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☝️ This! God bless the ones that go hard for their families, for cold dinners, missed celebrations, lack of sleep, long hours with no rest. They deserve praise and peace 🙏
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Finished Rock Force: The American Paratroopers who took back Corregidor and exacted MacArthur’s Revenge on Japan by Kevin Maurer and there is a website that is all about Corregidor and the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment.
Website formed around and by the WWII Veterans of the 503d Parachute Regimental Combat Team which is intended to survive the loss of the las
Any take on Luke as just a normal kid whining about freedom should probably account for the fact that he lives on a lawless desert planet controlled by gangsters who kept his father and grandmother as slaves
#like … every time i see a post about how much easier he has it than leia i’m #he absolutely does in some ways #but also leia’s family are wealthy and powerful while luke’s are eking out water from the air
This post is nearly ten years old and I still think about this, honestly. Luke has no consciousness of the dangers and pressures in Leia’s life when he’s playing with his toy starship; she’s already had to become what he can only vaguely dream of. But she’s also never had to consider “where is tomorrow’s food and water coming from” to anything like the degree that Luke, Owen, and Beru do every day. Luke and Leia both make sure they’re armed when they leave home because their environments are so dangerous, in completely different ways.
It really is possible to talk about the ways Leia has been forced to grow up and Luke has been allowed to remain functionally a boy, without dismissing pretty much everything we ever find out about Tatooine and the Skywalkers, or the drastic differences in their opportunities and access to material luxuries. I promise, she’s a good enough character to stand on her own without misrepresenting Luke’s circumstances to prop her up.
Spoke to a gen z person the other night and apparently the young folks don't know about the very legal sites from which you can access public domain media (including Dracula, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and other Victorian gothic horror stories)?
Like this young person didn't even know about goddamn Gutenberg which is a SHAME. I linked to it and they went "aw yiss time to do a theft" and I was like "I mean yo ho ho and all that, sure, but. you know gutenberg is entirely legal, right?"
Anyway I'm gonna put this in a few Choice Tags (sorry dracula fans I DID mention it though so it's fair game) and then put some Cool Links in a reblog so this post will still show UP in said tags lmao.
Spreading the news to my followers - if you weren’t aware of this before, here’s the link to Project Gutenberg - https://www.gutenberg.org/
Project Gutenberg is a gigantic collection of books that are in the public domain. You can read the books through the site or you can download them in various formats so you can get the format you prefer for your eReader of choice.
It is free.
It is legal.
I was reviewing the list of the top 100 books downloaded yesterday and I saw a fair few that I had to read for college classes - so if you’re a college student and your professor assigns you to read Plato or any number of older works, check here before you buy a copy.
I reread the Anne series several years back - they were free through this. I need to reread Pride and Prejudice at least once a year, and my e-book version is from this. Someone recommended Jekyll and Hyde to me a few weeks back and I got a free copy from this. When I went to Haworth on my last holiday before the plague times, I brought books by the Bronte sisters with me to read or reread that I downloaded from here. It’s a great resource.
Yes yes yes! I was honestly so flabbergasted that this young person hadn't heard of the gutenberg project! It's been around for AGES, maybe longer than the kindle has? And it's such a huge project and wonderful resource! It used to be a household name (or maybe that's just my family, thanks to my dad being a cheapskate nerd [affectionate]). I was so glad to be able to share this resource and others with them though, and I wanted to make sure no one else was missing out!
If you look at the first reblog from me I also recommended a few other resources, most of which were from www.archive.org, home of the Wayback Machine! They run openlibrary.org, where you can check out ebooks of some public domain titles! They even have the Bone series by Jeff Smith!
And archive.org itself has all kinds of public domain media including music and movies! For Dracula fans, here's a radio show adaptation of the book, starring Orson Welles! And here's a 1920 movie adaptation of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," starring John Barrymore, the grandfather of Drew Barrymore!
I'm so excited to see people falling in love with classic media through Dracula Daily! Let's keep that fire blazing!
