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Jacked in 1925! Photo of bodybuilder Billy Ralph, c. 1925.

These photos were originally taken by Percy William Luton, at Carlton Studios (Formerly located at 34 New Cross Road, London). Luton was an experienced physique photographer, with his most well known work being several photos of strongman and wrestler John Lemm. The briefs seen in the second photo were actually added on top of the original shot at a later date, as the photos were later distributed as postcards, and thus modest measures were taken.

Although information on Billy Ralph is sparse, it's known that he trained under the Maxalding training system, developed by renowned strongman and bodybuilder Max Sick. Throughout the 1930s, 40s and 50s, his likeness was often used in Maxalding training ads, which appeared on the back of prominent fitness publications like Health and Strength. In these ads he's listed to have 16 inch arms, and it's implied that he had a fairly short/small build.

A man on social media says my full-teeth smile looks so weird, and then a woman dms him and says no it doesn't

A woman tells a man to smile more

A man says he wants to be nicer to people, a woman then tells him he thinks she is very nice and genuine

A woman says hi to her friend, sees the man right next to him, and says, is that Zac Efron

A woman is telling a man about the price of an item, and the man asks "do you come with it"

Republicans under Trump have increasingly advocated violence as a way to gain power because they know their unpopular positions cannot lead their candidates to victory in free and fair elections. In this moment it appears they are projecting their own behavior onto Biden and the Democrats, blaming them for advocating violence when in fact, Biden and the Democrats have tried hard to enact commonsense gun safety laws and have consistently condemned the violent language and normalizing of political violence by Republicans - which they routinely write off as a "just joking."

Biden spoke to the nation, warning that Americans need to “lower the temperature in our politics and to remember, while we may disagree, we are not enemies. We’re neighbors. We’re friends, coworkers, citizens. And, most importantly, we are fellow Americans. And we must stand together.” He condemned the violence, noting that “[a] former president was shot” and “an American citizen killed while simply exercising his freedom to support the candidate of his choosing…. There is no place in America for this kind of violence or for any violence ever. Period. No exceptions. We can’t allow this violence to be normalized.”

The framers of the Constitution, he said, “created a democracy that gave reason and balance a chance to prevail over brute force. That’s the America we must be, an American democracy where arguments are made in good faith, an American democracy where the rule of law is respected, an American democracy where decency, dignity, fair play aren’t just quaint notions, but living, breathing realities.”

Biden rejected the weird idea that criticizing the Republicans’ extremism was polarizing. While they can “criticize my record and offer their own vision for this country,” he said, “I’ll continue to speak out strongly for our democracy, stand up for our Constitution and the rule of law, to call for action at the ballot box, no violence on our streets. That’s how democracy should work.”