#union legacy

[dominicsorel]

It's a tragedy when darkness takes over someone's heart. I know that all too well…because I've seen those that I cared about, my closest allies, drown in darkness.

[duckapus]

So...getting the SMG Source Code kind of makes the Union of Scorned Avatars fall apart.

Lord Ramagog initiates a sudden-yet-inevitable betrayal and tries to take the Source Code's power for himself, because he never cared about Barry's "Memes ruined our lives" thing and was just using the group to try and gain Ultimate Power so he can conquer the multiverse, because he's actually legitimately evil and has made no effort to hide that fact.

Doppelganger Arle has realized that even if all the Meme Bullshit goes away her situation won't change because it's canon, so instead she wants to use the Code to make herself the only Arle and merge all the SMG universes and Adminspace so that all of "her" friends can live together and she can see them whenever she wants. She's completely nuts by this point, so there's currently no way to get her to understand that the Code isn't powerful enough to do that, and even if it was, doing so would have massive, horrific consequences.

As you'll recall, Frenzy doesn't know what he wants anymore, which is why everybody ended up in his universe in the first place.

Red stays loyal the longest, but then he gets knocked senseless...or rather, gets knocked back to his senses, because it turns out that 1) he's actually able to talk, and 2) he's been stuck in Crazy Stupid Mode this whole time and has no idea where he is, what's going on, or who any of these people are.

Tulip's family has their own shit going on, and the other non-Avatar newcomers turn out to be similarly unreliable.

Barry does not take any of this well.

[esotericas-sims]

And so begins the wedding night...

Playing with SeveralPerson’s Ultimate Decades Challenge Rules

Started: 1800

Current year: 1890

Family tree

Spreadsheet

CC Finds

[palms-upturned]

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[lgbtqreads]

Exclusive Cover Reveal: Lion's Legacy by L.C. Rosen

Exclusive Cover Reveal: Lion’s Legacy by L.C. Rosen

Whether you know him as Lev A.C. Rosen (Lavender House!) or L.C. Rosen (Camp!), if you’ve been reading the site a while you know he writes some of my all-time favorite queer lit, so I’m thrilled to have him on the site today to reveal the cover of his upcoming gay YA Indiana Jones-esque adventure, Lion’s Legacy, releasing May 2, 2023 from Union Square Books! Here’s the story: Seventeen-year-old…

[lily-s-world]

Thinking about Jupiter’s Legacy again, and how it could have been way better than what Netflix delivered. Picture a mini-series following close the plot of the comics, which is a short and interesting plot. The budget they used for that first season could have been enough.

Then we have a movie or another mini-series, that works as a prequel and shows how the “Union of Justice” was formed. Basically, all the flashbacks of the first season, but with more development.

It could have been an interesting project with a satisfying ending. Instead, Netflix tried to copycat The Boys and left us with a mid-show and a cliffhanger. And no answer to what the hell was going on between Walter and George?!!

Yes, this post was inspired by me thinking of Brainwave and Skyfox, again.  

[catsandcatci]

not to gatekeep, but is anyone scared that the rings of power is going to disturb the lil fun silmarillion community we have 😭 i’ve seen more drama already in the past few months than i’ve seen in all the years i’ve been with y’all, and most of it is from people not really with the silm fandom

[ladymazzy]

Belgium to return Patrice Lumumba’s gold tooth in bid to atone for colonial crimes

From the article:

'Western officials worried that Lumumba would favour the Soviet Union as a protector and allow Moscow access to strategically critical resources such as uranium.

After a military coup, Lumumba was overthrown, jailed, tortured and shot dead by a hastily assembled firing squad. Forty years later, Belgium acknowledged that it bore “moral responsibility” for his death. The CIA had also laid plans to kill the 35-year-old politician.

But it took decades for the truth about the circumstances of Lumumba’s murder to emerge.

In 2000 the Belgian police commissioner Gerard Soete confessed that he had dismembered Lumumba’s body and dissolved the remains in acid. In a documentary screened on German TV, Soete showed two teeth which he said had belonged to Lumumba.

...Belgium has recently begun to address the legacy of its exploitation of Congo’s rubber, ivory and timber. As many as 10 million people died from starvation and disease during the first 23 years of Belgium’s rule from 1885, when King Leopold II ruled the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom. Others were murdered, or deliberately maimed to encourage others to work harder to fulfil impossible quota of lucrative resources.'

[angryisokay]

Every month or so, some Tesla-stan youtube account makes a clickbait video about how Elon is definitely going to buy GM. TOTALLY REAL! A deal is in the works now! Just you wait!

If his dumbshit antics, online hysterics, and people generally waking up to Tesla being a shit automaker, really does send the stock price into a death spiral, GM should offer to buy the company off him.

