#border defense

[ysbnews]

Nato Forces Deployed to Latvia Amid Fears of Russian Aggression

🎬  BBC News |  8/19/2022  |  ⏱️ 3’02”span / 330K views 

Nato has deployed unprecedented numbers of forces to Latvia, a reaction to fears of future Russian aggression against the Baltic states.  Once part of the USSR, Latvia is now an independent country in the European Union. Its government has expressed staunch support for Ukraine.  But its close cultural ties to Russia is causing concern for the Latvian government - more than a quarter of Latvia’s population identifies as Russian.

Comment By MS3300:  While I am sorry that these Russians were sent death threats, I think it was unwise for this boy to wave the flag of the agressor fasist state, during the conflict in Ukraine. Also, given the history of Russification and repression of Latvians by the Russians, waving this flag is only a sign of enmity. … {continue} 

(Continued) … As a Pole, I totally understand the Latvians, although I don't support violence, I wish the Russians treated the country they live in with respect, and understood what their own country did to Latvia, and other Central and Eastern European countries. It would be the same as if he waved the Nazi flag. Both the Russians and the Germans treated our people with disrespect and imperialism. But only Russians nowadays still fight imperial wars of conquest, and for that reason, their flags will not be tolerated, nor will their 'soviet memorials'

Comment By WhatHappenedIn1979???:  I still remember 2014 when everyone was trying to bring light to the fallen soviet union vs the live on.  Just before the union died and the iron curtain was done all they wanted was reform and change, and the true soviet who wasn't marred by the blood of war woukd be disappointed with Russia today just as they were sad when Tiananmen happened. 

Pacific Influence:  A massively traumatic time in Russia was the 1990s when people were not getting paid for months, food shelves were often empty, the ruble was so unstable people had to discreetly use US dollars, and people stole copper wire from the power lines to sell causing rolling blackouts. Vladimir Putin's popularity is largely about being able to promise people more stability in their lives and warning them that everything will go back to the way it was in the 90's if he were not in charge. …… (Continue)  

(Continued) …… Also half of Russia doesn't have access to the internet due to poor infrastructure or simply not being able to afford it.  In the short term people may rally around the flag but wait and see what happens when when people 30 and older start getting 90s PTSD flashbacks or the Russian government no longer has the money to pay out pensions. Nationalism doesn't pay the bills or buy groceries. 

TheChancellor:  Always glossed over in news accounts of the Russian populations of all three countries is that the bulk of them were brought in after the 1940 invasions as part of Soviet russification doctrine while tens of thousands of Balts were executed and sent to the gulags.  Where Russian was mandated as the official language.  So the Russian speakers that refused to learn Latvian, Estonian or Lithuanian can move across the borders, not very far they're small countries, and embrace their ethnic brothers win win for everybody, we should be so lucky. …… (Continue) 

During the Soviet occupation Riga had a majority population of Russians,. internal passports and government approval were needed to travel between cities.  And the current population of Europe and else where needs to be reminded that the 3 Baltic countries were identified by the US as Captive Nations and the annexation by Soviets was not recognized.  All had consulates in Washington DC, not quite governments in exile but representatives of the free Baltic republics.

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#bbc news #bbc news world #nato #deploy #latvia #riga #protect eu #border defense #stop putin #russia is losing #ukraine will win #slava ukraini #🇺🇦 #ukraine #kyiv #zelensky #save ukraine #russians go home

[warfantasy]

Defending the Kingdom - Border Fortifications

Introduction Much of fantasy, especially High Fantasy and other medieval fantasy, is about warfare. And when talking about states, protecting borders becomes crucial. States are defined by their borders, and borders existed even when people did not really think about them. Groups were very much defined by natural obstacles that limited their range of movement: lakes, rivers, mountains, forests……

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#border defense #border fortifications #defense #worldbuilding

[thejewishlink]

