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...... Wait.... Even the Democrats are talking about Shutting down the Border? Who is the conservative party in this situation? We are not about compassion for those seeking a better life? Here is my latest YouTube video.
#politics#youtube#anarchism#capitalism#socialism#border#borders#shut down the border#immigration#immigrants#refugees#immigration policy#immigration policies#border policy#border policies#open borders#closed borders#kamala harris#donald trump#trump#biden#harris#joe biden#barack obama#obama#democrats#democratic party#republicans#presidential elections#american politics
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HELP THE MORTAJA FAMILY EVACUATE!
VETTED: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1yYkNp5U3ANwILl2MknJi9G7ArY4uVTEEQ1CVfzR8Ioo/htmlview?usp=gmail&pli=1
#save rafah#dont stop talking about palestine#free gaza#free rafah#help palestine#save palestine#gaza genocide#palestinian genocide#all eyes on rafah#gaza#dont fake gfms#gfm#palestine gfm#donate#donate if you can#fundraising#fundraiser#donation#stand with gaza#gaza strip#gazaunderattack#war on gaza#rafah news#rafah#rafah under attack#shut it down for palestine#rafah crossing#rafah border#free palastine#support palestine
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Since I'm not sure if I'll ever get the chance to properly touch on this in a fic because it's more character analysis than something I can properly include in dialogue/exposition without it being very awkwardly out of place and telling not showing, I figured I'd just dump it here. It's something I think about a lot whenever I write for post-Seed Destiny Athrun in a fic, because in so many ways, this is actually something of a non-magical "Ideal (Fake) Reality" situation that Durandal very nearly succeeded in pulling off, but ultimately failed at because Durandal overplayed his hand and underestimated Athrun's loyalty to his friends Kira, who was pulling triple duty opposing Athrun because Kira himself didn't agree with what Athrun was doing, protecting Cagalli, and supporting Cagalli at a time when she was powerless.
It's a trope I very much love in magical/sci-fi settings because it says a lot about the character and the lengths they'll go to get what they want (the willingness and determination to take the longer, harder path to make the dream reality vs the instant gratification option even if it's fake), and also just gives me so much to work with when I write when it comes to character motivation/dialogue/actions.
I feel like a lot of this gets missed in all the memes that he's (somewhat deservedly) suddenly a part of after Seed Freedom, because while Seed Freedom Athrun is very self-assured and confident in his course of action, he definitely took a long hard road (with more downs than ups, in my opinion) between Seed and Seed Destiny to get there.
(Rest behind the cut because there's a reason Athrun Zala is my favorite Seed character, and not just because he's got a lovely voice - thank you Ishida-san for that - and is easy on the eyes.)
When Athrun re-enlists in ZAFT and "continues" his life again as himself, he's given a choice thanks to Durandal's string-pulling: Resume the life that was planned for him by his parents and PLANT (his "destined" life, if you will), or find his way back to the life that he's chosen for himself (with Cagalli and Orb).
If he chose his "old" life, he would've had it all - the glory of being a decorated war veteran, a post as a FAITH member (resuming the role he'd previously gotten thanks to his father), a "Lacus Clyne" for his fiance, and the honor of being the pilot of the Legend (while being something of a "legend" himself). Durandal saw to it Athrun would've seamlessly resumed that life to all external appearances, even if it would've been an absolute sham behind closed doors. Athrun might be a decorated war veteran, but that came with a lot of trauma and grief - trauma from having to fight and kill at such a young age, grief at being the one to survive when those he'd called friends die around him, plus all the unresolved emotional turmoil and grief of having never been able to properly resolve things with his father and his genocidal ideals (because Patrick Zala, too, was a man who never got over his grief at losing Lenore during the Bloody Valentine Incident, and only became the way he did because of that). He might've had a highly coveted position within FAITH, but that power would ultimately be in service to Durandal (a head of state Athrun alternates between wanting to agree with and being directly at odds against). Durandal needed more capable "Yes men" ace pilots like Shinn Asuka to spread and enforce his plans, not people capable of thinking for themselves like Athrun (at least, Athrun got there after Operation Angel Down). The "Lacus Clyne", is, of course, Meer under the best cosmetic surgery money could buy, but she is nothing like Lacus Athrun knows and cares for as a friend and whose cause he had once lent his power to (and would again at the end of the Second War).
