#wildlife: cuba

[snototter]

A Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) off the coast of Los Indios, Cuba

by q phia

#nassau grouper #groupers #bony fish #fish #Epinephelus striatus #Epinephelus #serranidae #perciformes #Actinopterygii #chordata #wildlife: cuba

[pangeen]

“ Floating Predator “ // © Paul Nicklen

“ Like many of our planet’s top predators, crocodiles are often cast as villains in media headlines and popcorn movies, creating a reputation they just don’t deserve. They have served a vital function in maintaining the balance of aquatic ecosystems across the world for millions of years. Sadly, their populations have been steadily pushed out of their home habitats by rampant development projects and poaching. Recent efforts to protect American crocodiles like this one have helped their numbers recover, but they still remain vulnerable as threats to their environments continue to grow. In Cuba’s Gardens of the Queen, however, crocodiles can enjoy the area’s strict protections along with an incredible diversity of healthy wildlife.”

Original Audio

#Cuba #nature #lake #wildlife #predators #crocodile #alligator #4K #8K #12K #underwaterphotography #reels #aesthetics #wanderlust #explore #follow #discover

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A pygmy fruit-eating bat (Artibeus phaeotis) in Panama.

Sweet Bat Portraits Dispel Stereotypes of These Incredibly Important Mammals

Photographer: Dr. Merlin Tuttle

The Cuban flower bat (Phyllonycteris poeyi), Phyllonycteris poeyi, is endemic to Cuba. It forms large colonies in caves with up to a million or more in single caves. These bats feed on nectar, pollen, fruit and insects.

An adult female dwarf bonneted bat (Eumops bonariensis) from Venezuela.

A portrait of a ghost bat (Macroderma gigas) in Australia in 1998.

#merlin tuttle #photographer #pygmy fruit-eating bat #bat #mammal #animal #wildlife #artibeus phaeotis #panama #nature #cuban flower bat #phyllonycteris poeyi #cuba #dwarf bonnet bat #eumops bonariensis #venezuela #ghost bat #macroderma gigas #australia

[a-typical]

American Holocaust — David E. Stannard

#cuba #hispaniola #agriculture #irrigation systems #agricultural engineering #arawaks #yuca #wildlife ecology #american holocaust #American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World #holocaust #David E. Stannard #history #nonfiction #spanish #north america #south america #indigenous #atypicalreads #nsnv #colonialism #mesoamerica

[love-cuba]

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[richincolor]

We've found quite a variety of books being released today. There is romance, fantasy, music, murder, and more in the pages of these books. What will you add to your TBR pile?

Wild Dreamers by Margarita Engle Atheneum Books for Young Readers

In this stirring young adult romance from award-winning author Margarita Engle, love and conservation intertwine as two teens fight to protect wildlife and heal from their troubled pasts.

Ana and her mother have been living out of their car ever since her militant father became one of the FBI’s most wanted. Leandro has struggled with debilitating anxiety since his family fled Cuba on a perilous raft.

One moonlit night, in a wilderness park in California, Ana and Leandro meet. Their connection is instant—a shared radiance that feels both scientific and magical. Then they discover they are not a huge mountain lion stalks through the trees, one of many wild animals whose habitat has been threatened by humans.

Determined to make a difference, Ana and Leandro start a rewilding club at their school, working with scientists to build wildlife crossings that can help mountain lions find one another. If pumas can find their way to a better tomorrow, surely Ana and Leandro can too.

Saint-Seducing Gold (Forge & Fracture Saga #2) by Brittany N. Williams Amulet Books

The second book in the stunning YA historical fantasy trilogy that New York Times bestselling author Ayana Gray called “nothing short of spectacular”

There’s danger in the court of James I. Magical metal-worker Joan Sands must reforge the Pact between humanity and the Fae to stop the looming war. As violence erupts across London and the murderous spymaster Robert Cecil closes in, the Fae queen Titanea coerces Joan into joining the royal court while holding her godfather prisoner in the infamous Tower of London. Now Joan will have to survive deadly machinations both magical and mortal all while balancing the magnetic pull of her two loves—Rose and Nick—before the world as she knows it is destroyed forever.

Off With Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta Disney Hyperion

Fans of Chloe Gong and Judy I. Lin will devour this Korean-inspired Alice in Wonderland retelling about two very wicked girls, forever bonded by blood and betrayal . . .

