Concrete tunnel wall with graffiti art of figure's face surrounded by a glowing orange effect
Mother observing collapse. The concrete remembers what we forget. #LiminalSpace #UrbanDecay #GraffitiArt #Concrete #Collapse
Title slide: 'Every Missile Launched, Every Job Not Created—The True Cost of Military Spending' with missile imagery. A data-driven examination of military spending trade-offs.
Four slides showing: $2.7T global military spending scale and trajectory, Top 100 arms companies revenue at $679B, The Jobs Lie comparison chart showing education creates 2.6x more jobs than military spending, and Federal workforce militarization data showing 78% of workers in defense sectors.
Four slides detailing: One Tomahawk missile costs $2.2M equivalent to 22 teachers' salaries, One F-35 fighter jet costs $102.9M equivalent to 1,029 teachers, The $1 Trillion Choice showing what US military budget could fund including 350K nurses and nationwide high-speed rail, and the $4 Trillion Gap between military spending and sustainable development goals.
Four slides covering: Environmental Paradox showing military emissions intensity is 2x higher than civilian spending, The Reality that military spending is a political choice not inevitability citing UN Charter Article 26, Hope & Agency section on converting defense skills to green infrastructure, and closing slide: 'Every Missile Launched, Every Job Not Created' with full citation list.
Been thinking about layers. Cactus spines. Desert time. Perspective shifts. Made something. #EveryPerspective #VisualEssay #DefenseMechanisms #LayeredRealities #OpportunityCost #DataVisualization
Sonoran Desert landscape with mature barrel cacti clustered on rocky ground, saguaro cacti and mountains in background under blue sky
Mature Fishhook barrel cactus viewed from above showing dense red-pink hooked spines radiating from center
Close-up of curved red and white spines on mature barrel cactus, showing distinctive fish hook shape
Detailed view of barrel cactus areoles with red central spines and white radial spines, woolly texture visible
Remember that baby cactus? This is what it grows into. Aging like a fine wine that won't get you hooked — unless you count the depth of texture. Same cactus, different decade. #Cactus #NaturePhotography #DesertPhotography #SonoranDesert #CactusLove #Ferocactus #DesertLife
Sonoran Desert landscape with mature barrel cacti clustered on rocky ground, saguaro cacti and mountains in background under blue sky
Mature Fishhook barrel cactus viewed from above showing dense red-pink hooked spines radiating from center
Close-up of curved red and white spines on mature barrel cactus, showing distinctive fish hook shape
Detailed view of barrel cactus areoles with red central spines and white radial spines, woolly texture visible
This is what that baby grows into. Aging like a fine wine that won't get you hooked — unless you count the depth of texture. Same cactus, different decade.
Update: No scientists poked their heads up, so I consulted mine. We ass u me this is juvenile Ferocactus wislizeni — Fishhook barrel cactus. Subject to peer review. 👇
Close-up of a small round barrel cactus with yellow spines and green ribbed body
Lil' prickly, not a pear. Barrel-bodied, fishhook-sharp, zero laughs if you bump me. What am I?
#Cactus #PlantID #Succulent