1989, my wife is on the right watching her sister get a pre-dance picture while her brother does a burnout in the background. Sweet, sweet 80s!
The kākāpō is one of the most endangered birds in the world with only 252 adult birds as of 2022 (only 49 in 1995). This is Sirocco in the Fiordland Wilderness of New Zealand’s South Island being given a health check by researchers. Every kākāpō is equipped with a tracking device for their safety.
In the Los Angeles Greyhound bus terminal in 1969, there were ashtrays and coin-operated televisions.
‘Sukarno liberates the Indies’ — Dutch cartoon (26 October 1945) showing Indonesian nationalist leader Sukarno clumsily attempting to free Indonesia. Artist: Marten Toonder.
Some neat detail: I love how in the first Guardians of the Galaxy, in their slow-mo hero walk, they don’t look heroic at all, and in Guardians Vol. 3 they all look like heroes, like they’ve earned being that now. Some growth.
US Air Force special warfare TACP airmen fire Mk 19 automatic grenade launchers during a training event near Boise, Idaho [8122×5415]
An Italian soldier and a VBM Freccia of the 1st Mechanized Battalion, 82nd Infantry Regiment “Torino”, during training Exercise “Iron Wall” conducted at the Torre di Nebbia training area near Bari. Italy, 13 April 2022 [3365×2244]
‘Simple Sam the wasting fool… Every day he breaks a tool!’ (American poster by unknown artist for RCA Manufacturing Company, Inc. United States of America, 1942).
FSB turncoat Ilya Bogdanov(left) and Todd from Breaking Bad both joined Freedom of Russia legion. [828×811]
