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halobirthdays · 11 months

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Happy birthday to Taylor Henry "Dutch" Miles!

Today is his -496th birthday!

Dutch did not initially have military aspirations--he was a road-train driver driving the Flying Dutchman. While he was attending college, he was drafted into the military and enlisted in the UNSC Marine Corps.

He would eventually apply to become an ODST, where he would meet his future wife, Gretchen. Dutch would serve in several significant engagements during the Human-Covenant war. During Operation: FIRESIDE, he served with future squadmate Kojo "Romeo" Agu.

He would eventually be assigned to ODST squad Alpha-Nine, lead by Edward Buck. Alpha-Nine was deployed to New Mombasa during the Battle for Earth. They were tasked with capturing a Huragok--a hyper-intelligent biomechanical organism created by the Forerunners and employed by the Covenant. Huragok possess an uncanny ability to repair and understand an array of technologies. Paired with its vast insight into the Covenant and its technology, the creature, named Quick to Adjust, was an invaluable asset to the UNSC.

Dutch and Alpha-Nine would eventually locate and extract Quick to Adjust, evacuating just as New Mombasa began to get glassed. Alpha-Nine would continue to fight in the final battles of the war before its conclusion, but the fighting would not end there.

At the close of the war, the UNSC once again turned its attention to the Insurrection. One such battle was the assault against the United Rebel Front on Draco III. There, he witnessed the execution of his fellow squadmate Jonathan Doherty. These events would leave him shaken, and he joined his wife in military retirement shortly thereafter.

Their retirement would not last. Dutch and Gretchen were offered admission to the Spartan program. Gretchen, who was left disabled after stepping on an Insurrectionist landmine, would be able to return to active duty if her prosthesis and augmentations were successful. They jumped on the opportunity just as the Created conflict began and joined the reestablished Alpha-Nine--this time as Spartans.

In canon (~2560), he is turning 41!

#taylor henry miles #dutch halo #odst #dutch alpha nine #alpha nine

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marmaladedcroissant · 1 year

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*Veronica's helping Rookie out after they get injured, while the others are watching* Dutch: How does Rookie look? Romeo: A little better than you, actually.

#halo 3 odst #Veronica Dare #Edward Buck #Taylor H. “Dutch” Miles #Kojo “Romeo” Agu #rookie odst #Rookie #alpha nine #Michael “Mickey” Crespo #tbh fuck mickey

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therainjumper · 5 months

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Buck and Dutch to not DISTURB Mickey sleeping :3

This is my finals animation assignment! Not much fancy but it’s a comedic take to Firefly and Halo 3: ODST

Dialog is from Firefly, but with their ODST characters shown.

#artwork #art #artists on tumblr #halo #halo art #digital aritst #halo shitpost #odst #halo 3 odst #nathan fillion #dutch #adam baldwin #edward buck #taylor miles #firefly

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ageless-aislynn · 2 years

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Dutch is NOT happy with me right now because I am getting him just straight up murdered in seconds trying to play Halo ODST’s ONI Alpha Site on Legendary. I mean, I’ve really enjoyed ODST, have played it through on Easy, Normal and Heroic and I was REALLY overconfident in being able to get through Legendary. But I swear, ODST ups the difficulty level by a zillion between Heroic and Legendary, they’re not even close! 👀

Poor Dutch. He even got blasted out of the tower at the start while we were trying to flip the switch to blow the bridge. That’s not fair! *stamps foot indignantly*

(Please picture this big ODST guy stamping his foot indignantly, while saying, “It’s NOT FAIR!” Lol! 😉)

Wish me and Dutch luck getting through this one, frens! 🤞😣🤞

#halo #halo: odst #halo odst #corporal taylor 'dutch' miles #this is my game tag #ageless aislynn

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talkdutchtome · 2 months

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You Should Have Said No

chapter seven - enchanted

pairing . . . max verstappen x reader / pierre gasly x reader )

summary . . . when your fiancé cheats on you, you strike up an unusual friendship with one of his closest friends, who just so happens to have had a crush on you since he set eyes on you. chaos ensues.

inspired by the works of miss taylor swift )

genre . . . angst )

song . . . enchanted - taylor swift )

warning . . . cheating, mental illness, angst, eventual smut, poorly translated french and dutch, swearing, mention of parent loss, emotionally abusive parent, slight social media au, kendall jenner as fc (potentially more i’ll add as i go along)

a/n . . . so i took a bit of a hiatus, but upon returing i found i had written this chapter months ago and for some reason never published it, so here it is, more to come in the coming days )

Max Verstappen was usually a picture of confidence, there was very little that made him nervous; after all he spent his life driving at 200 miles an hour. Max was consistently cool, calm and collected no matter what he was doing, that’s just who he was. But as he stood in front of your apartment door, he felt a chill of uncertainty deep within. He had rehearsed his words a thousand times, but now, as he prepared to knock on the door, all eloquence seemed to escape him. Could he do this? Should he do this? Even though his friendship with you was still fresh, it had come to mean a lot to him, and if he did what he wanted to do, he was well aware that he could lose the newfound friendship. “It’s now or never” he spoke out loud to himself before finally gathering the courage to knock on the door. When the door swung open, revealing you stood there in your pajamas holding a rather large glass of wine, Max couldn’t help but second guess whether he should be doing this.

“Hey Max, I-” you started, trying to find a way to apologize for kissing him and then completely ghosting him immediately following the kiss, but was interrupted by the Dutchman’s voice cutting through.

“Wait, Y/N. Just let me get this out” His words hung in the air, heavy with anticipation, and you watched as he took a deep breath to steady himself. It was evident in the way his hands trembled that this was not an easy moment for him. Despite his anxiety, Max looked directly into your eyes, his sincerity shining through.

“30th of September 2017. That is the day that you and I met, I remember it like it was yesterday. Pierre and I knew each other from karting but when he got his seat at Toro Rosso, and you came with him to the Malaysian GP, we met each other for the first time. When I saw you for the first time, I thought you were the most beautiful girl I had ever seen in my life, and when I got to know you, I realized that not only were you the most beautiful girl, but you were also the kindest and funniest girl too. But you were with Pierre.”

For a second Max stopped, wondering if it was too late to run away and pretend that this never happened. He couldn’t bring himself to look you in the eye, afraid of what he would see. You were frozen, slowly taking in every word he said.

“You were with Pierre, and I knew I needed to respect that. So, I ignored everything I knew I felt for you. I kept you at arms length as nothing more than Pierre’s girlfriend because I knew the more I got to know you to harder it would be to ignore how I felt. And I was right; because as I've spent more time with you, it’s made it impossible for me to pretend that this isn't how I feel. I know this is selfish of me, I know that the last thing you need right now is me making things more complicated for you after everything you’ve been through, but I haven’t been able to stop thinking about that kiss. I can’t pretend anymore. You deserve so much more than how Pierre has treated you.”

Max's confession hung in the air, and as he finally looked into your eyes for the first time since he started speaking, his own were filled with trepidation. He feared that he might see disgust or anger in your expression, but what he found instead was a bewildered look, a mix of surprise and confusion. For a moment, silence prevailed as you tried to process the whirlwind of emotions that his words had stirred within you. Max, sensing your confusion, stammered out an apology. "I'm sorry, Y/N. I shouldn't have put you in this position." He took a step back, as if ready to retreat and give you space to collect your thoughts. "If you want me to go, just say the word."

You shook your head, still unable to find the right words. "No, Max, please stay," you finally managed to say softly. "I just need a moment to process all of this." You motioned for him to come back inside, and as he entered your home, the air was filled with a sense of uncertainty.

Max stood there, his gaze locked onto yours, and it was clear that he was waiting anxiously to hear what you had to say. You could see the nervous anticipation in his eyes, the way his fingers slightly trembled. It wasn't just your feelings that were in turmoil; Max's emotions were on display as well.

"Max," you began again, your voice wavering with raw honesty, "I would be lying if I said that I didn’t feel anything for you. But I’m just so confused." Your gaze dropped to the ground for a moment before returning to meet his earnest eyes. "I met Pierre when I was 13 and we’ve been together since, he was my first and only everything. So even though he hurt me more than I knew was possible, those feelings don’t just disappear”

You continued, trying to express the jumble of emotions swirling within you. "I like you, a lot. And the time we’ve spent together has been great, but I'm in a place where I have no idea what's going to happen with Pierre. It wouldn't be fair for me to lead you on when I'm still grappling with my own emotions."

Max nodded, his understanding gaze unwavering. "I get it, Y/N," he replied softly, his voice filled with empathy. "I don't expect you to have all the answers right away, and I don't expect you to suddenly be done with Pierre. But I also don't want to give up on the potential of what we might share." He took a deep breath, a glimmer of hope in his eyes. "So, if you're willing, could we start by going on a date? No expectations, no pressure. Just two people getting to know each other better."

Your heart swelled with a mix of emotions, but you needed to make sure he understood the complexity of your situation. You searched his eyes for any signs of hesitation and, finding none, you mustered a small, genuine smile. "Okay, Max," you replied, “If you’re sure you’re okay with me not really knowing what I’m doing, then I’d happily go on a date with you.”

As Max heard your tentative agreement to go on a date, a radiant smile spread across his face, illuminating his entire expression. It was as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders, and his eyes sparkled with genuine happiness and relief. His excitement was palpable, and it showed in the way he couldn't contain a small, triumphant chuckle.

Max's voice, once tinged with nervousness, now carried a buoyant enthusiasm as he said, "Thank you, Y/N. I promise there's no rush, no pressure. We can take things as slow as you need. I'm just grateful for the chance." You truly didn’t know what was going to happen, you liked Max, but you loved Pierre. Things were pretty much as complicated as they could be, but Max had made you feel like it was okay that you were confused, it was okay that you didn’t know what you were doing.

Content that you had agreed to go on a date, Max stood up to leave and as he reached the door, you noticed a moment of hesitation in his gaze. It was as if he was contemplating something, and for a brief second, you thought he might lean in for a kiss. Your heart raced at the possibility, but then you saw the doubt flicker in his eyes, and his lips curved into a warm, sincere smile. He decided to step closer and envelop you in a gentle hug.

The embrace was warm and comforting, and as Max held you, you couldn't help but feel a wave of happiness wash over you. There was something undeniably exciting about the prospect of this new chapter, despite the complicated circumstances that had led to it. The mix of emotions that had coursed through you during the day seemed to have settled into a pleasant anticipation.

As you climbed into bed that night, you were amazed by the unexpected shift in your mood. Instead of feeling worried or stressed about the uncertain future, you were filled with excitement and happiness. Max's genuine interest and the possibilities that lay ahead left you with a sense of hope and a newfound joy that you hadn't anticipated.

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inejschumacher · 4 months

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Day 7 of Via’s Taycember

pairing: logan sargeant x reader

wc: 0.8k

cw: worry, depression

You know I adore you, I'm crazier for you than I was at 16, lost in a film scene. Waving homecoming queens, marching band playing, I'm lost in the lights

The bright lights seem to blind you as you struggle to find your way through the crowds on the paddock of Yas Marina. The sound of the Dutch National anthem, perhaps played by a band, not unlike your high school’s marching band, filled the background of the loud circuit, somehow both audible and not as the cheers and screams of the mechanics, the personnel, and the families as the crowds celebrate the podiums of Charles Leclerc and George Rusell and the victory of Max Verstappen.

But all of that held no importance in your heart as you searched for the only person who mattered here. Logan had finally made it through the season, improving significantly, even coming away with a point. His resilience only made you love him more, waving like the homecoming queens of the past.

American glory faded before me, now I'm feeling hopeless, ripped up my prom dress running through rose thorns, I saw the scoreboard and ran for my life

But despite all his improvements, he’d finished 16th, not his best in what was a very important race that could decide his career. Your heart had sunk as you watched him qualify last yet again, and you knew he’d have a difficult time making up those crucial places, especially with the lack of great straights to help his car.

You heard your dress rip as you rushed towards the Williams garage on some discarded tool or suspended wire, trying desperately to reach there. The scoreboard had flashed his final position for a single second before you ran down towards the garage to comfort him.

No cameras catch my pageant smile. I counted days, I counted miles to see you there, to see you there. It's been a long time coming, but…

You tried to emulate the same smile you had when it was announced that Logan had received his first-ever point in Formula 1 with the disqualification of Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton. But it seemed not a single camera looked your way, too focused on the celebrations and cars and champagne.

The Williams garage couldn’t come fast enough, so far away, just like Logan for so long during the season. It felt like a lifetime passed, endless miles separating the two fo you, forever and ever…

…It's you and me, that's my whole world. They whisper in the hallway, "She's a bad, bad girl". The whole school is rolling fake dice, you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes

You crashed into his awaiting arms, keeping you on your feet as you hugged him tight, not caring for the waterfalls of sweat flowing down him. You ignored the hushed whispers of the garage next to you wondering why you still stayed with him when there were more successful drivers still single.

It might be so, but you’d learned to take your time, let the snakes weed themselves out just like he did not so long ago, that despite the prizes won, it wasn't something that would last forever, stupid or not.

My team is losing, battered and bruising. I see the high fives between the bad guys. Leave with my head hung, you are the only one who seems to care

But when you looked at the crowd, it was obvious that this race seemed to block what progress was being made. Red Bull was full of cheers and champagne, the mechanics celebrating their hundred-and-thirteenth win with another round of high-fives. It was a bashful effort by Williams, trying to get at least one of their drivers into the points, but alas, AlphaTauri decided to put up a fight for the points.

