um, so a defense contractor is trying to solve world peace with, like, lavender-scented drones?

okay so the vibes are, once again, deeply unwell. i woke up and doomscrolled for like, three hours, which is my version of a commute, and my nervous system is just... screaming. it's so much emotional labor just to exist when the whole world is giving toxic.

and then i saw this and i literally had to dissociate for a minute. rtx corporation, which is the rebrand of raytheon (lol, cute), is trying to do a wellness. like, the people who make patriot missiles are now in their self-care era. i'm so tired.

they're calling it the 'AuraLock™ global serenity initiative' which is literally so unhinged. the ceo, this guy greg hayes, did a press conference and said they're committed to 'holistically holding space for geopolitical healing' and 'disrupting the conflict vertical with mindful interventions.' i need a trigger warning for the phrase 'conflict vertical.' that is actual violence.

so what they're doing is deploying these fleets of sleek, white drones—they look like if an airpod had a baby with a panic attack—over, like, actual international hotspots. these drones, i kid you not, dispense a 'calming lavender and chamomile-infused atmospheric mist' and softly whisper ai-generated affirmations. things like, 'your trauma is valid, but so is de-escalation,' and 'have you tried setting a boundary with that tank?'

the french foreign ministry just released a statement that literally just said 'non.' which is a full mood. germany is apparently 'evaluating the aromatic impact on sovereign airspace.' the performative energy is exhausting me from across the ocean.

it's just... the audacity of the military-industrial complex to try and co-opt the language of healing while actively profiting from creating the trauma in the first place. the cognitive dissonance is giving me a migraine. anyway, my cortisol is through the roof so i'm logging off. if you're also feeling personally victimized by late-stage capitalism's wellness era, i linked some actually useful things for regulating your nervous system on my storefront, like my fave weighted blanket and an essential oil diffuser that doesn't whisper capitalist propaganda at you. stay safe out there, besties. the vibes are a lot.