#nov 28 2010

[larrystylinsontweets]

28/11/2010

@Harry_Styles: Loving my bromance with @Louis_Tomlinson , hes sooooo sexy !!!!!!

[jimhowickfan1]

[liatkolink]

For people still in denial whether Israel has committed war crimes, here is a comprehensive list of war crimes Israel has committed both before and after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the list being taken from the Wikipedia article of war crimes with some notable missing examples being the usage of chemical weapons, famine, disease and apartheid. The 7th of October attack did not occur in a vacuum, but is the product of decades of Israel not being held accountable for its war crimes.

Killing civilians:

Israel/Palestine: Unlawful Israeli Airstrikes Kill Civilians by Human Rights Watch on 15/Jul/2014

‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza – The Guardian on 2/Apr/2024

Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45, prompts international outcry by Reuters on 27/May/2024

Intentionally killing PoWs:

Israel’s Hush-Up Machine in Action: Denying Story Israel Executed Egyptian Prisoners by Washington Report on Middle East Affairs on 8/Apr/2010

Torture:

Israeli government report admits systematic torture of Palestinians by The Guardian on 10/Feb/2000

Israel/OPT: Horrifying cases of torture and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees amid spike in arbitrary arrests by Amnesty International on 8/Nov/2023

Israel: Palestinian Healthcare Workers Tortured by Human Rights Watch on 26/Aug/2024

Taking hostages:

Infographic: How many Palestinians are imprisoned by Israel? by AlJazeera on 17/Apr/2022

The thousands of Palestinians Israel arrests, tortures, holds even in death by AlJazeera on 17/Apr/2024

UN report: Palestinian detainees held arbitrarily and secretly, subjected to torture and mistreatment by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner on 31/Jul/2024

Unnecessarily destroying civilian property:

Israel destroys Gaza tower housing AP and Al Jazeera offices by Reuters on 15/May/2021

Israel targets infrastructure in Gaza to ramp up civilian pressure on Hamas, report claims by PBS News on 11/Dec/2023

Widespread destruction by Israeli Defence Forces of civilian infrastructure in Gaza by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner on 8/Feb/2024

Deception by perfidy:

Israeli soldier gives 74-year-old Palestinian woman water then shoots her in the head by Middle East Monitor on 20/Jan/2015

Israeli special forces disguised as doctors kill three militants at West Bank hospital by The Guardian on 30/Jan/2024

NBC News investigation reveals Israel strikes on Gaza areas it said were safe by NBC News on 26/Apr/2024

Wartime sexual violence:

Stripped, beaten and blindfolded: new research reveals ongoing violence and abuse of Palestinian children detained by Israeli military by Save the Children on 10/Jul/2023

Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner on 19/Feb/2024

‘Everything is legitimate’: Israeli leaders defend soldiers accused of rape by AlJazeera on 9/Aug/2024

Pillaging:

The Biblical Pseudo-Archeologists Pillaging the West Bank by The Atlantic on 28/Feb/2013

Jewish Soldiers and Civilians Looted Arab Neighbors' Property en Masse in '48. The Authorities Turned a Blind Eye by Haaretz on 3/Oct/2020

Israeli soldiers boast about looting from Gaza by AlJazeera on 14/Feb/2024

Any individual that is part of the command structure who orders any attempt to committing mass killings:

Netanyahu incites violence by casting protesters as clear and present danger by Middle East Eye on 30/Jul/2020

Israeli minister's call to 'erase' Palestinian village an incitement to violence, US says by Reuters on 1/Mar/2023

Netanyahu cites 'Amalek' Theory to justify Gaza Killings by Times of India on 29/Oct/2023

Database exposes 500 instances of Israeli incitement to genocide in Gaza by TRT World 4/Jan/2024

Genocide:

The Genocide of the Palestinian People: An International Law and Human Rights Perspective by Center for Constitutional Rights on 25/Aug/2016

Genocide Warning: Israel & Palestine by Genocide Watch on 21/May/2021

A top U.N. court says Gaza genocide is 'plausible' but does not order cease-fire by npr on 26/Jan/2024

‘Reasonable grounds’ to believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, UN rights expert says by CNN on 27/Mar/2024

Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza? New Report from BU School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic Lays Out Case from Boston University Today on 5/Jun/2024

Ethnic cleansing:

UN Human Rights Council: ‘Israel engaging in ethnic cleansing’ by the European Union Parliament on 23/Mar/2011

Israel's ethnic cleansing in Palestine is not history - it's still happening by Middle East Eye on 22/May/2019

UN expert warns of new instance of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, calls for immediate ceasefire by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner on 14/Oct/2023

‘Plan for ethnic cleansing’: Israel’s north Gaza siege sets off alarms by AlJazeera on 22/Oct/2024

Granting of no quarter despite surrender:

White Flag Deaths Killings of Palestinian Civilians during Operation Cast Lead by Human Rights Watch on 13/Aug/2009

Investigators: Israel fired on Gaza civilians carrying white flags by The Electronic Intifada on 28/Jan/2015

3 hostages killed by Israeli soldier in Gaza were waving a white flag, Israel says by npr on 16/Dec/2023

A group of Palestinian men waving a white flag is shot at, killing 1 by NBC News on 24/Jan/2024

She was fleeing with her grandson, who was holding a white flag. Then she was shot by CNN on 26/Jan/2024

Two brothers shot by Israeli forces in Khan Younis, white flag ignored by AlJazeera on 29/Jan/2024

Conscription of children in the military: First one where I couldn't find anything. Way to go, Israel!

Flouting the legal distinctions of proportionality and military necessity:

Israel violates the principles of necessity, proportionality in its attacks on Gaza by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor on 13/May/2023

Enough: Self-Defense and Proportionality in the Israel-Hamas Conflict by Just Security on 6/Nov/2023

War Crimes and Accountability: The Case Against Israel’s Military Operations in Gaza by JURIST News on 5/Jul/2024

[matan4il]

I wanna share with you a small cut from a 2010 documentary about events that began unfolding in 2008. The film (which was up for an Oscar nomination, but wasn't shortlisted), followed the story of a young kid called Muhammad. He was born with an immunity deficiency that killed two of his sisters. Three other siblings didn't have it, but also weren't a match to donate bone marrow to him. To even consider the donation procedure, Muhammad's family needed 55,000 dollars (over 80,000 dollars today), which they obviously didn't have. An Israeli journalist did a TV piece about Muhammad, asking for the money to be donated. An Israeli man, whose son was a soldier killed by Palestinian terrorists, decided to do exactly that.

While Muhammad was in the Israeli hospital, his mom Raida was by him, and here's an exchange she had with the Israeli journalist who helped the family get the money they needed to save their kid's life:

I'm not sharing this because I want to demonize Raida. I'm not sharing it because every Palestinian thinks this way. I'm sharing it because some Palestinians, certainly the ones related to Islamist terrorist organizations like Hamas, do believe that if their child dies as a shahid (a martyr), during an attempt to kill Jews, then the kid would be with Allah. And that will be as if their child never died, because what's better, an imperfect and short life on this earth, or an eternal life with every good thing imaginable by Allah's side? So yes, there are parents who want their kids to die in a confrontation with Israel. There are kids who were brought up with these beliefs. And kindness and humanitarian gestures might change it, but many times they just can't compare to the promise made by this way of thinking.

That's not every Palestinian, but it's enough people to have an impact on the forming and continuation of the Israeli-Arab conflict (much like how Amin al-Husseini was one Palestinian leader, but his antisemitism had a crucial influence on the conflict, and translated into the deaths of countless people, mainly Jews). There are currently at least 30 terrorist organizations in Gaza alone (at least 5 of them are big enough to be household names in Israel), and Hamas on its own includes at least 30,000 people who think this way.

No one can understand this conflict as long as they ignore that the widespread existence of this mentality plays a factor in it. No one can bring about peace here, without getting that this is a part of what threatens it. No one can solve a problem while turning a blind eye to some of its parts.

And if you still think Raida is an exception, here are some more vids reflecting the same mentality from over the years... (I'm not gonna get into how heartbreaking it is that entire generations of Palestinian kids never stood a chance, because I think that's obvious for anyone with a heart watching these clips)

Official Palestinian Authority TV interview with the mother of a shahid, Nov 28, 2003:

"Being with Allah is better." Hamas TV on Jul 21, 2014:

Mother of murderer of 3 Israeli teens: "He was honored with Martyrdom because Allah loved him." Oct 6, 2014:

Palestinian mothers explain why they make joyful noises when their kids get killed as shahids. Apr 7, 2015:

"Death is inevitable, so why not die as shahids?" Oct 28, 2019:

Palestinian father explains his choice to expose his son to danger by bringing him to the site of violent riots, by saying his 4.5 years old wants to go to paradise. Jun 20, 2021:

"My son had nothing called a funeral, rather it was a wedding..." Official Palestinian Authority TV, Sep 13, 2021:

Shahid's mother says her son is a role model for Palestinian kids. Dec 31, 2022:

Shahid's mother shares she instructed her son on how to be a proper shaid. Official Palestinian Authority TV, Feb 21, 2023:

(for all of my updates and ask replies regarding Israel, click here)

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[ausetkmt]

Black women have made important contributions to the United States throughout its history. However, they are not always recognized for their efforts, with some remaining anonymous and others becoming famous for their achievements. In the face of gender and racial bias, Black women have broken barriers, challenged the status quo, and fought for equal rights for all. The accomplishments of Black female historical figures in politics, science, the arts, and more continue to impact society.