There was no need to stay here amidst the victors any longer, so you kept your head down to avoid the cruel gazes of everyone else, and felt Logan press you closer to his side.

American stories burning before me. I'm feeling helpless, the damsels are depressed. Boys will be boys then, where are the wise men? Darling, I'm scared

It seemed despite the hard work and the fight to the end, the American glory of Logan burned away in a sea of loss and helplessness. How could you try to keep his spark alive when ending the season on a flickered-out low?

There was a shared depression amongst those women who saw their beloved drivers lose out on championship standings, on money for their teams, on podiums. It was a thing always done by the boys, but was there ever a man who knew what to do? If so, where was he? It was terrifying.

It's you and me, there's nothing like this, Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince. We're so sad, we paint the town blue

You held Logan’s hand, both to comfort yourself and him, as you walked out into the cameras and lights. If they called you the dying embers of the American Formula 1 Dynasty, then so be it. Miss Americana would always be by the side of her Heartbreak Prince, who'd break his own heart and mend it over and over again, more times than he’d ever break hers.

The sadness of defeat surrounded you in Williams blue, painting every corner, every drenched cloth, a deep, sorrowful blue, careful not to let the tears of fear and despair fall at the prospect of forever being shut out, never to be surrounded by such a blue again.

And I'll never let you (go) 'cause I know this is a (fight) that someday we're gonna (win)

And yet, as you squeeze his warm hand, you would stay, stay, stay by his side, a constant reminder that you were here, ready to keep his head above the deep blue waters of depression, helping him fight for his seat, for his right to race. A fight he would win, you would make sure of it, no matter where it took you; even if you had to run away, you’d do it holding his hand, fingers and fate intertwined.

Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince, voted most likely to run away with you

#via’s taycember #logan sargeant #logan sargeant x reader #logan sargeant imagine #logan sargeant fanfiction #formula 1 fanfic #formula 1 fanfiction #williams #formula 1 #america #taylor swift #lover #miss americana and the heartbreak prince #Spotify #fanfic #fanfiction

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dear-indies · 1 year

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Hi! I was hoping for some suggestions for siblings for penn badgley. Half/full it doesn't matter! I appreciate everything you do for the rpc so much! Thank you in advance Cat!! ❤️

Krysten Ritter (1981)

Aarón Díaz (1982) Mexican / Irish - half-sibling!

Florence Faivre (1983) Thai / French - half-sibling!

Brett Dalton (1983)

Annabel Scholey (1984)

Cecily Strong (1984)

Celina Jade (1985) Hongkonger / English, Irish, German, French - half-sibling!

François Arnaud (1985) - is bisexual.

Yon González (1986)

Hale Appleman (1986) Ashkenazi Jewish / Irish, English - is queer - half-sibling!

Amber Stevens West (1986) African-American, Comanche / Norwegian, German, English, Dutch, distant Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, remote Welsh - half-sibling!

Casey Deidrick (1987)

Bryan Dechart (1987)

Aneurin Barnard (1987)

Lewis Tan (1987) Chinese Singaporean / Irish - half-sibling!

Jonathan Bailey (1988) - is gay.

Sharon Rooney (1988)

Barrett Wilbert Weed (1988)

Alicia Sanz (1988)

Melissa O'Neil (1988) Hongkonger / Irish - half-sibling!

Adam DiMarco (1990)

Ellie Kendrick (1990) - is gay.

Adam DiMarco (1990)

Patti Harrison (1990) Vietnamese / English, other - is a trans woman.

Giuseppe Maggio (1990)

Dom Provost-Chalkley (1990) - is non-binary and genderfluid, uses they/them.

Sofia Black D’Elia (1991) Ashkenazi Jewish / Italian - half-sibling!

RJ Mitte (1992) - has cerebral palsy.

Jessica Henwick (1992) Chinese Singaporean / English - half-sibling!

Miles Robbins (1992)

Toby Sebastian (1992)

Jesse James Keitel (1993) - is a trans woman.

Natasha Liu Bordizzo (1994) Chinese / Italian - half-sibling!

Sophia Taylor Ali (1995) Pakistani / Sicilian Italian, Danish, Norwegian, German - half-sibling!

Rachel Sennott (1995)

Natacha Karam (1995) Lebanese / Irish - half-sibling!

Elliot Fletcher (1996) - is a trans man.

Alex Fitzalan (1996)

Quintessa Swindell (1997) African-American / Unspecified White - is non-binary and uses he/they.

Here you go, anon!

Thank you for being so kind and please let me know if you need more suggestions in a certain age range!

