#landings

[scooby-doo-exploration]

FROM :  sixpenceee  -  A SWAN landing on water 

[secondworldwarremembrancedays]

Remember the D-Day invasion: June 1944.

The largest amphibious operation in history involved more than 5,000 ships landing Allied troops on a heavily-defended 50-mile stretch of Normandy coastline, while thousands more took part in an airborne assault.

A major deception operation fooled the Germans into thinking that the landings were a feint, and resistance was light at four out of five landing sites. On the fifth, Omaha Beach, U.S. forces came under heavy fire and 2,000 died as they fought to break out of the beachhead. The Germans failed to organize rapidly to meet the threat. Within a week, the Allies had landed more than 300,000 troops in Normandy.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Debris on the beach of Bernières-sur-Mer, Normandy region of France, after the 1944 Normandy landings

French vintage postcard

[gymfanconfessions]

“can we petition the FIG to add back in the controlled lunge? it's honestly so much prettier than the concept of a "perfect stick"”

[evidently-endless]

i think we should remind musicians they can absolutely make up little stories for their songs btw. it doesn’t have to be about them at all. you can invent a guy and put him in situations to music. time honoured tradition in fact.

[dutchs-blog]

Lego Swimming Pool Layout

[muffinlevelchicanery]

[l-na]

really wish "abolish the police" was trending with all the news, it feels like a lot of ppl have forgotten since the height of blm

[reasonsforhope]

"In a historic “first-of-its-kind” agreement the government of British Colombia has acknowledged the aboriginal ownership of 200 islands off the west coast of Canada.

The owners are the Haida nation, and rather than the Canadian government giving something to a First Nation, the agreement admits that the “Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai” or the “islands at the end of world,” always belonged to them, a subtle yet powerful difference in the wording of First Nations negotiating.

BC Premier David Eby called the treaty “long overdue” and once signed, will clear the way for half a million hectares (1.3 million acres) of land to be managed by the Haida.

Postal service, shipping lanes, school and community services, private property rights, and local government jurisdiction, will all be unaffected by the agreement, which will essentially outline that the Haida decide what to do with the 200 or so islands and islets.

“We could be facing each other in a courtroom, we could have been fighting each other for years and years, but we chose a different path,” said Minister of Indigenous Relations of BC, Murray Rankin at the signing ceremony, who added that it took creativity and courage to “create a better world for our children.”

Indeed, making the agreement outside the courts of the formal treaty process reflects a vastly different way of negotiating than has been the norm for Canada.

“This agreement won’t only raise all boats here on Haida Gwaii – increase opportunity and prosperity for the Haida people and for the whole community and for the whole province – but it will also be an example and another way for nations – not just in British Columbia, but right across Canada – to have their title recognized,” said Eby.

In other words, by deciding this outside court, Eby and the province of BC hope to set a new standard for how such land title agreements are struck."

-via Good News Network, April 18, 2024

[carsonjonesfiance]

This is the second time in my voting history that I’ve participated in flipping a red seat in Alabama for Democrats (the previous time being my beloved Doug Jones) so it’s always funny to see people turn around and say voting doesn’t matter when I’ve seen it twice in the past ten years flip seats in what is supposed to be safe Republican country. Republicans are digging their own grave with their radicalization and it is making them lose (and with your help we can make them lose harder). Vote.

[scooby-doo-exploration]

FROM :  maybeamalbec  -  Foggy LANDING

[astriiformes]

Saint Paul Public Library, I am begging you to make this real

[alagaisia]

Hey. Why isn’t the moon landing a national holiday in the US. Isn’t that fucked up? Does anyone else think that’s absurd?

[gymfanconfessions]

“ Lunges cover up bad landings so more gymnasts will do skills they're bad at and we'll see more injuries. Some claim it's safer but add that to the list of gymnastics lies we've heard over the years. The upshot is, if you invest in ankle tape now, you could make a killing, a bunch of stress fractures and torn achilles tendons too! “

[typhlonectes]