thanks, I did check that out when the developer posted it and it’s definitely my backup if I can’t figure out how to sync my feed.

very cool that they built and shared that.

I’ve been able to automate most social media posts, so I’m assuming there is a way to do it with lemmy and I’m just not technically minded enough to know how yet.

I say “US Americans” to differentiate while traveling, works well.

easy to say, easy to understand.

correct.

there’s also the maybe more important scientific literature ban that is forcing scientists like those who make sure crops grow correctly in the US out of their jobs because they aren’t able to talk about the gender of the seeds they are breeding.

or the physicists who can’t talk about the “status” of the material they’re using, because that word is banned.

countries don’t want to buy American military equipment anymore because they rightly cannot trust the US, which is a huge loss of revenue.

the disastrous policies already enacted are going to economically and socially hobble the country for decades.

the scientist who goes to another country rather than the US to practice physics, agriculture, anthropology, anything, that’s an entire career of innovation and scientific benefit lost to the US.

and those scientists are already avoiding the us, that’s already happening.

the market numbers are the tip of the iceberg here.

A classroom assistant at the school i worked at. very hard-working, curious and funny guy who likes to learn things all the time, so we exchanged Chinese and English and hung out all the time for barbecue and hotpot and all that good stuff.

still friends more than a decade later even though I travel a lot; we got to meet up a few times when I visited Beijing last year and we still talk occasionally on wechat.

Kino’s Journey(2003) - great fix for philosophy and drifty, travel vibes.

every story I’ve heard about them sounds like yours.

ESL industry is always looking for native speakers to teach English, for your back pocket.

travel podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bit-of-a-rambler/id1804692516

sorry about the aliens.

Lemmy is a much nicer environment overall, so i moved here

wow that is crazy, your dad’s actions were crazy I mean, I’m glad to hear you came out to him and severed that tie.

“Parents have no hold over you, not really. If they don’t deserve your presence, don’t allow it.”

can’t agree more with you here.

sorry to hear that.

you certainly don’t have to travel if you dont want to, I just like people being aware of the option, but I’m not following one thing:

How does disagreeing with and being alienated from your family make traveling less of an option for you?

living outside the country good buddy

i haven’t myself, but i became friends with a chilean couple who traveled around the world according to berry season, Australia, Italy, Germany and so on picking berries, living in free housing while saving for a house back home.

they seemed pretty into the lifestyle, or at least willing to trade a few years for traveling and a house.

kick their teeth in

absolutely, you’ll be good.

I could barely count to ten and knew how to say pho, and still enjoyed my entire trip and made friends, so you’ll be fine.

haha me too, i thought it was pretty funny there.

Very well.

I spoke nearly no Vietnamese and bikepacked across rural northern Vietnam for 3 months after buying my bicycle in Hanoi.

People in the city can speak some English, but even if they can’t they’re so earnestly helpful that I was able to easily buy clothes, bicycle repair items, get my bicycle repaired, buy food everyday(pho lyfe) be invited to tea and then a family feast, take shelter from a rainstorm, the stories of their generosity go on.

It’s definitely a good country to visit.

The mountains are pretty magical, and every single person was extremely helpful and gracious, either in the city or way out in the tiny mountain villages

the coolest.

i was on a bike, so i guess he felt like he had to hustle.

Vietnam, Thailand, India, Guatemala, Taiwan is a good call.

in Vietnam, someone literally ran out of their house while I was stopping to adjust my headphones in order to invite me to breakfast at his home.

he had a tiny orchard in his front yard and we shared mango, dragonfruit and pancakes.

These are the plunderers: how private equity runs and wrecks America by Gretchen Morgenstern.