#systematic work

[tenth-sentence]

Bethe finally played a decisive part in the ultimate production of the bomb he himself so feared and hated because of his outstanding erudition and systematic work.

"Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists" - Robert Jungk, translated by James Cleugh

#book quote #brighter than a thousand suns #robert jungk #james cleugh #nonfiction #hans bethe #korean war #hydrogen bomb #fear #hatred #erudition #systematic work

[hypewinter]

Right so what if Danny became a psychologist instead of Jazz?

His friends and family died protecting him. So when he runs away and starts a new life, he adopts traits from all of them (both as a way of grieving and a way to honor them). For Tucker and Sam, Danny splits his free time between being a white hat hacker and a vocal environmental activist. For his parents, he adopts more of their eccentric personality. When he's not in a professional setting, he is loud and in your face about the latest thing he's been working on (he's also just about the most loyal person you can meet).

And for Jazz, his precious big sister, Danny decides to excel in the career path she never got the chance to enter. He resolves to fulfill her goal of helping out those society has deemed irredeemable. The ones nobody else can or wants to help. The first one he starts with, is the Joker.

#dp x dc #dc x dp #dpxdc #dcxdp #winter's tales #twisting yourself into a hodge podge of your loved ones personalities and aspirations isn't healthy #in caee i needed to point that out #but danny was in a bad mental state for a while and needed to start a new life anyway so.... #he's more well adjusted now but still #i'ma be honest i just kinda wanted danny channeling his inner jazz #as he systematically breaks down the joker's arguments and persona #without ever breaking eye contact #this is the result of that one scene running away from me #just like these tags #but oh well we press on #because i also want to explain #how effing hilarious it is to think about the batfam getting word about a new employee at arkham #which already has them in panic mode #and then they find out he's working with joker!? #double panic #then they talk with him and he sounds like he has a whole box of screws loose with the way he rambles on #alright everybody prepare for a new rogue to hit the streets soon! #until they get their hands on the first session danny had with joker #and he's clearly not the same guy they talked to weeks ago #his personality is just way too different #what the hell is going on?

[autismserenity]

pretty please, my fellow progressives

Could we please all keep in mind that the concept of "The Jews In General, or A Specific Type Of Jew, Controls Education, Government, Media, and/or Banking", is a longstanding antisemitic trope?

And most of all, that it is false??

No, a marginalized group does not also control education, the government, the media, and/or banking?

No, Jews do not secretly control these things and just pretend to be marginalized? No, Jews have not secretly been accumulating power since the Holocaust, granted by too-generous gentiles, out of pity?

No, it isn't better if you just mean a specific subgroup or kind of Jews. It's still specifically Jews.

It's like when people who hate trans/queer people are fine with rich white cis gay men. So they think it's not bigoted to blame "people with blue hair and pronouns" for the downfall of society.

We all know this means, "I only see some of you as human like me. You have to speak and act a certain way to count. Everyone in your group has to pass a test to get into the Good group."

Doesn't work.

Sure, it gives them plausible deniability to the people who matter to them. But everyone else can see exactly how they feel.

We've all known for years that it's bad to think of a marginalized group as having some "good ones." Rein it the heck in, please.

Because YES, all of those examples are ones I've seen implied, or stated outright, over and over, within the progressive community. This month alone.

#antisemitism #anti-semitic #yes this is about how gentiles use zionism #yes this is about how fast it went from 'this isn't NECESSARILY antisemitic' to 'this ISN'T antisemitic' #yes this is about claiming that we claim antisemitism to deflect valid criticism #yes this is part of a larger pattern of violating every progressive standard but only for jews #none of us would ever say 'people are just claiming misogyny to deflect valid criticism' #we would never claim that trans people secretly control or “influence” the government #we would never treat Ukrainians like “'noble savages” who need us to speak for them #but we treat Palestinians like “noble savages” who need us to speak for them #we know to center the people affected and uplift their voices in every other situation #but in this situation we ignore the fact that we're supporting palestinians by talking ABOUT them #we swallow far-right Palestinian propaganda channeled through diaspora organizations #while Palestinians in Gaza demand completely different solutions and support #zionists echo Palestinian solutions and experiences because we know people in Israel and Palestine #and we get told we love genocide or just blocked #this is how Hamas propaganda is designed to work. Hamas has systematically silenced Palestinians for 18 years and now it's all you know #it is genuinely terrifying to see the entire progressive community sound exactly like the alt-right while it absolutely insists it's not #we also know to center marginalized people's voices about what harms them -- except the Jews? #honestly I think that progressives listened before Oct 7 and that the “no we just mean ZIONISTS are evil” has done wonders to reverse that #let's be real the zionists-not-jews trope comes from Hamas too #all it had to do was claim it definitely meant Zionists not Jews and that it was the Palestinian resistance and progressives flocked to it #its fighters were calling home from the massacre to boast about how many Jews they had killed. it has not changed. #i suppose that the zionists-not-jews thing gave freedom to unexamined antisemitism that people felt guilty about #but oh my god it caught on like absolute wildfire #wall of words

