preaches Marxism and inspires a generation. Along the way he plots revolution with Che Guevara, talks poetry with Pablo Neruda, and is lauded by Nikita Khrushchev. For the top brass, he’s a propaganda coup; for the Communist youth, he’s their Red Elvis… until his body is found floating in a lake in East Berlin, dead at age 47. Featuring exclusive interviews with Dean’s friends and family, access to previously sealed government documents, and a treasure trove of never-before-released film and music, Red Elvis: The Cold War Cowboy is the story of a wild and changing world. Through the prism of Dean’s life, we witness a global youth rebellion, revolutions in popular music, and the shifting tectonics of superpower rivalry. But at its heart, Red Elvis is a deeply personal story of a man desperately searching for his role in this unpredictable world. [Synopsis lifted from here](https://press.curiositystream.com/curiositystream-originals/red-elvis/)

fediverse ReadFanon • 4w ago • 100%

TankieTube accessible on Android via GrayJay app

He'll yeah my siblings!! So you might have heard of [Grayjay](https://grayjay.app/) already, but it's a multi-source video app that creates a hybrid feed from all sorts of places. Think like YouTube+SoundCloud+BilliBilli+Twitch+Patreon. It's still in early-ish development but it's quite stable and it's not too buggy. The intent of the app is to allow you to follow creators without being stuck in a walled garden, or at least not one solitary walled garden anyway. Good if want to have a feed that includes sources from YouTube but also, say, Odysee so you can keep up with Red. given that Blinken just got them banned from YouTube. But the coolest thing is that it also supports PeerTube instances so you can now watch videos and follow channels on that PeerTube instance. Unfortunately their native plugin generators is buggy and won't work right but there's a workaround: Once you've got Grayjay installed on your device, in your browser head to: https://grayjay-peertube.github.io/  Click "Generate QR Code"  In the popup window, enter tankie.tube and click Generate QR Code  Click Open in Grayjay  It will open Grayjay and then all you have to do is to click install and you're done! Remember to go in the Grayjay app and click More on the bottom bar, then Sources, ensure that the TankieTube plugin is enabled in the list of sources and open it to toggle the Visibility settings so that you will see TankieTube content where you want - on the homescreen and in the search, depending on your personal preference.

www.gofundme.com

Hey folks, This one isn't for me and it's for a person who I am not affiliated with beyond following them on social media. The person seeking donations is a comrade and a father who has recently been laid off. Due to them having an old criminal record, they have had zero luck finding a new job because as soon as it gets to the stage where the employer doing a background check, their criminal record comes up and because of that any job offer gets withdrawn. They are looking for financial assistance so they can get their record sealed in order to get a job and provide for their family. [Here's the video of them explaining their situation](https://files.catbox.moe/auuxoz.mp4). There is also information about the fundraising campaign on the linked GoFundMe page. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

the_dunk_tank ReadFanon • 1mo ago • 98%

The least white supremacist US president

>"It's like writing history with lightning." He's right: it's like writing history with two lightning bolts placed directly beside one another.

news ReadFanon • 1mo ago • 100%

Macron has effectively staged a soft coup against the left coalition

www.theguardian.com

[Barnier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Barnier) has been appointed after Macron repeatedly stalled on appointing a new prime minister. He's a member of the Sarkozy Gaullist conservative party [The Republicans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Republicans_(France)) that managed to muster a stunning result of [under 7% of votes in the most recent elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_French_legislative_election). I don't wanna say I told you so but I did comment "Wer hat uns verraten" about this situation a little while back and whaddaya know - Macron has just had his Paul von Hindenburg moment. Shit's about to kick off. Let's hope that May 1968 was just the practice run for the French people and this time around they're gonna pull it off.

chapotraphouse ReadFanon • 2mo ago • 100%

There's a Palestinian-developed TikTok alternative

It's called Redz. Most of the content is Arabic at the moment. Pretty cool though, might have to start spreading the word to comrades in Amerikkka about it, in light of the upcoming TikTok ban.

askchapo ReadFanon • 2mo ago • 100%

Suggestions for end-of-year hampers for kids?

I'm planning to conspire with maybe a couple of other volunteers at my local mutual aid org to put together some end-of-year present hampers aimed towards kids. This will be intended for children who are homeless or facing serious poverty so they can have some nice things like other kids get to have at Christmas time (I'm in a culturally Christian country so it's the big annual gift-giving celebration here.) Do you have any suggestions for what could be good to include? Obviously I'm looking for lower cost items so that we can stretch our money as far as we can and I'm looking for ideas for things that are more oriented towards enjoyable gifts over giving a kid more mundane items like socks and writing pads. My plan at the moment is to do two age brackets, with one set of hampers being aimed at a <10yo bracket and another that is >10yo, approximately. Any hot ideas for stocking filler/secret santa style gifts for kids?

