Figment Jedi's Dreamport

For years after 9/11 we were constantly told “NEVER FORGET” and the idea was basically “keep feeling sad and afraid and especially ANGRY forever; don’t let time dull your emotional response like it’s naturally supposed to; continue to justify the injustices by feeling this way all the time.” And the 3000 deaths were constantly pointed to as this huge deal that justified any lengths to go to.

And then Covid hit. And there were several points during the height of the pandemic (because fun fact, according to the actual definitions of a pandemic, *it’s not technically over yet!* ) where we were having a 9/11’s worth of deaths every week or so. And suddenly 3000 deaths were not a big deal at all. Instead of being enough reason to go to war far away and strip us at home of many rights too, they weren’t even enough justification to make people wear a damn piece of fabric over their face.

3000 people died once and now the government can legally wiretap anyone without a warrant, and hold people at Gitmo under suspicion of terrorism (no need for due process)… 3000 people dying every week but we should all still be going out to brunch and concerts and who cares about the disabled and immunocompromised?

Please try to watch the series first:FRANKELDA'S BOOK OF SPOOKS

The experience of watching the series first and the prequel later will make everything even better.

I PROMISE!!

This one hurt, her work had such a profound effect on my life, thoughts, and politics.

May her memory be a blessing

Lost Island has rotated another new character into the cast this year with ace pilot Avi taking Lumina's place as one of Udara's representatives alongside island rockstar Bardo.

Avi will apparently supervise spinning contests on Amara Aviators, the park's Skyfly ride, throughout the season with small prizes to be given out. Before meeting guests in person, she was one of the Udaran guide characters in the park app.

I just remembered that this was a thing that was HILARIOUS in 2006 and apparently that was ten years ago now.

Old people: join with me in remembering how funny we found this on LiveJournal.

Young people: look at this lolrus, it’s so happy, it has a bucket.