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A Look Back at X-Men 2099 #8 (1994)

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Welcome back, superhero enthusiasts, 1990s culture enthusiasts, X-Men fans and comic book collectors! Today we revisit the Marvel Comics shared universe to examine one of the many tales of the X-Men 2099 monthly series.  

After the first seven issues of the series, it is clear that the futuristic mutants under Xi’an have tough challenges to not only survive in the dangerous and unpredictable wasteland of 2099’s America but also help their leader fulfill the ultimate goal of protecting mutants from the evil corporations in accordance to the dream of Professor X (Charles Xavier). Unlike the X-Men of the 20th century, the team of 2099 does not have vast resources nor do they have a permanent place for living and development. Xi’an himself is still struggling with the elements from his past as a violent criminal.

With those details laid down, here is a look back at X-Men 2099 #8, published by Marvel Comics in 1994 with a story written by John Francis Moore and drawn by Ron Lim.

Early story

The story begins with Krystalin examining Archangel with amazement. Moments later, she sees Cyclops, Iceman, Beast and Jean Grey (in her Phoenix form). She wondered how many times did each of Professor X’s first students appear to die only to return again and again. She recalls that the records of their deaths may have been in error or even falsified. She also remembers the succeeding X-Men teams of Del Ruiz and Zhao.

It turns out the original X-Men members she saw were holograms as Victor Ten Eagles (who was a fellow outlaw with Xi’an in the old days) reveals that he opened his studio to few people and never to strangers. He allowed Krystalin in because he owes Xi’an a blood debt from their time together with the Lawless. As they talk, he explains to her his personal interest in the X-Men and the legacy.

Over at Iron Horse in Arizona, Hurricane talks with two trackers who were tied up. Meanstreak uses his super speed to dismantle the trackers’ suits of armor and examine the technologies within. He finds one Tetsuo Mark 6 signal beacon that was used to monitor armor in the field. He tells Hurricane she can use it as an advance warning the next time trackers are sent after her.

Hurricane tells the X-Men that she and the Freakshow never stay too long in one place. Moments later, the infected Metalhead tells Skullfire that he is trapped in his current metal form and could not change back…

Quality

To make things clear, this X-Men 2099 comic book is very engaging to read as it is filled with a lot of details that further expanded the lore of the 2099 universe concerning mutants and legacy of the X-Men in the 21st century. As such, I really enjoyed learning about the “future history” of the X-Men, how mutants struggled to survive in a corporation-controlled America, and why the wasteland became the 21st century’s very own Old West where danger and uncertainty are constant.

If have an obsession about the 2099 universe, there is a lot to discover and enjoy here. Xi’an’s pursuit for knowledge about the mutant underground and Hurricane’s involvement is compelling to read and what was revealed is worth discovering. Meanwhile, Krystalin and Ten Eagles’ exploration of facilities as they search for answers reminds me a lot about a notable part of the story in Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

Conclusion

X-Men 2099 #8 (1994) is a compelling read and it is one of the stronger references about the 2099 universe and the legacy of the X-Men from the time of Xavier to that of Zhao. The details revealed here are fine pay-offs to what was built up in the previous issues, and they connect well with the existence of Xi’an’s X-Men. This comic book will really help you understand the place of mutants in the 21st century and in my experience, the learning is enjoyable.

Overall, X-Men 2099 #8 (1994) is highly recommended.

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😎 The Place Where Everybody Shares Your Tools
( not enough room to post all the positive aspects of this, so please take a minute to read ..)
MakeSpace North Park, a ‘makerspace’ dedicated to increasing diversity in trades and creative fields.
**over 30,000 visits in its first year, with volunteers spending more than 50,000 hours
**The concept is growing globally..

#Equality #Arts #Trades #Minorities
#Activism #Environment #Canada #BC

https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2026/08/12/Place-Where-Everybody-Shares-Tools/

Professor’s Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and Hiring

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/world/europe/jason-arday-cambridge-hiring-questions.html

"...the bro culture is alive and well."

As #Trump targets #DEI , appointments of #women & racial #minorities to S&P 500 boards "have dropped to their lowest level in more than a decade," unwinding years of gains in #corporate boardroom #diversity."

"Of the 364 new independent directors named... during the year ended April 30, 40% were women or racial minorities, the lowest level since 2014." The number had peaked at 72% in 2021 & 2022.

