#The British Invasion

[littlebluejaydraws]

<3 her wiggles <3

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[shirtlesssammy]

Dean Winchester every day -- 258/326

Supernatural 12x17//The British Invasion

[jeffbuckleyswife]

29/8/63

John and Paul aboard a ferry crossing the Mersey from Liverpool Pier Head to Wallasey. Taken during the filming of “The Mersey Sound”, a documentary made by BBC producer Don Haworth

[rolloroberson]

The Beatles landing at JFK Airport in New York City, 60 years ago today. The best press conference ever.

[midnightinwales]

I would like to sincerely thank Elvis Presley for being the sexual awakening for an entire generation of British boys

[mysticalblizzardcolor]

Itchycoo Park

[spnexploration]

British Men of Letters

Just as I was finally getting a tiny bit interested in Mick Davies...

Bah bow.

[ammaribnazizahmed]

❝ ...In the early nineteenth century, the word Hindustan begins to fade from the colonial archive. The major histories of the subcontinent, written in the early parts of the nineteenth century, were now histories of "British India".

With the British East India Company (BEIC) ascendant, the Maratha or the Sikh polities did not invoke Hindustan in their political claims.

There was a brief last resurgence of Hindustan in 1857 CE. The rebels and revolutionaries who opposed the British East India Company (BEIC) rule rallied to the flag of the Mughal Sultan, Bahadur Shah Zafar. He was once again, hailed as the Shahanshah-i Hindustan (Emperor of Hindustan) - clearly there remained an idea of Hindustan.

After violently crushing the revolution, Queen Victoria took British India under her direct rule and assumed the title of Empress of India, sending Bahadur Shah Zafar to die in exile in Burma.

...And so, (as) per (the poet) Mirza Ghalib, Hindustan became the past. ❞

Source: The Loss of Hindustan | The Invention of India by Manan Ahmed Asif, Pages 1 to 2

Pictured is the one of the few photos of the aforementioned Bahadur Shah Zafar or Bahadur Shah II - the last Timurid-Mughal Sultan - after trial in court and prior to his exile to modern-day Burma, following the unsuccessful and brutally crushed Hindustani Revolt of 1857-1858 CE.

Photo Credit: The British Library

[hitchell-mope]

So Dean gets his womanising/whorish tendencies from both of his parents then. That’s good to know(.)

[twojamie-o-clock]

Dead Vardans making up CMB is the single most cool sci-fi thing Dr Who had ever done case closed

[leclerdelune]

Lewis you will always be my pole sitter

[jimmyandthebritishinvasion]

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[chaoticace22]

i'm back on my bullshit hope it's okay

[musiquariumology]

Watch "The Beatles - Come Together" on YouTube

[beatleshistoryblog]

LECTURE 12: IN THE SHADOW OF THE BEATLES: The Hollies from Manchester scored a huge international coup with their mega-hit “Bus Stop” from 1966. Even though The Hollies were part of the early vanguard of the British Invasion in 1964, they had the hardest time breaking into the U.S. charts. They churned out plenty of Top 10 hits in their native Great Britain, as well as overseas in Canada and Europe. But “Bus Stop” was their first big hit in the United States. After its release, the Hollies would enjoy a long and successful run, even after Graham Nash left the band in 1968 to join the super group Crosby, Stills & Nash. 

[reasonsforhope]

"The world’s largest hornet, an invasive breed dubbed the “murder hornet” for its dangerous sting and ability to slaughter a honey bee hive in a matter of hours, has been declared eradicated in the U.S., five years after being spotted for the first time in Washington state near the Canadian border.

The Washington and U.S. Departments of Agriculture announced the eradication Wednesday [December 18, 2024], saying there had been no detections of the northern giant hornet in Washington since 2021...

“I’ve gotta tell you, as an entomologist — I’ve been doing this for over 25 years now, and it is a rare day when the humans actually get to win one against the insects,” Sven Spichiger, pest program manager of the Washington State Department of Agriculture, told a virtual news conference.

The hornets, which can be 2 inches (5 cm) long and were formerly called Asian giant hornets, gained attention in 2013, when they killed 42 people in China and seriously injured 1,675. In the U.S., around 72 people a year die from bee and hornet stings each year, according to data from the National Institutes of Health.

The hornets were first detected in North America in British Columbia, Canada, in August 2019 and confirmed in Washington state in December 2019, when a Whatcom County resident reported a specimen. A beekeeper also reported hives being attacked and turned over specimens in the summer of 2020. The hornets could have traveled to North America in plant pots or shipping containers, experts said.

DNA evidence suggested the populations found in British Columbia and Washington were not related and appeared to originate from different countries. There also have been no confirmed reports in British Columbia since 2021, and the nonprofit Invasive Species Centre in Canada has said the hornet is also considered eradicated there.

Northern giant hornets pose significant threats to pollinators and native insects. They can wipe out a honey bee hive in as little as 90 minutes, decapitating the bees and then defending the hive as their own, taking the brood to feed their own young.

The hornet can sting through most beekeeper suits, deliver nearly seven times the amount of venom as a honey bee, and sting multiple times. At one point the Washington agriculture department ordered special reinforced suits from China.

Washington is the only state that has had confirmed reports of northern giant hornets. Trappers found four nests in 2020 and 2021.

Spichiger said Washington will remain on the lookout, despite reporting the eradication. He noted that entomologists will continue to monitor traps in Kitsap County, where a resident reported an unconfirmed sighting in October but where trapping efforts and public outreach have come up empty...

“We will continue to be vigilant,” Spichiger said."

-via AP News, December 18, 2024