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cillianhead · 10 months ago

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oppie (cillian’s version) is a sub change my mind

i think oppie (cillian's version) is a freak in the sheets. (listen this is all just me daydreaming more about Cillian AS OPPIE just doing stuff BUT LIKE I DO SAY STUFF REFERENCING OPPENHEIMER KIND OF??? SO SORRY IF ANYTHING IS INCORRECT (tbh this ain't that freaky it's just me writing a short little random blurb lol) (also i sorta switch in and out of using she / you)... 18+ OBVIOUSLY MINORS DNI!!!)

i think he's probably more than happy to be a dom or a sub, he doesn't really care. I think he'd also be into being pegged by his woman or pulled around on a leash or slapped around. oppie is pretty open-minded and pretty eager to 'spice' things up. but this is all just me daydreaming

i can imagine you in the Los Alamos home, waiting for him in bed after a long day's work of telling men what to do. And finally... the time when he got told what to do... whether it be fuck her harder until his back aches or let him be the chew toy he usually was. she liked to joke she'd make him his own personal collar to go along with his clothes... and the thought of that did turn him on, not strange at all to him who stares into the making of the death of mankind. The idea of sex was something just as complicated and interlaced with deep intricacies we will never understand but also something more primal. Something that reminded him he was human. And fuck... staring into your sticky pussy you fiddle with as he starts to undo his tie was like frying every cell in that brain of his.

"No... keep it on..." You shake your head, fingers still drawing circles lazily on your clit barely teasing yourself as you lay there proudly for him. His eyes soaked in your body and how utterly breathtaking the sight of what lies in between your legs was. "I wanna pull you around on it..." "Well... yes, ma'am," He'll flare his nose in a tone of amusement as he tips his hat off to her and sets it down on the dresser as he unbuttoned his shirt. Robert would watch you in the mirror as you slid your sticky fingers to your thinly-veiled tits, slipping your fingertips under the lacy top and toying with your hard and incredibly sensitive nipples. You drove him crazy in the best of ways... in the ways he should be crazy. "Now don't look at me like that, bunny..."

"You're taking way too long to undo those buttons of yours..." You complain and he'll roll his eyes as he always does once he gets off his top pieces, he's undoing his belt and pants within a matter of seconds. His tie still around his neck as he stood fully naked and fully erect for you as you got up on your knees on the bed, perched up and facing him as you leaned in. You'd grab his chin and he'd feel how wet your fingers are. "Are you gonna behave tonight, daddy?" You asked, tilting your head as you yanked on his tie a little, enjoying the way he flinched.

"Yes, of course, my darling..." He nods desperately, mouth full of drool for your demands. "Tell me what to do and I'll do it... command me, I'm your slave." "Get on your fucking knees and beg..." You whisper harshly and then slap him across the face and he lets out a delightful sigh at the familiar burn and the handprint on his face. "You like that don't you..." As he collapses to his knees, Oppie nods and prays for you to give him something.

"Please... Y/N..." Oppie tries, head tilted slightly down as you lower your feet down to the floor and run your fingers through his short hair, treating him like a dog. "I'll be a good boy." You pulled his face to force him to look at your pretty pussy, close enough to smell but not close enough to taste... you were teasing him. "I beg of you..."

'Tsk Tsk Tsk' You shook your head with a smug grin on your face, swaying your hips and tantalizing him with his favorite view. "More."

"Darling," He pleaded, eyes so big and blue, he was defenseless to how he showed his emotions through the dread of the irises honesty. "Please let me taste you... I've dreamt about you in my head all morning and all afternoon..." "Dreamt of me?" You mused.

"In the daytime," He mumbles, trying to shake his head from your grasp like a feral dog trying to get at its prey. "I see flashes of you... pictures of you... traces of you everywhere... I see you in my mind wherever I go."

"How very romantic of you," You chimed, letting go of his hair to lean back on the bed and prop your legs up on his shoulder, spreading yourself out on display for him. His pupils expanded like black holes on the horizon of a dying sun that shone blue. "You can taste..."

No other words were said by him as he (for once) mindlessly dove in and buried his face into your wet cunt. Oppie wasn't sure there was a god up above but he knew this was heaven right here with his head between your thighs and your lips slipping his name loudly and endlessly.

He loved being bossed around, being possessed, it reminded him of his body, and for once not his mind.

??? did any of this make sense??? sorry??? lol

#cillian murphy #cillian murphy x reader #cillian murphy smut #oppenheimer #oppenheimer x reader #oppenheimer smut #oppie #oppie x reader

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in-your-reflection · 1 year ago

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Incorrect Quotes @alamos-garden-lover

LUCIFER: THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?

Darkrai: Right now, or in general?

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auxon · 10 months ago

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here's one of the things that really changed how i think about AI usage in science:

last year in one of my classes we had a conversation about the potential problems with using AI/ML in research. the particular application was to classify difficult-to-detect seismic events and we discussed how ML can be a "black box" where it's unclear exactly what is leading the model to classify events, and in general approaches like this might lead researchers to rely on potentially unreliable classifications that are poorly understood and draw invalid conclusions or miss scientific insight as a result. (for the record, it was a pretty nuanced discussion that i found very insightful; the prof didn't present this as a reason to not use AI or to discount any results that used AI, more as a reason to be cautious and critically evaluate usage of AI when relevant.)

i was on a road trip with my dad this week and he's been really into AI tools lately so the topic came up. he told me about a friend he had worked with many years ago at los alamos. the group the friend was working with at the time was making use of some computerized numerical simulation tools, but my dad's friend realized that a lot of people were misusing the tools, not setting up their model correctly and getting incorrect results, and therefore drawing invalid conclusions because they didn't understand how the tool they were using worked, or how to figure out if it wasn't working correctly, so the friend ended up doing a lot of work on the simulation tools and making sure they were used correctly.

the point of this story was that its absolutely true that there's potential problems and pitfalls with using AI but that's always been true of new tools and developments, anything that someone else has developed can be a "black box" that you use without fully understanding. it's not a problem unique to AI, and AI isn't a completely special and new thing that's doing your work for you or whatever (which is kind of what i felt like it was doing before i thought about it more seriously). it's just another tool that can be used responsibly or irresponsibly.

