cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/6509644

This is part 1 with a link at the top and bottom of the page to read part 2 which just came out. That way you have the full essay be the time I post this.

Do we need to die for this to happen?

I think the stars have line up to make 2025 a great year for the person reading this

https://xcancel.com/svhibe/status/1868005147798016286

by Hannah Lock

For bioreactors, construction, watertreatment, civil/chem/mech

Nor your steak subscription

Hexbear started during the 2020 BLM protests, where cops were using social media and internet presence to track down activists. They are still doing this, but with less vigor than when police stations were burning down.

This included things like using tattoos on naked bodies, etsy store receipts etc.

Just before the r/cth ban, there was also a problem with chasers and leering objectification, and steps were taken to reduce thirst-posting and the like.

These things combined means that people don't post selfies or direct identifying information. People post their pets and artwork, but I know I have to make a decision about where and when I post things to make things non-trivial for cops or random chuds. I feel like a unique pet name, breed, and rough region could be enough to track someone down.

Even so, I think I'm bad at it. I feel like if someone knew me and read everything on hexbear they could ID me pretty easily (and I know multiple people in person on hexbear, but we've never exchanged usernames).

Idk if there are any hard and fast rules beyond the selfies and direct ID though. I should burn this account.

Edit: removed reference to masculinity

Whole bunch of new posters and no federation style influx of chuds and libs who can't read the room. All the new people seem cool as hell and whoever pied piper's those rats over deserved some applause.

The goal of the Liberty In Laundry Act is to roll back energy efficiency rules for washers and dryers.

In the spring, the [GOP] voted to roll back efficiency standards on refrigerators with the Refrigerator Freedom Act. In the summer, they targeted efficiency standards on dishwashers with the Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act. In the fall, evidently, it was time to focus on laundry machines.

"This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog! This is from the widows, the orphans, and those who were killed in Iraq"

Devastating accusation to imply he'd be into ska

balloons, drones, ufos it's always some weird distraction

I feel like we need to explain again, amongst other things

There will be a quiz later

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/6496877

Bluesky posts

A recent Photobucket privacy update revealed plans to sell user photos and biometric face/iris data to AI companies for training. A lawsuit is seeking class action status that would cover anyone who uploaded photos from 2003-2024 and any non-users depicted in the photos.

One of the claims in the lawsuit is Photobucket pulled a bait-and-switch with email campaigns. Claiming to let users “reactivate” or delete their dormant accounts, which then forced them to accept new T&S. Also ignoring emails would automatically opt in users. That’s not informed consent.

I had a really bad week and a big influx of people I really think I'm gonna like has genuinely made me happy! I'm stoked more like minded people are here and that it's been such s smooth flood. Usually we have to fight off hordes of shitty people and the cool ones filter through. It's been all cool ones. It feels nice. It makes me feel happy. I'm also trying to work my post count up to 1000. 3 left.

Why the [redacted] family left Ireland

The passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act in 1829 added fresh fuel to the fires of bigotry that had raged all the years while Daniel O'Connell was striving to bring about this tardy justice to Catholics in both England and Ireland. Though it was no longer possible to pass laws against the Catholics, no restriction was placed on fanatical bigots who were free to indulge in such petty persecution as they could plan -- and carry out.

On one large estate in the townland of Ballan-na-grannan, County of Tipperary, this persecution took the form of refusing to renew the leases of Catholic tenants - unless they turned Protestant ... The Church of England. When it was nearing time for a lease to be renewed, the rent was raised. If a man protested, he was evicted, and a Protestant put in his place. If there was reason to believe a man would pay any rent rather than leave the place where his people had lived for generations, he was denied his lease unless he gave up his Catholic faith.

Some thought the agent was doing this with the knowledge or permission of the land lord. [redacted], my grandfather, was one who thought that way. When refused his lease for the usual reason, he went to the land lord and was told he would be given a ninety-nine years' lease, to him and his heirs, rent free - if he would promise to have his children brought up in the English church.

I have heard them say that Grandfather told the man he might go where he could light his pipe with the end of his finger. But I suspect he was wise enough not to say that until he was where neither landlord nor agent could hear him. Such language would have caused his arrest or imprisonment. Whether he said it or not does not matter. What he did was to hurry home and take himself out of his holding (little farm) before the bailiff had a chance to evict him.

This was in 1843, and [redacted], with his wife and three children - Joseph, Hannah, and Edmund, bade goodby to Ireland and took the long road to America.

First, congratulations on escaping the Bad Place . Some tips to make your time here the best it possibly can be from one of your Hexbear elders :

1. Here posts are called neither Tweets nor Skeets, but rather poops . For example, "Wow, I really like this poop you made! I will give it one upbear!"

2. Mastery of the emojis is essential for communication on here. Hexbears are really only semi-literate, so pictographs are pretty important for getting your point across . However, be warned that new users are allowed only a single emoji per week until they have hit the thousand post threshold (on average this takes about two weeks).

3. This is a website for liberals. However, there is a single leftist on here, and it is me. Hi.

4. We don't have downvotes here . We used to, but they were being used in a transphobic way so we got rid of them. If you disagree with someone make sure to comment and tell them so in such a way that they will be your enemy until the end of time

5. If you look at the top of the website page, you will see a rotating selection of text called taglines. These are all serious and carefully selected by the mod team as representative of our philosophy.

6. This is a nonsecretarian space . Thoughtful discussions and critiques are welcome, but dunking on other tendencies will be removed*

   *

   This does not include liberalism, Trots (liberals), left communists (liberals) , democratic socialists (liberals), or social democrats (fascists)

7. Finally, and most importantly never stop pooping. If anyone tells you to stop, keep pooping anyway. Always poop, until the very end.