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[Ralsei Plushie Would Vote FDR 🎩🌹 @NewDealChief]

This is why Trump won 2024 btw

[aezzie !! ♂ @AezzieUwU]

BYE BYE CORY BOOKER!! :3

[Voices of WW2 @VoicesofWW2]

84 years ago today, a pilot running out of fuel made a decision that won the Pacific War. Most Americans have never heard his name.

June 4, 1942. Six months after Pearl Harbor, Japan's navy is undefeated. Four of the carriers that burned Pearl, Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu, are steaming toward Midway to finish off the US Pacific Fleet.

At 7:52 AM, Wade McClusky launches from USS Enterprise leading 32 Dauntless dive bombers. Here's the detail nobody mentions: McClusky is a fighter pilot. He'd been given the air group weeks earlier and had barely flown a dive bomber in combat. Now he's leading every SBD the Enterprise has at the most important target in the Pacific.

9:20 AM. He arrives at the intercept point where the Japanese fleet is supposed to be.

Empty ocean. Nothing for miles.

The Japanese had turned. Nobody knew where. And now McClusky owns the worst math problem in naval aviation: his fuel is bleeding away, and every minute he keeps searching, he condemns more of his own pilots to ditch in open water where nobody will find them.

Doctrine is clear. Turn back.

McClusky keeps going. He works a search pattern, squeezing miles out of dying fuel tanks.

9:55 AM. Far below, a single Japanese destroyer is cutting a white scar across the ocean at flank speed. It's the Arashi, racing to rejoin the fleet after depth-charging the American submarine Nautilus. Think about that. A failed sub attack is about to give away the entire Japanese navy.

McClusky reads the wake like an arrow and follows it.

10:02 AM. The horizon fills with the entire Japanese strike force. Four carriers, their decks crammed with planes being refueled and rearmed. Fuel lines snaking everywhere. Bombs stacked in the open.

And here's the miracle: the sky above them is empty. Minutes earlier, American torpedo squadrons had attacked at sea level and been annihilated. Torpedo 8 lost all 15 planes. One survivor, Ensign George Gay, watched what came next while hiding under his seat cushion in the water. Those doomed pilots dragged every Japanese fighter down to the waves. The door upstairs was wide open.

10:22 AM. McClusky pushes over from 14,500 feet. Both squadrons follow him down onto Kaga. It's actually a mistake, doctrine said split the targets, but Lt. Dick Best catches it mid-dive, pulls out with two wingmen, and goes after Akagi alone. His single bomb pierces the flight deck into the packed hangar. It's enough.

By 10:28, Kaga, Akagi, and Soryu, the third hit simultaneously by Yorktown's bombers, are floating infernos. Six minutes. Three carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor, gone. Hiryu follows them to the bottom that evening.

The cost of McClusky's gamble was real. Many Enterprise bombers never made it home, some shot down, others swallowed by the sea when their tanks ran dry. McClusky himself was jumped by two Zeros on the way out, took five bullets through his shoulder, and still flew his shot-up Dauntless back to the Enterprise.

Admiral Nimitz said McClusky's decision "decided the fate of our carrier task force and our forces at Midway." Japan never won another major battle.

One borrowed pilot. One destroyer's wake. One choice to keep flying when every gauge said go home.

[Carl (AVATAR AANG MOVIE/DRAGON STRIKER ERA) @Carl_Nwakakwa]

2026 was supposed to be the big year for ATLA.

How did Paramount lose faith in this franchise? This was such a humongous fumble that didn't need to happen had the studio executives actually kept in touch with the general public and fans and saw real value in this IP.

[𝙳𝚊𝚢𝚘 @heisola13]

🔥 Fun Fact: Avatar Kyoshi actually struggled with a unique earthbending limitation. Unlike most earthbenders, she had difficulty manipulating small, precise amounts of earth and excelled at moving massive quantities instead.

