#Mobilization

[thenuclearmallard]

[luulapants]

Find your local protest - all out for April 5th! Hands off our federal services, hands off our government! This protest is being promoted by the Federal Unionists Network, the collective organization of all unions for federal civil servants.

The recent executive orders from Trump are the largest assault on collective bargaining rights in modern US history. If the federal unions fall, the rest of them will not be far behind. They are attacking the federal unions because we are the largest threat to their attempts to dismantle our government services, like social security, the CDC, the VA, the FDA, the USDA, the National Weather Service, the Parks Service, and so many more.

Please come stand with the federal unions, the federal workers, workers' rights, and the federal services that you and your loved ones rely on!

[saphronethaleph]

Mothballs

“Checklist step forty-seven,” Mira Tern said, glancing down at her datapad, then back up at the computer systems. “Check that battery power is above eight percent charge… where’s the indicator for that…”

TY-3 whistled, and Mira glanced at the astromech.

“Thanks,” she replied, returning her gaze to the control panel. “And it’s, uh… right, twelve percent. I guess we’ve been going a bit slower than we should, huh?”

They’d have to be, if the generator they’d brought in had recharged the ship’s emergency batteries that much.

She flicked her comlink on. “Hey, Flynn, what’s the status on the reactors?”

“We finished providing the reaction mass and hypergolic slug for reactor one twenty minutes ago!” Flynn answered. “Everything down here is closed up and ready, you’re the one who’s delaying us at this point!”

“Right, right, I get it,” Mira replied, rolling her eyes, then checked her datapad again. “Step forty-eight… okay, here we go.”

She flicked two more switches, activating self test, and the emergency lights flashed on and off once.

A holo of the ship appeared, and Mira and Tye both gave it a once-over.

“Looks all green to here, Tye,” she declared, and the astromech rocked back and forth slightly in confirmation. “Great. Step forty-nine.”

She triple-checked the numbers, then flicked a control. Another.

Some of the switches on the panel lit up, others went dim again, and Mira moved back and forth between three different duty stations as she followed the flowchart on her pad. Then, finally, everything converged on a single control, and she took a deep breath.

Then pressed it.

There was a kind of subliminal thump, the whole ship trembling slightly, then telltales and indicators lit up all across the board.

“Reactor one start,” she reported, into the comlink again. “Everything looks good from up here, Flynn!”

“We’re all good here, too,” Flynn replied. “Reactor one is running smoothly, we’re getting a good efficiency curve, within five percent of nominal. They mothballed this ship well.”

“Then let’s get on with activating the rest of the reactors,” Mira decided. “How long until I can begin the start procedure for Two and Three?”

“We’ll be good in… fifteen, twenty?” Flynn said. “That’s for Two, we’ve been doing some of the prep work while we were waiting. Make yourself useful and get some of the other systems unlocked and online.”

“Hey!” Mira protested, shaking her head, then tutted. “Well, whatever. I’ll bring up… shields, I guess? Does One have enough power for that?”

“It should, but let’s not chance it until Two is online,” Flynn said. “Sensors should be better.”

“Got it, sensors it is,” Mira agreed, signing off, and switched to another file on her pad. “Okay, step one is… of course it’s on the other side of the bridge…”

She picked up her toolkit with a huff, and began schlepping it across the bridge to the sensor control station.

Halfway there, she paused, and looked out the armoured window.

The ships in the Chommell Sector Reserve Fleet were far enough apart that she could only see even the capital ships as toylike shapes, lit by the distant sun, and the escorts were not much more than points of light. Much closer, though, was the Makepeace, the Nebulon-B all the reactivation teams were working off, and she smiled a not particularly charitable smile as she looked out at the engineering support frigate… and four of the five other Star Cruisers that they were here to reactivate.

Bringing the Reserve Fleet from mothballs to full active status would take months, of course. They were operating off canned air and only pressurizing certain rooms, and there were less than a dozen engineers per ship for a truly vast war vessel. But it was happening, and it was inexorable… and it was happening for hundreds of Reserve Fleets, all across the galaxy.

Star Cruisers, Star Destroyers, heavy frigates, cruiser squadrons… the Military Disarmament Act limited the strength of the New Republic Defence Force, the active military, but putting everyone serving the arms industry out of work straight away would have been an economic catastrophe in a galaxy that had sorely needed to avoid them.

And the result was… something the First Order could have no idea was coming. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been foolish enough to pick a fight with the Republic.

TY-3 whistled, and Mira sighed.

“Yeah, yeah, I’m on it,” she said, finishing her trek to the sensor panel. “Plug in and start the self test, will you? Now we’ve got reactor power this should go quicker…”

[curious-researcher]

Hello everyone,

Taking this opportunity to discuss FASD, otherwise known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, in order to contribute to knowledge mobilization. FASD is oftentimes considered a hidden disorder, suffering from stigmatization preventing both families and individuals with FASD from seeking support.

In addition, the lack of a formal diagnostic test means that there is often disagreements between the sectors for how best to support these individuals. As a result, in order to help combat these disagreements, it is important to consider the importance of cross-collaboration, where each sector can share their knowledge and experience in order to best support individuals with FASD, and to prevent people from falling in between the cracks.

