#Serbian forces

[profesors]

▪️A Serbian female soldier plays the violin, embodying both strength and grace 🇷🇸

[warruins]

[limetameta]

Bestie watched the new Nosferatu

Bestie: it's a little weird because this new one leans heavily into making the Nosferatu eastern European coded when the original doesn't nearly as much

Me, a slav: Slavic or Romanian coded?

Bestie: I want to say more slavic-

Me, as if someone scored a point in football: SERBIAN NOSFERATU LET'S GOOOO-

Bestie, desperately trying to explain she meant Russian oligarch

Me, running circles in my living room: NOSFERATU IS ONE OF OURS NOW!!! LET'S GET THE RAKIJA OUT , POUR ONE OUT FOR NOSFERATUVIĆ

[tes-trash-blog]

The hardest Daedra to write from a Falmer perspective are Molag Bal, Mehrunes Dagon, and Sanguine.

Molag Bal I've had some leeway in, as my current thinking is that Bal is the truest reflection of Lorkhan's corpse. Life in the tundra is cruel, often needlessly so, and "worship" of Molag Bal is, if I had to make an analogy, more of how the Reachfolk treat Molag Bal: A fact of life, and one to be endured. Molag Bal comes after the last sunset of the year, and is the worst of winter. You do not worship it, you endure it.

Mehrunes Dagon is a very tough nut to crack. The Falmeri culture leaned heavily towards stasis, and the Lord of Change is a polar opposite. @aanthirin and I briefly brainstormed on this and she had the brilliant idea of Dagon being brought from the frozen hell of the north, burning into the Ice Elves until nothing remained. First comes the searing fire of pain, then the death. And if you survive the death, you may yet understand.

There's argument for a Dagonite cult that flourished among the survivors of the Falmer-Atmoran War. After all, Auri-El was left bereft and betrayed, and now these homeless sorts find themselves in the exact same position. Who wasn't to say that Mehrune Dagon, Lord of Change, the Ardent Hope, was not also fighting against this upheaval?

Sanguine remains impossible. Being the Prince of Debauchery, he simply doesn't seem to mesh with a culture whose idea of debauchery is unlike the cultures in which we live. Homosexuality isn't debauchery, it's simply a way of being. Being transgender isn't debauchery, it's simply a step in the journey to self-realization. Addictions weren't seen as moral failings, and therefore addicts weren't cast aside but treated and consoled. The Falmer only executed people for one crime, and it wasn't murder.

I realized then that Sanguine wasn't seen as a creature of baseless impulse by the Falmer, but rather the worst aspects of Molag Bal amplified. If Molag Bal is the darkness after the last sunset of the year, Sanguine is the sick bastard who knows that in the dark, there are no witnesses.

(tw: rape)

In short, Sanguine wasn't a messy fun uncle gay in Falmer culture.

Sanguine was the King of Rape.

[usafphantom2]

#News: Serbia signs a €2.7 billion deal to acquire 12 brand-new Dassault Rafale B/Cs and associated equipped from France. The Rafale deal will be Serbia’s most expensive weapons purchase to date.

@RealAirPower1 via X

[barszcz-czerwony-i-biali]

Last semestre of English I was technically supposed to read Kafka's the trial. I didn't but managed to write a great paper on humour and authoritarianism and The trial and Milan Kundera's Žert as a way of coping as well as resistance but that paper isn't the point.

Anyway seeing discussions about Kafka's Jewish identity and how it explains his writing makes the trial quite relatable especially now.

Like dealing with antisemitism it's like being on trial without knowing why. Endless and constantly changing, forced to play by rules that have no rhyme or reason. The absurdity of the process and accusations would be funny if it weren't for the fact that I could end up dead like Josef K.

[darthteeth]

love that my peeta mutuals are having fun but i will always be a gale girl 😔 sorry can't help being a leo-

[eternitas]

[pearbody-squareheads]

9/11/23 (571 words)

86.312 words, 292 pages

Let's see where this goes.