#fc help #rph #rpc

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newcountryradio · 3 months

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New Country 27e jaargang #T1213 (S772) (C16)van 22 januari 2024 (wk 04) uitzending op Smelne fm & Crossroads Country Radio

Album van de week: Balsam Range - Kinetic Tone

Classic album : SSgt Barry Sadler – Ballads Of The Green Berets

Hits of the Year : 1976

Maandfavoriet : Callum Kerr & Chris Andreucci – Tamed by Tennessee

Maandartiest : Suzy Bogguss

Suzy Bogguss - Outbound Plane *maandartiest

Jo Dee Messina – Stand Beside Me #1 25 jaar

Jordan Davis - What My World Spins Around # 1 2023

Conner Smith - Meanwhile In Carolina

Scotty McCreery - Can’t Pass The Bar

Evan Honer - Nowhere Fast

Brit Taylor - Saint Anthony.

Zach Top - Sounds Like the Radio

Nate Smith - World on Fire #1.

Balsam Range - Echo Canyon Album vd week

Balsam Range - God Knows album

Lady Antebellum – Need You Now single of the year 2010

Red Sovine – Teddy Bear 1976

John Michael Montgomery - Life’s a Dance 20/1 1965

Merle Haggard – Sing Me Back Home

Callum Kerr & Chris Andreucci – Tamed by Tennessee favoriet

Ricky Skaggs - Make God First *sofi

Ssgt Barry Sadler - The A Team / -I’m A Lucky One

Ssgt Barry Sadler The Ballad Of The Green Barets

The Secret Sisters - Same Water

The Howdies - Buddie.

Vince Gill - Oklahoma Borderline (3 in 1)

Vince Gill – Look at Us

Vince Gill - The Key To Life.

Balsam Range - What the Years do Album van de week

Morgan Wallen – Man Made A Bar #1 album.

Carly Pearce - We Don't Fight Anymore.

Chris Janson - All I Need Is You

Riley Green - Different 'Round Here

The Mavericks - Tonight Is the Night

Dierks Bentley - Every Mile A Memory Trucksong

Suzy Bogguss – Aces maandartiest

Lori McKenna - The Tunnel juweeltje

Gabe Lee – The Wild Album vorige week

Balsam Range - We’ll All Drink Money Album vd week .

Mark Blomsteel - Everything You Do (Does It For Me) Dutch corner

West Virgini Railroad - Deep In The Country .Dutch corner.

Early Bird - Mother Played The Dobro Dutch corner

Willie Nelson –My Way

Waylon & Willie - Good Hearted Woman #5 A Year in music . 1976

Elvis Presley - Moody Blue. #4

Engelbert Humperdinck – After The Lovin . #3

Eagles - New Kid In Town - #2

Mary McGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers #1

Cody Johnson – Til You Can’t

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denimbex1986 · 9 months

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'Seventy-eight years ago today, on August 9, 1945, the US military detonated a powerful atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Nagasaki, ultimately killing as many as 90,000 people, nearly all civilians. Yet Nagasaki today might as well be called the “forgotten A-bomb city.” Every August, media and public attention focuses overwhelmingly on Hiroshima, site of the first blast three days earlier—though the attack on Nagasaki was in many ways even more questionable and appalling.

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer did nothing to change that narrative. The Nolan film...barely mentions the Nagasaki bombing, and when it does, it’s a parenthetical or an awkward reference, such as when one character cites the destruction in Hiroshima and Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) adds, “and Nagasaki.” This is unfortunate, especially since the real-life Oppenheimer exhibited few qualms about the massive loss of life in Hiroshima but appeared haunted and possibly regretful in the wake of the Nagasaki bombing.

Some of the other scientists at Los Alamos who celebrated the Hiroshima bomb would later claim they felt physically sick upon learning of the second attack. “Dropping the bomb on Hiroshima was a mistake,” Samuel I. Allison, a leading Manhattan Project scientist at the Met Lab in Chicago, declared years later. “Dropping the bomb on Nagasaki was an atrocity.” While historians remain divided on the justification for bombing Hiroshima, even some supporters of the first attack declared the Nagasaki annihilation avoidable. Telford Taylor, chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Nazi trials, asserted that while the “rights and wrong of Hiroshima are debatable” he had “never heard a plausible justification of Nagasaki.”

The history of Hollywood downplaying Nagasaki goes back to 1947 and the first movie drama about the bomb, MGM’s The Beginning or the End. As development progressed on that film, the Nagasaki attack gradually lost its place in the script and in the end it received no mention at all. You could watch that film start to finish and have no idea we even dropped a second bomb. Oppenheimer does a bit better than that, at least.

