[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Wasn't it obvious when the US was withdrawing diplomats from the area? There were other ways to tell besides pizza lol.

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 13 points 9 hours ago

Then how did kids die?

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 5 points 15 hours ago

Here, try kicking the football again. This time we definitely won't move it, I swear!

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 15 points 16 hours ago

If it's got their nuclear sites and Iran can realistically threaten them, it might be worth something. Not sure if they can, but just saying.

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

It's insane. I don't know how they could be that oblivious when it was obvious to everyone on here what Israel and the US have been planning for a long time, and especially recently within the last couple days as signs picked up.

Is Iran filled with that many libs? You think the IRGC would have been a bit more disciplined and focused at least.

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

They don't seem very effective...

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 27 points 1 day ago

Oh shit, it's happening?

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

Only problem with going underground that I could see is it makes it more difficult to advertise and grow your membership.

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

How did other countries' leftist movements deal with this? Like how did the Bolsheviks, Mensheviks, and SRs survive in Tsarist Russia when they were constantly being infiltrated, censored, banned, their leaders exiled, etc?

Maybe this is a better question for a separate askchapo/asklemmygrad thread.

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 28 points 1 day ago

Holy shit they just detained a sitting US senator for asking a question.

Is it me or are they hitting the gas pedal on fascism too hard? Like this will even anger libs. They actually care about decorum, and the respect and authority of elected offices.

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 54 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm scared for these orgs, though. Apparently they're also targeting CHIRLA, which led the charge on these protests initially I believe, and other immigrant rights organizations, too. The new red scare is starting up I feel and the fascist hammer of the state will come down on everyone organizing outside the two parties.

The left never really survived the first red scare, but hopefully they picked up some lessons to apply to this one.

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 47 points 1 day ago

I don't think so yet, but someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'm guessing they're consulting lawyers and discussing within their committees and such. The good thing about a democratic centralist organization is that they hopefully should be able to respond to this quickly, so I'm surprised they're taking this long, but hopefully it means a good and solid response of "fuck you, we haven't done anything, we don't have to".

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Ben Cohen was one of seven people who were arrested at the hearing held by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, the spokesperson said.

...

Moments later, Cohen rose to his feet and accused Congress of playing a role in the deaths of children in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war.

Nice. Someone get Ben to join PSL.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by SevenSkalls@hexbear.net to c/movies@hexbear.net

Looking for a way to get into Lynch's work. I know, a little late, but I feel like I'm missing out on something with all the condolences going out today. I've heard good things about Twin Peaks? Does it still hold up?

What about his movies? I've heard great things about Mulholland Drive, although I was very confused when I got halfway through.

Are there other works that are better to start with or just that people generally recommend as being good?

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by SevenSkalls@hexbear.net to c/movies@hexbear.net

I know it's a little late this holiday season to ask this question but as a lover of the holidays, I'm curious what others think. I usually watch the schmaltsy, cutesie ones I watched as a kid, like The Muppet Christmas Carol or Mickey's Christmas Carol.

But it means I haven't watched the other dramatic (or possibly horror, considering the ghostly subject matter) retellings of the story as much.

Which adaptations of A Christmas Carol is your favorite?

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What's some books with an interesting vision of the future? I don't just mean more advanced technology, I mean the way it's organized.

I find often people can't envision past the society we have now. There's that quote, "It is easier to imagine an end to the world than an end to capitalism", and it seems more and more true, but sci-fi authors seem best equipped to actually imagine beyond that.

I've heard some sci-fi authors mentioned in this category before, like Heinlen, Ursula K. Le Guin, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Isaac Asimov's Foundation series.

I haven't read any of them lol. Would have no idea where to start within them that fits this category, or what other choices there are that people would suggest.

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