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@archeohistories Real men

Before sailing to meet a fleet he knew would destroy him, a British admiral sat at a desk in the Falkland Islands and wrote a farewell letter. He sealed it. Left instructions for its delivery. Then he sailed north. Three months into the war. The Royal Navy had not suffered a fleet defeat in over a century. In the opening weeks, he had cleared the North Atlantic trade routes so completely that by mid-August the Admiralty could signal Paris: the passage is safe. Now he had been re-assigned to the South Pacific. His orders were to find and destroy Vice Admiral Graf von Spee's East Asia Squadron, five modern, battle-hardened German warships. He had four ships, two of them elderly cruisers manned largely by reservists who had not fired their guns in action. He told the Admiralty he needed reinforcements. He was told he had enough. His name was Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock. HMS Monmouth carried no gun heavier than 6 inches. Good Hope carried two 9.2-inch guns and sixteen 6-inch. Von Spee's Scharnhorst and Gneisenau carried 8.2-inch guns at greater elevation, meaning they could hit accurately at ranges where Cradock's ships could not effectively reply. On the evening of 1 November 1914, when Glasgow intercepted signals confirming that von Spee's entire squadron was close by off the coast of Chile, Cradock sent the armed merchantman Otranto away. She was unsuited for line battle. He formed his remaining ships into fighting line and closed to engage. He never married. The Navy was his life, and he filled it completely, every posting, every appointment, with a dog at his side and three published books to his name, the last of them a guide for young officers beginning their careers. He had said more than once that when his time came, he hoped to die either in a hunting accident or in action at sea. On 18 October 1914, he met the Governor of the Falkland Islands at Government House. The Governor reported afterwards that Cradock had not expected to survive an encounter with von Spee's squadron. The farewell letter he left at Port Stanley was addressed to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Hedworth Meux. In it, Cradock stated that he would not suffer the fate of his friend Rear Admiral Troubridge, at that moment facing a court martial for failing to engage the enemy. After Coronel, as the scale of the defeat reached London, the official account presented to Parliament described Cradock as having acted independently, having abandoned his most powerful support and attacked without adequate force. Churchill wrote in his memoir: "I cannot accept for the Admiralty any share in the responsibility for this disaster." The signal sent by Admiral Fisher on 30 October, ordering Cradock explicitly not to engage without Canopus, never reached him before the battle of 1 November. The Naval Staff Monograph prepared after the war for internal Royal Navy use acknowledged that the instructions issued to Cradock on 14 October did not debar him from proceeding west. That document was not for public release. He had time to turn south on the evening of 1 November. He did not turn south. Captain John Luce of HMS Glasgow wrote in his official report: "Our Admiral's gallantry in immediately attacking a superior force, rather than risk the possibility of losing an opportunity by waiting for reinforcements, though it proved ill-fated, appears to me to be in accordance with some of the highest traditions of His Majesty's navy." The inscription on his memorial at York Minster, unveiled by the First Lord of the Admiralty in 1916, is taken from I Maccabees IX:10. God forbid that I should do this thing, to flee away from them. If our time be come, let us die manfully for our brethren, and let us not stain our honour. © Reddit #archaeohistories

@fasc1nate Let's see.... Drunk, drunk, drunk.... Goose!

The Kennedy family children, 1928. More rare photos: bit.ly/44OpIzi

@PeterDClack How dare you!

Atmospheric CO₂ at around 280 ppm is often called Earth's 'natural' baseline - but it's not an ideal level for plant life. Over most of geological time, CO₂ levels were often much higher. In the Mesozoic, CO₂ often exceeded 1,000 ppm and supported thriving ecosystems. Many C3 plants (wheat, rice, trees) suffer photosynthetic stress below 150–180 ppm. During the Last Glacial Maximum (around 20,000 years ago), levels hit 180–190 ppm. This was near the edge of widespread vegetation die-off. Pre-industrial 280 ppm was OK for human agriculture, but well below optimal. Commercial greenhouses boost CO₂ to 1,000–1,200 ppm for 30–100% yield gains, plus better water efficiency. Today's 430 ppm (Mauna Loa, Feb 2026) looks like a recovery from glacial lows when viewed on geological timescales. NASA satellites show substantial global greening in recent decades, with CO₂ fertilisation as the main driver - even for semi-arid areas. This benefit gets less airtime in climate talks but the evidence is solid. Of course, higher CO₂ can also affect temperatures, shifting rains and other crop nutrient issues that can offset gains. Still, the direct physiological advantages for plants, farming and ecosystems are clear and measurable. Image of Earth's CO₂ history: We're still relatively low compared to when the dinosaurs thrived.

@rgfray1 Canadians

Sweden’s 🇸🇪 Oskar Eriksson is right to call out Marc Kennedy here. Not a good look for Kennedy #Olympics2026 #milanocortina2026

Matt Lauer vs Savanah Guthrie

@MyDaughtersArmy That day Matt Lauer vowed he would fuck her mom

Savannah Guthrie announces Matt Lauer has been fired from NBC after a complaint of sexual harassment.

