No, of course they’re not. This is made up bullshit to run cover from them just searching shit whenever they want to.

Every independent test that’s been done has shown absolutely no sign of this. Super mysterious!

Right. The specific scenario they’re concerned about is someone sending in a “tip” that a particular person or organization is mailing out abortion medication, then the cops intercepting all the mail from that person or organization and having a dog alert on it so they can get a warrant to open it and seize the contents. This works even if the dogs aren’t trained to sniff out any of those drugs, because handlers can “cue” the dog to alert on anything they want to (deliberately or not). This is also how lots of K9 traffic stops work.

Many such cases.

Mia Wallace/Vincent Vega 2024

You’re telling me that Dick Cheney’s endorsement didn’t catapult her to an easy win? What is this world coming to smh

“And it wrecks the efficacy of 311, which remains and is the most important accountability tool, short of voting, that people have.”

Marcellus used Pair of Pliers & Blowtorch. It’s super fucking effective!

We’ve definitely got some anarchist mods. I’m not sure about the admin team, but it’s never been an issue. The “no sectarianism” rule is strongly enforced, and I’ve seen posts get removed (and users get banned) for breaking it; if a poster is ever making you feel unwelcome, tell the mods and they will 100% have a conversation about community norms (at least) with that person.

I completely get why you’re nervous about it (I had the same reaction to Lemmygrad, for what it’s worth, which is why I ended up on ), but it really is a very, very nice community of folks who are united in their love of dunking on liberals. You’re welcome any time, comrade, whether as a member or just to hang out.

There are comms that are less active (that’s one of them) and some good-natured ribbing, but I’ve never encountered any genuine hostility and there are lots of prominent anarchist posters. The site takes left unity very seriously; it’s one of the things that sets us apart from Lemmygrad, which is also great but very explicitly ML.

We’re an old instance by lemmy standards, and have been really active for several years. We had a big boom after the CTH banning, and then just kind of got left to our own devices for a few years. The site developed a much more distinctive culture than most other places because of that–it feels more like an old message board from the 90s or 00s than a modern social media site. It’s great.

I’m an anarchist, and have been on Hexbear since the beginning. We’re explicitly non-sectarian, and that’s enforced. The left unity is actually part of what keeps me here. Folks are actually incredibly nice–it’s one of the most positive and friendly online spaces I’ve been a part of in decades.