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The ghost of Al St. John |♂️| 25 | ♥️ace | silent/early sound comedy and horror | love Dwight Frye and Mischa Auer🙂❤

[thelambliesdown1974]

Here’s the Operation Olive Branch master spreadsheet ⬇️ easy links to mutual aid providers and a huge list of families in need as well as additional resources for creators who are looking to help as we surpass 200 days of suffering

Operation Olive Branch

NAVIGATION <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/operationolivebranch">URGENT: Please support our BUYMEACOFFEE for Bahrain Medical Aid and the

Here’s a link to their printable flyer

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[thelambliesdown1974]

As Biden prepares to approve $1 billion in weapon deals to Israel repost if you cannot donate

[alfred-st-john]

If I could live in a world where asexuality was normal and understood where sex did not exist at all I would

[alfred-st-john]

John Abbott - U-Boat Prisoner (1944)

[alfred-st-john]

John Abbott in U-Boat Prisoner (1944)

[classicalcanvas]

Public Park with Weeping Willow The Poet s Garden I (1888) by Vincent van Gogh

[alfred-st-john]

I have been tagged by @bl00dline thatnk youu

reading: the American yawp for my history class + going thru several books on cherokee history for my project. If I got something to read for the semester than I dont really start another book to read on my own during that time

last series watched: hmmmmmmmmmmmm I cant remember. The last I completed I think was Ken burns civil war series.

last film: I think Waterfront 1944. I haven't been watching as much as I usually do since I've been busy.

last song: I'll be you by the replacements

sweet or salty: Neither, spicy. Tbh it depends cause I can't stand foods that are either too sweet or too salty. One of my favorite s food is dark chocolate with sea salt though so what does that count as

coffee or tea: both it just depends what I'm in the mood for

working on: my scrapbook/junk journal projects, a presentation on John Ridge for my history class, my civil war story

I wil tag @maudeboggins @ladyoftheharbour @lostseadreamer if you like to

[diemelusine]

Portrait of Rear-Admiral Sir James Clark Ross (1834) by John R. Wildman. National Maritime Museum.

[ltwilliammowett]

Ship anchored off-shore, by William Joy (1803-1856)

[m--bloop]

[324732]

[sufferistan]

Every time white countries bomb or attack other countries, they call it 'preemptive.' It's always justified. This is just another example of white supremacy in action.

They call their bombs 'peacekeeping.' They call their armies 'spreading democracy.' And when they kill people, it's 'unfortunate but necessary.'

They act like they're gods. They crush countries with sanctions, destroy their economies if they speak up, overthrow their leaders, kidnap them, and install their puppets. And they never face any consequences. Why? Because their supremacy is the only law that truly matters in this world.

[vintageerieteacup]

[azultecnicolor]

Isn't there something morbid in burying one's heart with the dead?

[11231887]

I can't believe there are people out there who haven't seen The Body Snatcher..

[universalmonsterstribute]

Dwight Frye as Fritz in Frankenstein (1931)

[weirdchristmas]

“Christmas Greetings”

[great-and-small]

One of the things I really like about Tumblr is there seems to be a healthy appreciation for invertebrate biology here, which I don’t always see as much on other social media websites. Tumblr users overall seem to love bugs, and it’s important to me that every person who loves bugs knows the name Charles Henry Turner. If you’re not yet familiar with this man, I’m delighted to introduce you to one of the most remarkable minds ever born of this earth, and a true pioneer in the field of entomology and animal behavior.

Charles Turner was born in the United States just a few years after the end of the civil war. His brilliance was evident from the start, and after graduating valedictorian of his high school class he quickly went on to earn his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in short order. While in school, Turner’s relentless curiosity became his greatest advantage. He was drawn to and fascinated by topics that were largely ignored by modern science at the time, namely the cognitive behaviors of insects and other invertebrates. While many of his colleagues believed insects to be mindless automata acting on instinct alone, Turner felt deeply that the brains of these oft overlooked animals were far more complex than the scientific community suspected. He performed extensive experiments to test his theories and found overwhelming evidence of problem solving and individualism among organisms as small as ants and spiders.

By the time Turner earned his zoology pHD in 1907 he had published dozens of papers in highly esteemed journals and had even co-authored a book. It is likely that Turner was the first African American to earn a pHD from the University of Chicago. With such a sparkling academic reputation and enormous body of research, one would expect this candidate to have no issues obtaining a professorship at a prestigious school. Though by every right Turner should have been head of science department at a top university, the systemic racism that permeated academia meant that doors a white man would have walked through were locked and bolted shut for Charles Henry Turner.

Turner did not allow this prejudice to dim in any way his blindingly bright passion for knowledge. He took a job as a high school teacher, and continued to perform and publish research on his own all while he instilled his students with a love for zoology. He published more than 70 papers in extremely respected journals and he remained passionately curious for the entirety of his life. If I tried to list here all of the incredible discoveries Turner made in his lifetime it would take me days to sufficiently express the impact he had on the field of invertebrate behavior. His experiments were so ahead of their time that entomologists today marvel at his research and wonder how much more we would know if Turner’s work had been given the attention and respect of other scientists working at the time. Turner’s mind was about a century ahead of those entomological contemporaries who had no interest in giving him a seat at the table. His tombstone simply reads “scientist”

Like many people of color throughout history, Turner’s exceptional contributions to our world have been unfairly overlooked by many. His name has historically been left out of entomology textbooks and courses, despite laying down groundwork that is still used today. I really recommend that anyone interested in entomology or even biology in general read up on Charles Henry Turner and his works. This is an excellent article that discusses his many challenges and triumphs in the field.