#then we went to dinner with said friend after we got to our destination and he was skeptical of my dads interest in AI :lmao:#anyway im still not a huge fan of AI bc using it just feels weird to me #but im really trying to like. evaluate usages and problems w it critically rather than just going by my kneejerk discomfort #also for the record i wrote this post instead of making the inflammatory ai art discourse post i said i wasnt going to make. please clap

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moonlight-seraph · 11 months ago

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Weh, thanks anyway.

I'll figure something out.

There's probably SOME kind of psychoactive stimulant I can knock back before I go to bed to fill a similar niche.

Hey @ whatever pokégod governs dreams where the fuck are mine. I've been having dreams since I fell up to like three days ago, people don't just STOP dreaming, so where the fuck are they, huh??? Put them back.

#interaction #alamos-garden-lover #//this definitely warrants a #tw drugs #//she's not incorrect though. it's just a concerning decision when phrased with that kind of language.

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mycochaos-oldacnt-plzfollownew · 2 years ago

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Psilocybe Cubensis History/Taxonomy List by Taylor Yates of SporeSwaps

*This is an estimated/working list, not every known variety will be here and some information may be incorrect. New varieties are constantly being isolated, named, and/or crossed. Please note that this list may have multiple mistakes in it, all of the origin and historical information on this list is what we found in our research to be the most credible and believable. All of this information is supposed, if it’s not from the originator themselves. Most if not all originators/iso’ers were reached out prior to releasing this list for permission and clarification of their work and name. If there are any mistakes, we do apologize, please reach out to a SporeSwaps admin to resolve and fix any issues in this list. If you have any other information of differing stories or origins of any of these varieties, please reach out as well. I would also like to note, the term landrace iso refers to a variety that was originally found/collected in the location in which it is named. Mush love to all, and to all, love mush. - Taylor Yates*

● A+ (A-Strain)- originally marketed by Ralphsters Spores, also known as A-Strain

● AA+ (Albino A+)- mislabeled albino, leucistic A+ supposedly originating from Ralphsters Spores

● Alice- AA+ iso, unknown originator

● Acadian Coast- reportedly isolated from Louisiana coast

● Alamo- Albino Amazonian, iso’d by James Block and Jason Redman

● Alacabenzi- supposedly a hybrid of ‘Golden Teacher’ Cubensis and Psilocybe Mexicana, unknown

originator

● Albino Chodewave (ACW)- albino iso of OG Chodewave credited to Uncle J, PJ Holder, Dustin Fischer, Eric Gillium, and Adam Toney

● Albino Monkey Dick/Dong (AMD)- APE iso by Nichy Myco and Suzie Greenberg

● Ajax- little to no information was found about this variety at all. It is mentioned in early

blog threads, so it is suspected to be an OG almost lost variety

● AMAK (Albino Melmak)- a true albino Melmak TP iso by Dave Wombat

● American Mystic- MagicMyco cross of PE6 x Purple Mystic

● AMVP- albino TAT x Melmak cross by Jik Fibs and Dave Wombat

● APE- albino PE, apparently originated from Sporeworks and/or Shroomery user Workman, some say APE is a cross of PF Albino x PE and others say it is an albino iso of PE, an albino PE iso is most credited as correct

● APER- APE revert iso by Jake Oncid

● Argentina- landrace from Argentina

● Australian- apparently iso’d from a wild fruit in southern Australia, these rumors are

not confirmed however

● Avery’s Albino- iso’d albino Cambodian by Albinous White and Robert Young

● Aztec God- a Mexican variety, unknown origin suspected around Mazatec

● B+- commercialized cube by Mr. G, originally marketed as a Cubensis/Azurescens hybrid

● Ban Hua Thanon (BHT)- from John Allen, Thailand

● Ban Nathon Dhupatamyia (BND)- from John Allen, Thailand

● Ban Phang Ka (BPK)- from John Allen, Thailand

● Ban Thurain (BT)- from John Allen, Thailand

● BeePee- B+ x PE cross, not related to TidalWave or MagicMyco

● Bilbo- TAT x Melmak cross iso by MycoMama Angela and Fahthyr O Blivion

● Blue Jay- TAT x Melmak iso by Jik Fibs

● Blue Magnolia Classic (BMC)- originally iso’d by two Shroomery users from Mississippi

● Blue Magnolia Rust (BMR)- rust spored iso of BMC, by Mycotopia user Cue? questions over originator

● Blue Meanie (cube)- named by Keeper after Pan Cyan nickname, many say this was just a marketing loy

● Blue Moon- TAT x Melmak cross iso by Jik Fibs

● Brazilian- landrace from Brazil

● Burma- from Yangon, Myanmar, apparently gifted to John Allen who then iso’d

● Cambodian- landrace from Cambodia

● Chitwan- landrace from Nepal

● Chocolate Krinkle- Mr. Krinkle x El Choco cross by Dave Wombat

● Chodewave (OG CW)- stabilized cross of Tidal Wave x APE originated by Uncle J (Raymond

Midichee), different iso’d phenotypes such as Loaves, Scylla, and ACW.

● Clockwerk Orange- TAT iso by Dave Wombat

● Colombian Rust Spore (CRS)- Colombian, rust spored, sold by Sporeworks as B+ for brief time, from

Shroomery user Workman

● Colorado- legend has it this variety was iso’d from a wild fruit in Colorado, this rumor is highly debated and questioned as Colorado does not have a climate suitable for Cubensis

● Corumba- landrace iso from Brazil

● Creeper (Keeper’s Creeper)- namesake iso by Keeper

● Crooked Mystery- originated from an unlabeled mystery swab and iso’d by Dave Wombat

● Daddy Long Legs- not much credible info available, maybe an iso/rename by Willy Myco, Keeper, or

Ralphsters. Apparently originally marketed by Ralphsters Spores

● Destiny- very little to no credible info available on this variety, maybe a suspected

Keeper/Willy Myco rename or iso?