And the Legend? It might fit Athrun in name only (in the sense that he's the "legendary pilot who helped end the first Earth-PLANT War) but the entire suit (even if it had an updated OS for the DRAGOON system) doesn't even play to Athrun's core strengths as a pilot. It's almost comedic how Durandal didn't even bother tailoring the Legend to Athrun - the Saviour is more Athrun's style both as a spiritual successor to the Aegis and weapons load out, yet it's coincidental that it would end up in Athrun's hands. There's no way Durandal could've known and planned for the Saviour to go to Athrun, but Durandal arguably had that time with the Legend. In the episode where both the Destiny and Legend are revealed, Durandal made a point of telling Shinn the Destiny was fine tuned to him, but neglects to tell Athrun much about the Legend beyond the DRAGOON system and the updated OS for it (the closest Athrun arguably ever came to a DRAGOON system was flying right past Kira and Rau's duel in front of Genesis at the end of Seed).
On the flip side of that, there's the life Athrun had chosen for himself after the first Earth-PLANT War. It's not an ideal life, not by any means - the fact he's essentially a powerless civilian with no means to reach for his ultimate goal chafes him to no end, especially when there's the ever-looming threat of Cagalli getting taken away from him due to circumstances neither of them want nor are able to deal with. Cagalli can't get out of the arranged marriage, Athrun as "Alex Dino" has no claim to power and as "Athrun Zala" would only invite larger scale international problems - even if Athrun himself has no political ties to PLANT, his family name says plenty. Athrun is patient, yes, but even his patience has a limit, and seemingly losing Cagalli to someone he doesn't respect and she doesn't love (in a reversal of Athrun's situation with Lacus and Kira) pushes him to action out of desperation. And while it puts him at odds with Kira and Cagalli (including lashing out at both of them when Cagalli finally breaks down and gives in and gets coerced into going through with the arranged marriage), it does also get him to realize that he's not the same person he was before the war - he's no longer capable of living that same life he had before, where he would fight where his country tells him because that's the fastest way to end the war. The easy (destined, if you will) option is no longer an acceptable choice for him, because it's not the one that ultimately leaves him fulfilled and truly happy with the one he loves in the end.
And it's this that ultimately brings him back to Cagalli and the (Infinite) Justice, metaphorically reclaiming his sense of justice (ha ha). He's always going to be looking for a cause to serve, and a just cause by his own terms, because he's dedicated far too much of his life serving in the military to just stop doing that and he's spent too much time around Lacus to just mindlessly follow whatever the higher ups say, anymore. So this leaves the only way forward: serve under a head of state whose ideals he can agree with, with the freedom of choice to act according to his own sense of justice, and to that end, there's only one choice for him - return to Orb and Cagalli.
#gundam seed destiny#athrun zala#asucaga#ish mostly because it's impossible for me to write an essay on athrun without mentioning his relationship with cagalli#i have so many thoughts about athrun#while i do find it amusing fandom perception of athrun went from indecisive chick magnet to cagalli's number 1 simp#there's more to him than that that's lost in the quagmire that is seed destiny#and it's all things i try to bring out or hint at when I write him#also the whole Durandal gives Athrun the Legend thing will never be not hilarious#dude has everything planned down to a T with the Destiny Plan and the best he can do is assign Athrun the Legend?#like talk about obvious I know you've betrayed me energy#i tried to keep this essay as focused as possible#even if i have a million thoughts running in my head like hamsters in a wheel because i've loved seed since i saw it back in 2003#okay i'm bordering on an essay in the tags too so i'll just shut up and post this now and ramble more later lol
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man i am sometimes baffled by the dog posts that reddit's algorithm pushes to my account.
what do you mean you're literally holding your border collie's head up with your hand as they walk to force them to learn a "head up heel" or whatever you're calling it. like just. fucking. teach the behavior with engagement games, it is literally one of the first things i was taught in a basic group obedience class you absolute buffoon.
