That's actually a real strategy by Russia. Since they have so few deep water ports for their Navy, if temperatures rise then they have new options in their far north territories.
Good call. I gave up halfway through S3 of umbrella academy. It was just weird and goofy, the tone didn't match S1 at all.
Oh damn, I forgot that part about "Earth being the control". That's hilarious!
My favorite one of them is Excession. I found the relationships / culture between the ship AI's so interesting and frankly, better written than many human relationships in the series overall.
Thanks for writing about the Godzilla movie. I had heard some buzz but didn't know about the depth to it's concept. I'll have to check it out!
Have you ever read the Culture novels, by Iain M. Banks? They explore a somewhat similar idea to "intelligence agencies of ~~fascist~~ post scarcity interstellar empires".
I can't remember if the contacted civilizations are ever socialist, although there's definitely a more feudal one and the overall themes may be interesting to you nonetheless.
Honestly at this point in my software career (~10 years), it's not evil per se, but I don't feel great about essentially existing to help rich people (VCs, PE, etc.) get richer. But I suppose that's a problem that isn't limited to IT.
From my understanding, unions require a vote from employees before being able to negotiate contracts with management. So if they want a few more people to come to a meeting, it's probably because they need a sense of whether they're gonna win that election and / or there is interest from more than a single employee.
Getting a union can be a long process, just to get to the bargaining table. Successful campaigns require a tireless dedication from at least one employee who wants to fight.
All worth it IMHO, and I'm heartened to hear about labor action for EMS staff. Best of luck in your efforts!
I have only a passing familiarity with Falun Gong, so I looked up the Wikipedia page for it and damn, there's a lot to get through.
From what I can tell, it's a new age cult with surprisingly authoritarian / right wing leanings.
Because I'm here on Hexbear, and familiar with the lies / omissions commonly in wiki, I'm curious if you'd be interested in telling me more about your perspective on the group?
Same here, but apparently this isn't even an isolated example:
https://youtu.be/fiD24uEvY1U?si=kqH-ixnhSvc4S_HG
(Video about their colonialism and exploitative monetary policy in the Saheel / Africa).
Not surprising - I watched this video about France's ongoing colonialism in Africa a few months ago, showed a side of them I never considered, at least in the modern era:
https://youtu.be/fiD24uEvY1U?si=kqH-ixnhSvc4S_HG
Suddenly, the Libyan adventure last decade makes more sense.
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vulture_god
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Same - I used this tool which worked great for that workflow:
http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover