#wimbledon 2010

[sinnerjannik]

rafael nadal headers

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- gracias rafa 🤍

- btw i’ll post more rafa headers in the next days because this is my way of coping with his retirement

[bluespring864]

(via sheltoner, fuckyeahrogerfederer-blog, fuckyeahrogerfederer-blog)

[muirneach]

omg Thee isner mahut match was FIRST ROUND EVENT???? they should have just given isner the trophy after that holy shit

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

1966 Ford Fairlane

With a best elapsed time of 11.95 seconds, it has had three owners in 52 years and was featured in the April 2010 issue of Mustangs and Fords magazine. All 57 R-code 1966 Fairlanes were identically built with a 427ci side-oiler race car package, which included a medium-riser with factory dual Holleys, 4-speed Toploader transmission, 9" 3.89 ratio posi-traction rear end, front disc brakes, transistor ignition, original lift-off hood, radio delete and finished in Wimbledon White with black interior. This Fairlane received a rotisserie restoration in 2010 and still retains most of its original sheet metal and original parts, but the original block was replaced by a correct 1972 427ci side-oiler block.

[butterflyintochains]

ATP Big Three Statistics

In Honour of the ending of this golden era of men's tennis, just a little rundown of just how much these three men have achieved in the last 20 or so years.

Roger Federer

20 Grand Slam titles (6 Australian/1 French/8 Wimbledon/5 US)

1 Olympic Gold in Doubles (Beijing w/ Stan Wawrinka)

28 ATP Masters 1000 Titles

6 ATP Finals Titles.

310 Weeks as Number One.

237 Consecutive weeks as Number One.

5 times Year end Number One.

Career Grand Slam

103 Career Titles

2014 Davis Cup Champion with Switzerland

3 Consecutive years spent as wire-to-wire World Number One.

54 Big Titles

Rafael Nadal

22 Grand Slam Titles (2 Australian/14 French/2 Wimbledon/4 US)

1 Olympic Gold in Singles (Beijing)

1 Olympic Gold in Doubles (Rio w/ Marc Lopez)

36 ATP Masters 1000 Titles.

4 Davis Cups with Team Spain

Career Golden Slam

Double Career Grand Slam

First to win 10 titles at one Slam.

209 Weeks as Number One.

5 times Year End Number One.

19 Consecutive seasons with a title (2004-2022)

912 Consecutive weeks in the ATP Top 10.

59 Big Titles.

92 Career Titles.

Novak Djokovic

24 Grand Slam Titles (10 Australian/3 French/7 Wimbledon/4 US)

1 Olympic Gold in Singles (Paris)

40 ATP Masters Titles

7 ATP Finals Titles

2010 Davis Cup with Team Serbia.

Elite Titles Sweep

Career Super Slam

Triple Career Grand Slam

Double Career Golden Masters

428 Weeks as Number One.

8 time Year end Number One

Most Ranking points in history (16,950)

Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam

7 or more titles at two slam tournaments.

72 Big Titles.

Most match wins as World Number One (485)

13 Years ranked as Number One (2011-2024)

99 Career Titles.

Thank you for showing us what great tennis can be, gents! 🐐🐐🐐

[killa-trav]

irwanmussry: It’s true that I’m here for Wimbledon but now this is becoming more of a Formula 1 week for me. So happy to have met Sebastian Vettel today, one truly remarkable driver who has such a fine soul. He is one of the most successful drivers in Formula One history with his four World Drivers' Championship titles won consecutively from 2010 to 2013. He was also the youngest World Champion, which still blows my mind today!

[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. 

[ladyluscinia]

The implications of Art's career on the Challenger's universe tennis scene are absolutely bonkers, btw

Like he's won six Grand Slams??? With a career spanning between roughly 2010 & 2019????? That's absolutely insane.

Out of the 39 Grand Slams during that time period (not counting the 2019 USO since it hasn't happened in Challengers-verse) only seven were not won by either Federer, Nadal, or Djokovic. Like the career rankings for Grand Slam winners in 2019 look like this craziness:

Federer - 103 Titles, 20 Grand Slams

Nadal - 84 Titles, 19 Grand Slams (including 2019 USO)

Djokovic - 77 Titles, 16 Grand Slams

Andy Murray - 46 Titles, 3 Grand Slams

Stan Wawrinka - 16 Titles, 3 Grand Slams

Marin Cilic - 18 Titles, 1 Grand Slam

You want to stick an American in there with SIX??? An American who has never won the USO? He could push Murray and Wawrinka nearly off the board (leaving only their USO wins) and still would have beat one of the Big 3 at a Slam twice. Technically more than that because Murray and Wawrinka's finals were against them too except Wimbledon 2016. He probably would have beat Djokovic or Nadal in either a final or semi-final around five times??? (Federer seems less likely just due to less career overlap.)