● Eclipse- MagicMyco cross of Tidal Wave x Peacock

● Ecuador- landrace from Ecuador, some dispute this

claiming Cubensis does not naturally grow there or was

introduced to the region by man

● El Choco- B+ iso by Dave Wombat

● Elephant Dung- from John Allen, Thailand

● Emerald Gates- Melmak OG

x Pearly Gates iso by James Cruz

● End Game- TAT x Melamk cross iso by Jik Fibs

● Enigma- sporeless yet stabilized blob-like mutation of Tidal Wave, also known as TidalWave 2

● E-Froot- Enigma revert iso by Dave Wombat, known to throw albino and pigmented fruits

● Entheogen Explosion- little to no information available, apparently originally available from

PremiumSpores

● Escondido- landrace iso from Puerto Escondido, Mexico

● Eyelike- TAT x Melmak cross iso by Jik Fibs

● F+- also called Florida White, commonly leucistic iso, unknown originator

● Falbino- apparently a cross of PF Albino x F+ by Shroomery user The Chosen One

● Fiji- landrace apparently from the island of Fiji

● Gandalf- TAT x Melmak cross iso by MycoMama Angela and Fahthyr O Blivion after initial cross by

Jik Fibs

● Ghost- TAT iso by Jik Fibs, further iso Ghost Rider

● Golden Halo- muddled history, some claim these originated from a wild Jamaican sample, some claim this was iso’d from a wild fruit from Gulf Coast USA in 2012 by GoldenHaloSpore Company, others say this is an iso of CRS credited to Shroomery user Morelman in 2015, in other words, we may never know the true origin of Golden Halo

● Golden Mammoth- little history, many say this is a B+ iso/rename by Mr. G, some say these drop rust or gold spores

● Golden Teacher (GT)- generic commercialized cube, some say originally from the coast of Georgia, USA, unknown originator, some say Mr. G

● Great White Monster (GWM)- apparently, iso’d from a chemically altered white fruit, also apparently a cross of Puerto Rico x AA+, some even say that GWM is just an iso of AA+, questions over originator

● Ground Zero- Leng x Choda cross by Dave Wombat

● Guadalajara- landrace from Guadalajara, Mexico

● Gumby- Melmak TP iso by Dave Wombat, same origin as AMAK

● Hanoi- from Vietnam, iso credited to John Allen

● Hillbilly- isolated from a wild Alabama fruit, unknown originator

● Huautla- landrace from village Huautla de Jiménez in Mexico

● Illusion Weaver- apparently a Keeper iso/rename

● Jack Frost- TAT x APE cross by Dave Wombat

● Jedi Mind Fuck (JMF)- unknown origin, possible Keeper or Willy Myco iso/rename but there is little to no credible information available on this variety.

● John Allen (Allen Strain)- namesake variety brought back and iso’d by John Allen from Thailand, commonly confused with species Psilocybe Allenii, also named after John Allen

● KAPE- KSSS x APE cross, unknown originator

● KSAT- KSSS Squat x TAT cross by Dave Wombat

● Koh Samui Classic (KSC)- from Hua Thanon, Thailand, originally credited from John Allen

● Koh Samui Super Strain (KSSS)- iso of KSC, questions over originator, various phenotypes from ‘peyote’ to ‘squat’

● LAPE- Long APE, iso by Nichy Myco and Suzie Greenberg

● Leng- squatty GT iso by Dave Wombat

● Leucistic Treasure Coast (LTC)- iso originated by Luna Morningstar

● Lex Luther (Cream Lex Luther)- originated and iso’d from wild samples by Berserker Genetics, Cream Lex Luthor known to be leucistic iso

● Lipa Yai- iso from Lipa Yai, Thailand, credited to John Allen

● Lizard King (LK)- iso’d by Shroomery user Lizard King, apparently from Gulf Coast, USA

● Loaves- stabilized phenotype of Chodewave (TW x APE) credited to Uncle J

● Lucid Gates- Melmak OG x Pearly Gates iso by James Cruz, same cross different iso of Emerald Gates

● Mak 120- Melmak OG iso by Taylor Yates and Luna Morningstar

● Mak/AA- Melmak OG x Avery Albino cross, most likely unstable Avery Albino

● Malabar- landrace from the Malabar Coast in India

● Malaysian- from Malaysia, credited to John Allen

● Mars- apparent iso by Shroomery user fishlevelmidnight, unknown location

● Mazatapec- landrace from Mazatec, Mexico

● McKennai- supposedly a PE hybrid/cross by Terence McKenna, not much other credible info available

● Melmak Revert- reverted Melmak iso, unknown originator, possibly Edible Earth Fungi

● Melmak 118- Edible Earth Fungi Melmak OG Iso

● Melmak (Melmak OG or Homestead PE)- PE iso originally from the Homestead Company, bought out, renamed from Homestead PE to Melmak, and distributed by Alf in 2017, many say Melmak is the closest to the OG PE genetics available now

● Melmak TP (Thick Penis)- Edible Earth Fungi Melmak iso

● Menace- iso’d from Texas by Shroomery user lostfreddy

● Mexican Albino- leucistic cube mislabeled albino, from Mexico and credited to John Allen, originally marketed by Ralphsters Spores

● Mexican Dutch King- found in many coffee and head shops in Amsterdam, many credit this variety to a lost European High Times vendor

● Mexicube- some say this is an iso by Mr G, others say this is a Keeper variety, suspected Mexican origin

● Moby Dick- leucistic cube, some say this variety is just renamed AA+ and others say its a cross of AA+ x GT, originator unknown

● Mr. Krinkle- TAT iso by Dave Wombat

● MVP- TAT x Melmak cross by Jik Fibs and Dave Wombat

● Nezuko- MagicMyco iso of Namuang Thailand

● Normak (Normac)- apparently a Melmak/PE iso by Reddit user SjKoD, iso’d from a 3 gram fresh sample

● Nutcracker- Yeti (TAT) iso by Myco Clay and Strictly Spores

● Omni- Melmak OG iso, known to throw blob like mutations, originated by Steven K

● Orissa India- from India, credited to John Allen

● Palenque- landrace from Palenque, Mexico

● PE6- cross of PE x Texas Gulf Coast (TGC), credited to Shroomery user RogerRabbit

● Peacock- Magic Myco cross of Tidal Wave x Aztec God x AA+ (some say Avery Albino

instead of AA+, unconfirmed from source)

● Pearly Gates- Melmak x TAT Cross iso by TAT Syndicate member Michael Montgomery

● PES Amazonian (PESA)- from the company Pacifica Exotica Spora, likely originated from Colombia, originally marketed as a Cubensis/Azurescens hybrid, some say the A in PESA does not stand for Amazonian but rather Azurescens

● PES Hawaiian (PESH)- PES headquarters was based in Hawaii, named this iso after their home State

