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EM & PoC Bi-weekly thread 07/04/25 & 14/04/2025 (hexbear.net)

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Hello my comrades, this is my last week in uni before the 2 week vacation kirby-wave

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I think I’m taking a break for at least a week from political news. See way too many calls to invade El Salvador without even thinking about how this will affect people living in the area. I might even go to El Salvador myself because I do have family on my mother’s side living there. Just see the people and catch up with some familiar faces I haven’t seen in a bit.

I’ll be back and the rest of you stay strong, because God knows the whites are showing their asses on this issue.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

meow-hug take care

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I might ask this more than once, but how close are we to it being time to urgently get the fuck out of the US as, let's say, politically-oriented non-White people?

This shit is all moving really quickly. The President has no power, by the way. Biden could do nothing to prevent this.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago

Idk. I'd suppose any time is the time. The best time was before, but the second best is now to flee the U.S. I wouldn't blame anyone for doing it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

ICE raid happened in a few towns over in a supposedly "liberal" area. Not looking good. I really don't trust the whites around me. They'd totally do something like call ICE on a school because they don't like waiting behind busses in traffic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

ICE raid happened in a few towns over in a supposedly "liberal" area.

Ah shit. Best of luck, Belly_Beanis

Not looking good. I really don't trust the whites around me. They'd totally do something like call ICE on a school because they don't like waiting behind busses in traffic.

Reminds me of an old song

"But if you ask me to bus my children, I hope the cops take down your name, so love me, love me, love me, i'm a liberal"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

I'm sure all be fine (though that's what people said at the start of the Holocaust lmao). I am worried about family around here, though, since only the younger millennials were born on US soil.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

gay rambling

I'm so nervous...

For those of you who don't know, I've been chatting with this really wonderful woman who has made me feel a level of love I've never felt before.

Fuck.

And... things are going well? We have a lot in common.

I eventually got to a point where I decided that I'd rather be single than settle. I require any person I date to have these 5 things in common with me, and due to statistical rarity, my mind's gotten hella comfortable with the, "It's alright if I just end up being single for the rest of my life" way of thinking. I've dated people who are only 4/5, and even that causes problems:

Sober/Straight Edge
Vegan
Radical Leftist (Preferably Marxist-Leninist)
Non-Religious (Preferably Antitheist)
Childfree

And she checks all 5 boxes, she's super friendly, she's incredibly beautiful, and I've been really enjoying my time talking to her. I just get hella nervous because the thought of fumbling the bag with someone like this is scary, especially since my heart is calling her name every second of the day.

She is super vocal about Palestine especially, Sudan and DR Congo too, and is a genuinely based communist (have to clarify because I've gotten my hopes lifted by liberals pretending to be leftists). She also has articulated this excellent point that I've been saying for a long time (but myopic people cannot get it): you can be an antitheist without being Islamophobic... and I surprisingly don't see people addressing stuff like this often.

She was raised in a strictly Orthodox Jewish and Zionist household, and since she is a bisexual woman, a communist, and an antitheist like me, she's had many conflicts with her family due to religious/political discrepencies.

She's so sweet and gentle, and though I cannot speak with 1000% certainty, I feel like a lot of our conversation is pointing in the direction that we may be able to be... something? I'm not getting my hopes up too much, but I feel hella fragile considering how much I just want to make it work.

And yes, I can definitively confirm that she is single.

And there are some signs that she may be some degree of reciprocal:

Her openness to continue chatting casually

Mind you, I first started with this woman by reaching out, apologizing to her, and offering her some kind words regarding some very toxic things that my now former online friend said to her. At first, I was just gonna leave it at that, but it just naturally became more than that... we began talking... like normally.

Her interest in my life beyond veganism, communism, etc.

She really loved my music, to the point where she wanted downloads so she could work out to it. She was interested in listening to me talk about a struggling job situation and even providing practical advice. She also is super empathetic whenever I bring up struggles, but of course, we mostly keep the chat positive.

Her willingness to discuss the potential of us meeting in person so early into us chatting. (She lives in the same country and time zone but a bit further off. I don't mind this. If anything, it's somewhat of a plus because I want to live this shitty reactionary state anyway.)

Literally 3 days into us talking, she said, "If you're ever near me, come hang out! We can even protest together!"

Why did she say this? All because I simply complimented her by saying, "You're such a vibe!" It wasn't a simple "Oh, thank you, that's so nice!" Literally, she jumped to the prospect of us being in close proximity that quick.

Her concern about my safety and sense of community.

When I tell her about my desire to do more pro-Palestine activism, she really lets me know to be safe. She actively went out of her way to ask if I have community or if I know any other vegans/communists where I am to side with me with animal rights/leftist activism, which unfortunately isn't the case in my current situation.

Symbolic reactions

Somewhat generous use of heart emojis, she loved that I sent her a picture of this symbol right-arrow heart-sickle , and she has even sent me the neat little 💗 on some occasions. Obviously, none of this is definitely in the direction of, "Yeah, you got her all rizzed up," but it's favorable I guess.

