Outstanding

András Forgács W@andraswf.bsky.social · 4d ago

So if I'm reading this right a quarter of a MILLION people died of COVID in this country and somehow someone still thinks the mitigation measures were too harsh

Lunasa and Samhain are the historic Gaelic harvest festivals. The first, named for Lugh (spelled Lughnasadh in Old Irish) is a celebration of the early harvests and of the community, while Samhain celebrates the last harvest and is a festival of remembrance. #WyrdWednesday

Just finished prepping my talk for the @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social annual conference on September 5th. Looking forward to introducing the audience to some animal history frameworks, Gallipoli makes a fascinating case study on the value of animal studies to military historians.

Not the Western Front Conference 2026 Following last years great conference will take place on Saturday 31st October in Wakefield West Yorkshire just off the M1. Tickets cost £29 including lunch.with 4 great speakers. www.trybooking.com/uk/FPHV

no because this is incredible. this is art

Buckinghamshire Archives@bucksarchives.bsky.social · 11h ago

Is this dangerous? Yes! Is it noisy? Also yes! What happens if the motor breaks seeing as it was built in the 1960s and no one knows how to fix it? We don't know!

Torpedo damage HMAS Hobart Australian cruiser at Espiritu Santo on 23rd July 1943

Not only was she loudly right about everything and reviled for it, in 2017 O'Connor donated 30 years worth of clothes and makeup to trans girls in Ireland.

Irish Literary Times@irishlittimes.bsky.social · 2w ago

Remembering Sinéad O'Connor, who died three years ago, on July 26, 2023. Photo by Andreas Larsson. #sineadoconnor

#OTD in 1944. Pierre Lefevre, a Free French war correspondent, broadcasting live and Polish troops listening to his account. #WW2 #HISTORY

Fairly sober testing report from the AI Security Institute: they gave internet access and removed some guardrails from latest AI models and found without them they were capable of potentially harmful activity directed at real people and organisations www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/inciden...

No they weren't www.independent.co.uk/voices/rear-...

This is a good point. I cannot go to a demonstration as the risk of being convicted of something is quite high, given illiberal laws in the UK, but if you’re an actual convicted Nazi that’s all cool, as long as you have a British passport. Well done Kemi Badenoch.

Alasdair Mackenzie@alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · yesterday

Reminder that the Tories believe any non-British person who commits more than a minor parking or traffic offence should be automatically deported. They “believe in second chances”, apparently, but only for literal Nazis.

5 August 1388 The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn. #History #HistoryMatters

Good interview of @onurinal.bsky.social (legit one of the coolest historian these days working on the Mediterranean) by @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social

Turkey Book Talk@turkeybooktalk.bsky.social · yesterday

New episode 📚📚 Onur İnal (@onurinal.bsky.social) on the rise of late Ottoman İzmir. The conversation discusses his book “Gateway to the Mediterranean: An Environmental History of Late Ottoman Izmir” (Cambridge University Press) 👇👇 turkeybooktalk.com/2026/08/04/o...

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Tiny Crystals Reveal Historical Background of the Batavia Mutiny

Few episodes occupy a darker place in maritime history than the wreck of the Batavia. Wrecked off the mid-west coast of Western Australia in June 16...

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Yes.

Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 22h ago

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

I would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 3w ago

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

The blurred prop blade in this photo should make your distal sphincter slam shut with an audible clang,

Secretary of Defense Rock@sodrock.bsky.social · yesterday

Most normal carrier landing

Most normal carrier landing

It is somewhat hilarious that Chris Nolan has made 2(4, technically) movies about famous heroes who are iconically known for their cleverness, brilliance, tricks, & polyamory & turned them both into heroes primarily defined by the ability to endure suffering & pain & their deep romantic commitment.

Nimm das CSU: “Nach dem Ende des römischen Reichs vermischten sich die unterschiedlichsten Ethnien. Zurückgebliebene Römer mit Kelten, Germanen, Goten und anderen. Irgendwann nannte man dieses Mischvolk Bajuwaren. Und die Gegend, in der sie wohnten: Bayern.” www.br.de/nachrichten/...

Groß, gut ernährt, erfolgreich: Die Bajuwaren von Berglern

Bei einer spektakulären Ausgrabung im oberbayerischen Landkreis Erding haben Archäologen eine Siedlung aus der Zeit der Bajuwaren geborgen. Die Funde zeigen: Die Bajuwaren von Berglern müssen reich ge...

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I’m gonna call it and say the US government was involved in orchestrating this, which would make it a case of a NATO member deliberately aiming to destabilise another NATO member in what is clearly a hostile act.

DC🕊🌍🔥🌱@dcminx.bsky.social · 2d ago

The far right is using the border chaos in Ceuta to manufacture a continent-wide crisis narrative. Actors immediately deploy divisive language to make voters angry as fast as possible, regardless of the facts. It is a familiar, dangerous playbook designed to stoke fear and undermine democracy.

Regarding the myth about the "distinct" separation between an "honourable" Waffen-SS and the rest of the SS: an example from one of my books. Mind that in December 1944, Sickel was the doctor (!!!) of Peiper's tank regiment.

How much coffee is enough? Yes.

Ima gonna make American cheese eaters go mad

#OTD #MaritimeHistory #Arctic #Exploration #History news - Student radio operator passes on latest word of MacMillan's Arctic expedition.

MacMillan Party Crossed The Arctic Circle Saturday

Portland, Aug. 3.-(A)—The MacMillan expedition crossed the Arctic Circle Saturday night. A radiogram received here today, added that the Bowdoin and Sachem had reached Drisko, the objective point in Southern Greenland, and it was planned to start south in a few days, cruising Baffin land and the Labrador coast.

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Für die Älteren unter uns (alle hier auf Bluesky): Was für eine Panik herrschte, als Andrea Ypsilanti sich von den Linken tolerieren lassen wollte.

Baron von Agitpop@agitpopblog.eurosky.social · yesterday

Eine ganze bürgerliche Mitte, die sich so daran festgefressen hat, dass linke und selbst linksliberale einfach nervig sind, dass ihr Hauptanliegen ist, die Demokratie dadurch zu retten, dass man alles dafür tut, dass die Rechtsextremen den Laden sauber übernehmen und dann endlich gut durchkärchern.

Another one of the dumbest moments in American history is the quibbling in the ordnance building over what the fuck to call an five star admiral

Reconstructionist@unavaleable.bsky.social · last yr.

(Ghormley had been the USN delegate in London but Stark would get that post after being drummed out of OpNav so King could be The One (COMINCH *and* CNO)

The killed/missing the Heer alone suffered in France during Fall Rot amounted to 27,701 of whom 118 were missing. There were probably another 60-70,000 wounded during this period so total casualties likely >100,000. One presumes Pochin believes in her pea brain that they all stubbed their toes.

John C@badsocialism.bsky.social · yesterday

I will fight and die on the hill that no one fought braver and better in 1940 than the French army in June, knowing that their best troops had already been lost and the Germans would show them little mercy

I will fight and die on the hill that no one fought braver and better in 1940 than the French army in June, knowing that their best troops had already been lost and the Germans would show them little mercy

Rob Jacques@knutcrosswords.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is profoundly upsetting

Do I win a prize? bsky.app/profile/crus...

CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterday

U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters