#america redefined

[justsaying4041]

Project 2025: Redefining U.S. Trade Policy

Project 2025 proposes a bold transformation of U.S. trade policy, focusing on reshaping international commerce to prioritize economic self-sufficiency, deregulation, and reduced reliance on multilateral trade agreements. While the intention behind these changes may be to secure U.S. economic interests and encourage domestic growth, the broader implications of these policies raise significant…

[cinastre]

ive been in the tumblr political soup for so long i totally forgot most of america is still lowkey doing the red scare

[lesser-mook]

SENATOR KENNEDY vs LGTBQ+ ACTIVISTS

Destabilization in motion. It's working baby.

When a country is hung up on common sense discussions because of social corruption, because a Nation forgot how to say "no", lost their backbone; They won't be able to fix any of the real or bigger issues if they're too busy distracted on the little things that weren't even a question 20 years-30 years ago

And so, if said nation is not fixing the big issues themselves because the weak-links of society are contributing to the decline, the confusion, the controversy, constant censorship, constant regulation of language (what to say, who to say it to how to say it ie. Fascism). constant hostility, constant arguing.

  As a result the infrastructure is compromised, the people are weakened, the strength of the nation is castrated, thus not a threat to opposing nations that would love to see the Empire fall.

And it all starts with redefining the family/ men/ women; The foundation. And eventually the children, the future, corrupt them? And you won, you compromised the enemy.

You complicate something simple like what a man & a woman is? You won, you made the enemy question the unquestionable. You somehow made those idiots complicate a fact of reality, and now their society is an insane asylum with people walking around claiming they’re whatever they want be at any given moment, predators infiltrating bathrooms, girls & women preyed upon---

If your goal was destabilization, guess what? You Won, buddy.

You make truth a hate-crime? Making fascism and silencing people a natural course of action to disagreement? You won.

When Democracy becomes a privilege instead of the default mechanism of a civilization: You already lost.

When tolerance turns into infantilization, you won.

Because then, naturally the country isn't on a united front, not that everyone in any country will always agree like a hivemind:

 but there's a difference between discourse and DIVIDE.

So The Country, divided & being conquered on a social level is on a countdown, borrowed time and all you have to do is sit back & watch the symptoms: birthrates fall, the compromised borders, the suicide rates, corrupt Gov., incompetent leadership taking bribes from foreign powers, the economy decline, the social derailment, hedonism, people afraid to speak or say anything, police afraid to protect a woman from a mob because the mob is LGBT, women/people being punched in the streets by illegal aliens whom their leader invited in the first place, production is nonexistent- absolute derailment.

"decline, decline, decline", said Rome.

It starts with redefining language, censoring. confusing the simple things. To corrupt the bigger picture.

In a melting pot, the minorities (in all forms) ideally are the strength, they should be an example of why we’re strong. But when they are becoming a symptom, when they're a handicap, you did something wrong.

And all they have to do as a collective is stop budging, stop saying sorry & just fix the problems accordingly, and just learn how to say "No" even if you’re hated for it. That’s the charge of being a Leader. Especially when the rights of parents aren’t even part of a discussion pertaining to their own goddamn children.

  Decline starts not with progress, but compromising what made you strong in the first place.

And if said country forgot what that was? Well, then you deserve whatever happens next.

Destabilization in motion. All according to plan.

[freshinkdaily]

Exploring the horizon breakthroughs in new technologies Redefining Industries

Exploring the horizon breakthroughs in new technologies: Redefining Industries “exploring the horizon breakthroughs in new technologies” As we stand on the cusp of a new era, technology continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, opening doors to innovations that were once thought to be the realm of science fiction. The future promises a landscape where advanced technologies seamlessly…

[batboyblog]

Things the Biden-Harris Administration Did This Week #28

July 19-26 2024

The EPA announced the award of $4.3 billion in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants. The grants support community-driven solutions to fight climate change, and accelerate America’s clean energy transition. The grants will go to 25 projects across 30 states, and one tribal community. When combined the projects will reduce greenhouse gas pollution by as much as 971 million metric tons of CO2, roughly the output of 5 million American homes over 25 years. Major projects include $396 million for Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection as it tries to curb greenhouse gas emissions from industrial production, and $500 million for transportation and freight decarbonization at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

The Biden-Harris Administration announced a plan to phase out the federal government's use of single use plastics. The plan calls for the federal government to stop using single use plastics in food service operations, events, and packaging by 2027, and from all federal operations by 2035. The US government is the single largest employer in the country and the world’s largest purchaser of goods and services. Its move away from plastics will redefine the global market.

The White House hosted a summit on super pollutants with the goals of better measuring them and dramatically reducing them. Roughly half of today's climate change is caused by so called super pollutants, methane, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and nitrous oxide (N2O). Public-private partnerships between NOAA and United Airlines, The State Department and NASA, and the non-profit Carbon Mapper Coalition will all help collect important data on these pollutants. While private firms announced with the White House plans that by early next year will reduce overall U.S. industrial emissions of nitrous oxide by over 50% from 2020 numbers. The summit also highlighted the EPA's new rule to reduce methane from oil and gas by 80%.

The EPA announced $325 million in grants for climate justice. The Community Change Grants Program, powered by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act will ultimately bring $2 billion dollars to disadvantaged communities and help them combat climate change. Some of the projects funded in this first round of grant were: $20 million for Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association, which will help weatherize and energy efficiency upgrade homes for 35 tribes in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, $14 million to install onsite wastewater treatment systems throughout 17 Black Belt counties in Alabama, and $14 million to urban forestry, expanding tree canopy in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

The Department of Interior approved 3 new solar projects on public land. The 3 projects, two in Nevada and one in Arizona, once finished could generate enough to power 2 million homes. This comes on top of DoI already having beaten its goal of 25 gigawatts of clean energy projects by the end of 2025, in April 2024. This is all part of President Biden’s goal of creating a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035. 

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pledged $667 million to global Pandemic Fund. The fund set up in 2022 seeks to support Pandemic prevention, and readiness in low income nations who can't do it on their own. At the G20 meeting Yellen pushed other nations of the 20 largest economies to double their pledges to the $2 billion dollar fund. Yellen highlighted the importance of the fund by saying "President Biden and I believe that a fully-resourced Pandemic Fund will enable us to better prevent, prepare for, and respond to pandemics – protecting Americans and people around the world from the devastating human and economic costs of infectious disease threats,"

The Departments of the Interior and Commerce today announced a $240 million investment in tribal fisheries in the Pacific Northwest. This is in line with an Executive Order President Biden signed in 2023 during the White House Tribal Nations Summit to mpower Tribal sovereignty and self-determination. An initial $54 million for hatchery maintenance and modernization will be made available for 27 tribes in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. The rest will be invested in longer term fishery projects in the coming years.

The IRS announced that thanks to funding from President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, it'll be able to digitize much of its operations. This means tax payers will be able to retrieve all their tax related information from one source, including Wage & Income, Account, Record of Account, and Return transcripts, using on-line Individual Online Account.

The IRS also announced that New Jersey will be joining the direct file program in 2025. The direct file program ran as a pilot in 12 states in 2024, allowing tax-payers in those states to file simple tax returns using a free online filing tool directly with the IRS. In 2024 140,000 Americans were able to file this way, they collectively saved $5.6 million in tax preparation fees, claiming $90 million in returns. The average American spends $270 and 13 hours filing their taxes. More than a million people in New Jersey alone will qualify for direct file next year. Oregon opted to join last month. Republicans in Congress lead by Congressmen Adrian Smith of Nebraska and Chuck Edwards of North Carolina have put forward legislation to do away with direct file.

Bonus: American law enforcement arrested co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. El Mayo co-founded the cartel in the 1980s along side Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. Since El Chapo's incarceration in the United States in 2019, El Mayo has been sole head of the Sinaloa Cartel. Authorities also arrested El Chapo's son, Joaquin Guzman Lopez. The Sinaloa Cartel has been a major player in the cross border drug trade, and has often used extreme violence to further their aims.

[vampire-wizard-solidarity]

a lot of people have already pointed out how totk has a lot of themes of imperialism and generally leans conservative ideologically, but what i think is interesting is how totk subtly redefines what a “researcher” is.

zelda wants to be a researcher in botw, and what this means in the context of botw is largely someone who works with sheikah technology. she wants to figure out ancient sheikah tech, she has an interest in botany and otherwise nature and biology (the whole silent princess and the frog thing), robbie and purah, the two characters who are the closest to us seeing what a researcher in the context of botw is are basically inventors. in totk, however, the main researchers who are presented to us are all historians.

this is an interesting pivot, because in botw zelda is not really interested in history. if anything, the one who’s deeply concerned with history is rhoam, wanting to preserve historical tradition and his uncritical reliance on said tradition and historical precedent is what leads them to their doom. in botw, zelda is narratively opposed to history, if anything, all the ancient tech backfires on them and traditions fail to awaken zelda’s power. zelda’s urge to be a researcher is in wanting to understand the world around her, not just blindly follow ancient plans but rather have agency within them.

totk, however, is obsessed with ancient plans. the only real moment where zelda gets to geek out in totk is her getting all giddy about finding out more about the divine origins of hyrule. all the researchers in the game are concerned with finding out more about the zonai. since all the mentions of ancient sheikah technology are scrubbed from the game purah and robbie read more as strange outliers, the sheikah slate is no longer, now it’s the purah pad, a product of purah rather than something larger. the whole game is literally about following an ancient plan, a plan most characters don’t fully understand as they sign up for it. totk’s main story is built on confusion, on the characters not knowing what’s fully going on but having faith in ancient sages telling them what to do. in botw, following ancient plans you don’t fully understand was the thing that doomed you. in totk, following ancient plans you don’t fully understand is the gimmick.

that juxtaposition between the two games has an ideological through line: botw posits that progress is necessary. mindlessly relying on tradition doesn’t work. prophecies are omens, not instructions. history must be learnt from, not repeated. the ancient sheikah aren’t a group to be emulated, but rather to be learnt from, considering their machinery backfired and the royal family betrayed them. totk, however, is obsessed with the mythical history of hyrule, a time where everything was idyllic until one bad man showed up, a time we must emulate in order to win. i already talked about how the past in totk is zelda’s life pre calamity but better here, but that also plays into the idolisation of that era and its royalty. in botw, even the myth of the first calamity preserves the fact that the yiga clan has origins in the royal’s family persecution of the sheikah, even the time when they successfully held back the calamity is tinged with mistakes that still affect the world ten thousand years later. in totk, ganondorf’s origins are nebulous. nobody provoked him, nobody did anything wrong, he’s just evil because he is.

a lot of right wing ideologies are hinged on preservation, but more than that: the belief in the nebulous mythical past in which everything was better. “make america great again”, the fascist’s idolisation of ancient rome which is represented largely inaccurately, look at any conservative rhetoric and you’ll see people complaining about how things nowadays are ruined or are being ruined, how in the past things were this way and they’re not anymore, which is bad. the belief in the fact that in some past period we were great and are not anymore, and the strive to emulate that past is a trait highly typical of right wing ideologies. and in totk the past as a great era is an idea presented completely uncritically, the narrative is entirely controlled by the game and doesn’t dwell on any of the inconsistencies in this idea.

now, obviously, not every story in which a great ancient era exists is fascist, right wing or conservative. but to me what’s interesting specifically in totk is this shift between the two games: botw is critical of the past. it’s critical of arrogantly repeating history, it’s critical of having blind faith in great relics of the past. totk isn’t. totk idolizes the past, totk tells legends and tells you to believe them without any doubts. botw believes researchers are those who seek to understand the world, innovate it and solve problems without relying on ancient ways. totk believes researchers are those who discover ancient instructions, ancient ways and relay them to great men in the present to be followed. the four mainline regional quests in botw are about discovering four ancient relics that are terrorising the land and fixing the mistakes of the past. the four mainline regional quests in totk are about discovering four ancient legends are true, and receiving instructions from an ancient sage on what to do.

