Negro Matapacos (“Cop-Killer Blackie”) was a famous stray dog from thestreets of Santiago who joined student protests across the city from 2010, and in particular during the 2011 movement for free education.

he was a stray dog from the streets of Santiago, and began joining student demonstrations in 2010. The following year, one of the biggest social movements since the fall of the military dictatorship began, fighting for free education and against neoliberal reforms to the education system.

Negro Matapacos was then seen regularly at every demonstration, defying tear gas and water cannons and always barking at or attacking only the riot police, and never any students or rioters. He subsequently continued to appear sporadically at future demonstrations, and hung out on university campuses, becoming beloved to student and radical movements as a symbol of resistance to violent authority.

His last days were spent resting with people who took him in, with a crowdfunded veterinarian.

Some people who knew him sent us some of their memories of him, telling us how he defied tear gas and water cannons, and only ever barked at or attacked police officers, and never students or rioters.

After his death, his legacy lives on in songs, street murals, an award-winning documentary and in the memories of all those who knew him. He was a good boy.

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  • AmericaDelendaEst [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    Someone on here said something about the pathfinder game and my partner and i started playing it tonight and how in the shit ass fuck are you supposed to design a character the number of options is insane

    It took us 40 minutes to basically go okay let’s just be some kind of monk

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      You might want to look up some guides. If you can believe it Pathfinder’s purpose was partially to cut down on the absurd, paralyzing, game breaking amount of customization in 3.5.

    • robotElder2 [he/him, it/its]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      My advice is don’t worry about making an effective build on your first run. All the companions are mechanically pretty straight forward and if you just pick the recommend options they can carry a useless knight commander. Once you’ve got a feel for it you can start building crazy shit. Also there is a respec option and you shouldn’t be afraid to use it.