#hydrogen-ann

[insanitysscribblings]

I mean you'd with the least amount of pressure possible but, would you ever think about writing a book? Every once and a while I remember how it felt reading Back to Us and I just wish I could read a story that was fully yours.

HAAAAAAA.

Friend.

Let me tell you a story about what was my writing journey post 2020 for me.

As some of you might know, I finished a book at the very end of 2020, by the title of Charlatans. It's an adult novel about three voodoo-touched adult siblings who make Faustian bargains to find their long-missing father in exchange for their hearts' deepest desires.

I was super proud of it. My first full-fledged novel, something I had always known I was capable of doing. The hard part was over.

Or so I thought.

See, to be a GOOD novelist, you have to let your work marinate. So that's what I did: I sat on it for a few months, not touching it at all, not even remembering that it existed. After those few months, I set to the hard work of editing.

When I tell you it is SO hard to edit a book you know is missing SOMETHING, but you have no idea what...ugh. And asking for beta readers was tasking, 'cause the thing was over 90K words. I did still ask, of course, but didn't really manage to get a lot of feedback at that time of editing.

Nevertheless! I pressed on. Started researching literary agents, fully aware that with a single project, you only get ONE shot with each agent.

I had a spreadsheet. I had my query letter. I had detailed notes on who to ask for and why. I was ready.

And so I started querying.

...The agents that didn't straight up ignore me gave me automated rejections. The agents that didn't do that gave me personal rejections.

And the one or two agents that actually bothered to ask AND read the whole manuscript?

They loved it!

Just...not enough to publish it.

So. Here I am, with a fully finished manuscript and no one looking to publish it. What do I do?

I put it away and go back to the drawing board, because clearly, I'm missing something. But since no rejection is personalized enough, I don't know WHAT.

Frustration makes me put it down, and I let it sit for a few more months.

Until #DVPIT.

For the uninitiated, #DVPIT is a literary event in which diverse prospective writers and established agents come together to discover new working relationships. The diverse writer has three chances to pitch their project throughout the day to agents, and if agents like your pitch, you may send them your query package. Cool, right?

I take the day off work. I have my pitches queued on my phone, ready to go. Throughout the day, I strategically post them at peak hours, keeping my fingers crossed for even one single agent's attention.

The event runs for an extra week to give agents a chance to read the thousands of pitches flooding the Discord channel. I wait.

No likes. Not a single one.

Now, this part I'm less bitter about, because 150 characters to describe my book? That's just ridiculous. And the comp titles to prove that people would like it? Ugggggh. Not an opportunity to really sell Charlatans.

But this means that, still, my first novel is without an agent. No agent, no publication.

So I put it away again and decide to move on.

And before you ask, yes, I did look into self-publishing. Still lowkey looking, but it's tough, since everything seems like a scam nowadays. And don't even get me started on the AI books being published.

I know you didn't ask for this rant, @hydrogen-ann and for that, I apologize. But TL;DR: a published book is currently a pipe dream for me, though not for lack of trying.

Bitterness aside, thank you so, so much. I'm so happy you'd be interested in something original of mine. If I ever push Charlatans out the door/find the time to write an entirely NEW novel, I'll be sure to let you know 💜

[every-single-day]

Outsiders musical quotes I reference too often!

“Ponyboyyy.”

“CUT THAT HAIR! CUT THAT HAIR! CUT THAT GREASY GREASER’S HAIR!”

“Got one of their hubcaps!”

“‘Cause ya so brainyyy.”

“544 FUCKING PAGES?! That would take me 10 years to read.” 

“I mostly dream about flying saucers and hamburgers. And sometimes… sometimes… Ann Margaret is serving the hamburgers.”

“I got a hershey barrr.”

“You’re so exactly right!” 

“Let. Her speak. For herself. EUGH!”

“Outlaws 😃”

“I’ll be 15 soon.” “How soon?” “…next July.”

“When I stood up, it felt like my knees were in my armpits!”

“I’m generally an artistic person.”

“Is there a problem, Robert?”

“Step up to the line, sugar bush.”

“EAT SHIT, MARCIA!” 

“Yeah, that didn’t feel too good, I’m not gonna lie.”

“PUT HIM IN THE WATER, BOYS!” 

“Hydrogen peroxide.”

“Do I look like Julie Andrews?” “No, you look like Burt Lancaster in Elmer Gantry.” “BURT LANCASTER’S A SISSY! AND ELMER GANTRY’S A TERRIBLE MOVIE!” “Fine! Paul Newman then!” “...no shit?”

“Holy shit! It’s Goldilocks and her ugly sister!” 

“Is it just terrible?” “Yeah.” 

“Bet you’d kill for a cigarette.”

“*radio noise* earth to Ponyboy.” 

“Soda… serve him some green beans.”

“So, it’s like a story?”

“Am I in it?” 

[dilf-docs]

just wondering… any hc of how Eddie would introduce venom to young reader?

would venom love us? Or try to eat us?

venom meeting u would be like

eddie x venom x younger!reader

warnings: curse words, alien wants to eat you, just smut aluded nothing too crazy, nonsense but i had fun writing this!

tbh eddie didn't want to bc introduce venom partly in shame and partly bc he didn't want u to leave him lol (he has attachment issues i'm 100% sure) (ofc venom would yell at him for being embarrassed of THEE venom like??? get your shit together omg)

eddie likes you so much so i believe it ends up passing to venom but venom doesn't really have human feelings yk? like dude copes on another level

he processes different me thinks so eddie's liking of your perfume, for example, or the sweet way you taste when you kiss would translate to: "she must be sweet to eat!"

so yeah he probably wants to eat you

literally

both ways maybe??

ends up taking over eddies body bc even if he hates loud sounds ur moans are kinda inviting, inciting and addicting™️

yeah #monsterfucking

he loves u!!! venom would adore u bc u keep eddie happy

and eddie happy means his home lasting longer!!!!

he doesn't really know how humans work but i'm convinced he thinks we'd die if we're sad

so when he finally moves on from anne (even if he kind of misses her), venom cheers!

you would probably feed him when he takes over eddie too

lots of chocolates go missing from nearby stores

maybe would do a fanfic if i knew how to write it idk

i just know venoms tongue would eat!!

literally

imagine that long ass muscle dripping in saliva along your... 😳

no words

he prob rattles eddie on you 💯 gossip time with the symbiote is fun!

ngl when eddie starts annoying him or making you annoyed he takes over w/o permission lol

it starts to be more frequent cause venom wants u just for him 😤 lmao

possessive little symbiote

eddie fights with him, both jealous, trying to win your attention

coughing baby vs. hydrogen bomb if we're honest

we know who is who IJBOL

but yeah im pretty sure after seeing how much eddie loves u and as an extension? oh him, venom loves u too<3

and the happy little weird alien symbiote family lived happily ever after

the end

[samble-movedd]

how and why are we implying mentally ill children are as bad or even comparative to "age gap, kidnapping [a baby] and drugging people" per the propaganda info?