IDF adopts all-female tank crews for border defense

IDF adopts all-female tank crews for border defense

“I trust the female tank personnel to conduct border defense missions with professionalism and great success,” says IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi. (October 27, 2022 / JNS) The Israel Defense Forces announced on Thursday that it will permanently adopt the model of all-female tank crews for border defense missions. In a statement, the military said the decision follows a lengthy and comprehensive…

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#Border Defense #Female Tank Crews #israel

[dragonkingancalagon]

Defending the Kingdom - Border Fortifications

Defending the Kingdom – Border Fortifications

Introduction Much of fantasy, especially High Fantasy and other medieval fantasy, is about warfare. And when talking about states, protecting borders becomes crucial. States are defined by their borders, and borders existed even when people did not really think about them. Groups were very much defined by natural obstacles that limited their range of movement: lakes, rivers, mountains, forests……

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#border defense #border fortifications #defense #worldbuilding

[morganmnemonic]

rewatching World Trigger. I forgot how gay it was. Osamu straight up says "hey Yuma. I know that we've only known you for like five days, but I can't help but notice that you aren't doing anything with your life right now. Mind if I borrow it for a bit?"

And then Yuma responds with "while its true that we've only know each other for like five days, your kind yet stubborn nature has compelled me. Sure. Why not? From this moment on my life is yours to do whatever you want with. One condition, though. You have to be my boss" and then throughout the story he occasionally makes these little remarks like "I'd do anything my captain (osamu) asked me to."

Like bro what? I really don't think that Osamu fully realizes the weight of the loyalty he somehow managed to earn from Yuma. I don't think he could realize it. From his perspective he cringefailed his way into b rank while Yuma did all the work. "And now Yuma would kill or die for me" is just not a conclusion that would ever occur to Osamu based on the avaliable evidence.

And like, what's going on here from Yuma's perspective? I get that he was a man on the brink when the story started, pursuing a sincerely suicidal plan, and then said plan failed and he was left with absolutely nothing, but I still feel like there has to be more going on here. He decided that he would follow Osamu through hell and back the very same minute that Osamu asked anything of him at all.

It's like, combat is all Yuma has ever known. He doesn't see any future for himself at all, but he especially can't imagine a peaceful one. But he's not a bad kid. He doesn't go out of his way to hurt people. Osamu has proven to be a pretty decent person, willing to sacrifice himself to save the lives of relative strangers. Maybe, the way Yuma sees it, yeah he's a weapon, but if he follows Osamu at least he'll be a weapon pointed in the right direction. He'll fight because it's all he knows how to do, but osamu would only ever ask him to fight for worthy causes. Y'know?

Anyway. The point is that Yuma accepted helping Osamu as his new purpose in life after knowing him for less than a week, and that's A Lot, no matter how you look at it.

#world trigger #yuma kuga #osamu mikumo #my rambles #so happy for them though #world trigger is weird about kids in a completely different way that anime tends to be #with this show its mostly “why is no one blinking at the idea of sending a 14 year old into an active war zone” #i get the defense missions being entirely safe because of bail out #but for the away missions where are their parents?? who is allowing this? bro you are an actual child #but border. where yuma can hone his skills in combat outside of life and death circumstances #and build a broad suppot network of folks that care for him and enjoy his company #is probably the best place he could have gone to start to heal from being a child soldier

[stinkybrowndogs]

Okey dokey I made a redbubble for myself..

I’m taking breed request on my Instagram and tik tok, I’ll update as I go :)

#my art #weight pull #apbt #ibizan hound #sighthound #border collie #Rottweiler #poodle #I’m doing a doodle defense squad sticker #bc I’m on the side of capitalism here #I’m broke what can I say ;)

[jade-of-mourning]

a birthday present for a person who is very cool (and also a car seat headrest fan, so undeniably mentally unstable) (do i also enjoy csh? maybe) (htlt Is a good album okay)

(oh also happy new year :) hope 2023 doesn’t go down in flames lmao)

lineart via sharpie ^^

i’d actually planned the colors in advance but it evidently didn’t turn out aasdhgkjhbasbdgadhs