In a world where Saints are monsters and Wonderland is the dark forest where they lurk, it’s been five years since young witches and lovers Caro Rabbit and Iccadora Alice Sickle were both sentenced to that forest for a crime they didn’t commit—and four years since they shattered one another’s hearts, each willing to sacrifice the other for a chance at freedom.

Now, Caro is a successful royal Saint-harvester, living the high life in the glittering capital and pretending not to know of the twisted monster experiments that her beloved Red Queen hides deep in the bowels of the palace. But for Icca, the memory of Caro’s betrayal has hardened her from timid girl to ruthless hunter. A hunter who will stop at nothing to exact her On Caro. On the queen. On the throne itself.

But there’s a secret about the Saints the Queen’s been guarding, and a volatile magic at play even more dangerous to Icca and Caro than they are to each other…

Lush, terrifying, and uncanny, Zoe Hana Mikuta—author of Gearbreakers and Godslayers —takes a delicate knife straight through the heart of this beloved surrealist fairytale.

Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers

Los Angeles, 1932: Lulu Wong, star of the silver screen and the pride of Chinatown, has a face known to practically anyone, especially to the Chow sisters—May, Gemma, and Peony—Lulu’s former classmates and neighbors. So the girls instantly know it’s Lulu whose body they discover one morning in an out-of-the-way stable, far from the Beverly Hills mansion where she moved once her fame skyrocketed.

The sisters suspect Lulu’s death is the result of foul play, but the LAPD—known for being corrupt to the core—doesn’t seem motivated to investigate. Even worse, there are signs that point to the possibility of a police cover-up, and powerful forces in the city want to frame the killing as evidence that Chinatown is a den of iniquity and crime, even more reason it should be demolished to make room for the construction of a new railway depot, Union Station.

Worried that neither the police nor the papers will treat a Chinese girl fairly—no matter how famous and wealthy—the sisters set out to solve their friend’s murder themselves, and maybe save their neighborhood in the bargain. But with Lulu’s killer still on the loose, the girls’ investigation just might put them square in the crosshairs of a coldblooded murderer.

Punk Rock Karaoke by Bianca Xunise Viking Books for Young Readers

When life gives you guitars, smash them!

School is out for summer and Ariel Grace Jones is determined to make it one for the books! Together with their bestie bandmates, Michele and Gael, Ariel believes they’re destined to break into the music industry and out of Chicago’s Southside by singing lead in their garage punk band, Baby Hares.

But before Baby Hares can officially get into the groove, the realities of post grad life start to weigh on this crew of misfits. Ari begins to worry that it’s time to pull the plug on their dreams of making it big.

Just when all hope feels lost, a fellow punk and local icon takes an interest in their talent. It seems like he might be the only one Ariel can rely on as frustrations between bandmates reach at an all-time high.

Punk Rock Karaoke is a coming-of-age tale that draws upon the explosive joy of the underground scene, while raising questions about authenticity, the importance of community and what it means to succeed on your own terms.

Song of the Six Realms by Judy I. Lin Feiwel & Friends

Xue, a talented young musician, has no past and probably no future. Orphaned at a young age, her kindly poet uncle took her in and arranged for an apprenticeship at one of the most esteemed entertainment houses in the kingdom. She doesn’t remember much from before entering the House of Flowing Water, and when her uncle is suddenly killed in a bandit attack, she is devastated to lose her last connection to a life outside of her indenture contract.

With no family and no patron, Xue is facing the possibility of a lifetime of servitude playing the qin for nobles that praise her talent with one breath and sneer at her lowly social status with the next. Then one night she is unexpectedly called to the garden to put on a private performance for the enigmatic Duke Meng. The young man is strangely kind and awkward for nobility, and surprises Xue further with an irresistible offer: serve as a musician in residence at his manor for one year, and he’ll set her free of her indenture.

But the Duke’s motives become increasingly more suspect when he and Xue barely survive an attack by a nightmarish monster, and when he whisks her away to his estate, she discovers he’s not just some country noble: He’s the Duke of Dreams, one of the divine rulers of the Celestial Realm. There she learns the Six Realms are on the brink of disaster, and incursions by demonic beasts are growing more frequent.

The Duke needs Xue’s help to unlock memories from her past that could hold the answers to how to stop the impending war… but first Xue will need to survive being the target of every monster and deity in the Six Realms.

Blood Justice (Blood Debts #2) by Terry J. Benton-Walker Tor Teen

Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice.

