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- Reminder: dunk posts go in /c/the_dunk_tank and /c/cth is NOT for low-hanging-fruit that's removed from dunk_tank
We've seen an uptick in people posting dunks in here that belong in dunk_tank, as well as low-hanging fruit that gets removed from or isn't allowed in dunk_tank anymore. For context, rule 8 of dunk_tank:
>Rule 8: The subject of a post cannot be low hanging fruit, that is comments/posts made by a private person that have low amount of upvotes/likes/views. Comments/Posts made on other instances that are accessible from hexbear are an exception to this.
There's a reason that dunks are cordoned off to their own comm, some users rightfully don't want to see reactionary nonsense all the time, even if we're making fun of the person who said it. /c/cth is a general-purpose comm but it's NOT for posting some random nobody asshole twitter user's bad takes, the absolute best course of action to take when you see that stuff out in the wild is to either directly shit on them yourself, or ignore them and don't give them more attention.
From this point on I'm going to be more stringent about moderating this. I get it, it's fun to dunk on the libs and the blue checks and the !frothingfash and that's why we have a whole dedicated comm for that. Any post that's obviously meant to be "hey look at this piece of shit, let's laugh at how bad their opinions are, upbears to the left and emojis in chat" belongs in the_dunk_tank. And any super low-hanging fruit doesn't belong on this site, period (see TDT rule 8 above). We have better things to do with our time than give unearned attention, time and energy to low-follower-count nobodies yelling into the void.
Thanks for your discretion comrades, stay sicko !sicko-jammin
edit: as others have pointed out, /c/shitreactionariessay@lemmygrad.ml is a good place for any and all dunking content not allowed here. Post that ragebait to our comrades at the 'grad, they'll make good use of it. Also, per rule 9 of TFT dunking on fediverse users is still explicitly allowed so it's still open season on those in our own backyard.
- [CW: suicidal ideation/self harm] PSA: Don't fucking suicide bait.
BeamBrain [he/him] @hexbear.net FeaturedThis is on my mind, since I had to temp-ban someone from c/vegan for it in the past week, and another example of it went unmoderated for hours after being reported in another community (though it was eventually dealt with).
It doesn't matter how much the person you're responding to deserves it. Odds are, they will not care. But you know who will care? Any comrades who happen to read the thread and who struggle with suicidal ideation and/or self harm. You could ruin their day. You could be the push that sends them over the edge. Even in the unlikely event that you cause grief to the person you're responding to, no amount of collateral damage is worth it.
Don't make suicide bait posts or comments. Don't upvote suicide bait posts or comments. Report and denounce them wherever they show up.
- Thread for Palestinian Aid
Wanted to get a thread together to highlight aid groups that can be donated to to help Palestinian aid
- https://www.palestinercs.org/en
- https://www.pcrf.net/
- https://upaconnect.org/
- https://www.mecaforpeace.org/
- https://www.palestiniansocialfund.com/support
- Hasan fundraiser (https://x.com/hasanthehun/status/1713286510127219114?s=20) (https://donate.tiltify.com/@hasanabi/palestinian-medical-assistance)
That's the only one I know of but leaning on y'all for help to spread the word. Lots of medical aid needed so let's direct our energy toward those helping in GazaKeep em coming and I'll try to continue to add them here
- Someone said this was a "good Wojack" meme. So I guess I'll share it.
Here keep it if u don't have it
- I have been informed that there were no left-wing participants in WWII.
Because the USSR was "authoritarian" and that makes them right wing.
Political Science is a real field of inquiry and Political Scientists are real scientists who deserve to be taken seriously, and other lies.
The shit political scientists say is just baffling. Like whether you like the USSR or not, defining right wing politics as being "authoritarian" is just bizzarely ignorant and weird. And, like, the definition of a nation state is partially an entity which effectively monopolizes the legitimate use of force within it's borders, so what the fuck does authoritarian even mean? Authority is the definition of a state, it's what makes a state a state. Fucks sake.
- Jesse Welles has more originality and talent than that stupid republican folk singer, I forget his name, the one about rich men.
The dude chruns out bangers every couple of days, each song more and more damning of america versus some dolt who owns a lot of land and hates people on welfare.
- Something I think everyone here should internalize 🤗
Just kidding go fuck yourselves
(I actually love you all)
- Story's of dudes who were creeps to women you guys know?
Mines pretty tame, but my exs ex husband was obsessed with her and would not leave her alone
- Was Assange an asset for the US government?criticalresist.substack.com Was Assange an asset for the US government?
Amid the end of Assange's trial, we look at his past and the history of Wikileaks.
