volnixshin:

My god this is the cyberpunk dystopia the 80s warned us of

Cities so tight on security there are cameras everywhere.
Police killing people indiscriminately for their own joy.
Giant walls being build across vast deserts. The rich living in their towers of glass.
The poor on the streets with nothing.
Internet in glasses.
Corporate powers rule the White House.
Wild roving gangs killing the “outsiders”
Legit resistence networks run by punks.
Religious groups have their own police forces.
The net is being pressured to exclude the poor.
Both fictional and literal representations of America are fash.
Marketing brands are quite literally called “OBEY”.
Corporate interests literally cut across sacred lands and pollute and destroy everything they touch.
Hackers have become freedom fighters. Masked “anonymous” groups attempt to rip out criminals yet become the enemy of the state.
Marketing is big bright and neon and meant to move your attention somewhere profitable
The government said “fuck the planet” and now green energy is looked down on and discouraged.

historyandmemes:

We feel obligated to address these recent developments. This morning President Trump announced via Twitter that transgender individuals are banned from serving in the United States Military under any capacity, citing “tremendous medical costs and disruption” as a threat to military strength. So let’s pull some receipts, shall we?

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In 2016, the Pentagon tasked RAND Corporation (a non-profit research institute) with investigating the related costs and potential readiness impacts associated with allowing transgender service members into the military. Here are their findings:

• An estimated 0.13% increase in healthcare costs for transition-related care, ranging from $2.4 to $8.4 million. For some more perspective, the general budget is in the billions. 

• In studying eighteen other countries that allow transgender personnel to serve openly, “in no case did the RAND team find evidence of an effect on operational effectiveness, operational readiness or cohesion.” Also, to ban trans service in “any capacity,” seems to directly contradict the notion that this ban has to do with performance and capability concerns. 

The true reasoning that fueled this decision seems to lie well beyond reason. One-100th of a percent increase in costs is not “tremendous,” it’s completely negligible. As we can see, concerns over operational readiness are seeded in ignorance, not observed issues.
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This trafficking of bigotry in the guise of strength or patriotism is a disgrace. To call into question an able-bodied transgender individual’s right to service, especially “in any capacity,” is a direct attack on civil rights. The LGBTQ community deserves better!

(Written by: @historyandmemes – sources linked)