Marian Anderson (Feb. 27, 1897–April 8, 1993)

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Contralto Marian Anderson is considered one of the most important singers of the 20th century. Known for her impressive three-octave vocal range, she performed widely in the U.S. and Europe, beginning in the 1920s. She was invited to perform at the White House for President Franklin Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1936, the first African American so honored. Three years later, after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow Anderson to sing at a Washington, D.C. gathering, the Roosevelts invited her to perform on the steps of the Lincon Memorial.

Anderson continued to sing professionally until the 1960s when she became involved in politics and civil rights issues. Among her many honors, Anderson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991.

Mary McLeod Bethune (July 10, 1875–May 18, 1955)

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Mary McLeod Bethune was an African American educator and civil rights leader best known for her work co-founding the Bethune-Cookman University in Florida. Born into a sharecropping family in South Carolina, the young Bethune had a zest for learning from her earliest days. After stints teaching in Georgia, she and her husband moved to Florida and eventually settled in Jacksonville. There, she founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute in 1904 to provide education for Black girls. It merged with the Cookman Institute for Men in 1923, and Bethune served as president for the next two decades.

A passionate philanthropist, Bethune also led civil rights organizations and advised Presidents Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, and Franklin Roosevelt on African American issues. In addition, President Harry Truman invited her to attend the founding convention of the United Nations; she was the only African American delegate to attend.

Shirley Chisholm (Nov. 30, 1924–Jan. 1, 2005)

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Shirley Chisholm is best known for her 1972 bid to win the Democratic presidential nomination; she was the first Black woman to make this attempt in a major political party. However, she had been active in state and national politics for more than a decade and had represented parts of Brooklyn in the New York State Assembly from 1965 to 1968. She became the first Black woman to serve in Congress in 1968. During her tenure, she co-founded the Congressional Black Caucus. Chisholm left Washington in 1983 and devoted the rest of her life to civil rights and women's issues.

Althea Gibson (Aug. 25, 1927–Sept. 28, 2003)

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Althea Gibson started playing tennis as a child in New York City, winning her first tennis tournament at age 15. She dominated the American Tennis Association circuit, reserved for Black players, for more than a decade. In 1950, Gibson broke the tennis color barrier at Forest Hills Country Club (site of the U.S. Open); the following year, she became the first African American to play at Wimbledon in Great Britain. Gibson continued to excel at the sport, winning both amateur and professional titles through the early 1960s.

Dorothy Height (March 24, 1912–April 20, 2010)

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Dorothy Height has been described as the godmother of the women's movement because of her work for gender equality. For four decades, she led the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW )and was a leading figure in the 1963 March on Washington. Height began her career as an educator in New York City, where her work caught the attention of Eleanor Roosevelt. Beginning in 1957, she led the NCNW and also advised the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994.

Rosa Parks (Feb. 4, 1913–Oct. 24, 2005)

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Rosa Parks became active in the Alabama civil rights movement after marrying activist Raymond Parks in 1932. She joined the Montgomery, Alabama, chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1943 and was involved in much of the planning that went into the famous bus boycott that began the following decade. Parks is best known for her December 1, 1955, arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat to a White rider. That incident sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott, which eventually desegregated that city's public transit. Parks and her family moved to Detroit in 1957, and she remained active in civil rights until her death.

Augusta Savage (Feb. 29, 1892–March 26, 1962)

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Augusta Savage displayed an artistic aptitude from her youngest days. Encouraged to develop her talent, she enrolled in New York City's Cooper Union to study art. She earned her first commission, a sculpture of civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois, from the New York library system in 1921, and several other commissions followed. Despite meager resources, she continued working through the Great Depression, making sculptures of several notable Black people, including Frederick Douglass and W. C. Handy. Her best-known work, "The Harp," was featured at the 1939 World's Fair in New York, but it was destroyed after the fair ended.

Harriet Tubman (1822–March 20, 1913)

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Enslaved from birth in Maryland, Harriet Tubman escaped to freedom in 1849. The year after she arrived in Philadelphia, Tubman returned to Maryland to free her family members. Over the next 12 years, she returned nearly 20 times, helping more than 300 enslaved Black people escape bondage by ushering them along the Underground Railroad. The "railroad" was the nickname for a secret route that enslaved Black people used to flee the South for anti-slavery states in the North and to Canada. During the Civil War, Tubman worked as a nurse, a scout, and a spy for Union forces. After the war, she worked to establish schools for formerly enslaved people in South Carolina. In her later years, Tubman also became involved in women's rights causes.