They took back their family’s stolen throne to lead New Orleans’ magical community into the brighter future they all deserve.

But when Cris and Clem restored their family power, Valentina Savant lost everything. Her beloved grandparents are gone and her sovereignty has been revoked—she will never be Queen. Unless, of course, someone dethrones the Trudeaus again. And lucky for her, she’s not the only one trying to take them down.

Cris and Clem have enemies coming at them from all directions: Hateful anti-magic protesters sabotage their reign at every turn. A ruthless detective with a personal vendetta against magical crime is hot on their tail just as Cris has discovered her thirst for revenge. And a brutal god, hunting from the shadows, is summoned by the very power Clem needs to protect the boy he loves.

Cris’s hunger for vengeance and Clem’s desire for love could prove to be their family’s downfall, all while new murders, shocking disappearances, and impossible alliances are changing the game forever.

Welcome back to New Orleans, where gods walk among us and justice isn’t served, it’s taken.

#new releases #young adult books #ya lit

[flagwars]

Flag Wars Round 1: Prelims

Welcome to the first round of the Flag Wars! I received so many submissions, and I tried to include almost all of them in the competition. The first round is the preliminaries, where there will be 16 brackets each with 8 or 9 flags. The two most voted flags in each bracket will go on to the next round. Sadly, so many amazing flags will be voted out in the first round. This competition is about which flag has the best design rather than meaning, so please vote for the flag that you think looks the best rather than voting on how meaningful the flag is to you.

Here are the brackets for Round 1:

Round 1:

Group A:

Bracket 1:

Pansexual

Norway

Belarus

Albania

Canada

Lesbian

South Korea

New Zealand

Bracket 2:

Newfoundland

Argentina

Pakistan

Omnisexual

Brittany, France

Indiana

Barbados

Northern Italy

Bracket 3:

Achterhoek, Netherlands

Scotland

Fuente de Oro, Colombia

LGBT Pride

Orlando, Florida

Bhutan

North American Vexillological Association

Washington D.C.

Bracket 4:

Wiphala

Friesland

Abrosexual

Kalmykia, Russia

L'Manberg (Dream SMP)

Latvian Russians

Mozambique

United Kingdom

Group B:

Bracket 5:

New Mexico

Nonbinary

Original Pride

Jamaica

Sweden

Isle of Man

The People's Flag of Milwaukee

Denver, Colorado

Bracket 6:

Maryland

Ruhnu, Estonia

Māori

Assyrian

Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia

Estelada (Catalonian Independence)

Intersex

Aroace

Bracket 7:

South Carolina

Cascadia (Doug Flag)

Yi People

Switzerland

California

Bavaria, Germany

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Pehuenche People

Bracket 8:

Wales

Germany

Qing Dynasty

Arizona

Tokyo

Liechtenstein

MLM

St. Louis, Missouri

Group C:

Bracket 9:

Cuba

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Vatican City

Kiribati

Demigirl

Bohuslän, Sweden

Greenland

European Union

Bracket 10:

Iran

Ikurriña/Basque

Greece

Japan

Progress Pride

United Nations

Kyrgyzstan

Aromantic

American Indian Movement

Bracket 11:

Ryukyu Kingdom

Quebec

Australian Aboriginal

Sapphic

Slovakia

International Federation of Vexillological Associations

Mexico

Nepal

Bracket 12:

Bear

Taiwan

Asexual

Pacific Community

Alaska

Turkmeneli, Iraq

Oz (The Wizard of Oz)

Zheleznogorsk, Russia

Group D:

Bracket 13:

Trans

Chicago, Illinois

Concón, Chile

Morocco

Rejected EU

Okinawa

Racing Flag

Hong Kong

Bracket 14:

Ohio

Black flag of Puerto Rico

Hawaii

Antarctica True South Proposal

Brazil

United States

A-spec

Estonia

Bracket 15:

Laser Kiwi

Seychelles

Sealand

Uzbekistan

Colorado

Kazakhstan

Ukraine

Macau

Wakanda

Bracket 16:

Orca Face (People’s Flag of Seattle)

Philippines

Portland, Oregon

Unlabeled

Salem, Oregon

Mississippi

Bisexual

Turkey

South Africa

#polls #poll #vexillology #flags #flag wars #tournament #brackets

[myrddin-wylt]

some fun Seychelles facts for your Seychellois needs:

Seychelles is the smallest country in Africa and the least populated

Seychelles, along with Mauritius, is usually one of the two top African countries in terms of GDP and standards of living

only a handful of countries have embassies in Seychelles: China, Cuba, Cyprus, France, India, Libya, Mauritius, Russia, UAE, and the UK

as far as international friends go, the Seychellois consider Mauritius their favorite country, but is also good friends with Cyprus and India. they have good relations with the UK, France, and China but I'm less certain of the friendliness there.