the_dunk_tank ReadFanon • 2mo ago • 97%

The American "Communist" Party staging photo shoots

So there's been a fair bit of discussion about how the ACP has bogus chapters, that they're forging signatures etc. but I want to hone in on this social media post one of their chapters made recently. The post links directly to the tweet but for posterity here's what it says: >Our group in the Bay Area encountered sidewalks that were full of garbage including needles and glass shards. We spent a few hours cleaning it up. > >Now these streets are safe for use and have reopened a path to a local church.     Having looked at these pictures, I'm not buying it for a second. Look at how all of the trash is located within that one small stretch of sidewalk. Notice how it doesn't continue over the road in the longer shot? Notice how there's very little that is actually waste, like from food packaging or shopping or disposed paper like receipts and stuff? Instead it mostly looks like a couple of people got a few boxes of clothing, emptied the clothes across the sidewalk, threw the boxes around a bit, then took a photo of this scene before any of it could get wet or grimy, as if it happened immediately before the cleanup occurred? I'm no specialist in this stuff but all of those clothes look completely dry and unblemished. I can't wear something white for more than half a day without getting it stained but to think that there is plenty of pristine white clothing sitting on a sidewalk for days without accumulating grime and dirt and dog piss is pretty remarkable. Any actual papers in the photo look like they've come straight out of someone's recycling bin in their office, virtually untouched and still shiny white rather than random bits of paper that have blown around and soaked up who knows what and having been torn and trodden on and ripped. Also when an area accumulates trash, this has a flow-on effect where other people are encouraged to throw their trash in that spot too so it's very common to see accretion where old mattresses and discarded furniture starts piling up very quickly, not to mention all sorts of plastic waste. Even if nobody adds to the pile, the pile itself becomes a sort of sieve that collects the trash that blows by in the wind. Where are all the half-empty cups, the fast food bags and packaging, the cigarette butts, and all the other typical trash that normally occurs on any street, let alone a hotspot for trash? This shit is so astroturfed it's ridiculous. The are staging these photo ops and patting themselves on the back for achieving massive outcomes in the local community by \*checks notes* picking up a couple of trash bags full of clean clothes that were left on one small section of sidewalk. Idk who they are trying to convince here. Here's a screenshot of full tweet for archiving purposes: 

This isn't directed at anyone here, I've just been hitting my head against a wall of willful ignorance and lateral ableism elsewhere and it's frustrating as hell. Nonverbal isn't even the preferred term as it's a misnomer and it denies the fact that most non-speaking individuals have words, it's just about not having the ability to speak those words. The clinical term for a person who cannot speak temporarily due to circumstances like being overstimulated or due to being anxious is selective mutism. You might hate the term and you're well within your rights to. I don't like it at all personally and I think that verbal shutdown is a better term. But that's a battle for the people like me, who experience verbal shutdowns, to wage in mainstream discourse. What isn't okay is colonising the term "nonverbal" as this causes major problems for the non-speaking community because it promotes the false notion that nonverbal people can speak but they just aren't able to in particular moments. This makes accessibility much harder and it makes advocating for accommodations far harder as people in the community without disability will develop a fundamentally incorrect understanding of the needs of non-speaking individuals. As an analogy, imagine if the accommodations for wheelchair users was based purely around the needs of people who aren't permanent wheelchair users and so the expectation becomes that things like toilet stalls, steps, and small amounts of walking are manageable for all wheelchair users without any adaptations or alternatives so therefore all of the accommodations of wheelchair users are only suitable for people who use wheelchairs part-time and who are capable of some amount of walking at any given moment - this would be extremely harmful to accessibility and to the wheelchair using community. In a similar sense, a person who experiences selective mutism and refers to it as "going nonverbal" can directly impact accessibility and accommodations negatively as it advances the concept that a non-speaking person just needs a little bit of time or a less overwhelming environment to speak rather than requiring the use of sign language or AAC. The higher needs autistic community has been trying very hard to get people to understand why it's important to avoid the use of the term nonverbal/non-speaking except where it's accurate to do so but, unfortunately, the higher needs autistic community gets routinely overlooked and ignored. I've just been trying to tell some people that they are misusing the term nonverbal, gently but firmly at first, and instead of taking this as a cue to do the basic research or to listen to leaders in the disability advocacy community who talk about being non-speaking and all of the issues around it, instead they are just digging their heels in and refusing to listen or even to just go and spend two minutes on the Wikipedia entry for selective mutism because they feel like their honour is at stake and that they must defend their claim over the use of the term nonverbal against all who threaten it. Online discourse often frustrates the hell out of me. I'm polite and respectful unless someone is being intentionally disrespectful so it's not like I'm just yelling "*You're wrong and stupid and evil!!*" at a random person online but some people just refuse accountability and self-crit, and I lose patience with this because no amount of explaining the fact, quoting relevant information, or describing the negative consequences for others due to these actions is sufficient because some people's top priority is their ego and they just want to be free from genuine, good-faith constructive feedback. Anyway, rant over. Just try to keep in mind that the terms nonverbal and nonspeaking are intentionally specific out of necessity and try to remember to use a term like selective mutism or verbal shutdown when you're describing the intermittent phenomenon of losing your ability to articulate your words. It would mean a lot to me if you do and I know it means even more to the non-speaking community – this is one small way to act in solidarity with the disability community.