#terminal peace

[abigailspinach]

Sir?” Gabe looked over his shoulder at Monroe. “Is this the right message?”

“It is.”

Monroe folded his arms to wait. It took two minutes for Gabe to prepare and transmit the message. At this distance, the Brakon should receive it in roughly three seconds. Monroe’s fingers drummed the chair as he waited for Orange to decrypt the transmission.

“The Brakon appears to be reducing power,” said Rubin. A choked laugh escaped Gabe’s mouth. Monroe leaned forward.

“What is it?”

“The captain of the Brakon is cursing you out and threatening to—” Gabe cocked his head. “That’s not even possible for a species with only four limbs.”

“What was in that transmission?” asked Johnny.

“An official SHS report identifying an infestation of Nusuran genital lice on the CMCS Brakon.”

“You told them they had an alien STD?” asked Gabe.

“Not just any STD,” said Monroe. “Nusuran lice devour memcrys. They gobble it up like candy. The instant an infestation is detected or reported, everything goes into automatic lockdown. By now, the maintenance systems will have begun irradiating all vacant areas and ordering the crew out of the most sensitive parts of the ship.”

“Won’t they just override the alert?” asked Johnny.

“They can’t,” Kumar said excitedly. “Because it’s so easy for the lice to damage computer systems, the process can’t be canceled automatically. Otherwise, a single bad signal from a damaged circuit could stop the decontamination and allow them to spread. The Brakon’s SHS team will need to do a full inspection of the entire ship, manually clearing the sanitation alert one deck at a time.”

Gabe had begun jotting something down in his notebook. “I’m learning some fascinating new Krakau profanity.”

Monroe sat back in his chair. That took the CMC out of play for the moment.”

— Terminal Peace (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse Book 3) by Jim C. Hines

[sufferblr]

so sad that in america the only options after a terminal cancer diagnosis is either to make meth or make saw traps

[teaboot]

I feel like if you're using a lot of disposable plastic bags in your day to day life, you've gotta do something sustainable to make up for it. Like using bamboo toilet paper or eco friendly cat litter or something, yknow

Honestly I exaggerate for comedic effect, while I DO routinely use ziplock bags to hold spaghetti I cook maybe once a month and the bag itself is usually for freezer storage. I actually throw out maybe one bag a week? I DO hate washing plates and tupperware and junk but that usually just means I eat sandwiches without a plate.

I agree though that needless waste should be avoided, and I do avoid it- biodegradable bags and recyclables, empty butter tubs used to store leftovers, etc.

This said, though, not applicable necessarily for myself but for a lot of others- I feel that it's importat to remember that there are many people who legitimately NEED things like plastic straws, or catheters, or pre-packaged foods

And the idea that that's a moral failing that individuals need to personally make up for when a single billionaire blows out more CO2 in a long weekend than I will in my whole life on a superjet meet-cute in the Bolivian rainforest between humvee drag races funded by the river-polluting textiles plants they planted in a third world country to avoid EPA laws and give an entire village stillbirths and stomach cancer is an idea that those very same bigwigs have spent a LOT of time and money investing in planting in the public psyche.

Like- Glass bottles are infinitely recyclable, so why are so many drinks in plastic now? Loads of drinks manufacturers used to buy them back and clean them for re-use, so why did they stop? If they chose to make something out of a limited and environmentally irresponsible material, why is it my failing to track down a correct process of disposal for them? What if there are none in my area? Do I lobby for more recycling plants in my area? Do I set aside some of my limited time outside the pain factory of my job- which I have more than one of, thanks to rising costs of things just like that drink I just emptied- to properly dispose of this company's waste FOR them?

Say coca-cola just rolled up to your town and started dumping millions of empty plastic bottles in the street, going, "wow, you should really think about building and staffing a recycling depot, it would be really shameful of you to just put these in the trash." When companies purposefully use materials with limited lifespans- because yes, even plastic can only be reused so many times- and tell you it's your own fault if it harms the environment- that's essentially what they're doing, just with more steps.

Yes, its important to be as environmentally concious as we can in our day to day life, but responsible sustainability is not catholicism. We don't get good boy points from our lord and savior Captain Planet every time the average low-income household gathers together to hold hands and repent for a single-use plastic that allows them to access something they need.

Entire families could eat trees and shit dead lithium batteries for years and still not do as much damage to the planet as an average dye plant or braindead celebrity does in a week just for fun, and I'm mad about it

...this went on longer than intended.

