Interrupter_Bastardo

Poet - Part me, part salamander.

[Interrupter_Bastardo @InterrupterB]

As it was then, so it is now.

[Interrupter_Bastardo @InterrupterB]

@bocco76 @dom_lucre

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

I’m too poor to even watch this clip

[Heroes Of Britain @HeroesOfBritain]

On D-Day, Stanley Hollis charged a German pillbox, cleared enemy trenches and forced 26 soldiers to surrender.

He became the only Victoria Cross recipient on D-Day. 🇬🇧

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

When I was the Air Force Military Aide to Bill Clinton (and again, that was not a political appointee position, it was a military assignment), I served daily with very young staffers who were appointed because of their efforts in the campaign or who their parents were.

I really enjoyed interacting with most of them. Bright kids from Ivy League school. But their naïveté and lack of experience showed. Dramatically.

One day I was walking across the White House “campus,” the “18 acres,” and I encountered one of the young female staffers. We chatted for a bit, and she asked me, “So, why did you join the military? Were your career options limited or were you forced to by a judge?”

I wanted to throat punch her, but I said, “No, ma’am, I volunteered.”

She asked, “But why? Lack of education? No other options?”

“No, ma’am, I volunteered. Really. Not only do I have a Bachelor’s but also an MBA.”

She asked again, “Then why?”

I shook my head and walked away. They simply can’t understand a higher calling. They are incapable of understanding that another human who would selflessly serve.

Therein lies much of the Democrat vs. military disconnect. They’re missing the patriotism chip.

[👑 @RmcfStarkia]

No striker dead or alive has this kind of goal in his catalogue🤯

[Interrupter_Bastardo @InterrupterB]

@BallinFFB

[Johnny B. Good @Cat5SMASHICANE]

These guys are so cool and absolutely adorable. People tend to forget that they're wild animals. In fact they're very wild! They can be extremely mean and they sound like the devil when they're angry. I think a couple of these clips show them with rabies. Best to stay away. 🚫🦝

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

Dozens of fishermen have lost fingers (and worse) to wolffish… even after the fish was dead and decapitated.

The head can still bite down hard for a long time thanks to powerful jaws and lingering neuromuscular reflexes.

[SaveOurChurchesUK @SaveukChurches]

This church is considered "new" because it’s only 900 years old.

The Roman walls beside it are nearly twice as old.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Your black Labrador at night with a LED collar

[Mike Pompeo @mikepompeo]

Within hours of being announced as the nominee to be the U.S. Director of the CIA, I received a hand-delivered message on MI6 stationery congratulating me on my nomination. It was signed simply "C" in green ink. Legendary. I shared it with my son and even he thought I was now cool!

More than that, this note, from Sir Alex Younger, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service of the United Kingdom, confirmed what I already believed: the work that the CIA and MI6 did together mattered, that the partnership was critical, and that two leaders focused on the mission could save lives and provide tools for our nations to deter our adversaries.

Alex's passing this week brought back so many memories of our time in service together. He flew to Langley to see me the day I was confirmed. We brought our two senior teams together in the UK to plan and coordinate and build in the first several weeks of my time on duty: making clear to them all that this relationship was more than special - it was critical for the security of our two countries.

Alex was a remarkable intelligence partner. When we needed help, it wasn't "let me see;" it was "this matters to you and America we'll get it done." And he and his team always did. I think he knew we would do the same for him and his team and his nation. Many Americans are alive today because of his leadership of MI6, I never knew how to thank him enough.

Alex became a friend as well. In the years since we both left office we would see each other from time to time. He was always so kind, so thoughtful, so smart. His deep love of his country was surpassed only by his deep commitment and love of his family. Decent and proper - and funny as hell - Alex was "C." As espionage requires, he was quiet, not attention seeking. He knew what evil was and he was ruthless in his efforts to crush it with every legal tool at his command. And he knew who his friends were and committed himself to supporting them.

I miss Sir Alex Younger. He was a role model for me and a man with whom every minute I spent was valued and savored. Blessings to you Alex. Praying for you and for your family. Well done and may you rest in peace in His hands.

[Orla Minihane @orlaminihane]

‼️ An urgent message to our French Pink Ladies @CordierAlice2 one of our girls is missing in Paris. Lucy Stemp - zero contact in over a week and her family are desperate. She also has a little girl who needs her Mummy home. Please share with all your followers. ‼️ Merci 🙏🏻 @pinkladies_uk 🩷

[LeoDaVinciWave @LeoDaVinciWave]

The facade of the Glassmaker’s House in Brussels, Belgium, designed by architect Ernest Delune in 1902.

[Gracie💙 @Gracie_Blue89]

SEXTORTION/GROOMING AND THE POLICE ARE PUNISHJNG THE VICTIM?😡😡

A 16yr old boy gets tricked by a grown man pretending to be a 16yr old girl on the internet.
The man coerces him into sending nudes, then blackmails him for money.
The boy's parents call the police with evidence (screenshots, phone number, everything)
The Police's response:
"We can't do anything about the predator... but we'll file a report against your son for distributing indecent images
His name will now show up on DBS checks

🎥 Video from Carla_Lou_Hopkins on TikTok who has given me permission to share her video

[Cards of History @GodPlaysCards]

In 1839 two men hacked into the Honduran jungle chasing a rumor. They found a stone city swallowed by trees, covered in writing nobody alive could read.

One of them sat down and drew every ruin by hand.

Frederick Catherwood was an English architect turned old world explorer, and when his first sketches reached London, readers assumed he had invented them.

The faces were too alien, the detail too strange. Catherwood's answer was simple: he had drawn exactly what was there.

Below you see two of his watercolors, look at the detail, and it is hard to imagine these were done in the field.

His life story and discoveries are fascinating, and I'll will release a full article on this 'gentleman explorer' soon.

[Historical Chronicles @HistoriaJack]

"The pagans from the northern regions came with a naval force to Britain like stinging hornets and spread on all sides like fearful wolves"

[Special Ops Magazine @specialopsmag]

Former Delta Force operator Mike Vining pictured after summiting Mount Denali with nine operators from 22 SAS. June 1st, 1994.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

He was such a heavy smoker that he would sometimes light up even in the operating room. When ash from his cigarette fell onto the surgical table, he reportedly brushed it off with a joke: “Don’t worry—it’s sterile!”

In the years after World War II, countless Soviet veterans struggled with severe leg injuries that refused to heal. Complicated fractures, chronic infections, and deformities often left physicians with limited treatment options. Working in the city of Kurgan, surgeon Gavriil Ilizarov pursued a radically different idea: that bone could regenerate if it was slowly and carefully pulled apart. During the 1950s, he developed a circular external fixation device made of metal rings and tensioned wires that gradually separated bone segments, stimulating new bone growth in the gap between them.

This breakthrough, later known as distraction osteogenesis, transformed the treatment of complex fractures, limb deformities, and shortened limbs. Although Ilizarov’s work remained largely unknown outside the Soviet Union for decades, it gained worldwide recognition in the 1980s when he successfully treated Italian explorer Carlo Mauri after multiple previous surgeries had failed.

Today, the Ilizarov method is used across the globe and is regarded as one of the most significant innovations in the history of modern orthopedic surgery.

[Restoring Your Faith in Humanity @HumanityChad]

The Evil Queen showing more kindness than expected to her special needs guest