Propaganda:

Madoka and Homura: none

Sarah and Jareth: Not even taking the age gap into account, there’s also the weird obsession, the kidnapping her baby brother, jealousy, and drugging her with a magic peach…

[aimeedaisies]

Princess Anne visit reveals how UK-Norway alliance helped to stop Nazis building atomic bomb

Royal trip highlights secret operation where a Norwegian team infiltrated a hydroelectic plant used by Germans to make ‘heavy water’

Hannah Furness, Royal Editor, 26 May 2024, 5:13pm

Princess Anne visits the Home Front Museum in Oslo CREDIT: Per Ole Hagen/Getty Images

The Princess Royal has visited the site of a secret operation to stop the Nazi atomic bomb in Norway as she celebrated the “very special people involved” in the country’s wartime relationship with the UK.

The Princess spent two days in Norway, with a visit to the site of the little-known Operation Gunnerside where she laid flowers at the memorial.

The Second World War operation in 1943 saw a Norwegian team dropped by parachute to infiltrate a hydroelectric plant where the Nazis were developing “heavy water” to build an atomic bomb.

They destroyed the containers, escaping on skis for the 200 miles to Sweden, with the Special Operations Executive (SOE) action later considered the most successful sabotage of the war.

Soon afterwards, German forces attempted to move the remaining supplies of heavy water, which were used to create a heavy hydrogen isotope to use as a moderator in nuclear reactors, by ferry the Hydro. It was sunk by a resistance bomb with passengers including Norwegian families on board.

During her visit, the Princess met a senior local police officer who had a relative who survived the Hydro sinking, as well as members of the Norwegian armed forces.

The royal visit was intended to raise public awareness of the operation, and was arranged by John Andrews and Dr Tony Insall, the British author of Secret Alliances: Special Operations and Intelligence in Norway 1940-1945.

In a speech at the Industrial Workers Museum in Vemork, where there is a memorial to Operation Gunnerside, Princess Anne said: “There is always more that can be done to remind future generations just how remarkable the wartime relationship between our two countries was and the very special people involved.”

The Princess, who is patron of the Anglo-Norwegian Resistance Commemoration Project, went on to launch a competition to select a Norwegian sculptor to create a statue to “commemorate the bravery of those Norwegians and British who risked their lives in the campaign to restore freedom in Norway”.

Previously she had met Joachim Rønneberg, a leading figure of the Norwegian resistance, and members of the Linge Company, a Norwegian unit of the SOE.

“I know, from having spoken to Joachim and others, just how important Op Gunnerside was in disrupting the supply of heavy water to the Germans and helping to prevent Germany from acquiring atomic weapons,” said the Princess.

“But success came at a cost, and we remember the tragic loss of life of both commandos and air crew involved in Op Freshman, the first attempt to sabotage the plant which sadly failed.

“We remember also those who died later on the Hydro ferry. The building we are standing in today and the displays in the main museum are a wonderful tribute to those brave men and those who helped them who risked everything.”

Writing about the visit, Dr Insall and Mr Andrews said: “At the end of World War Two neither the British nor Norwegian governments made any public acknowledgement of the close cooperation between SIS [Secret Intelligent Services] and SOE, and the Norwegian resistance groups, the Linge Company and Milorg.

“This was unfortunate given the significant contribution of their work to the Allied war effort but was due to the secrecy surrounding British intelligence operations.

“The situation has now changed, and it has become possible to acknowledge the extent of the remarkable achievements on which Britain and Norway cooperated.”

[godzillajuniorreborn]

My MonsterVerse Elseworld Timeline

1933

The SS Wanderer sets sail on December 21st after shipping off from the New York Harbor with a crew consisting of captain Whilhelm Englehorn, film director Carl Denham, first mate and actor Jack Driscoll, and actress Ann Darrow.

On December 28th, contact with the Wanderer is lost.

1943

The battleship, USS Lawton falls under attack and is destroyed 200 miles off the coast of Pearl Harbor. At first believed to be the victim of a Japanese sub ambush, large scratches are found on her hull with the two survivors of the craft, Col. Lee Shaw and Lt. William Randa stating that what had attacked the ship was enormous and very much alive.

1944

Hank Marlow and Gunpei Ikari engage in a dogfight and crash land on Skull Island.

1945

End of WWII.

Germany surrenders following the suicide of Adolf Hitler.

Japan surrenders following the usage of the first two atomic bombs; Little Boy on Hiroshima and Fat Man on Nagasaki.

Two survivors of Hiroshima, brothers Daisuke and Eiji Serizawa, spot what is described as a winged, dragon-like figure flying in the air.

1946

Eiji Serizawa and his crew meet up with William Randa, Lee Shaw, and Keiko Miura following a distress call from the USS Deverich. They are subsequently attacked by the massive super-organism Eiji encountered the year before.

During the detonation of Operation: Crossroads, sailors report sighting a massive, dinosaur-like shape in the center of the blast but are dismissed as hallucinations.

Harry S. Truman announces the creation of Monarch, a secret joint American-Japanese coalition brought together to track down, study, and, if possible, eliminate creatures belonging to the order Biologica Fantastica. Eiji Serizawa, William Randa, Lee Shaw, and Keiko Miura are among the many people recruited into this organization.

Monarch receives word of the super-organism attacking countries within the Pacific Southwest. The creature is then named "Shinomura".

1947

Monarch along with a few ships lent by the US Navy chase Shinomura across the South Pacific until they lose sight of the creature on radar on April 17th. The only clue of its fate being a massive spike in radiation.

On Christmas Eve, the carcass of Shinomura washes up on the shores of Moansta Island, bearing what appear to be burn marks on its body. Eiji Serizawa determines it may have been slain in April by an apex predator.

Monarch loses contact with a base in Guam and discover the facility destroyed with the proof of the culprit being a massive, reptilian footprint.

Monarch labels the mystery creature "Subject-46".

Subject-46 reveals itself off the coast of Moansta Island on New Year's Eve where it destroys the US Navy fleet

1948-1954

Monarch and the US Navy initiate Operation: Hidden Blade in attempt to track down and destroy Subject-46.

