#space bureaucracy

[daftmooncretin]

james Tiberius Kirk is pro choice and pro contraceptives just fyi

#i cannot believe this made it into to the episode #this was 1969 #i feel like a lot of people see kirk as this over macho all american chauvinist (william shatners fault) #buts hes actually this bad ass bureaucracy-hating space explorer who makes all his decisions with kindness and equality in mind #and i love him #and obviously this show is flawed and dated because it was made 60 YEARS AGO #anyway kirk is beautiful and i adore him #star trek tos #jim kirk #star trek #spock #tos

[demonaria]

if beelz and gabe come back from space mpreg with jesus 2.0 like tiktok is suggesting i might have to actually rethink my life and move to some remote mountain top to be a hermit

#i have not ever touched a bible but people who have think s3 might be based on revelations #and apparently someone has a child in space???? in revelations???? #i also doubt if any of those two were to ~be with child~ itd be beelz so... #gabriel... #good omens #crowley #good omens s2 #aziraphale #good omens season 2 spoliers #matchfly #boxfly #ineffable partners #ineffable idiots #ineffable bureaucracy #ineffable husbands

[businessmemes]

if you need to take home a portable data telecomputer for weekend work, please fill out Form D1M Reverse Forward / 000 *cat symbol* and return in infiniplicate to Audrey K. on floor 11 in the Kobalt Wing of the Zanzibar Sector 75 days prior.

#business #businesscore #business memes #office space #memes #nostalgia #retro #80s aesthetic #retro tech #reel to reel #data #remote work #work from home #home office #weekends #ineffable bureaucracy

[uccmd]

Saw how some people were angry because of how easy it was for Gabriel and Beelzebub to get their shit together and start a healthy relationship, not choosing sides. I mean, sorry to interrupt your aggression after our common break down, but these two are at the highest positions in their territories, there are only the God and the Satan above them. Of course it's easy for them to have their meetings and romance, there is no a single soul that could possibly do anything to them, and if there is, well they have enough power to hide themselves (which they in fact did). You might say it's hypocritical of them considering their reactions on Crowley and Aziraphale 's life on Earth, but talking frankly they were different at that time. They've changed each other, and now they can understand Aziraphale and Crowley, they just chose themselves and left instead of trying to do something with a mess or apologizing.

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens 2 spoilers #go2 spoilers #ineffable bureaucracy #archangel fucking gabriel #good omens beelzebub #beelzebub & gabriel #just wanted to say it #they're happy #good for them #don't judge me #let's just be happy that at least they're fine #probably somewhere in the space #making out #love them #romace #random

[micahdodoodles]

I may be unoriginal BUT

Jackie and Wilson by hozier is so Ineffable Bureaucracy coded

#they literally disappeared and went off into space #they literally just sat at a bar #ordered drink and food #and stared at each other like #ineffable bureaucracy #good omens season 2 #good omens 2 #good omens gabriel #good omens beelzebub #boxfly

[carionto]

The Power of Error!

Titan! What a name for a moon, the jewel of Saturn, boundless scientific value, the works!

Bureaucracy! The most horrifying eldritch abomination Humanity has ever birthed. It is all pervasive, unavoidable, unfathomable, unkillable. A singular stroke on a piece of parchment (it's all digital these days, but hush now, dramatic words) can decide the fate of all.

Captain Knoslark, the head of the Warp Gate project and general overseer of the Dyson Ring construction efforts, was not enthused with paperwork. Unless it was a character sheet or notes for his drama plays. Get in, get out, minimal effort so he can go back to running four hundred million terawatts between two closely located quantum entangled particles. Why not, maybe he can turn string theory into string fact!

One day, after yet another report about the construction efforts, the captain was visited by Vice Admiral Krastina, one of the primary officers in charge of patrolling the inner Sol system and also managing the assistance with any nearby construction efforts.

"Captain Knoslark, a word."

He didn't like to have "words" with people like her. That always meant something bothersome, like responsibility.

"These are the materials requisition forms you signed off on, yes?"

He didn't know. Probably? Whenever someone asks a question like that, they already know the answer, and that means it's bad news. Could she just not do that? We can skip this.

"We will not be skipping this, Captain."

Witchcraft!