[lakesbian]

btw i think alec genuinely unironically maintains that the heartbroken household was not homophobic because no one actually physically stopped him from extensive sexual interest in and/or interaction with men and in fact it was at times encouraged (which is normal and not 'grooming' he doesn't even know what the word 'grooming' means don't look at him so funny it's fine) and if you brought up the thing where he kept getting mocked 4 being a little gaylord by his older siblings he would be like. Its fine. They were just kidding around, that's chill. which is part of why he's the way he is now

#worm spoilers #cannot stress enough how much alec does not understand how any form of systematic oppression works at all ever

[ken-katayanagi]

You know, I feel like purgatory would have been a perfect setting for Hazbin Hotel because it's a place people go to before final judgement or death.

YES!! Every time I look into the lore and setting of H4zbin/H3lluva, I wonder why this wasn’t something that was utilized. It would’ve added not only a lot of nuance to Charlie and her motivations, whether or not it took place directly in purgatory or not. If they had remained in hell, purgatory could’ve been an interesting wrinkle in her plan, or something that would’ve explained why all of the angels, not just the exterminators, are so uncaring towards sinners (the idea of “if you deserved a chance you would’ve gotten it).

Or, if Charlie had started the hotel in purgatory, then there could’ve been questions about why a princess of hell wanted to help them. Maybe purgatory is as corrupt as Heaven or Hell, and Charlie’s work is meant to be a criticism of the way institutions meant to help may not actually provide any real support. But the show side steps even mentioning working with these ideas that could’ve given much needed depth to the first ring of Hell.

And To clarify my thought from my last post, I think H4zbin would’ve been better served with a setting akin to magical realism, while maybe borrowing some biblical elements to explain where characters got their powers or legacies from. This would’ve removed a lot of the baggage these biblically based characters come with, making so the characters could’ve just been the characters without us questioning why certain elements aren’t addressed (i.e. Adam, Lucifer, Lilith, etc.).

#ask: Luna-drinker #hazbin hotel critical #I know that a lot of people say that purgatory would break the show but liek?? that just sounds like a fun world building challenge #a lot of the sinners we meet in hazbin aren’t normal sinners. they’re mobsters pimpe serial killers CANNIBALS #these are not people who would’ve traditionally been seen as going to purgatory as well as the fact that it could’ve been interesting #to see if Charlie while in hell got push back from purgatory #and again one of hazbins big things is systematic injustice fighting the man if you will #a corrupt or unproductive purgatory could’ve served this story ALOT #and also just to speculate I think one of the main reasons the show is so rigid and specific is because vizie has been working on it for so #long that I think she was very concerned with getting the specific moments she wanted into the show #which is fair #but ends up harming it’s pacing and world building #and I know it’s common to hate on everything about a show you don’t like but hazbin has a good premise hell a great one #it’s just so frustrating to watch it just. not. with its world

[goodluckdetective]

There’s been a push to make workplaces more accepting of neurodivergence or mental illness recently and that’s great, honestly, but there’s one thing about it that has me frustrated.

I really dislike all the emphasis on the person who is neurodivergent or mentally ill to do so much of the work.

Like in some ways it makes sense: the people who need the changes should be the ones in charge. But sometimes it feels like the good idea that “the people who are margalized should have the largest voice in the room” gets used as “and if those marginalized are having a rough time, well they should have just disclosed their situation.”

It feels like the blame goes from “society is ableist/unaccepting of diffeeence” to “if you had just SAID SO well it would be fine!” Without considering the many very good reasons people might not want to speak up. Stigma has gotten better but it’s not gone.

You can add all the stress balls and wellness seminars into your workspace as you want, but for me personally, that doesn’t mean jack shit if the only way I MAYBE can get slight flex in my lunch hours for doctors appointments is to disclose my mental illness to not only my Supervisor, but my Boss and HR. You can add in discounts to Yoga class, but if the only talk of mental stuff in a workplace is about hypothetical “other” people, can I really be blamed for not exactly wanting to play those cards?