totk is not simply neutral, it is ideologically conservative in stark contrast to botw, because of the things it chooses to leave uncriticised, notably the things botw was very poignant about examining critically. the way totk redefines what is a researcher is indicative of this, indicative of the way it chooses to idolize or present as an unexamined good that which was nuanced in botw. totk isn’t just conservative in the sense that it presents uncritically a “good king” and “evil conquerer”, it goes deeper, it’s notable because botw was starkly opposed to the thematic axioms totk presents.

i just think it’s very interesting that they made a sequel to botw, and completely redefined or otherwise ignored botw’s thematic core.

[contemplatingoutlander]

When the Germans are worried that America is becoming an autocracy under Trump--people need to pay attention. After all, they've seen all this before.

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has Germany’s diplomatic corps bracing for what it sees as a deliberate dismantling of United States democratic norms.

A confidential memorandum written by Andreas Michaelis, Germany's ambassador to the U.S., warns of an agenda of “maximum disruption” that could redefine the American constitutional order.

The document, obtained by Reuters and addressed to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, outlines stark concerns about the erosion of democratic norms under Trump’s second administration.

Michaelis describes Trump’s vision as one focused on the “maximum concentration of power with the president at the expense of Congress and the [U.S.] states.” According to the document, key democratic institutions, including the legislature, law enforcement and the media, risk an erosion of their independence and could be “misused as a political arm.” 

The memo also highlights the involvement of Big Tech companies, which Michaelis claims could be granted “co-governing power.” [...] The briefing memo underscores Trump’s reliance on the judiciary to advance his goals. Michaelis notes that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions to expand presidential powers could enable Trump to bypass traditional checks and balances. [...] The document further raises concerns about Trump’s ability to exploit legal loopholes for political ends. These include potentially using the military domestically in cases of “insurrection” or “invasion,” an act that could test the boundaries of the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, which generally bars military involvement in law enforcement. [...] Meanwhile, Musk is accused of manipulating algorithms and blocking accounts critical of his platform. The ambassador warns of a “redefinition of the First Amendment,” suggesting a troubling merger of political and technological influence.

[emphasis added]

[viennaswcrld]

𝓕͟𝗔͟𝗠𝗘 𝗗𝗥. 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

𝓕͟𝗔͟𝗠𝗘 𝗗𝗥 ( also known as: 00s fame dr , jackass dr )

RISE TO FAME.

Vienna Bardot. A Cuban-British fashion model whose short stature and imperfect look redefined the industry in the 2000s.

At the age of seventeen, she was scouted by a Victoria’s Secret associate at a shopping centre in 2001. Only two months later, once she turned eighteen, she was flown out to Los Angeles and thrown into the epicentre of the modelling industry. “It was terrifying,” She recalled, “But there was this, sort of, adrenaline fuelled excitement for it all.”

After moving to L.A., Bardot crossed paths with Juliet Montgomery, a fellow Victoria’s Secret model who was the same age. The two became instantly inseparable. “We were attached at the hip,” Juliet says, “Couldn’t find one without the other.”

“I think it was the fact we were both so young. Finding someone who is experiencing the same thing as you is rare, but once you find it you grasp onto it,” Vienna adds, “I mean, being eighteen on your own in a big unknown city is scary. I don’t know what we would’ve done without grounding each other.”

The two would then regularly attend night clubs; although the drinking age in America is twenty-one, they were “not skipping the experience of being british eighteen-year-olds”. This is when they both met Johnny Knoxville (who, at the time, was known for his reality stunt show Jackass) along with Steve-O, who also took part in the show. After a lot of talking, and a few drinks, Bardot agreed to do a stunt on the show.

The stunt in question was called “The Beekini”. The basic concept consisted of Vienna’s crotch and breasts being covered in bees, resulting in a bikini made of the insects. Knoxville had done something similar to himself of the same name in the first season of the show. He laughs, “I didn’t expect her to actually do it, I was just joking around! But I wasn’t complaining. Footage is footage.”

