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Negro Matapacos (“Cop-Killer Blackie”) was a famous stray dog from thestreets of Santiago who joined student protests across the city from 2010, and in particular during the 2011 movement for free education.

he was a stray dog from the streets of Santiago, and began joining student demonstrations in 2010. The following year, one of the biggest social movements since the fall of the military dictatorship began, fighting for free education and against neoliberal reforms to the education system.

Negro Matapacos was then seen regularly at every demonstration, defying tear gas and water cannons and always barking at or attacking only the riot police, and never any students or rioters. He subsequently continued to appear sporadically at future demonstrations, and hung out on university campuses, becoming beloved to student and radical movements as a symbol of resistance to violent authority.

His last days were spent resting with people who took him in, with a crowdfunded veterinarian.

Some people who knew him sent us some of their memories of him, telling us how he defied tear gas and water cannons, and only ever barked at or attacked police officers, and never students or rioters.

After his death, his legacy lives on in songs, street murals, an award-winning documentary and in the memories of all those who knew him. He was a good boy.

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Gonna do the community day in pokemon go with some friends this Saturday blob-no-thoughts

I've been hoarding pokeballs all week and have over 250, I am utilizing every minute of this event

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anyone know the source of the "deeply unserious [person/country" quote?

i could've sworn i saw a quote from deng xiaoping which had it

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Theyve basically killed frosh week, i have class Tuesday morning

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Collectively we really really need to get our act together when it comes to dehumidifier technology

There is no excuse, society is one step above victorian rinky dink steampunk-ass tech when it comes to humidity

[-] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

why do they use the whole star anise pod when there's a perfectly good beanis in each one

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i'm no fan of Ariana Grande but her vocals are so good on "Save Your Tears"

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Timeguessr Daily 8/28

42,640 / 50,000

spoilerFUCKERS yeah make the only sign in a street in france be SICILI (i know sicilian places are fucking everywhere, i considered pegging it to rome but come on, france?) and apparently french cops get those dumb little cloaks carabinieri get too

then West End Florist is this huge sign and there's skyscrapers so its like duh NYC, West end=11th avenue.. nope its fucking baltimore. Baltimore has skyscrapers???

somehow figured the HTP Police box was hyderabad traffic police but then i saw pakistan's hyderabad first and that was very wrong

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Bonus coming this week. Probably just gonna use it to pay off some debt or something

[-] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

What does the EM in EM POC mean?

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