Also, if you can't handle reading things, check out libirvox.org! it's a free audio book project taking public domain works and people doing free audiobooks! there's a lot of great stuff on there, but it takes things in the public domain and makes audio books out of them!
it's a super nice project, and you can find some really nice readers there!
Also don't think a book is old because it's in the public domain
lots of writers and publishers are prepared to waive future profits for entirely petty reasons
because of this the entire works of Philip K Dick [petty writer who found himself with lots of hangers on during his life] and HP Lovecraft [his publisher - who was his wife and hated him] became public domain on their death
Sherlock Holmes entered public domain this year, it's always worth checking because you can save a fortune
and the more popular the classic - the more likely someone has uploaded it
Anything published (in the US) from 1927 or earlier (this number goes up every year for quite a while), and
Anything published between 1928 and 1963 that wasn't renewed, and
Anything published before 1989 without a proper copyright notice.
(Don't go looking for things in that third category unless you've studied a LOT about copyright law. Mostly that covers things like "weird little newsletters" and "self-published booklets" and sometimes fanzines. But most publications have a copyright notice in them.)
There's also some oddball exemptions here and there; copyright law is a tentacled mess. But those are the basic guidelines. (Except for audio. Audio has its own set of rules. It's weird.) (I mentioned tentacles, did I not? Double the amount of them you were thinking of.)
There are a lot of works from the 50s and early 60s that were not renewed, especially short stories published in magazines.
Project Gutenberg began in 1971; the first text was the US Declaration of Independence, shared through the university computer system. That was the start of "hey computers + public domain text = FREE BOOKS FOR EVERYONE."
Adding on that Project Gutenberg is not just Eng language texts either! I know specifically about the French texts because I did independent study French lit in high school and all my sources were Project Gutenberg acquired (Candide my beloathed) but there's many open source texts available in a number of languages.
Oh man, yeah, young people definitely need to learn this. I read so many public domain things when I was fresh out of college and penniless but still needed entertainment. Just going straight to Wikisource works too:
And yes, Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain. But I got bored with Sherlock Holmes after a few months, and became much more pumped when I discovered his mirror opposite, Arsene Lupin. Because when you're not only young and penniless but living through the Great Recession, what you really want to read about isn't the world's greatest detective solving crimes. It's the world's greatest thief robbing fat cats blind while pantsing the police along the way.
And you can Ctrl-F find words in electronic texts.
This is so powerful that in the old times they made a whole-ass index of every word in the Bible, called a concordance. It is now possible for every electronic book
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med people are so annoying "This family's 8 year old child who was about to go through a major surgery and kept crying that she was hungry so they pitied her and gave her food, she then had a heart attack in the surgery. They're so stupid 😒" girl they didn't know that could happen or why it happens. it takes so little time to explain to them that will happen instead of telling them "no food" with no explanation 10 times
"Before surgery, your body’s reflexes that protect your airway are relaxed by anesthesia. If there’s food or liquid in your stomach, it will near certainly come back up and go into your lungs, which can cause choking, a severe lung / heart infection or even a heart attack. That’s called aspiration, and it is life-threatening. It's hard, but it's only a single day to prevent near certain death. Not eating or drinking beforehand massively lowers the risk and helps prevent these life threatening situations under anesthesia." <- TIP: patients have brains which allows them to receive information just like you
I have four kids. I’ve had one or another of them need some kind of surgical procedure that requires anesthesia four or five times over the past 15 years.
This Tumblr post is the first time someone has explained to me *why* I couldn’t feed them before those instances.
