Rupak
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Rupak
@rupak.bsky.social
· Dec 14
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From my collection, Dragon Wings 1:400 scale Swissair DC-10-30. In 1981, I visited the United States for the first time. My ride on the occassion from ZRH-GVA-JFK was a one of these newly "Chocolate Stripe" liveried DC-10s.
December 14, 2024 at 11:26 PM
From my collection, Dragon Wings 1:400 scale Swissair DC-10-30. In 1981, I visited the United States for the first time. My ride on the occassion from ZRH-GVA-JFK was a one of these newly "Chocolate Stripe" liveried DC-10s.
Join an online discussion co-hosted by the Inclusive Peace Network and @ForumFed on Prospects for #Inclusive Governance in #Syria: Identifying Challenges and Opportunities.
www.forumfed.org
www.forumfed.org
December 14, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Join an online discussion co-hosted by the Inclusive Peace Network and @ForumFed on Prospects for #Inclusive Governance in #Syria: Identifying Challenges and Opportunities.
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The United Healthcare CEO assassination suspect appears to be into psychedelics, drawing parallels with modern society and the fall of Rome, and books by Tim Urban and Yuval Noah Harari. The discourse is going to be fascinating.
December 9, 2024 at 7:06 PM
The United Healthcare CEO assassination suspect appears to be into psychedelics, drawing parallels with modern society and the fall of Rome, and books by Tim Urban and Yuval Noah Harari. The discourse is going to be fascinating.
F-35-capable LHD Trieste commissioned into the Italian Navy today. She replaces Guiseppe Garibaldi and will provide a massive jump in capabilities. Handsome and flexible design.
December 9, 2024 at 12:10 AM
F-35-capable LHD Trieste commissioned into the Italian Navy today. She replaces Guiseppe Garibaldi and will provide a massive jump in capabilities. Handsome and flexible design.
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December 7, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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It's that hard?
techcrunch.com/2024/12/06/a...
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a16z-backed Toka wants to help US agencies hack into security cameras and other IoT devices | TechCrunch
An Israeli startup specializing in penetrating IoT devices says it's hiring to "support new business growth" in the US government market.
techcrunch.com
December 8, 2024 at 11:43 PM
It's that hard?
techcrunch.com/2024/12/06/a...
techcrunch.com/2024/12/06/a...
The Rich Kingdom of Bengala 1710 by John Thornton Hydrographer to the Honorable East India Company.
'A Mapp of the Greate River Ganges as it emptieth it selfe into the Bay of Bengala. Taken From a Draught Made uppon the place by the Agents for the English East India Company.'
'A Mapp of the Greate River Ganges as it emptieth it selfe into the Bay of Bengala. Taken From a Draught Made uppon the place by the Agents for the English East India Company.'
December 9, 2024 at 12:03 AM
The Rich Kingdom of Bengala 1710 by John Thornton Hydrographer to the Honorable East India Company.
'A Mapp of the Greate River Ganges as it emptieth it selfe into the Bay of Bengala. Taken From a Draught Made uppon the place by the Agents for the English East India Company.'
'A Mapp of the Greate River Ganges as it emptieth it selfe into the Bay of Bengala. Taken From a Draught Made uppon the place by the Agents for the English East India Company.'
222 Squadron Su-7BMK in 1982 at Hindan.
August 12, 2023 at 4:18 PM
222 Squadron Su-7BMK in 1982 at Hindan.
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Department of good news
Unskewing the terrible gender ratio at birth in Haryana
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/world/asia/sunil-jaglan-india-haryana-womens-rights.html
Unskewing the terrible gender ratio at birth in Haryana
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/world/asia/sunil-jaglan-india-haryana-womens-rights.html
Where ‘No One Wanted Girls,’ a Dad in India Takes On the Patriarchy
A delivery room epiphany transformed a village headman into an unlikely and highly successful campaigner against prenatal sex testing, which often led to aborting female fetuses.
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2023 at 6:15 PM
Department of good news
Unskewing the terrible gender ratio at birth in Haryana
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/world/asia/sunil-jaglan-india-haryana-womens-rights.html
Unskewing the terrible gender ratio at birth in Haryana
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/world/asia/sunil-jaglan-india-haryana-womens-rights.html
Museum of the Future, Dubai. February 2023.
