flan swanson

Old Man, Traditional/Digital Arts, 2D Animator, Metal Casting/Fabrication, Bicyclist, Low Level Con Man

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

Going up on a chewsday

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@dickheadxl @drag0ngemz eh it’s fair, i just kinda always segment pkmn as cringe kid slop but its not always a bad thing. also i feel most mons are rehashed or very uninspired but i do just like seeing mons based on animals and plant life and nature more than abstract cthulhu things

[yes, man @jakyesman]

summer's over

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@yaoifortnite this is just leftist maga merch, just as dumb and pointless

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@dickheadxl @drag0ngemz in what fashion? i mean they added more bloat with like dress up and feeding mins for happiness attributes but it can be avoided and its not like the games were hard or deep

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@kuro_retrogame generational wealth

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@Cat___Jesus @JeanGreige yeah ok man, i hate israel as much as the next guy but you on one for real

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@DemocracyDocket what the fuck are we doing? its a fucking chicken mcdonalds they do not by anymeans have any bearing on government and neither do imaginary sky people i fucking hate bible fucking freaks, go jones town yourself

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@Cat___Jesus @JeanGreige ok jfk could be plausible, but i gotta hear the tin foil take on the titanic is it because iceberg has “berg” in it?

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@ScarsFlownProud @acenter102 this is why no other FF story ever hit quite as hard as 7 did

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@jakki_jax it was the same thing its always been, thoughts and prayers over actual prevention, action and rebuilding. nothing new or normal about it

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@femmefriction is this actually about fish and melons or a euphemism?

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

in the tune of Here comes the Sun: Here they come to snuff the rooster, here they come and I say kill that fucking bird its too damn early to wake up

[🪄PICTUREPLANE🌙 @pictureplane]

If I’ve had a few beers I just want to listen to Alice In Chains. Like hell yes brother here they come to snuff the rooster.

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

cool, military members are going to die by the thousands and we wont find out for years

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Pete Hegseth forces the editor of military newspaper Stars and Stripes to resign and replaces him with a loyal minion for breaking the story of sailors throwing themselves off the USS Abraham Lincoln!

The publisher of Stars and Stripes is walking away after more than 30 years at the storied military newspaper as Pete Hegseth's Pentagon moves to exert more control over a publication generations of American service members have trusted for independent news.

Max Lederer, who has served as publisher for nearly two decades, announced his retirement after the Pentagon installed an active-duty Navy public affairs officer as his deputy without even consulting him.

Lederer made clear this was no ordinary retirement. “It has become clear that my philosophy of leadership, and my understanding of the value and mission of Stars and Stripes, differ in fundamental ways from the direction the leadership of the Department of Defense has for the organization,” he wrote to staff.

That “direction” has been increasingly obvious since Hegseth took over the Pentagon. His Defense Department has derided Stars and Stripes as “woke,” announced plans to overhaul the publication, and fired its independent ombudsman (who is now suing the Pentagon and alleges she was retaliated against for criticizing its attempts to control the paper's editorial content).

Now active-duty Capt. William Urban has been placed directly in the newspaper's senior leadership, which members of the Stars and Stripes advisory board say threatens the separation that has allowed the government-funded newspaper to report independently on the Pentagon for decades.

“How does someone with zero experience in a global news organization walk into a senior-level role at Stars and Stripes?” asked advisory board member and newspaper editor Bill Church. “We should all worry about the future of Stripes.”

Three Democratic senators are worried enough that they've demanded Hegseth explain Urban's role and whether he will have any influence over editorial operations.

And here's why this matters right now: Stars and Stripes has continued doing exactly the kind of journalism an independent military newspaper is supposed to do.
It has reported critically on the mental health crisis and risk of self-harm among sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, even as Hegseth has attacked reporting about conditions aboard the carrier as misrepresenting what's happening.

There are plenty of traditions that survive long after their usefulness has disappeared, but the editorial independence of Stars and Stripes isn't one of them. Through it, the three million people who serve in and work for the Defense Department have a trusted source of news that isn't controlled by the same people who command them.

Hegseth has shown little interest in leading the Pentagon through the institutional restraints, professional expertise and hard-won consensus that traditionally govern an organization of nearly three million people.

He wants to impose his will on it, and an independent newspaper capable of telling those people things their boss doesn't want them to hear plainly doesn't fit that model.

Some traditions are there for a reason. This is one worth fighting for.

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@getinglouderig i’d rather talk to 500 baddies and get rejected than apply to 100 mediocre jobs and get rejected

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@kirabira this has always killed me with depression and chronic back pain, I’m never doing alright but being a broken record gets you tossed

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@YungxJayy extermination comes to mind, i can not imagine living next to these monsters after seeing how they revel in murdering our neighbors and family members. they will do this again and our justice system will shrug and say there is not enough funding to catch these filth

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@yauriaz we never killed the slave owners, which lead to never killing the pinkertons and anti-unionists, which is leading to never killing corporate/governmental overlords

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@acenter102 Vaan instantly gets put in the closet the 1st chance i get in 12

[flan swanson @flanswanson]

@annakatherines_ i’ve seen highschool debates more well organized and widely broadcast