Seychelles is considered on the left-leaning side of the Non-Aligned Movement; ie, wants fewer superpowers to have permanent presence in the Indian Ocean. so they strongly protest the US presence on Diego Marcia, for example, but are happy to act as a rest stop for US Navy during their travels.

Seychelles is a key partner in anti-piracy efforts in the Somali Sea and greater Indian Ocean, where they work closely with India's Navy

Seychelles has some incredible wildlife, including the Seychelles giant tortoise and the Aldabra giant tortoise, and the Seychelles black parrot

in fact, Seychelles is home to several of the world's oldest tortoise, including Jonathan (191yro) and Esmeralda (179yro)

Seychellois culture is matriarchal re: family structure, and commonly households are multigenerational

90% of the population lives on the island of Mahé, with the rest on Praslin and La Digue. of a total of 115 islands, only 8 are permanently inhabited; the rest are largely national parks

#seychelles #seychellois

[xoxoemynn]

I see you're from Delaware. I know absolutely nothing about your state and want to fix that, so what in your opinion is the most beautiful place there?

Okay you are not alone, even people in bordering states basically know it just as a place they drive through to get to other, far more exciting places, or where they go to make major purchases since we have no sales tax.

But one of my all-time favorite places is Brandywine Creek State Park. It's so beautiful and peaceful to walk through, and even when you're driving through the valley you're just on these winding roads surrounded by tall trees and it's stunning, especially in the fall. Just look at these!

We also have some beautiful gardens that are really secluded and people tend to not even know they're there, like the Goodstay Gardens (that has a gorgeous magnolia walk in the spring) and my fave, the Marian Coffin Gardens at Gibraltar, that are hidden behind an abandoned mansion that's been recently restored. Big secret garden vibes.

And then we also have the Mt. Cuba Center, a botanical garden with a mission to preserve native plants, and the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, which is home to lots of beautiful migratory birds.

And then just because I'm assuming most of you here follow for the pirates, I have to highlight the Kalmar Nyckel, which is a replica of a 17th century ship that was built by the Dutch for Swedish settlers. They do river cruises and pirate events, and it is pretty cool to be out on the Riverfront and look out to see this big ole ship out there.

#we may not be the most exciting of states #but we have our appeal #also we're so small truly everybody knows everybody #6 degrees of separation is way too easy a game you gotta knock it down to 3 to make it a challenge #also obligatory not my photos disclaimer #mine either did not do these places justice or had friends in them

[klmerfolkzine]

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We have all our stock available, so if you’re interested in anything, make sure to grab yourself a copy before it’s too late! After May 13, leftover sales will be closed PERMANENTLY!

Proceeds after the cost of shipping will be donated to WIRES, an Australian-based non-profit group dedicated to helping in the rescue of native wildlife!

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[noaasanctuaries]

Learn how to photograph stunning marine life with Jesse Cancelmo 📸

Have you ever wondered how to capture amazing photographs of marine life? Are you interested in improving your photography skills or trying something new? Jesse Cancelmo is here to help. An accomplished diver and underwater photographer, Cancelmo made his first scuba dive in 1969 on a coral reef in Bermuda. Since that plunge, he has stoked his passion by diving around the globe from World War II wrecks off the New Jersey coast to the coral reefs of Papua New Guinea. Cancelmo’s photography and articles have appeared in leading wildlife, diving, and news publications including Dive Training magazine, BBC Wildlife, National Geographic, USA Today and Newsweek. Cancelmo is the author of four books: Diving Bermuda, Diving Cayman Islands, Texas Coral Reefs, and Glorious Gulf of Mexico, which features images of the coral reefs and marine life of the three countries with shorelines on the Gulf—Mexico, Cuba, and the U.S.

May 25, 2022 at 1 pm Hawai`i / 4 pm Pacific / 6 pm Central / 7 pm Eastern

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[lonestarbattleship]

Were there any African American sailors on the battleship Texas

There were African American sailors who served aboard USS Texas, most came onboard in the 1930s and 1940s. However, they were limited to non-combat ratings, mainly as stewards.

