Carrier pigeons of the Austro-Hungarian Army in their protective equipment in case of a gas attack, Trento, 1917. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.
Headcanon: Yuu, Ace, Deuce, and Grim somehow managed to train carrier pigeons and/or ravens to send messages to each other when they couldn't use their phones.
It started out as a punishment from Riddle, but now they just genuinely enjoy writing and hanging out with the birds. Plus, there's the benefit of easily burning the evidence of whatever cursed bs they draw or write.
Pigeon Message from Major Whittlesey to the Commanding Officer of the 308th Infantry
Record Group 120: Records of the American Expeditionary Forces (World War I) Series: Records of Divisions File Unit: Field Messages - 32.16
This is a message delivered by pigeon from the commander of the "Lost Battalion" to the headquarters of the 308th Infantry requesting a halt of the artillery barrage that was causing numerous friendly fire casualties.
[hand written top left side of page "No. 8."] [circle with squiggle containing "1" on top right side of page] [stamped square with illegible lettering and hand written in red "6" and hand written in black "70"] [hand written "Oct 4"] P I G E O N M E S S A G E RECEIVED AT MESSAGE CENTER [illegible blacked out word] 4:22 PM TO C. O. 308th INFANTRY FROM 1st BN 308th INFANTRY WE ARE ALONG THE ROAD PARALELL 276.4. OUR AR ILLERY IS DROPPING A BARRAGE DIRECTLY ON US. FOR HEAVENS SAKE STOP IT. WHITTLESAY MAJ 308th [hand written vertically along right hand border or page "277-32-16"] BIRD RELEASED 3 P.M. RECEIVED AT LOFT 4:05 PM. [red hand written check mark] DISTRIBUTION G 3 [hand written check mark in pencil] G 3 BULLETIN BOARD C OF S G 2 152 FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE FILE [hand written in blue "540"] [small hand written "4" contained in small hand drawn circle.]
So apparently tumblr might be (probably is) doing a deal with midjourney to steal peoples art to train AI… guess I will have to go glaze and/or nightshade everything…
Why does my dystopian future not come with cool cybernetic limbs and a cyberpunk aesthetic?
Carrier pigeons of the Austro-Hungarian Army and their protective equipment in case of a gas attack, Trento, 1917. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.
Still waiting for the “social” part of social media to kick in, maybe a local predatory bird is intercepting all of my carrier pigeons because I ain’t getting anything back.