#dogblr#dog training#you have a fucking border collie and you're saying you need to phyiscally force the dog to look at you???#something is very wrong here if that is the case#dog of course looked unengaged and shut down as hell#bc r/opendogtraining is a cesspool#and i am tired af of it being pushed on my dashboard or whatever reddit people call it#these people are not good at training dogs to do stuff#and get irate when people get dogs to perform the same behaviors through science based and positive means#just how do you have a border collie#arguably the patron saint of being able to be taught things with positive engagement#and you teach it like this#100% guarantee this person thinks using treats is 'bribery'
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𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐊𝐄 ( ran yi test starter call ) 𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐎𝐑: @crue11
Many days are spent LOST IN THE DARK WATERS of his still lake ; he should be gone AND YET . . . Few things matter in the wake of everything. He feels unusually LOST. But not in the way leaving The Wilderness had felt ; he had been lost in a way that sang of freedom. But this lost was heavy and cold. Maybe punishment would have been better. Or, perhaps this is a sort of suffering of its own. He does not know and does not care when sun rises and sets, when he wakes or sleeps. UNTIL . . . until he senses a familiar presence on the abandoned walkways of his pier. His eyes open beneath the water and he half expects a command to force him out. But none happens. Not YET at least. The fish has HALF A MIND to ignore the great demon. He doesn't. After a few minutes where they must surely both be aware of each other's presences, Ran Yi surfaces for the first time in . . . he doesn't know how long. THERE STANDS YUANZHOU. Suspicion swells, but he cannot sense the Goddess or her friends. Only the demon before him. After another minute of silent staring with robes floating like graceful fins around him, he reluctantly hoists himself up onto the pier. " Is there something you need? I have nothing I wish for to make a DEAL. " He speaks, voice a bit rougher with lack of use and that fact seems to momentarily surprise even him. His eyes flick towards the abandoned home, a pang of grief echoing in his heart before he looks towards the other.
#crue11#little fish and silly monkey here#he really has just shut down for a time#X — TEST MUSE — RAN YI#no icons rip but water border at least
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finished flamefrags' vid and it was awesome but i cant help but see the many similarites it shared with ls post-abyss arc
#vid: I Used XP To Become Immortal [Full Movie]#like did the lsers do this on purpose or..?#im not joking btw like.#emphasis on honor until respect was lost; large emphasis on builds and their destruction (spawn as well but ls always had a thing w spawn)#someone wanting to prove themselves becoming one of if not the most powerful player on the server#jumpers (? it might not have been her i forgor) fakeout betrayal (pretending to betray her og team when really shes betraying her new one)#the too late apology; players wanting to bring down the immortal player; the puppet president; heroes fighting against pirates#guy that was originally planning to team w someone else who he was planning to just fuck around with#having to change course and team with someone who hes teamed with since s2 and onwards#one of the presidents wanting peace despite the fact it goes against the mechanics of the server#one of the candidates being teamed with the team that has a puppet president whos been wanting to win an election for years now#getting snubbed in favor of the puppet (tho pheaabeaa was more of a puppet than wemmbu was) and later betraying#someone making a deal that would severely impact their next season (tho less so for flame since the server shut down)#the border shrinking; a person whos been a villain all season suddenly acting like a hero cause his principles goes against another villain#conspiracy theory: post-abyss arc was actually foreshadowing for flame joining lifesteal lol#vidwatching#watchblogging
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random q but how'd you get into toronto sports? like was it the leafs and then ur leafs moots ended up being jays fans too so you got into it? the other way around? or the loser narratives just compelled you or something else?
THE LOSER NARRATIVES FKLDSJFKLDSJFLSD. well that was part of it tbh. i was suuuper into f1 a couple years back and met @ mxgicdave/penaltyboxboxbox online through it and he actually nudged me toward am34 and the leafs bc i was looking for smth to do during f1's summer break (which was also hockey break but getting into a new thing takes a while).... i was 100% into 1634 and the sheldon/kyle narratives from the very beginning tbh, and the whole nature of the leafs like try try try again bc that's what it takes in hockey and so many people refuse to admit it, lmao. there is something romantic about it all... it was very easy to fall in love with them.
as for the jays, i kinda thought it'd be smart to just stick with toronto and get into their sports in case i ever get to go visit (or in the far off dream of relocation..).... i'll have lots of things i love to do/watch in a single place!! and yes, a lot of leafs mutuals are into the jays too and i wanted something to distract from the end of the hockey season approaching so i got into the jays last summer 😭😭😭 also. look at bo bichette. how can you resist....
#easks#anyway fkldsjf#its not THAT exciting#it is funny bc a couple yrs ago i was in toronto for all of 1 singular day... as the pandemic was just starting to shut down borders#nobody was out.. but i was out walking around . walked right by scotiabank.. didnt even know what was coming for me later#ANYWAY this made me laugh thank u fklsj
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#struggling so fucking hard rn with this one class#bc the students are all either ignorant bordering on racist or just plain racist#and the prof (who is indigenous to somewhere else in the world and considers herself a settler on turtle island) does literally#fuck all about it#and literally i shut down each time I’m in that class#and today i broke down crying before class bc i didnt wanna go#and then I left crying after thirty minutes bc it was so bad#i Need This class for my degree. i cant drop it.#but I cant fucking do this for another month and a half I cant
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I'm excited to move and start my new job in a few weeks but also my flight home tonight is a red eye and I'm so not ready to leave 🥲
#the struggle of long distance: you're never ready to leave#im getting spoiled because the last few visits havent been that far apart#sept to oct was less than a month#then between the oct/nov one and this one it was two months#crossing my fingers we can see each other mid march. that's only six weeks#the gap will be longer after that but we'll cope. we always do#nothing will ever be as bad as being kept apart for ten months when the borders shut down during covid#anya shush#personal
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Hello,
I hope you and your family are well and in good health😃.