I’m not stupid. I understood that just fine. Hell, my kids would have understood that just fine. But no one bothered to tell us.
i did know this before having kids (i have six). we have a kid that's needed multiple procedures requiring anesthesia. and every single time, i am asked multiple times if i'm sure he was not given any food or water after a certain point.
every single time i have had to say, "i understand that if he had food or water, he could aspirate it into his lungs under anesthesia. i am not lying to you." THEN someone would make a little note and i would stop being repeatedly asked.
not a single time was that risk explained to me. the only reason it came up was because i already knew. i still don't understand why it isn't standard pre-op counseling or pre-op check information, when me as a parent acknowledging the actual risk also put THE MEDICAL STAFF at ease because i conveyed that i had informed understanding as reason to not lie about giving my kid food.
"maybe some people will get nervous and refuse surgery" okay so they need more counseling about risks and anxiety, not less information in a way that actually does endanger their child or themselves!
I'm pretty sure if a parent goes against doctors orders and harms their kid, that parent is still responsible for their actions. Is this post implying otherwise?
Person above me is correct, if you have gone to a medical professional for help with something you do not have experience with, and they give you explicit instructions like “do not give your child food for x hours before surgery”, then the *why* of that does not matter. You are still responsible for listening to that instruction and following it, even if you don’t understand why you’re doing it. If you do not follow it and your child is harmed it is directly because of YOUR actions and YOU are responsible
Also, I work in the medical field, in an ER, where we have to send people for surgery somewhat often. In every single case where a patient says “I didn’t know I was supposed to do/not do that” it is because they didn’t listen when the nurses and doctors spoke to them. EVERY SINGLE TIME. We get people who can’t even glance at their own discharge paperwork to see how often to take a medication, despite the fact that those instructions were explained to them several times beforehand, and it is no different with people going in for surgery.
Before a surgery you will see at least one nurse, one doctor, one surgeon, and one anesthesiologist (in reality you will see many more nurses with many different jobs, and probably CNAs and techs, but still). Every single one of those people will explain to you what to do and why you do it and ask if you understand. People completely zone out and not listen, or make up what they want to hear instead, and just nod and say sure when in reality they have no idea what the instructions they were just given are. Before a surgery, every surgery, no less than 3-7 people will go over the procedure and instructions for you and allow you to ask questions. They will explain everything in detail. Unfortunately if you are not listening or don’t intend to follow the instructions then that is your own fault.
And even if that were not the case, as I mentioned above, in these scenarios the *why* does not matter. It does not matter if you know why not to give your kid food, because your medical team all knows why, and they have all told you not to do it. You going against those instructions is not on them for not explaining all the medical details.
Just listen to your care team and do what they say. It’s a lot better than dying
It was 82 years ago that Gen. Eisenhower's chief meteorologist made one of the most important weather forecasts of all time.
The true story of a weather forecast that changed the world on D-Day
Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Fri, June 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM EDT
6 min read
June 2026 marks 82 years since Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's chief meteorologist, Group Capt. James Martin Stagg, made one of the most important weather forecasts of all time. Defying his colleagues, he advised Ike to postpone the invasion of Normandy by one day from June 5, 1944, to June 6, because of uncertain weather conditions.
This important decision is the subject of the new movie "Pressure" starring Brendan Fraser as Ike, now out in theaters. The real-life D-Day was a herculean effort to reclaim a critical part of Europe from the Nazis and turn the tide of the most horrific war the world had ever seen.
Stagg − who was actually a geophysicist by training − and his fellow British and American meteorologists were operating without any of the technology and equipment that today's forecasters take for granted, such as satellites, weather radar, computer modeling and instant communications.
Relying mainly on surface observations from military and civilian weather observers in the British Isles and in western Europe and a few military observers at sea, predicting the weather more than a day or two in advance in that era was unrealistic.
Additionally, weather prediction in England and Europe − especially before the advent of satellites − was much trickier than forecasting in the United States. In America, even in that era, weather systems could be tracked for days after hitting the West Coast and moving east, while European forecasters were often operating "blind" with the empty ocean to the west.
Predicting the exact timing, track and strength of these storms put Group Capt. Stagg and his colleagues under almost unimaginable pressure and conflict, according to the book "The Forecast for D-Day," with the fate of the war and perhaps the world hanging in the balance.