[dvadesetivek]

I know I shouldn’t expect people to know everything, but for the love of GOD please stop labeling ex-Yu countries and everything relating to Yugoslavia as Soviet…

[anarchywoofwoof]

the funny thing is that i don't think younger people - and i mean those under the age of 40 - really have a grasp on how many of today's issues can be tied back to a disastrous reagan policy:

war on drugs: reagan's aggressive escalation of the war on drugs was a catastrophic policy, primarily targeting minority communities and fueling mass incarceration. the crusade against drugs was more about controlling the Black, Latino and Native communities than addressing the actual problems of drug abuse, leading to a legacy of broken families and systemic racism within the criminal justice system.

deregulation and economic policies: reaganomics was an absolute disaster for the working class. reagan's policies of aggressive tax cuts for the rich, deregulation, and slashing social programs were nothing less than class warfare, deepening income inequality and entrenching corporate greed. these types of policies were a clear message that reagan's america was only for the wealthy elite and a loud "fuck you" to working americans.

environmental policies: despite his reputation being whitewashed thanks to the recovery of the ozone layer, reagan's environmental record was an unmitigated disaster. his administration gutted critical environmental protections and institutions like the EPA, turning a blind eye to pollution and corporate exploitation of natural resources. this blatant disregard for the planet was a clear sign of prioritizing short-term corporate profits over the future of the environment.

AIDS crisis: reagan's gross neglect of the aids crisis was nothing short of criminal and this doesn't even begin to touch on his wife's involvement. his administration's indifference to the plight of the lgbtq+ community during this devastating epidemic revealed a deep-seated bigotry and a complete failure of moral leadership.

mental health: reagan's dismantling of mental health institutions under the guise of 'reform' led directly to a surge in homelessness and a lack of support for those with mental health issues. his policies were cruel and inhumane and showed a personality-defining callous disregard for the most vulnerable in society.

labor and unions: reagan's attack on labor unions, exemplified by his handling of the patco strike, was a blatant assault on workers' rights. his actions emboldened corporations to suppress union activities, leading to a significant erosion of workers' power and rights in the workplace. he was colloquially known as "Ronnie the Union Buster Reagan"

foreign policy and military interventions: reagan's foreign policy, particularly in latin america, was imperialist and ruthless. his administration's support for dictatorships and right-wing death squads under the guise of fighting "communism" showed a complete disregard for human rights and self-determination of other nations.

public health: yes, reagan's agricultural policies actually facilitated the rise of high fructose corn syrup, once again prioritizing corporate profits over public health. this shift in the food industry has had lasting negative impacts on health, contributing to the obesity epidemic and other health issues.

privatization: reagan's push for privatization was a systematic dismantling of public services, transferring wealth and power to private corporations and further eroding the public's access to essential services.

education policies: his approach to education was more of an attack on public education than anything else, gutting funding and promoting policies that undermined equal access to quality education. this was, again, part of a broader agenda to maintain a status quo where the privileged remain in power.

this is just what i could come up with in a relatively short time and i did not even live under this man's presidency. the level at which ronald reagan has broken the united states truly can't be overstated.

[duckapus]

Idea: During the inevitable confrontation between the good Avatars and the extended Union, Andrew actually shatters Olimar's helmet, by this point knowing full well what the oxygen would do to him, and what happens when an Avatar dies. Even the rogue avatars are shocked by this(except Ramagog because he's evil) because really!? You'd doom an entire universe just because your kid found a better father than you?

This'd probably happen due to him snapping after the reveal that Tulip ran away long before becoming an Avatar, and Olimar jumping in to defend her from him again.

Thankfully Olimar survives thanks to an experimental emergency atmosphere filter Alph installed in his suit for testing purposes, but nobody knew it was there at the time.

[tmarshconnors]

"I could write shorter sermons, but once I start I get too lazy to stop.".

Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

Born: 12 February 1809, Larue County, Kentucky, United States

Assassinated: 15 April 1865, Petersen House, Washington, D.C., United States

[simsreaper]

This dumb bitch made the damn room dark by telling a ghost story and Autumn is listening to it like she's a child

Help why is your leg like this??

[kc22invesmentsblog]

The Birth of Credit Unions: Friedrich Raiffeisen's Legacy

Written by Delvin In the world of finance and banking, credit unions have emerged as an alternative to traditional banks, offering unique benefits and a member-focused approach. The roots of credit unions can be traced back to 1852 when Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen established the first credit union in Germany. In this blog post, we will explore the inspiring story of Friedrich Raiffeisen and…

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

The REAL reason Germany doesn't want Tesla to make 1 million EV's

P.S. VW won't beat Tesla because the technical side of the MEB platform EVs looks like it was designed by a committee of trade union leaders, company shareholders and diesel lobbyists rather than engineers...

The MEB platform is too labor-intensive, expensive, and looks more like it was created to have as many workers as possible to screw cars together, rather than to create the most efficient electric car in production and operation...

Besides, Tesla can always build a new factory somewhere in Eastern Europe, where the manufacturing environment has not yet been corrupted by various silly political and bureaucratic restrictions...Poland, Slovakia or the Czech Republic or Romania would be much better places to build a million electric car factory...