I am writing to kindly ask for your support in reblogging my pinned post on my page❤🙏.
It details my struggle and the hardships we face in Gaza😥, especially the dire conditions we are enduring in the hospital where I work as a doctor😣💔.
Your assistance in spreading this message is crucial to raise awareness and garner support for our cause✌💚.
I sincerely appreciate your help and look forward to your continued support🥺❤🙏.
Thank you very much.
Dr.mohammed aldeeb from gaza
HELP DR.MOHAMMED ALDEEB EVACUATE!
#save rafah#dont stop talking about palestine#free gaza#free rafah#help palestine#palestinian genocide#save palestine#all eyes on rafah#gaza genocide#gaza#dont fake gfms#palestine gfm#gfm#news on gaza#gazaunderfire#stand with gaza#war on gaza#gaza strip#gazaunderattack#save gaza#shut it down for palestine#all eyes on palestine#palestinian lives matter#free palastine#support palestine#palestine#keep eyes on rafah#rafah border#hands off rafah#rafah under attack
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is anyone else in a field that feels like climbing up a falling ladder?
went to school for MIS (computer science but less programming more business) graduated 14. First job 15-18, another 19-20, and then 21-23. every time I job hunt I see positions that I had seen before but the amount they offer seems so much lower than they had offered? sysadmin seems like a position I could have sword was averaging 120k/year in 18, and now I'm seeing a listing for not even 60k.
I know every job is working their employees to the bone for as little as they can get away with while the world burns down but god you do everything right- go to school, go local to keep loans low, get a degree in something that can pay you instead of something you like- and you still get screwed
we need universal healthcare, ubi, and a fix to the housing crisis, as well as making all jobs 30hours 1.5x for any hours post that, and capping maximum pay (15x the lowest paid employee's salary is extremely generous. 30k for employees? You still get almost half a mil a year you greedy fucks)
#give everyone a snap card for at least 100/person/week#minimal taxes on first personal property#30% taxes on a secondary#increase % by at least 5 for each extra property#force all modern 'tech disruptors' to be painfully transparent about their profits#so they end up shut down because none of them are profitable and they have only fucked shit up for your avergae person#public transport for most of the country is. complicated#but bullet trains cheap between all major and minor cities is not#also just make public transport free#'oh but how would we pay' the military budget. calculate how much you owe the people you got to sign up per your bs little promises#and then keep maybe 20% and put the rest towards your fucking citizens#'what about immigrants' what about them they're citizens too open the damn borders#take in refugees help them you weird hateful fuckers#this country sucks but if it's better for others let them in#obviously make abortions safe and legal#decriminalize sex work and drugs#take the money you keep throwing at the cops and put it into your communities#blah blah blah#all this shit is so fucking easy it just requries the people in power to not be in the pockets of shitbags#and that won't stop until we limit campaign spending and provide housing for politicians#since their pay is Fine enough but for dc? ehhh#they need to be taken care of enough by their jobs to not be suceptiable to the wine and dine bs
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nsfw, mdni.
simon becomes an absolute dog when he sees you in his shirt.
cw: possessive simon, sex on carpet (ouch), unprotected p in v, creampie, size kink (?).
simon is a good roommate. he’s organized, clean, pays rent on time, and minds his own space. the only thing is—roommate is hot. stupidly hot. you know he doesn’t have a girlfriend and he’s never once brought back a girl let alone mentioned one. you figured your little crush on him would pass like all the other (it does not). you start dropping hints that you find him attractive. like wearing your tightest tops, brushing your ass against him while reaching for a cup, even leaving one of your lacy thongs to mix in with his laundry. he never bites the bait. you start to think that maybe he just doesn’t find you attractive or even worse he finds you creepy. so you tuck your schoolgirl crush away into the cavity of your chest.
you close the washer with your hip, cradling your laundry basket back to your room. you hear the familiar turn of your front door lock letting you know simon is home from his morning gym session.
you pad into the living room to ask simon if he needed any clothes washed. simons back is turned from you when he begins to slip off his trainers, dropping his gym at the foot of the door.
