On this week this niche leftist forum was first launched (its was the 24th or 25th i think) Formed from the Chapotraphouse subreddit remnants that survived the reddit ban over the calls of violence against confederate slave owners, the first admins decided to use Lemmy as its base. Originally called Chapo.chat (ChaCha) Hexbear has grown into one of the biggest instances in the lemmyverse.
In this last 5 years hexbear has survived many diffent events from numerous struggle sessions, mod clique-users conflicts, wrecker incursions from other instances and sites, this image 
, a decent amount of fedidrama with other instances and the domain crisis, we still thrive with over 5 million comments and 375k posts.
I still continue my dictatorial rule over the general megathread for now over 4 years now, this time locked in the chapo comm so it can be more easily moderated, c/indigenous has now grown to 750 subs which im very happy plus now i take care of the empoc mega which has been pretty chill so far.
I still really enjoy the fedidrama, it fun to see all the fedilibs always thinking about hexbear despide the fact that they are on defederated instances and they can ust ignore us, we live rent free on their minds
Have all you nerds a good week, Read Absolute Batman, its good
Whats has been your favorite post/event from last year (july 2024-july 2025)?
- π»Link to all Hexbear comms https://hexbear.net/post/1403966
- π Come listen to music and Watch movies with your fellow Hexbears nerd, in Cy.tube](https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies
- π₯ Read and talk about a current topics in the News Megathread https://hexbear.net/post/5554224
- β Come talk in the New Weekly PoC thread https://hexbear.net/post/5485455
- β¨ Talk with fellow Trans comrades in the New Weekly Trans thread https://hexbear.net/post/5550316
- π New Weekly Improvement thread https://hexbear.net/post/5612470
- 𧑠Disabled comm megathread https://hexbear.net/post/5552737
- β Parenting Chat https://hexbear.net/post/5615086
reminders:
- π You nerds can join specific comms to see posts about all sorts of topics
- π Hexbearβs algorithm prioritizes comments over upbears
- π Sorting by new you nerd
- πΆ Join the unofficial Hexbear-adjacent Mastodon instance toots.matapacos.dog
Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):
Aid:
Theory:
- β€οΈFoundations of Leninism
- β€οΈAnarchism and Other Essays
Looking for a second job now. The sober living president told me I have to find a new job, but my mom vetoed me leaving my current job because of just how supportive they've been to me in my recovery/when I was in active addiction.
CW: Suicide
If you've been paying attention to my posts here, you'll know I went to rehab because I tried to kill myself when I was drunk. I had been trying to get in for a long time, but no place would accept me with my undiagnosed seizure condition. Honestly that suicide attempt was one of the best things that ever happened to me, the doctors at the hospital gave me an EEG so I could go into rehab and I straightened up my life from there. I was in the ICU for 2 days after that attempt, but I kinda needed that pause.
It wasn't my old roommates, or any of my "friends" that received my suicide note, it was my manager that saw my text, pulled up to my apartment and called an ambulance. She even told the hospital workers I was trans and my preferred name so I would feel comfortable when I woke up. My coworkers were constantly calling my mom when I was in rehab, trying to check in on how I was doing. One of them even sent me mail while I was in there. These were people that never judged me when I called in from being hungover because they understood my addiction as a disease that I was trying my best to fight. Like months before I went into rehab, I asked them to refuse to serve me alcohol.
The higher ups have started cutting down on labor hours, so I've really been struggling recently, barely making enough to survive. But the people at my job have really earned my loyalty, being some of my biggest supporters at times that I don't even know if I deserved it. I'm still looking for a second job, but especially after the conversation with my mom, I'm dead set on not leaving this job