From the start, whenever the attacks on Japan were recalled in the media, that one word, “Hiroshima,” was inevitably used as shorthand for both. This left Nagasaki to sink almost into oblivion. Few journalists bothered to visit. Nobody ever wrote the Nagasaki counterpart to John Hershey’s Hiroshima or produced a film titled, Nagasaki, Mon Amour. “We are an asterisk,” Shinji Takahashi, a Nagasaki sociologist, told me with some bitterness when I visited the city.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., who survived the firebombing of Dresden in World War II, would later say, “The most racist, nastiest act by this country, after human slavery, was the bombing of Nagasaki.” He described it as “purely blowing away yellow men, women, and children. I’m glad I’m not a scientist because I’d feel so guilty now.” Footage of gruesomely injured Nagasaki civilians, most of them women and children, taken by Japanese and US Army teams after the war, would be buried by American officials for decades.

Nagasaki, with a population of 250,000, served as an important site for Mitsubishi’s industrial war effort, but by 1945 the Allies’ blockade of Japan was severely cutting production. Few Japanese soldiers were stationed there—far less than in Hiroshima—and only about 250 would perish as a result of the Nagasaki blast, along with several Dutch POWs.

The second bomb was actually intended for Kokura, but in a lucky break for its residents, the city was obscured by clouds, and the B-29 shuttling the “Fat Man” was rerouted to Nagasaki. This plutonium bomb had a yield of 22 kilotons, almost double the destructive power of the uranium bomb deployed against Hiroshima. It exploded more than a mile off target, detonating almost directly over the cathedral (the largest in the Far East) in the Urakami district, home to most of Nagasaki’s 10,000 Catholics. The blast rippled up the narrow Urakami Valley but didn’t reach the city’s congested harbor area or climb any major ridge. Had it exploded over the city center, its toll would have made Hiroshima, in one important sense, the Second City. Nothing alive would have escaped, perhaps not even the most untroubled conscience half a world away.

One has to wonder about the impulse to almost immediately deploy a second bomb, and one far more powerful than the first. Why didn’t Truman step in after Hiroshima and give Japan a few more days to contemplate surrender before targeting another civilian population for extinction? The United States knew its ally, the Soviet Union, would join the war within hours, as previously agreed upon, and that the entrance of this mortal enemy of Japan would likely speed the surrender. (Indeed, as I noted previously, Truman wrote in his diary that Stalin’s promise to attack Japan meant “Fini Japs,” with or without the use of America’s new weapon.)

If the USSR jumped in, however, it might have prompted a wider Soviet claim on Japanese conquests in Asia. In short, US military officials felt there was much to gain by getting the war over before the Russians advanced. In that sense, the Nagasaki bomb was not the last shot of World War II but the first blow of the Cold War. In any case, there was no presidential directive specifically related to dropping the second bomb. The atomic weapons in America’s arsenal, according to the official order, were to be used “as soon as made ready.” The people of Nagasaki were thus the first—and, so far, only—victims of automated nuclear warfare.

The man perhaps most responsible for the Nagasaki bomb was not Truman, but Gen. Leslie R. Groves, director of the Manhattan Project. Groves had fiercely promoted using the first bomb and stifled attempts by scientists (not including Oppenheimer) to convince Truman otherwise.

Truman had never explicitly endorsed the notion of a necessary “one-two punch.” It was Groves who was the true believer and the catalyst. In the immediate aftermath of Hiroshima, he pushed for a second mission, just as the authority to carry out the attack passed to him from Truman (who was on a ship returning from negotiations with the Soviets in Potsdam). “I didn’t have to have the president press the button on this affair,” he would later boast.

The second bombing run was originally set for around August 11, which would have come a full day after Japan’s initial offer of surrender. But with bad weather forecast, Groves pushed up the mission two days, despite knowing his decision would mean rushing preparations on the Pacific island of Tinian. Another complication: Pilots had been ordered not to release the weapon until they were able to see the target with their own eyes.

Stormy conditions, as it turned out, were also forecast for August 9. The lead plane, piloted by Charles Sweeney, took off anyway despite a faulty fuel pump. When he found the primary target, Kokura, covered by clouds, he pushed on to Nagasaki despite dwindling fuel, only to find that city shrouded as well. When a small gap was spotted in the cloud cover—or so the bombardier claimed—the crew released its payload, off target but still lethal.

The bombing was preordained by Groves’ determination for what he called a “knockout blow,” which he had signaled to subordinates, including pilot Sweeney—even though Japanese leaders had barely had time to absorb the shock and devastation of the first bomb. The means to an end had become an end in itself. As Groves would later explain, “Once you get your opponent reeling, you keep him reeling and never let him recover.” Groves, noted war scholar Ian Clark, “was prepared to sacrifice all of the previously elaborated guidelines in order to implement his own strategy.”

