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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  • HarryLime [any]
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    2 months ago

    Any of you ever have pre-dreams? Like, you're about to sleep and you close your eyes and your mind goes into dream-like scenes and scenarios but you're not actually asleep yet? Do youse guys know what I'm talking about?

      • Sickos [they/them, it/its]
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        2 months ago

        Hypnagogic hallucinations and yes. Last night's were especially bad. Vibes must be off in the noosphere.

        • LocalOaf [they/them, ze/hir]
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          2 months ago

          Same

          I get weird kinda still awake closed eye visuals sometimes before I fall asleep where I see my bed from third person

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          2 months ago

          Damn i'm sorry i was malding over the sack of bagdhahd by the mongols i must have set up a bummer resonation in the upper cognitosphere.

    • rhubarb [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Yeah there is sometimes a moment just before falling asleep where you don't feel in full control of your thoughts but are still generating memories (maybe only if you don't end up actually falling asleep?).

      Fun tricks to do when this happens: you can imagine reading a book and the words feel like they appear one at a time but still form semi-coherent sentences, it feels funky. You can freestyle rap surprisingly well, or at least I can maybe I'm special.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      edit-2
      2 months ago

      Hell yeah! I have really awesome pre dreams. My full on dreams really suck but pre dream is amazing, literally my favorite state

    • Commiejones [comrade/them, he/him]
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      2 months ago

      yeah. If you practice you can stay lucid in those dreams while your body falls asleep and you can do some fun dream stuff. If you are doing that be aware that it can cause sleep paralysis which isn't so bad if you are aware what is going on but is horrible if you don't.

      • HarryLime [any]
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        2 months ago

        I've had sleep paralysis twice. It wasn't that bad either time, but I wouldn't want to repeat them.