Saying my kind words "mean a lot" to her.

This shows that she's not just taking it as a "basic meaningless compliment in a vacuum." She recognizes the weight of what the words mean and who they're coming from, and I can tell she genuinely means it.

VIBES.

And the last reason I'd give is vibes. She vibes with me. She's realizing we have a lot in common. She's getting that I understand her in ways that other people might not. The ENERGY I get has the potential to be romantic for sure.

I usually am quite confident with my rizz, but to be honest with you, my rizz is in a situation equivalent to Ben Shapiro debating someone who's not an unaware college student... for easy targets, my rizz can handle these situations with no problem, but for someone way more impactful? Good luck, buddy!

Wish me luck, all... this is really just me yapping.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Decided to try to somewhat properly mix an older song of mine. I'm decently satisfied with the result.

This is also an updated version... when I originally shared it, some of these features weren't there. For example, it didn't originally have the polymeter at the end. It starts with the bass and drums in 5/4 + the guitars in 4/4, and then halfway through the bass in 5/4 and the drums + the guitars in 4/4.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

dang this is coooool, i really like the riffs from 2:40 to 3:15

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

ty 🥺

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

FD Signifier releasing video still caping for Kamala & the Dems picard

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well that's disappointing. I stopped watching him a few years ago because I felt like I was spending too much time on YouTube instead of doing anything else. Like do I really want to spend 2 hours every day listening to video essays, even if they're good topics? Didn't realize he became more lib.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Idk if he's gotten more lib or is just one of the folks who got a little brain fried by the election and the absurd naked fascism that has accelerated since - especially the El Salvador deportation stuff

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Like Frivolous_Beatnik said, he's not really more lib as much as its an, and I don't really know of a better way of saying it, having the wrong reaction to whats going on. Prior to the election he had already more or less said that voting for Kamala wouldn't be the worst thing to prevent a Trump presidency, although he wasn't exactly endorsing her either. I haven't watched the latest video, but when I saw it pop up on my feed I had a bad feeling. Its disappointing that he feels the need to go to bat for Dems when so many of his videos have pointed out how bad the party has been, especially when it comes to policing policy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He still says they're bad, but his vibe is that Kamala would've been significantly different and she was kept out of office by systemic racism and misogyny which, while that's part of it sure, is still ignoring the effect that endorsing the most publicly visible genocide in history might have on the voting populace. That, and her essentially promising nothing would get better.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Racism and sexism does play into it, but less so in the primaries where it was obvious she wasn't a good candidate. Dems still gush over Obama and Hillary Clinton. They simply don't like Harris because she's a slimeball. Minorities within the Democrats especially don't like her because she's a cop.

But really it's like you said, she promised nothing would fundamentally change. Dems forgot Biden only won because Trump mishandled covid. Once Biden got into office? He allowed Trump's policies to continue, including ignoring covid.

I know a lot of democrats were upset they didn't get to vote in a primary to replace Biden. Even though they may have liked Harris, they still felt cheated she was automatically the candidate to replace Biden.

I don't think liberals give enough of a shit about Palestine they'd stay home. While a contributing factor among independents outside of the party, within the party it was a combination of what I said above.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I think I need to stop browsing Anglo internet for a bit because I see so many bad takes about El Salvador and Central America as a whole sprinkled in with my favorite, WW2 cliches.

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

do most people just defaultly think "because this is MY experience/this worked for me as insert minority that this must work for every insert minority's experience"?

it comes off like the "touch grass" advice; one persons experience "touching grass" is largely informed by a lot of factors like location, life experience, access to money/space/privilege, willingness and energy to mask, intersectionality of ones identities, traumas, health/neurodivergency/disability.... to me it's one step away from saying something like "just be happy"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Lol jusy lmao

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Had some good biko today, how of you?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Got offered a candidacy for PSL. Guess this is actually happening, I'm doing the joining an organization thing. Immediately I've been invited to multiple events, like some class on modern events, and some event for the Bernie's tour to start converting progressive libs, to immigration "know your rights" classes and outreach.

It's weird timing with what's going on now, with Trump locking people up for thought crimes and such. They're deporting people who look like me, not even being legal is protecting people. I'm fully legal, but how long will that stop them? Or hell, they could lock up my family in retribution (not to doxx myself too much but we're not all from this country). I haven't even done anything yet, I'm not a leader to make an example of, but am already a little nervous. I know that's why they do their horrible stuff, to discourage people like me from joining together so we look out for ourselves instead of for each other.

Hope I don't come off as some fake leftist or coward, it's just thoughts I've had as the invites have rolled in. And I'm hoping getting these thoughts out will be like an exhale before rolling up my sleeves to finally do actual work (other than the noble art of posting, of course).

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

You may doubt yersel but I'd argue going through with the PSL candidacy is worth it, if you can help some people there.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I can't with this fucking weird-ass dream I had.

Okay, so basically, in this dream, I was in a college class or something like that, and I haven't been in college for a bit. Weird.