#how to leave town #car seat headrest #csh #lychee's trash art #the colors are off by in my defense #i used an unholy concoction of orange and black watercolors that i used at six #i painted the whole thing in one sitting skjdfgfdshgdfj #it took at least four layers per color lmaooo #I HAD TO RE-SHARPIE EVERYTHING #this is what i get for putting in more effort than i did for my own wall shit #yes there are glue smears on the borders what are u gonna do about it

[artsy-hobbitses]

That stethoscope's going to get flung at someone isn't it (sincerely, a medic who would love to be living that dream)

The thing with being Ratchet here is taking Combat Medic to its logical extreme and turning everything in the medbay into a weapon if necessary, so yes 😂

The only reason he doesn’t is because they’re expensive.

(He’s got mad kidney dish throwing skills and similar distance accuracy with a scalpel as well)

#inbox #The darker reason of course is that he’s VERY AWARE of his non-combatant status and how vulnerable he would be #As someone whose Docs Without Borders parents were killed in duty #So he’s got the mentality that he may one day be the last line of defense between attackers and his patients #And he intends to go down fighting

[eggplant-dolma]

What a week 🥲

In positive news, I finally ordered myself a bluetooth keyboard & mouse! Look at those colors! And it has the old school, clunky keys with the grooves in the middle?? SO good to click-y clack on 😍

In less positive news... this paper is kicking my ass. I am finished reading the first book for my capstone project/paper (it was terrible. Not a fan of this man for a million reasons. 0/10 Do not recommend.) I now need to write a 5pg analysis/critique of the book, and my brain is fighting So Hard against me :')

I ended up calling my mom and just completely broke down sobbing about it, so I am now ~at~ my parents' house trying to get some work done here.. idk there's something magic about Mom and Dad's Dinner Table, yknow? Hopefully its magic works this time as well and I'm able to get a good start or outline of the paper before I go back home tomorrow morning (the deadline for this part of the project is Tuesday and I work sunday/Monday so... 🤞)

This is literally my last class to graduate with a degree I've been pursuing on and off for the past 14 years... im trying so hard to stay strong, but im struggling SO much and it makes me wanna just quit lol 🥲

Ope, dad just came out of his home office and scolded me for being on my phone lol that's a good sign to post this and return to my Daunting Tasks. (I may be in my 30s, but the dad scold is still effective and the reason why I made the trip up here 😂 )

((P.s. the mug in the photo is my FAVORITE mug ever that my parents own - we used to have an entire set when I was little but all but this mug have broken. I use it every time I come to visit.))

#my capstone project is on borders btw! the general/working research question is basically are borders are morally defensible #its also a conceptual/theoretical research project so its going to be reading 3 books on yhe subject from dif points of view #and then analysing and critiquing each work before presenting my own ideas/theory on the subject #very excited. very scared. very brain making life hard for me. #cest moi #studyblr #eggplant does capstone #audhd

[longdeadking-moved-blogs]

i think a major reason why everyone in limited life seems so chill with jumping off of things is because of the sheer amount of water on the ground. the ocean is, obviouspy, a regular source of people plummeting from build height, and the mansion is completely covered in water on top. that makes it way easier to survive tall drops, as long as youre generally in the right place.

i think this is also why double life was so okay about doing dangerous nonsense (ex. the fishing rod thing). they had the huge river in the ravine that remained almost completely unobstructed, so anyone nearby could pretty much trust that there was a safe landing nearby. although i think limited life makes this way more apparent because it bas so much more water.

i am simply thinking about how the world generation affects gameplay on such a small, well-defined map.

#like think about it #sure grian is a big fan of Big Towers for final battles but TIES made skynet like. episode 3. #they would never have done that if it wasnt over a massive ocean that was already claimed by martyn and scott #(both of which tend to keep their bases pretty clear of ugly defenses and random dirt pillars) #also im still thinking about how grian mentioned that basically no one has touched the other half of the map in limlife #because their spawn was so close to the border they didnt explore very far. they assumed that spawn was around the center of the map. #the kings decrees #limited life

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

Map of Ukraine presented by Ukrainian delegation for Paris Peace Conference in 1919...