Gen. Douglas MacArthur authorizes the use of Hydrogen bombs as means of combating Subject-46. These detonations are disguised as tests to the public.

Subject-46 is eventually lured to the Bikini Atoll on March 1st where it is exposed to the most powerful H-Bomb in the US arsenal: Shrimp.

With Subject-46 seemingly killed, Operation Hidden Blade is deemed a success.

1954

In late August, off the coast of Odo Island, the Eiko-Maru sends an SOS before contact is subsequently lost. The Bingo-Maru is sent to investigate before contact is also lost. The last message from the Bingo-Maru being "The sea is burning".

At night, Odo Island falls under attack by a large organism. The villagers pin the blame on a dragon god of their folklore, Gojira.

Dr. Kyohei Yamane and his daughter Emiko arrive on the island where they, and the greater public come face to face with a very much alive Subject-46 for the first time.

Monarch is brought to the forefront for their expertise on Subject-46, now labelled Titanus Gojira (or Godzilla) after the Odo Island legend. However, the greater Japanese government decides to keep Godzilla's existence from the public and attempts to kill the creature via depth charges despite Doctor Yamane's arguments the creature should be studied. Lee Shaw was heard commenting "If hydrogen bombs can't hurt him, what good will depth charges be?"

Godzilla survives the depth charge assault and follows the JSDF fleet back to Tokyo Bay.

On November 2nd, Godzilla emerges from Tokyo Bay and attacks Shinigawa before returning to the sea. A total of eight to nine hundred people are killed and a thousand are injured.

The Americans propose establishing a wall of electrical towers to deter Godzilla while the JSDF preps their forces for the first time.

G-DAY: In a day that will live on in infamy, Godzilla emerges from Tokyo Bay on the night of November 3rd and makes his way inland toward Tokyo. He is stopped momentarily by the electrical towers but, it is short-lived as he utilizes a devastating oral blast of atomic radiation and makes short work of the JSDF defense line. Unopposed, Godzilla makes his way into Tokyo and proceeds to set the city aflame before returning to Tokyo Bay.

The following morning, Monarch and the JSDF determine a grand total of thirty to forty thousand military and civilian casualties with a steadily climbing number, four hundred thousand missing in action, and a million wounded or dying.

Emiko Yamane then exposes the existence of the Oxygen Destroyer, a compound created by Daisuke Serizawa. After initially refusing to utilize the weapon, Serizawa changes his mind following a televised prayer for peace but only pledges to use it once on Godzilla. After burning the blueprints and formula for his creation, he and Odo Island native Shinkichi Morita, descend into Tokyo Bay to find a dormant Godzilla. Shinkichi returns to the surface but Serizawa remains to detonate the Oxygen Destroyer, seemingly taking Godzilla with him. However, despite the seeming victory, humanity is left with a harrowing and distressing revelation: Monsters are real and humans are not the dominant species on the planet.

1964

During the Vietnam War, a platoon of soldiers report a village torn to shreds. Monarch theorizes that a MUTO (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism) was the culprit.

A US outpost, Hell's Mouth, reports seismic activity 60 miles outside of Hanoi. According to them, the epicenter "appears to be moving". Contact with Hell's Mouth is lost two hours later.

1965

Seismic activity is cited in Isla De Mara's volcano, El Nido del Demonio. The natives of the island pin the blame on a creature of their folklore, Rodan.

On December 3rd, villagers outside of the Tunguska River report a giant creature. Monarch outposts in the area confirm the sightings and label the creature Anguirus, after a creature of Russian folklore, Angira.

Monarch agents, twin sisters Mei and Lee Chen stumble upon a hidden cavern in Infant Island, a micro-continent near Indonesia, depicting cave drawings of various MUTO specimens, including Godzilla as well as an egg the Islanders refer to as Mosura. According to the drawings, Mosura, or Mothra, is a patron goddess of peace and rebirth. The twins determine the drawings to be older than even the Babylonian Empire.

1967

A large influx of MUTO sightings occur around the world with Ebirah in Boston, Kamacuras in Hong Kong, Manda off the coast of Osaka, Varan in Hokkaido, Baragon 200 miles from Paris, Gorosaurus in the Cradle of Humankind, Kumonga 200 miles away from the Mexico-Arizona border, and Zilla in the Australian Outback.

1969

At this point in time, eight MUTOs are active but have not turned their rage on humans. This all changes when Gezora attacks the fishing ship, Sergio, in the Bering Sea, marking the first recorded hostile MUTO attack since G-Day.

Rodan emerges from El Nido del Demonio and destroys half of Isla De Mara. Due to being caught off guard, a good thousand people are killed in the wake of the MUTO's awakening. Mexican air forces are dispatched but are unable to catch up to the pterosaur-like MUTO due to her bio-volcanic acceleration.

1971

Two hominid MUTOs, Sanda and Gaira, appear in China. Gaira feeds on civilians before being intercepted by Sanda. The two MUTOs, codenamed the Gargantuas, proceed to fight one another before attracting the attention of Varan and Rodan. After a fierce fight, Rodan is injured and forced to retreat while Varan and Gaira fly off with Sanda in pursuit.

As of 1971, twelve MUTOs are deemed active.

1973

The US abandons the Vietnam War.

Operation: Skull: LandSat images reveal the presence of Skull Island. In response to this discovery, William Randa manages to convince Senator Brian Willis for a large scale expedition to Skull Island. Among the crew on the expedition are veteran Monarch agents, William Randa, Keiko Randa née Miura, and Lee Shaw, newcomer agents San Lin and Houston Brooks, tracker James Conrad, photographer Mason Weaver, LandSat agents Victor Nieves and Steve Woodward, and the Sky Devil aerial regiment. After arriving on the island, the naval escort flagship Athena loses contact with the expedition for two and a half days before retrieving Keiko, James, San, Houston, Mason, three surviving members of the Sky Devils (Reg Slivko, Glenn Mills, and Joe Reles), Lee, and Hank Marlow from a makeshift boat built out of Mustang and Zero parts. During debriefing, the survivors recall their harrowing ordeals on Skull Island; During the seismic charge run, they were ambushed by the island's apex monster, a giant simian labeled "Kong". The survivors of the initial attack were split into two groups: James Conrad, Lee Shaw, Houston Brooks, Keiko Randa, San Lin, Reg Slivko, Victor Nieves, and Mason Weaver on one side of the island, while Lt. Col. Preston Packard, the remaining Sky Devils, except for Maj. Jack Chapman, Packard's second-in-command who had been separated following Kong's attack, Steve Woodward, and William Randa on another. During this time they had discovered Skull Island was a thriving ecosystem of MUTOs, not just Kong. Conrad and his group encountered the Iwi, one of the island's native tribes along with Hank Marlow who, along with Gunpei Ikari, had been found and taken in by the tribe and it was revealed Kong's purpose was to maintain order and balance on Skull Island. When the two groups met up, Packard was insistent on finding his co-officer. Their search led them to the Valley of the Fallen Gods, a burial place for members of Kong's species and the hunting ground of an invasive reptomorph species named Skullcrawlers in competition with Kong and the giant theropods called Tyrannosaurus Imperator. However, it had turned out Packard's motivation had been a lie; Chapman had already been consumed by one of the Skullcrawlers, his real plan was to kill Kong in revenge for the slaughter of his men with an encounter with one of the creatures resulting in William's death. During a fierce stand-off between Conrad's group to protect Kong, a mature Skullcrawler dubbed "the Big One" by Marlow, attacked. As Kong prepared to do battle with the beast, he crushed Packard beneath his fist. The battle carried over in the early morning with it finally ending in Kong killing the Big One by shoving his fist down its throat and crushing its insides.

