#United Federation

[rsclolopezi]

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[kajenus]

This one is from April but I haven’t posted it here yet 👍

(Papers, Please personification project)

[conradforrest]

I'm doing anything but productive things for the Lore, but it's been a long time since I've drawn countryhuman (apart from the Drixphobia drawing) and the United Federation is one of my favorite countries. Anyway, concepts: headcanons

Korista City: He's a journalist, clueless at times but not so dumb as to be easily fooled

Great Rapind: She is the capital, so she acts as the main diplomat of the country only for very specific cases. She's probably the type of person who somehow manages to have enough patience for almost everything

Shinglenton: eh... I don't really know what he would do, but I have the headcanon that the city always has life, night and day, so I guess he would do paperwork accompanied by a good cup of coffee and very few hours of sleep

[countrypapers]

ARSTOTZKA HAS AN IPHONE?!!

[robotnik-mun]

Getting away from Mega Man for a bit, I've been mulling over an Archie Sonic thought. One that covers EVERYBODY's favorite subject- the Overlanders!

cricket chirp

Heh, yeah, that's to be expected, but what can I say? I like to dwell on stuff. Anyway, one of the least popular and most redundant reveals in the old Archie Sonic book was that Overlanders were in fact a separate species from humans and were essentially 'Mobian Humans' the way Sonic is a 'Mobian Hedgehog'. This came about as a way to sudden explain the presence of 'humans' when the Sonic Adventure rolled around, but the supposed difference between the two species- humans having five digits while Overlanders have four- was never, ever consinstently enforced, and it remains one of the most unneeded, self-inflicted injuries in the book.

Likewise, with the emergence of said humans and the United Federation, a curious irony arises in which it seems that, according to the map, the heart of the United Federation is located in what used to be Europe rather than in what used to be North America. It seems like a puzzling development given that you'd expect these 'descendant' nations to occupy the same rough space as their predecessors, so, what gives?

Well, I had me an idea that can explain that, while getting rid of the whole 'Overlanders are Mutant Humans' thing… while explaining the origins of Overland, and how the Overland eventually led to the United Federation.

Anyway, it goes like this.

As You Know, in the face of the imminent Xorda Genocide in the 21st century, the governments of the world created a desperate attempt to preserve humanity in the form of the Hidden City Initiative, which resulted in a number of underground cities built ala the Vaults from Fallout. The idea being that a fraction of humanity would be saved and wait out the storm of the Xorda.

Eventually the Xorda arrive and do their thing, gene-bombing the earth into oblivion and reducing all life on the planet into primordial soup. But then, unexpectedly, life re-emerges from this soup, but life forever changed as Mobiankind emerges from the ashes of the old Earth. Their evolution hyper-accelerated, over the course of ten thousand years Earth transforms into Mobius, speedrunning through its own age of Dinosaurs (Mobosaurs), Ice Age (which gave us Mogul), to the rough 'modern' age, along with the emergence of phenomena such as magic and the like.

And all the while, humanity slumbers, deep in the recesses of the Earth… but one day, one of the Hidden Cities suffers a malfunction, and wakes up ahead of schedule. This Hidden City is located under what used to be New York, and its people are forced to adjust to life lived under ground. The old norms of democracy and representative government are suspended in the name of survival, and over the generations the society of this Hidden City becomes a centralized dictatorship with far less emphasis on individual rights. Over time, the surface world takes on a mythical, 'Promised Land' kind of place within the culture of the humans, and is referred to as The Overland. The goal of returning to the Overland is what binds the humans, and one day their hard work pays off when they at last get confirmation that the surface is safe for them to inhabit.

The humans proceed to migrate en-masse to the surface of Mobius, in what used to be the East Coast of the United States. They proceed to spread out and lay claim to the lands, which they naturally dub 'The Overland', and themselves Overlanders. They begin making cities and communities and building industry and ships to explore the rest of the planet… and of course, trouble starts brewing within the nascent Overlander civilization. Within the society of the Hidden City there was always a sizable faction of people who believed that, once humans returned to the surface, there would be a return to the democratic government of old since they were now living in the land of plenty and wouldn't need to live such controlled lives.

As you can guess, the people who had grown powerful from the Status Quo had other ideas. Overlander civilization becomes split down the middle between the Reformists, who believe old measures are no longer needed and were only ever meant to be temporary, and the Traditionalists, who see no reason to change a way of life that had safeguarded everyone during 'The Dark Age'. Things get tense, and it seems like things might erupt into civil war. Then, news comes back from scouts and explorers about a new land mass off the coast of what used to be Europe, one that didn't exist in the old maps.

A compromise is reached between the two factions- those who support he Traditionalists will remain in Overland, while the Reformists will re-settle in the new lands. A mass exodus ensues, and those humans who migrate across the sea start anew in the new lands, and in time they will eventually become the United Federation as they establish contact with other re-emerged human civilizations across the former Old World.

And that's the story of how the USA was reborn in Europe! Funny how that works, huh? ID

[witekspicsbanknotes]

50 credits, fantasy space note / united federation of planets.

