This seems like a good time to remind people that much of what has recently been glossed as a hostility to nuclear energy in the 1970s and 1980s is better understood as a hostility to nuclear weapons that was neither irrational nor incorrect.
the "Gundam is Japan's Star Wars" statement has always been about cultural impact to me, I see Gundam as being much more Star Trek (primarily a long running set of TV series, set in the future of our world, tackles classic sci-fi questions, large "crew" + focus on character relations and drama)
I hate that shit. I’m a dyke, tyvm
Trans woman on Feeld just referred to me with the f-slur and hoo boy! On the spectrum of Things To Call Stella that’s six feet underground, babygirl! That’s e-brake shit. That’s a “gun barrel emerges from your phone screen and shoots you” type situation
I don’t believe in your commitment to a better world if you don’t think it can be made. I am long done with people crying about the immorality of the world and doing nothing. Fuck your heaven, I want my loved ones to live
I’ve only seen We Need to Talk About Kevin but it did not leave a good impression either. Shallow.
I don’t necessarily disagree either. I’ll laugh at “hopepunk” as hard as anyone. I just think the quality of “transgression” is assigned historically contingently, and we are starting to shift
And that’s still good! I’m not arguing against that. I am just questioning the assumption that cynicism is more politically transgressive at this particular moment, but that’s not the only polestar for art and shouldn’t be
You don’t have to be hopeful, and I certainly don’t think blind hope is helpful or transgressive. What I see that feels the most transgressive and challenging right now are calls to action, to resist, to fight that admit the possibility of success while acknowledging the uncertainty of it
I work in an office, and there is a general malaise from the bottom to the top, a general feeling that everything will only ever get worse and we are just carrying on anyways. We are on the edge of a Depression to challenge the Great Depression and in the throws of violent repression
In times of unparalleled and unearned optimism, cynicism is indeed a need counterbalance. I become skeptical that cynicism is still as transgressive in art when every single person I meet is already cynical. At what point are you no longer challenging anything meaningful?
i miss having a district supervisor i actually like
San Francisco already has a strong mayor system, but that’s not enough for those who want full control vested in billionaires.
Just in time for No Kings Day, Lurie and Mandelman argue “Giving more power to the mayor would create more “accountability.”
We managed to get rent.... But we are still looking for help.
They've essentially told my husband they gave his job to somebody else and he can only work a part time role. And he's just about out of PTO
A skilled knight is in the middle of destroying you with her deadliest guitar riff 🎸🔥 Prepare your elixirs
Bard Knight 02🛡️
‘Tis a Critical Hit! 🎸
I tend to be very harsh on works that are clearly drawing heavily from their inspirations but manage to be worse, much as I would at someone cooking their A5 wagyu well-done and putting ketchup on it
I barely remember it, honestly
Heartened that my entire timeline is hating on Firefly, a show far less than the sum of its parts
I do hope you will like it! It’s very heavy
It’s run by a sex pest, stars the guy who first called for gamergate, is straightforwardly worse than all the anime and video games it was lifted from (it’s starcraft thrown in a blender with cowboy bebop and outlaw star), and everyone in it has been better in something else
If you don’t like survival horror, I don’t think this game will change your mind, as much as I love it. It’s very much drawing on the gameplay loops of Silent Hill/Resident Evil
a woman's back muscles. share if you agree.
I’d say the current administration is a mixture of modern and post-modern fascists. For instance, Hegseth and Miller are the former, while Trump himself and Patel are the later
I refuse to throw out an entire art form because of the actions of this group, as I don’t think film and radio should be thrown out for their efforts in propagandizing the modern fascists, but we cannot let the medium continue existing like this
So much of the post-modern fascist brain begins to click when you are familiar with the anti-social behavior of gamers in FPS and MMOs. Ganking, griefing, tilting, twinking, playing the auction house, trolling in gen chat. It’s all gamergate
Europe and Canada indulge the US at its own peril. When the US has blown up the leaders of all its “traditional” enemies, who do you think will be next?
Exactly. They emphasize the Vulgar in the Vulgar Display of Power
I started taking (generic) lexapro and wellbutrin over twenty years ago, and the main difference is I don’t end up feeling depressed for no reason anymore. I used to get depressed and get frustrated b/c I knew I was not upset about anything in particular, but I just couldn’t do anything
It also means that the post-modern fascist subject is fundamentally incapable of understanding individual humility in pursuit of an objective other than the mere feeling of power
Modern fascism: might is right
Post-modern fascism: might is