[bfpnola]

ID 1: Screenshot of a post by @/key48return on Instagram. Background is of a globe with pinpoints of the israeli flag all over North and South America. Title reads in all caps, “israel is involved in oppression all over the world not just in Palestine…” A yellow arrow points right underneath the title. End ID

ID 2: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE - 1994

ISRAEL EXPORTED SUBSTANTIAL WEAPONS AND ARMS TO THE HUTU MILITIAS WHO MASSACRED OVER 1 MILLION TUTSI CIVILIANS IN RWANDA ACROSS THE DURATION OF 100 DAYS.

WEAPONS USED IN THE GENOCIDE INCLUDED ISRAELI-MADE 5.56MM BULLETS, RIFLES AND GRENADES. THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE IS RECOGNISED AS THE WORST GENOCIDE IN MODERN HISTORY. ISRAEL HAS REPEATEDLY ATTEMPTED TO CONCEAL THEIR ARMS EXPORTS TO RWANDA BEFORE AND DURING THE GENOCIDE, FEARING PROSECUTION.”

Black and white photos below are shown of various Rwandan children in graveyards or in makeshift tents just trying to get by. End ID.

ID 3: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA 1948 - 1994

ISRAEL WAS A STAUNCH ALLY TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID REGIME, PROVIDING ANTI-RIOT VEHICLES AND ARMS TO USE AGAINST THE NATIVE BLACK POPULATION, ASSISTING THE REGIME IN CREATING NUCLEAR BOMBS AND ISRAEL ALSO OPPOSED THE GLOBAL EMBARGO AND BOYCOTT OF APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA.

FOR DECADES, THE ZIONIST FEDERATION IN SOUTH AFRICA HONOURED MEN SUCH AS PERCY YUTAR, WHO PROSECUTED NELSON MANDELA FOR SABOTAGE AND CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE STATE IN 1963 AND SENT HIM TO JAIL FOR LIFE. (FOR WHICH HE SERVED 27 YEARS)”

Black and white photos below showcase a Black man being held in a chokehold by a white man, two Black people on their knees and hands up trying not to get shot, and a sign that reads in english and afrikaans “white area.” End ID.

ID 4: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

MAYAN GENOCIDE 1960 - 1996

THROUGHOUT THE GUATEMALAN CIVIL WAR FROM 1960-1996, OVER 200,000+ INDIGENOUS MAYANS WERE MURDERED BY STATE FORCES, AND OVER ONE MILLION MORE DISPLACED, IN WHAT IS REFERRED TO TODAY AS THE MAYAN GENOCIDE.

THE GUATEMALAN STATE FORCES RESPONSIBLE WERE ARMED AND TRAINED BY ISRAEL. WHEN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SUSPENDED MILITARY FUNDING TO THE GUATEMALAN STATE FORCES IN 1977 IN THE MIDST OF THE MAYAN GENOCIDE, ISRAEL GAVE THEM OVER $38 BILLION WORTH OF ARMS TO FILL THE GAP. THE 'GALIL' ASAULT RIFLE, AN ISRAELI-MADE WEAPON, WAS STANDARD ISSUE FOR THE GUATEMALAN ARMY BY 1980, WITH THE STATE OWNED SMALL-ARMS PRODUCTION FACILITY IN ALTA VERAPAZ PRODUCING ITS AMMUNITION UNDER ISRAELI ARMS LICENCES.”

Below are multiple in-color photos of Mayan families mourning, one photo in particular which shows indigenous Mayans carrying a seemingly endless line of coffins off into the distance. End ID.

ID 5: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

SREBRENICA - 1995

ALSO KNOWN AS THE SREBRENICA GENOCIDE. IN 1995 OVER 8,000+ BOSNIAN MUSLIMS WERE MASSACRED BY SERBIAN ARMY FORCES ARMED AND TRAINED BY ISRAEL. SERBIAN FORCES ETHNICALLY CLEANSED OVER 250,000+ MUSLIMS IN TOTAL ACROSS CROATIA AND BOSNIA.

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WERE WOUNDED, STARVED, WOMEN WERE MASS RAPED AND MANY WERE INCARCERATED IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS. MANY OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GENOCIDE FLED TO ISRAEL, WHERE THEY WERE GRANTED ISRAELI CITIZENSHIP IN ORDER TO AVOID ARREST AND PROSECUTION FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.”

