[caption: a skeleton in a cheap brown wig sits at a computer desk and is turning around in a big swivel chair to face the viewer. There’s a very prominent shutterstock watermark]
a collection of star trek themed flat earth memes i’ve found on google images. i think about these a lot
[captions: 1st image: Jean Luc Picard face-palming. text reads: “they still think the mars rover is real”, written in all caps black impact font with an orange outline, for some reason.
2nd image: Picard making an exasperated gesture reaching forward. text reads: “for crying out loud, gravity is density you fool”, in blue all caps.
3rd image: a diagram of the earth and moon. There are two red force arrows labelled gravity, pointing from the earth to the moon and vice versa. On the moon is a blue arrow pointing perpendicular to the earth, labelled ‘moon’s speed’. Below the diagram is another picture of Picard making an exasperated gesture. text reads: “so the moon is pulling on the earth, and the earth is pulling on the moon. why are they not crashing into each other then!”
4th image: the picture of Picard face-palming. In white impact font reads, “You can’t see the curvature, because thr earth is too big… but you can see ships sailing over the horizon.“ red text reads, “you live on a plane not a planet”.]
Chris Hedges on America entering the “Trump Phase” of late capitalism
On the one hand, it’s the end of capitalism. On the other hand, it’s taking us out with it.
[Caption: a gifset of Chris Hedges at a podium saying, “The final stages of capitalism, Karl Marx predicted, would be marked by global capital being unable to expand and generate profits at former levels. Capitalists would begin to consume the government, along with the physical and social structures that sustain them. Democracy, social welfare, electoral participation, the common good, and investment in public transportation, roads, bridges, utilities, industry, education, healthcare, and the protection of the ecosystem would be sacrificed to feed the mania of short-term profit. These assaults would destroy the host. And this is the stage of late capitalism that Trump represents.”]
[Caption: Gifs from Community. Craig motions with his hand and says, “Abed, you’re special. Can’t you just stand at the scene of the crime and see what happened?” Abed says, “I see a man…Using a social disorder as a procedural device.” Abed looks around the room as he continues, “Wait, wait, wait. I see another man. Mildly autistic super-detectives everywhere. Basic cable. Broadcast networks. Pain. Painful writing. It hurts.” Abed then walks out of the room.]
If that photo doesn’t terrify you then you don’t understand what’s going on
This photo is more threatening than the ones where they were being pulled out of their chairs and zip tied
[Tweet from ADAPT reads, “he had them sent to jail without their wheelchairs clearly senator portman doesn’t care!”
Image is a police officer pulling an empty motorized wheelchair (mobility scooter?) down the street. Another officer and empty chair are in the background.]
Imagine if they’d kept an able-bodied prisoner in a jail cell but kept their legs (and possibly their hands) bound, so they couldn’t stand up, move around in the jail cell, get out of bed or off the floor.
That would be considered inhumane, and torture, right? If that news got out, humanitarian organizations like Amnesty International would be up in arms. You know they would.
That’s what it means when you take away a person’s wheelchair. That’s why it’s terrifying. But because it’s happening to disabled people, no one except the victims is noticing.
Also note: Power mobility aids like those in the photo can cost as much as a brand-new automobile. And if they get damaged because the authorities don’t know what the hell they’re doing (or they do know, and are motivated by spite or malice), then the person will be just as helpless after they get out of jail.
And Medicare will not replace a damaged or broken wheelchair unless it’s at least five years old.
Now imagine being helpless in a jail cell, unable to move, and having that worry in the back of your mind.
[image description: A tweet from @ charanderson98 that reads “Innit weird how when ye hate someone everythin they post pisses u off like they tweet “i love soup” n ur like aye a bet ye fuckin do” Translation just in case voiceover couldn’t read that: “Isn’t it weird how when ye hate someone, everything they post pisses you off, like they tweet “I love soup” and you’re like “Aye I bet ye fuckin do”]
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