[-] [email protected] 46 points 12 hours ago

Western governments seem more paranoid toward the public than they used to be. Is that just me?

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Sometimes I wonder if the ICE militarization is partially to say, “look, we have the domestic front locked down, we could crush antiwar dissent and stop draft dodgers from fleeing the country — we’re ready for war” as some kind of leverage to negotiate and maneuver. Maybe there’s a reason why capital and the natsec state continue to tolerate this extravagance by the fascist true-believers, even as it slowly radicalizes the population and torpedoes America’s reputation.

Or maybe this is just the unhinged desperation of a failing empire. I have no idea.

[-] [email protected] 53 points 1 day ago

Why is there this atmosphere of "the coming war with China"?

Unless they mean Taiwan — and maybe even then — it just seems absurd.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

This seems like elaborate fed-jacketing with not much to back it up

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Why is a 13 day old account stirring trouble here

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

is the idea, "someone's going to be saying this stuff, so let's make that person tucker carlson, whom we can control"?

or maybe it's the other way around, tucker knows he's useful or influential enough to get away with it?

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I've heard that nonstick is only dangerous if you cook at high heat, as in > 500°F / 260°C

[-] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

But some flaws remain. Bees need wired power […]. A long-lasting battery weighs 600mg – far too heavy for a bee.

The solution is to breed enormous bees

[-] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

the SRA imploded

shit, news to me. What happened?

[-] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago

If you’d like to read more, Zei Squirrel on substack wrote a long piece about fabricated Israeli claims of Hamas mass-SA https://zeisquirrel.substack.com/premoved-hoax-redux-debunking-the-latest

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What are you even talking about [previous comment]

If you can't understand this then god you're truly beyond hopeless.

I think this is needless hostility toward a comrade, which is not only shitty for him but also bad for the dynamics of the forum. Hostility creates a tense atmosphere, which makes people defensive, which can lead to further hostility, in a feedback loop that can spread through the community.

XHS is a comrade, not some random who wandered in, and neither of you said anything blatantly reactionary. There’s no reason you can’t disagree in a respectful way. With everything going on, most of us are already not in the best headspace, and it’s hard to deescalate by text, so we need to be proactive about forum health.

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The nazis were exactly as lighthearted and bland as this. Once you dehumanize your victims, their suffering simply doesn’t weigh on you at all

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Also posted in the news mega https://hexbear.net/comment/6301455

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you're not allowed to say The Sopranos though.

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Also posted in the news mega: https://hexbear.net/comment/6267491

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I’ve read about it, I think I get it in theory, but most of the time when I meditate it’s less “mindful” and more just “me trying to pay attention to things.” I’m watching my breath, or the feeling of my body, or whatever, but I’m not “mindful” of it, except maybe in brief flashes.

Am I just really bad at mindfulness and need a ton of practice? Is this just me underestimating how much practice I’ll need?

If you’ve tried meditating, how did it go for you?

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they're claiming it's mistaken identity

A Massachusetts immigration lawyer who is a US-born American citizen is speaking out after she received an email from Trump administration immigration authorities telling her she needed to leave the country.

Nicole Micheroni described receiving an email on 11 April – and that its heading was “notice of termination of parole”.

“It is time for you to leave the United States,” the email read. “If you do not depart the United States immediately you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal from the United States.”

Micheroni told NBC Boston: “At first I thought it was for a client, but I looked really closely and the only name on the email was mine.

She added, “Probably, hopefully, [it was] sent to me in error. But it’s a little concerning these are going out to US citizens.”

News of Micheroni’s email comes as the Trump administration has waged an aggressive effort to remove non-citizens from the United States, including people who are here legally and have not been charged with crimes. Trump has also openly mused about removing US citizens who commit unspecified crimes from the country and sending them to prison in El Salvador.

Removing US citizens from the United States is clearly illegal, experts say.

An official with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told NBC Boston that Micheroni may have received the notice because her name and contact information is on the paperwork for clients.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) authorities “used the known email addresses of the alien to send notifications”, a DHS official told the network. “If a non-personal email such as an American citizen contact was provided by the alien, notices may have been sent to unintended recipients.

“CBP is monitoring communications and will address any issues on a case-by-case basis.”

Micheroni said, “I think it’s a scare tactic.

“I think they want people afraid of immigration.”

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tiny article in the guardian with some quotes from researchers. Sounds like they only saw this octopus for 10 minutes so there's not much information.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/octopus-shark-ride

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I want to understand why and how and by whom neoliberalism was established, both in practice and in theory. Ideally it would be written as a historical narrative with concrete details, rather than an abstract analysis

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