To compensate, Kyoshi used her iconic war fans as a focusing tool, helping her perform finer, more controlled bending techniques that would’ve otherwise been difficult for her.

It’s one of the coolest examples in Avatar lore of a character turning a weakness into a signature strength. The fans weren’t just for style, they were part of how Kyoshi adapted her bending to fit her natural abilities. 🪨🪭🔥

And honestly, it’s very Kyoshi: if you can’t move a pebble accurately, just move the entire mountain instead.

[͏͏͏͏Mannie @fwmann1e]

Fun fact: Kyoshi had an earthbending disability where she couldn’t bend small objects, only large ones. To adapt, she started using her now-iconic metal fans which helped her control smaller pieces of earth

[۟ @zuko3o]

if this show gets leaked they will seriously give us no new avatar content 😭😭😭

[Daniel Richtman @DanielRPK]

Watch Paramount drop the Avatar Aang movie on streaming out of nowhere with no marketing

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

The ‘AMONG US’ animated series has just been surprise released on Paramount+

[Dan Harmonyl @DanHarmone]

No one knows what battle iq is anymore.

Almost like punching through the ice and keeping pressure on Tarrlok was faster than standing there bending every spike one by one. "Battle Iq" lol

This is the same Avatar who uses chains against Kuvira, airbending mobility against the Colossus, metal cables, terrain manipulation, and elemental combos throughout the series.

[ToonHive @ToonHive]

Saber Interactive’s AAA ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ RPG has been canceled.

The game was said to feature a brand-new Avatar living thousands of years before Aang.

(via: @IGN)

[🌊🥭 @gagesato]

Avatar Studios’ security system.

[Dan Harmonyl @DanHarmone]

The 17 year old water tribe girl can reconnect two relms and restore lost races.

Avatar Studios can't reconnect their servers and restore cybersecurity What a shame.

[Dan Harmonyl @DanHarmone]

Imagine fighting a 7 feet tall avatar and she is flying at you like this. Scary as hell 💀🥀

[Throwbacks Crave @throwbackscrave]

We need to discuss how careless Nickelodeon/Paramount have been with the Avatar franchise.

First up, they completely mismanaged ‘The Legend of Korra’. At first they had the creators believe it would be a mini-series, but once the show became popular, they renewed it for 3 more seasons.

After that they changed the time it was airing, causing ratings to drop. After that happened a chunk of Book 3 & the entirety of Book 4 were released on Nickelodeon’s website — completely taking it off the air.

In 2026 they allowed the ‘Legend of Aang’ movie, that had been in the works for years, be leaked. It was meant to be a theatrical release, later switched to be released on streaming. They didn’t acknowledge the leak much either.

Now if ‘Avatar: Seven Havens’ gets leaked as well…

This is a beloved franchise that deserves way better!

[GEe Dutreix @Gee_Dutreix]

I’m about to sound like a crazy conspiracy person but this has to be hired help from paramount to screw over Avatar. It’s too organized and targeted.

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

Hackers are reportedly potentially targeting the ‘Avatar: Seven Havens’ spinoff series next

• This is according to the person who leaked clips from 'The Legend of Aang' movie

• He claims a 'substantial' amount of people have access to stuff like this

• An exploit may have been found in Vision Media's servers — the company that handles Paramount's awards promotions

(via @THR)

[Afolabi (❖,❖) @OxAbbe]

Avatar cycle

[🧛‍♀️🐺marceline2174👩‍🚀💀 @Marceline2174]

So Kyoshi calls for Rangi whether she wins or loses. Wow ....they really adapted that perfectly from the novel. In the books Rangi is literally the one who triggers her Avatar state and brings her back out of it.

[Ash 🪭 @korraandthekrew]

Appreciation post for the badass Women Avatar 💪

[fire lord zuko updates @nicostrid]

the avatar studios password must be avataraang123

[Dan Harmonyl @DanHarmone]

Rangi manually activated Kyoshi's avatar state with this one.