“need any clothes washed? i’m starting a load up right now.” you ask eyeing the movement of back muscle underneath his compression shirt.
he finally turns to you and starts to respond “nah don’t think-“ before he snaps his mouth shut when he sees what you’re wearing. “that mine?” his voice gruff, it’s his army issued shirt that is long enough to cover your shorts. a deep green color that frays at the hem and has his last name in bold at the back of it. you notice he’s staring at the worn fabric waiting for an answer.
you look down, “oh yeah. sorry was doing laundry found this in hamper. my clothes are in the wash. hope that’s okay?” you sound apologetic like you just did something unforgivable. jesus christ what were you thinking wearing his shirt without asking. you shift trying to ease your embarrassment.
he’s on you in three short strides. making a noise between a growl and snarl. you don’t know how or when you both ended up on the living room floor. frankly, it’s the last thing on your fucking mind now that you’re on your knees cheek pressing into the shag carpet. you can feel the heat of his stare between your legs. you get a glimpse of your shorts and panties strewn across the floor leaving you in his shirt. you wait with bated breath for him to touch you. you wiggle your hips in a silent plead to get him to do something, anything…everything.
he gives the flesh of your ass a heavy smack that has you clenching around nothing. “be good now.” is all you hear before the sting leaves an angry red mark that you know is gonna leave you wincing for the next week. simon smooths a hand over the back of your (his) shirt making a noise in the back of his throat.
you hear shuffling behind you before you feel the head of him catch on to your opening making your mouth gape like a fish out of water. he groans at the contact, kneading the fat of your hips, before he presses in painfully slow with a hiss. you whimper into the carpet, fists balling, feeling hot all over. your cunt pulses trying to make room for him inside your womb.
“i know. i know, pretty girl. almost there.” simon bites back a hiss when you clench at his words. you think you might die like this. laid out on ugly apartment carpet trying to take simon’s cock. you could cry with relief when you feel simon’s balls meet your clit letting you know he’s all the way in. simon lets out a guttural sound bordering on animalistic at the sight of you speared open on his cock, last name across your back, absolutely crying for it.
he fists the bottom of the shirt to keep you still and eases his hips back just to sink back in slowly. the pressure in your navel hurts so good it’s starting to make you dizzy. simon sets a pace that has you trying to cant your hips back to meet his thrusts. he lays a heavy palm in the middle of your back, just under the boldened ‘RILEY’, keeping you pinned giving you no choice but to take what he gives you.
“prettiest fuckin girl i ever seen. gonna give this cunt the proper treatment she deserves, yeah?” he bends his left leg, somehow sliding in deeper. there’s no doubt that you can feel him in your lungs. “s’deep simon.” you slur, reaching a hand back to weakly press against his stomach. he chuckles at the act taking both wrists into one of his hands pressing them at the small of your back, forcing you into a deeper arch. you sob at the change in angle. your nipples being rubbed raw by the friction of his thrusts.
“needed this real bad, huh? don’t worry baby. i’ll make sure you don’t go without it again. wearing those tiny tops think i didn’t notice.” his voice rough and deep behind you. “uh huh.” you reply without a second thought, you don’t even care that you’ve been drooling into the carpet or that you’ve been caught. simon gives a deep chuckle at how pliant you’ve become just from some good dick.
he knows your close by the increasing volume of your sounds. he never lets up his pace determined to give you his all. “where?” he asks in a quick breathe. you take a few seconds to register his words. “huh?” you manage to squeak out. “where do you want me, pretty thing?” he says in an almost pained voice. the gears turn in your head before you speak up “inside. want it inside. m’clean. pill.” resorting to short clipped words. you beg, as if you have to, simon thinks.
your orgasm comes hard and fast leaving you sobbing out garbled version of please and simon. simon is not far behind burying himself as deep as your bodies will allow and comes inside with a pinched “oh fuck.” he pulls out with a pop and watches his spend leak down your slit leaving a small puddle on the floor that he knows he’ll have to scrub out later.
simon pats your backside affectionately. “don’t think we’ll be doing any laundry today” he says with a grin that makes you giggle. “yeah, don’t think so.”
#simon ghost riley x reader#simon riley x reader#cod x reader#ghost x reader#call of duty x reader#simon riley x reader smut#simon ghost riley x reader smut#ghost smut#cod smut#call of duty smut
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people on this website are always talking about how we need more serialised longform media with more pointless meandering where nothing happens well NOT ME. get to the fucking point!!!