And the fact that Art is still considered competitive enough that a 2019 Career Grand Slam is on the table is wild. He could literally have singlehandedly prevented Djokovic from beating Nadal's record if he won the right games. The level of skill he'd need to have to be at six (and not even focused on one surface!) and yet only six and yet people still think he could manage seven must drive tennis fans nuts. How many times has he beaten them for other titles?

Is Art tennis's most famous inconsistent king??? Do the three most untouchable players have to worry just a little bit every time they face him that he's going to wipe the floor with them even though most days he can't manage it?

Fucking wild.

[rafasbiscuits]

Oh wow i completely forgot about this but thank you for the tag @twinsunsintatooine for the tag <333 ilysm

last song I listened to: you and I by one direction because I'm stuck in 2010

fav colour: Wimbledon colour palette. I love my dark green, gold and a hint of purple <3

currently reading: mmmm, not really reading anything I'm busy with school but the last book I read was the Shadowhunters Chronicles by Cassie Clare <3

Last movie I watched: I was rewatching The Princess Diaries because. Anne Hathaway.

currently watching: I'm watching so many series and shows rn, I'm watching the new season of 9-1-1 and From, and rewatching Supernatural

sweet/savoury/spicy: depends but NEVER spicy

current obsession: one direction, and I am never not obsessing over tennis it's a lifestyle

tea or coffee: teaaaaaaaaaaaa, especially earl grey oh my god delicious

last thing I googled: something about Denmark and Netherlands 😭

Tagging(hooh this will be alot get ready): @janesurlife @bluskype @kingfisherprince @mousemannation @bluespring864 @tennis-kittens @fedal @soronya @jcferrero @federernadal @rgrfederer @canvascoloredin @ispeakmorelanguagesthanyou @littleblueducktales @sinnerruud @betasquadx @tam-is-blogging @inevitablecorgi and anyone who wants to do it, feel free to use my name as proof. Anyways no forcing, do it if u want and don't do it if u don't want <3

[scotianostra]

Happy birthday Annette Crosbie, born 12th February 1934.

Annette was born in Gorebridge, Midlothian, to strict Presbyterian parents who disapproved of her becoming an actress.

Nvertheless, she joined the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School while still in her teens. Her big break came in 1970 when she was cast as Catherine of Aragon in the BBC television series The Six Wives of Henry VIII, for which she won the 1971 BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress. In 1973, she starred alongside Vanessa Redgrave in the BBC serial, A Picture of Katherine Mansfield.

Crosbie was born in Gorebridge, Midlothian, to strict Presbyterian parents who disapproved of her becoming an actress. Nevertheless, she joined the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School while still in her teens. Her big break came in 1970 when she was cast as Catherine of Aragon in the BBC television series The Six Wives of Henry VIII, for which she won the 1971 BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress. In 1973, she starred alongside Vanessa Redgrave in the BBC serial, A Picture of Katherine Mansfield.

In 1975, Crosbie made a similar impact as Queen Victoria, in the ITV period drama Edward the Seventh, for which she won the 1976 BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress. She played Cinderella’s fairy godmother in The Slipper and the Rose, which was chosen as the Royal Film Première for 1976. In that film, Crosbie sang the Sherman Brothers’ song, “Suddenly It Happens”. In Ralph Bakshi’s animated movie, The Lord of the Rings, filmed in 1978, Crosbie voiced the character of Galadriel, Lady of the Elves. In 1980, she played the abbess in Hawk the Slayer. In 1986, she appeared as the vicar’s wife in Paradise Postponed.

After appearing in the BBC1 drama Take Me Home, Crosbie’s next major role was as Margaret Meldrew, the long-suffering wife of Victor Meldrewplayed by fellow Scot, Richard Wilson) in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave for which she is best known. She also played Janet, the housekeeper to Dr. Finlay, in the 1993 revival of A.J. Cronin’s popular stories.

Crosbie’s other roles include playing the monkey-lover Ingrid Strange in an episode of Jonathan Creek, Edith Sparshott in An Unsuitable Job for a Woma, and Jessie in the film Calendar Girls. In 2004, Crosbie appeared alongside Sam Kelly in an episode of the third series of Black Books, as the mother of the character Manny Bianco. In the series six and seven of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Old Harry’s Game, she played a recently deceased historian named Edith.

