#UVF

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1914 – Large supply of guns from Germany were landed at Larne for the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).

The UVF gun-running of April 1914, known as Operation Lion, was an effective military operation; though many of the 100,000-strong UVF remained unarmed after it. The Ulster Volunteer Force had been formed in January 1913 and from that date, small-scale gun-running had been carried out. In fact, up until December 1913, when royal proclamations made it illegal to import military firearms into…

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#Bangor #Captain Wilfrid Spender #Donaghadee #England #Howth Gun-Running #Irish Volunteers #Larne #Larne Gun Running #Major Frederick H. Crawford #Nationalists #Sir Edward Carson #Ulster #Ulster Special Constabulary #Ulster Unionist Council #UVF

[playitagin]

1974 –Dublin and Monaghan bombings

 Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.

#May.17.1974 #Dublin and Monaghan bombings #UVF #The Troubles #history today

[madame-thedas]

Absolutely pissing it, the UVF flags in town were put at half mast for the Queen dying. The fucking UVF flags

#queen elizabeth #northern ireland #uk #monarchy #uvf #this country is a joke

[seachranaidhe]

NI border has never been clearer- UK security is paramount following Leave vote 

The final ballots were hardly finished being counted when two big losers in the EU referendum, the SNP and Sinn Fein, began a rather transparent attempt to gain some political capital out of the result.  The SNP argued that there should be a second Independence referendum in Scotland, whilst Sinn Fein demanded a border poll […] NI border has never been clearer- UK security is paramount following…

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#Border in Ireland between North and South #Brexit #Brexit Sea Border #Good Friday Agreement (GFA) #LCC #loyalist paramilitary violence #NI Protocol #North of Ireland #UDA #UFF and Red Hand Commando #UVF #UVF mouthpiece Jamie Bryson

[dirjoh-blog]

Northern Ireland

On Good Friday, 10 April 1998, the Good Friday Agreement, also known as the Belfast Agreement, It consists of two closely related agreements,the British-Irish Agreement and the Multi-Party Agreement. It led to the establishment of a system of devolved government in Northern Ireland and the creation of many new institutions such as the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive, the North South…

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#Good Friday Agreement #History #IRA #Ireland #Northern Ireland #the Troubles #UVF

[burnitalldownism]

Regular reminder that the greatest terror campaigns in the UK were both domestic terrorism.

#uk history #the troubles #ira #uvf

[werewolfetone]

The way that I've exclusively written in an extremely flowery style to impress my professors + while writing historical fiction for so long that trying to write something set in a more modern period where the characters talk like normal people is somehow more difficult now

#im trying to write something involving the uvf (long story) and i keep making these cunts sound like it's jane austen 👎 #writing #jory.txt

[dovalore]

⚠️ pandaemonium anabaseios

11th circle

#ffxiv #ffxiv spoilers #endwalker spoilers #6.4 spoilers #pandaemonium spoilers #anabaseios spoilers #spoilers #ephemeral justice #rot13 for 6.4 spoilers -> #guvf jnf bar bs gur zbzragf va 6.4 jurer v pevrq #gur zhfvp sbe guvf svtug orvat n ubcrshy irefvba bs gur nznhebg gurzr nofbyhgryl qrfgeblrq zr #ABG GB ZRAGVBA GUR FPRAR NSGREJNEQF v'z vapbafbynoyr qba'g gbhpu zr #gurzvf... zl qrne obl gurzvf... #v'z trggvat grnel rlrq whfg guvaxvat nobhg vg evtug abj #gb frr uvz orvat bxnl naq unccl gb frr hf nf bccbfrq gb jung unccrarq nyy gur jnl onpx va fbf #vg jnf nyernql fnvq gb hf gung ur jnf yvxr n yvggyr oebgure gb gur erfg bs gur pbaibpngvba ohg zna #gung uvgf rira uneqre nsgre frrvat uvz guebhtubhg gur envq frevrf naq rfcrpvnyyl va guvf gvre #ur'f fb shyy bs ubcr sbe uvzfrys naq uvf sevraqf vg uhegf gb erzrzore jung unccrarq gb rirelbar #ab zber cnva ab zber fhssrevat #v fnl yvggyr oebgure ohg v qba'g frr uvz nf n xvq ur'f whfg fubeg jvgu n onolsnpr

[mariemariemaria]

Northern Ireland is so normal. Literally sooo normal. Sometimes people from other countries ask me about Northern Ireland and they're shocked when I tell them how normal it is. I feel sorry for them. They'll never know normality and my heart aches for them.

