Excuse me but is this an excellently placed Andor quote?

Hm, this is helpful.

This has been an ongoing project for decades.

Oh, no that’s just Medvedev. One of the components of this post is drunk and it isn’t the translator lol.

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine recaptures another village in Donetsk Oblast, military says Key developments on Sept. 8: * Ukraine recaptures another village in Donetsk Oblast from Russian troops, military says * Two explosions in Russia's Far East target military unit accused of war crim...

Ukrainian forces have liberated the village of Zarichne in Donetsk Oblast and raised the national flag there, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Sept. 8

This is fascinating, I had no idea punctuation was compensating for cues we receive IRL even though I’ve been doing it for who knows how many years now lol!
I’m a softer punctuator than you I think, but I’m not criminally cheery with constant multiple exclamation marks and emojis.

Attempt number… 3? Maybe 4? Of trying to solder a dang loop on top of this bezel. This is day two lol haalp 🥲
#silversmithing #amateurhour

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Stay informed about public health y’all.

I suddenly have so much hate in my body I just don’t know what to do. It’s scraping at my lungs and esophagus like an animal that wants to get out.
Maybe if I vomit out my heart and become a soldier I could make allies with the thing with claws in my chest. But I can’t. And I don’t want to.

"So now you're taking on the empire."

"It's overdue, probably doomed, and I'm too old, and I don't care anymore!"

"You can't beat them, Maarva."

"Not if I run away!"

Another relevant Andor moment.

"I'm staying."

"But it's not safe!"

"I know all that."

"You said it yourself, it's all come undone! What's left to keep you here?"

"The rebellion."

This show is chock full of them. I’m really curious if the only other season they’re adding to it will be half as philosophical, or if it will be forced to lean into the traditional Star Wars camp.

Rewatching Andor for the 4th time and I’ve been shamelessly posting the most relevant quotes

“So much going wrong and all of it happening so quickly.

The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it. It’s easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident.”

I mourn that loss, and the permanent loss of trust from our (potentially former) allies. I understand that even if we were to somehow pull out of this, no one is willing to deal with the economic and political whiplash every four years.

It isn’t flirtation over here. It’s a commitment. Policies, people and ideologies are now very deeply embedded into our governmental structure (whatever that is, it’s too shattered to recognize any discernible shape at this point).

3/3

“So you think it’s hopeless, do you? Freedom? Independence? Justice? We should just submit and be thankful? Just take what we’re given?”

“Do I look thankful to you?”

“No.”

2/3

“Well, you’re half right. The empire doesn’t play by the rules.”

“And how am I wrong?”

“They don’t care enough to learn. They don’t have to.
You mean nothing to them.”

Relevant Andor (1/3):

“My conclusion is simple. Weapons are tools. Those that use them are, by extension, functional assets that we must use to our best advantage. The empire has no moral boundaries, why should we not take hold of every chance we can? Let them see how an insurgency adapts.”

“[Vance] suggested that [Romania cancelling their vote] amounted to trampling democracy itself—a core value of both America and Europe.”
Well he would be one to know, wouldn’t he? 🙄

Europe must; the US will never again be trustworthy. It will (maybe) be (some) of the nations that will emerge from the rubble once America has fully and completely finally obliterated itself. Like rotted food, we can’t simply be restored to health.

It’s more like finding out they’ve been killing small animals for fun. I’m not exaggerating or making some macabre joke. The stuff happening here (and being forced abroad, see: threats to annex Canada and to post troops to steal 50% of Ukraine’s minerals) is EVIL.

This is an AMAZING resource.

This is the first one coming down the pipeline (this administration) to finally hit me personally.
I high key wish I became a maniacal berserker or something potentially useful when I don’t have access to SSRIs. Unfortunately instead I will be essentially neutralized.

“You don’t get to live safely at the expense of others.”

Important words. Let’s remember them. Let’s act on them.

Oh fascinating! I read some intro level stuff about fascism about a year ago, like Chris Hedges “American Fascists”, so I have an acceptable grasp of what fascism is, but not cults! It’s interesting to hear the term “high control groups”, that’s not something I’ve heard before.

Ah cool, thanks for providing the actual arguments lol! I was really tired so I didn’t back up my comment.
But when I’ve had this discussion in the past I do run into the problem of how exactly you’re choosing to define cult in order for comparison.

lol we did, but I may have temporarily left some of my coping skills in 2024, I need to make sure I’m actually following her on here now!

Rewatching Andor for the 4th time and I’m going to shamelessly post the most relevant quotes

“So much going wrong and all of it happening so quickly.

The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it. It’s easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident.”

Three men wearing DOGE shirts and MAGA hats entered several offices at San Francisco City Hall around noon today, demanding digital information “related to alleged wasteful government spending and fraud.”

Ukrainians are MUCH better than we are about recognizing disinformation campaigns in action. Here’s a pretty simple example of how you can check.