Some updates

buddhism/buddhism_study_guide.md

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 - Bhikkhu Bodhi - In the Buddha's words
 - [Loving Kindness (metta) in Theravada Buddhism – drarisworld](https://drarisworld.wordpress.com/2019/04/06/loving-kindness-metta-in-theravada-buddhism/)
 - [Metta: The Philosophy and Practice of Universal Love](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/buddharakkhita/wheel365.html)
+- Mahasi Sayadaw - intro book
+- Mahasi Sayadaw - Manual of insight

recipes/flavored_waters.md

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+# Flavored waters
+
+Fill all these in a large mason jar, and leave overnight.
+
+## Berry Infused Ginger Cucumber
+
+- 2-4 slices cucumber (2 thick or 4 thin slices)
+- 2-4 slices ginger root (2 thick or 4 thin slices)
+- 1 handful berries (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries) (fresh or frozen)
+
+## Raspberry Lime Infused Water
+
+- 1 handful raspberries (frozen or fresh)
+- 1-2 slices lime (1 thick or 2 thin peeled slices)
+- Few large basil leaves
+
+## Lemon Water
+
+- 2-4 slices ginger root (2 thick or 4 thin slices)
+- 1-2 slices lemon (or lime) (1 thick or 2 thin peeled slices)
+- Few leaves mint (including stem)

recipes/ramen_noodles.md

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+# Ramen noodles
+
+## Ingredients
+
+- Tofu or some other protein, or a green like bok choy
+- 60g of noodles
+- 1 tbsp of vbutter
+- 1 tbsp of soy sauce
+- 1 tbsp sake
+- 1 tsp of powdered soup stock
+- Pinch of grated ginger
+- 1-1.5 cups boiled water
+
+## Steps
+
+- Cook noodles and protein, set aside
+- Combine everything in a bowl
+- Pour boiled water on top

socialism_faq.md

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 - [Halim Alrah - Why liberal democracies are a sham. ](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oYodY6o172A)
 - [What about social democracy / democratic socialism / the Nordic model? Isn't Sweden socialist?](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jd03a8Pm1hs)
 - [On the unraveling of the Nordic welfare states: increasing inequality and forced austerity.](https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZhou/comments/pmtapr/does_anyone_have_works_on_the_erosion_of_the/hcmyub4/)
-- [Rainer shea - How social democrats help usher in fascism in Germany, and in the US today. ](https://rainershea612.medium.com/social-democrats-helped-usher-in-fascism-in-germany-theyre-doing-it-again-in-america-f84f71846e91)
 - [Scandinavia's covert role in western imperialism](https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/Scandinavias-Covert-Role-in-Western-Imperialism-20170320-0022.html)
 - [Why can't you acheive socialism through voting in our current democracies?](https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/a9tgff/lsc_insulted_some_democrats/ecmjyjs/)
 - [Paul Cockshott - On Socialism and Democracy.](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bHN0foV4Ntk) [2](https://youtube.com/watch?v=98lvNhNfse4&t=1518s) [3](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EjKYVQd4r9E)
@@ -1154,7 +1153,7 @@ _Much credit to [this post.](https://politijohn.tumblr.com/post/186036319237/get
   - [Accepted thousands of dollars of campaign funds from Donald and Ivanka Trump multiple times.](https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article226975319.html). [Accepted money from Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO and a charter school magnate.](https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/01/19/california-senator-kamala-harris-enter-democratic-presidential-primary-mlk-day/2455046002/) [2](https://capitalandmain.com/reed-hastings-the-disrupter-1101)
 - [Voted to give Trump increased military spending](https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/23430/61033/120012/national-defense-authorization-act-for-fiscal-year-2018#.XQQgLtNKifQ) two [different times.](https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/25215/64284/120012/department-of-defense-and-labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-appropriations-act-2019#.XQQhV9NKifQ)
   - [Supports Trump escalating the war in Syria](https://thegrayzone.com/2019/05/24/bipartisan-war-congress-trump-syria-iran-russia-hezbollah/). [Co-sponsored a "destabilize Iran" bill](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/722/cosponsors?searchResultViewType=expanded).[2](https://thinkprogress.org/media-outlets-lawmakers-us-violated-iran-nuclear-deal-5907a0e5743a/)
-  - [Supports Israel’s right-wing government and cozies up to AIPAC](https://archive.ph/fbiyz), co-sponsored resolution against Obama in [support of illegal settlements, does not support Palestinian rights](https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/01/31/kamala-harris-and-israel-taking-the-aipac-line/), and [calls BDS “anti-semitic”](https://twitter.com/AbbyMartin/status/1146595730489876480). [Another Anti-Palestine rant at AIPAC](https://twitter.com/acsofian/status/1351928124209045507?s=20), [2](https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/11/netanyahu-top-cop-kamala-harris-israel-racism/).
+  - [Supports Israel’s right-wing government and cozies up to AIPAC](https://archive.ph/fbiyz), co-sponsored resolution against Obama in [support of illegal settlements, does not support Palestinian rights](https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/01/31/kamala-harris-and-israel-taking-the-aipac-line/), and [calls BDS “anti-semitic”](https://twitter.com/AbbyMartin/status/1146595730489876480). [Another Anti-Palestine rant at AIPAC](https://twitter.com/acsofian/status/1351928124209045507?s=20), [2](https://thegrayzone.com/2020/08/11/netanyahu-top-cop-kamala-harris-israel-racism/). Condemned pro-palestine protestors of Netanyahu's July 2024 visit to the US congress as ["despicable, hateful, and anti-semitic"](https://xcancel.com/VP/status/1816490945501708660)
   - [Is against open borders, opposed calls to tear down 700 miles of border fence.](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-says-we-cant-have-open-borders-as-she-swipes-at-beto-orourke-far-left-dems)
   - [Fought to limit amount of land indigenous tribes could place in trust and tried to take reservation land away from a tribe just to keep them from evicting a non-indigenous man who had lived there without paying rent for 24 years.](https://www.indianz.com/News/2017/10/10/supreme-court-puts-end-to-case-challengi.asp)
 - [Mocks the activist call to “build more schools, less jails”.](https://twitter.com/_waleedshahid/status/1090067362907340800?lang=en) [Mocks criminal justice reformers as unrealistic.](https://twitter.com/WalkerBragman/status/1089984902706200576).