Is it really my fault that I don’t want to label myself when that label might become the first thing people associate me with?

I’m not saying people shouldn’t do those things like get accommodations: they absolutely should and I hope no one has to fight for them. I can get defeatist at times and I want to be very clear that getting what you need is worth it and if anyone gives you shit, they’re dicks. I just wish that that more concrete policies to help people who are neurodivergent or mentally ill didn’t require folks to share what they might not be ready to talk about.

And that if that isn’t possible, to not act like the only barrier to acceptance in the workplace is created by those who need it the most.

#iz rambles #I think this is where a lot of my ire of wellness comes from: I absolutely do not hate the concept #please do not take this as me talking trash about yoga yoga is great with a rich history #my ire is pretending these wellness ideas are solutions to ableism #rather than actual systematic change in policy and capitalism #ableism #mental illness #neurodivergence #this is mostly about places I have worked in the past

[demonzoro]

okay the red mist has cleared from my eyes LOL re: prev post, obviously this is talking abt people who don't empathise with why artists are mad abt their art being used to train models.

i think it IS really interesting to think abt a better world where the development of ai art was started in collaboration with artists - sort of like a, hey! would you allow your art to be used to develop this cool thing we're making? or maybe work in collaboration with developers, to draw art for the model to use. almost like a wikipedia "moderated public collaboration" approach? of course, in this ideal world, traditional artists would only feel comfortable to do this with proper labor laws preceding any agreement, which would provide us with dignity and security.

back in the real imperfect world, i do want to seriously consider next steps into how we can adapt to this developing technology and to push for labor/data privacy laws. as well as try understand and maybe work with programmers who do want to develop generative ai in collaboration with artists.

#it really just does seem to be as simple as 'sounds cool. wish you'd asked' kind of sitch #but from that simplicity is a bunch of headache-inducing irl systematic shit to work through #not even just the legal side of things but like #the system of capitalism where ppl ARE going to misuse this tool #and that art shouldn't have to be compensated for #and ideally everyone who wants easier access to making art shld have it #rubs temples fuuuuck and i still have work tmrw. #✨

[mahoushojoe]

i think the genius vs hard worker thing with neji was kind of dumb bc like. its not a dichotomy with neji. like his talent at being a ninja never made it straight up easy for him? like he still canonically worked incredibly hard and overcame a lot of challenges institutional and otherwise to become "the strongest genin in konoha" so like. idk. like of course he did have the advantages of a powerful kekkai genkai and was naturally talented but naruto vs neji makes it seem like a "hard work vs natural ability" thing when neji a) worked incredibly hard actually to master the hyuga jutsus that were forbidden to him, just recreating them On His Own through observing his uncle and then practicing really fucking hard with tenten, and b) naruto didnt even fucking win through hard work???? he won because he has a convenient store of infinite chakra? ULTIMATELY BECAUSE OF WHO HE WAS BORN AS (minato and kushina's son)? so like???? its so fucking stupid lol. like naruto vs neji is framed as this Elitist vs Underdog fight and like. idk. that framing is soooo unfair when you get down to it because it's ultimately "systematically oppressed kid who worked hard but was helped by being talented" vs "inherited human nuke"

#no hate to naruto who worked hard too but like. thats the point like. #both of them worked hard. both of them overcame challenges #and ultimately neji's entire outlook was confirmed anyway so like??? #its such an unfair framing of the fight to say it was 'talent vs hard work' and its reductive #bc it ignores that neji also faced systematic obstacles to his own development #and worked harder than most to overcome them #AND it ignores the way naruto won! that negates the whole fight's philosophical outlook anyway!!! #ugh. whatever #if you havent noticed my migraine is gone now lol #naruto #naruto shippuden #neji hyuga #naruto uzumaki

[ascendandt]

why is it every time i read a good fanfcition i check the authors page and their other works are about fucking genderswap harry potter

#what if i just killed myself huh. would you like that #and its even worse cuz like the work i enjpyed was really sensitive about homophobia and transphobia #and like. the systematic injustices in the world of the original story. so WHY. TELL ME WHY.