Finally, it is important when trying to give support to not just focus on the difficulties individuals with FASD face, but also the resilience and strengths they have, such as being able to build community with others.

Sincerely,

A Community Researcher

[monkeyssalad-blog]

ERDT, Hans Rudi. Das Plakat, Nov. 1914. by Halloween HJB

[taiwantalk]

Taiwan will be coming to a big milestone in presidential politics in whether Taiwan can have a consecutive presidency of the same political party for the first time.

It is time for Taiwan to mature from the naive mentality of treating politics like it’s similar to sports teams. It’s time after 30 years to grow up and understand that in a healthy democracy, economy rests in the hands of citizens and the govt is to regulate and ensure good balance of growth and social benefits. foreign policies cannot simply be a burden to politicians but that each citizen must be cognizant.

Taiwan needs a Zelenskyy. People of Taiwan need to prepare to face the possibility of betrayal from within the govt, military, and citizens. Above all, taiwan need to prepare for destruction to civilian structures and critical infrastructure. Prepare for attrition.

Taiwan also must also develop a counteroffensive plan. A plan for regime change of China and going on attack if china’s navy and air force suddenly vanished or significantly inhibited. Taiwan needs to drill for rapid mobilization and coordination between govt and civilian militias. Be able to tell false flags and saboteurs.

[va3]

my latest instagram post — will be updating this blog accordingly soon.

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“It’s that I feel it in my body now.”

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saw a very important video that I feel needs to be immortalized and spoken through again, and again. i’ve decided to transcribe it here. i’ve also decided to abstain from personal social media usage, to fast from consumption, train my attention span, and increase my tolerance for discomfort. for now, i will be abstaining from instagram, facebook (meta companies: also includes threads and whatsapp), and twitter. i will possibly only post on bluesky and tumblr — using glaze for my artwork, sharing resources, etc. — where you can find me @ bugsjar.

transcription of points noted in the video:

mobilization includes: fast, trained, studied fight.

points highlighted

practical ways to strike:

• fasting from consumption (DO NOT BUY).

• training your attention span.

• Increase your tolerance for discomfort.

• study: be observant. talk to your neighbors. what do you see?

• study: revolutionary texts as well as global geopolitical events.

final point:

• revolution is more about beginnings than endings. it is a marriage. it is a baby being born. it’s something coming into the world that’s fragile. I want us to think PAST the point of the fall of the empire. The nation state falls. It knows it’s falling. The technology of the nation state KNOWS that it cannot withstand. When we get to a point where they fall: what is the world that we want to come after that? THAT’s what we’re working towards. Not the fall of our enemies, but actually the sovereignty of the people. What does it look like, feel like, smell like, taste like? IN SHORT — what specifically are you fighting for?

• we’ve won before and we can win again.

complete transcripted video in the comments.

complete transcripted video part one:

Mobilization also includes fast, trained, studied fight. That is the slogan for Black August. Practical ways to strike include: fasting from consumption, they include training your mind and body to have a longer attention span and to need the comforts of the empire less. Study your observable world as in what you literally see when you look around and to study the world that is not observable to your eyes. As in, what is going on in the other places of the human tapestry. Where has it frayed? Where has it been burned intentionally, and how do you connect the places it has been charred? Fourth and final point: revolution is more about beginnings than endings. It is a marriage, it’s a baby being born, it’s something coming into the world that is fragile. I want us to think past the point of the fall of the empire. The nation state falls, it knows it’s failing, the technology of the nation state knows that it cannot withstand. When we get to a point where they fall: what is the world that we want to come after that. That’s what we’re working towards. Not the fall of our enemies, but actually the sovereignty of the people. What does it look like, feel like, smell like, taste like? In short — what specifically are you fighting for?

complete transcripted video part two:

We’ve won before and we can win again, and I congratulate you on your extended courage on behalf of your homeland, and on behalf of yourself. Bisan, you helped me understand the words of my auntie DeQui when she says “sisters in struggle”. It’s not that I ever thought about that being an overstatement when she talked about being sisters with Palestinian womyn going through their own liberation struggles — her as a Black Cherokee woman, it’s that I feel it in my body now. I’m rooting for you and you are in my prayers. Much love, have a good day.

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[daftpatience]

slow down for your disabled friends. thats like a bare minimum kindness that we shouldnt have to ask for. i love that youre so quirky and walking fast is a cool personality trait to you and all that but i bet you can count your physically disabled friends on less than one hand

[thoughtportal]

5 simple exercises to awaken dormant muscles

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[violetheart77]

MOOOOOOM, they’re trying to turn Tumblr into TikTok again!

[anhilliator1]

As a reminder if you're wondering why Gundam has so many weird names for people and things, this is why.

[lupusbaby]

Say it with me! Wheelchairs aren’t sad! Mobility aids aren’t sad! Mobility aids are instruments of freedom!

[workersolidarity]

🇺🇦 MOBILIZATION IN UKRAINE

A man escapes “voluntary mobilization” in Ukraine.

@Slavyangrad

@WorkerSolidarityNews

[pinkdovess]

this meme is so niche

[varilien]

am i blanchin?

girl we blanchin!!

HI HIII happy birthday to everyone's favorite mystery twins!! how did they grow up so fast!!!!

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