To expand on the history of sailors of color and the views of the US Navy during the career of USS Texas, here is some information from the Battleship Texas Foundation on the subject:

"Even though the crew of Battleship TEXAS was far from home, they didn't escape the complex reality of race relations in the United States.

SEPARATE BUT NOT EQUAL

In the 1910s and 1920s, the Navy recruited men from the Philippines, an American territory, to work as Officer's Stewards. They were responsible for serving officers' meals, cleaning their staterooms and attending to their other daily needs. Unlike white enlistees, most Filipinos working as Officer's Stewards signed contracts preventing them from holding any other position. By the early 1930s, Officer's Stewards throughout the Navy were almost exclusively Filipino.

"Felix Vergunia, a Filipino steward of USS Texas preparing the beds in the ship's quarters to be used by President Coolidge on his trip to Cuba to attend the Pan American Conference." Photographed on January 2, 1928, while the ship was in the New York Navy Yard.

SERVING THEIR COUNTRY

In 1932, the Navy began an effort to include more African Americans in its ranks. Navy regulations restricted these new recruits to serving as Officer's Stewards. However, African Americans manned the same battle stations as other crewmembers, performing the same critical functions during times of war.

Stewards onboard USS New York (BB-34) and a cruiser.

Aboard TEXAS, African-American stewards manned some 20mm anti-aircraft guns. This photo was taken aboard USS North Carolina (BB-55)

RISING THROUGH THE RANKS

Even though the Navy relegated African Americans to lesser ranks until 1942, other people of color were not always subject to the same treatment. For example, from 1942 to 1944 Commander José Cabanillas, born and raised in Puerto Rico, served as the Executive Officer aboard TEXAS, second-in-command, every crewmember, regardless of race or ethnicity, was subject to his orders."

Commander Cabanillas (right) with Captain Charles Baker (left) standing on the wing of the navigation bridge on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. Photo provided by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

The Navy started to change their views after African American sailors served with distinction onboard USS Mason (DE-529) and USS PC-1264 during WWII. They opened up combat ratings and officer positions to anyone, regardless of race. Then on July 26, 1948, Executive Order 9981 was signed by President Harry S. Truman, ending segregation of the Armed Forces.

These men faced racism and prejudice in a very difficult time in our history as a nation, yet still served their country with honor. Their selflessness deserves recognition.

TWPD: TXPWD_2002-1015-1-1

source

United States Navy, "The history of the U.S.S. New York, BB-34" (1945). World War Regimental Histories. 162. https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/162

NHHC: 80-G-K-3756

#African American #Filipino #Puerto Rican #USS Texas (BB-35) #USS Texas #New York Class #Battleship #Battleship Texas #Dreadnought #people of Color #united states navy #us navy #navy #usn #u.s. navy #my post #anon #ask #February

[stephenkrnlawrencek]

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DRINK - DISTRIBUTION 2 THE -