William Randa is given a memorial attended by Keiko and their son Hiroshi, Lee Shaw, and Eiji Serizawa.

Despite the casualties, Monarch sees Operation: Skull as a major turning point for their organization.

1980

Eiji Serizawa is diagnosed with Stage 4 Thyroid Cancer and is forced into an early retirement. He returns to Tokyo and is cared for by his son, Ishiro, in his final days.

Studies from Operation: Skull reveal signs of a subterranean air pocket beneath Skull Island after a thorough investigation.

Pieces of skin are sighted in the Sea of Japan. They are later identified as Godzilla's skin, leading to the theory Godzilla might still be alive. This is later dismissed but the skin samples are collected and placed into the Monarch vault.

1981

Eiji Serizawa passes away. Ishiro Serizawa is recruited by Lee Shaw and Keiko Miura.

Lee Shaw volunteers for Project: Freefall to investigate the possible existence of a "Hollow Earth". He, along with five others, Juniper Banerjee, Erik Valshim, Kuro Ishibara, Li Quan, and Hank Rayner are sent into a hole similar to the ones on Skull Island. After four hours, contact is lost with the drop vessel and the crew is declared deceased.

A memorial service is held for the lost pilots.

1984

After thirty years, Tokyo Bay finally recovers from the Oxygen Destroyer's detonation. Fishing resumes for the first time since 1954.

The Japanese mainland loses contact with the fishing vessel Yahata Maru after a distress signal is sent out.

1985

Monarch Scientist Genshiro Shiragami and his daughter, Erika, are assigned to study the Godzilla skin samples. However, the research facility is attacked and destroyed by Baragon. While Dr. Shiragami survives, Erika is not so lucky as she, along with one hundred twelve faculty members and military are killed in the attack.

Out of grief, Genshiro retires early from Monarch.

In what little research Monarch is able to recover, it is discovered that Godzilla's cells are capable of rapid regeneration, leading more credence to the theory Godzilla might have survived the Oxygen Destroyer. Monarch higher-ups decide to keep this a secret from the general public as to not start a panic.

1989

Dr. Shiragami begins conducting experiments to keep Erika's soul alive by implanting pieces of her DNA into a rose. When the rose begins to die, Shiragami attempts to keep it alive. After remembering G-Cells are capable of regeneration, he injects the rose with samples of Godzilla's tissue.

Monarch discovers Shiragami has gone rogue and sends troops to detain him. The soldiers are then subsequently attacked and mauled by peculiar vines tipped with Venus Flytrap-like mouths. It is soon discovered the rose/human/Godzilla hybrid has grown to a substantial size. Monarch offers a peace deal with Shiragami to move the rose, dubbed "Biollante" to Lake Ashinoko where she is allowed to grow.

Biollante grows to a size double to Godzilla and displays highly aggressive behavior. This prompts Monarch to destroy the genetically engineered MUTO, despite Shiragami's protests.

Monarch attempts to destroy Biollante using an experimental new weapon: The Maser Cannon. After seemingly killing Biollante, the MUTO proceeds to mutate into a larger, more Godzilla-like form and becomes mobile. Biollante then moves out of Lake Ashi and starts heading for the Pacific Ocean.

Monarch begins pursuit of Biollante but their efforts are hampered due to a typhoon. Biollante ceases movement.

Another MUTO is sighted on radar and does battle with Biollante. Eyewitness accounts describe the MUTO aggressively going after Biollante with the fight ending with Biollante disappearing underground. According to eyewitnesses, the culprit was Godzilla. Monarch and the Japanese government shrug off the report and assume Zilla was the creature responsible for driving off Biollante.

Dr. Shiragami is put into Monarch custody for his unadvised G-Cell experiments. He subsequently takes his own life in his cell.

1991

Rodan returns to the Demon's Nest.

1993

A renegade group of cryptozoologists are attacked by an unknown MUTO. The survivors wash up on the shores of Skull Island where they encounter a young woman named Annie and a large, canine-like MUTO named "Dog". The MUTO in question, a cephalopod-type dubbed Kraken, apparently arrived on Skull Island to challenge Kong for control of the island, going so far as to kill a tribe descended from Spanish explorers he had formed a connection with as means of goading him into a fight. After a fierce battle, Kong is able to kill Kraken and retain his dominion of Skull Island.

1996

Aaron Brooks, the son of Houston Brooks and San Lin-Brooks, embarks on an unauthorized expedition to Skull Island. Contact is lost.

1999

Doctors Ishiro Serizawa and Vivienne Graham are called to a mining facility in the Philippines after reports of a deadly cave-in. After investigating, they discover the skeleton belonging to Godzilla's species labeled "Dagon". They also discover a pair of spores of an unknown MUTO species within the skeleton, one of the spores being found broken open.

Monarch tracks the newborn MUTO to Janjira, Japan.

The MUTO causes a meltdown in the Janjira nuclear power plant. Due to being caught off guard, the plant faculty are barely able to evacuate. Among the fatalities is Sandra Brody while her husband Joe and son Ford are evacuated from the prefecture.

Monarch is criticized for not being able to warn the public in time.

The new MUTO cocoons itself in the remains of the nuclear plant and proceeds to feed on the radiation.

2005

Due to their bio-sonic research, Emma and Mark Russell are recruited into Monarch's ranks.

Alan Jonah is arrested in Pakistan for tampering with a MUTO research facility.