Phillis Wheatley (May 8, 1753–Dec. 5, 1784)

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Born in Africa, Phillis Wheatley came to the U.S. at age 8, when she was captured and sold into enslavement. John Wheatley, the Boston man who enslaved her, was impressed by Phillis' intellect and interest in learning, and he and his wife taught her to read and write. The Wheatleys allowed Phillis time to pursue her studies, which led her to develop an interest in poetry writing. A poem she published in 1767 earned her much acclaim. Six years later, her first volume of poems was published in London, and she became known in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom. The Revolutionary War disrupted Wheatley's writing, however, and she was not widely published after it ended.

Charlotte Ray (Jan. 13, 1850–Jan. 4, 1911)

Charlotte Ray has the distinction of being the first African American woman lawyer in the United States and the first woman admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia. Her father, active in New York City's Black community, made sure his young daughter was well educated; she received her law degree from Howard University in 1872 and was admitted to the Washington, D.C., bar shortly afterward. Both her race and gender proved to be obstacles in her professional career, and she eventually became a teacher in New York City instead. 

[9w1ft]

Hello fellow Tinhat-

Can I t tell you an astronomical story? Not to be confused with an astrology story.

First, please remember that Karlie used to be obsessed with space and nasa. She talked about it a lot, when she used to actually say things. Most recently she asked if anyone else had spotted the comet Neowise that passed by in July 2020.

Meanwhile, on 2019, Taylor compared her lover to a comet in Long Story Short. I interpret that as meaning that her lover had been like a comet, orbiting her occasionally but never sticking around. But eventually their paths crossed and finally she was all about them. Fits perfectly with kaylor being near each other we a bunch of times in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and finally staying in late 2013.

So in 2013, there was a famous comet, Comet ISON. All year after its discovery, it was touted as being something that could be a really big comet, with moon-like brightness. They calculated that it would appear to the naked eye sometime in November-December 2013, with its perihelion (closest approach to the sun) being late November. However, it was known to be a type of comet called a sun grazer, meaning it might get too close to the sun and break up, ruining viewing opportunities.

Guess when it appeared to the naked eye, exciting stargazers? Nov 14, 2013. And then for a fortnight, it was visible as it approached the sun, but sadly it broke up Nov 28, and never reaching its full potential visibility.

Guess what became visible this evening, just after sunset?

https://x.com/birdcentralpark/status/1845277796488167585?s=46

Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas. It will be around the next 2 weeks.

[acutabovetherest]

The Odds Aren’t Really in My Favor

All of these death by suicide statistics overlap with my demographics or experiences.

Studies reflect:

People with moderate or severe pain are 2-3 times more likely to die by suicide than people without pain.

People who are gay, lesbian or bisexual are 3-6 times more likely to die by suicide than their heterosexual counterparts

Those who attempt suicide are 30-40 times more likely to die by suicide than someone without a history of suicide attempts.

People with autism are 7 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population.

Female victims of childhood sexual abuse are 40 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population.

Suicide risk increases by 2.58 times in families with a history of completed suicide

Women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are nearly seven times more likely than other women to die by suicide

In 2021, suicide was the second-leading cause of death for people ages 10-14 and 20-34

Attempt category

13% of women who are raped attempt suicide

The odds aren't really in my favor. But sometimes we beat the odds.

Sources:

https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/defa...tistic people without intellectual disability.

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/new...actors into,group and race/ethnicity category.

https://bravehearts.org.au/research...ne study found sexual abuse,, & Spataro, 2010).

https://www.preventsuicideny.org/risk-factors-associated-with-suicide/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articl...ave been studies on,of completed suicide (28).

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/nov/ptsd-contributes-suicide-risk-particularly-women

https://health.ucdavis.edu/blog/cul...d-how-to-help-yourself-or-a-loved-one/2023/09

https://rainn.org/statistics/victim...xt=13% of women who are raped attempt suicide.

https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/suicide_prevention/docs/FSTP-Chronic-Pain.pdf

[mockerycrow]

CALL OF DUTY GAME BIRTHDAYS

CALL OF DUTY — OCT. 29. 2003

CALL OF DUTY 2 — APR. 7, 2005

CALL OF DUTY 3 — NOV. 7, 2006

CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE — NOV. 5, 2007

CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR — NOV. 11, 2008

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 — NOV. 10, 2009

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS — NOV. 9, 2010

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 — NOV. 8, 2011

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II — NOV. 12, 2012

CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS — NOV. 5, 2013

CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE — NOV. 4, 2014

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III — NOV. 6, 2015

CALL OF DUTY: INFINITE WARFARE — NOV. 4, 2016

CALL OF DUTY: WWII — NOV. 3, 2017

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS IV — OCT. 12, 2018

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE I — OCT. 25, 2019

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS COLD WAR — NOV. 13, 2020

CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD — NOV. 5, 2021

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE II — OCT. 28, 2022

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III — NOV. 10, 2023

-> to be updated once more games come out :-)

(highlighted green are my all time favs.)

[guitarnacle]

H.R Giger, 1940-2014

(Long) list of works:

1, 2 and 3: What I assume are early versions of the Pisces, Capricorn and Ares statues from Giger's 'zodiac fountain' project, 1996. Pictures by Louis Stalder from https://www.hrgiger.com/zodiac.htm

4 (and 6): The "Harkonnen Chair" series. 1981, created from fibreglass for the never completed film 'DUNE' (dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky). 4 is from https://www.hrgiger.com/chairs.htm (no image credit)

5 (and 28): Giger's microphone stand designed for the band 'Korn', in roughly 2001. 1 of 5 works in that series. (side note the website I found it on through google images is a gaming website that also apparently hosts pictures of Giger's Korn mic stand??) also referred to as 'Nubian Queen' on his website.

6: See 4

7: Concept art of the "space jockey" in 'Alien', 1979. Giger also directed the creation of the alien and set (!!).

8: 'Mirror Image' 1977, airbrush painting.

9. Depiction of the alien life cycle for the 1979 'Alien' film.

10. part IV of Giger's N.Y City portfolio, 'Torso 456'. 1980-1982.

11. One of the 'Birth machine baby' sculptures, inspired by the 1967 drawing "Birthmachine".

12: Part of the 'Erotomechanics' series, 1979.

13: I couldn't find much on this one, on Giger's website it is called 'Bei Sydow-Zirkwitz' and the image I found of it is an (unverified) print being sold online that claims to be an original lithograph/stone print from 1976. Also calls it "Promethius New York city." They seem to be largely the same, I just chose this one for higher quality.

14. 'Homage to S. Beckett I', 1968 (This series is one of my favourites and this one is often linked to Dali's painting 'The Great Masturbator', which I thought was interesting).

15, 16: Photographs by Pino Carafa, from Giger's Nov-Dec 1996 exhibition in Milan. The head has a placard that looks like it reads 'Mask 11', but with a quick look into it I couldn't find a proper name or identification for these pieces except for their presence in the past exhibits on the HR Giger website.

17: 'Drawing for sil/Sil's baby', 1994 (?) a sketch I only found because of the Giger database which is an amazingly detailed and and easy to access record of literally everything Giger ever did, here it is (https://www.littlegiger.com/gigerdb/index.php) the images are tiny however :(

18: Noracyclin (contraceptive-pill) 1965, same source as above - H.R Giger has said this and the 'birthmachine'/baby theme throughout his work are (partly) demonstrations of his fears for the planet due to overpopulation

19: From the page on Giger's website about the bars across the world that use his designs and imagery. The image is an example of the bar in Gruyères, Switzerland, which opened in 2003.

20, 21 and 24: 'Biomechanoid' statues, the one with the green/blue finish created 2010, the silver one 2002.

22: A photograph of H.R Giger and a model from one of the 'Alien' films. From the Giger Work Catalogue, image owned by Matthias Belz, as are 20, 24, 25 and 26.

23: 'The Great Beast', Giger's concept art for the 1985 film 'Poltergeist'.

24: See 20 & 21

25: 'Guardian Angel', sculpture from 2002. Could also be the rusted version.

look here 👆 in particular for more excellent images that will blow your tits clean off

these are just some of my favorites that i wanted other people to know about, his website, catalogue and database have so much more PEACE AND LOVE

[shefanispeculator]

Dates from "la-okie" our Shefani friend (that has since passed)

Special Dates / Birthdays

Jan, 4, 1976   -  Jen Stefani

Feb 24,  1946 -  Patti Stefani

Feb 28, 2014  -  Apollo

March 1, 1974  -  Todd Stefani

March 2, 1980  -  Alison Burke  (Jen’s sister)

March 7, 1972 - Endy Shelton Intrieri

April 2, 1948      -  Mike Shackleford

April 13,       -  Emmett Plath

May 26, 2006  -  Kingston

Jun 5, 1999 -  Todd & Jen’s Anniversary

June 11, 1966  -  Patty & Dennis’ Anniversary

June 17, 1967  -  Eric Stefani

June 18, 1976  -  Blake

July 4,1945  - Dennis Stefani

August 12, 1977  -  Mike Intrieri

August 21, 2008  -  Zuma

Sept. 5-11 2006 ?  -  Ryan  

Sept. 13, 1946  -  Dorothy Shelton

Oct 3, 1969  -  Gwen

Oct. 6, 2008  -  Stella

Oct. 16 or 17, 2020 - ❤️🎉 Blake & Gwen’s Engagement 🎉❤️

Oct. 28, 2010  -  Jace  

Nov 6,  2013  -  Leo

Nov. 11       -  Oliver Plath

Dec 8, 1955   -  Peter Plath

Dec. 15, 1972  -  Jill Stefani  (Plath)

Dec 22  -  Maddie

[the-football-chick]

Nov. 28, 2010 -- Former Texans WR Andre Johnson (80) and Titans CB Cortland Finnegan (31) got into it with the usually softspoken Johnson winning by decision over the perennial trash-talker Finnegan. Both players were ejected from the game and later fined by the league.