What troubled the meteorologists in the days leading up to D-Day was a parade of storms that barreled across the Atlantic and into the British Isles, any one of which would have stirred up the dangerous waters of the English Channel where the fleet was gathering, and provided unwelcome cloud cover for the aerial assault of Normandy.
The invasion was originally scheduled for the morning of June 5, but the weather forecast was bad enough for Stagg to advise Ike to postpone it by one day, despite protests from his fellow meteorologists, who felt the weather would be good enough for the mission to take place.
Why was the weather forecast so crucial for the invasion?
According to meteorologist and weather historian Sean Potter, like many military operations, the success of the Normandy landings on D-Day hinged heavily upon the weather. D-Day, however, was no ordinary military operation. Each component of the invasion − naval, air, and land forces − had its own weather requirements.
"A forecast that might mean ideal conditions for the bombers, for example, might not take into account the needs of the seaborne invasion," Potter told USA TODAY via email. "The invasion also depended on a narrow combination of tides, moonlight, cloud cover, wind, and sea conditions that occurred only during a limited window of opportunity."
How challenging was the forecast with 1940s technology? How would it compare to a forecast today?
While weather forecasting had seen vast improvements in the two decades before D-Day − most notably with the development of the polar front theory of how storms develop − there were still limitations that made forecasting for D-Day a real challenge, Potter explained.
"Forecasters today have advantages of radar, satellites, and other advanced technologies, including numerical weather prediction, to help them make accurate predictions. None of these were available to the D-Day forecasters," he added.
Another challenge was that one of the three Allied forecasting teams that contributed to the D-Day forecast − led by American Irving Krick − relied primarily on a technique known as analog forecasting, where they compared the weather situation at hand with similar scenarios in the past to determine what might happen.
"By 1944, analog forecasting was viewed with skepticism by many meteorologists and was largely being replaced by other, more modern methods," Potter said.
Looking back, how accurate was the forecast?
In the end, the forecasters did identify a crucial break in the weather that allowed the invasion to take place, though conditions remained rough and far from ideal, and not entirely as predicted.
Potter explains: A 2020 paper published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society suggests the forecast for D-Day was essentially "right for the wrong reason."
The author of the paper, Swedish meteorologist Anders Persson, reviewed transcripts of telephone discussions between the Allied forecasting teams and concluded that, while forecasters accurately predicted a break in the weather on June 6, they misunderstood why it would occur. They believed the storm system that had delayed the invasion would move away and be replaced by higher pressure and improving conditions.
Instead, the storm lingered over the invasion area but weakened slightly, producing weather that remained marginal yet still acceptable for Eisenhower's decision to proceed.
How accurate is the new movie in depicting the events of that time?
Overall, the movie is very accurate in its portrayal of the role weather played in planning for D-Day and the challenges forecasters faced in predicting it, Potter said.
"It did take some liberties, such as suggesting that James Stagg, Eisenhower's chief meteorological adviser (played by Andrew Scott), didn't get involved in the forecasting for D-Day until several days prior to the invasion. In fact, he had been involved for months. It also likely overdramatizes the tension and conflict between Stagg and his American counterpart, Irving Krick," Potter said.
"There were disagreements, but they were kept mainly professional. One thing the film does a very good job of is conveying the sense of uncertainty that Stagg had in the forecasts he presented to Eisenhower. Understanding forecast uncertainty is still an important part of making decisions when weather is a factor."
What if they had delayed D-Day?
As noted, while far from perfect, the weather on the morning of June 6 was good enough for the invasion to proceed successfully.
Had the mission not gone on June 6, the next window would have been a full two weeks later, when tides and moonlight were right. On that day, two weeks later, a completely unforeseen gale would have caused the invasion to fail.
In the book "The Forecast for D-Day," author John Ross said that had the invasion failed, the secrecy about when and where the Allies would land would be lost, victory in Europe would have been delayed for a year, and the Soviet Union might have taken control of the continent.
