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Margaret Skinnider (1892 -1971) pictured in the centre.

She was a Scottish-Irish teacher, Irish Revolutionary, member of Cumann na mBan, Easter Rising veteran, sniper, Irish Civil War veteran, trade unionist, feminist, and lesbian. Her partner was Nora O'Keefe, a fellow revolutionary, feminist and trade unionist.

#woman of all time #irish history #margaret skinnider #lesbian history #feminist history #Cumann n mBan

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Left to right: Daniel Fernández Strauch, Adolfo "Fito" Strauch Urioste, Eduardo Strauch Urioste

#Eduardo hasnt changed a bit haha bless #flight 571 #uruguayan history #uruguay flight 571 #adolfo fito strauch #eduardo strauch #daniel fernandez

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Left to Right: Ramón "Moncho" Sabella, José Luis "Coche" Iniciarte, Nando Parrado, Adolfo "Fito" Strauch

24th December, 1972, Santiago Chile.

#flight 571 #im so tired recently. anyway #uruguayan history #1972 #nando parrado #moncho Sabella #coche Iniciarte #adolfo fito strauch #it's scary you can see how thin they were. im so used to seeing them bundled up around this date.

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The search has ended for the Uruguayan plane that crashed in the Andes with the Old Christians rugby team aboard. In the required ten days, 66 search and rescue missions were conducted, using 17 planes from the Chilean Air Force as well as planes from the Uruguayan and Argentinian Air Force but to no avail. Search efforts will resume at the start of next year, when the thaw will give better visibility for finding the wreckage. The Chilean Air Force's rescue service has reported that in 34 air accidents that have occurred in the Andes, no survivors have ever been found. - La Sociedad de la Nieve/Society of the Snow (2023)

#la sociedad de la nieve #2023 #history in films #idk what reactions fuck me up more. Marcelo - as Nando put it - shattering “like glass” #Fito having to chase Nando. and them screaming at each other #Liliana hitting Javier's arm. Coche crying. Roberto looking around in a panic or Numa staring into space #prev so true. this scene is shot like a horror movie. #paula baldini #rafael federman #esteban bigliardi #enzo vogrincic #diego vegezzi #agustín pardella #esteban kukuriczka #simón hempe #matias recalt #ja bayona

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The doctors

Roberto Canessa was in his second year of medical school. Gustavo Zerbino was in his first. They were both only 19 years-old.

They administered first aid when the plane crashed and monitored the wounded until the last day.

Gustavo didn’t continue his studies because, according to him, he had seen too much death already.

#oh aye. Nando credits Diego for saving his life in his book. very moving moment #flight 571 #diego storm #la barra #ive posted about La Barra before. mainly that one image Carlitos put on his story that one time #uruguayan history

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Diego Vegezzi via Instagram

Bonus, comment from Kuku that I thought was funny.

Translation of Kuku's comment: Thank you God for this man

#i know this is the history blog but i post quite a bit about lsdln here so eh #anyway. i see nobody posting about Vegezzi. as the local homosexual i feel it's my job to do so /half joke #la sociedad de la nieve #lsdln cast #Diego Vegezzi #im so down bad it's actually not even funny #Kuku speaking the truth. as always #stiofán lore: not even an exaggeration. i physically had to put my phone down first time i saw these images. #literally had to sit there for like 10 minutes.

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FTM International Newsletter fall 2006

#2006 #trans history #trans joy #i'll tag this properly later

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The doctors

Roberto Canessa was in his second year of medical school. Gustavo Zerbino was in his first. They were both only 19 years-old.

They administered first aid when the plane crashed and monitored the wounded until the last day.

Gustavo didn’t continue his studies because, according to him, he had seen too much death already.

#roberto canessa #gustavo zerbino #flight 571 #uruguayan history #i love that first image of them. the joy in their smiles

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Palestine: A Homeland Denied, Raili Liaho, 1979

A Homeland Denied, Pedro Laperal, 1979

#1979 #palestinian history #Palestinian art #Palestine #pedro laperal

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Missouri was once a hub for trans surgery. It was actually the site of the first phalloplasty that allowed for full erections nearly 50 years ago. Today, however, it is among the worst states for trans people trying to access care (clipping from The Times, 1977).

