It’s hard to believe
Tina hit number 3 on the NYT bestseller list in America as well. Would have been higher but for shortage of stock.
Never in my wildest dreams 🤯
19 May 1944 | 9-year old Sinti Anna Maria (Settela) Steinbach was deported with 244 Roma & Sinti from Westerbork to #Auschwitz. She was filmed by Rudolf Breslauer. Setella perished in the camp with her mother, four siblings, aunt & two nephews.
Born this day 19th May 1918.
Sgt. William Jack Scott.
New Zealand One of THE FEW.
https://t.co/zHwmJLSnB3
Awarded the DFM.
After the war he became a builder. For 2 years worked on a hospital in the New Hebrides.Returned to New Zealand. Ran a joinery shop & a hardware store.
'Afro Art' is a series of portraits celebrating the beauty and versatility of black hair inspired by Baroque period artworks, by Kahran Bethencourt (and partner Regis) aka Creative Soul #womensart
Canada desperately needs stronger fact-checking of public figures. Pierre Poilievre spreads disinformation with confidence and repetition. Unfortunately, it works.
Accountability isn’t censorship. It’s democracy doing its job!
Imagine having 9 million dollars in your bank account? How much easier life would be? Well, Poilievre is worth 25 million and he’s still using and wasting taxpayers money and squatting rent free at Stornoway. It’s sickening that he’s allowed to get away with it. Grifter and Wife.
From 1941 to 1944, Anne Brusselmans was a key figure in running the Comet Escape Line in German-occupied Belgium.
She played a crucial role in protecting over 200 Allied pilots, facilitating their escape to England by supplying vital provisions, clothing, and secure hideouts.
The operation ended with the region’s liberation by British forces in 1944.
Born this day 19th May 1910.
FO. Piotr Ostaszewski-Ostoja.
Polish One of THE FEW. https://t.co/EfuCaZCKkX…Awarded the KW.
He survived the war. Was a Wing Commander. Settled in England.
Sister Helene Studler orchestrated the escape of 2,000 French soldiers from the Gestapo during WW2.
Detained in 1941, she continued her efforts after an early release due to health issues, later escaping to Lyons when targeted again.
The Gestapo, unable to apprehend her, arrested her superior for information but gained nothing.
We honour this Second World War heroine!
@Nursing_Heretic We generally don't screen for prostate cancer after age 70 so it's extremely possible this was just diagnosed due to onset of symptoms (which can happen pretty suddenly)
An absolutely epic day in the Ottawa Valley! Never, ever gets old chasing in this area. Here's this afternoon's shelf cloud that developed after two storms collided just north of Renfrew, Ontario! #onstorm
Tom Berry, 100, recalled celebrating VE Day and his 21st birthday aboard the "Lucky Tartar" with an extra tot of rum and a near miss on D-Day. “I don’t consider myself a hero,” he says, “just a lucky man on a lucky ship.” 👏 🍹
Source: BBC News
Jeff Bourgeau
Calm and easy to see.
Whatever bug DrStee and I caught has really knocked us sideways.
It’s the sort that makes us feel lazy and have no energy