"Trouble is brewing on Mars... With civil war about to erupt, Eric John Stark has been sent to investigate an apocalyptic warlord recruiting mercenaries. Can Stark unravel the mysteries of the lost Martian tribe and pull Mars back from the brink of war?" amazon.com/Queen-Martian-Cat…

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I wonder if anyone’s ever managed to find the HD version of the Lupin III ESSO commercial it’s a crime that they were able to make “Lupin III in the style of Roger Rabbit”, only for the shots have VHS blur obscuring that on even the BEST versions of it 😔

THIS PICTURE GOES SO HARD #UFCWhiteHouse

Shiina beautifully covers Stranger Than Heaven! Be nice, SEGA! #AmanogawaShiina #PhaseCon2026

The death of any grand story other than satisfying the appetites.

“Gabriela Rosa Sympatica” is probably going to be more corrupt, more incompetent, and more ineffective than any Diego Hitlerio de la Junta could ever dream of being

Issue 2, scheduled for release July 4.

Drew nasa for this zine

That's another bone: So many in my generation want to be some sort of JK Rowling-level trendsetter, but for "Serious Art."

I have a humie in replies desperately informing me that this is no big deal.

Black Company is no defense of Martin's misery-porn. Cook's world is even darker, but it still believes fundamentally in the power of goodness and virtue. How? Guys Croaker convinces the literal Queen of the Dark Empire to abandon all wealth and power THROUGH THE POWER OF LOVE

Like ~12 years ago the biggest conversation in spaceflight was "we gotta have dual payload capability for GEO birds" Think about that.

The "I f***ing love Science" crowd turning on the man who popularized the electric car in America and out-rocket-launches NASA by orders of magnitude because of politics is a funny twist. Maybe they don't really f***ing love science that much

There's a reason "redneck" is colloquial to the United States And in all seriousness, if you decide to visit, say, the Mojave or other desert venues here, take sunscreen and PLENTY of water. It was just a few decades ago that a German family decided to drive out into the Mojave unprepared and they all ended up dead. And if you decide to visit our forests, show up prepared with insect repellent especially in southeast forests. You don't want to be bitten by a Lone Star Tick. Also, keep in mind, unlike European forests, there isn't a village every few kilometers. There isn't jack shit except for wildlife. And for fuck's sakes, if you visit Yellowstone, DON'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR THE FUCKING BISON. THEY WILL FUCKING KILL YOU.

Non aerospace people don't realize this graphic is like the best evidence of an undervalue I've seen. Aerospace people see this and are like "yeah"

Actually crazy how every single major IP has been destroyed by the people put in charge of stewarding them, and all mainly for the same reason of giving the finger to fans and using them as vehicles for social messaging

The more I look at this lighthearted monument idea. the more I think it accidentally captured the entire story of the Global War on Terror. Not the war itself, but what it became. A giant restraint stretched across open ground, another buckle fastened by people convinced that every problem can be solved by tightening the strap one more notch. Those of us who fought that war were not fragile. We crossed oceans, climbed mountains, walked through cities filled with bombs, and carried burdens that would break most people. Yet somewhere along the way an entire generation of leaders became convinced that the greatest threat to those men was not the enemy, but risk itself. What followed was twenty years of wrapping warriors in procedures, approvals, permissions, reviews, assessments, oversight mechanisms, and legal opinions until the institution slowly forgot the difference between protecting a force and restraining it. Every buckle arrived with good intentions. Every layer was justified. Every restriction was sold to us as profound wisdom. Nobody noticed that the accumulation of caution was producing its own form of recklessness. We became so obsessed with preventing small failures that we lost the ability to achieve great successes. That is the lesson staring back at me from this seemingly funny image. Civilizations are not preserved by eliminating danger. They are preserved by producing men capable of confronting it. A people that spends enough time worshipping safety eventually begins treating courage like a pathology and initiative like a threat. The instinct for survival remains, but it becomes detached from the willingness to act. History has never been kind to societies that make that trade. What makes this monument joke so powerful is that it unintentionally captures the hangover of an entire era. An era spent tightening straps while the muscles beneath them slowly atrophied. An era spent managing risk while forgetting that the greatest risks are often the ones created by excessive caution. If the Global War on Terror means anything, it should be this: never again confuse bureaucracy for strategy, process for progress, or restraint for strength. The buckle is perfect. Not because it honors what we were. Because it reminds us what we became. And it reminds us what we should never be again. Cautious to the point of calamity.

P'Cola is where Navy aviators are trained. Also master divers' school. Knew a guy who was an instructor there 'in the day.' When a pilot got his wings he'd go out and buy a Hamilton chronometer (expensive watch) to show he was an AVIATOR even when not in uniform. The divers used to go into the O Club go up to brand new Aviators, look at the watch and go: 'Why don't you just give me the watch now so I don't have to take it off your body.' The military is a cold fuckin' place. @infantrydort @TheBuddyCSM @TKratman

Another great influence on Ian Fleming was John Buchan's Richard Hannay. Hannay started out as a gifted amateur and later ended up in a genuine government role. Unlike Bond, Hannay was genuinely concerned with being a good man, something the more pragmatic Bond seldom considered.