Well okay, the captain was notoriously bad at any social deduction games as he could not lie or pretend to save his life, except when he's explicitly roleplaying. If he weren't an actual captain, he could pull this off, but he is, so he can't.

"Care to comment on what happened to Titan?"

As a matter of fact, Captain Knoslark didn't care to answer that, mainly because he didn't know, but the Vice Admiral seemed to want something, so he brainstormed and came up with a brilliant plan.

"Right, can we instead do a thing where I say "Smokebomb!" and I leave and this conversation ends? Because I do not have an answer to that and this is incredibly awkward. I think we can pull this off. Okay, ready?

Smokebomb!"

The Vice Admiral maintained a steely gaze on him, narrowing her eyes just a tad with each passing second as Knoslark slowly crouch-walked backwards for the door, also maintaining perfect eye contact with her.

With an unchanging expression of expectation throughout, the good captain leaves the room after a solid minute.

Krastina shakes her head, she also doesn't want to deal with explaining to the government and even less so to the populace why Titan was unceremoniously broken apart and used up to further the construction of the Dyson Ring. To be fair, it has sped up the process tremendously.

Still. Damn. How did he misspell Thyone so badly? Nobody cares about that random moon. Of Jupiter, no less.

__________________

This whole thing exists because I wanted to use the joke of smokebombing out of a conversation by just saying the word. Heard it on a podcast a few years back and just suddenly recalled it. Titan in this verse is gone now all because of something dumb like that. I will not apologize.

#humans are space oddities #humans are space orcs #humans are deathworlders #humans are space australians #humanity fuck yeah #the power of bureaucracy #titan #is dead #I am rapidly depleting the solar system #I might be making things difficult for future me #eh future me can suck it #carionto

[other-peoples-coats]

hey like. can you force crush air and create a blackhole. like. you can force crush droids and people and ships etc. but could you -- if you were so inclined and also a space wizard -- just force compress a bit of air and make 1) a suddenly appearing vacuum/blackhole 2)whatever happens when you implode Local Planet's Air (explosion, it's probably explosion).

like. I don't physics. but also. are there clone wars moments where a jedi is alone on a battle field except for A Shit Load Of Droids and they're just like. zhoop sonic boom takes out the droids and surrounding area, clean up is fragments of metal for the surrounding nine thousand square space km.

#coats chats #star wars #look I Do Not Physics I have not physics for like. many over a decade #but also. jedi walking sonic boom with a casual hand motion is VERY funny #in a oh fuck oh god kinda way #all I do at this point is think of insane space bureaucracy and insaner space war crimes #is shockwaving an entire half a planet out of existance even a space war crime. like. it's basically just force users who can do that #like that I mean just haha bye bye #and there's like. weird laws. is it basically a 'look this works BUT it does destroy. everything. so we don't usually #rip to this random ass moon tho it's fucked.

[peachcitt]

girls when they have to apply for a job

#peach rambles #im going to kill people. oh my fucking god. you’re telling me it cost almost 10 fucking dollars just to order a fucking transcript #FROM A SCHOOL I WENT TO . AND ALREADY RECEIVED A DEGREE FROM . FUCK YOU FCUKYOIFCUKF #also the three references. fuck you. i kind of wanted to never speak to my professors again ! can you fucking RESPECT MY SPACE. #and now i have to find my resume (which i haven’t used in three years) and update it and also make a goddamn cover letter #nothing fills me with rage like paperwork and bureaucracy . LIKE. JUST LET ME IN #and this fucking district sent me a link to schedule an interview BEFORE MY APPLICATION WAS EVEN SUBMITTED #I KNOW YALL ARE DESPERATE. FUCK YOU

[paper-lilypie]

