#17 US state

[lonestarflight]

B-17 Evolution

Taken from Popular Science magazine August 1945 pages 92-93.

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[doux-amer]

[bayetea]

I'm a strong "percy would get a job in education/outreach to underprivileged kids in the future" truther but I don't necessarily agree with people who say that him taking on marine biology as a college major doesn't make sense at all

"why would he study marine biology he can already work with sea animals to his heart's desire" I don't know maybe because he wants to get paid???????? he wants a normal job???? percy grew up poor and unsafe. why is it weird that he craves stability with a career that enables him to do something that he loves? or maybe he wants to go into the system and help bring about lasting reform that will actually improve care for sea creatures??? yes he can save sea animals on his own time but think about it. is it better to abandon his life in the middle of the night to go help a trapped sea creature Every Single Time it happens or is it better to enter the system and make it so that capitalists stop polluting water or disturbing sea ecosystems for profit. his powers as a son of poseidon are a band-aid not a lasting solution to systemic environmental neglect and decay. he has an established precedent of caring for bringing about systemic change (see: turning down immortality) and for me this is no different (I just personally headcanon him wanting to bring change for disadvantaged kids but whatever)

to me this logic is like telling an exceptional artist that there's no point in going to art school to become a professional when they can already just do art on their own time for fun. like yeah....... if you're content with doing that as just a hobby. but what if you want to become an even better artist and learn new skills. what if you want to do it as a job that pays you and gives you health insurance and social security. then what

for me the main logistical issue of him majoring in marine biology has never been that he would never do that it's that the intersection of new rome college accreditation to the Actual Real world isn't all that clear/logistically sound. like I guess the mist can handle anything but what impact is new rome going to be able to have on the realm of mortals. this would be a nice thing to discuss actually (more in tags)

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

The Princess of Wales Winter 2024 Photo Challenge!

Day Seventeen: Favourite photo(s) of Catherine at a Royal State Visit

[independentanon]

Just say 'hi' or whatever if you want the shit I'm giving away. Just don't forget that this is about protesting. Be safe. Speak loud and clearly. Our voices must be heard! Good luck, everyone!

[benders-back]

Hey guys reminder that im a minor so if you're like "minors dni!" Or "I block minors on sight!!" And then interact with me you're kinda breaking your own rules

[thebigqueer]

also idk im not really a fan of the way rick's writing annabeth man. its like why is the only girl in this trio the 'most responsible' and always ahead of everything adn why are the boys seen as 'not knowing anything' and 'knuckleheads' and always depending on annabeth for some plan like everything about the dynamic feels so off to me the way he wrote them in this book. its so difficult not to look at it from a gendered perspective cuz like why is there a section where were talking about how great a mother annabeth would be. like i get percy is all sentimental & family oriented & knows he wants to marry her and have kids w her and whatever but theres a difference btwn percys pov of her & ricks depiction of her.

[m0sspile]

everyone look at my son now

[rabbitcruiser]

The Kingdom of Spain ceded the territory of Florida to the United States on July 17, 1821.

[kittn-paws]

International M1124 MaxxPro MRAPV¹ being airlifted to a U.S army FOB² by a C-17 Globemaster III under the 8th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron.

(Staff Sergeant Gerald R. Willis, 2022.)

1 - MRAPV

Acronym for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle, a classification of vehicle designed to provide an armored transport that can withstand significant damage that many other transports cannot.

2 - FOB

Acronym for Foward Operating Base, a foward position intended to be used as a logistical facility, defense and housing for extended periods of time.

Please consider helping the American Military History Museum in preserving history!

[lonestarflight]

Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress flying near Mt Ranier, Washington.

From the Paul Fedelchak Collection.

Date: February 28, 1938

San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive: link, link

[al-mayriti]

my number one weirdest talent has to be knowing by heart all abbreviations of spanish public universities

[canonically47]

might go insane and *gets the idea of jack hoffman and emily wokerson adopted family*

[katurdayss]

Hot take, I want the rest of the world to ice out the United States. Europeans, tell your governments to tell us to fuck off instead of compromising your morals just because your leaders think you need our decrepit narcissistic country.

I didn't vote for the guy in office and yet that skin container of orange nuclear waste has made me have to reconcile my part in his disgusting policies that go against my very core simply because I paid my taxes. Simply because I live here and contribute to the economy even if I make the most ethical choices possible.

I believe in the rest of the world. I know you can exist without us. You did it for thousands of years, don't let this temper tantrum throwing toddler of a country ruin you.

Please

[sjweminem]

hoffman would have been cured of his anguishes and disorders if somebody would have held him firmly in their lap and called him a sweet little girl while he blushed and squirmed. i worked in a hospital so i know what i'm talking about

[sponsored-deactivated20210106]

Emperor Nero: "fiddled while Rome burned." 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

This encapsulates the idea that Nero not only did not stop the fire, may have even started it, and indispensably profited immensely from it, personally. (The fire killed or displaced more than half of Romans.) He then leveraged propaganda to incite hatred and pograms against religious minorities, who would be dispossessed and captured and tortured to death for spectacle in the Colosseum...🏟️

Emperor Trump: ⛳ "golfs while California burns." 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Hmmmm

Fact check: Yes, regions of California have burned or are burning, with 12k houses destroyed already so far (01/16). Yes, Donald Trump golfs during the fires. Yes, he has been golfing during the fires. And, yes, based on past performance it is almost certain that he will golf much, much more in the near and long-term futures.

Having established the veracity of the phrase, Trump's agenda going forward remains to be seen in action. He wants to be "a Dictator [from] day one" and it remains to be seen if, after he began in 2012 anyone, singularity or collectively, has the energy to stop him.

Trump golfs while California burns

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