As UK opposition leader I vigorously defended the selection of a neo-Nazi and convicted antisemitic abuser as a local candidate, and when he withdrew, made him an adviser on party culture
James Crossland
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Professor of History. Writer of books. Host of "History's Devils" ⬇️ https://historysdevils.buzzsprout.com/ https://youtube.com/@historysdevils #history #spies, #extremism, fake news, weird stories, terrible people and things that are not real 🗃️ 📚
This week's on HISTORY’S DEVILS, I'm joined by Spencer Jones to tell the story of Basil Zaharoff: the mysterious "Merchant of Death" who manipulated the arms race and lurked in the shadows of the First World War. 🎧 Listen here ⬇️ 🗃 #history podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
Did you know? In the Victorian era, one of the deadliest epidemics in American history swept through the Mississippi Valley, killing an estimated 20,000 people. The Yellow Fever outbreak began in New Orleans during the summer before spreading north by steamboat and rail. #Victorian #history
Dark-mirrored drama, Bamburgh Castle, painting by Northumbrian artist Ruth Bond.
“Intelligence is useful only if it tells policymakers what they need to know, not what they want to hear. That distinction—between informing power and flattering it—is the oldest problem in the craft…” www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
What They Want to Hear: The Politicization of U.S. Intelligence
A campaign of firings and clearance revocations is teaching the intelligence community that silence is the only job security.
lawfaremedia.org
I'm so glad the 90s / early 00s is still a thing.
This is an excellent podcast series:
James Crossland@jamescrossland.bsky.social · last wk.The line between opportunistic grifting and delusional belief is very thin (ask Alex Jones) The Mormon cult leader and self proclaimed "King" James Jesse Strang exemplifies this. Check out the story of his life of crime and con artisty here ⬇️ 🇺🇲 🎧 🗃 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
"The Victory March of the Potato Across Europe Began in the Low Countries" www.the-low-countries.com/article/the-...
The Victory March of the Potato Across Europe Began in the Low Countries - the low countries
Thanks to a sixteenth-century botanist from the Southern Netherlands, the potato became known throughout Europe.
the-low-countries.com
“Consuming content” is a phrase that needs to die in a fire. I’m reading an article, for fuck’s sake. It isn’t consumed by my reading it, it still exists for other people to read as well.
Objectively hilarious story to brighten Wednesday morning
F*XOXO@fxoxo.bsky.social · last wk.Katy Perry was trapped in a giant plastic bottle because fans refused to roll her towards the stage https://www.fxoxo.com/311070/ Katy Perry was trapped in a giant plastic bottle because fans refused to roll her towards the stage by No-Hall-3485
Something historians will write about at length in future books with titles like "The Fall of the American Empire"
Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · last wk.Do you know what China's been doing while we've been dropping bombs and allocating more money for new weapons? Beating us on alternative energy, manufacturing, high speed rail, technology, microchips, and infrastructure.
Yet more evidence of the fact that our politicians are too online and, as a consequence, are of a depressingly low quality.
Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · last wk.The least you can do is check the images on Instagram post you’re accepting a collaboration request from. He’s not cut out for the big leagues. Sorry!
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju... "There are no sex scenes and all the food looks horrible" - Easily the sharpest take yet.
‘I would be ashamed to have written any part of this’: Odyssey translator Emily Wilson attacks Nolan blockbuster
Wilson, whose work on Homer’s epic was praised by Nolan, said his film was grandiose and superficial with ‘nothing convincing to say’
theguardian.com
Experts run the numbers and declare Tesla Cybertruck as the biggest flop in US automotive history, overtaking the Ford Edsel flip.it/tBWzsA
Experts run the numbers and declare Tesla Cybertruck as the biggest flop in US automotive history, overtaking the Ford Edsel
The Tesla Cybertruck has been labelled the 'biggest flop in US automotive history', usurping the Ford Edsel - and the numbers are pretty shocking
flip.it
The ongoing wildfires in France and Spain are really driving home that quote about: ‘Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you’re the one filming it.’
The line between opportunistic grifting and delusional belief is very thin (ask Alex Jones) The Mormon cult leader and self proclaimed "King" James Jesse Strang exemplifies this. Check out the story of his life of crime and con artisty here ⬇️ 🇺🇲 🎧 🗃 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Hadrian's Wall, 1935, photo by E.O. Hoppé, German-born British photographer (1878-1972).
That‘s historically accurate how Christopher Columbus found the New World: with a proud reverse parking move to impress the audiences.
Far too many unserious people are being given the oxygen of publicity in British public life right now.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2w agoA number of X accounts - inc this GB News presenter - think the PM being able to communicate the opening of No 10 North by Friday indicates a longer conspiracy to oust Starmer! Good to see ex-minister Steve Baker doing what he can to quell conspiracist thinking.
No better illustration of how dementedly tied up in their own bullshit the American right have become
Lisa Farrar@lisafarrar.bsky.social · 2w ago👉Here's the full text of Laura Loomer's tweet. There are two paragraphs at the end that aren't appearing in the screenshot of a number of posts. They're important, I think.
May all the Celtic gods & ghosts gather and focus their fury onto these vile thieves.
Arthur Brand@artdetective.bsky.social · 2w agoBad news. Yesterday, a golden Celtic torque was stolen from Musée du Pays Châtillonnais, France. I know this museum well: in 1973, thieves stole a Roman Bacchus statue there, which I managed to recover in 2022. Now it happened again. The hunt is on. #artcrime
Has Hegseth been driving to Margaritaville and calling up The Post again?
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2w agoThe United States is considering a large-scale special operations mission to seize enriched uranium from fortified Iranian nuclear sites, the New York Post reported Saturday.