[neopuff]

Little timeline I've been using in my GenRex fics. I know there's only supposed to be one year between Six finding Rex and Promises, Promises, but I don't like that it's such a short amount of time so I made it two years lol It's fine, I can ignore canon sometimes (slams my head thru drywall) I'm good at that it's fine

Rex is presumably 14 when Six finds him. They celebrate his 16th (or ?) birthday in Nov 2010, but when Caesar arrives they would learn Rex's real birthday (I picked April 'cause I wanted something earlier in the year) and so Rex would be 17 in S3

I also really want Rex to have had a blackout at some point while at Providence. I would've liked it to be earlier but the timeline really doesn't work out lol I mean it doesn't really work in timeline anyway but I don't caaaaaaare. Six says "You only remember the last 18 months" in Wasteland, which I assume is letting the audience know that 6 months have passed between Promises, Promises and Wasteland but I'm just shortening up that timeline. They can rebuild Providence HQ faster than that it's alright

Some notes:

One would've been an EVO for more than 5 years in Divide By Six but I figure it's okay to round down. 5 years sounds more dramatic than 5 and a half years

(Plus Caesar says he missed five years in Mixed Signals even though the Nanite Event was five years prior to The Day That Everything Changed, which means characters are doing a lot of rounding)

A Family Holiday would be Beverly's 18th birthday

This isn't referenced in the above image but I put Holiday at 33 and Six at 35 (start of series). Noah calling her 28 doesn't make her actually 28, he is a 16 year old boy he doesn't know how old women are

Holiday and Six got in less than a month of dating before Six Minus Six lol

And Six got about 2-3 weeks to get to know Rex before Lions and Lambs

Uhhh hmm. Anything else? Sorry I typed this all once and lost it all so I'm trying to remember what else I had.

OH YES a pre-Providence Rex timeline with a focus on his amnesia blackouts. Here we go:

Late 2004/Early 2005: Rex has an accident in Abysus. His family infuses him with nanites to help save his life. Rex has his first mini-blackout (not full amnesia, but he starts to have trouble remembering bits and pieces) due to the accident or the nanites it's hard to say. While his body adjusts to the nanites, he has a bunch of mini-blackouts and starts forgetting important things. He starts keeping a digital notebook around Feb/March 2005

April 2005: Nanite Event - Rex blacks out due to the shockwave/trauma/both. He turns into the Giant Robot EVO Thing and flies out of Europe. Heads in a random direction and ends up tired and without memory in Hong Kong. He still has his digital notebook and it's kind of the only thing that keeps him sane

Mid 2005 - Mid 2008: Rex in Hong Kong. He starts working for Quarry because he needs to make money/get food somehow. He also meets the Hong Kong Gang one-by-one and they become good friends, though Rex is secretive and anxious and paranoid. Incident with Scarecrow doesn't help.

Mid 2008: Rex knows he has family in Mexico thanks to an early entry in his digital notebook and decides he wants to find them. Quarry agrees to help Rex get to Mexico if he makes a deal with him. Rex hasn't blacked out in so long and is feeling confident about finding his family (Quarry told him he had a contact in Mexico City who would help Rex out) so he doesn't think he needs the notebook anymore. Quarry keeps it as collateral.

Nov 2008: Rex gets to Mexico but he is lost and scared and Quarry lied about having anyone there to help him out. Rex has another blackout (combination of stress and guilt) and turns into the Giant Robot EVO Thing again. Six finds him and brings him to Providence.

Aug 2009: Rex has another blackout while training with Six (something similar to what happened in Frostbite). Holiday and Six don't realize this is a Thing with him so they just start over from the beginning. Training is easier and faster now that they know how Rex's powers work and they're prepared for everything. Six gets Rex some goggles, Holiday gets Rex some gloves.

[matan4il]

On this Yom Ha'Zikaron Le'Chalalei Ma'rachot Yisrael (Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers and Terror Victims), I figured it's important to remember that Israeli victims did not exist solely on Oct 7. We have lost loved ones before and since. Here's a list with just one random victim to represent each year. Please scroll down the list to see how far back it goes.