#<- frustrated exaggeration bordering on lie. i'm not against longform-ness in and of itself#i just feel like a lot of it involves a LOT of wasted time#high quality overarching plot being dragged down by shallow cliché episodic plots#also have i mentioned i fucking hate tolkien-derivative fantasy stereotypes lately. because i really do#shut up about elves. shut up about dwarves. stop endorsing crowdsourced fantasy racism. do your own fucking worldbuilding#<- also exaggeration#you can have elves i guess#it's just that it feels so mean-spirited and misanthropic most of the time???#like. welcome to my fantasy world. these are trolls. they're stupid. these are dwarves. they're ugly. these are elves. they're gay (derogat#like???#would it kill you to treat everyone you're claiming is a person like a person#they don't need to be full three-dimensional main characters but could they at least not be caricatures#it's just not pleasant to read about. it's cruel. it leaves you feeling grimy#~oooh fantasy is the genre of WONDER and BEAUTY- then why does it feel like the author hates everyone in it???
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Was... was it a verbal agreement because they were friends before or something? Otherwise, why would you ever sell a place without having the terms of sale in writing? Or was this a thing where the guy buying flat out lied by saying he'd take care of the place, and earning the trust to cinch the sale, and then did whatever he wanted?
The guy who sold the museum went bankrupt, but he's still alive, I feel like there would be options to hold the a-hole accountable for actually maintaining the museum. Even if there wasn't legal action that could be taken, it feels like they could still drag this guy's reputation as a reputable business man through the mud. Shrewd and cutthroat might be seen as valuable, but untrustworthy would make it harder for him to continue this kind of shit in the future. (Of course, it doesn't matter because. This isn't a series about social ways to get justice, not when it can be very personal revenge that enables a child to solve a crime.)
#ch 30#vol 4#This kind of thing does border on when I find murder to be more excusable; though#Not in an 'I condone it' but in a 'it's a situation where someone is being taken advantage of and can't acceptably get out of it'#Though in this case instead of a person it's a business. I can't imagine how it must feel to pretty much be digging your own grave#Like. Having a boss come in and say 'oh yeah; I'm shutting you down; but until then you're working for me and taking this place apart'#I think at that point it'd have been preferable to just be shut down and have the guy buy the building afterward#Yeah it'd suck if you were passionate about that job#But at that point it's out of your hands. Compared to this still working while packing up behind the scenes#Put your foot on someone's throat; you can't be surprised then they bite kind of thing
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That US route map is a bit misleading. A lot of it is currently shut down right now actually!
Also it is more important to build out slow speed rail before you build out high speed rail. HSR increases use by the massive urban populations but those places are often already served by various forms of transit while smaller community are forced to use cars to get literally anywhere at all because their towns have been bisected by bike and pedestrian-hostile highways.
For example, on that HSR map, it suggests a route that goes from Eugene, OR to Portland, OR. This skips several major (by Oregon standards) towns like Albany and Salem that are served by the current Cascades route as well as ignoring Corvallis, which is probably the most important destination for folks from Eugene as the two are both college towns (and about half the groups of dating people I know are split between the two because of it). Building a slow-speed route out to Corvallis through Junction City would be far more useful than getting from Eugene to Portland in 1 hour instead of 2 (or 5, given how late Amtrak runs).
We can do two things at once, but that European map is almost entirely standard rail, not HSR.
Passenger trains in US vs Europe (image is making the rounds among U.S. transit advocates today)
#train#trying to meet up with one of my moots in vancouver but I don't want to take a bus over the border because for some reason seatac to van#is shut down rn idfk why probably covid because everything wrong in my life rn is because of covid I stg I'd have a pussy and a band by now#I was literally in a public health science class in fall of 2019 we fucking talked about Wuhan getting quarantined#gods I miss being able to pay attention
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#not that anyone asked but like. the feeling of donating to food relief efforts in gaza and then seeing that the relief org can't get trucks#thru bc the border has been seized. or that they've temporarily shuttered their offices bc of attacks#while knowing your tax money is paying for the bombs that shut them down#surely!!! surely#how is the US sending billions of dollars of weapons and doing these damn aid airdrops or sending by ship when there isn't a way to receive#i would love to be able to earmark my taxes for. like. anything but civilian bombs#not that my feelings are in any way the ones that matter here#except inasmuch as they motivate me to donate one place or another and i sincerely have to wonder which are worth it
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