2012

Houston Brooks discovers Aaron's recordings and plans a visit to Skull Island.

Ishiro Serizawa and Vivienne Graham are assigned to the MUTO cocoon in Janjira.

Houston and San are reunited with Aaron.

2014

Joe Brody is caught trying to enter into the Janjira Nuclear Plant. Ford is called in to bail out his estranged father only to get roped into infiltrating the Q-Zone. Both men are arrested for trespassing. Joe is brought in for questioning. The new MUTO, having finished feeding on the reactor core breaks loose and destroys the facility. Among the fatalities are Gregory Whelan and Joe Brody.

On the day after, Biollante reemerges in Janjira and claims it as her territory.

The Return: The new MUTO, dubbed Philimuto (after the Philippines from where it first hatched), arrives in Honolulu, Hawaii where it engages with the US military and Monarch forces. Soon, a large organism is sighted heading straight for Philimuto. To the shock of both Monarch and the United States, the organism is Godzilla, having survived the Oxygen Destroyer. Godzilla chases after Philimuto before cornering him in Honolulu National Airport where the two monsters proceed to clash all of Honolulu. Philimuto breaks off the fight and flies off with Godzilla in hot pursuit. This marks the first time Godzilla made landfall in American soil as the world reels from his return.

The second MUTO spore, a female, breaks out of Yucca Mountain, destroying Las Vegas in the process, seemingly tracking Philimuto.

A plan is forged to lure all three MUTOs (Godzilla, Philimuto, and Yuccamuto) with a nuclear bomb and detonate. Ishiro Serizawa advises not following through with the plan due to Godzilla surviving the H-Bomb and Oxygen Destroyer in 1954 but is ignored.

Yuccamuto intercepts the nuclear warheads and consumes two of them while the third is lost.

The Battle of San Francisco: Godzilla arrives in the rendezvous point of all three MUTOs: San Francisco. He proceeds to lay waste to the military units deployed in the city, going so far as to destroy the Golden Gate Bridge, before making his way into the harbor. Philimuto and Yuccamuto arrive soon after, with Philimuto managing to steal the final warhead that was retrofitted with an analogue, clockwork timer. All three monsters proceed to battle into the night while a HALO insurgency team drops in to retrieve the missing warhead. After a long, and arduous battle, Godzilla manages to kill both MUTOs before collapsing from exhaustion. Meanwhile, Ford Brody, the only survivor of the operation, manages to get the warhead away from San Francisco where it detonates in the open ocean with prevailing winds keeping the fall-out away from the city. The next day, Godzilla reawakens and returns to the sea while survivors of San Francisco breathe a sigh of relief. Among the fatalities is ten-year-old Andrew Russell, Doctors Emma and Mark Russell's son.

Monarch is chewed out by the public for knowing about Godzilla's survival since the 1980's, not helped by Ishiro Serizawa's theory that Godzilla's regenerative capabilities allowed him to survive the Oxygen Destroyer. Director Nicole Verdugo is fired for her poor handling of the Return and Battle of San Francisco and Ishiro Serizawa is appointed director of Monarch

Monarch separates MUTOs into two terms: Titan (in reference to creatures like Godzilla, Kong etc) and Superspecies (in reference to every other creature)

Godzilla comes into contact with Titanus Jinshin-Mushi, a parental subspecies of Philimuto and Yuccamuto. After three encounters, Godzilla finally kills Jinshin-Mushi but his dorsal fins are shattered in the process.

Monarch and Apex Cybernetics strike a deal that leads to the mass-production of the MOGUERA (Mobile Operation Gigafauna Universal Expert Robot Aero-type) Units in order to combat Godzilla and any other rogue Titan.

2016

Vivienne Graham is called over to supervise Outpost 32 where a strange Titan is discovered in the ice. The Titan is dubbed "Monster Zero" in reference to its unknown physiology. In an interview, she was later heard quoting, "The Devil has three heads".

A Sub-Titan dubbed Gabara is sighted in the Brazilian rainforest torturing crocodiles and humans before being mortally wounded by thermite charges. Gabara is finished off by the same crocodiles it was torturing.

Monarch discovers the remains of a reptavian Titan in the Himalayas. The creature is brought to Monarch and given the moniker "Gigan".

A new strain of toxin-eating bacteria is uncovered at the base of Mt. Fuji. The strain is labeled Hedrium Fujinosai.

2017

Keiko Randa passes away in her sleep. A funeral is held and attended by her son Hiroshi, her daughter-in-law Caroline, her grandson Kentaro, and granddaughter Cate. At this point, the Old Guard of Monarch (William Randa, Lee Shaw [supposedly], Eiji Serizawa, and Keiko Randa-Miura) is no more.

Apex Cybernetics CEO Walter Simmons approaches Monarch for permission to augment Gigan with experimental cyber attachments. Monarch at first refuses, but after an attack made by Godzilla on Hokkaido the next day, they accept.

Godzilla arrives in Cairo, Egypt when he is intercepted by the newly augmented Gigan. The two Titans fight, during which Gigan is able to land several well timed strikes on Godzilla and causes him to bleed. Godzilla is able to gain the upper hand and Gigan is pulled back but not before Godzilla returns to the sea to recover.

Gigan is subsequently repaired and readied for the next match against Godzilla or any other Titan.

2018

The Hedrium Fujinosai is deployed to clean up garbage only for the colony to go out of control and evolve into a single organism. The new Titan then breaks free after assuming a flying form and kills several hundred people. The Titan is later named "Hedorah". Monarch loses sight of Hedorah.

After two years, the MOGUERA Units are fully completed and two hundred strong in number.

2019

Monarch moves Mothra's egg to an unknown structure in the Yunnan Rainforest dubbed "The Temple of the Moth", a structure seemingly built by the Houtua, the residents of Infant Island. Emma Russell and her daughter Madison are stationed in Outpost 61 and placed in charge of Mothra. During this time, Mothra hatches and seems to go on a rampage due to sabotage in the facility. The facility is then attacked by Alan Jonah and his terrorist cell, the Hyenas and Emma and Madison are kidnapped. Mothra then escapes and cocoons herself for metamorphosis.

The Hyenas, with both Russell girls in tow, head over to Outpost 32 and are then tracked by Monarch, along with Mark Russell. It is soon discovered that Emma is in cahoots with Jonah and the Hyenas and they plan to use a bio-sonic device, the Organic Reverberation Communications Amplifier (or ORCA for short) to communicate and awaken any Titans still in hibernation to kickstart a new age of coexistence between humans and Titans. Outpost 32 is destroyed and Monster Zero is awakened. Godzilla soon arrives and the two Titans proceed to fight with Monster Zero gaining the upper hand and escaping. Dr. Vivienne Graham, and several members of G-Team (Monarch's spec-ops division) are among the casualties.

