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Eugen Leviné, assassinated on this day in 1919, was a German revolutionary communist who briefly led the Bavarian Council Republic, giving luxury apartments to the homeless and factories to the workers during his short reign in power.

Eugen Levine was born to wealthy Jewish parents in St Petersberg, Russia, and became exposed to radical politics after moving to Heidelberg, Germany at a young age. In 1905, Leviné returned to Russia to participate in the failed revolution of 1905 against the Tsar and was arrested and exiled to Siberia.

After World War I ended, Leviné joined the Communist Party of Germany and helped to create a socialist republic in Bavaria. Leviné eventually rose to power as the communists assumed control of the government.

He attempted to pass many reforms, such as giving the more luxurious flats to the homeless and giving workers control and ownership of factories. Leviné also planned reforms for the education system and to abolish paper money, but did not get the chance to complete either.

The German Army, assisted by the right-wing Freikorps paramilitary invaded and quickly conquered Munich on May 3rd, 1919. Leviné himself was arrested and shot by firing squad in Stadelheim Prison.

Ex-Soviet agent Whitaker Chambers cited Leviné as an inspirational figure, writing "During the Bavarian Council Republic in 1919, Leviné was the organiser of the Workers' and Soldiers' Soviets. When the Bavarian Council Republic was crushed, Leviné was captured and court-martialed. The court-martial told him: "You are under sentence of death." Leviné answered: 'We Communists are always under sentence of death.'"

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[–] Keld@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A "slur" used against spartan women was "thigh shower", because they would wear more practical versions of the normal Greek dress (The peplos) with a slit down the side for added mobility.

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[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

https://x.com/RimaHas/status/1930564938243694723

apparently the boat that Thunberg is on is diverting to rescue a sudanese migrant boat crossing the Med that sent out an SOS, and they managed to pick up 4 of them before it got intercepted by the coast guard

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[–] micnd90@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm simultaneously annoyed at my parasocial content creators for ignoring the genocide in gaza and covering the genocide in gaza, the latter because the situation it is pretty distressing and I feel really powerless. I might just crash out out of internet altogether and take the grill pill (painting gundams).

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Before dying David Lynch told me all my posts are funny, even the slightly problematic ones.

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[–] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

get up go water your plants and take a shower then go take a nap like you had a hard day

couldn't be me

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

New season of trailer park boys is doing casting rn and I have an in via a co-worker who had a speaking role in the last movie at least during shooting. No idea if he made final cut. I have met most of the cast before when I fed them while they were drunk way back. If I csn just get one speaking role in tpb I'd be soooo hyped.

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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

I'm feeling really good, I read something someone said somewhere about how they quit smoking and adapted it a little bit for me, and so far it's helping me cut down like nothing else has. I haven't gone to bed with a headache or chest ache in a week, and I can feel more energy. I'm doing more spontaneous exercise (typing this from a plank rn) and am becoming better at finding the time to do important stuff like gardening. Just planted two currants in big pots, one yellow flowering and one red.

[–] blipblip@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

Gonna be too hot for my usual beanie soon. Really gotta figure out how to keep my hair out of my face without it in a way that doesn't look terrible 😔

[–] take_five_moments@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

time to see if i can get nightreign cracked and working online

[–] blipblip@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you've got a copy with the patch they dropped the other day solos are supposed to be very playable now if you aren't able to get online working.

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[–] wombat@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it is june 4 and stalin saved the world from fascism

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[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The 2020s have really fucking sucked so far. Bad performances all around.

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[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

I fucking hate my eyebrows

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm in Japan right now and it's crazy how 90% of the things Americans say aren't to communicate information but just because they're afraid of silence

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CW: liberal zionism, genocide apologia

https://www.vox.com/politics/414049/reading-books-decline-tiktok-oral-culture

I was reading this article, which is interesting but flawed, about how a group of thinkers believe that society is devolving from a literate culture back into an oral culture (and how that will spell the doom of Liberalism, and herald the return of tyrant kings). The author is ambivalent about that premise while maintaining that the overall decline in literacy is not good and probably a sign of bad things to come. I was even thinking of making a post out of it. But then I got to this bit:

[T]here are several reasons to question the broader premise that declining deep literacy is the driving force behind illiberal politics in America today.