[spiderthread]

genuinely sorry for the spam but your art fuels me

JHDSGKDS don't be sorry at all, the suffering of others as they read the radiant emperor series fuels ME, it's a perfect ecosystem <3333

#every so often someone goes through all my TRE art in such a way that- #-i can tell they systematically went through the entire last several months of the main tag immediately after finishing hwdtw #and i look at my notifications like hey.....i see you appear to be working through some emotions right now fkjshff GOOD LUCK #also thank you because i've been kind of going through it and struggling to Do Art lately #so notification spam + knowing someone enjoys it helps make me more powerful <3

[doctorweebmd]

constantly teetering on the edge of going scorched earth on my entire life

#the girly urge to be in a constant cycle of painstakingly building things and systematically tearing them down #its exhausting. sisyphus has nothing on me #that fucking boulder is my own happiness i swear #you work and push and fight and you're like YES. AT LAST. THIS IS IT. IVE FINALLY CHANGED IT THIS TIME. ITS FINALLY DIFFERENT #but then that boulder just... goes right back down to the bottom #maybe the bottom is a little higher than before. maybe #theres always that thought of 'if i destroy all of this. if i get a chance to start over. if if if' #but you're the only you you have i guess #ANYWAY #hahahahhahahhahahahahaha

[kittykatinabag]

The vtuber enjoyer community is currently learning why multi-channel networks didn't work back in the old days of YouTube, except in the present day it's somehow even more fucked because the companies also own their channels and revenue sources and IP.

#vtuber stuff #i do love creators currently in corporations rn but there is a part of me that is annoyed that the only reason theyre so big is due to money #money as in start up costs and advertising and merch production etc etc #and then you cant really publicly advertise that channel is connected to you and your work #which is double fucked if you leave/get fired/whatever after some time and after a certain point dont even get residuals #cant really put it on your resume either and since its a niche of a niche less-online jobs just dont count it as experience without proof #its such cool technology (even just live 2d tracking) but the barrier to entry and ceiling of quality keeps getting higher even year #not to mention the power that these companies have over their talents in the way the industry is currently configured #its even more fucked if you start thinking on a systematic level #but yeah the current nijisanji PR trainwreck is a special kind of fucked #bullying and isolating their talent to the point of a suicide attempt? im not an expert in Canadian law but im pretty sure thats illegal #at the very least niji continually calling selens emergency contact (and probably hospital) to make a statement is probably against the law #seriously hope selen/doki and her family gets some legal consult because this is so fucked up #and the way they fired her is also probably illegal under canadian law

[globalriseofblackpeople]

Working is a scam lol little man understands

#working #amerikkka #capitalism #black power #knowledge #black children #black knowledge #work #slave #systematic #education system #working class

[hexjulia]

i always forget people namesearch themselves + assume after a certain point people simply don't care which i really should have learned is just not true by now. but still one of the worst jumpscares/funniest things to have happened to me online was a few years ago when i complained about not liking this book by a poet and he hatefollowed me. anyway. thinking about that again because i was tempted to complain but this tumblr is googlable atm for i'm trying to find things here myself reasons. complaining about dead people's work only for now it is. i can do this. i can.

#this was a personal blog. i posted selfies sometimes. he liked my selfies. systematically went through them in fact #i was like huh is that -- and it was. #sorry for calling your new book mediocre glad you think i'm hot or are aggressively letting me know you know what i look like so i won't #be able to get away with asking you to sign older work by you which i did like which was why i complained to start with #i only even bother criticising things i'm at least interested in :((( mr poet please. #on the bright side i'm never showing my face here. in theory i could be a hater all i like

[readingloveswounds]

trying SO HARD to find a nice and professional way to say that this book just. sucks.

if only i was already respected in my field and could just say this:

#sophies ramblings #“we will only make brief reference to this book that is [methodical/systematic/synthetic/inflexible] and full of errors” #im not quite sure of the way in which he's using schematico tho i suspect synthetic would do it. or inflexible #she throws together sort of a weird group and expects it to work #the fare memoria is not a literal translation but he's essentially citing it because it's one of a few works on the topic #and thus he hasnt forgotten about it. it just sucks lmao

[gouinisme]

forced myself to go to a tabletop game night with people i've never met in my life even though i was sososo scared y'all should be so proud of me

#i won ONCE so it was a success in my book #dont look at the fact i was last the other three times we played that game #also for many many years i was so scared of embarassing myself and ruining everyone's game by being bad at it that i systematically refused #to play games and always just watched others play #so i'm slowly forcing myself to just deal with the part of my brain that's convinced i'm an immediate mood killer and try to enjoy myself #and it's working!