Monarch traces Monster Zero to Isla De Mara via a mobile tropical depression created by the Titan. Monster Zero arrives and proceeds to clash with Rodan before overpowering the avian Titan. Godzilla arrives soon after and proceeds to fight Monster Zero in the city. During the fight, Godzilla manages to tear off one of Monster Zero's heads and brings the battle to the sea but is overpowered when the multi-headed Titan drains Godzilla of his bio-energy and manages to regrow his lost head before seemingly being killed by a particularly powerful blast of energy from the golden dragon. Unopposed, Monster Zero flies to the Demon's Nest and lets loose an Alpha Roar, riling up the Earth's active Titans as well as a few Titans reported dormant being awakened by the call. During this time, seven Titans from the Hollow Earth (Behemoth, Tiamat, Amhuluk, Na Kika, Scylla, Mokele-Mbembe, and Camazotz) are drawn to the surface and add to the global destruction. On Skull Island, Kong is unaffected by the Alpha Call but several Skullcrawlers are drawn to it and attempt to leave the island but are stopped. Surprisingly enough, Biollante remains in Janjira.

An upgraded Gigan is deployed against Monster Zero (now identified as King Ghidorah based on ancient scriptures) but is overpowered and seemingly reprogrammed to serve the three-headed Titan.

The Awakening War/Reign of Ghidorah: Over the next three days, humans and Titans engage in battles all over the world with each encounter ending in tragedy, all the while a Category 6 hurricane, the first of its kind. Numerous cities are destroyed. The MOGUERA Units are deployed to combat the rampaging Titans, however, all but two units are subsequently destroyed. However, salvation comes on the third day when Anguirus attacks Outpost 61 at which, Mothra hatches from her cocoon in her imago state. After a brief standoff, Mothra calms the armored Titan using a pollen-like powder from her wings which seems to break Ghidorah's control over Anguirus. Both Mothra and Anguirus depart the Yunnan Rainforest, seemingly in search of Godzilla. A new Titan named Megalon arrives in Okinawa but is beaten back by a leonine-canine Titan named King Caesar. Monarch discovers Godzilla is still alive after listening to Mothra and Godzilla's communications. Emma Russell, guilty of the damage she caused, sneaks out of a Hyena occupied Monarch bunker along with Madison. Mark Russell along with Ishiro Serizawa, Ilene Chen, Emma, Madison, and Rick Stanton follow Anguirus into an underwater Hollow Earth Vile Vortex while the USS Argo, a massive flying wing base of operations engages Ghidorah, Rodan, and Gigan. Anguirus leads the USS Scorpion to an underwater city Godzilla has turned into a lair. Due to damage sustained from entering the Vile Vortex, the Scorpion's weapon systems cannot be used and the nuclear warheads needed to revive Godzilla have to be detonated manually. Ishiro Serizawa volunteers himself and enters Godzilla's lair where he is immediately affected by the temple's radiation. In his last breath, Serizawa detonates the warheads and sacrifices himself to Godzilla in order to save the world, like his uncle Daisuke before him. Godzilla is revived and supercharged by the ensuing nuclear blast.

The Battle of Boston: A plan is devised to retrieve the ORCA from the Boston Monarch Bunker. G-Team along with Mark and Emma invade the bunker. However, Alan Jonah and the Hyenas were anticipating this and activate the ORCA to attract the Titans to Boston. During the ensuing firefight, Emma is mortally injured. Gigan, Rodan, and Ghidorah arrive in Boston and destroy the bunker, Alan Jonah is pronounced deceased. As Emma dies in Mark's arms, Godzilla, Mothra, and Anguirus arrive along with Monarch and US military forces and a three-on-three Titan battle ensues; Godzilla against Ghidorah, Anguirus against Gigan, and Mothra against Rodan. Anguirus is wounded by Gigan but manages to dispatch the cyborg Titan, while Mothra is able to incapacitate Rodan with her calming powder but becomes exhausted, leaving only Godzilla to contend with Ghidorah. Monarch notices Godzilla radiation levels reaching critical mass due to Serizawa's sacrifice. While, at first, Ghidorah has the upper hand, Godzilla, instead of going critical, channels the extra radiation into a more powerful red variant of his Atomic Breath which sends Ghidorah crashing into the sea, seemingly killing him. Gigan retreats from Boston while Rodan recovers. At this point, the Titans under Ghidorah's influence gather around Godzilla and proceed to bow to him, signalling his return as King of the Monsters. After roaring in victory, Godzilla disappears into the Atlantic Ocean where he is not seen for two years.

Richard Guillermin is appointed director of Monarch in the wake of Ishiro's passing.

2021

Apex uncovers what appears to be a giant automaton resembling Godzilla in the Gobi Desert and brings it back to their Hong Kong facility in hopes it might replace Gigan who had remained AWOL since the Battle of Boston two years prior.

The Great Cleanup: Six of the seven Hollow Earth Titans remain on the surface world. Mokele-Mbembe returns to the Hollow Earth. Godzilla contends with Scylla in Georgia after the cephalopod/crustacean Titan tried to feed on a live warhead before driving her off. Behemoth takes up residence in the Amazon Rainforest and proceeds to repair the damage caused during the Awakening War but is ambushed by Amhuluk. Godzilla manages to drive away the invading Titan. Godzilla, whilst coming upon a former lair, is ambushed by Tiamat. Contact with Godzilla is lost but Tiamat is seen retreating.

As brothers David and Nathan Lind prepare to train pilots for a Hollow Earth expedition, Camazotz attempts to lay claim to Skull Island, rousing the anger of Kong. After a fierce battle Kong is able to gain the upper hand over the bat-like Titan and sends him into the Vile Vortex with his Hell Spawn following him.

2022

Apex begins retrofitting the discovered automaton (dubbed Mechagodzilla) and discovers the technology is thousands of years older than even the most ancient civilization. After sharing their findings with Monarch, they are labeled the First Civilization.

The remaining six Hollow Earth Titans return to their subterranean ecosystem.

David and Nathan Lind's squadron attempt to enter the Hollow Earth through a Vile Vortex in Antarctica. Contact is lost although pictures of the Hollow Earth are shown. The operation is deemed a failure. Monarch cancels all planned expeditions to the Hollow Earth until a new machine can be built.

2023

Mechagodzilla is fully retrofitted with human technology and begins testing. However, it is deemed unlikely for launch unless a suitable power source can be found.

Humanity experiences a lull in Titan attacks.

2024

After a year of low Titan activity, Godzilla reappears in Pensacola, Florida and causes tremendous damage.

Apex faces pressure to launch Mechagodzilla as soon as possible but is unable to without a viable power source. This is soon solved a week after Godzilla's Pensacola attack with shards of glowing crystals are found within the Brazilian Rainforest. The substance, dubbed Hollow Blood, is sampled with a portion shipped off to Hong Kong to be used as a potential energy source for Mechagodzilla.

Eager to show Mechagodzilla's prowess in battle, Walter Simmons, CEO of Apex, uses a beacon to summon Godzilla to Hong Kong where he personally pilots the the automaton against the King of the Monsters. While at first holding fairly well against Godzilla, Godzilla manages to turn the tide of battle and destroys Mechagodzilla, killing Walter Simmons with it.

Ren Serizawa and Maia Simmons, Walter's daughter, assume command of Apex and are forced to face criticism from Walter's ego-fueled clash with Godzilla.

2025

Dr. Goro Ibuki begins construction on a secret project built around a strange, self-replicating alloy found in Mount Fuji. The metal is the same alloy that was used for Mechagodzilla.

Marutomo Mining Company drill teams are attacked by a mysterious, Mothra-like Titan dubbed Battra who is later revealed to be Mothra's more aggressive brother. Mothra battles her brother but their clash is interrupted by Godzilla who is later driven off by both Titans.

2027

Hedorah reemerges on the outskirts of Banno Village, a small village nestled in the crater of a dormant volcano, to feed on the noxious gases. Hedorah is intercepted by Godzilla. Following a long, arduous fight, Godzilla is able to destroy Hedorah, ending the reign of the Smog Monster.

Clash of the Three Kings: A partially crystalline organism resembling Godzilla crash lands in Rio De Janeiro where it attracts the attention of Godzilla. Both Titans proceed to fight before it is revealed that Ghidorah survived the Battle of Boston and a three-way fight begins. Ghidorah and the crystalline Godzilla (dubbed SpaceGodzilla by Rick Stanton as a joke) flee to lick their wounds.

Rise of the Destroyer: A swarm of crustacean Superspecies emerges and terrorizes the shores of California. G-Team is dispatched to battle the Superspecies. Godzilla arrives on the shores of Los Angeles and does battle with a Titan dubbed Titanus Chernabog (AKA Destoroyah). Godzilla is overwhelmed until the timely arrival of Mothra allows Godzilla to turn the tide of battle and Destoroyah flees to lick its wounds.

Bio-Major attempts to clone Godzilla but results in a hunchbacked abomination of a Titan that hunts down and confronts Godzilla in New Zealand. After a fierce battle, Godzilla is able to kill the genetic Titan (dubbed Orga). Bio-Major goes bankrupt following this.

Monarch discovers a colony of airborne cnidarians dubbed "Dogoras". After tracking the colony, the Dogoras merge together into one singular Titan over London where it proceeds to devour all carbon-based objects, humans included. The gestalt Dogora is then eliminated due to compounds found in bee venom which crystalizes its body and it falls apart.

2029

The Titans, except for Godzilla, Kong, Mothra, Battra, and Biollante slip into a state of hibernation.

2030

Rise of the Second Wave: A set of new Titans awakens, thus starting the "Second Wave".

Godzilla returns to the waters outside of Odo Island for the first time since 1954.

Derelict Mechagodzillas are found all over the world as well as other First Civilization technology, thrusting humanity into a new age of technological advancement.

[sophiesballoonblog]

Letitia Ann Sage, first English female aeronaut

Look at this DIVA:

Wore a cool hat.

Was the first English woman to fly in a hot air balloon

Was determined to fly, even though the aeronaut Rozier had died when his hydrogen balloon caught fire just two weeks before.

The newspapers reported that she fainted during the flight, even though she’d just knelt down to tie the opening of the basket closed. Typical.

Broke her companion’s barometer by kneeling on it. He was conducting experiments like sounding a bell to see if it sounded the same up in the clouds (it did), and testing the electrical charge of the clouds (negative)

Took notes of everything that happened, and his explanations of what he was doing, including his (apparently correct) theory about why his ears popped. She has this super interesting quote in her letter to someone we presume was her sister, Sarah:

“I continued most of the time in this situation [sitting on the floor of the balloon], having no table or seat; and being determined to pay attention to every minute circumstance that should occur; for which purpose I had taken a book with me; and Mr. Biggin seeing my anxiety was very great, at the same time thinking it no degradation to communicate his observations to a woman, of whose understanding, I am proud to think, he had not a contemptible opinion, gave me the most pleasing and unaffected explanations you can conceive. It is from his conversation that I am enabled to entertain you with some remarks, which would have been, perhaps, beyond the compass of my own observations. Female education does not usually leave the mind capable of drawing accurate conclusions from events, which may arise in the peculiar situation I am describing; where particular effects are produced from a variety of concurrent circumstances, every one of which would appear plausible to the reasoning of the moment.

Yeeesh. The 1780s were a different planet. She’s such an eloquent, sharp writer.

Dissed the owner of the field of beans they landed in:

“The master of the fields is one of those beings, who, though they bear the external marks of humanity, have very little of the real character in their soul. And so you’ll say when I tell you, that upon seeing a trifling injury done to his property, he was abusive, and savage to a great degree.”

Ate ham and chicken and drank a bottle of wine in the air with Biggin. They threw the bottle overboard.

After landing near Harrow, the locals threw a party for her while Mr. Biggin was busy getting the balloon sent back to London. Having partied and dined and received “many flattering attentions” and given the local girls some of her possessions, she set off home for London.

Published her account of the flight, which was wildly popular.

Was a costumer at various theatres during her regular life and played Lady Macbeth at Covent Garden Theatre.

And, to reiterate, wore a really cool hat that one time.

[defensivelee]

ahhhh so so beautiful <333 !!! if i am a monarchist then it is for elements of the periodic table.

i havent done something with chemistry in a while... take some silly designs based off of @defensivelee's chemistry universe...

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from Canary Media:

When prominent entrepreneur Jigar Shah took over as head of the Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office in 2021, he had one primary mission: To get ​“dollars out the door.”

Now the office, which offers financing to clean energy technologies that struggle to borrow from banks and received a huge boost of money from the Inflation Reduction Act, is rushing to do just that before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. The incoming president, flanked by Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress, is expected to target unspent funds under the IRA, including LPO programs — putting at risk billions of loan dollars yet to be granted or finalized.

