AP is now reporting gas canisters and fireworks were stuffed in truck. I still feel like waiting for evidence instead of reacting is a good lesson to take from the explosion expert. We are going to have A LOT of events like this in 2025 with a fascist actively encouraging stochastic terrorism in charge. We need to find a way to understand in a way that won't drive us insane.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-hotel-vehicle-fire-las-vegas-ad4c171c7a6af64f08db93d9fdc2d749
I asked a retired EOD mate and he kinda shrugged and said not to trust any of the knee jerk takes until a forensics team has had a chance to investigate. Explosions happen faster than your eyes can see and anything at this point is just a guess.
'Terrorist' is a label only for crimes that do not give the ruling class a hard on.
Facts are facts
No, you're right. BOF2 is the one with the eye ball. Just excellent less-is-more design philosophy.
Thank you
Hi. I hope you enjoy it.
The early comics were rough, but it's a lot of fun to work with even though I have developed a lot as an artist under my real name. Chrono and FF6 were the best, but the opening scene from Bof2 still gives me chills for how effective it is with one sprite, some good music, and some text.
Unfortunately, I don't know much about Mike other than I've heard his name in a few socialist discussions. I don't think it's embarrassing to be a veteran. I'm definitely not an oorahing, flag waving knucklehead. It's the only time that I've had socialized medicine and other benefits. I want those for everyone now :)
I found it interesting that people are filming a bright, glowing thing seemingly intentionally designed to be visible at night and think, "SPY drone."
I can change my photo, but it's a pen name. I've been using this profile for 20+ years but I'll follow suit with the instances best practices. Thanks.
Damn right 6 is the best!
I'll share two things without doxxing myself too much (this is a pen name):
An IG told me I was an "asshole threatening national security" for being a whistleblower for the Fat Leonard scandal. Look it up, I'm one of the whistleblowers referenced in the "Discounting whistleblower warnings" in the Wikipedia article
For something specific other than the simmering Christian nationalism in the higher ranks was a case I investigated where two people who sexually assaulted someone had the whole thing swept under the rug by the commanders because they held operationally critical certifications.
It's not a moral institution. There are moral people in it , but the leadership rewards and selects a certain type of sociopath
A few years ago, I devoured the Ascendant series by K Arsenault Rivera. Basically a soft magic universe based on Mongolian and Chinese mysticism set in a different world, but the parallels are pretty obvious. The main focus is the sapphic romance between the two leads, but It does a good job of mixing world building, epic battles and military maneuvers, demons and magic, and relationships. I highly recommend it.