InDefenseOfToucans
@indefenseoftoucans.bsky.social
Idiot with books that has a Youtube channel I guess. Not a historian I just play one on TV. Trotskyist or something
https://www.youtube.com/@InDefenseOfToucans
https://www.youtube.com/@InDefenseOfToucans
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How to Lie Using the Archives: Did Stalin Really Oppose Library Censorship?
YouTube video by InDefenseOfToucans
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Been way too long since I have made a video, but this remains probably my favorite. Though just realized I made this shortly before my health went to shit and I never uploaded my script with sources. I will fix that during some time off I have for Thanksgiving.
youtu.be/418CO4FmHuk
youtu.be/418CO4FmHuk
I am wondering how my coworkers have reacted to the Venezuela being attacked, some of them lean a bit more paleoconish though that is not fully fair as they are somewhat pro welfare, they just tend to hate Israel, but like in an antisemitic way, not a normal way. Just overall isolationists mostly.
January 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I am wondering how my coworkers have reacted to the Venezuela being attacked, some of them lean a bit more paleoconish though that is not fully fair as they are somewhat pro welfare, they just tend to hate Israel, but like in an antisemitic way, not a normal way. Just overall isolationists mostly.
Somewhere deep down I can tell I am still homophobic/transphobic, but only against men who are afraid of enriched bread and think it is ruining their microbiome. If you have worried about that you are gay and don't count as a man sorry.
I can't believe we have to deal with men doing woo stuff now
I can't believe we have to deal with men doing woo stuff now
January 4, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Somewhere deep down I can tell I am still homophobic/transphobic, but only against men who are afraid of enriched bread and think it is ruining their microbiome. If you have worried about that you are gay and don't count as a man sorry.
I can't believe we have to deal with men doing woo stuff now
I can't believe we have to deal with men doing woo stuff now
Linux could keep growing, but the community has to quit recommending their weird pet distro made by 2 transphobes or whatever.
There is like two acceptable answers and it is Fedora and Debian, and anything directly based on those called Bazzite or Ubuntu.
Recommend the normal big distros people.
There is like two acceptable answers and it is Fedora and Debian, and anything directly based on those called Bazzite or Ubuntu.
Recommend the normal big distros people.
December 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Linux could keep growing, but the community has to quit recommending their weird pet distro made by 2 transphobes or whatever.
There is like two acceptable answers and it is Fedora and Debian, and anything directly based on those called Bazzite or Ubuntu.
Recommend the normal big distros people.
There is like two acceptable answers and it is Fedora and Debian, and anything directly based on those called Bazzite or Ubuntu.
Recommend the normal big distros people.
2am food take, white rice is in general inferior to brown rice in most situation.
August 1, 2025 at 6:54 AM
2am food take, white rice is in general inferior to brown rice in most situation.
The weirdest thing about the current era is there is trans women who are bad at computers. Go back to 2010 every trans women on a forum was probably in the top 5 most skilled tech user. Now I see trans women saying they can't figure out how to install Linux.
August 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The weirdest thing about the current era is there is trans women who are bad at computers. Go back to 2010 every trans women on a forum was probably in the top 5 most skilled tech user. Now I see trans women saying they can't figure out how to install Linux.
Running and comparing copilot and deepseak-r1 at work and honestly i think either is at the point where it can save me some typing. If i gotta refactor an ansible playbook add some variables to an old one that didn't have enough to be flexible. I can specify the type of naming and what i am looking
July 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Running and comparing copilot and deepseak-r1 at work and honestly i think either is at the point where it can save me some typing. If i gotta refactor an ansible playbook add some variables to an old one that didn't have enough to be flexible. I can specify the type of naming and what i am looking
I am going to contribute to the "private burrito taxi" or the "cooking at home from takeout" discourse.
I saw someone claim it is poverty shaming because only wealthy households cooked at home. No I grew up in a trailer house not eating every night. Let me show you 50% of my meals growing up.
I saw someone claim it is poverty shaming because only wealthy households cooked at home. No I grew up in a trailer house not eating every night. Let me show you 50% of my meals growing up.
July 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I am going to contribute to the "private burrito taxi" or the "cooking at home from takeout" discourse.
I saw someone claim it is poverty shaming because only wealthy households cooked at home. No I grew up in a trailer house not eating every night. Let me show you 50% of my meals growing up.
I saw someone claim it is poverty shaming because only wealthy households cooked at home. No I grew up in a trailer house not eating every night. Let me show you 50% of my meals growing up.
I feel like most peoples issues with Linux would be solved if they just accepted they need to run Fedora, instead of distro made by 1 dude one weekend and is going to be out of the fad by next year.
June 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I feel like most peoples issues with Linux would be solved if they just accepted they need to run Fedora, instead of distro made by 1 dude one weekend and is going to be out of the fad by next year.
Starting to be able to eat somewhat normal again, had some green beans and lima beans in a tomato sauce with an onion for lunch today.
June 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Starting to be able to eat somewhat normal again, had some green beans and lima beans in a tomato sauce with an onion for lunch today.
Well probably find out if I gotta do a colonoscopy tomorrow, might end up pushing for one anyway just at the concern this might be cancer.
May 21, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Well probably find out if I gotta do a colonoscopy tomorrow, might end up pushing for one anyway just at the concern this might be cancer.
Guess it is our time for storms the rest of Kansas got hit a good amount the last few days
May 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Guess it is our time for storms the rest of Kansas got hit a good amount the last few days
Listen if the bourgeois state can't keep me from burning to death, like what are we even doing.