In 2008 she appeared in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’s Little Dorrit, in 2009, she portrayed Sadie Cairncross in the BBC television series Hope Springs. In 2010 Crosbie appeared in the Doctor Who episode “The Eleventh Hour”. In 2014 Crosbie appeared in the movies What We Did on Our Holiday and Into the Woods. In 2015 she appeared in a BBC adaptation of the novel Cider with Rosie. In 2016 she appeared in the new film version of Dad’s Army .

In recent years, she appeared in season two of Ricky Gervais' black comedy-drama After Life on Netflix. She now resides in Wimbledon and is a campaigner against cruelty for animals.

[mathsandwhiteroses]

Princess of Wales Photo Challenge: Day 22

Favourite photos of Catherine’s hair

She has the best hair! Stunning! Gorgeous! I love every hairstyle, I even liked the curtain bangs she had last autumn.

The photo at the top was taken at Wimbledon on 15th July 2023, and from left to right on the bottom row, the photos were taken at their engagement photo call on 16th November 2010, the BAFTA Awards on 2nd February 2020 and at the Anna Freud Centre on 18th May 2023.

[atravesdetupantalla]

5 Películas para ver si eres fan de Kirsten Dunst.

Marie Antoniette (2006). 📺Apple TV, Prime Video, Rakuten TV.

Wimbledon (2004). 📺Apple TV, Rakuten TV.

Bachelorette (2012). 📺Prime Video.

Melancholia (2011). 📺Prime Video.

All Good Things (2010). 📺Prime Video, Mitele.

[cartererarchive]

Peter and Roger's (differing) reactions to Roger's Wimbledon Boy's win in 1998. Quoted in René Stauffer, 2010.

[coochiequeens]

Another case for SheWon

By Reduxx Team January 19, 2024

A trans-identified male has taken home the trophy at a women’s professional golfing tournament in Florida. Hailey Davidson, 30, emerged victorious at the NXXT Women’s Classic at Mission Inn Resort and Club on January 17.

Despite outlining eligibility as being restricted to “female players,” NXXT allowed Davidson to compete. His victory is particularly significant as this year NXXT had partnered with the Epson Tour to award 10 exemptions to their top five players. The exemptions were intended to provide female golfers the ability to compete in the Epson Tour regardless of their specific qualifications, something NXXT boasted would facilitate “unparalleled professional growth opportunities for women golfers.”

Davidson is currently ranked in the top spot to receive two of the ten available exemptions.

Davidson, who is originally from Scotland, last competed as a male in 2015 before declaring a transgender identity. Since then, he has become a vocal advocate for trans-identified males in women’s sports.

Writing for Athlete Ally in 2021, Davidson described himself as the “world’s first transgender woman to win a professional golf tournament, which I have now done multiple times.” He explains that he first began to believe he was a “woman” at age 14, but suppressed his “true self” until he was an adult, at which point he began experiencing severe anger issues.

“I had tried playing golf professionally as male prior to coming out, but I was such a headcase it was not only affecting me but the other players around me,” he writes. “I was at a crossroads at this point since I thought I had to choose between playing golf for a living and hiding who I was forever, or finally be happy as my authentic self and potentially never play golf again … While I did not play nor touch a club at all for over 2 years due to all that came with coming out of the closet, I was finally able to get back into playing when I was lucky to land a job at GolfNow. This got me back into playing for fun, and for once I was playing without anger or this mental time bomb waiting to explode.”

In 2022, Davidson made headlines while attempting to earn a Ladies Professional Golfing Association (LPGA) Tour card. At the time, Judy Murray, an elite tennis coach and mother of Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, blasted Davidson for attempting to join the LPGA Tour.

“No. Not fair at all,” Judy Murray posted to X (formerly Twitter) in heated words that quickly went viral. “Protect women’s sport. Listen to the facts, the scientists and the medics. This is wrong.”

While he was ultimately unsuccessful, Davidson attributed criticism of him playing in women’s sports to transphobia.

“I’ve seen that it’s not about protecting women’s sports or me having an advantage, it’s just that you don’t like trans people,” Davidson said during an interview on the Like It Is podcast. “It’s very sad that that’s what it comes down to. In the last couple of months, that’s what I’ve come to learn.”

On X, Davidson boasted of his victory, writing: “I was finally able to get my 4th professional win after two playoff holes… Also moved me into 1st place in the season rankings for two Epson Tour exemptions!”

