grocery store mission barely accomplished took massive damage to the hull and all internal systems. shield repair could take days
[ID: a video of a beach at night. On the left side is the sea with waves rolling onto the sand. In the middle of the frame in the distance is a large low hanging full moon. Reflecting on the wet sand and waves when they appear in the lights path. On the right hand side are the feet of dark hills. End ID]
Enjoy noise
ID. a photo of someone loading a small circular saw blade into the cd player in a car. End ID.
a lot of self professed socialists and left wing people have absolutely no consciousness on imperialism and when it comes down to it could easily be convinced of being fascists
seriously when the reaction to people making very realistic observations on how the structure of the global economy is unsustainable, especially for the first world, is “great way to make people support socialism by telling them their lives are gonna be worse under it”…
if you define quality of life and freedom in terms of access to cheap commodities and convenience at the cost of others, you might not be a socialist!!
socialism quite literally is not defined by “increased access to goods” (this is something capitalism technically does as well and what proponents of capitalism argue to defend it). it is defined by changes in the relations of productions, it is a shift in the social reality of daily life, through restructuring production and who is in control of production. reorganizing economic life according to peoples direct needs and not to existing superfluous capitalist markets that depend on an entire advertising apparatus to manufacture desire therefore will impact what is produced, and impact consumption. if your politics are primarily concerned with consumption and not around the locus of production and peoples working lives, you are not viewing this as a socialist, you just want social democracy. to say that the excesses of western life, propped up by hyper exploitation of the third world, are not sustainable and not preferable to the people whose labor produces them, is not even an argument on moral grounds, its a reality of the contradictions inherent to modern imperialism.
ID. a screenshot that looks like it was taken at the bottom of a swimming pool that says, "This is ridiculous. Socialism expands access to goods. You aren't a socialist, you're a priest, arguing for a reduced standard of living on moral grounds." End ID.
some ppl on here honestly need a refresher on the us govt's current and historical imperialist bomb apologia. these positions have included, in various combinations and permutations:
-it was a tragedy, but a necessary and gravely chosen one
-it was a few scientists gone rogue, disobeying the noble orders of the us govt
-it was the us govt gone rogue, deviating from the noble aims of the good scientists
-it ended the war
-japan brought it upon their own civilians by being a belligerent and warlike nation
-the scientists felt really bad about it
-the scientists later got unfairly scapegoated for having been leftists (yes this is a real thing people still say about physicists who explicitly deliberately worked for the us govt)
-it was still a scientific achievement, though the knowledge gained was used immorally
-it was a horrible mistake and everyone learned an important lesson
-they underestimated how many japanese would be murdered, disabled, or injured, and wouldn't have dropped bombs if they'd known
-it saved lives 'in the long run'
if you are repeating any of these things in regards to a christopher nolan film based on a revisionist history explicitly aimed to 'redeem' j robert oppenheimer's legacy, then congrats! you are not immune to propaganda!
Anonymous asked:
can you elaborate on how "the bomb ended the war" is propaganda? war history was never my strong suit but i was basically taught that the war was nearly over and the bomb is what finally ended all of it. i understand how everything else you listed in your post isn't true, so i would like to learn more. tangentially, i feel slightly silly now bc i didn't realize how oppenheimer is a hero and not a villain to a lot of people (i'm USAmerican btw if that wasn't obvious)
"There was an exchange on Twitter a while back where someone said, ‘What is artificial intelligence?' And someone else said, 'A poor choice of words in 1954'," he says. "And, you know, they’re right. I think that if we had chosen a different phrase for it, back in the '50s, we might have avoided a lot of the confusion that we're having now."
So if he had to invent a term, what would it be? His answer is instant: applied statistics. "It's genuinely amazing that...these sorts of things can be extracted from a statistical analysis of a large body of text," he says. But, in his view, that doesn't make the tools intelligent. Applied statistics is a far more precise descriptor, "but no one wants to use that term, because it's not as sexy".
'The machines we have now are not conscious', Lunch with the FT, Ted Chiang, by Madhumita Murgia, 3 June/4 June 2023
being an adult is just dragging urself kicking and screaming to things that you will enjoy and that will be good for you
clenching my teeth and muttering under my breath "you'll be happy you did it you'll be happy you did it you'll be happy you did it" as I physically force myself out the door to go Do Things
being very firm with myself every time I think about bailing and saying "no. you committed to this. it will improve your quality of life. you will enjoy it. now put on your big boy pants and go."
[ID: a photo of 19 birds in silhouette sitting on 4 telephone wires. Two of these birds are leaning into each other and backlit by the moon so that it looks like there’s a circle of light encapsulating them. /end ID]
let me dig this bullet out of your shoulder in the most homoerotic way possible. that’s crucial to the healing process. i know what i’m doing
ID. an extremely sloppy edit of the part of the ariel needs legs comic where eric talks about pokemon and plays the flute and ariel thinks "ohhh I can't not fuck him." keanu reeves and sandra bullock's faces from Speed are edited over eric and ariel's. the text has been edited so keanu says, "i don't have the key and i can't stop the train. im going to speed it up instead and run it off the tracks." sandra bullock's thought bubble is unchanged. End ID.
ID. heavily edited white text on a black background that reads: "If you been following me since I was 14 :( SORRY." End ID.
Life advise . if the bus smells like pee do not sit down never pay for anything you could get for free dont work retail if you value being seen as human always give money to homeless people when u can if youre buying a jacket never settle for fake leather just look for real leather and youll find the right thrift shop eventually make sure to have chapstick with you at all times dont use a public restroom until youve checked to make sure theres toilet paper in the stall with you dont eat out if you cant tip shoplifting from corporations is totally fine and vandalism is also ok Dont get caught always trust ur gut unless your tummy hurts in which case do not trust your gut take an antacid take benadryl when you are itchty but never more than 2 at a time dont get high on benadryl because it sucks Do not get high on any cough syrup with acetaminophen in it if you value your liver do not listen to brendon uries solo work sometimes you should eat a little treat just because youcan. Always dress extravagantly and wear platform shoes if you can. Be nice. ok thats it
Okay so apparently it's fucking impossible to actually get real answers on this. So:
Use the poll for your main answer, use the tags, replies, or reblogs for secondary answers.
All answers are regardless of the sexuality or emotion of the daydream.
PLEASE reblog for a larger sample size. Seriously I tried so hard to get concrete answers on what people daydream about and every single link just says "fantasy scenarios".
“I wanted to explain. So you would know what you’ll die for. I thought I owed you that.”
“You owe me nothing. I swore to die for you. So it shall be.”
@figuwhump day 15 — that baru sure can traitor
ID. a photo of my hand. i have chipped black nail polish and a thick black leather watch cuff, which has a silver watch with a minimalist navy blue face. End ID.
watch cuff :3
You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?
[ID: Digital art of Link from Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask. He's shown as if through a shattered mirror, the different pieces all showing the different forms he's taken; child, adult, Deku, Zora, Goron, and the Fierce Deity. The break is centered over his right eye, showing Majora's eye through the hole in the mirror. His other eye is wide open and crying. End ID]
look, I saw Barbie (2023) and all I wanna say is I wrote this article in 2020 and I've yet to be proven wrong:
"The empowerment of white women should not be a tool for the maintenance of white supremacy in our diversifying cultural narratives."