● Penis Envy (PE)- an alleged iso’d mutation originally from the Amazonian rainforest credited to both Terence McKenna and Steven Pollock in the 1970’s, much debate with Rich Gee being true originator (see Hamilton Morris interview)

● PE+- an apparent cross of PE x B+, unknown originator

● Penis Envy Hawk (Hawk PE)- MagicMyco cross of PE x Mazatapec

● Penis Envy Uncut (PEU)- apparently a cross of PF Albino x PE, credited to Shroomery user Workman

● PF Albino- unstable albino PF Classic iso, originator believed to be Professor Fanaticus

● PF Classic- iso named after famed Professor Fanaticus, apparently originally marketed by the Homestead Company

● PF Redspore- rust spored PF Classic iso, unknown originator, suspected Professor Fanaticus

● Phobos- albino Mars iso by Mycocat Genetix

● Pink Buffalo (PB)- from Thailand and credited to Milo Zverino, named after rare pink buffalo, apparently found on water buffalo dung

● Plantasia Mystery- apparently an outdoor grow/isolation by The Grow Room, from a Thai cube, some have rumored this to be a Cubensis/Azurescens hybrid

● Puerto Rico (PR)- landrace from Puerto Rico

● Purple Mystic (PM)- an iso from Plant City, Florida by hroomery user blackd0ve420

● R44- apparently originated and iso’d by Ralphsters Spores and associates from wild American samples

● Redboy- red spored iso/cross by Shroomery user Roger Rabbit, apparently an OG almost lost variety, legend has it that modern day Redboy comes from a Roger Rabbit snake venom cross of a true red-spored cube and Puerto Rico

● Riptide- TAT x Tidal Wave cross originated by Berserker Genetics and Seven Del Gato

● Roatan Honduras- apparent landrace from the Roatan island off Honduras

● Roger Rabbit (RR)- leucistic TAT iso by Kilor Diamond

● Rusty Whyte (RW)- cross of AA+ x Colombian Rust by Shroomery user PastyWhyte

● Scylla- stabilized phenotype of Chodewave (TW x APE) originated by Uncle J

● Shamans Gift- very little is known of this variety, some suspect this to be a Keeper iso

● Shakti- Albino Malabar iso by MycoMama Angela and Fahthyr O Blivion

● Shooting Star- Keeper iso, not much known other than that

● South African Transkei (SAT)- reportedly from South Africa, not much documented

● South American- from Venezuela, apparently introduced into the region by man

● Sporeworks PE (SW PE)- standard isolation of PE by Sporeworks, known to blob and mutate, assumed iso by Workman

● Stargazer- apparently iso’d from a wild sample originally in South America near Incan ruins. Suspected in Peru. This variety is held in high regard by Paul Stamets

● Starry Night- APE isolation by Jeff Hutchens

● Sunny Side Up (SSU)- cross of Melmak Revert x APE by Nichy Myco and Suzie Greenberg

● SyZyGy- OG, almost extinct variety, SyZyGy was the name of McKenna brother’s shop in Hawaii, iso apparently from Terence McKenna and distributed/revived by Free Spore Ring Europe

● Tasmania- landrace apparently from Tasmania

● OG True Albino Teacher (TAT)- albino GT iso by Jik Fibs

● Wombat TAT (WTAT)- OG TAT iso by Dave Wombat

● TAT Black Cap (TBC)- TAT iso by Dave Wombat and Jik Fibs, further iso Harly Quin

● TePe- Magic Myco cross of Tidal Wave x Penis Envy

● Texas Gulf Coast (TGC)- landrace iso from the gulf coast of Texas, unknown originator

● Thai Elephant Dung- from Thailand, credited to John Allen, supposedly found under wild elephant dung

● Thai Lipa Yi- from Thailand, credited to John Allen

● Tidal Wave (TW)- Magic Myco cross of PE x B+, multiple iso’s and variations such as TW4 and TW2 (Enigma)

● Treasure Coast- supposed landrace from Florida’s Treasure Coast, some say Mr. G originated/iso’d this variety

● Trinity- MagicMyco cross of PE x Tidal Wave x Aztec God

● Tsunami- MagicMyco cross of Tidal Wave x Aztec God

● White Teacher- leucistic Golden Teacher, unknown originator

● Wollongong- landrace apparently from Southern Australia, however this is not confirmed and is debated

● Xilo- suspected Mexican origin, not much documented on this variety

● XXX- TAT x Melmak cross iso by Jik Fibs

● Yeti- TAT iso by Jik Fibs, various further isos like Nutcracker, 2.0, King Yeti, Yoda’s Yeti (Seven Del Gato

iso) and Deep End

● Ymir- GT iso by Dave Wombat

● Zillacybin (Zilla)- MagicMyco cross of Lizard King x KSSS x APE

● Z Strain- Keeper iso/rename, many people assume this to be B+ iso

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dankusner · 7 months ago

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Alamo planning group to give slave’s portrayal another look

Reenactor Franklin Guidone, left, in character as William Barrett Travis, recreates a historical scene writing the “victory or death” letter asking for reinforcements as re-enactor Joshua Obadiah, right, portrays Joe, an enslaved servant of Travis, standing guard.

The scene was photographed in January to prepare bronze statues for the Alamo Visitor Center and Museum, set to open in 2027.

Officials of the Alamo Trust said they’ll ask a planning committee to review a controversial decision to depict an enslaved Black man holding a firearm during the 1836 siege as part of a series of bronze statues at a future visitor center.

The Alamo Museum Planning Committee will discuss the objections raised by two African American members of the panel and concerns from others who voted against a portrayal of Joe holding a musket and standing guard over the man who owned him, Alamo commander William B. Travis.

That leaves open the possibility that the bronze statue of Joe, one of several that will greet arrivals at the visitor center, might be cast to tell a different story than the one that upset the committee’s consensus approach to history when it voted to approve it March 7.

Although members are bound by a confidentiality agreement, sources within the diverse 27-member committee have said 10 of them voted in support of the vignette, five voted to depict Joe in the scene without a gun and five voted to remove him from the scene entirely.

The controversy became public when Deborah Omowale Jarmon, a committee member and CEO/director of the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum voiced her concerns in a March 25 letter to the Express-News.

Jarmon told the newspaper’s editorial board this week that she didn’t want her museum’s name “to be a part of something that is inaccurate” and have people asking 50 years later, “How did the African American museum let that slide?”

