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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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[-] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

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

[-] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

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

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

Mainstream stock brokerages trying to copy Polymarket? Capitalism is great.

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We do beg your pardon, we are in your garden.

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:::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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aella and some other girls who didnt identify were in some dorks replies like "oh we should reward good tweets with sex" and then the worst pic was posted.

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[-] miz@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

EDIT: everythings fine, haha. I love living under the boot

[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

Blackredguard is going as a delegate to the DSA convention, good for him, he is also a member of liberation causus the one that made dems like cuomo mad by calling the embassy shooter a political prisoner

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my tummy hurtsmadeline-sadeline

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Roller coasters are still, statistically speaking, the safest way to travel

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Radio proximity fuses are so cool, I had no idea every single one of them is a little radar bat. They've got little radio wave oscillators in the tip that send out a signal in front of the shell. When a target is close enough to return the signal, the shell explodes.

What's really neat is how they power them. It would obviously be a dangerous waste to just use batteries, because then your shell could be activated before its ready. So they have this ampule of acid seated inside a metal battery ring. On firing, the ampule breaks and the rotation of the shell spins the acid into the walls, creating a temporary battery.

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This training course I'm taking is going well but fuck we prob behind, gonna have to help pick up the pace for my group if we hope to keep up and learn everything in time. Hate it but might stay up tonight burning the oil to catch up.

[-] Keld@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Nah this was a silly post

Damn wouldn't it be crazy if someone made themselves disco Elysium tulpas and became real life harrier dubouis (mentally ill)

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Go Oilers!

And tomorrow, Go Pacers!

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I hate seeing Brad Marchand in a Panthers Jersey

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I already knew that queen-ohoho was among the top ten fictional characters of all time but in glad that I’m reminding myself why rn

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My friend is still pissing me off and I think they're gonna ruin the day trip we have planned

Still hoping for the best but also wishing I just planned it by myself :/

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I haven't emoted in nearly 35 years

[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

relationship rantWHY the fuck must they be so hard? Are they supposed to be? Has anyone been in a long lasting relationship that wasn't? Is it like a part of it to constantly feel like you're talking to a wall? I know I'm very particular and can be very critical but no matter how I try to talk about shit that bothers me, whether through ribbing, being super gentle and explanatory using "I" statements and expressing my needs, or being angry, it feels like nothing changes. Or it's me that's the problem idk

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