Once again, the in-color photos below show various peoples mourning. Two of the photos specifically show people reaching their hands out over extremely long lists of just names of people who have died. End ID.

ID 6: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

TRAINING U.S. POLICE

SINCE 1990, HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN POLICE OFFICERS, INCLUDING AGENTS FROM THE FBI, CIA AND IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (ICE), HAVE EITHER BEEN SENT TO ISRAEL THROUGH POLICE TRAINING EXCHANGES, OR ATTENDED SUMMITS WITHIN THE U.S. THAT WERE SPONSORED BY ISRAELI LOBBY ORGANISATIONS.

THE KNEE-TO-NECK 'RESTRAINT' THAT DEREK CHAUVIN MURDERED GEORGE FLOYD WITH, IS OFTEN USED BY ISRAELI POLICE AND SOLIDERS AGAINST PALESTINIANS.

BLACK LIVES MATTER.”

Photos below are in-color and show various B.L.M. protests. End ID.

ID 7: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

ARMING INDIA'S VIOLENCE IN KASHMIR

INDIA IS ISRAEL'S LARGEST ARMS CLIENT, MAKING UP OVER 45% OF ISRAEL'S ARMS SALES. BUYING ISRAELI AMMUNITION AND AIR-TO-GROUND MISSILES, ON THE PREMISE THEY HAVE BEEN 'BATTLE-TESTED' ON PALESTINIANS IN GAZA. ISRAEL PROVIDES INDIA WITH THE ARMS INDIA USES TO MILITARILY OCCUPY KASHMIR AND BRUTALISE KASHMIRI'S.

SINCE 1989, OVER 100,000+ KASHMIRIS HAVE BEEN KILLED BY INDIAN FORCES. WITH OVER 7,200+ KASHMIRIS BEING MURDERED IN INDIAN POLICE CUSTODY, OVER 110,000+ KASHMIRI CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ORPHANED, AND MORE THAN 11,000+ KASHMIRI WOMEN HAVE BEEN RAPED BY INDIAN OCCUPATION FORCES. IN ADDITION, OVER 7,000+ UNNAMED MASS GRAVES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WITH THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS.”

The photos below show israel and india’s leaders shaking hands and various armed indian soldiers stopping Kashmiris for unnecessary checks. End ID.

ID 8: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

PINOCHET COUP - CHILE 1973

CIA BACKED DICTATOR, AUGUSTO PINOCHET TOOK OVER CHILE ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1973. OVERTHROWING ITS DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT, SALVADOR ALLENDE. THE NEXT DAY HIS FORCES BEGAN KIDNAPPING ANYONE THEY SUSPECTED OF BEING LEFT WING AND PLACED THEM IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

PINOCHET'S SECRET POLICE, DINA (DIRECCION DE INTELIGENCIA NACIONAL) RAN THOSE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND TORTURE CENTRES, AND THEY FREQUENTLY ABDUCTED, 'DISAPPEARED' AND EXECUTED CHILEAN CIVILIANS. ISRAEL TRAINED DINA AND WAS ALSO ONE OF PINOCHET'S MAIN ARMS SUPPLIERS.”

Black and white photos below showcase various scenes of armed DINA officers, with one photo in particular showing them in a tank over bodies on the ground, presumably dead. End ID.

ID 9: In all caps, “ISRAEL'S INVOLVED IN:

ETHNICALLY CLEANSING ARMENIANS - ONGOING

ISRAEL HAS BEEN FUNDING AND ARMING AZERBAIJAN'S MILITARY SINCE 1988, ARMS WHICH HAVE BEEN USED TO KILL ARMENIAN CIVILIANS THROUGHOUT AZERBAIJAN'S ONGOING ETHNIC CLEANSING OF ARTSAKH. THE ISRAELI REGIME SUPPLIES AZERBAIJAN WITH OVER 70% OF ITS MILITARY ARSENAL.

IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE ARMS TO KILL ARMENIANS, ISRAEL ALSO REFUSES TO RECOGNISE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, COMMITTED BY THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (TURKEY) FROM 1914-1923, WHO SYSTEMATICALLY MURDERED OVER 1.5 MILLION ARMENIAN CIVILIANS.”