Bardot and Knoxville then formed a close bond, causing a friendship between her, Juliet, and the rest of the Jackass crew. So, it wasn’t a surprise when the two were invited to take part in Jackass: The Movie, an extended, more explicit version of the popular MTV show.

When we asked about special treatment due to their gender, Jeff Tremaine, director of the Jackass show and movie franchise, said this: “Absolutely not. If they were gonna be apart of Jackass, they got treated like any of the others. […] Although, we had to sign an agreement in order to not damage their hair or faces, so they lucked out on that.”

Due to the amount of stunts when filming, Bardot was bound to be covered in bruises, cuts, and all sorts of injuries, “At the beginning, they tried to cover them. Every show and shoot I was covered in foundation from head to toe.”

Show coordinators then eventually decided to stop covering the bruises, as it took hours to finish, and began having conversations on what to do with Vienna. Will they have to let her go? Until Cathy Riva, the 2002 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show segment producer, said, “Who says we have to cover them at all?”

Vienna Bardot became a symbol for the “heroin chic” aesthetic that followed the grunge style. She was accused of promoting violence and abuse, but despite the uproar, Bardot became one of the most sought-after and highest-paid models in the world. In the ensuing decades she appeared in ad campaigns for Dior, Vivienne Westwood, Chanel, Versace, and Dolce and Gabbana, among others. With her iconic style, she also became a muse to a number of designers. Although many models retire by their mid-20s, Bardot remained busy into the 21st century, by which time she had appeared on more than 300 magazine covers. She had also appeared in many iconic movies, such as How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Mean Girls, and The Other Woman. In 2016, she then appeared in the show Fleabag as the main character. The show’s two seasons were a massive success, causing Bardot to also become an icon for the newer generation as well.

PERSONAL LIFE.

After many years of speculation, Knoxville and Bardot made it official to the public in the ending credits of Jackass Number Two, a special clip “for fans who waited until the end”.

In 2012, the two then got engaged in a secluded field in the countryside of Johnny’s hometown Knoxville, Tennessee during a private picnic, before getting married in Lake Como, Italy in June 2013 in front of their family and friends.

[maxknightley]

on the one hand I do understand where people are coming from when they respond to The White American Desire For Authentic Culture by going "you already have a culture" and pointing out that this desire often has reactionary undertones

that being said, I think it's largely sidestepping the actual issue, which is that American culture fucking blows chunks. American culture is strip malls and military worship and the elevation of mass-market pablum to Bold Artistic Statements.

and subculture is only partially an escape from this, because most subcultures exist within the same constraints of American culture as a whole; they are captured and redefined by capital on such a frequent basis that it often feels impossible to hold onto them in any meaningful way.

moreover, even the parts of American culture that aren't complete garbage are more or less inextricable from the colonial, imperialist, and racially-stratified history of the country. like, I think of that post that went around a while ago talking about "America sucks but has some good parts," and one of the things it listed was national parks, and people (rightfully!) pointed out that the national park system is fundamentally flawed and tends to shit on indigenous nations by design.

the only thing I can think of that's even sort of an exception is pop culture - jazz and rock music, superhero comics, Hollywood. and all of those are, again, captured and defined by capital, and in one way or another have historically been built on screwing over the artist.

so we come to a position, one way or another, where a lot of people say something like: "I'm alienated. I'm surrounded by traditions and institutions I think are shit; I have no way to meaningfully undermine them, and I can't escape them without effectively destroying my life. the culture I was born into is a gravestone on top of another gravestone, lifeless and miserable, and people are constantly shouting that I should be grateful because it's The Greatest Country In The World."

at that point, one seeks an escape, and I think there are three major routes here.

one is to become a weird lib obsessed with the Real Soul Of America. America is really about the good parts, not the bad parts which outnumber them and which they are built upon.

