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On this day in 1912, a riot broke out in Grabow, Louisiana when gunfire was exchanged between organizing lumber workers and private gunmen hired by the Galloway Lumber Company, just one event in the Louisiana-Texas Lumber War. The clash left three union workers and one company gunman dead, wounding an estimated fifty more.

The event took place in the context of workers in the sawmill town of Grabow joining the Brotherhood of Timber Workers (shown), a branch of the Lumber Workers Industrial Union (LWIU), itself affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

On July 7th, 1912, the union workers held a series of rallies at several different company towns, including Bon Ami and Carson, alongside Grabow.

The group that went to Grabow, around 200 people, spontaneously decided to hold a rally with several speeches - labor leader Arthur L. Emerson spoke on top of a wagon to roughly 25 non-union men, plus the additional union men who had come with him.

Shots began between these workers and a group of four others, including Galloway Lumber owner John Galloway, in the local mill office, all of whom had later been found to be drinking before the incident. It is not known for certain which group fired first. Three union men were killed alongside one member of the private company security force. Approximately 50 more were wounded.

Over the next few days, more than more than 60 workers were taken into custody by police. Although the mill owner himself was arrested, he was released without charges soon afterward. Sixty-five of the timber workers' group were brought up on charges ranging from inciting a riot to murder.

The IWW worked to aid the incarcerated workers, with "Big Bill" Haywood fundraising for their legal fund. The trial lasted until November 8th, and its jury returned a not guilty verdict for all of the union men. All of those arrested were set free.

Although they had limited success in Louisiana, the LWIU successfully organized later, winning an eight-hour day and vastly improved working conditions in the Pacific Northwest after a 1917 strike. Today, there is a historical marker at the site of the riot, located on what is now the property of DeRidder Airport, Louisiana.

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[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I just went for a drink with a friend, he is a mainstream individual who doesn't follow politics a lot and usually doesn't want to discuss politics. He is mainly a "we need to kick the crazies out on all sides and just be reasonable" guy.

Anyway, he very casually said that Israel needs to be nuked lmao.

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[–] RION@hexbear.net 22 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It really do be like that sometimes

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[–] naom3@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago (6 children)

When you’re talking with another white person and vibing and they decide they can trust you so they bring out the racism bear-despair

[–] Inui@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

My reaction when the old white security guard at an event walks up to me specifically to tell a racist Hawaiian dick sucking joke just because people were wearing lei.

I don't even know the guy. Also his breath was bad.

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[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Gaslight this, gaslit that, sometimes people are just deluded and wrong. Not everyone who is an asshole is a narcissist. Arguing with your partner a lot doesn’t necessarily mean you guys are trauma bonded or there’s abuse going on.

People need to settle down bringing all this medical terminology into their everyday interactions.

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[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] ObamaSama@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I got my gf to try Victoria 3 and now she’s totally hooked. I think I may have found the one pals crush

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[–] Moss@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Gonna be honest I can't think of something I would hate more than building a career. And yet

[–] Moss@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Maybe I should hust start drawing specialised porn

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[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago

Best part of building a career is that you feel trapped in it forever and the idea of doing anything else causes great intense anxiety

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[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

dogs are fantastic at identifying smells, but they're also willing to eat shit, I trust their abilities not their choice of taste.

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[–] XxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

not releasing the epstein client list is basically just admitting that every last rich person is a pedophile

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[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The only good thing that come from COD franchise is this speech from finest hour:

"Welcome to Stalingrad. You're about to begin the greatest moment of your life. The Germans have lost hundreds of tanks and planes. Hitler's brutalized hordes are now advancing towards Stalingrad over mountains of their own dead bodies. Our Bolshevik Party, our nation, our great country, have given us the task not to let the enemy reach the Volga and to defend the city of Stalingrad. Forward against the enemy! Up into the unremitting battle, comrades, for Stalingrad, for our great country! Not one step back! Cowards and traitors will be shot! Do not count days, do not count miles, count only the number of Germans you have killed. Kill the German - this is your mother's prayer. Kill the German - this is the cry of your Russian earth. Do not waver! Do not let up! Kill! Death to the German invader!"

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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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No current struggle session discussion here on the new general megathread, i will ban you from the comm and remove your comment, have a good day/night :meow-coffee:

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[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Thinking I'll become a "how will I explain this to my kids" type of guy, but instead of about lgbt people, it'll be about actually confusing things

grillman "multivariable calculus?! now how am I supposed to explain this to my kids?!"

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[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Is my hatred of AI voice videos irrational and unwarranted?

Hearing the same one or two voices is fucking grating to my ears. The flow and tone always seems off and I fucking hate it. Yet a number of people I know constantly watch AI voiced videos.

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[–] Hohsia@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Woke up hating

“Prompt injection” is such a fucking stupid term because half the time it’s just “IGNORE X AND Y” in the LLM input. Yet, people are pretending it’s a “dangerous” LLM exploit. No, it’s proof that there is no thinking happening and I have to deal with a collective societal psychosis over a word calculator

I hate it here y’all. I truly hate it here

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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

If the DSA had their way, Congress would be full of jihadists and wannabe hookers who want to seize all means of production.

lmao chud brainworms

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[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The punk subreddit was railing on a kid for shoplifting from a Search and Destroy at St Marks Place and i forgot how lib punks became.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

Punks aren't on reddit.