Photos below show israel and azerbaijan’s leaders shaking hands, azerbaijan’s soldiers menacingly standing in front of someone wrapped in an Armenian flag, and Armenians mourning over a shrine with their flags all around them. End ID.

ID 10: In all caps, “THE PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM IS CONNECTED TO STRUGGLES ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

BECAUSE OPPRESSORS LIKE ISRAEL ARE NOT ONLY UPHOLDING OPPRESSION AGAINST ONE POPULATION, ITS ALWAYS INTERCONNECTED TO OPPRESSING MANY MORE.

FREE PALESTINE.” No photos at the bottom of this slide. End ID.

[mapsontheweb]

Historical regions of Europe

by Poussin_Casoar/reddit

The main reference maps are here.

This map is based on geographical/historical/cultural regions division of Europe. The base canvas that has been used is Europe-Detailed from MapChart and it sucks because every country is overstretched with some parts like Germany and the Balkans being highly deformed. The overstretched Scandinavia was so unworkable I replaced it with HOI4 MapChart (it was already too late when I discovered MapChart has Paradox Interactive maps). If I make a final version, I will probably use HOI4 provinces as my base canvas because they provide enough fragmentations and countries are not that much deformed.

Since this map is intended to be used for studying History, I tried to focus on historical regions (which are often cultural regions too). When I couldn't use historical regions because it was too complex or because of a lack of data, I resorted to geographical regions.

So, now here are some details about the regions I chose to display :

Sweden is not finished. Here is the map I planned to use as my reference for Sweden.

I am still struggling to understand if the borders of the federations composing current North Caucasia are historical borders or if they were imposed by Moscow after some forced ethnic migrations. So I chose the easy way and displayed the geographical regions.

Germany's regionalism is hell because of the HRE. So I assumed that people who are interested in the HRE should rather use more specific maps instead of mine. The regions displayed on my map come from a mix between dialect maps and political entities that have been around for a long time. Brandenburg and Upper Saxony are overstretching on their western part because I didn't know what to do with Sachsen-Anhalt.

Russia is largely blank because of the lack of data. From what I understood, people in Russia use either big cities or uezds to refer to a specific location. Using uezds would be the most accurate solution but I am not familiar enough with russian geography to work with such a fragmented Russia so for the time being, I decided to display current oblasts that approximately correspond to either one of the main principalities of the Kievan Rus.

The Balkans map is mostly based on geographical regions. I am still unsure for Alföld. Gorica is not displayed because it is too small. Baranya is not displayed because the Croatian-Hungarian-Serbian border is already too complex. The coastal region of Toskëria should be Myzeqe but I decided to not display it for now because it was rather small.

For Switzerland (whose key has been rendered unreadable by the compression) I kept the current county division

If you want to make an improved map or a variation map, feel free to use this unfinished map.

Note : If you have some remarks, I think it would be better to write them on a separate comment and not reply to this one to avoid creating an unending thread of replies.

Note 2 : Feel free to provide more detailed maps of specific regions of Europe, it may save some time for people struggling to find what they want

[benzodiazepinica]

The murder that started a World War

true crime in history

The Great War represents a rupture from a classical world to a contemporary one. Most of the empires fell, giving origin to republic systems.

Before World War (I), Europe lived through a great era, the Belle Époque, a period of prosperity for most countries. Germany and Italy just emerged as Nations after their unifications, and the rest of Europe enjoyed the power they had exploring Africa and Asia.

However, imperialism turned on a problem. The dispute between capitalist countries for lands in the African and Asian continents for the exploitation of wealth, generated problems between the great powers of the time. Each Nation wanted to expand more and more, wanted to dominate more and more, to show itself strong and stand out among the others

Not only that, but economic disputes led to feelings of pride and anger between countries. Germany, a newly formed nation at the time, quickly became a great power. It was highly industrialized, with several colonies on other continents and even surpassed England, which was the greatest economic power at the time. Past territorial disputes also directly affected the conflict: the French and Germans fought over the land of Alsace-Lorraine, which was rich in minerals. The Russians and other nations fought with Germany over oil and other minerals that were abundant in the Middle East.