HOMELESS - HOBOS OF THE -

GOVERNMENT - CENTER PARK -

NW 2 AV - AND - NW 2 ST - I'M -

NEARER - CHILDREN's COURT -

HOUSE - ON - NW 3ST - YES AS -

CUBANS - AMERICANS - ON -

CEMENT - SLEEPING - AND -

ON - LAWN - MORE - THAN -

5 YRS - HOMELESS - DON'T -

WANT - 2 - WORK - HOBOS -

HIGH - FRUCTOSE - CORN -

SYRUP - SODAS - 100 CAL -

AND - MORE - SWEETS - ALL -

KEEP - THEM - ENDS - THEIR -

MEMORY - WHAT - DAY - IT IS -

THEIR - AGE - ENDS LEARN'G -

CAN'T - TYPE - THEY WANT 2 -

BEG - 4 - FOOD - SLEEP - ON -

CEMENT - WIND - IS - THEIR -

AIR CONDITIONING - RAIN IS -

THEIR - SHOWER - THEY USE -

SOAP - PUBLIC - SCHOOL -

GRADS - MAYBE - BUMS -

WHO - WON'T - WORK AS -

COLLEGE - GRADS ALSO -

10 YRS - FR - NOW - STILL -

THERE - MANY ARE 5 YRS -

AND - MORE - THERE 1 YR -

OR - MORE - BLKS - HISPANICS -

THIEVES - MANY - OF - THEM 2 -

BLK - FEMALES - CUBA - AND -

FRENCH - COUNTRIES - THEY -

ARE - BLK - MALES - HENS - R -

MURDERED - BY - THEM THEN -

THEY - EAT - WITHOUT - SALT -

FEMALE - MIAMI - POLICE XO -

LIKE - KNIVES - CUTTING THE -

HEADS OF - HENS ROOSTERS -

AS - BULLIMICS - THEY - EAT -

THESE - WILDLIFE - AFTER -

STABBING - AND - CUTTING -

THEIR HEADS - AMERICANS -

CUBANS - MURDERERS AND -

ROBBERS - ROOSTERS - ARE -

MURDERED - THE - WORLD's -

FIRST - CLOCKS - AT - 5A YES -

NOW - EATEN - BY - BLACKS -

HISPANICS - CUBANS - USA -

AS - HOMELESS - HOBOS AS -

WE - LEAVE - HAITI - CUBA -

PUERTO RICO - POOR BLKS -

FR - FRENCH - SPEAKING -

COUNTRIES - BLKS DON'T -

SAY - 'FOOD' - 2 - ANYONE -

THEY - JUST - GRAD - AND -

DON'T - SAY - THANKS TOO -

GLAD - THESE - CHURCHES -

GIVE - HIGH - FRUCTOSE - 4 -

THEY - EAT - DRINK - WHAT -

THEY - GIVE - WHILE - WE -

HAVE - THE - MIND OF XO -

CHRIST - JESUS - I'M NOT -

LEAVING - EARLY - BRINGING -

FOOD - DRINK - WITH - ME - 4 -

NIGHT - IS - BEAUTIFUL - IN -

MIAMI - FLORIDA - AND I'M -

NOT - HURRYING - ANYMORE -

GOD - IS - OUR - PROVIDER 4 -

HE - GAVE - FOOD - IN - THE -

DESERT - 2 - HIS PROPHETS -

GOD - OUR - DAILY - BREAD -

WILL - FEED - ME - A - TRUE -

TITHER - 10% - GIVER - ALSO -

OF - OFFERINGS - CHEERFUL -

GIVER - AS - FOREIGNERS - THE -

BIBLE - WE - WILL - BECOME XO -

STRONGER - AND - STRONGER -

WHILE - LOCALS - WILL GROW -

WEAKER - AND - WEAKER - TO -

RULE - AND - REIGN - IN - THIS -

LIFE - EATING - DRINKING - SO -

NO - LONGER - NEEDY - OF -

CHURCH - FOOD - WITH XO -

HUGE - CALORIES - AND FL -

DANGEROUS - 4 - OUR MINDS -

AND - HEALTHS - BEING - FAT -

LIKE - CHURCH - GOERS - YES -

GOD - BLESS - HIS - MAJESTY -

THE - KING - JOLLY ENGLAND

[goalhofer]

U.S. Daily Precipitation Records Tied/Broken 8/8/22

Clayton, Alabama: 1.7" (previous record 1.4" 1993)

Russellville, Alabama: 1.49" (previous record 1.04" 1955)

Anchorage, Alaska: 1.48" (previous record 1.25" 2021)

Bettles, Alaska: 0.5" (previous record 0.3" 1999)

Chugach National Forest, Alaska: 0.6" (also 0.6" 2002)

Indian Pass summit, Alaska: 2.9" (previous record 1.7" 1983)

Mt. Alyeska summit, Alaska: 1.6" (previous record 1.4" 2021)

Mt. Ryan summit, Alaska: 0.3" (also 0.3" 2006)

Unincorporated North Slope Borough, Alaska: 0.9" (previous record 0.7" 1999)

Baker Butte summit, Arizona: 1.1" (previous record 0.6" 2008)

Sierra Vista, Arizona: 1.06" (previous record 1.05" 1987)

Blythe, California: 0.15" (previous record 0.14" 1989)

Gilroy, California: 0.01" (previous record 0" 2021)

Monitor Pass summit, California: 0.1" (also 0.1" 2015)

Cumbres Pass summit, Colorado: 0.8" (previous record 0.4" 2006)

Unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado: 1.68" (previous record 1.03" 1964)

John Martin Reservoir State Park, Colorado: 1.69" (previous record 1.47" 1966)