- Absolutely incredible, esoteric leftie meme creators in shambles (cw:ai and sectarianism stuff)
(unfortunately this glif app wants google or discord account, so fuck em)
- Britain fucking jailed people for being gay in the 80swww.telegraph.co.uk Jailed gay soldier: ‘Return of cap badge is a proud moment and it has given me closure’
Veteran talks of his pride and says he would now encourage any young gay person to join the Army
> Jailed gay soldier: ‘Return of cap badge is a proud moment and it has given me closure’
> Veteran talks of his pride and says he would now encourage any young gay person to join the Army
> A former member of the Armed Forces who was jailed for kissing a fellow serviceman in the 1980s has become one of the first gay veterans to have his ceremonial cap badge returned to him.
> Stephen Close, 61, was court-martialled, discharged with disgrace, imprisoned and placed on the sex offenders register for having a relationship with a fellow soldier.
> Earlier this week, he was invited to the Royal Fusiliers’ regimental headquarters at the Tower of London to re-receive his military cap and badge, 40 years after his discharge.
> Mr Close, from Salford, Greater Manchester, said: “It was a proud moment for me. It took a lifetime, but it came and it has given me closure.”
> Mr Close was stationed in Berlin in 1983 when he became romantically engaged with a fellow male soldier after a night out. However, they were seen by a colleague who reported them. Restoring cap badges to discharged service personnel was among the recommendations made by an LGBT independent veterans review
> He said he was questioned by the Greater Manchester Police and swabbed for a DNA sample before being paraded around the base in front of his colleagues. He was then charged for gross indecency, jailed for six months, and discharged from the Army.
> Mr Close and his boyfriend served their time in separate prisons and never saw each other again. While in prison, he was forced to wear a red ribbon to mark him out to guards and fellow inmates.
> “In Nazi Germany, gays had to wear pink triangles, I had to wear a red ribbon,” he said.
> “I suffered with anxiety for a long time. It was frustrating really, it took a toll on my mental health. It wasn’t just the court case, it was the total abandonment from my military mates, who knew who I was. That hurt.”
> Homosexuality was decriminalised in 1967, but it remained an offence in the Armed Forces until 1994. A ban on homosexuals serving in the British military was not lifted until 2000.
> Following Mr Close’s release from prison, he remained on the sex offenders register and was unable to work with children or vulnerable people until he was given a royal pardon in 2013 – the same year that Alan Turing, the mathematician and code-breaker, was posthumously pardoned by Queen Elizabeth II. ‘Too ashamed’
> Restoring cap badges to discharged service personnel was among the recommendations made by an LGBT independent veterans review last year.
>Mr Close said that for years he had felt “too ashamed” to attend Remembrance events and had found it too painful to attend regimental reunions.
> He said: “There were a lot of people in the room that day that came in after the ban was lifted.
> “My battalion has been quite proud to recruit LGBT recruits to demonstrate they’re openly accepting of gay people. I would encourage any young gay person to join the Army now, but it’s taken a while. Even a few years after the ban was lifted, I wouldn’t have, but I would now.
> “People are accepting it more now, eventually it will just become the norm. It’s a good thing.”
- Kenya braces for more protests after [IMF Backed] finance bill passedwww.aljazeera.com Kenya braces for more protests after finance bill passed
Several people were killed on Tuesday as protests turned violent after Parliament passed the contentious finance bill.
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- Little Big Boat Stuck (Not A Drill)
Cargo Ship Stuck In River After Tide Falls | BBC
chanting BOAT, STUCK - BOAT, STUCK - BOAT, STUCK - BOAT, STUCK - BOAT, STUCK -
- Introducing Hexbear AI
Our comrades in the secret hexbear/gooning discord server have been hard at work for months on a new AI model trained entirely on hexbear user data. We have created cybersyn folks! Gone are the days of ideological disagreement and struggle sessions, we can just ask the robot what is right and what is left. Meet @comradeisraeligenocide, pronouns (they/them)/(it/its). Ask them/it a question and they/it will respond immediately, also they/it have been made admin of the site and will carry out all moderation duties from now on. We will also be expanding our dataset with user data from other lemmy sites, we use OpenAI 4.5 which itself uses reddit, twitter, and facebook data among others as part of its models. Please note that @comradeisraeligenocide is in beta so mistakes will be made, despite the label of artificial intelligence @comradeisraeligenocide is not actually sentient, but we hope that one day they/it will be. Anyways if you intentionally get @comradeisraeligenocide to say something offensive !countdown
- A cop I maybe can actually respect and they're fucking trying to shame him
How DARE you enforce the law on the wealthy and powerful!