The French people's feeling of revenge was heightened by having lost the Franco-Prussian War (a war in which small territories formed Germany and took French parts for themselves). Other countries from Europe also were "mad" with Germany because Germany was becoming very powerful, which angered them, as the Germans threatened the sovereignty of other countries and were also a new country.

All the European powers were at odds with each other and defending themselves and also planning to attack. They all knew that something bigger was coming, something beyond what they could have imagined, so the countries began to invest in war arsenals and invest in defense, hoping that some major disagreement would happen so that they could actually declare war.

In this scenario, a nationalist movement gained strength among the Serbs, who sought the union of the peoples of Slavic origin who lived in the Balkans and, because of imperialism, were under the rule of Austria-Hungary. The objective was to form Greater Serbia, as a kind of new country. Russia, a very large country, was clearly interested in controlling the Balkan region, so it supported this move in order to remove Austro-Hungary from the region and then take over there.

One of these nationalist organizations gained prominence: The Black Hand. It was in this context that the figure of Gravilo Princip emerged.

Gravilo Princip, his revolt, his courage: Where could this lead?

Born in Oblej, Bosnia, Gavrilo was the son of Maria and the postman Petar, both of Serbian descent. When he reached the age of 13, Gavrilo decided to live in the capital, Sarajevo, to continue his studies. Initially, he joined a military institution, but later chose to enroll in a technical course in administration. In 1910, Princip decided to finish his intermediate education in Tuzla, a city in Serbia.

When Gavrilo lived in Serbia, the representation of the Pan-Slavist ideal was carried out by an organization called “Unification or Death”, also known as the “Black Hand”. With each passing day, the young student became more and more emphatic in his sympathy for nationalist ideals and his unwavering devotion to the mission of ending Austro-Hungarian influence in the Balkan Peninsula. To this end, Gavrilo believed it was necessary to end the life of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

In June 1914, Franz Ferdinand was on the streets of Sarajevo inspecting the activities of the Austro-Hungarian military forces. Concerned with demonstrating superiority, Franz Ferdinand chose June 28th for the inspection, the date on which Serbian national day is celebrated.

Attentive to the Archduke's official visit, the Black Hand offered pistols, grenades and approximately two months of military training. During this period, Gavrilo excelled in shooting and Nedjelko Cabrinovic was one of the best grenade throwers. When the long-awaited June 28 arrived, Gavrilo and his companions spread out strategically along Appel Quay Street, one of the streets crossed by Franz Ferdinand's entourage.

While the Archduke was driving in the car with his wife, a first assassination attempt was made. A young man threw a grenade at the car, but the driver managed to dodge it. This young man, Cabrinovic took a dose of cyanide and threw himself into the Miljacka River, following orders from his superiors. His suicide attempt was also unsuccessful. The poison did not have the desired effect and the river was not deep enough for him to drown. As a result, the terrorist was arrested by local authorities and his accomplices decided to disperse. It was then that the Archduke and his wife insisted that they change their route and stop at the hospital where the injured from the attempted attack were being treated. Then they could return to the palace.

It was 11 a.m., and Gavrilo was in a bakery when the entourage carrying the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire began to pass him. More than that: when the royal car practically stopped in front of him, it began to be pushed in another direction manually. Realizing that this was his best chance to go ahead with the plan to assassinate the nobleman, the young Serbian student pulled out his pistol FN model 1910. As he later revealed, he had not even aimed before shooting. On the contrary: he looked the other way. Despite all this, however, he was able to shoot both the archduke and his wife fatally. Ferdinand was hit in the jugular, while Sophia was shot in the abdomen, and both died within half an hour. The archduke's last words were in response to the count who was traveling with them.

At his trial, Gavrilo Princip stated: "I am a Yugoslav nationalist, aiming at the unification of all Yugoslavs, and I do not care what form of state it is, but it must be free of Austria." Princip was spared the death penalty due to his age (19) and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was imprisoned in Terezín Fortress, where he received a life sentence, but died a few years later of tuberculosis.

