At 04:00 UK time #OnThisDay in 1982 Argentinian marines and special forces landed at Lake Point, south of Stanley, starting the #FalklandsWar.

https://russellphillips.uk/books/a-damn-close-run-thing-a-brief-history-of-the-falklands-war/

#histodons #MilitaryHistory #Falklands #FalklandIslands
@histodons @militaryhistory

Read our new blog post all about the Jane Cameron National Archives of the Falkland Islands and their experience participating in Explore Your Archives focus week for the first time in 2024 https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/the-first-explore-your-archive-week-with-jane-cameron-national-archives-falkland-islands/

"Elon Musk shares fake news claiming UK rioters will be sent to ‘detainment camps’
The X owner pushed a made-up headline from a far-right British party on his platform, before deleting it."

https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-share-fake-news-uk-rioters-detainment-camp/

For #FotoMontag here's a photo from a tour we did of the battlefields on the Falkland Islands in 2016. Our entertaining guide explained to us in this location that the buildings we could make out on the top of the hill didn't exist, weren't on any maps, and we were to ignore the arrow someone had painted on the boulder pointing at them as they simply weren't there.

#FalklandIslands dispute is causing fishing ‘free-for-all’ in nearby Blue Hole - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/19/falkland-islands-dispute-is-causing-fishing-free-for-all-in-nearby-blue-hole "Warning that soaring number of vessels threaten fish stocks and environment as geopolitics prevents agreement to regulate area" #china, mostly, of course... #fishing

Falklands #Falcons Are As Brainy As Cockatoos
https://grrlscientist.medium.com/falklands-falcons-are-as-brainy-as-cockatoos-ddac716f7ca9

Innovative problem solving by wild falcons https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37989310/

"Known locally as Johnny rooks, these mischievous, playful and often destructive falcons excel at problem-solving"