The Epson Tour is the qualifying tour for the LPGA, meaning Davidson will not only be taking a major professional opportunity away from a woman, but he may also manage to successfully acquire the LPGA Tour Card he has been fighting to receive. The LPGA Tour removed the “female at birth” requirement in 2010.

Reduxx reached out to NXXT for clarification on their policies, and received a response deferring to the transgender guidance of the Ladies Professional Golfing Association, US Golfing Association, and Epson Tour — all of which have uniform policies allowing males to participate in women’s categories if they meet a certain amount of requirements.

Davidson prior to declaring a transgender status.

“The LPGA has a comprehensive Gender Policy that allows transgender athletes, including those who have transitioned from male to female, to participate in its events. This policy requires transgender athletes to provide a declaration of their gender identity, proof of gender reassignment surgery, and evidence of at least one year of hormonal therapy maintaining testosterone levels at a specified range. It also includes provisions for confidentiality and the recognition of decisions regarding gender verification made by other golf tours or sports authorities,” NXXT Tour Director Bennett Noe wrote.

“This alignment across the NXXT, LPGA, Epson Tour, and USGA ensures a consistent approach towards transgender athletes, emphasizing fair competition and integrity in the sport.”

But speaking to Reduxx on Davidson’s success at the tournament, Marshi Smith of the International Council on Women’s Sports denounced Noe’s response.

“The NXXT tour is claiming just because their policy is uniformly and consistently unjust alongside the Epson Tour, LPGA and USGA that somehow that ensures ‘fairness and integrity in the sport.'” Smith said.

“It is precisely the opposite. The question they must answer is ‘do women deserve access to fair competition?’ If yes, they must adopt simple and clean rules that create a female protected category without exception.”

[bluespring864]

Quote from Novak’s presser — “I am shocked by my level in a bad way. This is one of the worst grand slam matches I have played.”

I have to agree with him, can’t remember a worse match than this bar pre-2010 and the awful putting-off-the-elbow-surgery days. But you know, he’s won a LOT ever since he lost Wimbledon and he didn’t really have a proper off season. He’s probably feeling the mental and physical fatigue HEAVY. On the positive side a peaking Jannik vs a 60% (even that’s too generous) Djokovic still went to four sets so I would think there’s still better days ahead. I was a bit surprised that he mentioned he hopes he can win one more time here like does that mean he’s contemplating retirement after next year :( selfish of me but that made me sad.

Ah haven't had time to check out the presser yet. That's Andy levels of gloomy :-p But yeah, I think he'll get pissed off again and win some stuff :) And I'll be selfishly sad too when he retires but we're not there yet! (Of course he has to be contemplating it, he might be the oldest guy in the top 100 at some point, which is crazy to even think about.)

[kdsburneraccount]

fritz/tiafoe for the ship game

Omg ty for this ask anon 🙏 time for me to waffle a little bit

Tbh i got into tennis fairly recently? like 2023 wimbledon. I did hear of Tiafoe before because I'm a wizards fan and he was highlighted at some games after the 2022 uso run. After wimbledon i looked into the lore of american men's tennis and then came to the conclusion that bc taylor fritz and frances tiafoe were around the same age and were the top two americans at the time that they should be shipped. Which isn’t too far fetched to me, there’s been crackier ships in the past. And they seem to get along pretty well!! See: Laver Cup 2023 (Laver Cup 2023 kinda fed me tbh there was a pic of Team World celebrating and I'm pretty sure Frances was sitting on Taylor's lap 😭 I think it would be cool if they played doubles but there were better doubles combos on Team World so it’s all good). Taylor seems to be the more introverted one compared to Frances's penchant for showmanship but like the contrast is endearing. Idk! I think it's cute. They can bond over the pressures of people misplacing grandiose expectations of American success on them, kind of like Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick back in the day. Though I guess if I knew their head to head I'd be a little more hesitant to ship... it's fine. You can fit that into the narrative 😎

Going to assume the person sending me this has read the fic I wrote abt them but if anyone else wants to read the link is here. Lowkey when posting I was like "dang why hasn't anyone else written this particular pairing" before realizing that American male players are kind of mid in tennis and also sports fandom in general gets weird abt players of color (I don't think anyone specific here is, just moreso commenting on outside coverage, which can influence perceptions). But that will not stop me from writing about American men's tennis kinda sorta being back from the doldrums of the slow moving servebot reign of the 2010s, and the ensuing outside pressures because the field is a little more even now. So yeah. I guess this ship doesn't have super blatant evidence but I like it, so that's all that matters 🫡