#the psni are really showing their asses atm 💀 i mean we all knew they were biased but the way they just stood there while masked loyalists #went into court to intimidate a witness in a sectarian uvf murder trial. very normal. #when are we gonna stop justifying it by saying 'well at least they're not the ruc' like maybe so but that doesn't make it ok #and where's 50:50 recruitment gone? aren't we pretty much evenly split now? so shouldn't they be bringing it back? #also the fact that over double the number of catholics are arrested than protestants lmao #but we're obviously just more predisposed to crime ig #like on one hand i wanna live where my family is and be close to them. & on the other i absolutely hate that place and am so glad to be out #even when i feel positive about it something like this always happens to remind me that no we haven't moved forward that much actually 🙃

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1975 – Miami Showband massacre | UVF volunteers (some of whom were also UDR soldiers) shot dead three members of an Irish showband at Buskhill, Co Down.

Three members of the Miami Showband are killed by Ulster Volunteer Force members posing as members of the security forces when returning from a performance at The Castle Ballroom in Banbridge, Co Down. (Four of the killers were actually members of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), an official reserve force for the British army). At the time, the Miami Showband were one of the most popular…

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#Banbridge #Brian McCoy #Co. Down #Dublin #Fran O’Toole #Monument #Parnell Square North #The Castle Ballroom #The Miami Showband #Tony Geraghty #UDR #Ulster Defence Regiment #Ulster Volunteer Force #UVF

[playitagin]

1994-Loughinisland massacre

Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

#Jun.18.1994 #Loughinisland massacre #UVF #The Troubles #history today

[leatherbookmark]

i was browsing my pbb tag briefly, yknow, like you do, and i know he's not standing completely straight, which might influence the way his body looks, but

y--i. i--. mm. i m--yeah. it's--it is. and i just--yknow. yeah? mhm.

#shrimp thoughts #LBH PBHYQ CHG N OEN BA UVZ NAQ UR JBHYQ SVYY GUNG OEN. JVGU UVF OERNFGF. #*gasps* rot13 sv/sss stan moment!!! 'lbh'!!! hi 'ello!

[seachranaidhe]

1/ An Ombudsman's report details how DUP-founded and set up 'Ulster Resistance' which then partnered with the UDA & UVF to buy guns & grenades with stolen bank robbery cash, it would lead to mass murder & mayhem across the north.

1/ An Ombudsman’s report details how DUP-founded and set up ‘Ulster Resistance’ which then partnered with the UDA & UVF to buy guns & grenades with stolen bank robbery cash, it would lead to mass murder & mayhem across the north.

2/ ‘Journalists arrived at Ulster Hall, after hearing that the rally was being convened to mobilise what the next day’s newspapers described as a “secret army”They were refused entry, but a young DUP press officer called Nigel Dodds emerged to hand out leaflets’ 3/..but this was just the start…. 4/…later to be confirmed. 5/5 Conspiracy as ‘RUC Special Branch, BA Intelligence, & MI5 Secret…

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#Brexit #Brexit Sea Border #British State agents #Collusion #DUP #LCC #loyalist paramilitary violence #loyalist sectarian murder gangs #NI Protocol #North of Ireland #Relatives for Justice #Sean Of The South #Stephen Travers #Troubles #UDA #UFF and Red Hand Commando #Ulster Resistance #UVF

[worst-siblings-tournament]

Round 1, Match 1

Skystar/Clear Sky and Graywing (Warrior Cats) vs Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha (Naruto)

Propaganda under break

Skystar/Clear Sky and Graywing

TW: Colonization, Abuse, Murder, Fatphobia, and Misogyny.