Years later, during their ride to the Capitol for his inauguration, President-elect John F. Kennedy asked President Eisenhower why the Normandy invasion had been so successful.
Ike's answer: "Because we had better meteorologists than the Germans!"
Contributing: Phaedra Trethan and Janet Loehrke
Doyle Rice is a national correspondent for USA TODAY, with a focus on weather and climate.
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Man, we have got to stop treating art like it has an expiration date. That show stopped airing? Doesn’t mean it can’t haunt your every waking thought. Everybody’s into this album, but you don’t have the energy for new music right now? It’ll be waiting for you when you’re ready. That movie’s fifty years old and indie as shit? Incredible, you have the chance to share it with folks who might never otherwise feel that particular punch of delight. Books don’t go bad. Shows inspire fandoms decades after they’ve wrapped up. We’re still looking at cave paintings and statue work from ancient times and letting the joy of creation bring tears to our eyes. That’s the point of art. It’s as close to immortality as we ever get. Why try to give that magic a shelf life?
Sometimes you hear a song and a fic pops into your head full formed. This is a trap. The fic may be fully formed in your brain, but you still Have to write it down. This is an important step that most people forget about.
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They are very different cases of attempted murder.
Theo (my beloved) arrived at Beacon Hills with a clear goal in mind: Steal Scott's powers, break up his pack. Lying. Most of these he accomplished with flying colours. Still lying. The pack was destroyed, he almost got Scott's powers, but didnt. Put Lydia in a Coma. He got his own pack, killed them too. Aided the Dread Doctors, then sort of parted ways with them to cause his own issues, his own problems. He is a full on dangerous young man and there's no stopping him.
Verdict: Put him in the ground, your honor, this boy is out of control.
Nolan (my beloved) starts by witnessing The Beast murdering everybody it catches so hides out in the Library with everybody else and witnesses Scott McCall fighting with it. Has PTSD along with the anxiety and depression he already had (if you ever seen the interviews Froy did about Nolan, Nolan already had mental health issues). Gets groomed by his councillor to join humans taking out the Supernatural who he fears (see his fear response to Lydia just stopping him in the corridor) the Anuk-Ite was fueling 90% of the entire town's fear, it wasnt just Nolan. In the end he seeks out Liam to offer help, because he knows he's messed up by joining the humans. Even though he was with the humans, he never actually killed anybody and they were going to harm or kill him, because of his lack of killer instinct (as hinted at by Gabe) and do you think Gabe checked to see if Nolan was still alive after beating him up like that? Nolan was out cold for a while.
Verdict: Just a scared boy who picked the wrong side out of fear and manipulation, did the right thing in the end.
If Teen Wolf had went on past s6, we'd likely see the pack slowly accept Nolan, there's not really much to forgive him for. He was acting out of fear, as was most of the town. Theo on the other hand did much worse (as was his right) but they still forgive Theo in the end too.
Theo was groomed also. I mean just because we see him watching Tara drown doesn’t mean he and Tara weren’t groomed. One to die, one to take a (her) heart.
For all we know, The Doctors could have had Theo die and Tara be the big bad Chimera for them.
Theo wasn’t forgiven that much. They worked with him but that’s it. (Same as they do Peter and Chris and they go to Peter before going to Theo. Chris before both of them.) Nolan was given the co captain job just like that it seems. (Okay, it wasn’t just like that but it sure seems so.)
Also the town? Might have been scared but the adults and kids who killed families (because we know there were a lot of families killed) and just others needed to be held accountable and it seems as if they weren’t. Not even Nolan and he helped kill (even if we didn’t see him technically kill on screen). He might not have killed anyone on his own, like Gabe who I still say was in love with him, but he did kill, or help kill, and this was before his change of heart.
Theo was held more accountable than Nolan and the adults who didn’t join Monroe at the end.
My opinion still stands I believe.
Nolan was forgiven faster and easier than Theo and they both had done bad things. In different ways but still done bad things.
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