[ftwkcomic]

The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Pg 51

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[mikejmurdock]

Summer Outfit- Zakai

did a summer beach outfit for Zakai

[reginaldqueribundus]

the Federation itself as a concept is so funny because the founding members are

the Vulcans, who have been friends with humanity for years but don't seem to actually like them all that much, instead regarding them with a sort of perverse fascination usually reserved for virology labs

the Andorians, who were fighting the Vulcans for like a hundred years

the Tellarites, who don't like any of these people and whose cultural trait is arguing, and

humans, whom nobody knew existed until last century when they shot themselves into space on a heavily modified nuke, invented world peace and won a fight with the nearest imperial superpower

like imagine you're the Romulan Empire and these weird monkeys who've barely figured out interstellar travel show up on your doorstep in the equivalent of a shipping container with missiles strapped to it, kick your ass in front of everybody, and then start a friendship club with 3 of your neighbours who all hated each others' guts until like a year ago. now I understand why every Romulan on the show is so angry

[tallaxia]

[kajenus]

The idea of them all celebrating New Year's Eve together is so funny and ooc, but who cares. This was drawn over an old family photo of mine.

Anyway! Happy New Year guys! Hope 2024 will be as good/better than 2023 for you! :)

[reasonsforhope]

Federal regulators on Tuesday [April 23, 2024] enacted a nationwide ban on new noncompete agreements, which keep millions of Americans — from minimum-wage earners to CEOs — from switching jobs within their industries.

The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday afternoon voted 3-to-2 to approve the new rule, which will ban noncompetes for all workers when the regulations take effect in 120 days [So, the ban starts in early September, 2024!]. For senior executives, existing noncompetes can remain in force. For all other employees, existing noncompetes are not enforceable.

[That's right: if you're currently under a noncompete agreement, it's completely invalid as of September 2024! You're free!!]

The antitrust and consumer protection agency heard from thousands of people who said they had been harmed by noncompetes, illustrating how the agreements are "robbing people of their economic liberty," FTC Chair Lina Khan said. 

The FTC commissioners voted along party lines, with its two Republicans arguing the agency lacked the jurisdiction to enact the rule and that such moves should be made in Congress...

Why it matters

The new rule could impact tens of millions of workers, said Heidi Shierholz, a labor economist and president of the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank. 

"For nonunion workers, the only leverage they have is their ability to quit their job," Shierholz told CBS MoneyWatch. "Noncompetes don't just stop you from taking a job — they stop you from starting your own business."

Since proposing the new rule, the FTC has received more than 26,000 public comments on the regulations. The final rule adopted "would generally prevent most employers from using noncompete clauses," the FTC said in a statement.

The agency's action comes more than two years after President Biden directed the agency to "curtail the unfair use" of noncompetes, under which employees effectively sign away future work opportunities in their industry as a condition of keeping their current job. The president's executive order urged the FTC to target such labor restrictions and others that improperly constrain employees from seeking work.

"The freedom to change jobs is core to economic liberty and to a competitive, thriving economy," Khan said in a statement making the case for axing noncompetes. "Noncompetes block workers from freely switching jobs, depriving them of higher wages and better working conditions, and depriving businesses of a talent pool that they need to build and expand."

Real-life consequences

In laying out its rationale for banishing noncompetes from the labor landscape, the FTC offered real-life examples of how the agreements can hurt workers.

In one case, a single father earned about $11 an hour as a security guard for a Florida firm, but resigned a few weeks after taking the job when his child care fell through. Months later, he took a job as a security guard at a bank, making nearly $15 an hour. But the bank terminated his employment after receiving a letter from the man's prior employer stating he had signed a two-year noncompete.

In another example, a factory manager at a textile company saw his paycheck dry up after the 2008 financial crisis. A rival textile company offered him a better job and a big raise, but his noncompete blocked him from taking it, according to the FTC. A subsequent legal battle took three years, wiping out his savings. 

-via CBS Moneywatch, April 24, 2024

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Note:

A lot of people think that noncompete agreements are only a white-collar issue, but they absolutely affect blue-collar workers too, as you can see from the security guard anecdote.

In fact, one in six food and service workers are bound by noncompete agreements. That's right - one in six food workers can't leave Burger King to work for Wendy's [hypothetical example], in the name of "trade secrets." (x, x, x)

Noncompete agreements also restrict workers in industries from tech and video games to neighborhood yoga studios. "The White House estimates that tens of millions of workers are subject to noncompete agreements, even in states like California where they're banned." (x, x, x)

The FTC estimates that the ban will lead to "the creation of 8,500 new businesses annually, an average annual pay increase of $524 for workers, lower health care costs, and as many as 29,000 more patents each year for the next decade." (x)

Clearer explanation of noncompete agreements below the cut.

Noncompete agreements can restrict workers from leaving for a better job or starting their own business.

Noncompetes often effectively coerce workers into staying in jobs they want to leave, and even force them to leave a profession or relocate.

Noncompetes can prevent workers from accepting higher-paying jobs, and even curtail the pay of workers not subject to them directly.

Of the more than 26,000 comments received by the FTC, more than 25,000 supported banning noncompetes. 

[countrypapers]

Hey so, i have exams next week so for now here's all of my shitpost that i forgot to post here. glory to arstotzka!

ANDDDDDDD THIS COMIC I MADE TO REMIND YOU THAT ARSTOTZKA AND KOLECHIA ARE GERMAN

[stra-tek]

Star Trek be like, let's draw a slightly different flag every time and see if anyone notices