#military propaganda FOR HER

[itsagrimm]

did Call of Duty just pass the bechtel test?

[andromeda-lv]

PSA, Kaladin and Adolin both have HUNDREDS of times bigger kill count than Shallan.

[commsroom]

a pretty major aspect of wolf 359's worldbuilding that i think about sometimes is that goddard futuristics is the megacorporation, like. jacobi says, "goddard's done some good stuff", citing the development of solar energy and investments in water purification, eco-friendly fertilizers, global internet access, etc. and... i mean, yes. obviously, objectively, all good things that i wish we also had. but also all goddard-owned and beholden to their interests. that line is in response to eiffel saying "yeah, i'm sure the team retreats where you got to burn down the rainforest were amazing" - like, it's about efficiency, not environmentalism; the good parts are a byproduct.

the same thing applies to the inaccessibility of goddard's other developments - AI development is so under wraps that even maxwell, working for the "best" AI research lab in the country, was unaware of the existence of "full-minded" AI until she was recruited by goddard. and part of why she was recruited was her disagreement with the board for ethical AI development. goddard has made some incredible advancements in the field of biotech, but like... do you think those things are accessible to the average person? these life-saving medical developments and disability aids exist, but who actually gets them? cutter is financially blackmailing eiffel by paying for anne's medical bills, education, etc. - his control over all of these things gives him potential leverage over just about anyone.

and then you have just, like, the fact that goddard is involved in so many things - space exploration, air travel, utilities, the military, medicine, agriculture, probably just everyday goods... it's bad enough in real life if you're trying to avoid a few major corporations; there are going to be so many things in their day-to-day lives that they never even realized were goddard-made until they get back to earth and start seeing it everywhere. and goddard futuristics started out as the wright-goddard aeronautics company; the wright brothers are already in like, every textbook ever - imagine how that's taught in a world where so many major developments are consolidated under this one narrative? gabriel urbina made an off-hand comment once about how, yes, NASA exists in the world of wolf 359, but you have to wonder who has better funding - the US government, or goddard futuristics?

[saltcherry]

aaaaugugh I think the woman with a kid my baby's age I was trying to make friends with is some sort of political weirdo :( she was wearing an ugly ass olive baseball cap with a military-looking patch on it and when I googled it later it's an ID/F thing

my stupid ass left my keffiyeh at home because I was wearing long sleeves if I had not done that we could have either had a face to face confrontation or she could have ignored it and then at least I would know she's not super serious about her politics after googling the patch?? or at least prone to American reticence and avoidance.

I guess I have to text her about it? blegh

[zannolin]

(re-ish)watching ncis in 2023 is like came for the murder and crime solving, stayed for the absolutely unhinged tiva plotline

[einaudis]

december in movies [9/31]: to all a good night (2023) dir. andy mikita “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.”

[dysaniadisorder]

i hate how normalized military is in the us im gonna rip my hair out

[fullmetal-scar-simping]

It's funny when someone responds to you claiming you're just repeating their point, meanwhile they missed the part where I talked about them failing to grasp that being upset about the Nazi association to Amestris while saying all fascism is bad and that the Nazi association means people have "misunderstood" the moral of fma and thus "proves Arakawa's" point is attributing ignorance to the critics while falsely claiming Arakawa's work as consistently anti-military (it absolutely isn't).

But I shouldn't be surprised.

[odinsblog]

Okay… today was a lil bit rough on ya boy. Bad, but nothing too serious - if this was the worst that 2023 throws at me, I’m winning like a mf. Anyway I smiled when this happened…. I can’t access the “read more” function anymore, so y’all gon need to see the tags

[nana-glass-chillhop-radio-hour]

People are NOT going to like this take but if Gideon Nav were in our world she would be an MCU superfan.

[boycum3000]

Brie Larson photographed by Collier Schorr for Harper’s Bazaar

[princesscedar]

Trying to tell mom "hey maybe don't call j ewish people rats even unintentionally" event leaves 10 dead thousands injured

[stinkrascal]

this will actually be my most controversial opinion but homestuck is genuinely so good. u guys just have the attention span of goldfish

[justsomeoneunordinary]

peggynat could've been such a good ship actually, if they hadn't taken peggy, a previously well-established, fantastic character with a great own tv show, and ruined her by making her captain colonizer

[vvyrmwood]

im going to make a tier list of all the sci-fi books i’ve read this year bc i read a lot including a lot of old classics and I have opinions

[turtle-x-x]

“General Mazaricity, at your service. Stay alert, and be without fear. We will achieve victory.”

This took a whileeee i wanted to play around with snow and stuff soooo