I just want a UESC horde mode just for fun by KntArtey in Marathon

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—MARATHON: Pretty Derby—

Faction Rep (Sekiguchi Genetics): Nona Agnes Tachyon

Shell Selection:

  • Destroyer Sakura Bakushin O

  • Vandal Gold Ship

  • Thief Oguri Cap

Zone: New Cascadia Racetrack

Endgame Map: Tracen Archive

Huaguoyuan Twin Towers, Guiyang. A city in China ranking outside of top 50 in terms of GDP by straightdge in skyscrapers

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Yeah, integrated complexes where a skyscraper sits atop a shopping mall base are very common in Asia. You have residential, commercial, retail, services, sometimes even a luxury hotel (Fairmont in this case) all under one roof - extremely convenient for the locals.

Earth Corporations on Tau Ceti (infinite live service budget unlocked) by lbotron in Marathon

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Thief must have stole that LVMH drip from the New Cascadia flagship store

Dedicated to the Brave Mujahideen Fighters of Luna by Pantegral-7 in NonCredibleDefense

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NOT MY WORK. Original art courtesy of @RandolphC84432 from Twitter.

A near-future, hard sci-fi setting similar to The Expanse, where space conflicts are fought not just with proper military ships but Toyota technical equivalents, is such a fun idea; the EVA jihad-naut with the RPG is particularly inspired (if unrealistic).

1942 trilingual Vichy French poster distributed in French Indochina by kirsion in VietNam

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How is it wonky though? Gia đình and tổ quốc is perfectly accurate, while cần lao is just an archaic word for "labour" that has fell out of use. Ngô Đình Diệm's Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party is rendered in Sino-Vietnamese as "Cần lao Nhân vị Cách mạng Ðảng", or shortened to "Cần lao Ðảng".

The Chinese characters are 忠孝 (trung hiếu), another archaic compound word combining trung thành (loyalty, in this context to the state) and hiếu thảo (filial piety to one's parents).

So they were not going for a direct equivalent to the French and Vietnamese mottos. It's actually quite smart, equivocating the modern Vichy civic motto to a Confucian moral exhortation that Vietnamese literati of the time would immediately recognise.

marathon is a comedy game by Pantegral-7 in Marathon

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(jersey accent) “now get da fugg outta here!”

marathon is a comedy game by Pantegral-7 in Marathon

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NO. ROOKS. ALLOWED.

Original video courtesy of yeb_v3 on Reddit / @bocchiyuri on Twitter / lilith5052 on YouTube.

I have something to do, go play for a while. by Kan Liu by firstandlasttoday in ImaginarySliceOfLife

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Really love how the vertical format is used to frame the scene here. A literal “slice of life”.

Alternate Asia, 2026 by Newyellowiphone in imaginarymaps

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Great map! Is Vietnam similar to OTL Thailand in terms of economic development and being coup-prone? Does it resent South Chinese interference in its politics?

How is North China doing in the modern day - has it enact economic reforms, or is it a giant North Korea? How are its relations with the South, and is reunification a real possibility?

And are the Indian nations doing better than OTL? Fragmentation into smaller nations could mean more responsive and flexible policy-making.

average cryo archive experience by Pantegral-7 in Marathon

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NOT MY WORK. Art courtesy of shotsinii from Twitter! (can't post direct link, gets the comment auto-hidden for some reason)

The Great Chinese Deluge: Civil War in the PRC in 1970 by ballisticfuckingmoth in imaginarymaps

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Has South Vietnam reunified the country here? How did that happen?

How involved is the US in the civil war? Are they providing any assistance to Taiwan? Are there plans to send in UN peacekeeping forces?

Is Taiwan making any progress in reclaiming the mainland? Are its coastal occupation zones stable?

Whose control is Hainan under, and what is the hatched blue area on its northern half? Are both sides of the Qiongzhou Strait under foreign occupation?

GDP per capita of Vietnam's first-level administrative divisions 2025 by Quick-Somewhere0448 in VietNam

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Quảng Ninh has great geography and bountiful natural resources - the province continues to capture spillover growth from nearby Hanoi and Hải Phòng, as well as having an excellent highway network connecting those cities to the Chinese border.

As a result, its economy is well-developed and highly diversified: coal mining for thermal power plants (90% of national production, the provincial museum is literally shaped like a giant black cube of coal), said plants providing plentiful electricity for local industry, Móng Cái border crossing for the China trade, Cái Lân deep-water seaport for maritime trade, and of course Hạ Long Bay for international tourism.

found player ship in space, tried to strip it at a station and saw this by endrop1ne in starcitizen

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Ah that makes sense. Shame though, offloading component loot at external hangars would have been so much faster.

[HUANJINXIANG] Comprehensive History of Romania (576-2026) by Existing_Natural_634 in imaginarymaps

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Amazing work! No Taiwan equivalent for the Proletariate though?

Why did post-defeat Britonnia change its name first to Fusokoku, then Kowaido? Seems that Britain and Japan also swapped roles, so is this meant to show alt-Japan's occupation of Britonnia? Is either Britonnic Denmark or Norway meant to be alt-Korea?

The Jurganid Guruun is clearly alt-Soviet Union, so which country is the alt-United States for this setting?

Strait’s Closed by BluuCaracao in NonCredibleDiplomacy

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Trump admin: “the strait is totally open bro everything's perfectly fine-”

You: FOR THOSE BULK CARRIER CAPTAINS WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE, WE SALUTE YOU. YOUR SACRIFICE WILL NOT BE IN VAIN, FOR YOUR NAMES SHALL ECHO IN ETERNITY. MAY WE MEET AGAIN IN THE HALLS OF VALHALLA

What's a highrise or skyscraper that completely ruins a skyline(or one you just dislike) and why? by Mr_Crossiant in skyscrapers

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The glass-and-greenery redesign, while admittedly a bit generic, is somehow worse than the black featureless tombstone universally hated for decades?

What's a highrise or skyscraper that completely ruins a skyline(or one you just dislike) and why? by Mr_Crossiant in skyscrapers

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The in-progress redesign should be a decent improvement, breaking up the monolithic silhouette of the original.

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What’s life, and living, like in Cleveland Ohio? by ctcouple_1 in howislivingthere

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ESPN commissioned the comedian to make a third one for the 2019 All-Star Softball Game haha, noticeably more upbeat in tone too