Thinking about Loki and Mobius again

#marvel #lokius #ITS ABOUT WANTING TO BE KNOWN AND BEING KNOWN SO INTIMATELY EVEN THE UGLY AND BAD #ITS ABOUT TRUSTING ANOTHER INTO KNOWING YOU AND LOVING YOU REGARDLESS #ITS ABOUT LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER AND BECOMING THE BEST VERSIONS OF YOURSELF THROUGH GROWTH AND SELF REFLECTION #ITS ABOUT MANIFESTING INTEGRITY IN CHAOS AND FREE WILL IN ORDER #ITS ABOUT DISMANTLING A TYRANNICAL BUREAUCRACY TOGETHER #ITS ABOUT FIGHTING SIDE BY SIDE AGAINST THE VERY FORCES OF TIME SPACE AND MEMORY #ITS ABOUT FINDING EACH OTHER LOSING EACH OTHER AND BATTLING TO SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN #ITS ABOUT A GODLY BEING FEELING SEEN BY A MORTAL MAN WITH A HEART OF GOLD #ITS ABOUT BREAKING AWAY FROM THE SHACKLES OF OBEDIENCE AND EMBRACING THE WILD NATURE OF CHOICE #FUCK #PARDON ME THE FEELS RUSHED THROUGH OUT OF NOWHERE #ANYWAYS #zip it lily

[lemony-snickers]

dear body: when I complained about being So Very Tired for no reason, what I meant was that I wanted to wake feeling rested after a long night’s sleep, not that I wanted you to wake me up at 2:30 am and keep me awake.

#lemony overshares #ah yes there it is the work anxiety - the surety that I am gonna fuck this all up #I wonder how many times I have smiled when I wanted to sink my teeth into a forearm #Hey news flash - not everything requires an hour-long zoom #Some stuff can just be an email! #I hate the bureaucracy of capitalism! I hate knowing I am gonna screw this up! #and also the anxiety about this space - about not being wanted #I was looking forward to sharing some darker stuff and then chickened out. For what? #No one here has an expectation of me. There is no brand to tarnish no fan base to let down (lol the absurdity) #Instead I bailed on the back third of a fic because I knew it wouldn’t be under my name so who cares - got sad but it was my choice??? #Even when I try something new I can’t quite hit the right notes #Blah I am too old & tired for the same middle school bs yet here I am at 3:26am lamenting my fanfic 💀 #Hopefully yeeting these thoughts into the tumblr void will stop them repeating like broken vinyl in my brain so I can sleep #Here’s hoping 🤞🏻 #thanks for coming to my tag talk

[theindefinitearticle]

The thing is they'll most likely have a better shot at preparing for the next winter. They have more time and skill and knowledge and might have a better chance of surviving some of the winter. But now this will be hanging over their heads all year knowing that if it comes to it, they know what they'll have to do, and they know they will do it.

#yellowjackets #theres rules now! its on the table! theres a process #theres like... almost a bureaucracy to it now by letting the wilderness decide #theyre just putting space between themselves and the decision #the wilderness decides guys! as though they didnt decide to pick javi over natalie #as though letting him drown is different from killing him

[dammit-stark]

to whomever it may concern: this is your sign to write star wars slice of life fics.

late night space convenience mart trips, waiting in line for hours at the space dmv only to get told you forgot a very important spaceship license registration form, space telemarketers and spam holos blowing up one’s holodisk, stopping at a space rest stop on an intergalactic road trip to get vending machine caf and a breakfast sandwich. space department store shoe shopping, or relatedly, space food courts in space malls. need i go on?

#newly obsessed with the idea of space badogas okay #and I’m obsessed with fantasy bureaucracy concepts yknow what I mean #like there’s all this chaos and fantasy scifi adventure happening sure but somebody has to file taxes for the rebellion #being a Star Wars fan is taking a normal thing and putting the word space in front of it #and BAM Star Wars-core #Star wars #Star wars fic #dinluke #obikin #finnpoe

[hyenasnake]

A bunch of Hooligans in the park

#my art #digital art #good omens #good omens oc #good omens ocs #ineffable children #ineffable husbands #ineffable bureaucracy #ineffable administrators #GO OC: Ophelia Crowley-Fell #GO OC: Jordan Prince #GO OC: Tzipporah Crowley-Fell #GO OC: Icarus Michaelangelo #laika the space dog #horned demon cat #demon cat #Deimos

[barstoolblues]

i know that bacta was invented by lucas as some handwavy magic healing liquid but it is fascinating how fans and creators of different sw media treat bacta in their canon/fanon projects. idk if its ever even shown in prequels apart from vader in rots yet its name dropped every few episodes in tcw, where its some unlimited resource (which, is a fair handwave in cartoon-land). in the ot its really only used in esb, and naturally in legends the lore around it expands thanks to the bacta war novel, where you learn that its a high-demand product produced only on thyferra by subjugated non-human workers and is tightly controlled by the planetary government, which causes scarcities. idk how much if any of that has been incorporated into disney canon, but it would be cool to see, especially the whole idea of bacta allergies and what that means for your in-universe healthcare options like ton phanan