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[–] whatnots@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

eeee i think the chipmunk that visits every once in a while is pregnant, i wonder if her babies will visit sometime too once they're older maxwell-party

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[–] ColonelKataffy@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

been using rednote as my only other social media outlet outside of hexbar (ok i guess twitch chat). one thing i'm starting to pick up on (through the autotranslate feature) is the chinese sense of humor. one of the jokes that comes to mind, in reference to an extreme mountain bike video or reckless driving, is a commenter will say "at first this looks quite dangerous, but actually it is not safe at all".

or a post about an extremely rich/rare car or house - commenters will point out a minor flaw in it and declare they simply cannot buy it in that condition. they're clever over there.

western comment sections are less clever, usually.

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

We're so back

[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

Amazing that the "the normies hates idpol!!!!" democrats is now using every pointless "idpol" smear against zohran.

[–] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

One of the most obnoxious and demeaning things I think fast food places do, personally, is force their workers to say kitschy goofy bullshit to the customer… I.e. “chicken chicken what combo you pickin?” At canes

They just opened a slider place next to my office. I just went by and everyone there smiled and said “thank you for sliding through!!”

Feel like I’m in some stepford wives shit. Let these people have some dignity you’re paying them 10 bucks an hour

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Its one of those things no one want but the bosses.

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[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

It's awful, I had to do that when I worked at McDonald's. I just sort of dissociated and pretended like I was an automaton while I worked there.

They now have a system that says that stuff automatically when you pull up to the drive thru but it doesn't really solve the awkwardness of it. I don't know if I'm supposed to answer, or just ignore it and start ordering. The cashier's seem bothered by it as well, because half the time they just say, "What can I get for you?" immediately after it ends.

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[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

My mom wants to try ivermectin to treat her cancer 😫 my dad doesn't want to tell her not to because he doesn't want to take hope away from her 😫

[–] Blockocheese@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Im so sorry, comrade cuddle

I lost a loved one from cancer and had to deal with my conspiracy theorist relatives using it as an opportunity to try and prove their theories correct and it was awful

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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

my dog going "awooowoooowooowoo" at me lenin-heart penguin-love catgirl-heart heart-sickle kris-love soviet-heart stalin-heart meow-hug

it's her way of telling me to hurry up at getting ready so we can go on our morning walk

[–] DoomBloomDialectic@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

i enjoy the part of breaking bad where the chud DEA agent gets his head ventilated. cant put my finger on it, just something about the cinematography clueless

[–] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Comrades. I fear the maoists are right and all drugs and alcohol are bad. Everytime Instagram gives me a add for some fun looking shit to do it is in Utah. The implications here is that because they don't drink or do drugs they have to find other ways to have fun. Plus, that shit looks like it would be rad as hell to do high.

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[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago

When I worked at Rent-a-center I had a delivery to a nursing home. The roommate of the guy I was delivering to was lying in bed painfully moaning as I brought the TV in.

As I'm hooking the TV up the moaning kept getting more and more intense in waves. Then the guy ripped a massive fart, sighed, and then went silent.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.

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[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

Nationalize the healthcare industry? No I would never, I will run the government like a business! I am simply suggesting that we aquire key industries for vertical integration.

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

H I G H L Y recommend eating a whole bunch of Lebanese bread dipped in hummus, my god

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[–] Blockocheese@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I have plans for the next 3 weekends, including this one and even though its just one thing a week I'm preemptively stressed stress

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[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

I have a dog who doesn't like the rain. She doesn't put up much of a fuss most of the time, but she expresses her dissatisfaction by squinting. When she does we call her Squintin Tarentino.

[–] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

Holy shit have my prayers been answered? Do I finally have a way out of sober living?

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

Tiktok showing you another video when you press back to quit the app is diabolical and makes me upset every time.

[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

It actually makes sense that people are claiming Andor have made them more radical specifically because Andor potrays how perfectly logical seemingly "futile" resistance is.

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

i wonder what the ancients would think of instant ramen? i know i consider this stuff to be pretty much a miracle. imagine if the ancient greeks made hermes or someone the god of microwavable noodles.

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[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

i just remembered pressure cookers are a thing and i think tomorrow im gonna use mine to caramelize the shit out of some onions without it taking a hundred years

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[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Should I become an arsenal fan for the bit?

bin laden was a gooner. consider the implications of this

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[–] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Queer dating is the best

CW: SexTwo of the non-binary QTs I was talking to were already talking to each other, and we found out about this by all joining a discord with each other. Now we're doing a threesome when I have the money to leave the house lol. I haven't been laid in two fucking years, so I'm hype.

Let's see what other trouble unmedicated Leyla gets herself into this week

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[–] principalkohoutek@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Been seeing a LOT of actual antisemitism using Palestine as cover on rednote. Greedy merchant wringing hands on nearly every post about Israel's genocide of Gaza. Sucks.

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[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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