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T-Bone Slim, born on this day in 1880, was an IWW member, working class songwriter, and author. Due to his popular, labor themed tunes, Slim was dubbed the "laureate of the logging camps".

Born Matti Valentin Huhta to Finnish immigrant parents in Ashtabula, Ohio, Slim became an itinerant worker after leaving his wife and family in 1912. It isn't known when Slim became a Wobbly, a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), but he first appeared in the IWW's press in the 1920 edition of the IWW Songbook.

Slim became one of the IWW's most famous writers during the 1920s and 30s, and many people would buy the "Industrial Worker" just to read his articles - one ad from the paper read "there's a lot more in Industrial Solidarity and Industrial Worker than T-Bone Slim's columns".

Slim did not presume his working-class readership to be unintelligent people, making use of complex wordplay and experimental writing techniques, playing with ambiguity, satire and surrealism.

Slim was also well-known for his songs, such as the "Lumberjack's Prayer", a parody of the Lord's Prayer about the poor quality of food available for the working class, and "The Popular Wobbly", which experienced a revival among civil rights activists during the 1960s.

In spite of his renown in radical circles during his lifetime, many details of Slim's life remain unclear. During the mid-1930s, he settled in New York City, where he worked as a barge captain on the docks.

In May 1942, Slim's body was found in the East River. His cause of death remains unknown and has been subject to speculation. Following his death, Slim largely faded into obscurity, especially compared to more famous IWW-associated writers such as Joe Hill.

Slim's songs have been preserved, however, re-published in editions of the Little Red Songbook and covered by musicians such as Pete Seeger, Utah Phillips, and his own great-grandnephew, John Westmoreland.

Until recently, there was thought to be no surviving photographs of Slim, however, in 2019 two photos were discovered and published by Working Class History in a Newberry Library collection.

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[โ€“] PaX@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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The Internationale sounds way better in Chinese than in French.

[โ€“] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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[โ€“] Zuzak@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago (8 children)

So uhh how do I like make money so I can pay rent and stuff. Preferably without selling my soul. I'm trans and have a degree I never used, have worked mostly in warehouses, with some tech skills, currently staying with my parents while I take a break and possibly get my shit together. Kinda burnt out and don't really have confidence anything I try will work out but I guess I'm about ready to go to work at the shit factory again. Would be nice to have a plan that doesn't involve moving boxes when I'm like 70. Tips on how to apply to stuff without it making me want to die also appreciated.

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[โ€“] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

Dune but replacing all the post hoc commentary from in universe characters with Dune universe Muchael Parenti

[โ€“] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[โ€“] RION@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

My dad invited me over to have dinner on friday with him and my brother out of the blue. He's a good dude but not the type to do this unless there's something to announce...

current speculation:

  • he got a job
  • he's getting engaged with his partner
  • he's moving in with his partner
  • my brother is moving in with his partner
  • all of the above?
  • none of the above??

leaning towards one of 3 and 4 atm. if he got a job and wanted to "announce" it he'd tell my sister at the same time, likewise with an engagement. But I've talked with both my dad and brother (who lives with my dad atm) about renting my dad's condo if i could get together the money, so it would make sense for that discussion to happen between just the three of us. will update, even if nothing happens cause that'd be pretty funny

[โ€“] Commiejones@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[โ€“] blight@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

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[โ€“] JamesJonathanSandwichTheFourth@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also fuck yeah T-Bone Slim rules

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What's the deal with torrenting these days. New TV shows only have like 30-50 people seeding at a time, it will take days to download an episode that just dropped. I remember years ago you could get almost anything you wanted in like an hour or so with how many people were seeding

[โ€“] Dolores@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

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[โ€“] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

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gah, I accidentally clicked "Clear Unread"

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[โ€“] Frank@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Damn, I just realized, in the last scene of GITS 96, the tank's autocannon shreds the entire tree of life bottom to top, symbolically showing that humanity has evolved towards ever more horrible and refined forms of violence, culminating in the Major as the ultimate weaponization of the human form. Motoko's last act as a human is an act of extreme violence to her superficially human body, the culmination of the theme of her alienation from humanity - In destroying her body she abandons her humanity, not to become less than human, but to explore becoming something else, something new and potentially wonderful. I guess there's also something in the contrast between the tank, a non-human weapon, and Motoko, a seemingly human weapon, and how even Motoko as the pinnacle of human violence can't overcome this non-human shaped weapon. When the tank-pilot is trying to crush her super-strong skull her face is totally indifferent, either because she feels no fear or remorse, or because she has lost control of her face.

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[โ€“] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[โ€“] GVAGUY3@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Videos generated by Sora look like a television with motion smoothing on

[โ€“] PaX@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

walter-breakdown

Just learned that exists now

We're totally fucked

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[โ€“] HarryLime@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

I had a dream that I was taking a test to work with animals at a gas station, and the testers took me up in an aircraft, and one of them started bothering a jaguar by shining a light in its eye. The jaguar was on an island across a body of water from the gas station, and it swam over and attacked the testers. I ducked behind a pump and decided to use Jake from Animorphs powers (that was how I thought of it in my head) to turn into another jaguar and scare the first jaguar off. So I turned into a jaguar and tried to scare it off, but I was cognizant that this could turn into a fight over territory and then I woke up.

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[โ€“] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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