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Likewise, illiberal leftists — such as those who authored apologias for the October 7 massacre — are not typically distinguished by their lack of literary erudition (and much the same can be said of liberal intellectuals who’ve rationalized Israeli war crimes in Gaza). Nor were the Stalinists of yesteryear especially unacquainted with libraries.

Maybe it's just my personal hatred of the word 'illiberal', but I can't bring myself to engage more with the article, which kind of peters out at the end anyway. The author seems unclear where to point the blame for America's illiberal turn. Is it that nativist hicks are forcing the educated elite out of power? Is it that phones are bad? But what about these stats that indicate phones are good and made us woke about the gays? But how does that fit with the existence of Andrew Tate, the evil man who lives in the phone of every teenage boy? Socrates once condemned writing, so maybe if I say AI is bad somebody will think that makes me look a fucking idiot so I won't say that even though I believe it.

I really was thinking about how I suspect the idea that America was once shaped by an engaged and literate electorate (as was theorized earlier in the article) is misguided, that the US has long taken its cultural cues from the elites, that those elites were once well-educated people engaged in the project of Liberalism, and then once education became for the hoi polloi and Liberalism lost its moral standing to Socialism the elites gave up all pretense of giving a shit sometime around when JFK took one to the dome. I mean there's more to it than that because obviously the views of the masses have mattered and had an effect on things (largely in how the bourgeois respond to those views) but not in the orderly-and-learned-citizens-engaging-in-(non-disruptive)-civic-duty way I feel was implied early on in the article. You could also make an argument that the elites never gave a shit at all, that it was always a farce, that all this is business as usual and the only difference is that now even VOX writers can see that. But the whole thing ends on such a disappointing note and I've got better things to do with my time (I should have been asleep two hours ago), so I'm not going to think any more about this.

[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I was reading Chip War by Chris Miller, and throughout the book he throws so much shade at China (a bit at the soviet union too). And then i get to the chapter where he talks about the more modern day when Xi Jinping became leader, and its so comical how he tries to portray China.

He talks about how the semicomductor companies are a under a tight leash by the CPC. I realize that that only sounds bad if you assume CPC = evil therefore bad.

He also spent the first half of the book talking about how chip companies needed heavy subsidies and intervention from the government. So put it together, his point is that CPC is bad because they are subsidizing their chip industry (which America/South Korea/Taiwan already do) while also maintaining control over it. A complete contradiction of free market principles! So which is it? Government intervention is required to build a strong chip industry? Or government shouldnt intervene in semiconductor companies except to give them blank checks? As he has shown in the American semiconductor industry, the latter has caused them to fall behind twice.

He also talks about when Taiwan was going through a crisis, Morris Chang ensured that the government would bail TSMC out. This is portrayed as a good thing though.

Im glad it looks like eggs are going down a little in price bc i didn't know what else to eat for breakfast that i wouldn't get sick of and 10 dollars for 6 days of breakfast is both not a lot but also much more than 3 dollars for the same was

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was uninstalling some software when I encountered the most baffling thing: as soon as you hit "Uninstall" it prompts you to find the setup executable...as in the original multi-gig offline installer which no reasonable person would keep around. It refused to proceed until I re-downloaded said installer, and then it STILL didn't work. Impressively terrible. Thankfully, I'll be wiping this machine in the near future and replacing this Windows 10 install with Linux, so I'm just going to leave it be.

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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Can't wait to finally find out about delta's rune

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[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fun Fact: Fun Facts first appeared in the 70's as part of an ad campaign by Wrigley's gum

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[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

I went really hard on my push exercise/hip flexor/core work out like two days ago and I am regretting it because I can't bring myself to do leg day otherwise I'll have to waddle everywhere and won't be able to use my noodle arms

[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

my tummy hurtsmadeline-sadeline

[–] Mousy@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hang in there bloodborne bros

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[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

:::spoiler Cognito Hazard: Open at Own Risk Finally, twitter has presented us someone who's lamer for having an orgy, and of course Aella is involved.

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[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

They should bring back a primarch back and in 5 seconds he got eaten by a t rex as a trailer to exodite eldar.

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