#my thoughts

[soul-from-another-era]

[piratesexmachine420]

> be me > dumbass > barely graduate high school > decide to enlist in the army 'cause I don't know what to do with my life > spend six weeks in training, then immediately deployed to Europa > shitshitshit.jpg > it's exactly as bad as you think it is > war is hell and hell has frozen over > get dumped into this trench complex in Arran Chaos defending a big ice harvesting operation > "p-something ice extraction and research"

> founded by some big tech guy on Earth apparently > most of us are stationed around their big office building instead of the ice fields > whatever at least it breaks up the horizon > nothing around but ice and rocks and our trenches and the other guys' trenches and bodies and stars > can't even see Jupiter > fuckingcomeon.ogg > they've got this big sign with their logo a hundred yards or so from the entrance > just a bunch of big metal letters > theyre like two feet high each > that's where they've got me and this dude kyle camping out > only thing between us and the...*other guys* are some sandbags and the aforementioned bigass metal letters > plus my MA-75 and my heatsuit and kyle and his heatsuit and his MA-75

> not that the heatsuits are worth much > coldasfuckhere.xlsx > can't even stay above 280 kelvin > i think that's something like fifty degrees fahrenheit > feels like thirty > whatever at least we just have to sit here and not get shot > direct quote from the lieutenant > nobody is willing to leave their trenches so it's mostly just sitting around waiting to get sniped > not much to really do but shoot the shit complain about the cold and eat the mres in our heatsuits > so we do > kyle is cool > i like kyle > we alternate twelve-hour shifts so we only chat when the other is supposed to be sleeping

> but sleeping is hard and talking is easy > kyle deployed the week before me > was stationed here alone until i showed up > begs the question why we're defending this fucking sign if they know its worth leaving unguarded half the time > why the hell aren't we out in the ice fields > why the hell are we fighting over ice in the first place > sign's probably more valuable by weight > kyle laughs > we talk about our home lives for a while > neither of us did much interesting > kyle's mom was really into astrology apparently > we start trying to name constellations > i'm no good at it > he tells me hes gonna finally try to get some shuteye > and leans into me > for warmth, probably

> the heatsuits don't conduct much but it feels good anyway > start to doze off myself > fuck this sign and fuck this building and fuck this moon i'll do whatever i want > set down my rifle and wrap my arms around kyle > for warmth, probably > fall asleep > dream of california and beach volleyball > wake up groggy > really groggy > something hurts > my head?

> something...a sound > theres a loud sound > it keeps going and going and... > fuck > its the heatsuit's oxygen alarm > struggle to sit upright > something heavy on me > its kyle > he's not moving > take stock of my surroundings > shrapnel everywhere > don't see oxygen tank > or our umbilicals > heatsuit's switched to a backup but it's leaking > there's this film of red ice everywhere > ... > kyle...

> i roll him over and there are so many holes > glance over the sandbags > see a glint from a distant trench > duck down and hear something hit the ice behind me > fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck > FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK > rage > grab my rifle and start spraying over the barrier > no response > probably didnt hit him but id like to think i did > oxygen is running out > goodbye hell world > close eyes for second time today > dream of nothing > wake up groggy again > in field hospital

> goddammit > whole thing was captured by a satellite > so they sent a patrol to go recover our equipment > im lucky to be alive they say > sure > end up spending a sol in the hospital > they ship me back to the sign after that > same rifle and even the same heatsuit > bastards didnt even clean it off its still got his blood on it > still not sure what the objective of this post even is > alone > freezing my ass off > too cold > cant sleep > too much blood > spend a couple sols half-awake sprawled face-down in the ice > not gonna hit me again

> eventually rotate back to the fob for a sol > sign is unguarded the whole time > what am i even doing here > skulk around the barracks for a while > overhear that a big inspection of the ice company's facilities is coming up in the next couple sols > gonna be a big push among the grunts to clear out the snipers so the bigwigs can check the place out > everybody is writing letters home for when they dont come back > i, of course, am being sent back alone to the fucking sign > lieutenant tells me that if my station isn't up to spec they're sending my ass to callanish to die painfully > direct quote

> fine > decide im sick and tired of being so goddamned cold out there though > talk to the fob quartermaster about taking a heat lamp into the field > he tells me its too dangerous with all the thermal optics the enemy is using > i tell him he can have my next ten sol's pay > he hands over the lamp > hell if im gonna last that long out here

> rotate back to the sign > heat lamp makes things more tolerable but its a big battery-powered thing so i cant keep it on all the time > spend another sol lying flat on the ice > pick out a star near orion and name it kyle > maybe ten minutes before the inspectors show up i just wig out > start yelling and throwing things > knock over part of the sign > the big letter 'I' > fuck it and fuck the ice it stands for and fuck me > calm down > inspectors are gonna be here any minute now

> fuck i dont wanna go to callanish > i dont wanna die > i dont wanna die > i dont wanna die > i dont wanna die > i dont wanna die > try to stand the sign back up > wont stay upright > shitshitshit > hide the letter under a tarp > look around for something to replace it > grab the heat lamp > MFW I'm Pixar

[beccawise7]

Men go years without a compliment.