Kate Rogers, the Alamo Trust executive director, said she and other leaders of a $550 million, public-private makeover project are taking the concerns seriously.

Planners will raise the issue with the committee May 9.

“It’s important to us on this particular topic to be very respectful of the African American voices on the committee,” Rogers told the editorial board in a separate interview Friday. “Obviously, there’s concern with this portrayal. So because the vote was split that way, and because there’s still concern within a very critical group, we’re going to bring it back.”

Aaronetta Pierce, a member of the Alamo Museum Planning Committee, has asked for a vignette depicting Joe, an enslaved servant of Alamo commander William B. Travis, telling his account of the battle.

Aaronetta Pierce, a longtime civil rights advocate and leader in San Antonio’s Black community, wrote an email to the panel in January, calling the depiction “difficult to justify, an enslaved man holding a gun and guarding his master.”

San Antonio is “too intelligent to produce such an illogical, historically incorrect” scene, she wrote.

About a week later, “the next thing I saw was the picture in the newspaper” of reenactors portraying Joe holding a musket and Travis sitting behind him at a desk, writing the famous “victory or death” letter during the 13-day Alamo siege.

Committee members justified the scene, saying firsthand accounts, including by Joe himself, provide evidence Joe had a gun and fired it during the battle.

But Pierce said there’s nothing to substantiate Joe’s presence when the letter was written 11 days earlier.

She and Jarmon have asked the Alamo to consider a vignette showing Joe after the battle, providing an important early account as one of the few survivors who were inside the mission-fort.

His recollections in the immediate aftermath became the foundation for the traditional story of the battle.

“I want him separate, telling the story,” Pierce told the editorial board.

“If Travis gets a vignette for writing a letter, then doesn’t Joe deserve a vignette for telling the story?” Jarmon asked in agreement.

Accurately portraying slavery in early Texas is a key goal for the Alamo makeover that the Alamo Trust is carrying out with state, local and private funding.

And nearly everyone has known it was going to be difficult.

Pierce and Jarmon said some of the resistance to their objections have come from Alamo traditionalists who passionately adhere to a heroic narrative of 200 soldiers and volunteers who died for Texas independence from Mexico.

Jarmon said she’s sometimes told, when discussing the role of slavery in the Texas Revolution, “Well, that was then, and we should kind of get over it.”

Texans today, especially the youth, should be told the truth, she said.

“When you talk about chattel slavery, especially at a time when you have so many young people that are trying to find themselves … it shows that we’re resilient people,” Jarmon said.

Rogers said the committee, formed in 2021, has discussed the vignettes at three meetings since July, and will have an opportunity to weigh those concerns and ideas and might vote again.

But the panel, four of whose members are Black, will continue operating under a nondisclosure pact.

“These topics can be tough. They can be emotional. We’re trying to create a safe space where people feel free to express their opinions across the gamut of opinions and sometimes disagree with each other without it spilling out into the media,” Rogers said.

“This issue of this particular vignette is the first time we’ve taken a vote,” she said. “It would be great if there was just consensus. On this particular topic, we weren’t able to get there.”

Hope Andrade, an Alamo Trust board member and chair of the Alamo project’s Management Committee, said the confidentiality structure of the museum committee provides an environment where members “feel free in sharing their thoughts,” and isn’t intended to shroud the process in secrecy.

The group’s voices need to be respected, she said.

“If the committee invests this much time and their efforts on it, and then we don’t respect the outcome, eventually people start saying, ‘Well, why spend all my time there? ’” Andrade said.

Regardless of the decision on the vignette, the Alamo will include perspectives on slavery in its museum galleries in the visitor center, which is set to open in 2027.

“It’ll appear in multiple times and multiple different galleries. As will Joe, because he was important to the story,” Rogers said. “We’re committed to the (project’s) vision and guiding principles and telling all the stories. And particularly to bring forward stories of lesser-known people associated with the Alamo. That would include women, children, the enslaved population.”

Ernesto Rodriguez, the Alamo’s senior curator and historian, said the portrayal of Joe is “a very touchy subject” because he wasn’t at the Alamo “on his own free will.”

During the battle, having heard about the red flag promising no quarter to the garrison that the besiegers flew from San Fernando Church, he was “a man fighting for his life.”

“The Alamo story is special because it’s a story about people that typically don’t have a voice: the enslaved, women, children — most of them are illiterate. And yet how do we know what happened? Through people that typically are not used in history,” Rodriguez said.

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Blind Optimization

In this tweet John Carmack, “King of the Nerds” demonstrates a key error of the tech enthusiast mindset, the desire to “optimize” and “minmax” every aspect of life. No thought is given to what the repercussions of such optimizations may be as optimization is considered a good in and of itself. Consider what would actually happen if this were to be done. There are a minority of readers that for whatever reason, “get stuck” at a certain point, so in order to help them out you change things to cater to their tastes and abilities, and now more people can “pass” than before. Does this sound familiar to you? It should, as this is really just another popular argument with the terms switched around.

When standards of education are lowered to accommodate poor performing students at the expense of high performing ones, the tech bro cries out in pain (they’re very good at taking tests you see.) Yet when put in the position of the struggling reader they immediately want the bar lowered to cater to them. This makes sense as techbros don’t read. “Um, there’s no “alpha” in reading, ROI is too low, books are for midwits. I’ll read a summary of the most important points.” Anyway, the result of such a policy is a watering down of the book, an erasure of artistic intent, and general homogenization to cater to the lowest common denominator.

For example, consider the works of Shakespeare. It turns out that reading the archaic English of Shakespeare is quite difficult for the uninitiated. Perhaps Carmack might suggest that we allow an AI “translate” Shakespeare into modern English so it is more accessible to the casual reader. This simplification of language would kill part of what makes Shakespeare unique and worth reading in the first place.

The desire for optimization is really just another manifestation of the cardinal sin of the tech enthusiast’s mindset, that of “quantity > quality.” More people are reading our books now! That must be a good thing right? It doesn’t even cross Carmack’s mind that not all readers are equal and that while you might have lost 1000 fewer readers in total, those you did lose were the best among them. Carmack's approach is entirely incorrect, it should actually be the opposite. There should be more people getting “stuck,” and if anything you should be writing to the tastes of those that don't get stuck. But hey, while we’re at it why stop with “getting stuck”? Let’s try to increase, rather than maintain our readership! The most popular selling books of the modern era include 50 Shades of Gray and Harry Potter, so we should take some notes.

