Mastodawn

RE: https://tane.codes/@tanepiper/116337081981568251

Same for me, too. And Elon Musk took all the joy out of his big rocket launch (and occasional explosion) livestreams when he unmasked as full nazi in public. And the Russian space program? Dead to me.

We should just get back in the sea. Our species is done.

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jwz 22h ago

@cstross But the billionaires have ruined submarines too.

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Charlie Stross 22h ago

@jwz

I blame Ian Fleming. He didn't just invent James Bond, he invented the Bond Villain trope. And now a whole bunch of billionaires have decided to spend their wealth Torment Nexusing their way into real life Bond Villainy.

Which is why we need James Bond. Not the camp secret agent but the original—a socialist government's on-payroll assassin for killing threats to democracy (and the crown). (I mean, come on: Elon Musk is a dead ringer for Hugo Drax per the Fleming novel: Nazi rocketer ...)

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M Schommer 22h ago

@cstross
But killer only after hours while working as a renowned ornithologist.

@jwz

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haihappen

@musevg @cstross @jwz She, because people of that ... character, ignore women they are not attracted too, should be a product of the system that is now using her to fix itself:
Poor parents, juvenile detention, army, army medic, pharmacist, intelligence asset, reactivation and side-promoted to intelligence officer, specialist for the re-stablishment of the dread crown's will to stabilize society, one rich corpse at a time.