The trigger for a great war

Although Serbia itself stated that the government was not part of this terrorist attack, Austria-Hungary, with the support of Germany, declared war on Serbia because of the event. This was the trigger for a conflict that had been "postponed" and expected for a long time. The nations, all in conflict and disagreements, were already armed and prepared for anything that would be worthy enough to start a war, such as, in this case, an assassination. Some nations with similar interests joined together, thus forming the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy) and the Triple Entente (United Kingdom, France and Russia, defending Serbia).

The First World War, a true massacre

The war took place on the European continent and, apart from the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain, all other European countries participated in the war. Some American countries, such as the United States of America and Brazil, later entered the great conflict.

developments of the War

In the first months, the troops' strategy was to move and occupy the fronts, since the war began in June 1914. The first phase lasted 6 months; it was in 1915 that the direct and most violent attacks began. This first part was marked by movement and attempts to occupy territories, such as the Battle of Morne, where the Germans came within 40 meters of Paris.

The second phase is marked by the popular trenches. The forces on both sides were very balanced, the solution was to dig trenches and from there try to advance or maintain the position on the ground. The trenches were used for both attack and defense. They had fences 2 meters or more deep. Between the trench lines there was a space called "no man's land". Passing through this area meant being shot at from all sides. In fact, sticking your head out of the trench could cost a soldier his life.

The attackers would drop bombs from their cannons or the aviators would machine-gun the enemy lines. Poison gas, such as mustard gas, would also be used. This action would last for hours or even days. Only after this, this first massacre, would the officers order the soldiers to advance towards the enemy trench, where they would fight with the survivors of the attacks. Even then, the success of the attack was not guaranteed.

To meet the needs of the war, industries were forced to develop. The demand for weapons promoted intense industrial production and, consequently, the improvement of products. Machine guns, bombers, tanks and submarines were created.

To support the walls, it was necessary to shore up the wood with earth. Living conditions in the trenches were terrible, as they were flooded with snow and rain. The soldiers lived with corpses, lice and rat infestations, which led to the spread of numerous diseases. There was not enough food for everyone, nor water. Bathing and quality sleep were also completely scarce.

Due to the Russian Revolution, Russia abandoned the conflict, signing a peace agreement with the Germans. The United States, until then "neutral", joined the Triple Entente. Because it joined at the end and was located on another continent, nothing too devastating happened to them, which even led to them becoming a world power during and after the war.

In October 1918, the situation in Germany was dire. The Austrians and Turks had surrendered, Italy had switched sides, and the Triple Entente troops were close to German territory. The German population began to protest against remaining in the war. A civilian took power in Germany and signed the surrender. In 1919, the victorious nations called a conference in Versailles to ensure peace in Europe and punish Germany, which, having been the last to surrender, was considered guilty of the war and forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles. This treaty defined that Germany should pay a high financial indemnity to the Triple Entente, and guaranteed that Germany would lose overseas territories and would be demilitarized. The Treaty of Versailles officially marked the end of World War I.

Interesting facts about the First World War

The conflict is the sixth with the highest number of deaths in history.

The Spanish Flu was responsible for the death of approximately 1/3 of all military personnel who lost their lives during the war.

Dogs were widely used as messengers, carrying orders to the battle fronts through capsules that were attached to their bodies.

World War I sparked the development of plastic surgery, and the first blood banks were also created during the conflict.

In December 1914, soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force heard German soldiers entrenched in Frelinghien, France, singing Christmas carols and saw that officers had placed small lanterns and Christmas trees along the trenches. The men of both armies began exchanging messages, and the next day they all agreed to declare an informal truce, spending the day in each other’s company. During the truce, the soldiers exchanged gifts, played football and took photos together. The day has become one of the most emotional memories of the First World War, a moment when enemies allowed compassion to triumph over political differences.