another is to fixate on the Exotic, for lack of a better word. cultures which you do not have an obvious "connection" to, but which fascinate you or appeal to you. obviously this can be pretty fucking fraught, though I would argue that taking an interest in other cultures is a good thing if you aren't shitty about it. (That's its own conversation.)

the third is to fixate on the culture(s) you feel you "ought to have" had, that which was sacrificed on the altar of whiteness by grandparents or great-grandparents who, frankly, had different concerns. to look at a culture that may still be defined in many ways by cruelty and stratification - the way I would argue most human civilization has been - but that seems to have had something else going on, at least. a culture that may not have been recognizable 500 years ago, but at least it existed.

again, none of these impulses is beyond criticism, and I think it would be naive to say that the last one can't have reactionary undertones. I also doubt these impulses are unique to the USA! alienation is extremely common in today's world, and it's not as though the USA is the only settler state in existence.

what I am saying is more that I think the conditions that lead to these fixations are worth paying attention to, and that dismissing them with "you already have a culture" kind of misses the point in favor of getting in a zinger. people wouldn't want a different culture if they were happy with the one they had. like so many other things, people want one that Doesn't Completely Suck. failing that, they'd probably like to not be defined by any culture at all - but that, tragically, is just as impossible.

[dosesofcommonsense]

Somehow Commie Kamala picked a VP who is even more radical than she is. The most unpopular VP in my lifetime picked a VP who’s liked less than her. As bad as you think California has become under Newsom, Minnesota is worse. The move doesn’t add voters. Every deep blue voter is still voting for those two. They’re not swaying new voters to their cause. If anything, it further splits the DNC. They couldn’t have made the choice easier.

DNC: Communism. The goal: turn America into a shit hole, 3rd world country. Destroy the tenants of society. Replace God with government. Parents locked up for being parents. Destroy the traditional family. Redefine morality. No accountability. Open borders. No rights. Replace the Constitution. Fuck the people. Lift up the elites. Globalist economy.

RNC: MAGA. Pro America and American citizen. America First. No slavery. Low taxes. More money in your pocket, less debt, more money to carry forward, lower interest rates, higher GDP, lower gas prices and cheaper utilities. No foreign wars. No more American blood dying on foreign shores so our politicians can get rich off our blood and money. Prioritize the border and safety. Bring back the meritocracy, ditch Didn’t Earn It, and ensure equal justice for all and accountability for all.

It’s the most polarizing election in my lifetime and the choices couldn’t be clearer.

[blueiight]

ldpdl, ethnicity, and the false monolith of blackness

there's this false tendency to think amc louis being made black is pandering, or a means of removing louis from his oh-so-detailed /sarcasm/ background in the books. i also find that people tend to not even understand what show louis's ethnic background is, despite rolin jones the showrunner and even the fictional louis both coalescing around this multigenerational explanation of the gens de couleur in new orleans, and how jim crow disempowered them.

I came around to his ethnicity a sort of interesting way which is through Lestat. [ … ] I was like lets give him a legitimate a third attempt at figuring how to be with somebody for the rest of his life and how to not repeat your mistakes. [ … ] I started from there so it had to be someone with some money cause he had to be with his own folks and I thought he wanted someone who could fight back and who could be a challenge and would force him to restrain himself. And nobody at AMC was interested in 7 seasons of the regretful plantation owner, so we made Louis come from a lineage that did have a plantation and did own slaves.

rolin jones in the s1 post-finale episode of the podcast names how he came to this understanding of louis's character. lestat, after failing to make a bride of his mother, and a concubine of nicki, was seeking for someone of a similar background, or the most approximate equivalent. he would not have been interested in louis if louis was an anglophone baptist black man descended from upper-south arrivals into new orleans, nor would he have been interested in louis if louis was a poor black creole honestly s1 does not give a good reading of claudia's ethnic bg in new orleans, but since she cannot understand french, we can presume shes either a poor creole removed from her cultural background with her vampiric adoption narrative in mind, or was also of an anglophone baptist black background like claudia was. louis coming from this fallen sort of gentry, the free gens de couleur, similar to that of the tvl lestat who came from this barren aristocracy dating back to the crusades, was key to lestat's long-term goals with louis.

