What are you doing here?

Because very few people on either side of the political spectrum do it, and they need to acknowledge that they fucked up instead of blaming everyone else for their problems. We can’t move forward in discourse or even as a species if we’re not going to say “yeah, I did this, sorry”, own it, and learn from it. 

Rainbow Road

Director and photographer Daniel Mercadante in his free time creates rainbow pathways using light and long exposure. 

One cat, Simon, was given the rank “Able Seacat Simon” after dutifully killing rats and mice that were destroying the HMS Amethyst’s food supplies. The ship had come under fire during the Chinese civil war and many of its crewmen had died. The cat had been gravely injured, too, but he picked out the shrapnel himself – seriously – and went straight to killing the rodents that were overrunning the ship. He unfortunately passed from his injuries two weeks before he was scheduled to receive the Dickin Medal. To this day, he is the only cat to receive this award.

Meanwhile, somewhere on the other side of No Man’s Land…

Meet Percy, mascot of HMLS (D20) “Daphne” with Lt Drader. Both survived the War, and Percy retired to live out his peacetime life in the Drader family home.

(Here’s a video clip; given how noisy, hot and smelly early tanks were, Percy seems remarkably unfazed.) 

A US Army tank cat, Mustard of the 321st, with a Renault FT light tank and its driver Sgt Postal…

A Royal Artillery kitten (the battery mascot)…

Pincher of HMS Vindex on what looks like a Sopwith Pup scout…

Togo, ship’s cat of HMS Dreadnought (though I’ve also seen “HMS Irresistible”)…

Ship’s cat of HMS Queen Elizabeth atop 15″ main battery…

And speaking of big ships and big guns…

Calling all Benedict Fans: YOU could win a custom Benedict Cumberbatch tea set just by submitting your fan art! Send in your artwork between March 13 and April 5 through our tumblr submission form for your chance to win.

But wait! Before you start, keep these rules top of mind:   - Must be original artwork that YOU created - Can only include Benedict Cumberbatch (and may involve a tea party theme) - Keep it 10MB or less in size - Format should be jpg/jpeg or png

There will be one grand prize winner who’ll take home the full custom tea set, plus a runner-up will win a Cumberbatch tea cup. EVERYONE who enters gets an exclusive promo code for 100 extra entries towards their chance to have tea with Benedict AND tickets to the Avengers: Infinity War premiere.

Sound like your cup of tea? Go!