Clear Sky is an awful dictator and colonizer, who’s an abusive $h!twad to literally almost everyone he interacts with, including with son, Thunder. Clear Sky killed multiple cats, mostly She-cats - who are mostly native cats within the land that he’s colonizing - within his life, and indirectly caused other cats’ deaths as well. He also mentioned that he likes his mate, Star Flower - who’s old enough to be his daughter - that he likes her because he knows that she’ll deal and/or tolerate that he’s a awful cat (to her). I don’t remember what else he did, but whatever it is, it’s probably quite bad.

Gray Wing is an apologist and/or even a “boot licker” towards Clear Sky almost all the time, being in denial of how awful of a cat Clear Sky is, despite how obvious it is. He also views his love interest, Turtle Tail, (somewhat?) as if she’s a possession to him instead of an actual person. He was apathetic to Bumble, a domestic abuse victim, while she was begging to him his group in order to NOT live with her abuser anymore, due to him being fatphobic towards Bumble, thinking that she can’t and/or shouldn’t join his group due to her being to “fat” and “useless” in order to live with them, and probably with him being salty that Bumble is kind and supportive towards Turtle Tail.

And they’re even more irritating and/or upsetting to read about since the writing (at least, the majority and/or most of the time) paints Gray Wing as a “wise” cat, while Clear Sky is painted as a “morally gray”, making them even more awful and upsetting to read about them.

They’re quite bad pair together, and are awful cats themselves, so because of this, I decided to submit Clear Sky and Gray Wing into the tournament.

Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha

Itachi massacred the entire Uchiha clan and told a terrified Sasuke that he never loved him as a brother, and only let him live so he could become a worthy test of his abilities. It does turn out that Vgnpuv jnf sbeprq gb qb vg gb fnir Fnfhxr'f yvsr naq cebgrpg Uvqqra Yrns Ivyyntr, naq bayl npgrq rivy fb gung Fnfhxr jbhyq orpbzr fgebatre naq orpnhfr ur jnagrq gb qvr ng uvf unaq nf chavfuzrag sbe nyy uvf xvyyvat but that's not really healthy sibling behaviour either.

#worst siblings tournament #Round 1 #Poll #warrior cats #naruto #gray wing #clear sky #skystar #sasuke uchiha #itachi uchiha #poll tournament

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

tuesday again 7/11/23, timezone change edition

the last time i wrote one of these things, i was not quite fully packed up in ma. now, i am technically temporarily homeless in houston, bc the apartment i originally signed on was completely unlivable. crashing in an acquaintance's guest room for a bit while i have a very bad time with apartment hunting round 2

i have lived in south florida, staten island, and various shithole student housing. i understand seasonal bugs in hot places and things such as different kinds of roaches and palmetto bugs. when i say that apartment had the worst roach infestation i've ever seen i fucking mean it. in theory i will get my full deposits back, but they're taking their sweet fucking time about it.

but having that full yes-i-know-about-seasonal-roaches conversation with new acquaintances and leasing agents takes too long so i've resorted to saying it had a horrific bedbug problem, which everyone seems to go Oh Okay Yeah Reasonable For You To Leave much more quickly.

listening

a lot of early aughts dance pop standards, to chase away the agonies as i drive to and from apartments only to get ghosted, find they were rented a week ago, or find that they look absolutely nothing like the pictures. i was really torn on which britney song to pick for this week until my sister sent me Twin Flame by Maude Latour, which i can only describe as "douchebag get the girl back song but for lesbians". spotify

also how do we like the "featured link from bandcamp or soundcloud with additional spotify link" format? in an ideal world i would buy all my music directly from the artists but realistically i use spotify 90% of the time. i don't know what your life is like, tell me if this is helpful or not.

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reading

my best friend made sad faces at me until i read The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary, and it was a little nice to see someone else's dire housing situation get resolved neatly and with thematic consistence in several hundred pages. it was also nice to text her snippets with "WHAT?????" every so often. this is a reading experience i don't have very often bc our current reading tastes don't overlap even a little bit.

i don't have much to say about it bc i didn't have particularly strong feelings and don't really read mainstream straight romance, so i can't point out what this did differently or well compared to its peers. if nothing else, it was a fluffy bit of distraction, and i think that's kind of the point?