“Well Mr. Carmack, our AI model says that reader engagement is quite low at this point… it recommends we should throw in an S&M sex scene?”

“Genius! We can follow it up with an epic wizard duel…”

”Uh sir, isn’t this a historical novel about the Battle of the Alamo…?”

#writing #literature #john carmack #my diary #tech #tech bros #elitism #essay

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ok so these are just platonic but here (ft. Piper and Jason)

Will and Leo are always annoying about Texas. it doesn’t matter if the conversation is about texas or not but they will talk about it. “y’know this reminds me of a little thing I did in Texas” “one time when I was in Texas-” “this is great and all but i wish I was back in Texas”

They haven’t been to Texas in years 💀 but during summer they’re always saying that they should totally go this summer.

On the time they finally do go, they bring Piper and make a road trip out of it with Festus (sky trip? Call that shit a HIGHway). They stop at the Alamo and Piper takes a discreet video of Leo saying “nine elalamo. Never forget 😔” stupidly. Will gets a faux raccoon fur hat like Davy Crockett.

They make a stop in Oklahoma before going back to Camp. Piper gives Leo directions to Grandpa Tom’s old house and she tells them the stories her grandpa used to tell her. They fall asleep on the porch. In the morning, before they leave, they play tag in the grass. Piper decimates them bc she has “goofy giraffe legs that are proportionally impossible” according to Will.

In the middle of summer, when everybody else is dying of heat stroke, these two are walking around completely normal and wondering what all the fuss is about. Leo bc of the fire powers and all and Will bc bro is built different (or bc he’s a son of the sun god if u wanna be technical 🙄 let the boy be mysterious)

Opposite of this! As soon as the first day of fall hits Will is SHIVERING. Everybody else is chilling and even Leo is like “what the hell is wrong with you. none of your siblings do this. what is happening” and Will says, through chattering teeth, “I’m b-b-b-built d-different”

During winter, Will is either hugging one of his friends (the friend is complaining about how could his hands are), wearing a million jackets, or hanging out in the forge with the Hephaestus cabin and talking with Leo. To him, it’s the only warm place in camp during December and they cannot get rid of him till they physically kick him out. Even then, Leo built a bunk for him by the fireplace so they can have sleepovers sometimes.

Leo is in the infirmary every other week. Sometimes Jason or Piper or Nyssa drags him in so Will can tell him to eat/sleep. Sometimes he shows up with Piper yelling behind him like an ambulance because he cut himself on a sheet of Celestial Bronze. On one memorable occasion, Leo dragged himself from Bunker Nine to the Apollo Cabin at midnight because he broke his leg when something exploded. Will has since demanded that Leo keep crutches and ambrosia in Bunker Nine in case another Incident™️ happens.

Sometimes Jason comes into the infirmary acting all secretive like a shitty spy to ask how Leo is doing. Will refuses to snitch on his friend but subtly slides the patient reports over the desk. He pretends not to notice when Jason opens up Leo’s file. It makes Jason think he’s sneaky (he is incorrect).

This question has been going around my mind for a while and it's:

Will Solace has more ships that doesn't include nico?

He's a character that got relevant when (for some reason) people started to use canon as a bible and he on canon has a boyfriend that is very loved character by the famdom, so im not surprised of see how poor is the variety for his pairings

But I know that he still has some ships around, and im curious to see how many are, and also see the ones that are hidden behind the rocks

So... I'm encouraging everyone to Use this post to share or even ramble about your ships for this guy that aren't solangelo (or solangelo related)

( always being respectful please, there's no need to be rude if you don't share the opinions of other people, if you don't like it, just scroll)

#will solace #leo valdez #pjo #hoo #toa #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #piper mclean #jason grace

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Raven: Due to complex and traumatic reason I refuse to remember the Alamo.

Rita: What were killed at the Alamo or something?

Raven: A part of me was yes.

#tales of vesperia #Raven (ToV)#Rita Mordio #incorrect quotes #based on a real conversation #seriously do not ask me about the alamo

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Texas, to Mexico: What are you gonna do, stab me?

Texas, after The Alamo: I should not have asked.

#aph texas #aph mexico #tw stabbing mention #the alamo #remember the alamo #aph statetalia #incorrect state quotes #aph states #statetalia #states #united states #usa #incorrect quotes #the south #source: game of thrones #i think

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Can you please recommend some gta v blogs to follow ?? Thank in advance

Hey there, anon! Thanks for your question! I’m so happy to recommend at least some of them :) @adamryantrash @fuckyeahgangsters @theotherdesanta @alamo-seas @gay-gta @trichael-buble @biconictrevor @ohfucklady @ande-bam @and-i-see-the-void @incorrect-gta @avalise @mookitties @verbos-fanblog @philiptrevors @aintgonnaleaveyoumikey @trikeyv @creepyunclelester @srta-gta @itrevorphilips @verylossantos @takeoffyourpantscowboy @michaelssidebitch @michael-de-daddy @moony7year @loveablefangirl29 @trans-trevorphilips @mxstly-melancholy @terror-phillips @trlkey @personal-hot-mess @trikey-dreamin @trevor-philips-trash @itstrevorphilips @i-picked-c @gentleslave and finally, you may also find a lot of gta v themed posts on @simmehs

I haven’t listed them all and did my best to pick active ones - feel free to reblog and add your name to the list :)

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Best War Movies to Watch: A Complete Streaming Guide

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Sadly, the human race has pretty much never not been at war. We remain an ever violent, combative crew. Hopefully one day that’ll change and we’ll enter an era of unprecedented peace. Until then though, we have the movies!

War might be hell, but war flicks can be pretty great at times! Armed combat and all the other various theaters and forms of battle makes for high-octane drama and gripping backdrops. And that’s pretty much exactly what we are looking for out of our drama films.

What follows is a (mostly) comprehensive list of all the war movies available with a streaming subscription on the major streaming services. If you’re interested in paying per movie, options like Amazon, Google Play and YouTube should help broaden the field. Otherwise, scroll below because the films here are all free with a log-in subscription to Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, or HBO Max.