Prior to Japan’s surrender, Truman, who’d been reading about, as he put it, “all those kids” killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, declared that no more atomic weapons would be dropped over Japan without his express approval.

Groves later had the nerve to claim in his memoir, Now It Can Be Told, that he was “considerably relieved” to learn the Nagasaki bomb had landed off target, meaning “a smaller number of casualties than we had expected.” And when reports of deaths from radiation disease emerged in the weeks after the bombings, he called it “a hoax or propaganda,” and questioned whether there was “any difference between Japanese blood and others.” He also claimed that he’d been told by doctors that radiation sickness “is a very pleasant way to die.” Matt Damon, who portrayed Groves with much sympathy in Oppenheimer, should thank his lucky stars, and Christopher Nolan, for sparing him from delivering those lines.

The Nagasaki tragedy—or war crime, if you will—might have been prevented had Truman and his aides kept closer watch on the atomic assembly line. They simply didn’t care or, to be charitable, didn’t take care. It is far from clear that the second bomb did much to hasten an inevitable Japanese surrender. Alas, none of this historical or moral complexity has made it into the final script of any Hollywood drama—not even Oppenheimer.'

#Oppenheimer #Christopher Nolan #Hiroshima #Nagasaki #President Truman #Leslie Groves #Matt Damon #Now It Can Be Told #The Beginning or the End #Cillian Murphy #Kokura #Kurt Vonnegut Jr.#The Manhattan Project #Fat Man

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superintendent-b · 1 year

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Why he so angey 💀

#put too much effort into this #halo #halo shitpost #my art #halo 3 odst #kojo agu #taylor dutch miles #edward buck #halo romeo #halo dutch #halo memes #alpha nine #video post

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alsjeblieft-zeg · 1 year

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246 of 2023

Are you unemployed?

No, I’ve been having a job for the last 9 years and counting.

When’s the last time you received a letter in the mail?

Yesterday The bill from the labour union lol.

Do you even write letters to people?

No, just emails.

Have you ever driven a Honda?

No, my cousin had a Honda before, but he crashed it.

What color do you want your dream car to be?

Black, just as ours.

Finish the sentence: Taylor Lautner is…

...a person, who else?

Do you have more then one favorite band?

Yeah, I have a few. But I rather like songs than bands.

Do you like The Band Perry?

Never heard of it.

You can kill one person & get away with it; who?

This question is so fucked up that I’m not even gonna answer this.

If you could be a supernatural creature, what would you choose to be?

None, thanks.

Do you prefer being single or in a relationship?

I have no preference, but since the relationship has happened, I do my best to take care of it. We’re happy together.

How long until you’re 50 years old?

17 years.

Would you be really upset if Facebook ceased to exist tomorrow?

No, I would be actually happy.

Do you usually hide your true feelings from others?

Most of the time. I rarely open up IRL.

Do you pronounce the ” t ” in often?

Yeah. Better ask me if I pronounce “h” in my dialect.

Are you capable of running 2 miles without stopping?

No. I was once paralysed.

Do you lick the roof of your mouth often?

What?

Did you do it just now?

No.

Most unattractive male name, in your opinion?

I don’t know, Derek? Or all the boring names like Adam.

Do you watch the show THE BIG BANG THEORY?

Yeah, I love it. It’s so stupid that it’s actually funny.

Are you exhausted?

Not today, I’m just slightly tired.

Finish the lyrics: I’m a barbie girl in a barbie world. Life in plastic…

Fuck off.

Are you a fan of reality tv shows?

Not a fan, but sometimes I watch them for lolz.

Have you visited amirite.com?

Never heard of it.

Is your pet dog male or female?

I don’t have any dog. I only have two cat ladies.

When you’re single are you mostly lonely or content?

Such things don’t really matter to me, so I’m not overthinking it.

Have you or would you try shark meat?

I’ve tried, didn’t like it.

Do you know anyone that’s pescatarian?

No. But I’m somewhat related, I guess my diet is called “pollotarian” because I’m like a vegetarian who allows chicken in his diet.

Are you shy or over confident around your crushes?

Very shy, but I cover it with some confidence. Very strange, I know.

Do you drink skim milk?

No. It’s like coloured water, so tasteless. Whole milk or don’t waste my time.

Did you know everything causes cancer these days?

Oh, really?

Do you think the govt has a cure for cancer, but is hiding it from public?

*taps his forehead* conspiracy theories, be like.

Last time you drank a diet soda?