Capital accrued from plantations of sugar and the blood of men who looked like my great grandfather but did not have his standing. But then decades of Jim Crow and the electrified light of a new century had vanquished any idea of a free man of color. - AMC IWTV 1x01

louis was of the first generations of the gens de couleur to be born, raised into, and face the institutional and personal ramifications of being viewed as black in america. this fuels much of the character's rage as he moves through storyville, trying to continue the similar modality of exploitation to the contrary of pretty baby with brooke shields, majority of the brothel circuit was statistically black girls + women being sexually pawned off to white men but ultimately failing to do so bc of the anglophone white american class that now rules over him. [tom anderson, alderman fenwick, finn o’shea starting out as louis’s subordinate then ending w/ him entering whiteness by having a sporting house throwing torches at louis’s brothel in s1e3]

By 1850, the free population of color, beset by the hostility of white supremacy, was economically diminished and residentially segregated. The Americanization of Louisiana, and in particular New Orleans, was completed before the state became the sixth to secede from the Union in 1861 in the struggle over the perpetuation of slavery. [link] The Democratic redeemers who came to power in 1877 lost no time in redefining the Negro's "place" in Louisiana life. They immediately restored the color line in the New Orleans public schools and offered silent support to de facto segregation practices in places of public accommodation. With the assistance of two landmark decisions by the United States Supreme Court, the redeemers soon dismantled the egalitarian legal apparatus put together piece by piece under the Radicals. Finally in 1890 they began to write their "final solution" into Louisiana law with a series of "separate but equal" statutes. Soon New Orleans Negroes were again segregated in virtually every public pursuit. [link]

[herpsandbirds]

Simplifying the Centrolene buckleyi complex (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae): a taxonomic review and description of two new species

Franco-Mena, De la Riva, et al

Abstract

Centrolenidae is a Neotropical family widely distributed in Central and South America, with its species richness concentrated in the tropical Andes. Several taxonomic problems have been identified within this family, mostly related to species with broad geographic distributions. In this study, we assessed and redefined the species boundaries of the Centrolene buckleyi species complex, and formally described two new species from the Andes of Ecuador. These new taxa are recognized by a combination of morphometric, osteological, acoustic, and genetic data. Following IUCN criteria, we propose that the two new species should to be considered as Endangered (EN), mainly because of their small distributions and habitat loss. The C. buckleyi complex provides insights into the biogeography of closely related Andean species. As in other glassfrogs, speciation in Centrolene seems to be mediated by the linearity of the Andes, where gene flow can be restricted by topography and, also, local extinctions.

Read the paper here:

Simplifying the Centrolene buckleyi complex (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae): a taxonomic review and description of two new species [PeerJ]

[vamptranny]

What Trump Has Done So Far

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trump has signed a lot of executive orders, this includes the one i mentioned previously about establishing the binary in america, that there are only "two genders recognized under american law: male and female." with the additional fact of taxpayer dollars could not go to "transitional services."

he also signed 11 immigration related executive orders, including "declaring a national emergency as it relates to the southern border, redefining the term birthright citizenship, clarifying the military’s role in border security, suspending refugee resettlement, ending asylum and closing the border for asylum seekers, restarting title 42, and ending the catch and release policy for mexico."

on top of this, he pardoned over 1,500 january 6th defendants and ordered the release of all january 6th defendants tonight.

but hey, 75 day extension of tiktok right? this is what we wanted right? /sarc

FUCK TRUMP.

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[reality-detective]

The U.S. Space Force Reveals ‘Rods of God’: Inside the Cheyenne Mountain Arsenal Reshaping Space Warfare!

The U.S. Space Force is ushering in a new era of warfare with weapons like the “Rods of God” and hypersonic missile interceptors, aiming to dominate the skies and crush threats from orbit.

Commanding the High Ground: Redefining Warfare The future battlefield isn’t on land or sea—it's in space. Controlling orbiting vantage points is crucial for military dominance. The global arms race for space-based weapons is fierce, with stakes higher than ever.