[warruins]

[astrobiscuits]

Unknown asteroids #1

🦭Adorno (21029) – of Spanish origin; means to decorate/embellish; (for females only) if Sun, Mars, Saturn or the Descendant are badly aspected by this asteroid in the natal chart, it can indicate being “objectified” by men; if one of the mentioned planets/angle are positively aspected by this asteroid, it can indicate fighting for women's rights when it comes to the objectification of women

🦭Advincula (23017) – of Latin origin; denotes someone advanced in a certain skill/job/life experiences OR someone who can advance a certain field

🦭Aenna (1155) – of Hebrew origin; means favor/grace, God has favored me; denotes someone getting blessed by a higher force

🦭Aemilia (159) – of Latin origin; means industrious; denotes a workaholic and/or someone who works in engineering; a second meaning: to strive/excel

🦭Aeschylus (2876) – father of Greek tragedy drama; denotes a strong affinity for drama works (either in reading or writing them); if it aspects Uranus, it can bring popularity due to scandals/dramatic past

🦭Bengt (1846) – of Latin origin, but frequently used in Sweden; means blessed

🦭Cappi (49777) – of Italian origin; means lucky

🦭Elpis (59) – of Greek origin; means "the spirit of hope"; like the star card in tarot, this asteroid shows us where we are most hopeful

🦭Gorky (2768) – of English origin; means awkward/strange

🦭Khandrika (12068) – of Indian origin; means small village/small place

🦭Khalat (468725) – of Indian origin; means robe; denotes someone with high social status, someone who dresses expensive

🦭Libby (5672) – of British origin; means God’s promise; if relevant in synastry, it can indicate fated connections, someone given to us from the above

🦭Odeh (34786) – of Arabic origin; denotes someone (or something) coming back into your life, similar to Aesculapia (1027)

🦭Oenomaos (164555) – from Greek mythology (corresponds to King Oenomaus of Pisa); shows love for consuming wine; if prominent in the natal chart, it can point to an alcoholic

🦭Oenone (215) – from Greek mythology; a nymph abandoned by her lover, Paris, who choose Helen of Troy over her; prominent in people who have been cheated on/left by lovers

🦭Okugi (5174) – of Japanese origin; means the heart or depth of something, secrets, mysteries, esoterica

🦭Okuni (7769) – of Japanese origin; means homeland or native country

🦭Olathe (18984) – its meaning comes from the Shawnee language; means lovely/beautiful

🦭Paeonia (1061) – of Latin origin; denotes the latin term for peony (symbols of peony: love, honor, romance, beauty)

🦭Palach (1834) – of Russian origin; means executioner, hangman, butcher, torturer

🦭Piedade (11912) – of Portugese origin; means pity, mercy, kindness towards an enemy

🦭Pierre (1392) – of French origin; means stone, rock

🦭Quigley (18699) – of Irish origin; means “from the mother’s side”; denotes someone very similar to their own mother or her family, heavily attached to the mother figure or someone who has grown up without a father; a second meaning: “unruly hair”; denotes someone with crazy hair

🦭Quinn (107561) – of Irish origin; means wise, intelligent

🦭Quito (10793) – of Spanish origin; means “center of the world”; denotes someone popular and/or famous

🦭Seiwa (16700) – of Japanese origin; means saint; denotes a person of superior knowledge and virtue; a second meaning: peace, calm

🦭Vangelis (6354) – of Greek origin; means good news

🦭Vate (12312) – of English origin, but borrowed from Latin; means prophet, fortune teller, inspired writer; prominent in witches and tarot readers

🦭Vedrana (176014) – of Croatian and Serbian origin; denotes someone who is lighthearted, joyful, cheerful

🦭Xenia (625) – of Greek origin; denotes a great host, someone hospitable and welcoming with guests and strangers in need

(21029, 23017, 1155, 159, 2876, 1846, 49777, 59, 2768, 12068, 468725, 5672, 34786, 164555, 215, 5174, 7769, 18984, 1061, 1834, 11912, 1392, 18699, 107561, 10793, 16700, 6354, 12312, 176014, 625)

[drnikolatesla]

The Lifestyle of Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla was a very tall and skinny man, standing over six feet and weighing around one hundred and forty pounds. He had light blue-gray eyes, which was considered odd because he was of Serbian descent who were typically known to have darker eyes. Tesla, probably joking, said to a reporter that his eyes used to be dark, but using his mind so much had made them many shades lighter. The inventor was known to be very elegant, stylish, meticulous in his grooming, clothing, and regimented in his daily activities.