‘71

Available on: Hulu (US), Amazon Prime Video (UK)

An underrated British thriller from the last decade, ’71 turns “the Troubles” in Ireland into a pseudo-horror movie. At a mere 99 minutes, this is lean, economical filmmaking with a barebones premise about a British solider (Jack O’Connell) who gets separated from his unit during a Belfast riot in 1971—the height of British-Irish tension. His plight to survive the night is riveting filmmaking and a grim look back to still fresh nightmares.

The African Queen

Available on: Amazon Prime Video (purchase only in UK)

An unlikely war movie at first glance, The African Queen is very much the story of two middle-aged people caught up in the chaos of the First World War. It’s also a crackling adventure yarn about autumn romance between a drunken river boat captain (Humphrey Bogart) and a Christian missionary (Katharine Hepburn) who’s brother was just killed by Germans in colonial Africa. Both set out to get down the river, and away from the Germans’ reach, in this charming John Huston classic with still stunning location photography.

The Alamo

Available on: Hulu

As an ironically little remembered version of the Alamo siege from director John Lee Hancock, The Alamo (2004) is still the best film version of these events. With a refreshing eye for historical authenticity instead of Texan mythmaking, the movie unpacks the lives of David Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton), James Bowie (Jason Patric), and William Travis (Patrick Wilson) with a warts and all approach. It also relays the events of the battle in its actual context at night, and in grim chaos, and gives needed attention to the overlooked contributions of the Tejanos to Texan independence.

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But most significantly, it has a bittersweet soul as expressed in Carter Burwell’s score, which is at its most beautiful when Crockett climbs a parapet to serenade both sides of the battlefield with his fiddle.

A Bridge Too Far

Available on: Netflix (US Only)

The last of its kind, A Bridge Too Far is one of those old-fashioned all-star war epics about World War II that came into vogue between the 1950s and ‘70s. But this nearly all-British production is not about one of the Allies’ greatest triumphs, but rather one of their most disappointing defeats: the failure of Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands.

Director Richard Attenborough and screenwriter William Goldman try to squeeze it all in, which will honestly be exhausting to some viewers. For others, seeing a historically accurate (if too lighthearted) rendering of this battle with the likes of Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan O’Neal, Robert Redford, and more will be enough.

Casablanca

Available on: HBO Max

Another Bogie movie where the war is adjacent to the central conflict, Casablanca is the best wartime melodrama ever produced. Some even consider it the greatest American movie for that matter. Actually made during the Second World War, there is a great rush of patriotic idealism and anxious uncertainty about its vision of a seedy Moroccan city that is ostensibly under free French rule, but is not-so-secretly being occupied by the Nazis. There everyone goes to Rick’s, a café run by a disillusioned American (Bogart) who sticks his neck out for nobody.

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But Rick must soon pick up the fight again after an old flame named Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) walks into his gin joint, bringing with her a French husband, a freedom fighter who has the Nazis breathing down his neck. All three are going to make some tough choices, as will complicit French police officer Louis (a marvelous Claud Rains) as the forces of World War II finally start pulling.

Cold Mountain

Available on: HBO Max

An attempt at an old fashioned sweeping wartime epic, Cold Mountain still brings modern historical insight to the oft-mythologized Civil War. The film is about several people from North Carolina’s Appalachian region. Like many Confederate soldiers, particularly from NC, Inman (Jude Law) has no slaves and no real reason to fight for the Southern cause. So after hellish battle, he deserts and attempts to make a sprawling trek back home.

Elsewhere, however, his sweetheart Ada (Nicole Kidman) must make hard decisions of her own with the leering eye of the Home Guard peeking over her shoulder, especially as word of Inman’s desertion reaches the mountains. An odyssey of the Civil War from the vantage of the impoverished it rolled over, Cold Mountain is a refreshing melodrama.

Da 5 Bloods

Available on: Netflix

Spike Lee’s latest joint is also one that opened up wounds from the Vietnam War that never really healed. Set more in the 2010s than 1960s, Da 5 Bloods follows four Black veterans who’ve ostensibly returned to Vietnam to find the remains of their fallen brother (Chadwick Boseman in one of his final roles). But they’re also here to reclaim gold that was stolen back in ’69.

Something of a heist movie, Lee mixes genres yet never loses sight about the anguish of those who fought in a war, and the legacy it leaves even decades and generations later.

The Dirty Dozen

Available on: HBO Max

Even if you haven’t seen Robert Aldrich’s epic 1967 adventure, the term “dirty dozen” and the basic premise of the movie have found their way into popular culture over the decades and influenced recent movies like Suicide Squad.

A grizzled (as if there’s any other kind) Lee Marvin leads a team of prisoners–including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, George Kennedy, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland and more–on a suicide mission during World War II, with full pardons as their reward if they survive. The results are explosive and, at the time of release, controversially violent. They also make for one of the great war movies of the era.

Enemy at the Gates

Available on: Netflix, Amazon (US Only)

Sniper versus sniper; eagle versus eagle. That is the basic appeal of Enemy at the Gates, the rare Hollywood World War II drama where America is not even present. Rather this is a film about the war of attrition between the German and Russian forces at the Battle of Stalingrad, the nightmarish conflict which began turning the tide against the Third Reich. The movie features an all-star cast, including Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz, and Bob Hoskins, but it’s the chilly environs of hell on earth which make this worthwhile.

Five Came Back

Available on: Netflix

A film told in three parts, Five Came Back tracks the singular, and now fairly astonishing, choices made by five A-list Hollywood directors: John Ford, Frank Capra, George Stevens, John Huston, and William Wyler. They all chose to leave Hollywood either at the peak of their careers, or at the beginning of it, to make films about the Second World War. Each ultimately served as an officer, and several were in the actual thick of combat to capture war footage (and propaganda) for the first time in history. It was a patriotic and revealing choice then and now, and it’s examined with insight by the likes of Mark Harris and Steven Spielberg here.

Flags of Our Fathers

Available on: HBO Max

Not as good as director Clint Eastwood’s companion film told from the Japanese perspective, Letters from Iwo Jima, Flags of Our Fathers is nonetheless a worthwhile film. A rather skeptical look at the lives of American marines who were turned into an inaccurate legend by the U.S. military when they were photographed raising the American flag above the sands of Iwo Jima, the picture tracks the home lives of soldiers who did their job only too well and were then asked to return home as glorified heroes… and then live an ordinary American life.

