ReadFanon [any, any]

@ ReadFanon @hexbear.net

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If I don't reply I'm probably struggling with basic communication or my health. Don't take it personally.
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2h ago

Hate Fascism? Then you should support MORE Fascism.
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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 2h ago
There's always room for more Palantir in the pit

2h ago

Fediverse slop series: Pro SPD memes for NATOist teens

ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 2h ago

The KPD doing nothing but also singlehandedly elevating the NSDAP to power but also being the biggest threat to the NSDAP but also not being effective at anything.

Once again the enemy is both weak and strong, apparently.

3h ago

Hot take: people are giving themselves epstein derangement syndrome (and that is a bad thing)

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 3h ago

Sally Hemings was 14. Jefferson was in his 40s.

14h ago

(CW: harassment, sexism) Men are recording women secretly with meta glasses

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 14h ago

Normalize calling these people glassholes once again.

15h ago

Iraq's Coordination Framework reaffirms support for Maliki as PM amid threats from Washington

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 15h ago

I've been calling this for a while now. I really don't want to be right about this and I especially do not want to be right about where I think it's heading.

Hellworld

17h ago

Disabled Community Megathread from January 26, 2026 to February 8, 2026

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 17h ago

Oh no, withdrawals like that from antidepressants are awful.

If you ever encounter this in the future, or if anyone else reads this and they're wondering what you can do, try contacting your psych/their receptionist to explain the issue and seek advice. Sometimes they can pull through with a solution for you.

You can also try speaking to your pharmacist. Aim for the pharmacy that you regularly go to, if possible, and explain the situation to the pharmacist. They should be able to see your prescription history and they will notice that there has been a change in count/dosage. Often they will be able to provide you with extra to make up the shortfall then and there or they might contact your prescribing doctor to get approval to make up the shortfall. Pharmacists get priority for these things so trust me, even if you can't get through to your psych the pharmacist will have far better luck. Attending in person is the better option but phone calls work too. (The solutions that the pharmacist can provide you will depend on the drug in question and your local regulations.)

But they don't tell you these things. They never do. You're just expected to know.

Congrats on making it through what sounds like a hellish week.

19h ago

I'm finally getting the urge to change my distro from Mint to something else. When distro hopping do you basically have to start from scratch again?

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 19h ago

I'm either a terrible person to ask about distros or I'm perfect to ask as a very average PC user, so take that as you will.

I'm running mint on my laptop and I've got a handheld running Bazzite.

Mint was the default so I landed on that and it was good enough for me so I'm sticking with it because I can't be bothered to hop but I probably would have started at Zorin or PikaOS if I knew what I do now. For the handheld, Bazzite is the no-brainer option because of how it's perfectly suited for compatibility and ease of use. Both distros I started with when I switched to Linux and the pain of switching hasn't been outweighed by the pain of dealing with the small annoyances of staying yet so I doubt I'll be hopping to anything else for the time being.

I'm the most basic Linux user ever.

19h ago

I'm finally getting the urge to change my distro from Mint to something else. When distro hopping do you basically have to start from scratch again?

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 19h ago

Hehehe, hopefully it wasn't too painful a lesson.

Bazzite is very close to SteamOS and the desktop environment is utilitarian but nice. It's very solid.

I think if I was shopping for a new distro I'd take a close look at PikaOS and it seems like it might be up your alley. It appears that it's very good for gaming and it's part of the new Open Gaming Collective initiative so I'd expect that PikaOS is gonna stay on the cutting edge of Linux gaming since there's other really good gaming distros behind the initiative such as Bazzite.

19h ago

I'm finally getting the urge to change my distro from Mint to something else. When distro hopping do you basically have to start from scratch again?

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 19h ago

From memory you were sick to death of Windows (relatable) and you were sorta on the fence about what to do but you explicitly said not to tell you to switch to Linux and, as the classic supportive community that is Hexbear, everyone in the replies was bullying you to switch to Linux.