P.S. A very interesting historical document...! Actually, since Russia has violated the principle of inviolability of borders in the European security system, Ukraine would have the right to claim the entire Kuban region and and a security buffer zone up to Kursk as compensation for the war crimes committed by the Russians...

#Ukraine #european history #borders #russian defeat #defense of liberty

[gensokyogarden]

I found this Twitter thread discussing Reimu and Autistic traits quite interesting. As someone both with Autism and in the process of getting my master's degree in clinical psych, I both found it relatable and think the OP made a lot of good points in their analysis (though I will note that you can't really diagnosis a fictional character but it's all for fun). So I thought I'd share it.

#beyond the border ~ ooc #They mention later that some folks on Reddit accused them of cherry picking information but in my opinion with how Reimu has been depicted #Across over a dozen games and a dozen manga where ZUN ... tends to be (intentionally according to interviews) inconsistent with how he #Depicts Reimu you kind of have to look at specific instances if you want to assign Reimu much of any character at all #And really the stuff they highlight (such as Reimu seeming to have AP issues) are WAY more consistent than most other traits for Reimu #As someone with Autism I picked up on a lot of those littler traits as I iconned the different mangas but since that's been over a drawn #Out time it never really clicked all together until I saw it laid out in this thread #I'd notice things and be like 'wow that really feels like an Autistic life experience to me' but then just kinda move on but seeing it all #I would say it definitely fits (of course my interpretation of Reimu always has been Autistic but most of my muses kinda are because I am) #Honestly what I found most interesting was them pointing out Reimu's insistence on keeping her upper arms/shoulders uncovered in every #Outfit which is a feeling I can deeply relate to #I highly favor shorts even in inappropriate weather because I strongly dislike stuff touching my lower legs #Also the point about how much Reimu loves reading is something I had not caught before but it's honestly quite interesting #Though it makes me think. With how much interest she's shown in detective mysteries in FS and WaHH I'm shocked they didn't have her be more #Involved in the opening mystery of FDS. You'd think she would have been all over there. She and Satori could have even slightly bonded over #Having detective interests (and the fact that Satori is IMO probably the strongest Autistic coded character in the series) #Though honestly when you consider the idea that Reimu could be Autistic it makes sense why she seemingly uncharacteristically cries so much #At the thought of her shrine being threatened. Being very defensive of special places and getting more upset than would be warranted over #One being threatened is a very common trait and I find that quite interesting to think about

[dogmatik]

Three Seconds.

Rick runs his tongue across his teeth, finds a split above his left canine sluggishly oozing blood. He presses into it, the wound covering his soft pallet with liquid-iron. He used to love the taste of blood, it was exciting, made him see red. That was a long time ago, back when he was with the flesh curtains, doing mostly earth coke in the galactic equivalent of shitty truck stops. Now the taste just pisses him off, reminds him that some nameless waste of carbon actually got a hit in. He can feel a drop of spit and blood plop onto his thigh. He spits and the blood splatters a lurid pink against the concrete floor. He'd wipe his face, but his hands are tied around his back, zip ties of all things dig irritating impressions into the thin skin against his wrist. His knees ache where they're pressed against the floor below him, the cold seeping in through his pant legs and promising a good week of creaking pain if he manages to make it out of this shit hole alive. Fuck, he's too old for this shit.

