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goshyesvintageads · 1 year

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The Coca-Cola Co, 1952

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igottatho · 2 months

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First tweet on Hamas statement can be found here

Second tweet on PLFP can be found here.

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popculturelib · 10 months

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Do you prefer your books horizontal or vertical?

Armed Services Editions (ASEs) were softcover paperbacks distributed to American soldiers during World War II. After campaigns to collect donated books for soldiers fell through -- in part due to books' large size and hardback covers -- the Council on Books in Wartime (CBW) developed a plan to print pocket-sized softcovers of hundreds of books and deliver them to overseas soldiers.

Many ASEs were printed on presses normally used for magazines, which were too large for soldiers' pockets, so publishers printed two copies per magazine page and cut them in half, resulting in the horizontal format. Seen here are two paperback copies of Rafael Sabatini's Captain Blood (printed in 1945 and 1940, respectively) for comparison.

The books chosen for ASEs were a wide range of subjects and genres, including fiction and non-fiction, and were hugely popular among soldiers -- many authors received large quantities of fan mail from soldiers who credit them with keeping up morale during the war. The success of ASEs encouraged publishers to print more softcover books after the end of the war, leading to the mass-market paperback industry still seen today.

For more information about Armed Services Editions, or these specific editions of Captain Blood, check out the books below:

Books In Action: The Armed Services Editions (1984) ed. by John Y. Cole

When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II (2014) by Molly Guptill Manning

Captain Blood: His Odyssey (1940), published by Pocket Books

Captain Blood (1945), published by Editions for the Armed Services

The Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL), founded in 1969, is the most comprehensive archive of its kind in the United States. Our focus and mission is to acquire and preserve research materials on American Popular Culture (post 1876) for curricular and research use. Visit our website at https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.html.

#bgsu #interesting find of the week #armed services #armed services editions #captain blood #rafael sabatini

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swoleisthegoal · 2 years

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PROPS TO SERVICEMEN

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blackswaneuroparedux · 2 years

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Without duty, life is soft and boneless.

- Joseph Joubert

#joubert #joseph joubert #french #quote #duty #war #sacrifice #female #femme #armed services #america

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donnatroyprincessofthemyscira · 7 months

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#Biden #LGBTQIA #Armed Services #Armed Forces #Military

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cradledescending1 · 5 months

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(via Wildfire visibility in the 'Burgh brings on the heat.) This time I had pushed the right buttons. And the right people, at the right place, at the right time got in my corner. This was a first.

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tenth-sentence · 10 months

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At that time, in 1952, this branch of the armed services feared that it might have to share with the other two branches, but in particular with the Army, its monopoly of employing the atom bombs.

"Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists" - Robert Jungk, translated by James Cleugh

#book quote #brighter than a thousand suns #robert jungk #james cleugh #nonfiction #50s #1950s #air force #armed services #sharing #army #atom bomb

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viljaangelica · 1 year

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Great Britain has a "War Department" - We don't. We have a "Defence Department".

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I recognize that Ilhan Omar is being threatened with losing her position in the House Foreign Affairs Committee. May I suggest a new position for her in the House Armed Services Committee? They seem to need a clear mind and a cool head among them... The peace loving part of the world would be most grateful. 🙏❤️

Could his top contribution from the industry of Defense Electronics of $110,500 have anything to do with the Chairman of Armed Services Committee's support for increased investments in the Armed Forces?

https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/adam-smith/summary?cid=N00007833

https://armedservices.house.gov/press-releases?ID=E398CB29-DC36-45BA-A0B3-55CE4CF23CFF

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11453735/Ilhan-Omar-fires-Kevin-McCarthys-threat-remove-committees.html

#us politics #armed services #the squad #ilhan omar #justsayin'#i rest my case #follow the money #university memes #Youtube

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mariewaltonrealtor · 1 year

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Veterans Day

This holiday started as a day to reflect upon the heroism of those who died in our country’s service and was originally called Armistice Day. It fell on Nov. 11 because that is the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. However, in 1954, the holiday was changed to “Veterans Day” in order to account for all veterans in all wars. Related: Learn about the history of…

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narcissistcookbook · 1 month

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boys i'm starting to think building a society where the primary imperative of business is to make as big a profit as possible might have been a bad idea

lads stop me if i'm wrong, but was it a mistake to make money so central to our society that rich people become functionally omnipotent?

gents i can't believe i'm saying this but am i wrong for not trusting the private sector to have my best interests at heart??

#i'm talking about healthcare #i'm talking about the arts #i'm talking about the Internet #i'm talking about the postal service #i'm talking about power #i'm talking about roads #i'm talking about water #i'm talking about food #i'm talking about manufacturing #i'm talking about transit #i'm talking about communications #i'm talking about the arms trade l #i'm talking about the kegal system #legal system shit

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twinstxrs · 4 months

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there’s something so personal about the scene in fantasy high s1e7 where gorgug calls himself stupid & fabian, who up to that point had basically entirely been acting like the bad kids (especially gorgug) were beneath him & had also been the one calling ragh stupid two lines ago, instantly says “okay, do not put yourself down like that. don’t you dare do that to yourself.” like it was obvious he liked the bad kids at that point but the instinct to protect his friends manifesting as an immediate strong refusal of gorgug’s self-deprecating talk kills me. that boy loves his friends so bad oh my god i feel sick.