With Inauguration Day looming, the office has increased its activity in recent weeks. Since last Monday alone, the LPO announced four new conditional commitments for loans and loan guarantees and finalized a pending offer.

On Tuesday [December 3, 2024], long-duration energy storage company Eos closed a $303.5 million DOE loan guarantee to help it scale production. The day before [December 2, 2024], the DOE stated it planned to lend up to $7.5 billion to finance two electric vehicle battery manufacturing plants in Kokomo, Indiana. And one week earlier, the agency announced a conditional loan guarantee of nearly $5 billion to finance Grain Belt Express Phase 1, an interregional transmission line that will run between Ford County, Kansas, and Callaway County, Missouri.

Last Monday [November 30, 2024], the agency also announced conditional commitments for a direct loan of $6.6 billion to Rivian to build an EV manufacturing plant in Stanton Springs North, Georgia, and a loan guarantee of $290 million to Sunwealth to deploy up to a thousand solar PV systems and battery energy storage systems across 27 states.

Under the Biden administration, LPO has so far doled out just under $55 billion in funding across 32 deals for battery and EV manufacturing, nuclear reactors, ​“clean” hydrogen facilities, virtual power plants, and critical minerals projects. The majority of the LPO’s investments have gone to Republican districts, according to a Politico analysis.

Most of the financing deals LPO has announced — about $41 billion worth — remain conditional, meaning the loans or loan guarantees are not yet finalized and depend on the companies meeting certain benchmarks.

Legal experts say that while the LPO’s 14 closed loans, which total more than $13 billion in investments, should remain safe from Republican backlash, delaying or undoing conditional funds could be much easier. ​“Immediately following inauguration of the new president, there is likely to be a period of inaction on financial assistance awards that are in negotiation and on announced funding opportunities,” wrote Hogan Lovells attorney Mary Anne Sullivan.

[canonmisogynyvictimstournament]

(cw discussion of sexual harassment/assault and suicide) Ann Takamaki vs Mikuru Asahina feels like hydrogen bomb vs hydrogen bomb but I really want to emphasize how bad Ann's in-game treatment feels when the start of the game is taken into account. The first enemy in the game is a high school volleyball coach who leverages his status as a former Olympian to do whatever he wants at the school, including physically assaulting male students and sexually harassing female students. He tries to get sexual favors from Ann in exchange for keeping her best friend on the school volleyball team, though she's able to keep it so she just has to be seen with him instead, resulting in rumors that she's sleeping with him. When he demands she sleep with him, she doesn't show up and he "punishes her" by sexually assaulting her best friend instead, which results in her best friend attempting suicide (she lives thankfully). You spend hours of the game trying to take down this man who treats Ann like she exists purely for his own pleasure...and then you get to the next villain and the characters who helped Ann defeat her abuser are now telling her she should strip and consent to a nude painting because they need a distraction, even though she's super uncomfortable with this! The game overall just loves to treat Ann as 'the sexy one' despite including a whole arc about how fucked up and creepy it is for her to be sexualized by an adult man. The 'comic relief' sidekick of the game is "in love" with Ann and constantly making advances or weird comments towards her, the boys check her out while she's sweating through her clothes even though she's clearly uncomfortable, it just keeps going on. For a game about rebelling and challenging the status quo, it sure has no issue with treating a teenage sexual harassment victim as easy fanservice and never calling out the male main characters for continuing the cycle of sexual harassment that it punishes its villains for taking part in (small victories I guess....).

Ann deserved better. Justice for Ann!

[septembergold]

Portrait of Monsieur de Lavoisier and his Wife, chemist Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze (1788), Metropolitan Museum of Art:

-De Lavoisier was central to the 18th-century chemical revolution and greatly influenced the history of chemistry and biology.

-He recognized and named oxygen (1778) and hydrogen (1783) & wrote the law of conservation of mass in 1783.

-Lavoisier helped construct the metric system, wrote the first extensive list of elements, and helped to reform chemical nomenclature. 

-He predicted the existence of silicon (1787) and discovered that, although matter may change its form or shape, its mass always remains the same.

- At the height of the French Revolution, he was charged with tax fraud and selling adulterated tobacco, and was guillotined.

[seraphic-sibyl]

Took me a while, but I finally got around to it. This one is officially @dissonantharmony’s fault. Sorry it took me...weeks, lol.

I tag @aurora-bore-aura, @peeardee, and @trashboatprince.

[incorrect-gentleman-jack]

Ann Walker: Hey, everyone? How do I get bloodstains out of carpet?

Anne, Marian, and Captain Lister: [simultaneously] Hydrogen Peroxide

Ann Walker: Wh- why did you just have that information on deck like that?

Marian Lister: Periods

Captain Lister: Crime

Anne Lister: Don't worry about it

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 11.27 (after 1950)

1954 – Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury. 1965 – Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000. 1968 – Penny Ann Early becomes the first woman to play major professional basketball for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars. 1971 – The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars. 1973 – Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35). 1975 – The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England. 1978 – In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White. 1978 – The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the Turkish village of Fis. 1983 – Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181. 1984 – Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agrees to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty. 1989 – Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel will claim responsibility for the attack. 1992 – For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela. 1997 – Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria. 1999 – The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history. 2001 – A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet. 2004 – Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church. 2006 – The House of Commons of Canada approves a motion introduced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada. 2008 – XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board. 2009 – Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries. 2015 – An active shooter inside a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, shoots at least four police officers. One officer later dies. Two civilians are also killed, and six injured. The shooter later surrendered. 2020 – Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated near Tehran. 2020 – Days after the announcement of its discovery, the Utah monolith is removed by recreationists.

[laurazukerman-blog]

Henry Cavendish

Henry Cavendish (1731–1810) was a prominent English natural philosopher and scientist, recognized as one of the foremost experimental and theoretical chemists and physicists of his time. Born in Nice, France, he was the son of Lord Charles Cavendish and Lady Anne de Grey. He studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge, but left without graduating. Cavendish is best known for his discovery of hydrogen,…

[twentythreemillionstories]

Wednesday 10th July 2024, Ann Arbor, 7.58am.

#177,118 — A man deranged by jealousy writes an insulting letter to his lover. Built in 1958 over more than 1,100 square km (680 miles) of the grasslands of northern Qinghai, the base was the birthplace of China’s atomic and hydrogen bombs. He is now a handsome, intelligent but poor young man. The man does not want to go back, and tries to convince his pursuer to stay with him.