> There are deep parallels in the frigidity of women being protective of their physical body and men being protective of their emotional one. Both are pun...| the pondscum collective
All obstacles to profit must be eliminated in order for the investors in a company to maximize their return. This is a simple proposition with obvious implic...| the pondscum collective
Alex Garland's brisk, intense Warfare depicts a single (true) day of operation in Iraq during the 2006 Battle of Ramadi in real-time. It reads like hyperrealistic military propaganda - following the standard model of ingratiating you with a platoon of young men, before subjecting them to horrific circumstances followed by a miraculous recovery. The text of the film contains this but beneath the surface is a demonstration of the fragility of even the elite Navy SEALs and (as war flicks often a...| the pondscum collective
Accelerationism, even in name, carries connotations that shackle it to conventions of apocalypse-making benefitting only the libidinally self-negating ideologies. The certainty of endings are a (too) deeply understood crisis of meaning inherent to mortal sapience. We innately understand the impossiblity of infinite acceleration, leaving only the conclusion that without the intent to stop, the stop is enacted on us - greater and greater potentialities of ultimate violence accumulate until sudd...| the pondscum collective
I have seen first hand the localised value of resisting the kind of corporate excesses I outlined in last year. While I believe this accurately outlines the...| the pondscum collective
>This is part of the weirding way that we will teach you. ==Some thoughts have a certain sound, that being the equivalent to a form.== Through sound and moti...| the pondscum collective
🐌==Be warned this is a snailpost==🐌 In an era of Context Collapse it is extremely difficult to build systems that prevent the flattening of all audiences....| the pondscum collective
i have come to believe that one of the most frustrating barriers to success for both sides (but most critically the liberal/leftist) is the conflation of emo...| the pondscum collective
>Disclaimer: Ironically for an article about the widening gulf between substance and signifier, I'm obligated to point out the . In this article the word "Ni...| the pondscum collective
Let's imagine two countries outside of the American system: Germany and Italy. Let's imagine they each have their own currencies, they are not using ...| the pondscum collective
❓ So you've been asked to lie, but lying is bad! Beyond the basic examples of lying to protect someone you care about, a more developed understanding of "...| the pondscum collective
On December 4th 2024, Luigi Mangione staged the world's first Hyperassasination. The anthropocene brought about the capacity for humans to first see gli...| the pondscum collective
There have been countless attempts to draw boundaries around fascism so as to declare something to definitively "be fascist". Liberals in particular yearn fo...| the pondscum collective
The best ==Psychic Warriors== in the world are still operating on behalf of the far right, developing new cultural weaponry regularly. Here we'll analyse...| the pondscum collective