Rick is pulled very sharply from his thoughts when he hears the door open behind him, followed by strong, steady foot falls and much lighter shuffling ones. He recognizes the later, and his guess is confirmed when Morty stumbles into his line of sight. He doesn't look hurt, his clothes are dirty and there's dust sticking to the tear tracks along his cheeks, but no pain graces his features. Just fear. If it weren't for Morty he'd already be out of here, fucking plastic zip ties were the last thing that would stop The Rick Sanchez. His captor knew that though, and they both knew that the ties were really more of a formality anyway. So yeah, he could've left an hour ago, but with the couple of blows to the side of his head knocking loose his augmentation controls he wasn't convinced he'd find Morty wherever they were keeping him on their ramshackle compound before they decided to take him out back and put the sorry little bastard down.

Speaking of, there's a laser gun pressed snug against the base of Morty's skull. Their kidnapper is a Melvonian, bipedal and mostly humanoid apart from their second set of arms, eyes and various other appendages. Wink. This one is male, about middle aged for his species, his skin tone an admittedly pretty shade of mauve. It's a shame, the guys hot, too bad as soon as he lets his guard down he'll be dead. "Morning Sanchez, I've brought your little buddy. Say Hi little buddy." The man grins, shaking Morty by the bruising grip on his bicep. "Ow, H-hi, grandpa Rick." he winces. "So here's the deal. We've got a really important fight coming up, and that portal tech of yours sure would come in handy." "I don't get involved in interstellar politics, and neither does my badass tech. Bite me." The guy shoves the gun harder against Morty's head, eliciting a squeak of fear and causing his knees to wobble like a new born calf. "Don't interrupt me." Rick rolls his eyes, but stays quiet. For Now.

Rick can see the twitch in one of the mans four eyes, he's still smiling, but he looks angry, a little crazed. Damn, it really is a shame this dude's gotta die. Forgive him for thinking with his dick here, but crazy is pretty much the only type that can keep up with Rick for too long, and the guys got two sets of pecs. Drool. "As I was saying, your tech would help us a lot. Someone from my group has tried and failed to get the machine from you peacefully. Clearly peaceful is not a approach you sway to. Now it's my turn. So here is my ultimatum: Give us a working portal gun and blueprints to build more, or I send a laser through your grandson's head. Simple, no?" He cocks his head to the side, tone light, like he's discussing which restaurant he wants to go to and he's not the perpetrator of a goddamn hostage situation. Morty has been so quiet, eyes trained on Rick. It unnerves him, the genuine panic on his grandson's face. He needs to focus.

Rick's been doing some mental math, trying to figure out how to get through the zip ties and the gun out of this big idiots hand before he pulls the trigger. He can see the safety is on, but he'd recognize a Fentel 16 anywhere, and you can bypass the safety by pressing down the trigger and holding for three seconds. Kinda always struck Rick as defeating the purpose of the safety, but the Fentel series is pretty much exclusively used by criminals, so the company only put a safety on the thing in the first place to get past Galactic Federation manufacturing guidelines. He's not sure he can get to Morty in 3 seconds from here. He needs to think of something, fast. "Listen muscle man, I'm telling you I'm not giving you or your little gang my portal tech. I don't care how righteous you think your cause is, there's a billion other warmongering douchebags in this star system alone who think the exact same thing. I'm not contributing to that." The guys fucking built. Rick isn't short by any means, a cool 6'4" un-slouched, but this guy has at least a foot or so on him. Plus he's pretty sure the dudes forearm is at least the size of his thigh; side note again: Drool. Anyway, he's not sure he can take him in a wrestling match for that gun, especially considering the two extra arms. If Morty reacted quick enough maybe, but the kids little wrists are bound like Ricks are, and he looks scared enough to be nauseous. Rick can't count on him on this one.

