workingclasshistory:

On this day, 10 October 1971 at 11 AM, the men of Bravo Company, 1/12, First Cavalry Division of the US Army by the Cambodian border declared a private unofficial ceasefire with the North Vietnamese. The move was following a mutiny shortly before where six men refused to go on a dangerous mission, and were now facing court martial. A petition was circulated in support of the mutineers and was signed by two thirds of the company. The petition was leaked to the French press via a journalist and the army dropped the court martials and shipped out Bravo Company to safety, replacing them with Delta Company. A few days later 20 men in Delta Company refused to head out, and the army pulled them out and the artillery company they were supporting, abandoning the position. This is a great account of this and another rebellion of troops during the Vietnam war: https://libcom.org/history/gi-revolts-breakdown-us-army-vietnam And episodes 10 and 11 of our podcast are about the GI resistance, find it here or your favourite podcast app by searching “working class history”: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/06/e10-the-gi-resistance-in-vietnam-part-1/
Pictured: Bravo Company members signing the petition https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1231712067013941/?type=3

babyanimalgifs:

the best thing you will see all year

kropotkindersurprise:

kropotkindersurprise:

March 22 2019 - Man installs adblocker on Melbourne Central Station. [video]

In case you feel like your own neighbourhood is in need of some adblocking, here are a few tutorials on how to convert a fire extinguisher to shoot paint:

How to: fill fire extinguishers with paint

auressea:

end0skeletal:

rewind-on-purpose:

This is actually pretty exciting. They’ve found a way to turn plastic into food.

Mushrooms are such amazing things. Most are decomposers, meaning they break stuff down into its original components. Some break down dead wood, or animals, others can break down toxic waste, and apparently this one can break down plastic. How cool is that?

Pestalotiopsis microspora (a mushroom found in the Amazon rainforest) consumes polyurethane, the key ingredient in plastic products, and converts it to organic matter. 

Further, Pestalotiopsis microspora can live without oxygen, which suggests enormous potential for feeding on, and thus cleaning up, landfills.

It takes just a few weeks for the mycelium to start breaking down plastic, and in a few months’ time, the plastic is completely broken down, and all that’s left is a white puffy mushroom. Even if not eaten or used for anything else, the mushroom could be composted and turned in to soil at a much faster rate than that of plastic, which is estimated to take 400 years to decompose on its own.

And there’s more than one! 

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/12/uk/fungi-plastic-mushrooms-intl/index.html

“Aspergillus tubingensis, which was found in Pakistan, is capable of eroding plastics such as polyester polyurethane, which is often used in refrigerator insulation and synthetic leather.”

tony-hawks-prole-skater-2:

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doronjosama:

My view these last few days of being sick in bed: cat nurses who felt being directly on top of me was the best cure. #catsofinstagram #catscatscats #dito #ditodeets #fritobandito #tabbycat #jammer #jammiedodger #jammerpants #katzenjammerkid #mainecoon #rescuecats #mysons #floof #cathelp #theyareheavy #myprecious #mytreasures #darlingboys #sickly
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kropotkindersurprise:

October 28 2019 - Over 200 people have been murdered by police and the military in anti-government protests in Iraq in October. [video]

scarymovies101:

Halloween (1978) German lobby card