#25 august

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Fireboats spray water as a welcome to the U.S. Navy's nuclear submarine USS Nautilus while she moves past the New York skyline on August 25, 1958.

Photo: John Rooney for the AP

[greendayauthority]

The Forum, Inglewood, CA, 25 August 2009

[adriheavymetal]

Happy Birthday Rob Halford ,vivian campbell and Gene Simmons they are all born on 25th august 🤘🔝🎶🎂 ❤🤘

[dateinthelife]

25 August 1964

Upon meeting Burt Lancaster on a day off in LA, Ringo annoys him so much by pretending to shoot him with toy guns that he later sends him two real guns with a holster.*

The Beatles had been invited to Lancaster's to watch the Peter Sellers film A Shot in the Dark. Ringo just wanted to be a cowboy.

*this blog does not condone a system where you can just send people real firearms with no accountability but I have to admit it's pretty funny

[wiiildflowerrr]

calumhood Flower ft. Ashton

25 August 2017

[dragonkid11]

Armored Core 6 is next month and I’m definitely acting very normal

[a-shade-of-blue]

New Gaza fundraiser asks I've received (25 August)

Ahmed AlSaidi (@supportmyfamily, @ahmed-saidi): Ahmed is raising money to support four families with 8 children (his family including his wife and 3 children, his elderly parents, his brothers and their families). Their house has been destroyed. Many of them, especially the children, have contracted skin diseases and Hepatitis B. His elderly parents also suffer from many illnesses and needs health support. (https://gofund.me/9da4f51b) (verified by @moayesh, see see post here for proof. From my understanding @/moayesh is one of the people running @gaza-evacuation-funds.) (25 Aug: VERY LOW FUNDS: Only £10 raised of £30,000 goal!)

Aya Yasser (@ayayassir): Aya is a 19-year-old uni students specializing in technology, but her uni has been destroyed. Her father is 55 years old and sick but there’s no treatment for him. She is trying to evacuate her family, including herself, her brothers, and eight other people. (https://gofund.me/870a3584) (vetted by association. @/ayayassir is the sister of @/rehamyasirr (campaign shared by 90-ghost). See post here for proof of the two's relations.) (25 Aug: VERY LOW FUNDS! Currently $85 AUD raised of $100,000 goal!!)

Ahmad Waleed (@ahmadwaleed5): Ahmad is 14 years old and dreams of becoming a doctor. (https://gofund.me/944ddd9b) (#167 on the verified fundraiser list by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi)

Nabila Mohammed (@nabila6o): Nabila is 64 years old. He suffers from chronic diseases, high blood pressure and diabetes. He has run out of medication and he cannot feel his limbs most of the time. He is trying to raise money for his medication and for the fees needed to evacuate out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/39c2807d) ( shared by 90-ghost) 

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 13 July - 25 July.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 26 July -29 July.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 30 July - 1 August.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 2 August - 5 August.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 6 August - 10 August.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 11 August - 14 August.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 15 August - 18 August

Click here for my Masterlist for fundrasiers from 19 August - 21 August

Click here for my Masterlist for fundrasiers from 22 August - 24 August

How does vetting and verification work? See post here. (also read comments regarding 90-ghost and why we trust the campaigns he has shared)

Click here for my Google Doc with my complete masterlist of all the Palestinian gfm asks I've received, updated daily (along with other verified ways to send aid to Gaza).

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[oediex]

Today I saw a bird fly towards a tree and land on one of its outstretched branches. With total confidence, as the branch bounced up and down, up and down, until it settled. Then another bird landed right next to the first one, and the same movement occurred, until the branch adjusted to the additional weigh. The first bird didn't move an inch.

And I wondered whether they were born with this ability, or have to learn it. What strength does it require to keep oneself upright on what seems to me but a flimsy twig? To adapt when another of your kind, your mate perhaps, decides to join you? Is it as hard as learning how to walk, how to cycle, how to balance on one leg? What mysterious processes occur in a bird's brain in the execution of such a standard manoeuvre?

And at the same time I felt a longing for the simplicity of it. For being able to fly around and pause, just for a moment, in one of nature's most majestic plants. For the freedom of it.