Hello comrades and welcome to the first improvement megathread of November! 
It’s time to review our progress from October and make some plans for November.
Some discussion ideas:
+ How was your October?
+ Do you have any plans for November?
+ How was your week?
+ Do you have some plans for next week?
Poster caption
"Stand up, rise to your feet, working nation! Endure a little longer! Workers of all countries are rising up and coming to your aid!”
This poster quotes a revolutionary song and notes the first anniversary (1918) of the October Revolution. The date on the poster (November 7) is when the revolution occurred per the Julian Calendar used by Russia at the time. The current Gregorian calendar records the revolution as having been on October 25. Russia changed to the Gregorian after the Soviets took control.
The November Revolution marked the second (and final) phase that terminated the provisional government in Russia. The provisional government was formed after the February Revolution (the first Russian Revolution) when the monarchy was toppled ending Russia’s 303 years of under the Romanov Dynasty. Once the provisional government was dissolved, Russia came under the control of Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks.
Good luck in November! 
Did the stereotype and cooka’d da pizza! Made my best one yet. My family is one of those American families that really plays up the ‘Italian’ LARP, and you know you did something right when it’s 100% vegan and it’s approved by your folks.
I think I want to suck it up and try a free course on coursera or some shit to get an idea of what skills are out there that aren’t agonizing for me to learn and do. Given that I have some interest in social sciences (got a social science degree), but want more of a hard science skill. GIS or urban planning or meteorology sounds interesting so I think I’ll swap my regularly scheduled doomscrolling tonight with some basic videos on those three topics (including bioinformatics and game design). I want to report those to my therapist as I want to take therapy actually serious.