August 9, 2023 at 12:45 AM
Museum of the Future, Dubai. February 2023.
Itamaraty Palace - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil taken by me in March.
August 9, 2023 at 12:43 AM
Itamaraty Palace - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil taken by me in March.
Looking north on Colonel-By Drive from MacKenzie King Bridge, Ottawa in 1967, shortly after the removal of railway tacks to Union Station.
August 6, 2023 at 12:33 AM
Looking north on Colonel-By Drive from MacKenzie King Bridge, Ottawa in 1967, shortly after the removal of railway tacks to Union Station.
Byward Market in Ottawa, 1954.
August 5, 2023 at 7:35 PM
Byward Market in Ottawa, 1954.
The streetcar turning loop at Britannia Park Ottawa
August 5, 2023 at 4:29 PM
The streetcar turning loop at Britannia Park Ottawa
The French Courbet was the lead ship of her class of four dreadnought battleships. Photographed here in 1919 before her modernization. Commissioned in 1913, she would be scuttled in 1944.
August 5, 2023 at 4:28 PM
The French Courbet was the lead ship of her class of four dreadnought battleships. Photographed here in 1919 before her modernization. Commissioned in 1913, she would be scuttled in 1944.
Ottawa - 1953 - OTC streetcar 835 on Rideau Street.
August 5, 2023 at 12:49 AM
Ottawa - 1953 - OTC streetcar 835 on Rideau Street.
The Soviet Battleship Novorossiysk was formerly the Italian Giulio Cesare, received as war reparations in 1949.
August 4, 2023 at 4:27 PM
The Soviet Battleship Novorossiysk was formerly the Italian Giulio Cesare, received as war reparations in 1949.
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New discovery: Serbian coal miners uncover #Roman ship at the Roman settlement Viminacium
👉https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/serbian-coal-miners-uncover-roman-ship-2023-08-03/
👉https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/serbian-coal-miners-uncover-roman-ship-2023-08-03/
Serbian coal miners uncover Roman ship
Archaeologists in Serbia are painstakingly brushing sand and soil off the ancient woodwork of a Roman ship discovered by miners in a vast opencast coal quarry.
www.reuters.com
August 3, 2023 at 5:46 PM
New discovery: Serbian coal miners uncover #Roman ship at the Roman settlement Viminacium
👉https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/serbian-coal-miners-uncover-roman-ship-2023-08-03/
👉https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/serbian-coal-miners-uncover-roman-ship-2023-08-03/
España class battleship Jamie I in 1932.
August 4, 2023 at 1:28 AM
España class battleship Jamie I in 1932.
Legends 100 years apart. Colourized photo to HMS Dreadnought sailing past HMS Victory in 1906.
July 31, 2023 at 4:57 PM
Legends 100 years apart. Colourized photo to HMS Dreadnought sailing past HMS Victory in 1906.
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Challenging the popular claim that the Mongol invasions lowered emissions and set off a "Little Ice Age", causing the planet to cool down.
https://medium.com/frame-of-reference/did-the-mongol-invasions-trigger-a-little-ice-age-ed25aa6ed682
https://medium.com/frame-of-reference/did-the-mongol-invasions-trigger-a-little-ice-age-ed25aa6ed682
July 31, 2023 at 8:39 AM
Challenging the popular claim that the Mongol invasions lowered emissions and set off a "Little Ice Age", causing the planet to cool down.
https://medium.com/frame-of-reference/did-the-mongol-invasions-trigger-a-little-ice-age-ed25aa6ed682
https://medium.com/frame-of-reference/did-the-mongol-invasions-trigger-a-little-ice-age-ed25aa6ed682
CDC detects coronavirus, HIV, hepatitis and herpes at unlicensed California lab
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/officials-believe-fresno-warehouse-was-site-illegal-laboratory-rcna96756
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/officials-believe-fresno-warehouse-was-site-illegal-laboratory-rcna96756
July 31, 2023 at 12:44 PM
CDC detects coronavirus, HIV, hepatitis and herpes at unlicensed California lab
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/officials-believe-fresno-warehouse-was-site-illegal-laboratory-rcna96756
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/officials-believe-fresno-warehouse-was-site-illegal-laboratory-rcna96756