TL/DR: DO recycle and minimize waste, but don't beat yourself up over the little waste you can't avoid, and follow the money.

EDIT: Part 2

[bellcza]

see how i don’t act like i know these footballers or post insane comments under their girlfriends’ posts? very mindful, very demure.

[almond-tofu-chan]

in literally just one year weve lost:

Yozora Mel

Omegα

A-Chan

Hizaki Gamma

Minato Aqua

Amelia Watson

Sakamata Chloe

Ceres Fauna

jesus fucking christ, never ask a holofan what happened in 2024. heres hoping we dont lose anyone else before the year ends, or i dont know if my heart can take it ;-;

[genesisrecord]

if there are any nonbinary gene truthers out there i need you to hear my words and flock to me we will become united

[ongreenergrasses]

two warring sides in me. one, the side that wants to know ALL the drama all the time. the other, the side that says thank fucking god i live under a rock and miss all the drama now and forever

[ohsunshine]

tonight i'm thinking about hosea hmm i tabbed out and tabbed back in so i've lost my train of thought... i had a whole big post about hosea being pragmatic and knowing he's not going to make it out of this (rd.r2) alive but for all the wrong reasons.

[abigailspinach]

[thechthonicherbalist]

Some medical rant ahead

I'm so sick of things rn. I always had heart issues, since I was a kid, due to a small anomaly (*and then later due to years of untreated autoimmune disease, paired with some infections let the chronic inflammation weaken my heart muscles through myocarditis which ultimately develops into cardiac insufficiency/chronic heart failure). But while they were well medicated and regulated for the past 8 years, I've been struggling increasingly with them again since last September and had arrhythmias on a daily basis since December last year again. There were a bunch of occasions this year where I got hospitalized bc they got so out of hand due to stress escalations, or I struggled with severe syncopes and respiratory paralysis again. Since about half a year I'm stuck with daily chest tightness that ebbs and flows into pain and shortness of breath, when I am stressed or physically unwell. The cancer treatment rn is hard on the body as well. More troubles with my heart rate. I experience the full program of arrhythmias, syncopes and respiratory paralysis quite frequently after the treatments and require lots of rest. Gosh I am tired of all this. It's so exhausting. Mentally and physically.

And tbh, it could be a lot better. So much of this was preventable. Tonight the pain and infrequencies were particularly bad again, but I'm incredibly grateful in such moments that at least there's no more constant exposure to these situations now. Tbh I'm just flipping glad I made it alive past so many points this year. But anyways. Happy holidays! Tonight is the first night between the years, where the Underworld unites with the World of the Living in my culture's folklore. A time for healing, letting go all that died this year, rebirth and to work with the most powerful energies known to my people. I'm very excited to participate in our ancestral rites this year. 🥰 I wanted to make a post on that, but was too tired and decided to take my time and not stress about that and instead prepare for calm and cozy holidays this year. Next year is bound to be better. And who knows: Maybe there is a chance for recovery, not just relief. <3 ~ Drud

[dying-suffering-french-stalkers]

I'm finally going to see Dune part the second this evening but as a long desert movie enjoyer I'm still miffed that movies refuse to give us intermissions back

[tayfabe75]

December 4, 2014: During the live debut of 'Medicine', Matty gestures up toward the balcony as he sings the line "I wanna marry you" (the same direction he gestured while serenading Taylor during 'Fallingforyou', clip added for comparison). (source 1, 2)

[schlock-luster-video]

Remembering Terminal Island star Phyllis Davis on the anniversary of her death.

R.I.P. (1940 - 2013)

[nellarw95]

Happy Heavenly Birthday Bill 🎂💔

William Archibald Paxton

May 17,1955 - February 25,2017 🙏🏻

We Miss You So Much 🕊️♾️

Buon Compleanno in Paradiso 🎂💔

17 Maggio 1955 - 25 Febbraio 2017 🙏🏻

Ci Manchi Moltissimo 🕊️♾️

[princeofhags]

Never getting a macbook again (I've had my current one for years now). Modding is a fucking nightmare on these monsters. It doesn't natively run exe files so I had to install another program and bluster my way through using the terminal to run that just to get a functioning mods folder for Unity Mod Manager. Christ alive.

[alibonbonn]

Memory struggle gfs