#this is just aimless ramblings on my part #but i do loooove legends bacta. the krytos trap/bacta war arc in rogue squadron is so good #obivously more relevant than stackpole wouldve guessed with the covid pandemic and all #but the early new republic mid-transition to a real govt dealing with a pandemic on coruscant during a politically caused bacta scarcity #SOOOOO COMPELLING!!!!!!!!!! #we got to see such a cool side of sw with space logistics and bureaucracy and medical treatment and how a planetary city responds to crisi #and the krytos virus being deadly to certain species and the social consequences and in-universe xenophobia that arises from it.... #sw

[rabbitmotifs]

being here is so painful its like an environment that wants to kill me

#im not meant to be in spaces of bureaucracy #IM at court. if you even care

[ketchuppee]

During the 2008 recession, my aunt lost her job. Her, her partner, and my three cousins moved across the country to stay with us while they got back on their feet. My house turned from a family of four to a family of nine overnight, complete with three dogs and five cats between us.

It took a few years for them to get a place of their own, but after a few rentals and apartments, they now own a split level ranch in a town nearby. I’ve lost track of how many coworkers and friends have stayed with them when they were in a tight spot. A mother and son getting out of an abusive relationship, a divorcee trying to stay local for his kids while they work out a custody agreement, you name it. My aunt and uncle knew first hand what that kindness meant, and always find space for someone who needed it, the way my parents had for them.

That same aunt and uncle visited me in [redacted] city last year. They are prolific drinkers, so we spent most of the day bar hopping. As we wandered the city, any time we passed a homeless person, my uncle would pull out a fresh cigarette and ask them if they had a light. Regardless of if they had a lighter on hand or not, he offered them a few bucks in exchange, which he explained to me after was because he felt it would be easier for them to accept in exchange for a service, no matter how small.

I work for a company that produces a lot of fabric waste. Every few weeks, I bring two big black trash bags full of discarded material over to a woman who works down the hall. She distributes them to local churches, quilting clubs, and teachers who can use them for crafts. She’s currently in the process of working with our building to set up a recycling program for the smaller pieces of fabric that are harder to find use for.

One of my best friends gives monthly donations to four or five local organizations. She’s fortunate enough to have a tech job that gives her a good salary, and she knows that a recurring donation is more valuable to a non-profit because they can rely on that money month after month, and can plan ways to stretch that dollar for maximum impact. One of those organizations is a native plant trust, and once she’s out of her apartment complex and in a home with a yard, she has plans to convert it into a haven of local flora.

My partner works for a company that is working to help regulate crypto and hold the current bad actors in the space accountable for their actions. We unfortunately live in a time where technology develops far too fast for bureaucracy to keep up with, but just because people use a technology for ill gain doesn’t mean the technology itself is bad. The blockchain is something that she finds fascinating and powerful, and she is using her degree and her expertise to turn it into a tool for good.

I knew someone who always had a bag of treats in their purse, on the odd chance they came across a stray cat or dog, they had something to offer them.

I follow artists who post about every local election they know of, because they know their platform gives them more reach than the average person, and that they can leverage that platform to encourage people to vote in elections that get less attention, but in many ways have more impact on the direction our country is going to go.

All of this to say, there’s more than one way to do good in the world. Social media leads us to believe that the loudest, the most vocal, the most prolific poster is the most virtuous, but they are only a piece of the puzzle. (And if virtue for virtues sake is your end goal, you’ve already lost, but that’s a different post). Community is built of people leveraging their privileges to help those without them. We need people doing all of those things and more, because no individual can or should do all of it. You would be stretched too thin, your efforts valiant, but less effective in your ambition.

None of this is to encourage inaction. Identify your unique strengths, skills, and privileges, and put them to use. Determine what causes are important to you, and commit to doing what you can to help them. Collective action is how change is made, but don’t forget that we need diversity in actions taken.

#long post #some thoughts I’ve been having