Somewhat reddit-brained lib friend of mine sent this article which triggered a whole discussion of geopolitics: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tsmcs-euv-machines-are-equipped-with-a-remote-self-destruct-in-case-of-an-invasion

He said that would reduce the chance of an invasion and I was like (paraphrasing): "really? does it? the generations-long and unfinished business of the chinese civil war and all the history there is outweighed by the thought of losing one chip fab that they've already proven they don't really need after all the sanctions? They aren't going to invade unless their hand is forced, there's literally already US troops on taiwan-held islands, if they were on the brink of invading they would have done it already, but they aren't."

He basically argued that the majority of people there wanted to be independent therefore its simple self determination and the US should help them, etc.

I said the no capitalist state gives a flying fuck about self determination and asked if texas has the right to secede, or perhaps more relevantly, if texas settlers had the right to secede from mexico and join the US in the first place? because its not like the nationalists that took over the island were its native inhabitants, who are now mostly dead, flooding a low-population place with "settlers" doesn't mean you own it...

we went back and forth a bunch and he stopped arguing when I pointed out the inconsistency of supporting palestine but also taiwan, when they (while not the same, taiwan wasn't settler colonialism) have kind of a similar arc, what with israel's "majority", both having invaded and largely displacing the prior inhabitants.

I don't feel I had all the best arguments at my disposal, though overall I feel good about my responses.

I fortunately or unfortunately don't use tik-tak or other short form content. Currently I am helping organize a screening of films about Palestine at a local festival, and realize that short form content is an important part of the current conversation.

Anyone have good leads on short form content on Palestine?

What do you think of the following terms?

1. People of Gaza

2. Gazans

I've been using "Gazans". It feels natural for me to use demonym even though "people of Gaza" has its supporters. For example - I assume Norman Finkelstein always uses "people of Gaza" and never "Gazans" in writing. And when he speaks it's probably the same.

A couple times in the bulletin stickies I used the non-term "West Bankers" because for me "Palestinians in the West Bank" is such an unnaturalistic mouthful.

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I wish there was a second form of double quotation marks just for text so it's clear the words in quotes aren't being used as "scare quotes" or in an "ironic" way.

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About the photo. It's from a 6 year-old article titled...

Gaza City in the spotlight: hesitant hope in a city where everyone still wants out

As per title, looking for a online copy of 'A fighting dream: the political writings of Claudia Jones'. If any comrades have one available, would greatly appreciate!

What publications do you find to be the most factual? Do you often check multiple sources when reading about a current event? How do you keep your own biases in check?

Like many of you, I came to hexbear from the r/chapotraphouse days. I feel almost like there's some oral history here we stand a risk of losing, maybe it's been retold in some megathread somewhere of how much shitposting went down, or a meme archive somewhere (link me!).

Leans back in rocking chair Oh, those were the glory days!! I fall backwards out of chair and die

For all its flaws, the election shitpost fuckery on r/CTH was some of the most fun I've ever had on the goddamn internet. And I've been around, ye post-dialup whipper-snappers.

I did not know jack or shit about leftist ideology beforehand, found CTH via some insane post that made it to r/all, and had a grand fucking time dunking on the relentless deluge of dumbass hillary-stan types and watching the other dunks. Plus I learned a lot. All the dumbass rhetoric that does not hold up under simple scrutiny would keep showing up & get utterly destroyed. It was so goddamn cathartic.

Is there anywhere that seems likely to happen again in the fall? Even in a lesser form? With reddit stomping on the "main" leftist subreddit I feel like dems & leftists come into direct contact a lot less on the internet. Twitter squabbles just don't cut it the way an extended back-and-forth would. Even over here in the lemmy verse, defederation reduces contact & thus fun garbage fights. Sighs wistfully

I see you out there. Posting. You should post here too. Why aren't you? Genuinely curious actually.

My partner has a big butt and has asked to see it. I cannot find it. Several others have asked to see it also.

It is manga, full of text, and the main character gets more unhinged and full of energy as the comic goes on.

Random notes: boobs are hereditary or bought

Butts are the product of labour.

Not sure how to curate my hexbear browsing experience

Edit: thank you!

Trying to practice good opsec while doing research. Let me know if I’m dumb, but: a) will this track me? b) is this information reliable?

https://subium.com/profile/mauratwit.bsky.social/post/3ksueuts7ia2h

A reply

Well. TIL about this flag. For context, this is in a diverse neighborhood of Minneapolis, across the street from a rather hippie art building.

Here’s google street view from 4 years ago. Someone has been radicalized and started hoarding lawn decoration.

And don’t say sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) just because the name is funny. I’m a sperm whale so it’s kind of mean.

Not voting for either and not advocating such, just wondering if this lib talking point holds up in reality. I know he recognized Jerusalem as the capital, but reads as far more committed overall to the zionist project to me.

In the past few days I've had several replies that have not pinged a "unread" notification and do not show up in the unread page.

They do show up in all on the inbox, but I never use that.

Is anyone else experiencing this issue? Is it a known issue to devs?

Send my your finest Lenin quotes. Please!

I need a fan for cooling down but it has to be really good and right now the options are a lasko fan that looks like a snail and a vornado rawr fan. Ideally don’t wanna spend 90$ on a fan but I don’t really care so long as it does a good job, any recommendations are appreciated

Come contribute your analysis in the comments, vibes based or otherwise.

I think sometimes it depends on the topic.

Reuters is good at getting some key points and missing full state department spin, but the problem is that they have a reputation as non-biased, and that reputation means they/you do not bother to inspect their own ideology. In other mainstream media, it's easy to spot the political spin and bias if you know what you're looking for, but Reuters is much more clandestine, and possibly unintentionally so.

I imagine it to be ran by 'well meaning' liberals who have a level of journalistic integrity, that is born from 'do the right thing in the name of democracy' rather than from a serious political education.

So they thoroughly explore 'both sides' a lot, while presenting all of their information with a very 'objective' feeling register of language, in the process omitting important facts/framings that they would deem to be inducing a level of political bias.

That said, I will say they're not otherwise too worthy of my ire in comparison to other major media organisations.

Weirdly, I was researching Venezuela recently for a stageplay I'm writing, and Bloomberg gave surprisingly good coverage of events I didn't expect them to bother with. You wouldn't be able to form a meaningful analysis of venezuela based on their coverage alone, but I was still quite shocked that I found bits of their coverage to be pretty OK, and sometimes divergent from the usual state department shit that CNN or even The Guardian would put out. Very curious.

My 2 questions are:

Is the attached picture true?

And

What was the deal with what happened to the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee and the Night of the Murdered Poets?

It was something CNN was talking about a few months ago. Naturally people emigrate and immigrate all the time, but the way Chinese people were getting to America was a central part of the story. Naturally you never get closure in these stories.

Did people loose their homes? Did people end up jobless?

I know there was a company central to the story, and that China was basically going to let it fail, but what was the fallout?

Don't be nice, be honest. I can take some critique.

I actually used to do the no plastic thing until COVID, since then I've been paranoid about sharing the same public water thing as people who aren't careful. I'm not saying that's a good reason, the risks are certainly much lower than breathing in infected air, and probably pretty low in general.

I'm also aware that the whole personal responsibility thing is pretty neoliberal. I think there are limits to that argument, like I'm a vegan, mask wearing, public transit taking human.

Edit: I have a cup of coffee in the morning and another bottle of water at lunch.