And what I specifically remember is that there was this classmate of mine... he was a chubbier Black guy, looked a bit nerdy, wore glasses, and had somewhat spiky hair, and his name was "Lenward." I specifically remember that people called him that because his first name is Leonard and his middle name is Edward.

So, here's what's weird(er than that): Lenward would, out of absolutely nowhere, during lectures, just start beatboxing really well, and then he'd lay down the most fire bars imaginable, and then his desk just started levitating, and he floated around the classroom while doing it, and everyone, including the professor, was just cheering him on like, "GO, LENWARD! GO!"

And, when I wake up, I'm like, "What the fuck was that?"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

And, when I wake up, I'm like, "What the fuck was that?"

Vibes. Just pure vibes (the good one; not the liberal one, ykwim?)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I keep having a recurring dream of being sent back to high school to redo my diploma and all my other high school classmates are there, including these two twins I barely knew who insist on bullying me this time around. I usually wake myself up when I kick the wall in self-defense.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Riff concept for the next song I'm writing

I was heavily influenced by classic prog (like Dream Theater and Fates Warning) when I wrote this one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Hell yeah 🎸🤘

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

i really envy how simple some peoples lives are

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

i think i struggle a lot with jealousy in general but in secret.. i always catch myself denying i feel it and demonize it but today i can't help but feel overwhelming jealously maybe i just need to feel it

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Feelings are good, even the bad ones. What matters is how we react next

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

@[email protected]

If I may ask, you know West Africa, with the AES (Association Des Etats du Sahel), right?

Idk, but Algeria, for some reason, had a spat with them

Breakdown of relations between Algeria and the AES:

https://africanstream.media/alliance-of-sahel-states-withdraw-ambassadors-from-algeria/

https://africanstream.media/algeria-bans-mali-flights/

Timeline:

Algeria shoots down a Malian drone.
Algeria and Mali dispute over whether the drone was in Algerian or Malian airspace before it got shot down.
Mali accuses Algeria of supporting separatists in northern Mali.
The AES withdraws their ambassadors from Algeria.
Algeria bans flights from Mali

What's your thoughts?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The relations between Algeria and the new Mali government weren't good for a while, sometime ago the new government broke the ceasefire deal between them and the Azawad that Algeria was involved in, Algeria did something that they didn't like and they cut relations then it went back after a few months, the two countries aren't communicating militarily because there was an ambush next to the border that lead to Malian and Wagner soldiers losing to Azawad forces, Algeria denies supporting terrorism or the Azawad and continues to call for a united Mali, but it's talks. A few weeks ago a Spanish tourist got kidnapped by IS sympathizers and was saved by the Azawad and returned to Algeria. These incidents likely made the Mali government not trust Algeria, and not communicate with it, so it didn't tell Algeria "Hey we're going to fly a drone close to your borders" because they might suspect that Algeria supports the separatists and will warn them beforehand, so when the Algerian AA in the south saw an armed flying object getting close to the border without warning and they shot it down. The drone type is a Bayrkatar Akinci which costs like 30 million dollars, both sides edit posting and calling each other puppet regimes and terrorist supporters.

Algeria has half a million Touaregs and unknown number of Al-Qaeda sympathizers and it doesn't want to anger them by supporting a side in the conflict in Mali.

What I think will happen: Nothing, Mali knows that it can't fight Algeria, Algeria doesn't want to deal with the aftermath of fighting Mali (dealing with insurgents and refugees).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Mexican bakery that opens at 5 am is the cornerstone of "I need lunch now before work" in my town. Mom always feels guilty when she sends me off but I love it at that time, it's so chill there. Mostly gonna get bollios tomorrow but they got a small section for more grocery things in the corner. I just respect the hell out of that place, other places are nice but don't open so early catgirl-peace

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Yum...

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (4 children)

A meme that perfectly describes HB

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

Reminds me of every liberal subreddit as well. A bunch of whites calling every other sub privileged whites lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What is 'HB'? :o

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Hardness of Brinell

where:

F = applied load (newtons)
D = diameter of indenter (mm)
d = diameter of indentation (mm)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

it be the site you're on now sicko-hexbear

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh.... Lol I'm stupid

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well, hey, as some wise comrade once said:

"I may be stupid, but at least I'm not a liberal."

Be proud of yourself.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I thought everyone on this site was a liberal tho?.... Except for that one guy who said that of course.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

I'm the only true liberal on Hexchat.bear.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm curious was it DEI or "illegal" immigrants that fucked up the stock market thonk

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The recent thread with the reactionary person posting these 1000-word screeds to shit on indigenous peoples' knowledge had me really weirded out. I feel I started it all by saying "hey let's not use shaman as shorthand for quack, it's colonialist and racist to do so". And apparently this very simple request led to a mini-struggle session.

I stg white people show their asses in weirder and weirder ways these days.

(also sorry, I keep forgetting the poc mega exists until i feel i need to vent with fellow non-mayo comrades)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Coming in late on this, but could you please link?

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