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SEE HOW EASY IT IS TO SAY “Hey I don’t fully understand this but they’re still people and deserve respect”

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country." ~Fmr. President Theodore Roosevelt, 1918. Roosevelt was born OTD in 1858. Image: NPS/Sagamore Hill collection.

Photo from my collection. Writing on the back says, “Careless and Stubtail - on kitchen table.”

Still best cop show ever.

#COTD Velcro is a double positive kitty found in Charlotte, NC after he jumped on a woman’s shoulder. He’s a very sweet chatty guy with an interesting meow and treats every new human friend like he’s known them for years! Read more: www.blindcatrescue.com/cats/velcro....

#nationalblackcatday 🐾

Happy National Black Cat Day 🐈‍⬛🤍

Shoutout if you remember this fire truck.

Forgotten Heroes: ground crews. They were mostly kids, usually younger than their pilots. While the flier(s) grabbed what sleep they could, the crews patched holes, fixed that damn leaky oil line (again), armed up the plane and did everything possible to bring “their” plane home. #WW2 #aviation

Rest in peace, Walter Koenig. Of all the wessels I have encountered in my travels, his were the most... nuclear.

Rest in Peace Walter Koenig. Thank you for navigating us through the final frontier, for your years of activism, writing, and memorable characters like the joyous Chekov and the sinister Bester. We're forever grateful that you lent your talents to our game. We'll see you again, in the stars.

The heavens speed thee in thine enterprise!

Oh no 😭 One of the last members of the USS Enterprise has left. RIP Walter Marvin Koenig (1936-2026) Star Trek, Babylon 5, Moontrap, The Starlost, The Questor Tapes, Futurama... What a career in sci-fi. I will miss Pavel Chekov. Again 😞

A snapshot of Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, commander of U-96, taken during a depth charge detonation, hence the motion blur. Photo by Lothar-Günther Buchheim, war correspondent and author of “Das Boot,” based largely on U-96s 7th patrol. #Submarines #WW2 #NavalHistory

Customer: I bought a battery from you for my moped and it won’t work. And what’s the bottle of water in the box for? Us: that’s the bottle of sulfuric acid you have to put in the battery before it will work. God save us.

Ok. This is going to be a long thread about #WW2 in the Pacific: the Battle off Samar, which is a subset of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest sea battle in #History due to the area, & amount of combatants. First, let’s look at the background and what caused this collision.

Forgotten heroes: minesweepers. You have a wooden hulled ship loaded with sweeping gear, along with as much wood, cork and anything else light and buoyant so your ship is as far out of water as possible while deliberately going through minefields. #navalhistory #ww2

25 OCTOBER 1776, PHILADELPHIA: Benjamin Franklin, the only one of Congress’s three ambassadors to France not already in Europe, sets sail aboard the Reprisal, which will thus become the first Continental Navy ship to enter European waters.

Weiner dog wearing armor at the Michigan Renaissance Festival (2002)

Forgotten heroes: fleet tugs. When you’re 6,000 miles from home and your bow has been blown off, these tiny fellows would get you home. #usnavy #WW2 #navalhistory

The green band indicates a military operated ship. Civilian relief agencies sported a red band. All of them had to fly the flag of the Red Cross or its equivalent. Woe to the submarine captain who torpedoed one of these, for whatever reason. Unfortunately, it did happen.

Hospital ships had to be clearly marked, fully lit, and unarmed. They could be inspected and searched, and patients possibly taken as POWs, but this rarely happened. Staff were immune from capture or impressment. They also had to treat ANYONE, ally or enemy.

Forgotten heroes: hospital ships. In use since the days of the Roman Empire, hospital ships really started to advance during the Napoleonic Wars. The Hague Convention X of 1907 laid down rules on treatment of these ships in wartime. *Most* of the time all sides tried to comply. #WW2 #navalhistory

Forgotten heroes: Flower class corvettes. They tossed about horribly, were cold, damp & miserable. Barely just over 200 feet long, these stubborn little fellows & their crews escorted convoys across the violent North Atlantic during #WW2 fending off U-boats from their charges. #navalhistory

Forgotten heroes: the Hawker Hurricane. Overshadowed by the more famous Spitfire in the media, the Hurricane actually had *more* kills during the Battle of Britain, had a successful secondary role as a fighter/bomber & served in almost every major theatre during #WW2 #aviation

Showboat!

Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm does bind the restless wave, Who bids the mighty ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep; O hear us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea. #usnavy #ww2

“It is rarely the food that truly makes a meal, but the people we share it with.” Ashley Poston. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

The Pacific War before these things show up is basically some of the most nerve-racking shit ever. Enterprise being pulled out of repairs to battle a Japanese landing force escorted by 2 CVs because it is the only carrier left standing (itself battered from prior fighting).

Seattle legend. RIP. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

EA just killed Bioware and the next Mass Effect, in development since at least six years. "Around 50 staff had been working on a new Mass Effect that is now canceled." This period is a never-ending nightmare.

Photo of Today USS Cachalot (SS-170) is launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H., on 19 October 1933. It is worth noting that this was the first time since the Prohibition Act came into force in the US that genuine champagne had been used at the launch of a ship.

"Jet-powered biplane cropduster" are not a set of words that belong together, but incredibly it's by far the least of my problems with this...

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Several #NATO vessels in the Mediterrean during Exercise Mare Aperto, hosted by the Italian Navy. SRC: NATO MARCOM

The world’s oldest shipwreck near Kekova Island, Türkiye dates back to the bronze era during the building of the Great Pyramids. The 4,400-4,700 year old ship is lost to the sea, but 30 amphoras and 3 stone anchors were discovered on the seafloor. ⚓️🏺🌊

Early voting. “Have a sample ballot!” Sure. With all the fucking Republican Nazis names highlighted. Eat shit and die.

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“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” - Anne Frank

Battleship North Carolina in her old Cold War grey paint scheme and her current #WW2 era camouflage repaint. The museum employs a full time painter *year round* to keep the ship up to date.

Sir Derek Jacobi, a venerable and prolific English actor, in some of his many memorable roles. His voice is soothingly calm but he can bring the fire and steel when needed. This is especially noticeable in his role as Adolf Hitler in “Inside the Third Reich.” #film #stage