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  1. Tracking a Queen Angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) through the rich reefs of Tobago. From their specialized sponge diet to the distinct juvenile-to-adult transformation, here is a look at this Caribbean icon.
    scubahanknyc.com/2026/05/28/qu

    #tobago #scuba #diving #queen #angelfish #nature

  2. Tracking a Queen Angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) through the rich reefs of Tobago. From their specialized sponge diet to the distinct juvenile-to-adult transformation, here is a look at this Caribbean icon.
    scubahanknyc.com/2026/05/28/qu

    #tobago #scuba #diving #queen #angelfish #nature

  3. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says her Government is preparing to receive #StKitts and #Nevis Prime Minister Terrance Drew, after he signalled interest in visiting #Trinidad and #Tobago in his capacity as chair of #Caricom. guardian.co.tt/news/pm-confirm

  4. CW: Chattel slavery for sugar and rum 🧶

    In 1776, Scotsman Adam "Smith noted that the British West Indian sugar plantations were so profitable they their returns from rum exports, a byproduct of sugar production, paid for the entire overhead expenses of a sugar plantation. As far as Smith was concerned, this was an achievement without parallel in eighteen-century British imperial agriculture."

    (excerpt from Seymour Drescher’s book "The Mighty Experiment: Free Labor versus Slavery in British Emancipation")

    #AdamSmith #economics #economy #slavery #chattelSlavery #WestIndies #agriBusiness #agriculture #sugar #Caribbean #lineofColor #systemicRacism #capitalism #whiteSupremacy #rum #accumulation #transatlantic #trade #slaveTrade #deportation #economics #BritishEmpire #BritishIsles #Tobago #Jamaica #Barbados

  5. CW: Chattel slavery for sugar and rum 🧶

    In 1776, Scotsman Adam "Smith noted that the British West Indian sugar plantations were so profitable they their returns from rum exports, a byproduct of sugar production, paid for the entire overhead expenses of a sugar plantation. As far as Smith was concerned, this was an achievement without parallel in eighteen-century British imperial agriculture."

    (excerpt from Seymour Drescher’s book "The Mighty Experiment: Free Labor versus Slavery in British Emancipation")

  6. #Trinidad y #Tobago con dos #fallecidos y más de 200 casos de #dengue boletinaldia.sld.cu/aldia/2024

    Trinidad y Tobago registró más de 200 casos de dengue y dos fallecidos por esa enfermedad desde principios de año hasta hoy, informaron autoridades al exhortar a los ciudadanos a buscar atención médica ante síntomas del virus.

  7. #Trinidad y #Tobago con dos #fallecidos y más de 200 casos de #dengue boletinaldia.sld.cu/aldia/2024

    Trinidad y Tobago registró más de 200 casos de dengue y dos fallecidos por esa enfermedad desde principios de año hasta hoy, informaron autoridades al exhortar a los ciudadanos a buscar atención médica ante síntomas del virus.

  8. Need to keep a count of who does something to help deal with this
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    Trinidad & Tobago says spill from mystery vessel is national emergency | and | The Guardian

    theguardian.com/world/2024/feb

    > Upturned and largely submerged vessel of unknown origin is leaking off south-west coast or Tobago

  9. Need to keep a count of who does something to help deal with this
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    Trinidad & Tobago says #oil spill from mystery vessel is national emergency | #Trinidad and #Tobago | The Guardian

    theguardian.com/world/2024/feb

    > Upturned and largely submerged vessel of unknown origin is leaking #hydrocarbon off south-west coast or Tobago

  10. C5-GOA, Boeing 707-323B, Air Gambia, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time between March 1992 and August 1993.

    WK935, Gloster Meteor F.8 (mod), Royal Air Force, formerly used for prone flying experiments, on display at the RAF Museum, Cosford, 5th February 1996.
    See <https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/84-A-1169-Prone-Pilot-Meteor-WK935.pdf> for details of this plane.

     

    OH-LMY, McDonnell Douglas MD82, Finnair, on final approach to Runway 23 at Hamburg Airport, 26th October 1993.

     

    G-KKES, Socata TB20 Trinidad, at Biggin Hill, 6th March 1996.

     

    WB271/204, Fairey Firefly AS5, Royal Navy, performing a low-speed flypast at Woodford Airshow, some time in the 1990s.

     

    124485/G-BEDF, Boeing B17G Flying Fortress, in USAF colours as “Sally B”, taxxing along a runway at North Weald Fighter Meet, some time in the early 1990s.

     

    G-BOPT, Grob G115, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

    https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/02/05/photo-of-the-day-5th-february-2024/

    #AirGambia #airshow #avgeek #aviation #b17 #b707 #barton #BigginHill #boeing #BQH #Cosford #eddh #egcb #egcc #egcd #EGKB #egsx #EGWC #fairey #FighterMeet #finnair #firefly #FlyingFortress #G115 #Gloster #Grob #ham #hamburg #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #MD82 #Meteor #museum #northweald #photography #planespotting #RAFMuseum #RoyalAirForce #RoyalNavy #Runway23 #runway24 #Socata #TB20 #Tobago #UnitedStatesAirForce #usaf #woodford

  11. C5-GOA, Boeing 707-323B, Air Gambia, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time between March 1992 and August 1993.

    WK935, Gloster Meteor F.8 (mod), Royal Air Force, formerly used for prone flying experiments, on display at the RAF Museum, Cosford, 5th February 1996.
    See <https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/84-A-1169-Prone-Pilot-Meteor-WK935.pdf> for details of this plane.

     

    OH-LMY, McDonnell Douglas MD82, Finnair, on final approach to Runway 23 at Hamburg Airport, 26th October 1993.

     

    G-KKES, Socata TB20 Trinidad, at Biggin Hill, 6th March 1996.

     

    WB271/204, Fairey Firefly AS5, Royal Navy, performing a low-speed flypast at Woodford Airshow, some time in the 1990s.

     

    124485/G-BEDF, Boeing B17G Flying Fortress, in USAF colours as “Sally B”, taxxing along a runway at North Weald Fighter Meet, some time in the early 1990s.

     

    G-BOPT, Grob G115, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

    https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/02/05/photo-of-the-day-5th-february-2024/

    #AirGambia #airshow #avgeek #aviation #b17 #b707 #barton #BigginHill #boeing #BQH #Cosford #eddh #egcb #egcc #egcd #EGKB #egsx #EGWC #fairey #FighterMeet #finnair #firefly #FlyingFortress #G115 #Gloster #Grob #ham #hamburg #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #MD82 #Meteor #museum #northweald #photography #planespotting #RAFMuseum #RoyalAirForce #RoyalNavy #Runway23 #runway24 #Socata #TB20 #Tobago #UnitedStatesAirForce #usaf #woodford

  12. Soulayman Sangaré hätte auf dem Boot sein wollen, das am 28. Mai 2021 vor der Karibikinsel #Tobago gefunden wurde.

    #ADRIFT, die Dokumentation der Reise in den Tod, die Renata Brito mit ihrem Team zusammen getragen hat:
    apnews.com/article/adrift-inve…