They can go months without a hug.

Long periods of time without anyone checking in... and nobody notices.

Men deserve to be told they matter. They deserve to be hugged, loved & adored too.

~beccawise7💜🖤

[beccawise7]

Current Night Mood. 💜🖤

📷: wAI

[jananachips]

I've been thinking about how societal rules and marriage fucked over everyone's lives in KCD2, specifically regarding Henry and Samuel's families and the parallels between them and their parents. (SPOILERS, I JUST FINISHED EXODUS BUT NOT THE GAME!)

Martin and Sara (Samuel's mom) were in love, but couldn't get married because her father didn't want her to marry a Christian, and forced her into hiding. Martin had no choice but to leave and marry someone else, never learning of his son Samuel.

Radzig and Henry's mom got together, and although they could have just had a fling and weren't in love, they still weren't able to build a life together due to the class divide. Thus why Martin stepped in and married her, so she wouldn't be disgraced in the eyes of society.

And this fucked up Henry and Samuel pretty badly. Samuel lived with so much anger and sadness, even telling Henry, "I thought if I didn't give a shit about that man, I wouldn't be in pain." He was torn from having a loving father and a more stable life, because of choices his grandpa made to uphold his dignity in the Jewish community. Henry had an easier upbringing, but still he was raised as a peasant instead of a noble, which should have been his birthright, and also was kept from being raised by his true father (though we can argue he turned out better under Martin's care.)

Now if the player Henry chooses to romance Hans, it adds yet another layer to the parallels. Another forbidden love where they can never marry, or be seen in public. And Hans has to marry someone he's never met, just for political gains. The tragic cycle of society holding lovers apart repeats. (Of course, people have affairs all the time and nothing is stopping Hans and Henry from having more "hunting trips" together, but they will never be able to be open about it.)

And if the player romances Rosa, she also won't marry Henry since he is not a legitimized noble. (I haven't tried to romance Katherine so I can't say parallels for that route).

Tl:Dr fuck society, they ripped everyone's lives apart

[galwaygirl83]

I love Nicola. I adore her. I have for years pre-Bridgerton. But what happened to the woman who spoke so clearly at the Harper’s Bazaar event about how it felt awful to google herself and find one of the most common searches were about who her partner is/who she’s dating?

After last night’s ridiculousness, guess what comes up about her immediately? She has literally made it all about that.

The BAFTA nominees party was an opportunity to celebrate her, to celebrate the biggest nomination she has received to date with her fellow nominees. And yet all anyone is talking about today is who she was with.

Was it to cause a distraction from all the hates she’s been getting for her trans support? Maybe!

But Nicola, you did yourself dirty. You’ve gone from being the most private person relationship-wise (she lived with a boyfriend for years and we still don’t know who it was) and now suddenly you are this huge “I’m throwing my relationship in your face” kind of person?

What happened to that part of your speech about not making your life and career about who your partner is?

You’ve gone against everything you said you wanted and made it all about him. And in turn, the dumb ass articles being written have also made it about your (and his) age, the other thing you said you didn’t feel great about seeing on Google.

I will also add this is not about being a Lukola or about believing Luke & Nic are endgame. Had Luke been with her, of course I would’ve been delighted but he’s also part of the BAFTA nominations with the Luke’s carriage scene declaration being a memorable moment nominee. So it would have been a lot less about “the man on her arm” and more about their celebration of the impact of that scene and the success of their season.

IMO, and yes this is MY opinion so piss off with any comments of I’m wrong or I’m a hater, she diminished all of her hard work, all of her words against the scrutiny women face by showing up with Jake and making the evening more about that.

As a woman, I’m disappointed. I truly am.

I’m not sure where your head is at Nicola, but I hope this doesn’t hurt you in the long run as a role model to women of all ages.

Because right now, that amazing speech is just looking like lip service.

I guess we’ll see in a few weeks how the actual awards night plays out.