Tesla never married and remained a celibate and a bachelor his entire life. Tesla was solely committed to the principles of science above all else, and for this reason, he denied the love and companionship of a female counterpart. He chose to lead a solitary life, hoping only that this sacrifice to work would make his name live on through many centuries still to come.

One of his few hobbies other than work was feeding birds. Tesla’s respect for birds began when he was a child growing up in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He and his local friends made a sport out of catching live birds, and when Tesla himself caught a couple of keepers, he and his friend found themselves getting attacked by a murder of crows. The revolt forced the boys to release the birds and take cover. In America, he made it a specialty of his to treat sick pigeons, which seems odd because he was quite the germaphobe. He would feed them every day on his daily walks and would also take in wounded pigeons and nurse them back to health at his hotel in New York. He seemed to have had a better connection with birds than with most people. In 1917, he was awarded the Edison Medal, and upon receiving the award, the inventor could not be found. He was later found feeding pigeons near a local library and was persuaded back to the ceremony to give his speech.

Tesla suffered from an obsessive compulsive disorder, and because of this, he developed some very strange idiosyncrasies and phobias, such as having a strong dislike against earrings, pearls, peaches, and touching other people's hair. He counted the steps in his walks and calculated the cubical contents of soup plates, coffee cups, and pieces of food. All repeated acts or operations he performed had to be divisible by three.

While living in New York, Tesla kept his laboratories absolutely clean and pure, refused to touch other people, would wear gloves while shaking hands, and insisted upon personally cleaning his own plates and silverware at restaurants with his requested 18 napkins. This cleanliness was all intentional because, as a child, he almost died from cholera, which raged in the region of his hometown Lika due to contaminated water. Many found Tesla’s actions strange, but to him, it was a very important measure to protect his health.

In another way to keep his body clean and pure, Tesla invented an electrical apparatus that could give the human body a dry bath by passing millions of volts of electricity through it (similar to his demonstrations in the early 1890s where he passed electricity through his own body). His oscillator was a small, drum-like object about two feet long by one foot wide and could apply half a million volts of electricity through his body. The large amount of electricity would affect the germs without destroying the cells of the tissues of the body. Though his oscillator seemed like a fountain of youth, Tesla maintained his conventional ideas of health. He bathed daily, believed in plenty of exercise, and would walk eight or ten miles every day. He said that he never would take a cab or other conveyance and relied on his leg power for transportation.

His diet was a crucial part of his daily routine to remain healthy and to prolong the length of his life. He was very fussy and particular about his food: he ate very little, but what he did eat had to be the very best. He wasn’t a complete vegetarian; he ate meat, just not very occasionally (perhaps once or twice a year). He did believe though that humankind should move towards a vegetarian diet, not just because eating meat the way we do is “barbarous,” as he said, but because he believed the vegetarian diet is more beneficial to the human body.

In his later years, he never smoked, drank tea, coffee, alcoholic beverages, or consumed any other stimulant. Since he saw life through the lens of his mechanistic theory of life, he took great care of his body as if it were a machine properly maintaining its best efficiency.

As for sleep, Tesla reported that he was a poor sleeper and had very unusual resting patterns. He claimed to only sleep a few hours each day and would oftentimes practice polyphasic sleep where he would take short naps for restoration instead of sleeping for a long period of time.

Unfortunately for Tesla and his clean and healthy lifestyle, in 1937, at the age of 81, he was hit by a taxicab during one of his regular walks. It is likely he was jaywalking because he admittedly was known to do so. He broke three ribs and seriously injured his back. Tesla would be bedridden for months while refusing to see a doctor, and on top of this would catch pneumonia, which would plague his health for the last 5 years of his life. I believe this accident and sickness would play a major role in the rapid decline of his health, both mentally and physically, and his goal of living past a century would never be realized.

Nikola Tesla had a unique and eccentric lifestyle and was known for his intense work habits, often spending long hours in his laboratory. So much so that his friends would seriously worry about his health. Financial difficulties were a recurring theme in his life, and he died in relative obscurity. Despite these challenges, Tesla's legacy is marked by his groundbreaking contributions to the field of electrical engineering.