"I've been following you a long time, I can tell when you're stalling." Rick can talk a fish out of water on good days, but revolutionary types are a notoriously stubborn breed. He'd know, he was one. Still is, though its been a while since he's been in a fight over anything but his own self-interest. That thought stings just a little. Don't have time for that one, Back in the vault it goes. Rick can see Morty trembling, and can see his chest stuttering when he holds his breath to stop the shakes. It makes Rick's chest hurt a little, like something in there was knocked loose the same time his augmentations were. Rick stops looking at him. "Morty's a shit bargaining chip by the way, Broh. I've got a coupon for a new one from the citadel in my back pocket right now." Rick bares his teeth, smells his own blood on his breath. "Besides, I've been to your pitiful little planet shit for brains, I know your species has a thing about killing kids. You're all too sentimental." Their captor laughs, two of his four eyes squeezed shut in mirth, the other two still diligently trained on Rick "For The Rick Sanchez? I'm willing to make an exception." He grins, double canines glittering blue-white as he switches the safety off and the gun comes alive with a mechanical hum, neon purple lights flicking on incrementally, indicating the charge.

Fuck, there go his three seconds.

#tadaaa #rick and morty #fanfiction #rick and morty fanfiction #r&m #writing #Melvonians #alien species i made up for this fic. theyve got four arms. four eyes. a set of human-ish genitalia. skin tones range from blue to red. #will probably build a little more for them? their planet is called Milvos. theyre decently technologically advanced. #theyre under galactic federation jurisdiction obvi. but at the time of this writing theyre in the midst of a civil war abt planetary border #basically theres rlly only a few habitable portions of their planet. and theres government bodies controlling those portions. they require #certain prereqs for individuals to gain access to those places. theres a sizable group(that this guy is apart of) who believe these borders #shouldnt exist and cause unnecessary and avoidable harm. #thats why the want the portal gun tech. to infiltrate these gorvernment bodies and either demand change or execute dissenters. #the fentel series of lazer guns r manufactured by tentellis corp. mainly a weapons manufacturer #but they do some defense/security stuff too. mostly lasers tbh. #the fentel series is one of like 7 or 8 gun series theyve made. fentel series are hand-guns #theyre on of the better mid-priced hand guns. so theyre very common #anyway no one cares abt my pretend guns #G-126 #dats this rick and mortys designation btw #g-126 morty is much less competent/confident then c-137 #hes skittish but much more sincere and empathetic. this in part bc g-126 rick is a comparetively tender guy #like theyre still assholes dont get me wrong. but g-126 takes shit way mire seriously. he makes it clear he cares about his family. #that gives morty the room to b vulnerable more often. which in turn helps him retain at least Some of his childlike traits #uh idk i might write more about this dimension. diane didnt get like. blown up they just divorced LOL #bc rick is still rick and he was kinda too young when he got diane preggers #also rick is autistic and so is morty because i said so #they bond over it. although rick is an asshole abt it. but he does let morty info dump on him abt shit he already knows so. #uh wow writing a novel in the tags sorry

[cryingforcrocodiles]

i would be really happy if i didn't have them already 😭

#i need to give these away #except the blue border kylian... thats replacing white border immediately. but MANNNN #i have 2 more kylians 😭 #card collecting shit #gen.txt #hiii beautiful beautiful defensive players n kylian mabppe

[tacit-semantics]

I have two (2) tests back to back on Thursday and I’m failing at studying for either of them

#look in my defense we’re bordering on satirical out here my body’s been eating itself for months and for some reason school still seems to #be the priority which. fine I guess???? frankly I’m curious to see how far they’ll push it. my grandma died sophomore year and my stats #teacher made me take a test day of. either I’m lacking a sense of scale or they are I couldn’t tell you #tacit rambles #tacit grows very frustrated with just about everything

[elibeeline]

My family put on the game shows over dinner and they regularly have geography rounds so i. Flex my knowledge because thats my special interest, i know my shit about map stuff.

Tell me why it *hurts* that my dad accuses me of googling it

#i fucking know my stuff. i know it. i know which countries in mainland africa are landlocked #i know what countries border algeria. #i know my shit. im sharing my knowledge and im sharing it correctly and passionately. #i know it. i know it i know it. i know it and i live and breathe this kind of information. #how *dare* you accuse me of not only Not Knowing it. but laugh at me when i prove that im not googling it? #and laugh even more when i get defensive?? fuck you #im actually shaking. i didn't think i had this anger in me