@BobLonsberry How dare you!

But what, hypothetically, if the suspensions were based on behavior, and not skin color? What if this is an indictment of the behavior of the students and not the bias of the administration?

@CharlotteD79465 @23airassault @Chrishandicool @Drstrtn @Ger469 @dreamcej72 @Jock10857129 @john777john1 @KevinDi55153459 @mawdryn28 Well now I'm up

Good morning

@SBrain69 Matt told Savanah he would fuck her mom

Remember Matt lauer was fired in 2017 for locking women in his dressing room with a button and r*ping them while covering the Olympics. #NancyGuthrie shared a photo of him with hearts in 2020. She liked Matt but she didn't like Ann Curry.

@shawnis501974 He told her he would fuck her mom

I wonder if Matt Lauer has anything to do with Nancy Guthrie being kidnapped I mean he would have motive

@mahakhanpk9i @AstronomyVibes Producing it is easy... F18 decay releasing positrons as do many other nuclides

@AstronomyVibes Antimatter isn’t valuable because it’s traded it’s valuable because producing and storing even tiny amounts requires enormous energy and infrastructure That’s why its price per gram reaches trillions

Forget gold or diamonds — the true king of value is antimatter, the rarest and most powerful material ever created by humans. Estimated at $62.5 trillion per gram, it’s not mined but manufactured atom by atom inside massive particle accelerators like CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. Antimatter is the mirror opposite of regular matter. When the two meet, they annihilate each other completely — releasing 100% of their mass as energy, according to Einstein’s famous equation, E = mc². That’s far beyond the efficiency of nuclear power, making antimatter the ultimate energy source — at least in theory. Right now, scientists can produce only a few nanograms per year, and storing it is nearly impossible. A single mistake or contact with normal matter causes instant disappearance. Still, researchers at NASA and CERN believe antimatter could one day power deep-space missions or even revolutionize medical imaging. It’s a glimpse into a future where energy itself becomes priceless — and humanity learns to hold the universe’s most explosive secret in its hands. Reference CERN & NASA. (2024). Antimatter research and production efficiency in particle accelerators. Journal of High-Energy Physics and Space Science.

@EuromaidanPress Amazing that Ukraine has so many vids like this but are losing the war...

A Russian soldier in full gear walked across a wide-open snowy field to storm Ukrainian positions. It went exactly how you'd expect. Ukraine's Black Swan assault battalion of the 225th Separate Assault Regiment shared footage of the lone attacker crossing flat, coverless terrain. "Several units fought over a single 'snowman' in the middle of a field," the unit wrote. "The final hit wasn't ours — it belongs to one of our friendly units." The unit didn't specify the location but is known to operate near Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. 📹 Chornyi Lebid assault battalion

Pretti went to that protest armed with more ammo than Kyle Rittenhouse did. All the liberals said Rittenhouse went to kill based on how much ammo he had. Same logic here?

@TLake64 @fasc1nate Perhaps dressing as an elf fosters that

@fasc1nate Maybe he's upset because he can't enjoy a game without people constantly taking and posting pictures of him and his family...

Will Ferrell dresses up as Buddy the Elf at a hockey game between the Kings and Flyers. Effortlessly cool photos: bit.ly/4cFoZT1

@JacobMorley LeBron? Is that you?

Ref gives tech Tosses kid Followers her to the bench You will never believe what happens next

@NSPicks @sportsiren @CanesFootball Then throw a punch

@sportsiren @CanesFootball My 1 year old son just asked me “dad, if Mark Fletcher lost the game, why is he congratulating Mendoza on the field?” I answered him “Sometimes son, you respect the game, and you respect your opponent”

Total class act. Mark Fletcher comes to find Fernando post game. He stood and waited a long time. Fletcher ran his heart out. I truly LOVE that kid. So excited he is back for ⁦@CanesFootball⁩

@sportsiren @CanesFootball Mmmmmm

@Dapzac @Ravens @NFL @koestreicher34 @1057TheFan @theflock Allen having to work from mcdermott stupid playing card

How can y’all blame Lamar Jackson for Harbough getting fired but don’t blame Josh Allen for SEAN McDermott to get fired make that make sense????@Ravens @NFL @koestreicher34 @1057TheFan @Theflock

@airandspace Still using the same motors on artemis.... Nasa hasn't advanced while SpaceX is inovating

Falling foam damaged the left wing leading edge of Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS-107 launch on #TDIH in 2003. The Shuttle and crew were lost on return on February 1.

@CaptOle2 @fasc1nate Lizzy Warren said that same thing

@fasc1nate Strong jaws and high cheek bones. Very unique facial structure amongst this group

A Portrait of ten Chiefs - 1891 More brilliant historical photos: bit.ly/4cFoZT1