Kit Carson, Colorado: 1.03" (previous record 0.89" 2007)

Northglenn, Colorado: 0.8" (previous record 0.45" 2017)

Pike National Forest, Colorado: 0.92" (previous record 0.57" 1949)

Galena Pass summit, Idaho: 0.4" (also 0.4" 2015)

Bourbonnais Township, Illinois: 0.86" (previous record 0.55" 1998)

Elizabeth Township, Illinois: 2.97" (previous record 2.86" 2010)

Freeport, Illinois: 5.55" (previous record 1.79" 1977)

Nora Township, Illinois: 3.58" (previous record 2.58" 2010)

Princeton, Illinois: 1.3" (previous record 1.06" 1991)

Rockford, Illinois: 3.23" (previous record 1.56" 1977)

Upper Mississippi River Wildlife & Fish Refuge, IL: 2.77" (previous record 2.5" 1939)

Bellevue, Iowa: 2.8" (previous record 2.59" 1970)

Lowden, Iowa: 1.57" (previous record 0.81" 1991)

Spirit Lake, Iowa: 1.24" (previous record 0.32" 1895)

Crittenden, Kentucky: 1.18" (previous record 0.2" 2000)

Unincorporated Greenup County, Kentucky: 1.01" (also 1.01" 1985)

Millinocket, Maine: 1.54" (previous record 1.12" 2019)

Frostburg, Maryland: 0.99" (previous record 0.85" 1976)

Maple Ridge Township, Michigan: 1.14" (previous record 0.83" 1984)

Unincorporated Elko County, Nevada: 0.32" (previous record 0.19" 2019)

Unincorporated Mineral County, Nevada: 0.41" (previous record 0.01" 2019)

Epping, New Hampshire: 1.3" (previous record 0.93" 2008)

Deming, New Mexico: 1.67" (previous record 0.09" 2018)

Silver Creek Divide summit, New Mexico: 1.7" (previous record 1.5" 2016)

Asheville Township, North Carolina: 2.4" (previous record 1.48" 2021)

Cleveland, Ohio: 0.91" (previous record 0.77" 1939)

Jefferson Township, Ohio: 1.07" (previous record 0.97" 2006)

Monclova Township, Ohio: 1.19" (previous record 0.79" 1965)

Paulding Township, Ohio: 2.29" (previous record 1.1" 1927)

Malheur National Forest, Oregon: 0.1" (also 0.1" 2013)

Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve, OR: 0.1" (previous record 0" 2021)

Red Hill summit, Oregon: 0.1" (previous record 0" 2021)

Bell Township, Pennsylvania: 0.75" (previous record 0.71" 2005)

Charleroi, Pennsylvania: 0.9" (previous record 0.89" 2013)

Weslaco, Texas: 2" (previous record 0.91" 1991)

Manti-La Sal National Forest, Utah: 0.3" (also 0.3" 1999)

Cuba City, Wisconsin: 1.65" (previous record 1.23" 2009)

Monroe, Wisconsin: 2.3" (previous record 2.1" 1991)

Washington Island, Wisconsin: 1.68" (previous record 1.28" 2010)

Triple Peak summit, Wyoming: 0.1" (also 0.1" 2014)

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[certified-sane]

I'm a main character. It is not by choice. The list of weird and unique and sensational is overwhelming and exhausting. I went to meet some new people and I forgot how people look the first time they hear my day-to-day. But today's pain in my ass is not present. It is past but I've been doing this long enough that I see where I'm going and I'm screaming NO! GOD! PLEASE NO! like Michael Scott.

I did 23andMe before I conceived a child because I wanted to check me and my wife for any DNA hints. It was a good idea. We both carry markers for increased IQs if breastfed, for instance, so the formula debate was a non starter.

And that's how these stories start. Something totally logical but not common because I see the world just 15 degrees off normal which starts me down all these paths.

My DNA is super cool and I start checking out my ancestry. My largest concentration is not on Cuba as I thought, but some islands off NW Africa with a few port cities around Africa, Spain, and New Foundland. At this point, I try to leave it alone. I don't want an adventure. Ten years go by, my son is 10, he's making his own life, and doesn't need me as much. I return to the DNA mystery.