The Four Feathers

Available on: HBO Max

One of the great British adventure films of the pre-war era, The Four Feathers is director Zoltan Korda’s sweeping reimagining of the A.E.W. Mason novel. Set during Britain’s colonial wars in Egypt and Sudan during 1882, the film tracks an English officer who only took a commission in the military to honor his family’s ancient war record. However, when the call of war comes, he fears he would not do his duty in battle and resigns his service… so his three friends and even a fiancée give him four white feathers: white for cowardice.

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To redeem himself, he travels to Sudan and helps the British cause while posing as a local. Filmed on actual African locations and in glorious Technicolor at a time when American movies were afraid to leave California, The Four Feathers is a classic (and politically incorrect) throwback.

Gallipoli

Available on: Amazon

Australian filmmaker Peter Weir has directed just 13 films, but probably 10 of them are classics, and this 1981 drama is one of them. A 25-year-old Mel Gibson stars as one of several young men who enlist in the Australian Army during the First World War. They eventually find themselves on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, site of a costly and lengthy battle that ended in defeat, but marked a turning point for Australia’s perception of itself and its place in the world and a seemingly disinterested British Empire. It’s a harrowing tale about the loss of innocence, national character, and the price of war for both.

Glory

Available on: Netflix (US Only)

Arguably the greatest film ever made about the American Civil War, Edward Zwick’s Glory continues to shine like one gallant rush. Based on the lives of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry regiment, the film tracks the hard fight for respect—and freedom—endured by the first African American regiment in U.S. history.

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With a still crackling ensemble that includes Morgan Freeman, Matthew Broderick, Andre Braugher, and Denzel Washington in his first Oscar winning role, the movie both mythologizes and humanizes the 54th’s struggle as the American struggle. It also soars with James Horner’s most transcendent and ethereal musical score.

The Great Dictator

Available on: HBO Max

The rare comedy on this list, The Great Dictator was a film of political courage by writer-director-producer-and-star Charlie Chaplin. Filmed in 1940 when much of the world was already at war, but the United States was not, this Hollywood film made a farce out of the hatred and fascism of the Third Reich, with Adolf Hitler being especially skewered.

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In the film, Chaplin plays both a fictional barber and Hitler-like dictator who switch places in a Prince and the Pauper styled mix-up. Chaplin thus makes a still hilarious deconstruction of Hitler’s madness and insecurities at a time when most Hollywood studios chose to pretend there wasn’t a war going on. The film also concludes in one of the greatest anti-war speeches in cinema history.

Hacksaw Ridge

Available on: HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video UK

The rare film that is told in merely two acts, director Mel Gibson’s World War II drama is fairly underrated. The film follows the remarkable true story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), an unlikely U.S. Army corporal since he was also a conscientious objector who refused to hold a gun. Nearly court-martialed for his defiance of orders, as a medic Doss insisted he could serve his country well by saving lives on the battlefield. He got his chance at the Battle of Okinawa when he pulled 75 lives out of the carnage, which is captured in grisly detail by Gibson. Likely the bloodiest WWII movie since Saving Private Ryan, Hacksaw Ridge is also one of the best.

Hamburger Hill

Available on: Amazon Prime Video (US Only)

This 1987 film set during the Vietnam War recounts one specific mission: a 1969 assault by the U.S. Army’s 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, known as the “Screaming Eagles,” on a well-fortified North Vietnamese position near the Laotian border. Dylan McDermott, Don Cheadle, Courtney B. Vance, and Steven Weber all make early career appearances in the film as young soldiers thrust into a situation where victory almost seems more like defeat—as good a metaphor for the Vietnam conflict as any.

Hostiles

Available on: Netflix

Director Scott Cooper did the rare thing with Hostiles: He looked back at American history with nuance and sincere contemplation. This film is ostensibly about a U.S. Cavalry officer on his final mission, which is to escort a family of Native Americans across the last remnants of American frontier. But when that officer (Christian Bale) knows he’s escorting the dying Cheyenne war chief (Wes Studi) who led the doomed side of American Indians in previous conflicts—and alongside a woman (Rosamund Pike) who just lost her family to Indian attacks—the ghosts of America’s sins and recriminations walk with them.

The Hurt Locker

Available on: Hulu, Netflix UK

The film which won Kathryn Bigelow the Oscar for Best Director, The Hurt Locker is the first great movie about the War on Terror in the 21st century. Boiling down the madness of war to being like “a drug” for some soldiers, the film essays the high-stake tension—and adrenaline—of being an officer in the Army’s bomb squad who is responsible for disarming IEDs, bomb vests, and other hidden weapons of death.

It’s terrifying… and exhilarating as personified by Jeremy Renner’s addicted Staff Sgt. William James. Also with a career-making performance by Anthony Mackie and a pseudo-journalistic script by Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker gets under your skin.

Platoon

Available on: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video (US Only)

There were plenty of Vietnam War movies before Oliver Stone’s Platoon, but what shook audiences in 1986 is that this was the first time one was made by a Vietnam veteran. Not that Stone didn’t take liberties: He makes his soldier’s eye view of the generation-defining conflict a fever dream of America’s darkest moments in the shit.

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But his lament for the soldier also brought a renewed sense of sorrow and regret to how veterans were treated in the aftermath. With a heartbreaking supporting performance by Willem Dafoe, whose demise in the film has become iconic, there’s a reason for many this remains the only Vietnam War movie of consequence.

Red Tails

Available on: HBO Max

Here is executive producer George Lucas and director Anthony Hemingway’s well-meaning but so-so aerial war epic about the Tuskegee Airmen. The real-life Black pilots, mechanics, bombardiers, and more made up a segregated flank of African American airmen (as well as flyers from Haiti, Trinidad, and other Caribbean nations) in World War II. This film attempts to honor them with a cast that includes Terrence Howard, David Oyelowo, Nate Parker, and Cuba Gooding Jr.

War Machine

Available on: Netflix

David Michod (Animal Kingdom) wrote and directed this Netflix satire set during the ongoing war in Afghanistan, eight years after the 9/11 attacks. Brad Pitt stars as four-star general Glen McMahon (loosely based on real-life general Stanley McChrystal), whose bleak assessment of the situation on the ground puts him at odds with President Obama and others. Like other less-than-reverent films before it, War Machine is interested in the sheer insanity of war: doing the same thing over and over again while hoping for a different outcome.

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