Mack

Live as free men, but do not use your freedom to cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. 1 Peter 2:16

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

America burned Japan's first gift of cherry trees. All 2,000 of them, on President Taft's direct order.

The 1910 shipment arrived in DC crawling with insects and nematodes. Agriculture inspectors condemned the lot, Taft signed off on the bonfire, and the State Department braced for a diplomatic disaster. Tokyo's mayor, Yukio Ozaki, responded by sending 3,020 more, grafted from the famous grove along the Arakawa River.

Those trees have spent a century paying the friendship back.

Four days after Pearl Harbor, vandals chopped down four of them. Park officials renamed the survivors "Oriental" cherry trees for the rest of the war to protect them from axes.

Then came the twist. By 1952 the original Arakawa grove in Tokyo, the parent stock, had nearly died from wartime neglect. Japan asked Washington for help. The Park Service shipped budwood from DC's trees back across the Pacific and restored the grove that created them. When a flood wiped out more Japanese trees in 1982, horticulturists took 800 fresh cuttings from the Tidal Basin.

These 250 new trees solve a real problem too. The Tidal Basin is sinking, and a $133 million seawall rebuild forced crews to rip out roughly 150 trees. Japan offered replacements before anyone asked, timed to America's 250th birthday.

So the genetics run in a loop. Tokyo's grove seeded Washington's. Washington's saved Tokyo's. The saplings going in this spring descend from both.

114 years of diplomacy, running on grafted branches.

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

Why must air traffic controllers retire at 56, FBI agents at 57, and pilots at 65—yet politicians can keep making decisions for future generations until 90?

[Mack @BigMackdu]

Don’t hate the player hate the game. Dusty was clearly better at the game than most other coaches but it doesn’t mean he’s not allowed to hate it.

[JerBear @JD_Jerbear]

1 from that guy is hilarious

[Divide @DivideGaming21]

It's crazy to me to think that the Zero Hour exotic mission was funded by the Whisper of the Worm ornament sales in Eververse during some of the lowest periods in Destiny, yet for years upon years between Beyond Light & Lightfall when playercounts were consistently higher, we never got anything else like this that was "free" unless you count Into the Light. Where did all that money go to? Oh yeah.. Marathon and multiple cancelled incubation projects. My bad.
#WeWantDestiny3

[Br1 @BrunoLouviers]

Hey, look, the "let's fucking cry together" trailer is out

[Kyle Stephenson @kstephenson93]

My predictions for Bungie/Destiny:

Destiny 3 will get greenlit… eventually. Easy win for Sony, but with stipulations. Many years away, but budget will have to be much more efficient.

Bungie overhead will need to drastically be cut. This could be total personnel, top level, perks, office/campus closure etc.

Destiny 1 remake is released, likely outsourced or small internal team. Solid way to get back to the roots of Destiny, the story, less clutter, and hit that nostalgia wave. Nice revenue bump too.

Marathon will continue on as it’s honestly good. It may not get Destiny numbers, but will remain consistent enough to maintain for a while, while the gaps get filled.

Now pie in the sky thought? Destiny 3 gets announced at the PS6 reveal. Nothing huge, just a small teaser and title screen ‘Destiny 3’ with no release window. Just hype to move consoles.

I say all this with the upmost respect to the Bungie team. I have many friends there. Many I have previously worked with in my career at various places. They are the best of the best. I don’t want anything bad to happen to anyone, and these are just my realistic thoughts based on my industry knowledge and the way the industry is shifting.

There is money on the table with more Destiny. How we get there will be what changes imo

[Skarrow9 @Skarrow9]

There are THREE new, hidden exotic missions in Destiny?

AND THEY GIVE YOU A MELEE WEAPON FUSION RIFLE HYBRID EXOTIC + CATALYSTS/TRAITS????

Like, rt, and share with your friends to make sure they experience these amazing missions <3

https://t.co/62bEmJ6sUF

[LUCKYY10P @LUCKYY10P]

Notice us Sony.