22h ago

Herman Melville's Moby Dick, or The Whale - The Whale (2022) Review

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 22h ago

If you like Aronofsky and you like anime, check out Perfect Blue. Read no synopsis, just start watching and lock in.

It's a great movie. You won't regret watching it.

22h ago

I'm finally getting the urge to change my distro from Mint to something else. When distro hopping do you basically have to start from scratch again?

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 22h ago

A very good read.

All my complaints about Bazzite are just griping from someone with change fatigue who is very rigid in their thinking. I think it's a really great distro and the install process is fantastic - it really sets the bar for other distros. I think most people would love it and I'd like to be able to love it too but I'm just too curmudgeonly and I know it.

But enough about my character flaws. For everyone else, they should absolutely give it a try if they are curious. Also all my gripes are minor compared to my complaints about Microslop. You can't go wrong with Bazzite.

23h ago

I'm finally getting the urge to change my distro from Mint to something else. When distro hopping do you basically have to start from scratch again?

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 23h ago

You have come so far and we're all really proud of you

I only posted that comment to tease you because I'm a recalcitrant little shithead and you said not to suggest Linux (plus I think it's funny speaking as if Linux is the plural of Linuc) but look at you now!

23h ago

I'm finally getting the urge to change my distro from Mint to something else. When distro hopping do you basically have to start from scratch again?

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 23h ago

Bazzite is the best option for a SteamOS-like distro.

Personally I've never used SteamOS itself but it looks identical to it from what I've seen and as a PC OS Bazzite is perfectly functional and it's really decent. I prefer Mint and I main that on my laptop myself but I run Bazzite on my handheld and I recommend it.

2d ago

Technology Connections has a full lib crashout at the end of his latest video. Respect.

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 2d ago

They pulled it from YouTube. I can't find an archived version from a cursory search but you might have more luck than me. Here's the original URL to the removed video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTLvD6-X8WQ

There's a really good in-depth autopsy of that disaster of a video here that does the art justice and you'll be able to piece together what Hank Green said in the original but it's a (deservedly) long response.

Hank Green issued some half-assed apology afterwards and shifted blame without actually addressing much. I watched a bit of it when the scandal hit but I don't recall watching the whole thing through, it just seemed like PR damage control slop and I find the Green brothers to be insufferably smug so I probably got 30 seconds in before I couldn't bare listening to the bullshit anymore.

Edit: I probably should have said fiber work and not textile work in the above comment but the skills and techniques and developments, especially in the earlier part of technological development, were the same and eventually they diverged. You get what I'm saying though.

2d ago

Technology Connections has a full lib crashout at the end of his latest video. Respect.

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 2d ago

Oh god, Hank Green is insufferable and his politics even more so.

Fuck him for his knitting video especially though. Sciencebros just love to shit on "women's" work, ignorant to the marvel of technological development that requires all sorts of innovation and scientific progress (not least of all maths) to do some silly little lady's crafting - just like scrapbooking! Certainly nothing that has to do with big, important, science-y man's work (/s obviously)

Guess which type of work has not only been central to all of human existence, even prior to the advent of civilization, but also was absolutely fundamental to the early age of computers and space exploration? Textile work.

Nobody ever breathe a word denigrating textile work around me, least of all a sciencebro "public educator", because the first goddamned computer was a loom, the US used bra manufacturers to hand make space suits, and those magnetic core memory modules had to be hand woven by skilled women labourers. If you think that textile work is just some cute little hobby for ladies then go home and throw out every last thing that required fabric or computers at any point in its production, not to mention all your clothes and bedding and anything computerized.

2d ago

Technology Connections has a full lib crashout at the end of his latest video. Respect.

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 2d ago

He's genuinely a good lib. You can see he cares and that he has good principles in there, he just lacks basically any history or political development.

You'd be able to talk him around over the course of maybe one or two dinners and drinks if you were a friend of his.