KS forestry officials are worried this week as looming federal cuts could impact their ability to fight wildfires and support the state’s green spaces. https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/everyone-is-overwhelmed-kansas-forest-service-at-risk-of-80-funding-loss-layoffs-with-proposed-federal-cuts/
‘Everyone is overwhelmed’: Kansas Forest Service at risk of 80% funding loss, layoffs with proposed federal cuts
The Kansas Forest Service is facing potential cuts in funding due to proposed federal budget cuts,.
www.ksnt.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Listen if the bourgeois state can't keep me from burning to death, like what are we even doing.
Well I am really sick, symptoms wise it seems like E Coli? Maybe, doctor was concerned enough to make me an appointment already. At least i get this after I already hit my deductible this year so only copays now
May 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Well I am really sick, symptoms wise it seems like E Coli? Maybe, doctor was concerned enough to make me an appointment already. At least i get this after I already hit my deductible this year so only copays now
Good video, I don't think most of the assumptions i walked into the video with are egregiously wrong though maybe a bit more reductive, a lot of the other information in the video was fairly new to me.
Finally going to sit down and watch this video I think. My general vibe is yes the whole "noble savage" thing is BS, most of the USA is a man made ecosystem, or well a product of human influence on it. Though that is not that unique.
youtu.be/UhLizvrhbOU
youtu.be/UhLizvrhbOU
Did Native Americans Really Live in Balance with Nature?
YouTube video by Atun-Shei Films
youtu.be
May 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Good video, I don't think most of the assumptions i walked into the video with are egregiously wrong though maybe a bit more reductive, a lot of the other information in the video was fairly new to me.
Finally going to sit down and watch this video I think. My general vibe is yes the whole "noble savage" thing is BS, most of the USA is a man made ecosystem, or well a product of human influence on it. Though that is not that unique.
youtu.be/UhLizvrhbOU
youtu.be/UhLizvrhbOU
Did Native Americans Really Live in Balance with Nature?
YouTube video by Atun-Shei Films
youtu.be
May 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Finally going to sit down and watch this video I think. My general vibe is yes the whole "noble savage" thing is BS, most of the USA is a man made ecosystem, or well a product of human influence on it. Though that is not that unique.
youtu.be/UhLizvrhbOU
youtu.be/UhLizvrhbOU
Why do so many people think eating/hunting feral hogs reduces the population. It increase it which is why only states that have banned it like Kansas have got rid of the feral hogs. If you thinking hunting reduces populations you presumably have to think buying a hamburger reduces cattle population
May 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Why do so many people think eating/hunting feral hogs reduces the population. It increase it which is why only states that have banned it like Kansas have got rid of the feral hogs. If you thinking hunting reduces populations you presumably have to think buying a hamburger reduces cattle population
This hardly tastes of pickle, i am disapointed
Popeyes has pickle lemonaid, this is the best news i have heard since covid. Maybe life is amazing and beautiful.
May 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This hardly tastes of pickle, i am disapointed
Popeyes has pickle lemonaid, this is the best news i have heard since covid. Maybe life is amazing and beautiful.
May 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Popeyes has pickle lemonaid, this is the best news i have heard since covid. Maybe life is amazing and beautiful.
Would love if mineral wool would quit being made with formaldehyde, some brands don't use it so clearly it can be a thing. Fiberglass no longer contains it and it is why it while can be irritating is not that itchy anymore.
Dealing with mineral wool unless I am wearing a space suit
Dealing with mineral wool unless I am wearing a space suit
April 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Would love if mineral wool would quit being made with formaldehyde, some brands don't use it so clearly it can be a thing. Fiberglass no longer contains it and it is why it while can be irritating is not that itchy anymore.
Dealing with mineral wool unless I am wearing a space suit
Dealing with mineral wool unless I am wearing a space suit
Glad Mark Fisher seems to not be talked about anymore. I never could read his books that people kept recommending. Something about the way they are written. Like these are all English words I know but literally none of this makes sense.
I never got how people could parse that out.
I never got how people could parse that out.
April 25, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Glad Mark Fisher seems to not be talked about anymore. I never could read his books that people kept recommending. Something about the way they are written. Like these are all English words I know but literally none of this makes sense.
I never got how people could parse that out.
I never got how people could parse that out.
If there is one thing someone must know I really like birds. You know who else like birds Bukharin. You know who killed a parrot by bashing its head in, Stalin.
April 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
If there is one thing someone must know I really like birds. You know who else like birds Bukharin. You know who killed a parrot by bashing its head in, Stalin.
Ok, i made the mistake of following some climate change researchers and lawyers focused on LGBT stuff so now my feed is 60% very silly resistance Liberal stuff. There has to be other socialists on here, maybe even other Trotskyists so I can be upset about how much i disagree with fellow trots
April 22, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Ok, i made the mistake of following some climate change researchers and lawyers focused on LGBT stuff so now my feed is 60% very silly resistance Liberal stuff. There has to be other socialists on here, maybe even other Trotskyists so I can be upset about how much i disagree with fellow trots
Wonder if the pear trees I planted along the sidewalk last place I lived are going to flower this year.
Was happy i managed to talk my landlord into letting me plant fruit trees, sad I had to move before I ever ate them.
Was happy i managed to talk my landlord into letting me plant fruit trees, sad I had to move before I ever ate them.
April 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Wonder if the pear trees I planted along the sidewalk last place I lived are going to flower this year.
Was happy i managed to talk my landlord into letting me plant fruit trees, sad I had to move before I ever ate them.
Was happy i managed to talk my landlord into letting me plant fruit trees, sad I had to move before I ever ate them.
New Ioniq 6 design is ugly, not that I would ever be able to afford a new one, hoping to see the used ones get under 20k so I can afford one. So I get the less ugly 2023 model year anyway I guess.
April 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New Ioniq 6 design is ugly, not that I would ever be able to afford a new one, hoping to see the used ones get under 20k so I can afford one. So I get the less ugly 2023 model year anyway I guess.