(part 1/5, all parts in the reblogs)

2024: On Jan 7, we lost 19 years old Shai Garmai

2023: On Oct 7, we lost 28 years old Osama abu Madiam

2022: On Nov 23, we lost 18 years old Tiran Faro

2021: On May 12, we lost 5 years old Ido Avigal

2020: On Aug 26, we lost 39 years old Shai Ochayon

2019: On May 5, we lost 49 years old Zaid al-Chamamda

2018: On Dec 12, we lost Amiad Israel Yish Ran, who was murdered in his mother's womb

2017: On Nov 22, we lost 21 years old Hodaya Nechama Assoulin

2016: On Oct 25, we lost 14 years old Rami Namer abu Amar

2015: On Feb 17, we lost 4 years old Adelle Biton

2014: On Oct 22, we lost 2.5 months old Chaya Zissel Brown

2013: On Dec 24, we lost 22 years old Salech al-Din abu al-Atayef

2012: On Jul 18, we lost 28 years old Yitzchak Idan Kolangi

2011: On Apr 17, we lost 16 years old Daniel Aryeh Viplich

2010: On Feb 26, we lost 52 years old Netta Blatt Sorek

2009: On Apr 2, we lost 13 years old Shlomo Nativ

2008: On Mar 6, we lost 26 years old Doron Trunach Mahareta

2007: On Jun 17, we lost 85 years old Meir Cohen

2006: On Aug 10, we lost 4 years old Fatchi Assdi

2005: On Jul 12, we lost 16 years old Nofar Horvitz

2004: On Sep 29, we lost 2 years old Dorit Massarat Binsan

2003: On Sep 9, we lost 20 years old Naava Appelbom

2002: On Nov 10, we lost 4 years old Noam Levi Ochayon

2001: On Dec 12, we lost 42 years old Ester Avraham

2000: On Nov 21, we lost 19 years old Itamar Yefet

1999: On Jun 24, we lost 34 years old Tony Eliyahu Zanna

1998: On Dec 2, we lost 41 years old Osama Moussa abu Aisha

1997: On Mar 13, we lost 13 years old Natali Alkalai

1996: On Feb 25, we lost 57 years old Yitzchak Elbaz

1995: On Jul 24, we lost 60 years old Zehava Oren

As Tumblr limits a post to 30 images... part 1/5 - the next parts will be posted in the reblogs momentarily. Please check out the full list.

(for all of my updates and ask replies regarding Israel, click here)

[usafphantom2]

StormBreaker SDB II Achieves 100% Success Rate During F-35C Testing

The network-enabled StormBreaker smart weapon was part of 28 test missions in 2023, of which 14 with the F-35Cs, and the remaining ones with F-35B, F/A-18E/F and F-15E.

Parth Satam

An F-35C Lightning II flown by test pilot U.S. Marine Maj. Alex Horne seen from below during one of the initial airborne tests of the carrier variant jet with an inert GBU-53/B SDB II at Naval Air Station Patuxent River on Jan. 10, 2023. (Image credit: USN/Dane Wiedmann) In the box, a rendering of the GBU-53 StormBreaker SDB-II. (Image credit: RTX)

Raytheon conducted 28 tests of the StormBreaker smart weapon in 2023 from multiple aircraft, including the F-35C, F/A-18E/F, F-15E and F-35B. The company declared on Jul. 23, 2024 that the weapon achieved a 100 percent success rate on all the 14 planned jettisons from the F-35C.

The company, which made the announcement on the sidelines of the Farnborough Air Show, did not provide details about how the rest of the tests were divided on the other aircraft mentioned. StormBreaker is a precision-strike standoff, networked weapon and has the capability to receive updated target coordinates by airborne or ground controllers mid-flight via two-way datalink communications.

The weapon is capable of defeating moving and fixed targets. It can operate in adverse weather conditions through its tri-mode seeker that employs infrared and millimeter wave radar to see through fog, smoke and rain. The smart bomb can be carried on BRU-55 and BRU-61 multi-weapon racks and increase the loadout and targets struck per sortie by fighter aircraft.

Stormbreaker

The GBU-53 SDB-II (Image credit: RTX).

Also called the GBU-53 SDB-II (Small Diameter Bomb-II), the U.S. Air Force wants more than 1,500 of the munitions, as per a $345 million contract awarded to Raytheon in Jan. 2024, Air and Space Forces had reported. This figure also includes FMS (Foreign Military Sales) to Finland, Germany, Italy and Norway.

On Jul. 26, Belgium became the weapon’s latest customer, after the State Department approved a FMS of 196 units to the country to equip its F-35s. The DSCA (Defense Security Cooperation Agency) delivered the required certification to Congress for the contract estimated at $115 million.

According to reports, in its fiscal year 2024 budget, the Pentagon asked for 920 SDB IIs for the Air Force, and 976 in fiscal 2022. The weapon began development when the Air Force contracted Raytheon in 2010 to launch development of a follow-on to the Boeing-produced GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb.

Urgent need and rapid certification

Budget documents say the total planned acquisition of the StormBreaker is 21,610 units for the Air Force and 5,800 for the Navy. The weapon is considered a “joint-interest Air Force and Navy major acquisition program”, with the Air Force as the lead service.

