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Don’t you have something else important to do? Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with any Labour party.

[Raconteur Press, LLC @raconteur_press]

Live long and prosper.

[non aesthetic things @PicturesFoIder]

Dude is Turkish John Wick literally.

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This is why in Chinese, owl is called “eagle with a cat head”

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

«Owls are just bird hardware running cat software»

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The art and the artist.

[AccuWeather @accuweather]

The category is: iconic space quotes I use daily.

[🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿InsideLucysHead🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿© @InsideLucysHead]

Five surgeons are discussing who makes the best patients on the operating table...

Five surgeons are discussing who makes the best patients on the operating table.

The first surgeon says, "I like to see accountants on my operating table because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered."

The second responds, "Yeah, but you should try electricians! Everything inside them is color coded."

The third surgeon says, "No, I really think librarians are the best; everything inside them is in alphabetical order."

The fourth surgeon chimes in: "You know, I like construction workers...those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over at the end, and when the job takes longer than you said it would."

But the fifth surgeon shut them all up when he observed: "You're all wrong. Labour Politicians like Keir Starmer, are the easiest to operate on. There's no guts, no heart, and no spine, and the head and butt are interchangeable."

[DogFacePonia @DogFacePonia]

Logic ...

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

Polish physician Eugene Lazowski, working with fellow doctor Stanisław Matulewicz, carried out one of the most ingenious acts of medical resistance in Nazi‑occupied Poland. In the early 1940s, Matulewicz discovered that injecting patients with killed (non‑infectious) typhus bacteria would trigger a false‑positive on German typhus tests without causing illness.

Lazowski realized this could be used to protect Jewish families and Polish civilians in the town of Rozwadów, where deportations and forced labor were escalating. Quietly and systematically, the two doctors began administering these harmless injections to people at risk, especially Jews, who were forbidden from receiving medical care and could only be treated secretly through Lazowski’s backyard fence.

As the number of “typhus cases” grew, German authorities panicked. Terrified of the disease, which had devastated armies in World War I, they declared the area an epidemic zone and imposed quarantine rather than entering the community or deporting its residents. For two years, this fabricated outbreak shielded roughly 8,000 people from roundups and transport to concentration camps.

When German inspectors finally visited, Lazowski staged the sickrooms carefully, and the inspectors, fearful and eager to leave, confirmed the epidemic without discovering the ruse. After the war, Lazowski emigrated to the United States, and his story remained largely unknown until he published his memoir in the 1990s. His operation stands as one of the most remarkable examples of life‑saving deception during the Holocaust.

Lazowski’s operation is also incomplete without noting how it ended and why it stayed hidden for decades. In 1944, as the Germans began retreating and suspicion grew, he narrowly escaped arrest and fled with his family, leaving the “epidemic zone” behind just before the ruse might have been uncovered. After the war, he practiced medicine in Poland but avoided discussing his actions because the communist government discouraged stories that highlighted independent resistance or aid to Jews outside state‑approved narratives.

Only after emigrating to the United States did he begin sharing the full account, eventually publishing his memoir in the 1990s. Survivors from Rozwadów later confirmed how his fabricated outbreak had shielded their community, turning what looked like a small medical trick into one of the most quietly consequential rescue efforts of the Holocaust.

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#drthehistories

[Darth Putin @DarthPutinKGB]

"Russia has not actually targeted civilian infrastructure to the same extend (sic) Israel and US are doing in Iran"

[Rich "Corky" Erie @RSE_VB]

I've told a few stories about my Dad here. He was a 36 year Naval Officer, Naval Aviator (A-1, A-4, A-7) and a veteran of several jaunts to Vietnam. I remember once after some near-incident while driving, he said "Falcon 109."

I asked him what that meant and he said it's from the Vietnam era Falcon Codes and it meant "Lovely, simply f*cking lovely."

Years later I tracked down the complete list and will share them here. Enjoy!