(ps: I don’t for one second believe this is anything more than friendship for her and Jake but she’s trying to push this fake love interest so hard, she’s become invisible and he’s at the forefront)

[needtotalkilllisten]

[wisteriagroves]

You move through life untouched

My absence or presence means nothing to you

[piratesexmachine420]

Okay this is technically true but you've either misunderstood or are misrepresenting the facts. Vostok 6 -- that 1963 flight you're referring to -- was technically the first all-female crew, but it also had just one crewmember: Tereshkova. Solovyova and Ponomaryova never went to space, which Perry did. They were backup and reserve crewmembers, respectively. Sure, they probably contributed a lot more to space science and engineering than Perry did, but that's not what we're measuring here, is it?

There were also two other members of that first female cosmonaut selection: Tatyana Kuznetsova and Zhanna Yorkina. They too would never fly in space. Further: no other Soviet woman would fly for another nineteen years, until Svetlana Savitskaya on the short-duration Soyuz T-7/T-5 mission to Salyut 7 in 1982.

Why 1982? Because the Space Shuttle had started flying, and NASA had finally gotten their acts together and selected it's first group of female astronauts in 1978.

Less than a year later, Sally Ride would become the third woman and first American to fly to space on June 18th 1983 as part of STS-7. Savitskaya would fly one more time, in 1984, to perform the first female EVA ("spacewalk") on the short-duration Soyuz T-12 mission -- only months ahead of Kathryn D. Sullivan on STS-41G, whom NASA had announced would be the first woman to EVA a year earlier. Savitskaya's assignment was a direct response to that announcement, a prestige grab, not a real attempt at progress.]

How do I know that? Because for the rest of the USSR's existence, no Soviet woman would walk in space again. Or, for that matter, fly in space at all. Hooray for pushing equal rights I guess. Two symbolic firsts, two women, and three spaceflights.

In that same ~7 year period, the US would fly fifteen women on 22 person-flights. (That's counting STS-51L. If we don't, it's fourteen and twenty.)

You too, are not immune to propaganda.

btw the katy perry/bezos' girlfriend/other four irrelevant billionaires 10 minute space stunt was not the first all female expedition no matter how much they try to market it as such. the first all female mission was in 1963 with soviet cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova, Irina Solovyova and Valentina Ponomaryova - all three of which were working class and had to pass incredibly hard exams to be chosen from 400 potential candidates. just in case we started falling for the propaganda machine again

[beccawise7]

Always craving below the surface. 💜🖤

[bottomdrawer-drawerbottom]

I NEED more people to be obsessed with Neil wearing a bandana!!!

I know it is only mentioned once in the entire trilogy but I need you guys to get back on the "Neil in a bandana" hype train, guys, please, I can't drive a train-

[soul-from-another-era]

Unconditional love isn't a free pass to hurt me.

[pinkbeatles]

this but the person in question is me. or you. or someone else deeply affected by trauma that their actions hardly make sense to someone who hasn’t gone thru anything similar

we easily give this grace and understanding to fictional characters

so why do we struggle to extend the same grace to ourselves?

well if i were in that situation i simply would have done something different (<- spoken of a piece of media about a person progressively isolated and stripped of agency by forces far greater than they until the only path they feel they have to tread—erroneously or otherwise—is one that they previously never would have chosen)

[linklethehistorian]

Source

Transcript:

“BREAKING: A constitutional amendment has been filed allowing President Trump to seek a 3rd term in office.

"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times, nor be elected to any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice."

It was filed by Congressman Andy Ogles (R-TN).

Don’t let this slip by unnoticed. This is not just “one extra term”, it’s a warning shot. It’s a red flag. It’s an omen.

They are slowly turning up the heat in the pan. Do not be the frog who sits denying it’s getting hotter.

One extra term will become two, two will become three, and three will eventually give way to lifelong reign of each president.

Fight. Fight for God’s sake.

Contact your local representative of congress. Convince them we do not want this.

We are going to end up in a dictatorship.

@ikiyou

Please help spread this. I don’t usually get political and I don’t usually ask for assistance but this is important and you have more reach.

[amongthebugs]

Bird watch time is ALL the time

What they don’t tell you about getting into bird watching is that once you get into it, you do not get to decide when you bird watch. You can be on the beach of some distant tropical country with nothing planned except relaxing. But then you see a Common Fluttering Nut Buster and you’re like fuckkkkkkkk holy shit guys the Common Fluttering Nut Buster is not supposed to life this far west holy shitttttttttt