The weapon was first approved for use from the F-15E Strike Eagle on Sep. 23, 2020, following a combination of 138 developmental and operational flight tests at Eglin AFB. RTX then announced in Nov. 2023 that the U.S. Navy fielded the SDB-II on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.

This was followed by a drop test from an F-35B Lightning II for the first time in 2021. The weapon was also tested from the F-35C in Sep. 2023, to gather and analyze data on environment and loads. This was done to “inform a flight clearance decision about the next phase of integration testing, airborne separation tests,” which were scheduled to take place later that year.

StormBreaker‘s small size enables the use of fewer aircraft to take out the same number of targets as larger weapons that require multiple jets. For instance, the F-15E can carry up to 28 SDB IIs by using seven BRU-61A racks, each with four weapons.

An F-35C Lightning II flown by test pilot U.S. Marine Maj. Alex Horne seen from below during one of the initial airborne tests of the carrier variant jet with an inert GBU-53/B SDB II at Naval Air Station Patuxent River on Jan. 10, 2023. (Image credit: USN/Dane Wiedmann)

Weapon capability

The company says the 204 lb (92 kg) bomb can hit static and moving targets in adverse, low-visibility weather conditions with its tri-mode seeker, which include an IIR (Imaging Infrared), a millimeter wave radar and a semi-active laser. The target lasing can be performed by the laser designators of EO (Electro-Optical) pods, like the Sniper or Litening, or infantry teams on the ground.

While the IIR offers enhanced target discrimination, the millimeter wave radar can penetrate through obscuring weather, cloudy or foggy conditions. “The tri-mode seeker shares targeting information among all three modes,” mentions RTX. The weapon can also prioritize targets autonomously, and its GPS/INS guidance allows it to be retargeted after the weapon’s release.

A two-way data link allows the SDB-II to receive updated target coordinates mid-flight, sent by either airborne or ground controllers. Whether this suggests the weapon’s control can be transferred from the pilot to an infantry or a special operations team on the ground is unclear, but the framing suggests such a capability.

Tactical need

Ukraine has particularly demonstrated massive land-centric operations with both heavy, light, fixed and mobile ground platforms, prolonged artillery duels, classic pre-Cold War era tank battles and attritional infantry trench warfare.

Russia also excelled at EW (Electronic Warfare), with Ukraine showing how many Western air-to-ground gun and rocket artillery munitions rapidly became ineffective to Moscow’s jamming. Interestingly, the GBU-53’s predecessor, the GBU-39 SDB was a rare exception that saw a significant level of success, as The Aviationist had reported.

Computer generated rendering of the GBU-53 StormBreaker SDB-II. (Image credit: RTX)

Poor weather and battlefield obscurants continue to endanger warfighters as adversaries rely on these conditions to escape attacks. This has established the requirement for an all-weather solution that enhances warfighters’ capabilities when visibility is limited.

“Service-members need trusted weapons that are highly survivable, network enabled and keep them as far from harm’s way as possible,” said Paul Ferraro, Raytheon’s president of Air & Space Defense Systems in a statement.

About Parth Satam

Parth Satam's career spans a decade and a half between two dailies and two defense publications. He believes war, as a human activity, has causes and results that go far beyond which missile and jet flies the fastest. He therefore loves analyzing military affairs at their intersection with foreign policy, economics, technology, society and history. The body of his work spans the entire breadth from defense aerospace, tactics, military doctrine and theory, personnel issues, West Asian, Eurasian affairs, the energy sector and Space.

@TheAviationist.com

[boarseye]

Local Ecology Calendar- Part 1: Weather

Devo, a Kemetic (that is Egyptian polytheist!) made a great guide to making a calendar based on one's local ecology. It can be used for any cultural focus.

Creating a Calendar Based on Local Ecology: Gathering Information

Building the Backbone of Your Calendar: Weather Analysis

Satsekhem (another Kemetic's) blog post about the backbone

From Devo's page:

Rain patterns: do you have a rainy or snowy season? When is it? Does your rain or snow typically come from a particular direction or location?

Here are the average weather statistics in Minneapolis from 2010 thru 2022, as measured at the MSP Airport weather station

January- coldest, cloudiest month

February- driest month

4 March- colder season ends, rain (alone) season begins

20th/21st- Spring Equinox

10 April- wetter season begins

22 May- warmer season begins

June- rainiest & sunniest month (lots of rainbows for Pride month!)

21st- Summer Solstice

July- hottest, muggiest month

17 Sept- warmer season ends,

20th/21st- Autumn Equinox

4 Oct- drier season begins

26 Nov- colder season begins, 28 snow (alone) season begins

December- snowiest month

20th/21st- Winter Solstice