Deep inside Cheyenne Mountain, once visited by President Ronald Reagan, lies the heart of NORAD. Reagan’s 1979 visit highlighted the fragility of U.S. defenses against nuclear threats. Today, the scenario is even more dire with Russia's Avangard hypersonic missile, traveling at Mach 27, challenging any notion of safety.

“Rods of God”: Orbital Domination America's answer to emerging threats is the “Rods from God,” a kinetic weapon system using tungsten rods launched from orbit at hypersonic speeds to deliver devastating impacts without nuclear fallout. These rods vaporize targets like missile silos and bunkers with stealth-like precision, being undetectable until impact.

The Return of Brilliant Pebbles: Swarms of Lethal Satellites The Brilliant Pebbles project, part of Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, features autonomous satellites armed with sensors and lasers. Modernized with AI and nanotechnology, these satellites can intercept enemy missiles early, neutralizing threats before they can cause harm.

Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV): Overwhelming Force The MKV redefines missile interception with a cluster of independently guided kill vehicles that can destroy multiple targets, including decoys, from a single launch. This system ensures that no missile attack, no matter how complex, can penetrate U.S. defenses.

The Avangard Missile: Russia’s Challenge Russia’s Avangard hypersonic missile represents a significant threat with its ability to deliver payloads while evading missile defenses. America’s countermeasures like the MKV and Brilliant Pebbles are crucial in maintaining balance and ensuring that no nation holds space superiority uncontested.

The Battle Above: Space as the Ultimate War Zone Space has become a dynamic war zone. The U.S. is committed to maintaining superiority with advanced weapons systems like the “Rods of God,” Brilliant Pebbles, and the MKV. These technologies ensure that any threat against the U.S. can be met with swift and decisive annihilation from above. The race for space dominance is not just about technological superiority but survival.

Let's be clear here... They will NOT be launched from space. High altitudes yes, but nothing can get through the firmament. Satellites are attached to balloons there is NO space station. Russia is NOT the threat.

However the "Rods of God" are real and you WILL more than likely see what they are capable of...

Stay vigilant, Remain Strong, Stand United, "Do Not Fear" and don't be stupid.🤔

[batboyblog]

Happy 100th Birthday to President Jimmy Carter

Born October 1st 1924

Carter was America's 39th President serving from 1977 till 1981. President Carter is notable for many reasons, the first American President to oversee a Middle East peace deal ending 30 years of war between Egypt and Israel, the first President to address climate change, and established the Departments of Education and Energy. After his 1980 defeat by Republican Ronald Reagan Carter would redefine what it is a former President is supposed to do. His 40 years out of office saw the Carters work tirelessly on humanitarian projects around the world. Carter worked with Habitat for Humanity to build houses for those in need across America well into his 90s. Carter also worked to combat decease in the developing world particularly Africa. President Carter once said he wanted only to live long enough to outlive the last Guinea worm, a goal he may have reached, when the Carter Center started its work in 1986 there were 3.5 million cases, so far in 2024, 4. In 2002 President Carter became the first and only American President to win the Nobel Peace Prize for activities after their Presidency. He was awarded the prize for the Carter Center's work promoting Democracy and Human Rights around the world. Carter's political reputation in the US has long been overshadowed by his 1980 loss and the rough end of his Presidency but in 2010s and 2020s President Carter has become more engaged with domestic politics campaigning and speaking in his native Georgia. In February 2023 aged 98 President Carter decided to enter hospice care, and many believed the end was near. 19 months later Carter is celebrating his 100th birthday. Sadly his beloved wife of 77 years former First Lady Rosalynn Carter passed away in November 2023. Many commented on a frail President Carter's personal strength appearing in person at her funeral. President Carter's Family reports that since Kamala Harris entered the 2024 race he's become more alert and following events more closely. When asked about his upcoming birthday Carter told his grandson that he's looking forward to being 100, but what he really wants is to make it to November 5th and cast his last vote for Kamala Harris for President.

[davidson-eric]

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