[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 3 points 29 minutes ago

I'm just going to assume that doing this (or pretending to) makes sense in some larger context that I'm unaware of.

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 19 points 1 hour ago

The counterintelligence cooperation launched with the European Union in 2024 will share intelligence on Mossad's operational patterns and form a transnational joint defense.

Huh.

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 21 points 2 days ago

skunks seem to know that nobody really wants to fuck with a skunk, so they kind of have immunity from humans and most other animals.

except for dogs, somehow dogs did not get the memo and always have to learn the hard way.

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 32 points 3 days ago

So they're bargaining. Good sign.

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 32 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah. The US is one of the most favorable environments on the planet for fascism and anticommunism, and they're fumbling it because they don't actually understand how it works. It has to actually give some small benefit to the ingroup, this is literally giving nothing even to their core base. It has to tie in to the national mythos and national iconography, this is all weird Nazi larp shit that embarrasses the suburbanites. It is supposed to take power at a time of acute crisis. The decline is undeniable, but all the messaging is about how everything is great actually, never been better.

The actual crisis that gave rise to this is ~12 billionaires realizing people don't like them and spiraling into delusions and paranoia, instead of just writing a check to rename a university after themselves or whatever. They're throwing a tantrum because they can't run their own system effectively. This would-be fascism can't capitalize on any of the real structural problems.

This incompetent fascism larp might actually immunize society against it, while the real maximum crisis is still some years away. Could be perfect timing.

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

an enemy that is weak and strong at the same time

Makes the whole "know your enemy" thing a lot more difficult

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 32 points 3 days ago

More like released to home hospice care.

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 19 points 5 days ago

I think it's a jungle primary, not a dem primary

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 19 points 5 days ago

Sykes & Picot rough draft

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago

im fairly sure Im going to go to the TPWD office a few miles away tomorrow and take my SD card to them.

If you can do it anonymously online or something, that's one thing, but going in person, voluntarily, to talk to police (or anyone police adjacent) is a combination of risk and hassle that isn't worth it if it's at all avoidable.

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 17 points 6 days ago

Hmm, very Reddit of you to say that smuglord

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I feel like I have a relatively surface-level understanding of Venezuela's recent history; anyone know of any good articles/books/podcasts/whatever I should check out? Also interested in sources on the "pink tide" generally.

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 93 points 1 year ago

Absolute silence during genocide and concentration camps, but of course he shows up for this

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These guys leak more group chats than the government

CW: slurs, ableism, racism, anti-LGBT. All the shit you'd expect from a private ACP chat honestly.

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Sad to see random sailors get killed, but regardless still have to hand it to the Houthis for an extremely successful ongoing campaign. Shipping volumes passing through are down dramatically, and alternate routes are adding a lot of delay and expense. It's costing Egypt a lot of money in lost transit tolls as well. And shipping was in a less-than-ideal state to begin with, due to the Panama canal drought and issues with shipbuilding.

Insurance rates were already keeping most higher value cargo out, it's currently mostly bulk goods, crude oil, and some refined petroleum products still transiting; that's why we never hear about container ships being hit, they were generally the first to leave.

This attack will further increase insurance rates and further increase pressure on the west to "do something" but other than a ceasefire they don't have a lot of good options.

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Need job recs (hexbear.net)

I've been searching for a new job for many months with no luck. I have 10+ years in software engineering and related roles. I need something either remote (US or Canada) or local to Toronto.

I think my resume and background is pretty good, but apparently not good enough to get noticed. I don't have FAANG or top-n schools. I've applied to about 100 places and only had 2 interviews and a few pre-screens.

I have some p/t work for now, but it's not enough. Every month I just fall farther behind, paying my small-time absentee landlord more money than I bring in. I'm giving those parasites what would have been my own down payment, and that is starting to run low. All while trying to stay motivated to keep submitting endless resumes into the void.

My old local org had a good network of hooking each other up with jobs, I really miss that right now. That was a long time ago and nowhere nearby, I have basically no professional network here, and barely even have friends locally.

Shit sucks. I can't keep doing this.

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