A tomahawk is a type of single-handed axe used by the many Indigenous peoples and nations of North America. It traditionally resembles a hatchet with a straight shaft. In pre-colonial times the head was made of stone, bone, or antler, and European settlers later introduced heads of iron and steel. The term came into the English language in the 17th century as an adaptation of the Powhatan (Virginian Algonquian) word.
Tomahawks were general-purpose tools used by Native Americans and later the European colonials with whom they traded, and often employed as a hand-to-hand weapon
Etymology
The name comes from Powhatan tamahaac, derived from the Proto-Algonquian root *temah- 'to cut off by tool'. Algonquian cognates include Lenape təmahikan, Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon, and Abenaki demahigan, all of which mean 'axe'
History
The Algonquian people created the tomahawk. Before Europeans came to the continent, Native Americans would use stones, sharpened by a process of knapping and pecking, attached to wooden handles, secured with strips of rawhide. The tomahawk quickly spread from the Algonquian culture to the tribes of the South and the Great Plains.
Native Americans created a tomahawk’s poll, the side opposite the blade, which consisted of a hammer, spike or pipe. These became known as pipe tomahawks, which consisted of a bowl on the poll and a hollowed out shaft.
General Purpose Tool
Many Native Americans used tomahawks as general-purpose tools. Because they were small and light, they could be used with one hand. This made them ideal for such activities as hunting, chopping, and cutting. Both the Navajo and Cherokee peoples used them in this way. The development of metal-bladed tomahawks expanded their use even more. Most Native Americans had their own individual tomahawks, which they decorated to suit their personal taste. As Native American artwork shows, many of these were decorated with eagle feathers, which represented acts of bravery.
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im asking this in good faith but should i care about chapo dot chat opsec particularly anymore if i'm involved with shit irl that puts me at way more risk? (not to overstate my involvement in any of that either i'm a pretty small cog rn). like obviously i'm not gonna post my name and address here or anything silly like that but rn my biggest concern would be my irl comrades seeing how cringe i can get on this account lmao. very possible i'm missing something though, open to hearing thoughts from ppl w/ stronger opinions.
Cringe posting is one thing, just make sure you never have and never will say anything you wouldn’t want read in front of a jury if you show other people your hexbear account
So basically don’t fedpost? Or would you say it goes deeper than the obvious shit like that
Somehow the answer is yes to both. Read about spycops and fbi infiltration stories (black panthers particularly) to clarify what I can’t rn
imo using a vpn to connect, fudging
world details, trying to talk about things in the abstract and using generic language is probably a good direction to aim for
aw dawg i journalpost like a motherfucker i've already fallen well short of this shit lolol
I do enjoy people's journalposting tbh so it's pretty sad, but online is like the no. 1 easiest place to mass surveil and I doubt hexbear is "too small" to be on some govt surveillance nerd's list. I don't think I'm that great about this either tbh, but I'm trying to think of it hygiene (not a great analogy) for online interactions. Nothing is ever "perfect" but each step you take to protect yourself will make you slightly more elusive when someone up top decides they need some specific info dug up. So my best advice would be to not overwhelm yourself and take those steps one at a time, with the view that each one already makes you safer.
Just post someone else's name and address and your off the hook