Curbside

Love abundantly. It’s your greatest super power. But fight passionately for climate, people, healthcare, housing and food. For everyone.

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

This is Spanish spy and double agent Juan Pujol Garcia in his uniform as a lieutenant in the Spanish Republic Army.⁣
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Up until World War II broke out, Pujol failed in all aspects of his life. He failed to be a student, soldier, businessman, and cinema magnate. Not to mention, his marriage was falling apart.⁣
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When the war broke out, Pujol approached the British three different times to work for them.

When they turned him away, he approached the Nazis, and they accepted him (giving him the codename Arabel). Once he earned credentials working as a Nazi spy, he approached the Allies again, this time getting a job as a double agent (codenamed Garbo).⁣
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He began to feed the Nazis a combination of misinformation that was true but useless. Any high-value information always got to the Nazis just a little too late. He even started a spy network consisting of 27 sub-agents. However, in reality, none of them existed. They were completely made up. Nevertheless, he submitted their expense reports, and the Nazis paid their salaries.⁣
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At one point, Pujol explained why some high-value information got to the Nazis late. He told them that one of his spies had died and even managed to get the Nazis to pay pension to the imaginary spy's imaginary wife for her loss.

Not only did his false information get the Nazis to waste millions of dollars, but he was also instrumental in convincing the Nazis that the attacks on D-Day were just a diversion, and the real attack was yet to come, keeping vital resources away from the front lines.⁣
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Pujol is one of the only people to ever get an Iron Cross from the Nazis (which required Hitler's personal authorization, since he wasn't a soldier) and an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) from King George VI⁣
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After the war, Pujol feared that he would be hunted by surviving Nazis. In 1949, with the help of MI5, Pujol travelled to Angola where he faked his own death from malaria. He then moved to Lagunillas, Venezuela, where he set up a small bookstore and gift shop, living in anonymity until his death in 1988.

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Vasily Arkhipov (1926 - 1998), a Soviet Navy officer, was the sole dissenting vote against launching a nuclear torpedo from a B-59 submarine after the U.S. deployed depth charges during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

Having lost contact with Moscow for several days, the Soviet crew was uncertain whether World War 3 had already begun. The captain, believing that war had erupted above water, was intent on firing the nuclear torpedo. The situation was further complicated as the submarine's batteries were nearing depletion, causing air conditioning failure and elevating the temperature to above 113°F (45°C). The mounting heat, coupled with carbon dioxide poisoning and dwindling oxygen levels, began to cause crew members to faint and adversely affected their decision-making capabilities.

According to the established protocol, the launch of a nuclear weapon required the consent of only the captain and the political officer present on the submarine. However, by a fortunate turn of events, Arkhipov, a flotilla commander, had opted to be on that ill-fated B-59 submarine.

It was an unusual choice, as flotilla commanders were rarely onboard nuclear submarines, yet their rank was high enough to alter the standard two-person voting procedure to involve three people.

Engaging in heated debates with the two senior officers, Arkhipov successfully persuaded them to surface and reestablish contact with Moscow. His steadfastness and crucial decision-making skillfully averted a potential nuclear conflict, saving the world in the process.

[Curbside @sailing40knots]

“Sweet Black Angel” off the Rolling Stone album, “Exile on Mainstreet” is a homage to Angela Davis. Keith and Mick had more insight than white america. Not surprising…

[Dumb Drivers @idiotpants9]

That fall was kinda clean though

[Revvs 🍉 @RevvyPhennex]

@KeneAkers When the Surfside tower collapsed in Florida, Mexico sent a S&R team that specialized in collapses from earthquakes. Florida turned them away and sent them home saying they didnt need foreign help, then right after accepted the Israeli S&R team.

[Marianne Williamson @marwilliamson]

.@andersoncooper keeps justifying CNN’s Town Hall with Donald Trump by saying how important it is that we hear all voices.

Shouldn’t that mean that my CNN Town Hall is next?

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Lessons from my mom:

1 always give more than you take
2 it is okay to eat last
3 forgive first
4 you are not your job
5 to earn trust, you must give it
6 work harder
7 fight for your happiness
8 the world does not owe you a thing
9 happiness is a choice
10 optimism is contagious

[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

Awesome: After a recent NFL rookie event, #Colts 20-year old QB Anthony Richardson, decided to stay behind after everyone else exited and clean up a big mess left by the players so the staff wouldn't have to.

Richardson explained that it was unfair to expect the staff to clean up the mess left by the draftees. He insisted on staying to help until the room was completely tidy, even though he was given the option to leave after NFL Executive Troy Vincent told him: "You don’t need to do this."

Richardson told Vincent: ‘We left this room in an unacceptable condition, and it’s not right for us to expect the staff to clean it all up.”

The Colts drafted a young man with high character and integrity 👏❤

https://t.co/WXdxrAgNR4

[Walter Masterson @waltermasterson]

I was not expecting dude to drop fire. https://t.co/1ZQbOknLbO

[Abier @abierkhatib]

“I speak Checkpoint Hebrew” lol

#Israel

[Abier @abierkhatib]

If you still think it's complicated, watch this. Unfuckingbelievable

[kenzi @kenzianidiot]

please actually *read* about bud light and dylan mulvany. if your life is derailed by a woman getting a custom gift to celebrate a personal milestone, you should probably reevaluate oh, i dont know, everything about yourself?

[kenzi @kenzianidiot]

btw, bud light has literally hundreds of partners!!! my dad and i were even sent bud light merch! so if this whole thing upsets you, you should probably unfollow since we plan to continue to rock the heck outta our merch

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

This doesn’t even sound fucking possible, but the Beatles released the following albums all in a *34-month* period:

A Hard Day’s Night
Beatles for Sale
Help
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper

The GOATs.

[FLAVOR FLAV @FlavorFlav]

WHO WORE IT BETTER?!!!

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

It's time for us to move to a 32-hour work week with no loss in pay. Technology and worker productivity has exploded in recent years. That transformation should benefit all, not just the few. It should create more time for friends, for family, for rest, and for relaxation.

[Fiona’s Videos 🎬 @fiona_videos]

@HumansNoContext

[Marianne Williamson @marwilliamson]

“If America’s poor founded a country, that country would have a bigger population than Australia, or Venezuela. Almost one in nine Americans, - including one and eight children - live in poverty. There are more than 38 million people living in the United States who cannot afford basic necessities….”
— Matthew Desmond, POVERTY, BY AMERiCA

[Warren @swd2]

Anyone else feel like you have to turn the garbage disposal off the second everything is clear or the house will blow up?

No? Just me? 😂