TIL - 20241019
Today I learned: ...that the Commander of a RN ship was awarded DSC for his bravery leading and defending his ship in Shanghai while attacked by the Japanese Navy in 1941. Source
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Re Tonnage comparison of modern RCN + Imperial Chinese/Qing Navy
The following article was compiled solely based on open information and is for personal trolling and research purposes only. Standard displacement (tonnage) in metric tons is used when available for surface vessels while submarines are considered using fully submerged displacement. Ship prefixes are omitted unless it would cause ambiguity. Ships have provisions for or fitted with any armament or maritime aircraft are considered. Only commissioned warships in the respective navies are considered. RCN Ships active on July 27, 2024 are considered. Capital City Halifax -Class frigates 4795 t × 12 = 57540 t Harry DeWolf -class AOPVs 6615 t × 4 = 26460 t Kingston -class MCDVs 970 t × 12 = 11640 t Victoria -class submarines 9857 t Victoria / Windsor / Corner Brook 2439 t × 3 = 7317 t; Chicoutimi 2540 t; Total: 105497 t I[C/Q]N Ships activ...
Re Ted Cruz statement on incarcerated trans individuals
Facts The video presented appears to be an excerpt of the hearing of US Senate Committee on the Judiciary for five US District judge nominees. The video is a conversation between Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sarah Netburn, nominated to be US District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York and c urrently the Chief US Magistrate Judge of the same court. Ranking member Sen. Graham (R-SC) had discussion on the same topic in this hearing prior to Sen Cruz's questioning. The case in discussion is Shelby v. Petrucci et al. , between the trans inmate J. J. Shelby and the US Bureau of Prisons. Netburn presided as the magistrate and compiled a Report and Recommendation , which later confirmed by a District Judge. In this Report, Netburn recommended the inmate to be housed in a female facility instead of the current male facility. Netburn analyzed the Transgender Offender Manual in its past and current form, the inmate's personal history, and the inmate's con...
Where the Dates Have No Name
It is truly poetic that my own citizenship application was submitted two days later than anticipated because I watched these insane Can ucks games and lost the mental capacity to compile the application. I don't think it could get more Canadian than that but it really doesn't matter in this process. The final countdown begins; for me at least. Citizenship Application ☑️ 1095 days reached: May 12, 2024 AR: May 15, 2024 [1098 days eligibility] AOR: May 21, 2024 [CPC Sydney] In Process: May 23, 2024 [inferred by successful registration of the status tracker] Ghost updates: June 5/7/28, 2024 Language skills: Completed November 7, 2024 [retroactively updated November 12, 2024] Physical presence: Completed November 7, 2024 [retroactively updated November 12, 2024] Background verification: Completed July 15, 2024 [retroactively updated July 18, 2024] Prohibitions: Fingerprint requested: June 26, 2024 Fingerprint collected: June 27, 2024 Passed: November 7, 2024 [retroa...
Dragon年大型衣逼老干部审美评价报告
前情提要： 癸卯 、 壬寅 Part 1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeFpKwfA3mQ 0:00 又到了一年一度的难绷时节，今年又有什么心梗发布呢？ 0:05 岳云鹏（幻视 0:06 六秒就出现了第一个gender stereotype，老师只能是女生，战士只能是男生 0:11 是不存在的（即答 0:18 草，原来不是幻视 0:49 应该是一年一度的“不cue一下你们殖民东突会死吗”环节，等下，先查一下迈丹在哪里 在Qizilsu，对的，下一题 2:19 广告怎么不是习酒，都龙兴大大了 2:21 全网呼叫温约瑟找出来这间宿舍在哪里 2:44 喀什分会场？？？真的是把集中营头蹦迪发挥到了新高度 再说了，Qashqar 跟 Kizilsu也得有点距离吧，您这不还是异地吗 这个天际线一眼望去竟然看不到一个清真寺、宣礼塔，这还是Qashqar吗？ 2:52 啊，范伟旁白吗？我竟然没听出来 3:11 观众离得倒是挺近，不过是不是有些刻意？ 开局2 x （中国台湾），看来得创新纪录 4:30 不好意思，刚走神了，还在这个节目吗？ 4:36 2008年至今唯一想得出的排场就是这种百人大节目，所以呢？为什么？ 4:45 意义不明 5:01 这符合周礼吗？（ 5:41 今年的dancing minorities环节竟然来得这么快，我甚至都没有准备好 5:45 这取景不是跟 《党的政策亚克西》陈全国版 是一个地方吗？ 5:57 这种blunt Han-washing实在是让本席身心不适，还得为了research purposes看下去，难受 6:56 原本听这个鼓声感觉是不是曲风会更正常一些，开口了发现并没有 7:24 这么多人认 出来俩，李雪健老师、沙溢 7:36 一会儿提醒我去考证一下这个金文/甲骨文的龙字 7:37 甲骨文一转隶书，小篆呢？ 8:26 So what is the significance of them on the stage? 8:34 起猛了，听到李咏主持了 9:04 小撒这...