1🧵
#USA #US #USpol #business
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https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trumps-diversity-crackdown-reverberates-through-us-boardrooms-2026-07-28/

RE: https://mstdn.social/@amydiehl/116983451021622030

Even I, just a mere mortal male, don't want to live in a society/state that is run by weak men who exploit others - be it #women, #minorities, #foreigners, et al - in order to hold on to power or merely survive. These weak men are no better than parasites.🤦‍♂️ They don't have the gumption nor balls to recognize that all humans are born equal, and shall live & die as equals.👇

#Trump Officials Want to Use #HumanRights Aid to #Advocate for White #SouthAfricans and Right-Wing Causes in #Europe

For decades, the U.S. Department of State gave money to groups protecting #freeSpeech , human #rights and persecuted #minorities in poor and #authoritarian countries.

To decide what to fund, staffers with deep expertise typically pored over reams of information on abuses under the most repressive regimes and held an open competition to fund groups to work in those countries.
#rightwing

https://www.propublica.org/article/human-rights-aid-right-wing-causes

3/n

#SmartGlasses = #PervertGlasses
https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-ray-ban-smart-pervert-glasses

It starts with enabling pervs, creeps, and jerks, and ends up with #MassSurveillance.

#Surveillance #AI #Meta #Facebook #Google #Europe #GDPR #Society #RayBan #Privacy #Women #Children #Minorities #Activism

RE: https://mastodon.world/@FAIR/116914899607491834

🧐After #250YearsOfUSA 🇺🇲is led by weak & corruptly venal men who undermine #democracy, #women & #minorities.👇

"founding of te country, & its #Declaration of #Independence, cannot be separated fr te 96% decrease in te #Native #American population, fr 5 million people in 1492 to 237,000 in 1900🤦‍♂️. Nor can its conceptions of liberty & #rights be separated fr te freedoms stolen fr Native Americans, first in their right to their lives & their land, & later in their right to their #culture & religion"👇

A conceptual atlas-style map of a proposed future Kurdistan, redrawing borders from historical Kurdish-majority regions across Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Not an official claim, but a visual way to discuss history, identity, self-determination and disputed borders.

#Kurdistan #Kurds #Kurdish #MiddleEast #History #Geography #Maps #Cartography #Geopolitics #Turkey #Syria #Iraq #Iran #Armenia #Azerbaijan #Anatolia #Mesopotamia #Zagros #Diaspora #Minorities #SelfDetermination #Borders

Why Péter Magyar is reluctant to align with the EU on Ukraine.

Hungary’s new prime minister ended Budapest’s veto on Ukraine’s EU accession talks in June, but is resisting further progress, citing minority rights, Western Balkans fairness, and domestic political pressures.

Here’s why he’s digging in.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260629-why-peter-magyar-is-reluctant-to-align-with-the-eu-on-ukraine?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Hungary #Ukraine #EU #Magyar #Zelenskyy #Minorities

Step 1: promote corruption in #private and #public
Step 2: fuck up the #economy
Step 3: ...
Step 4: blame #minorities.

This 4 step program is a classic for the human species, it spans as far back as pangea and continues to make the lizard brain relevant in modern times.

If it's not the Muslims, it's the Jews, it's the Polish, it's Roma, etc....

Vandalism, taunts and hijabs torn off: Muslim leaders in #UK say #HateCrime hitting new levels | #Islamophobia | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/26/muslim-leaders-uk-hate-crime-islamophobia

Join LGBTQ+ Editors Association free event June 23, 3–4 p.m. EDT: "Editors Note: Censorship & Erasure in Today's America." Learn how journalists, academics, librarians, & medical editors handle policies erasing #women, #minorities, & #LGBTQ+ people from public life. Register: https://tinyurl.com/3mdtdnpx

Yesterday the current DOJ issued an opinion attempting to strip access from the disabled. These white supremacists emulate the Naz|s eugenicists.
"Eugenics - a set of largely discredited beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population."
[CPR=Center for Public Representation]
#fascist #USA #GOP #KKK #DOJ #DEI #diversity #equity #inclusion #discredited #eugenics #WhiteSupremacist #DHS #ICE #immigration #minorities #Olmstead #decision
https://www.centerforpublicrep.org/news/cpr-condemns-administration-attack-on-the-rights-of-individuals-with-disabilities-to-be-integrated-in-their-communities/

Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity and Blocked Promotions of Women and Black Officers

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/us/politics/hegseth-navy-blocked-promotions-diversity.html

When you witness someone saying anything openly, and #harmful or #offending just kindly remind them it's the #freespeech with #consequences and to exercise responsible speech.

