#government break down

[heritageposts]

[melveres]

letters from his Spellbinder

[wizardnuke]

can't stop thinking about a shadowgast "i'm not looking to fuck do you have a screwdriver my bathroom is flooding" grindr au

[ashes-in-a-jar]

My feeling right now about the cast

[bleue-flora]

Ok sooo, I can’t stop thinking about the line from this post [here] by @swordfright , “Sam is a builder and dream is the ultimate engineering project: challenging (psychologically taxing to guard), important (to the stability of the server), rewarding (on those sporadic occasions when dream obeys him without question), and ceaseless (because the ideal prisoner always needs a warden to keep them in line.)” Because the idea that Dream is Sam’s “ultimate engineering project” really got me thinking about the definition of the duties of an engineer as per the Code of Ethics, which I studied in college.

As an engineer it is basically our responsibility to maintain sustainable development, which The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) defines [here] in the Code of Ethics as, “meeting human needs for natural resources, industrial products, energy, food, transportation, shelter, and effective waste management while conserving and protecting environmental quality and the natural resource base essential for future development.” Even further, as a civil engineer (which I am and Sam is as a primary builder) it is our job to help provide the infrastructure and necessities to life, (shelter, water and by extension food +) with civil engineering encompassing the engineering fields of Structural (bridges, buildings, dams… etc), Utilities (power, gas, water, waste water… etc), Geotechnical (analyze and maintain that the ground can support projects), Environmental (protecting the stability of the environment like for example protecting the habitat of an endangered species), Transportation (roads for cars, train tracks, airplane runways… etc). Pretty much the necessities of civilization (lol hence civil). And I found this interesting because it is Sam’s job as the warden to provide the fundamental and basic necessities of Dream’s life in every way. So, in this way Dream would actually be the society Sam’s engineering is meant to benefit from and depends on (which he obviously denies and uses to abuse.)

But on the other side, interestingly a 2004 definition, [found here] of civil engineering based on Thomas Tredgold’s 1828 original is, “the art of working with the great sources of power in nature for the use and benefit of society”. And oh, the use of power here could very well be a good representation of Dream, making him actually the engineering project. Further, The NSPE Code of Ethics states, “Engineering has a direct and vital impact on the quality of life for all people. Accordingly, the services provided by engineers require honesty, impartiality, fairness, and equity, and must be dedicated to the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare.” In this sense, Sam’s position as the warden was dedicated to the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare, which by keeping Dream locked up, weakening him physically and mentally he was in essence trying to protect the server as well as working to strip the sources of power Dream had over everyone. And when his methods didn’t work, he let Quackity in, which funnily enough goes along with one of the The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISS)’s summarizing stated [here] fundamental canons, “Engineers shall perform services only in the areas of their competence.” And clearly Sam was not competent in getting the book from Dream, so he teams up with Quackity, his contractor, to finish the project as is typical in the engineering industry.

All this to say, that Sam as an engineer, while not sworn to follow a defined code of ethics, still followed the general defined duties of engineering and strived to work for the betterment of the server. A personality and behavior, that Dream saw in him as they grew as friends and worked to build the prison - Sam’s passion for helping, to provide for and develop the necessities of society. His passion for wanting to use his skills to improve the world and help people. His strong principles of dependability, efficiency, justice, work ethic. If Sam was given a job to help people he was going to see it through to the best of his ability. He would not abandon his post, he would protect and serve the common good. - His strong engineering attitude made him a good choice in Dream’s mind for the warden, because of these qualities, which makes sense. What Dream did not realize is that he was not included in the society and all people Sam felt obligated to serve and provide for.

Instead, Dream was but a resource of power - the revival book - needing to be made efficient and accessible, so that everyone could benefit and share that power. Dream thought he’d be provided for and taken care of, but he was the project instead. Sam’s “ultimate engineering project” he deemed too damaged like a bumpy road or crumbling building that wasn’t worthy of patching and filling in the cracks or reinforcing, that’s too eroded to be fixed and preserved. So, Sam strived to tear him down to the bedrock so he could remake, remold, and reengineer Dream according to his design for the common safety, public health and well-fair. He was such a good engineer just like Dream knew he would be, he just forgot the whole teeny weeny ethics part of being an engineer that kind of comes with the job description… Oh well. ;)

[oozeandgoo-art]

had an odd dream that i was reading a comic book. sketched a couple of the pages i could remember.