Never. Diet soda, what an oxymoron.

Do you need to urinate?

Yeah, now I feel it.

Do you usually brush your teeth every night?

Yeah, I do.

Do ppl normally describe you as sexy?

No, they rather describe me as cool. Although there were some people who found me exceptionally hot.

Were you really nervous at some point today?

No, my antidepressants finally kicked in and I’m not anxious anymore.

Do you have a Mexican friend?

Not a friend, but one of my classmates in uni was Mexican.

Have you ever dated an Australian?

Never.

Do you think you’re fit to be a Victoria Secret model?

Do they even hire guys?

Is mostly everyone you know in a relationship?

Most of people I hang out are married.

Are both of your biological parents still alive?

Yes, thankfully.

Was your ex born in America?

No, he’s Dutch.

Are most of your jokes funny or lame?

So lame they’re actually funny lol. I make people laugh, some call me a natural entertainer.

#survey #q&a survey #random survey

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Five Interesting Nonfiction Books

The British Subjugation of Australia

"A land of almost 3 million square miles has lain since time immemorial on the southern flank of the planet, so isolated that it remained almost entirely outside of European knowledge until 1770. From there, however, the subjugation of Australia would take place rapidly. Within 20 years of the first British settlements being established, the British presence in Terra Australis was secure, and no other major power was likely to mount a challenge. In 1815, Napoleon would be defeated at Waterloo, and soon afterwards would be standing on the barren cliffs of Saint Helena, staring across the limitless Atlantic. The French, without a fleet, were out of the picture, the Germans were yet to establish a unified state, let alone an overseas empire of any significance, and the Dutch were no longer counted among the top tier of European powers." (from Amazon.com)

Australian History For Dummies

"Australian History For Dummies is your tour guide through the important events of Australia's past, introducing you to the people and events that have shaped modern Australia. Be there as British colonists explore Australia's harsh terrain with varying degrees of success. In this informative guide you'll find out about Australia's infamous bushrangers. Learn how the discovery of gold caused a tidal wave of immigration from all over the world.Understand how Australia took two steps forward to become a nation in its own right in 1901, and two steps back when the government was dismissed by the Crown in 1975.Discover the fascinating details that made Australia the country it is today!"(Amazon.com)

Convict Valley

"In 1790, five convicts escaped Sydney by boat and were swept ashore near present day Newcastle. They were taken into the local Aboriginal clan, marrying and starting families. Thus began a long and often dramatic series of encounters between Aboriginals and convicts in the Hunter Valley, the second European settlement after Sydney. This book tells the story of the Hunter's first 50 years—a rich account of relations between the convicts, land owners (many former convicts), and Aboriginal clans. Not a simple recounting of frontier conflict, it also shows how some Aboriginal families found ways to survive the loss of their land by subtle forms of resistance, or by working for the European settlers. Based on meticulous and extensive primary research which has uncovered many new stories,The Convict Valley is a new Australian history classic." (Amazon.com)

The Eureka Rebellion

"A company of troopers & military carried the war into the enemies camp. In a very short time numbers were shot and hundreds taken prisoner…The sight in the morning was truly appalling – Men lying dead slain by evil. The remedy is very lamentable but it appears it was necessary. It is hoped now rebellion will be checked.” – Reverend Theophilus Taylor. A land of almost 3 million square miles has lain since time immemorial on the southern flank of the planet, so isolated that it remained entirely outside of European knowledge until 1770. However, the first human footprints on this vast territory were felt 70,000 years earlier, as people began to cross the periodic land bridges and the short sea crossings from Southeast Asia.The history of the indigenous inhabitants of Australia, known in contemporary anthropology as the “Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia,” is a complex and continually evolving field of study, and it has been colored by politics. For generations after the arrival of whites in Australia, the Aboriginal people were disregarded and marginalized, largely because they offered little in the way of a labor resource, and they occupied land required for European settlement."(Amazon.com)

Grit: The Unauthorised History of Australia

"Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia.In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past, from megafauna to Macquarie - the cock-ups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and Eureka moments that have made us who we are.Girt introduces forgotten heroes like Mary McLoghlin, transported for the crime of "felony of sock", and Trim the cat, who beat a French monkey to become the first animal to circumnavigate Australia.It recounts the misfortunes of the escaped Irish convicts who set out to walk from Sydney to China, guided only by a hand-drawn paper compass, and explains the role of the coconut in Australia's only military coup.Our nation's beginnings are steeped in the strange, the ridiculous and the frankly bizarre. Girt proudly reclaims these stories for all of us.Not to read it would be un-Australian." (Amazon.com)

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