#transmasc history #trans history #ftm history #1977

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"Like Ireland, Palestine unfree will never be at peace" - Pádraic MacCoitir (1/4/2024)

Inspired by Padraig Pearse's graveside oration at the funeral of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa - " They think that they have foreseen everything, think that they have provided against everything; but the fools, the fools, the fools!– they have left us our Fenian dead; and while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace"

#irish republicanism #palestinian resistance #free Palestine #ireland stands with palestine #i forgot to post this yesterday so sorry about that

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Went out if my way to buy an Easter Lily and I ended up forgetting it, I can't do anything right.

#Stiofán shut up #im going to a proclamation reading in REDACTED tomorrow so hopefully I'll remember it

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Today (30/03/2024) is the birthday of Flight 571 survivor, Álvaro Mangino!

¡Feliz cumpleaños, señor! 💙☘️

#flight 571 #Álvaro Mangino #alvaro mangino #posted: 31/3/2024 #edit: checking his Instagram he gives out a few more thank yous. lovely fella honestly x #edit cont: i probably wont post them bc some of them are from his family and that doesn't feel right #edit 2: Juani (his actor in LSDLN) commented on the post. THATS SO FUCKIN CUTE

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"He never fell into self pity or dispair. There was something noble and selfless in Numa. Everybody saw it. "

"From the first moments, I knew that if we would ever escape these mountains, Numa would have something to do with it, and I wasn't surprised for a second that he had volunteered to go on the climb."

"Numa has impressed me from the start, and as the days passed my respect for him had deepened. Although he had been a stranger to most of us before the crash, he had quickly won the friendship and admiration of all the survivors. Numa made his presence felt through quote heroics: no one fought harder or our survival, no one inspired more hope, and no one showed more compassion for those who suffered most. Even though he was a new friend for most of us, I believe Numa was the best loved man on the mountain."

- Fernando "Nando" Parrado on Numa Turcatti in his novel, Miracle in the Andes.

#side tangent: how Nando talks about how Marcelo fell into dispair fucking broke me - “Marcelo shattered like glass” #He talks about wanting a companion for the journey/when leaving the fuselage. How he would have picked Marcelo and Gustavo #“Our captain / He had always been a hero of mine / We had always trusted in Marcelo completely” #anyway back to what i meant to talk about #That will forever be my favourite line regarding Turcatti - “I believe Numa was the best loved man on the mountain” #la sociedad de la nieve #flight 571 #nando parrado #numa turcatti

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I've been sitting on this for a while. It was just a little drawing exercise/study that got a bit out of control. This was going to be part of a set (and there's some that are more tongue-in-cheek) but then I learned that Marcelo's birthday was March 26th.

And as a fellow March baby, I felt it deserved to be celebrated in some way. :)

#la sociedad de la nieve #marcelo pérez del castillo #diego vegezzi #modern art #this is actually so cute. i posted about his birthday a few days ago there. man x

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"During breaks, he would coax them to play charades and other games. Whenever anyone was laughing, it was usually Coco's doing. The sound of laughter in those mountains was like a miracle, and I admired Coco for his courage - lightening so many spirirts when, like the rest of us, he was so weary and afraid"

- Fernando "Nando" Parrado on Gustavo "Coco" Nicholich in his novel, Miracle in the Andes.

#i was looking for something in his book anyway and i found this. somebody SEDATE ME #i just finished re-reading Canessa's book there. last time I read Nando's book in full must have been... 2021? #Stiofán lore over #fuck it im just gonna transcribe a couple quotes from his book - ive said before i only own the English version so sorry about that #flight 571 #nando parrado #gustavo coco nicholich #gustavo nicholch #uruguayan history #uruguayan art

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Credit here (Instagram link)

Colourized photos of Nando and Canessa, 1972 (Pre-October 13th)

On the photo on the left they are standing together, with Roberto on the left and Nando on the right - the order is repeated in the second photo, although they are passing a ball between each other, mid-game.

#instagram on desktop is so annoying but also so useful because i dont have to switch apps constantly #so it makes doing this really easy #i cannot for the life of me remember where i first saw these images (b&w obviously) #i cant remember if it was facebook or what. but anyway. beautiful colourization work as always #roberto canessa #flight 571 #nando parrado #1972 #uruguayan history #uruguay flight 571 #edit: i think i got the first photo confused with a different one of Nando (that im yet to post) but where he captioned it he's glaring at- #the camera after a tough game. THAT photo was from 1971. these are from 1972