While I enjoyed watching both episodes, the first was poorly written. Seriously what kind of admiral does not establish a chain of command in a highly important mission like that? You could have gotten the same outcome with placing Burnham in charge, and having Rayner go over her head to Kovich to the same effect. It…

Problem is, losing the state lines in this case wouldn’t really solve the problem. All the jagged borders in the world isn’t going to solve the “Why are Texas and California the ‘western forces’” question at the root of all this.

Problem is you’re not conveying any useful information because it’s just confusing everyone who sees it.

Linking the two into a contiguous entity makes the name “Western Forces” seem reasonable.

A map with a single diagonal line from the easternmost tip of California to west Texas would be no less difficult to decipher and would look far less ridiculous.

I’m just going to address the map, and why things are by state lines.

Its one of those things. I can almost guarantee you the numbers were designed and laid out in 0123456789 format (as thats what you do). Thats what people looked at. And then they looked at a typical jersey number on the jersey. And assuming you like the overall design nothings going to pop out at you. They probably…

No, alas: Cyclops’ power does not involve opening eye-sized portals to another dimension, as you might have heard people joke.

To illustrate how right you are, and how you are still underselling it...

Under the First Step Act, he’s a first time, non-violent offender. He could be out in as little as 13 years.

Anyway, this episode was pretty fun as long as you assume that Scott is a dingus, which you should do.

We never get to see the story Scott and Madelyne had in the comics...

Oh it was always a federal level issue at heart. Like, the port is majorly important itself, but the bridge itself was almost as important. Hazmats can’t go through the 95/895 tunnels, so all of that went over the Key Bridge instead.

Next years budget is already hosed, and a new bridge isn’t going to make that any easier. Plus, the loss of all the revenue to the port and surrounding businesses.

Relevant to the above

Something slightly overlooked here is just how bad this is. I mean a bridge collapsing is bad in general. The potential loss of life horrific. But for those not from around here take a look at the following map to understand why this is particularly bad.

So the nazis are experimenting on the disabled again. Plus ça change...

The problem is these files are large and hard to share on the internet.

What strong issues does TikTok specifically have?

Yeah, I mean the thing is the US government realized years ago it was cheaper, easier, faster and more legal for them to just buy all of our data than it was for them to collect it themselves.