(image from Tor) also read Saad Z. Hossein's Kundo Wakes Up novella in a waffle house while eating some of the best scrambled eggs i've ever had in my life.

this novella was the closest thing i've ever read to "aging English professor has an affair" without actually containing any of those elements. generally i enjoy his work, but this was sort of a way to check up and tie off many characters from previous works with a sort of light frosting of "my wife left me and i don't know why [ rot13:v pna znxr fbzr thrffrf ohg gurer vf ab zbzrag bs frys-ernyvmngvba, bapr ur svaqf uvf jvsr ur whfg perrcf ba ure sebz nsne naq nsgre qrgrezvavat fur'f abg jvgu nalbar arj znxrf gur gerzraqbhf fnpevsvpvny qrpvfvba gb yrnir ure nybar op fur'f zhpu unccvre jvgubhg uvz. gurer vf ab zbzrag bs frys-ernyvmngvba nobhg jul fur zvtug unir yrsg uvz. xhaqb arire trgf bhg bs uvf bja shpxvat urnq bapr.]"

while The Gurkha and the Lord of Thursday novella (TREMENDOUS) and Cyber Mage book (fun but with some dire pacing issues) are fairly standalone, i cannot imagine you'd get much out of Kundo Wakes Up if you haven't read the other two. for some reason none of the libraries i have access to have his other book Djinn City, so we'll have to procure that elsewhere.

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watching

the dnd movie, the day after i broke my lease on the roach apartment. i don't remember a ton about this movie. do generally like a heist. michelle rodriguez was hot

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playing

genshin. listen. it is a free and familiar way to turn my brain off by doing open world exploration and puzzles but CRUCIALLY! most of it is completely new to me. i have not played this game in a year and a half. i have not played this game since right before enkanomiya. there was no chasm. there was no Sumeru. i have absolutely no idea what’s happening lore-wise.

i pulled for the fancy ice claymore lady and got a catboy archer (at least i think it is a catboy? the ears do give a pharaoh hound vibe... he is distinct from the extant dogboy archer). not terrible but not my vibe.

i have been enjoying the shit out of the temporary summer event carnival space. they really did pull out several stops by introducing a ton of genuinely interesting and innovating little new mechanics and mini games. delightful!

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making

altering the worst shorts ive ever seeeeeeeeen with a demure little two-inch side slit on both legs bc my thighs simply will not quit. mens shorts are so much better than womens shorts in nearly every way except for the catastrophic physical fit issues.

when i got ghosted by two different apartments on saturday i bought myself a spoon ring so chunky it makes my other chunky rings look positively delicate by comparison. not very comfy to drive in but fine to wear while tippy tappying on the spreadsheets

a girl i saw for one singular awful date in 2016 called my hands "coarse but honest" and i think about that every time my hands are in a photo. what did that even fucking MEAN, [REDACTED]?

#tuesday again #tuesday again no problem

[r-osehips]

just watched angels & demons (a perfect airplane movie) and i really think they just should have let ewan macgregor become pope after he did all that. like, if you:

kill the pope without arousing any suspicion

design a bunch of very metal ambigrams

go to great expense to hire a highly competent assassin; then kill that assassin without him seeing it coming

plan four murders that the phantom of the opera himself could not outdo in terms of aesthetic, drama, and doomfulness

risk your life to fly a jar of antimatter into the sky in a helicopter

parachute out of said helicopter, backlit by the coolest and most beautiful explosion ever seen, and not only survive but land perfectly and dramatically on the steps of the vatacin

literally brand yourself with a brand you had custom made for that purpose

manipulate hundreds of cardinals with your pleasing manner and dutiful acts

all while being a clean-shaven, soft-spoken ewan mcgregor who was tragically orphaned by the UVF?

you should get to be pope.

#like I’m sorry the church of ‘we have committed atrocities for literal thousands of years #and will continue to do so with little to no remorse #with The Aesthetic being one of our main appeals’ #has no grounds to reject this man as its leader #angels and demons #ewan mcgregor #…also if your parents were murdered by a colonizer paramilitary i think you should be allowed to be a little unhinged. #as a treat.