#WeWantDestiny3

[Skater @skaater]

FINAL EXOTIC QUEST
#WeWantDestiny3 #SaveDestiny #Destiny3

[Mack @BigMackdu]

#wewantdestiny3

[IGN @IGN]

PlayStation's highly-anticipated State of Play event was flooded by demands for Destiny 3. During the opening of the show, PlayStation's official Twitch chat was almost completely dominated by cries for a new Destiny game. https://t.co/9Q8ZpVPQZI

[Divide @DivideGaming21]

I don't care what anyone says. I'm going to enjoy this June update as much as I can.

I'm going to replay the campaigns, raids, dungeons, strikes and activities, visit all the pointless places in patrol. I'm going to farm catalysts, chase god rolls, finish my collections and make all my favorite builds.

But more importantly, once I feel satisfied, no matter how long it takes, I'm going to sit at the edge of the Tower looking into the distance and tell my Guardian it's finally time to retire, and let go of Destiny.

Let this be a memory we never forget. 12 years of adventures, friendships, victories, failures and unforgettable moments. All the good and all the bad. Nothing is perfect, nothing lasts forever, but if you've been on this journey since the very beginning, I'm sure you've had some incredible moments.

If you've got this far, share one important memory that you've had from Destiny that has meant a lot to you, whether that's meeting your partner, your best friend, or you've had an experience you'll never forget. I'd love to hear the stories you've all had during this time because not many games can say that they've created a memory worth remembering.

For me, my biggest memory was during 2015 when I did my first ever raid and spent days upon days failing badly, but.. I never gave up, I kept going because I knew that if I kept trying I would improve, and if I kept improving I would succeed, and succeed I did, my first ever raid clear, and it truely was an experience I'll never forget. All the memories, all the awesome people I met along the way. It's been an incredible journey both as a Guardian and a Content Creator, and if this truely is the end of Destiny, I'm sure as hell going to enjoy every last minute of it because life is too short and nothing lasts forever.

See ya'll on June 9th.

[Mack @BigMackdu]

@MacticsG1 Please! 🙏

[LUCKYY10P @LUCKYY10P]

Woke up to see that we’ve now reached 176,000 verified signatures this morning. At this pace, we are going to hit 200,000 today.

The petition website has also detected that 15 articles have now been written about the movement.

Even if you’re not a content creator, post your videos, share your thoughts, and tag the right people. The goal is for Sony to see just how passionate and ready this community is for Destiny 3. Movements start small, but when enough people speak up together, it becomes impossible to ignore.

#WeWantDestiny3

[Grunt 4500 @InfiniteGrunt]

Even if the D3 petition and showing up in Destiny 2 on June 9th does nothing — it’s the fact that the community’s voice has united so loudly that the world has noticed.

Show up.

Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

[LUCKYY10P @LUCKYY10P]

In just 48 hours, the petition has surpassed 150,000 verified signatures. #WeWantDestiny3 is now trending on X after Destiny voice actor Brandon O'Neill, the voice of Crow and Uldren Sov, rallied Destiny 2 fans (troops) to log into Destiny 2 on June 9th for the game's final update.

We still have a long road ahead with this petition, so please keep sharing videos, posts, and spreading the word. Every voice matters.

[LUCKYY10P @LUCKYY10P]

Latest update: The petition for Sony to develop Destiny 3 has now surpassed 132,000 verified signatures. At this pace, there's a real possibility we could hit 200,000 by the end of the day. (With your help).

Also, don’t forget to spread the word about everyone logging in on June 9th.

And yes, as promised… I will carry Jynxzi if that's what must be done, lol.

[Jamie Moran @JamieMoranUK]

Here’s what I would do:

Immediately start Destiny 3

• Full Price Game at launch
• 2 Main Paid Expansions a Year
• Free Features & PVP Maps
• Don’t Sunset Content
• Lifespan 3 years then D4

Don’t sell it as a “Live Service” sell it as a SP/Co-Op (&SW) Game like Borderlands