#fabian seacaster #fantasy high #gorgug thistlespring #these two specifically are so dear to me #top 5 most underrated fh dynamic the girls that get it get it #acts of service (gorgug) meets words of affirmation (fabian)#spring break i believe in you. i hand you an orange. you never hug me / shut up.#THE TENDERNESSSS #it’s about gorgug fixing the hangman & fabian having no idea how to repay him other than saying ‘i’m gonna buy you an orange.’#when fabian a year ago had an insecurity about buying other people things bc he thought they’d just use him for that.#it’s about gorgug’s tin flower that’s tattooed on his arm being both symbolic of his roots & deeply tied to his relationship with fabian #it’s about fabian being the reason gorgug was in that fateful detention in the first place.#& gorgug being the first person to see fabian again in the nightmare forest.#all the bad kids are tied by destiny but god. fabian & gorgug you are so tied by destiny.#anyways i will not lie this far into my tags i expect nothing but in another universe they would be the slow burn of all time. to me.#it is so subtle & casual but there is so much love there it makes me kinda crazy.#but either way my beloveds who i think have helped bring out the best parts of one another but who r also both soooo lame (affectionate).#also i think it’d be funny if a) gorgug was the final bad kid to join the giant family tree via dating fabian #and b) telemaine was eventually gorgug’s grandather in law. can u imagine.#thistlecaster #fabigug #whichever one it is idk idc #they r just so gentle :(#UPDATE sorry i stopped right when this happened to write this whole post & literally like 5 minutes later gorgug has that idea to look at-#zayne’s pearl & his hunch isn’t right but fabian IMMEDIATELY jumps back in with ‘it’s moments like these that prove you’re smart’ GODSDD #when the fabian & gorgug dynamic hits it truly hits. besties/bfs ever i can’t decide they r simply so great

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igottatho · 2 months

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Naomi Klein, most accomplished nonfiction writer of “Doppleganger”, “the Shock Doctrine”, and many many others, just shared this on her Twitter. This a legitimate source, Democracy Now! and not a shady ‘anon friend’ who may or may not have known Aaron Bushnell. I hope this supersedes the misinformation circulating, please share far and wide.

ETA2: I’m sorry, it was Amy Goodman who interviewed Pierpont, not Naomi Klein 🤦🏼‍♀️ I’m so sorry for such an error.

ETA: Naomi Klein’s original tweet here: https://x.com/NaomiAKlein/status/1762906788729397300?s=20

#free palestine #palestine #gaza #Naomi Klein #aaron bushnell #activism #solidarity #politics #article #news #democracy now #armed services #armed forces #journalism #in pursuit of truth #amy goodman

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petermorwood · 2 months

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I feel like you would appreciate this tiktok: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSFBX8YAq/

I certainly do! Thank you!

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TL;DR (or TL;DW is more accurate) A member of Post-Purchase Support deals with a customer who bought an enchanted sword and knows nothing about it.

Correction: who knows NOT A THING about it. How extensive is this lack of knowledge?

NTL; Click to W.

Even funnier, taking offence at the term "bastard sword" is something I once heard for real. I've even seen it in censored form: "b*****d sword", and then of course there's Sky-TV's episode listing for "Game of Thrones":

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"Bastard", though it CAN be an insult, isn't a swear-word but a perfectly legitimate description and was even an honourable title.

This gentleman, shown alongside his coat of arms, is Antoine, le Grand Bâtard de Bourgogne...

That translates to Anthony, the Great Bastard of Burgundy, a member of The Order of the Golden Fleece, fully recognised by his father Duke Phillip and with the right to carry the Ducal arms differenced with a bend sinister.

"Great" just means he was the most senior of the Duke's illegitimate offspring.

The modern circle-and-bar "prohibited" symbol is similar to bend sinister, though its bar is a bend dexter - top right to bottom left - perhaps to avoid confusion with with the diacritical mark used by some Scandinavian languages.

However I would NOT like to be the Support staffer trying to explain any of this to a dingbat customer... :-P

#arms and armour #fantasy swords #care and management of enchanted weapons #tech support #customer service #have you tried sheathing it and unsheathing it again?#bastard sword #description not insult #officially anyway

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blackswaneuroparedux · 1 year

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Αλλ' ό γε σιγῇ δώρα θεών έχοι, όττι διδοίεν.

- Homer, The Odyssey

Just take in peace what gifts the gods will send.

#homer #quote #the odyssey #home #homecoming #royal navy #british #armed services #mother #child #peace #joy

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haunth0use · 1 month

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This fucking cat

#one piece #one piece fanart #tony tony chopper #chopper fanart #roronoa Zoro #it’s his arm #one piece shitpost #haunth0use #Giggled the whole time whilst drawing this #was literally sat in my mums care no service barely any battery left on my iPad and pen drawing this #it was crazy #will do again

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