[princesssarcastia]

house and wilson's relationship in a nutshell

wilson: finally, someone I can be mean to without consequences house: finally, someone I can occasionally be nice to without them making it a Thing™

[t4tails]

I've never had an economics class but it sounds like a capitalist circlejerk

it is but where i live (texas usa) its a mandatory class to graduate. a semester of this and next semester of government then i am free

[spiltcandycoatedpunkblood]

just so you know how normal the UK is, left wing climate change activists and anti-monarchy protesters are getting jail time and beaten for simply holding up banners and being considered disruptive whilst right wing bullshitters against shit like ULEZ (literally about having areas that are specifically for ultra low emissions so we, y'know, don't constantly have to breathe in fucking car fumes and other pollutants because some fucking people actually bizarrely want to???) and road safety limits EVEN FUCKING RIGHT NEAR SCHOOLS are driving basically massive vehicles through the streets and are not considered a disruptive protest

[nando161mando]

A glimpse into how actionists used a repurposed prison van to break inside Elbit’s heavily guarded weapons facility

[numetalkids]

*inhales*.....................DEEP SIGH

[chidoknowshit]

This is how it works in Italy:

On average 9.5 women a month are killed by their exes, partners, husbands and in general the men in their lives

The government refuses to see this as a social problem, denies that our system is deeply entrenched in patriarchy and that equality between genders does not exist in Italy.

Every murder is portrayed as the consequences of the assassin mental health, or in many cases the nationality/religion of the man

The last victim is a young girl of 22 who was kidnapped and murdered by her ex four days before her graduation

This case, justly, creates a sensation because Giulia was young and we all hoped that in the end she would be found alive. But also because both her and her murderer were young, italian, white, from good families and from the North.

During the investigation it emerges that law enforcements dismissed a call of help from a witness who saw the kidnapping. If they'd done their job Giulia might have been found still alive or at least her muderer might not have had the time to escape to Germany.

Giulia's sister, who called out the State and the authorities for their responsabilities in her sister's murder, is depicted by the media at best as a girl destroyed by the pain and unable of rationality because of it and at worst as a satanist and a suspect.

The case creates a shockwave through the public opinion: manifestations all over the country, politicians denouncing violence against women, the Goverment promises changes and everyone wears a red ribbon.

The Government issued a security decree that's completly useless in actually stopping the systemic violence on women

The Government promises a reform in the school to introduce sentimental education (we are one of the few states in Europe that don't have it, also the less said about sexual education in the schools the better) and nominates a commiteee.

In the committee there are: a Nun, a magistrate affiliated with one of the most traditionalist, catholic and backwards parties and finally a leftist politician who advocates for LGBT+ rights

The reform is immediatly tanked because the goverment doesn't want to bring "politics and idealism" into the schools , that's of course referred entirely to the leftist politician. Not the nun.

I am everyday more disgusted and hopeless

[arolesbianism]

Finally got around to designing some of the oldest members of the og magic cat world story, yknow only took me like 5 years fhfksgkfg

[wesavegotham]

I don't understand people who get mad at climate protesters. Like, how can you not realize that even in my not too long lifespan (25 years) climate has changed at a lot and the world seems to be either burning of flooding.

And no amount of ignorance and denial in favor of capitalism is going to change the fact that this way of living isn't sustainable.

[aceofwonders]

ok imma just pop off about one of my dnd ocs...

the way that maizakeen is heading for a break down has me Screaming

she had the Horrors (voices of the dead/dark thoughts and strange magic) dropped on her at age fucking twelve....she overcompensated with intense optimism and kindness to beat it all back (also training relentlessly to control her magic so she could help herself and others)

she grew up so privileged and sheltered that is was working, life was good in her little bubble.... and then it shattered when her grandfather died and further more when she went out into the world

session after session she is seeing how bleak the greater world is and it is fracturing her hold on her literal inner demons ever so slowly

[cocteautwinslyrics]

friendlyjordies fell off