#50 YEARS

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

What a difference 50 years makes juxtaposition of Honda Civic RS, 1974 and Honda Civic RS, 2024. Honda have revealed a new RS version of the 11th generation Civic. It is powered by a turbocharged 1.5 litre engine, 6 speed manual transmission and has a sportier suspension set-up than other Civics. The original RS had a 1169 cc SOHC 8-valve EB engine fitted with dual Keihin CV carburettors and 5 speed manual transmission, also with stiffer suspension. Both Civic RS models are for the Japanese domestic market

[dougielombax]

So today marks 50 years since that SHITSHOW in Cyprus got even worse than it already was!

I’m not gonna say much beyond that.

No doubt the Turkish government have put out some putrid triumphalist statement.

Ghastly stuff!

I’m saying this as someone who’s had their own country (Ireland) split in half.

[allosaurusfragilis]

Thank you Dungeons And Dragons, for giving a penurious trans kid in suburbia a place to let her imagination run wild, and explore aspects of herself in safety. Your existence has been rife with missteps and moral panics, just like mine, but here you are 50 years later, still being fun. Keep rolling those dice and dreaming big.

[musickickztoo]

Gram Parsons † September 19, 1973

[livelyoaks]

Happy birthday boys

[cannibalsurprise]

Letter from a daughter to her disappeared-detainee dad. Circa 1973. Chile.

Dear Daddy:

I am sad because you’re not coming, daddy, I love you so so much, I’m waiting for you, because you’re good and not bad. Poor daddy. I remember you so much and I love you more.

Daddy, in school I got good grades and I study very hard, so you don’t have a lazy daughter, mommy says I have to be well-behaved and study a lot so you can come home. Lulu (her sister) and I don’t know why they took our daddy. Our mommy says that when we grow up we will understand, that now we are little and we gotta study.

I love you so much, and when you come back, we’re going out to play, with my sister we can’t be happy because you’re far away, I caught mommy crying, but she says it’s nothing. We are all sad.

A hug and a kiss from your daughter.

Little duck.

Sin perdón ni olvido.

[clark-sons]

[metalcultbrigade]

50 Years

[rice-pudding-slaps]

i hate the night before september eleven. i always have problem sleeping and then being awake. now I'm close to La Moneda. It's even more frightening knowing there's a left leaning president in office. Will they kill him? Do I have to run? Should I start planning a way out? I get so anxious. My granparents survived the prosecution, my parents did too. And they still look over their shoulder thrice when cops are gathering. I look over my shoulder thrice and do two lefts when I see a cop too close. And I haven't ever even touched a political party. 50 years. My dad is 50. I'm not even half of that. Double my life we're living with this nightmare and the shadow keeps growing over all generations. My brother is 15. I was 9 when my dad told me how they threw the bodies of tortured people into the sea. My sibling is 18. I went to my first protest at 11. My grand aunt is 89. Last elections she tried to give us her cents of a pension to get out of the country before the military started hunting leftists again. I was 2 when my dad put on Victor Jara for the first time on the radio for me. I was 8 when I learnt they tortured and killed him. He was 46. He had a young daughter. I can't learn the more than 1400 names of people that disappeared to never be found again. Ruth Escobar was 27 when she disappeared. I'm 22. We both come from the same city and we travel to study in the capital. We're both artists. She disappeared 49 years ago. Her family still looks for her. My grandpa said that I shouldn't get into student politics cuz they can make me disappear. He doesn't remember my name anymore. Dementia took that away. But he remembers how his students were taken away. It's a phantom that will never go away. The fear is so strong. And every September 11 I don't sleep. I listen to Allende's amazing speech. History is ours, of the people that make it. Much sooner than later the biggest avenues will open and free men will walk to make a better world. It's so weird. I want to fight so it never happens again. So kids don't grow up fearing waking up to the nightmare their parents went through. I wasn't alive when it happened. And yet. It feels too close. I will fight so never again happens. So that no one forgets and no one gets forgotten. 50 years. 50 years and counting

[chaoticdesertdweller]

50 years gone 😔

[girlactionfigure]

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

What a difference 50 years makes juxtaposition of Mazda 616, 1974 & Mazda EZ-6, 2024. A new saloon revealed at Auto China 2024 that will be marketed in China and Europe and is available in both battery electric vehicle (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electrified vehicle (PHEV) form. The EZ-6 is rear wheel drive and features 50:50 weight distribution in BEV form. The 616 was a piston engine version of the first generation Capella/RX-2 for international markets that was powered by a 1,586cc 4 cylinder engine driving the rear wheels.

[myegoicmind]

Happy Birthday to the absolutely brilliant David Mitchell!!

Massive congrats on 50 years of excellence! Enjoy your day with your family and friends. You deserve every happiness Sir 🥳🎂🥂

[musickickztoo]

Cass Elliot † July 29, 1974

[allanodyne]

tear the stitch from my open wound

by AllanOdyne

[pinkfloydhq]

It is estimated that around 50 million copies of The Dark Side Of The Moon have been sold since the time it was released, in March 1973 (at least 1/3 of the British are presumed to own it), making it the third best-selling album of all time. 🌑🎧

Also, the album spent 800 consecutive weeks on the US charts – the equivalent of approximately 15 years among the best-selling in the United States.

On March 1, 2023, the play completes 50 years since its release.