Do I need to define 'responsible speech' for some people? I can; but it will be partially vague because I don't want to dictate it.

responsible speech would ideally,

a. be avoiding the spreading of anything that either disrespects ones personal #identity, or their personal #attractions including their sexual and not sexual attractions.

b. this use to be said more often on social media and discord, but using #genderedlanguage as an example, Usually you'l find calling anyone they/them if you don't know up front is a safe start. Usually the issue stems when you make a direct assumption of their gender, or when you start to conflict against a persons acclaimed identity after they officially told you (this is probably the worse because if you did #misgendered you could atleast have that accidental excuse, but arguing about someones identity is rude and harmful to #minorities .)

c. Not talking in support of things that are known for harming the planet. This could just start somewhere as simple as don't advocate for #littering. and then branching up to avoiding supporting #oilfactories. Maybe even deny #ai #datacenters

Last point.
c2.This c part actually isn't just about the planet but also humanity. so you'll want to avoid supporting ideologies that are harmful to people as well, such as #whitenationalism #nazism #fascism

Responsible speech is something I came up with a couple years ago, but idk if this is something that was already created. but it means as it sounds, just spread speech that is responsible. and not arguing about 'your right to just say whatever you want in a free country' (u.s) just to hate on marginalized people, that is not responsible.

#pridemonth #lgbt #lgbtq

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/supreme-court-ruling-opens-the-door-to-reduced-scrutiny-and-warehousing-of-disabled-people/. "Disabled people’s organisations have strongly condemned last week’s #ruling by the #SupremeCourt, which they say has 'dismantled' the #system that protected service-users who are unable to #consent to #restrictions placed on their #liberty." I will say it again: the #UK #Supreme #Court has become an absolute menace to #vulnerable #people & #minorities in this country! The #judges on that court should be ashamed of themselves!

Hungary and Ukraine make a historic deal after years of tension.

Hungary’s new prime minister, Péter Magyar, has announced a historic minority rights deal with Ukraine, paving the way for its erstwhile foe to begin EU accession negotiations.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260611-hungary-and-ukraine-make-a-historic-deal-after-years-of-tension?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Hungary #Ukraine #Minorities #Politics #EU #Magyar

Today is our third Wedding Anniversary. I have never more enjoyed exercising my civil rights. #wedding #weddings #marriage #marriages #equalwedding #equalweddings #gaywedding #gayweddings #minority #minorities #minoritycommunity #minoritycommunities #bigotry #bigotryiswrong #bigotryisstupid #endbigotry #endhomophobia #homophobia #homophobiaiswrong #ally #allies #gayally #gayallies #support #gaysupport #gayrights #civilrights #civilright #husbands #anniversary

"Can't believe how woke things have gotten smh"

https://piefed.social/c/political_memes/p/2123739/can-t-believe-how-woke-things-have-gotten-smh

Way ahead of you #WikiTongues I went to #Pereyaslav in #Ukraine where I heard #Surzhyk spoken by #Jews at local community center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiyopZEfuJI
My take from 2015 here https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ukraine-politics-of-histo_b_7072538 #language #languages #linguistics #russia #russiaUkraineWar #ukraineWar #minorities #pogrom #migration #immigration

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/supreme-court-ruling-set-to-remove-vital-safeguards-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-disabled-people/. The #UK #SupremeCourt is, or has become, a complete #menace to vulnerable #minorities in this country! First, it was #trans people - now, it's the #disabled! I thought things were bad enough in the #USA - but the #disease has spread here!

Gerrymandering

https://morrowmichael.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/gerrymandering/

Thursday, June 4, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/06/thursday-june-4-2026/

#GregBovino Was the Star at a #European #Remigration Conference

The man who headed Trump’s invasions of US cities joined the US and European far right in #Portugal to preach “remigration”—a plan to expel all #minorities and #immigrants.
#Trump #farright #immigration #maga

https://www.wired.com/story/greg-bovino-was-the-star-at-a-european-remigration-conference/

Study published Mar '26, proves clearly that U.S. whites are for redistribution (progressive taxation, Medicare), UNLESS or UNTIL you ask them to compare to racial #minorities. Then, U.S. whites are willing to end such programs, rather than let blacks get assistance.
This echos the '60s when whites closed #schools, pools, rather than allow #blacks in. Cut off my nose, to spite their face.
#fascist #USA #GOP #KKK #WhiteSupremacy #Medicare #reverse #discrimination #DEI
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20531680261426183

The #StateDepartment Really Doesn’t Want to Talk About the Office of #Remigration

The office was created a year ago and seemingly named for a far-right #European plan to expel #minorities and #immigrants from Western nations. It now works, a source says, with little to no oversight.
#farright #maga #trump #immigration

https://www.wired.com/story/the-state-department-really-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-the-office-of-remigration/

Frisch übersetzt: Wiki for Minorities startet im April 2026 das Projekt „Building Minorities in Africa“ https://diff.wikimedia.org/de/2026/05/21/wiki-for-minorities-startet-im-april-2026-das-projekt-building-minorities-in-africa/ #MinorityInAfrica, #WikiForMinorities #minorities #africa #wikipedia