2d ago

Technology Connections has a full lib crashout at the end of his latest video. Respect.

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2d ago

Technology Connections has a full lib crashout at the end of his latest video. Respect.

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 2d ago

This is why I've worked really hard to pull back from calling out blue MAGA when they treat any of the most minor criticisms of a democrat politician like you just insulted 7 generations of their ancestors.

I mean this with sincerity - I think that the people who react like that are one of the most powerful forces for radicalizing progressives over the hump into the radical left. It's only when you consider yourself a democratic voter through and through but you have a genuine criticism, like why Biden increased funding to ICE and outdid Trump 1.0 in deportations and incarcerations in the border prison camps and continued building the wall, only to get treated as if you're Trump's biggest fan, public enemy number 1, and that you're personally to blame for Kamala losing etc. Just one of these moments is all it takes.

Then someone who is self-aware enough like TC is gonna look around the metaphorical room and see all these people who are snarling at him, who don't give a damn about principles or ethics or that fucking awful constitution or human rights, and they are gonna realize that they no longer recognize the community they exist within, that these people they thought were allies and who shared the same values are just as bad, just as willing to comprise on any values in order to win. And that's when a person like this has a permanent and irreparable break from liberalism. Just one or two of them telling him "I hope ICE comes knocking at your door and drags you and your loved ones off to CECOT. How dare you make a valid criticism of a democratic candidate like that!? You are dead to me." and he's gonna have his road to Damascus moment.

This is why in the lead up to the most recent US presidential election I was riling up blue MAGA on social media in the comments. I legitimately wanted to put them through their own little strategy of (ideological) tension. I wanted them to be in such a siege mentality, in such a terrified political tailspin that they were lashing out at anyone and everyone. I wanted them barking at shadows and treating everyone like an opponent or a clandestine enemy. Because I know that they were turning on their own with that energy too; I can't agitate within their circles very much but I can foster a mentality in them where they do that work for me and they will be far more effective at it than I could hope to be.

This is why I personally try to cultivate a comradely approach as best I can and why I opt for call-in culture over call out culture. One is corrosive and it harms any sort of movement or efforts to organize. The other builds. If we allow ourselves to be at one another's throats then we are doing COINTELPRO's work for it. Some things need to be called out and some things absolutely should not be permitted, of course, but if everyone is constantly on edge, if we extend no grace towards our comrades, then we will bring a sort of belligerence to our work and we will never make progress.

In saying all this, there's a particular radical comm that exists in the lemmyverse that this brings to mind. You know the one. The head admin of it constantly lashes out and goes on witch hunts. The culture they set is incredibly toxic and corrosive to their politics. If propaganda of the deed is a thing then anti-propaganda of the deed is too. If it's not clear enough yet, you can find a comment of mine where I mention the phrase petty tyrant for more info. (I don't actually intend to rile up that particular character btw, although they are on a hair trigger so it just happens. I know very well how I could stoke an ideological strategy of tension with them if I wanted to - I know them better than they think. But that's not my intention and I have far better things to do. And one of those things is picking quarrels and provoking trouble with progressive libs because I'm getting the backwards to self-isolate while bringing up the intermediate and bringing over the advanced.)

Idk where I'm going with this.

2d ago

Growing Mushrooms. Brewing Stouts.

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 2d ago

Oh you'll be fine if you have that experience under your belt. If you do make it happen, post pics because I wanna see how it turns out!

2d ago

How to transcribe text for Comrade’s Library

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ReadFanon [any, any] @hexbear.net 2d ago

(TODO: Anything else?)

How does one deal with pages that are images or that are tables which are too difficult to transcribe into text format and which are best left as images?

Similarly, what should one do with creating a cover image for the book (assuming one is available)?

Is there a way to submit a book which has been mostly completed but where you got stuck on something tricky or you need feedback, e.g. yoir first attempt?