I have a huge DNA spike on something called the Savage Islands. Never heard of it and I'm a geography buff. There's like no information. The only book on it is a self-published book but it's been verified by others and it's the main source of information for the Wikipedia page. And I'm just... No. Please no. It was only used for pirates and it is now a heavily guarded wildlife sanctuary that Spain and Portugal fight over depsite not one penny of profit in any but there have been several unsuccessful expeditions to find the buried treasure that is confirmed by primary sources. No. No.

I put the book away and swear it off.

My dad is wasting away and he separated from us so I looked up where my grandparents' graves are to let them know they should contact me and I look at their names for the first time in decades and I realize my grandmother's first name is not Cuban. And their last name isn't even Spanish. I get curious about their names so I do a little research because I can't hear a plot train until it is an inch from my face apparently.

My grandfather had a Spanish last name as his middle name. I remember that having two last names is a thing in Latin. Eventually I find out that he made his last name his middle when he defected to America in 1969 at the height of the Cold War (he was Fidel Castro's cardiologist so the US swiped him, his wife, and their son). Like I said, it's just main character stuff all the way down. He took his wife's last name as his last name when he came to America.

So he had a Cuban name and she didn't. So I go looking for her history. Now when I knew her she had severe dementia, white hair, age spots, light papery skin, and spoke zero English. And it was an accepted fact that she was Cuban.

She was born in Galway, Ireland. Her family is 100% Irish going back as far as recorded history. Weird.

She was born in 1914. Know what was happening to babies in Ireland in 1914? They were being sold. So that's how she got to Cuba. My grandfather was a wealthy socialite. So his or another family bought her probably. My grandfather married a white woman and took her white name before defecting to America with money and social status.

So set that aside because that's what we call a subplot.

So my DNA is on a pirate island without explanation. I start looking up pirates. I'm looking for other explanations. I'm telling people my ancestors were sailors at this point because it's so fucking goofy to be a descendant of pirate-pirates but it gets so much worse.

Using the DNA in parts of the world and the time since I last had a native of that place in my DNA I'm able to construct a timeline of my different ancestors. My relatives get on 23 and me and I'm able to account for the non-pirates from their DNA.

The pirates are definitely ancestors of my father, himself a career criminal. (And that is a story that would go on forever but if you hated the Satanic Panic in the 80s you can blame him)

Now I've got Irish DNA and I've got an Irish grandma so I'm just chugging along with genealogy and it suddenly dawns on me that my Irish DNA is from my mother's mother only. My grandma is not my grandma. My dad's mom wasn't his mom and I don't think he knew. And my mom would tell me my dad was so spoiled because he had a 24/7 nanny that treated him like a son. And I want to stop. I don't need more backstory. But I have everything laid out in front of me and I'm able to figure out some of the ships my pirate ancestors were on.

And I feel I have to say pirate ancestors because my last native Inuit DNA was all alone in New Foundland with nothing around it at all. My only DNA on the Western hemisphere is recent Cubans and one Inuit born around 1710 in New Foundland. I was really excited that maybe I was related to an explorer but the years don't match perfectly. You know what does match perfectly? A pirate taking over that town 1720-1721. The only ship was the Fortune. The only captain was Bartholomew Roberts.

As in Black Bart. As in the Dread Pirate Roberts.

You know where he went after there? To fucking Cape Verde which confirms with DNA. Then to Madagascar and Mozambique which... confirms with DNA.

So I have a list of pirates that worked with Roberts and I see the plot forming. I see the damned adventure coming at me but it's too late. I will absolutely persue this one day. Not today or tomorrow but someday.

Because the pirates my ancestor worked with are the same pirates who died with unfound buried treasure and my DNA is on a very weird island that the ancient Greeks believed were home of Gorgons and that Portugal and Spain are super possessive of despite no income from it and it is patrolled by armed guards 24/7 and that island was only used for burying treasure.

So let me tell you what is going to happen because I've been down these railroad tracks before. I'm going to vacation in Cape Verde or the Canary Islands to see where my ancestors lived and because they are popular vacation spots and my family loves to travel internationally and we're low on remaining destinations. That is where the normal will stop.

What comes after, I don't know. I can guess. A shady tour guide offering to take me by the islands to see the endangered wildlife, we run around, a literal treasure map, a realistic non-mythical explanation for Gorgons, buried treasure, dodging mercenary guards with no oversight, finding something amazing, but only managing to come back with a pocket's worth.

And a story that no one will believe. This is not what I'm choosing to happen. This is what I am compelled to do and what the unlikeliest of probabilities will conspire to make happen.

I don't even like the movie Goonies.