"Here are the famous FALCON CODES use by Navy Aviator community during Vietnam. The Air Force used them too, so there are variations. They were on a kneeboard card carried by most Aviators. One would simply transmit “Falcon 101” (one of the more popular) to express your thoughts.

"Never ask a Naval Aviator if he is a fighter pilot. If he is, he’ll tell you. If not, you’ll just embarrass him."

FALCON CODES

101 YOU'VE GOT TO BE SHITTING ME
102 GET OFF MY FUCKING BACK
103 BEATS THE SHIT OUT OF ME
104 WHAT THE FUCK, OVER?
105 IT'S SO FUCKING BAD, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT
106 I HATE THIS FUCKING PLACE
107 THIS PLACE SUCKS
107A THIS PLACE SUCKS SO BAD IT BLOWS
108 FUCK YOU VERY MUCH
109 LOVELY, SIMPLY FUCKING LOVELY
110 THAT GODDAMNED "O" CLUB
111 HERE COMES ANOTHER 2/LT - ENS
111A HERE COMES ANOTHER FULL BULL
112 FUCK! SHIT! PISS!
113 HAIR PIE, FUR BURGERS
114 I JUST GOT FUCKED
115 BIG FUCKING DEAL
116 HANG IT IN YOUR FUCKING EAR
117 GET BENT
118 GIVE A SHIT, GIVE A SHIT
119 YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF FUCKING BALLS
120 MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS
120A HAPPY FUCKING NEW YEAR
120B HAPPY FUCKING BIRTHDAY
121 FUCK IT! JUST FUCK IT
122 SHIT HOT
123 BITCHEN'
124 TELL SOMEONE WHO GIVES A SHIT
125 FUCKIN' FOREIGN NATIONAL
126 FUCKIN' HEAVIES
127 DEVASTATING, JUST FUCKING DEVASTATING
128 FUCK YOU ! ! !
129 IF THEY CAN'T TAKE A JOKE, FUCK EM
130 ADIOS MUTHAFUCKA (ONLY USED ON FREEDOM FLIGHT)
131 FUCK YOU, STRONG LETTER FOLLOWS
132 YOU BETTER LOVE YOUR FUCKING STAFF, BECAUSE YOUR STAFF LOVES
FUCKING YOU
00 (DOUBLE NUTS) COLLECTIVE (ALL OF THE ABOVE)

[Circe @vocalcry]

Schrödinger’s ceasefire

[Unseen Japan @UnseenJapanSite]

Irasutoya, Japan's popular free clip art library, has released its latest creation in honor of the United States President, Donald Trump. It's a clever play on TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) and the Japanese word タコ for octopus, which also means "idiot."

[Eagle Dynamics @eagledynamics]

AMBUSH: The Greatest F-4 MiG Trap (Operation Bolo) (DCS Short Film) | SFL by J.P. Ferré #DCS
https://t.co/A1wp4qWktN

[MCO.Balaam💉🧬 @BalaamW22]

If it was football it's 10:0

[Daniel Kaihatsu (開発 妥仁得) @KaihatsuYT]

New favourite clip from Japanese news just dropped

[The pets only 🐾 @Thepetsonly]

Happy 19th birthday Larry the cat at Downing Street!
🎉

[Darth Putin @DarthPutinKGB]

It's interesting that USA is using bases in Europe to bomb Iran. MAGA were told these existed to protect "European freeloaders", yet they are being used to project American power.

She can't wait to see how USA does this when Europe isn't "freeloading" & closes US bases.

[GallasStorms @StormsGalas]

Amuro is still doing this

[ada @leadaal]

the chinese translation for Project Hail Mary seems to have gotten some attention, there're actually 3 different names and they all have different meanings

🇭🇰 Hong Kong - 末日聖母號 (Doomsday Holy Mother Ship)
🇹🇼 Taiwan - 極限返航 (Extreme Return Voyage)
🇨🇳 China - 挽救計劃 (Rescue Plan)

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Banger 😂