Well worth following and supporting this group. They do seriously good work.

Surrey Stands With Ukraine @sswu.bsky.social · 13h ago

This is what we do. #wedontstop 🇺🇦🇬🇧

How do you think the unthinkable? Thteer it into an itheberg.

Fozzie Bear Stage Hook

ALT: Fozzie Bear Stage Hook

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Independence? Yes. Down the middle? Not always. You go where the facts take you. Kind of like where Murrow went with Sen. Joe McCarthy.

Jay Rosen@jayrosen.bsky.social · yesterday

Quick question for you @brianstelter.bsky.social after reading David Ellison in his op-ed this morning. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o... Are legends like Ted Turner and Edward R. Murrow known for their middleness?

Have neglected this platform so for those who know us from other places, we are back. And if you don’t know us, we will tell you about our work these last 4+ years. #wedontstop 🇺🇦🇬🇧

For those who may not know. Here’s what we do. 360° support of Ukraine. Since day one of the full scale invasion. We; ✅ Have a 6,000 sq foot Hub open 361 days a year ✅ Have a kiosk raising awareness, keeping Ukraine in people minds and receive donations 1/n

Chelsea get suspended transfer windows and £10m fine, which may as well be 10p? It relates to secret payments to agents when Roman Abramovich was owner. Remember Derby County got deducted 21 points. One rule for the big PL clubs. Absolutely disgraceful.

When I heard about this I was skeptical, but it really happened - a teacher arrested for CLAPPING at a public meeting. Yeah, we’re going full-on fascist…. www.wymt.com/2026/07/27/t...

Teacher arrested for repeatedly clapping in favor of data center opponents during city commission meeting

A high school physics teacher was arrested for interference with law enforcement after clapping during a city meeting.

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On another push to try and shift these last few games through Vinted. Please share and repost if you can. www.vinted.co.uk/member/31283...

Casually threatening mass rapes

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social

#OTD 16 July 1918, photograph taken to record the physical condition of new recruits at a British army base camp at Etaples, France. David McLellan. Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

They were convicted in a court of law by a jury of their peers of seditious conspiracy. When I looked for the original press release announcing the convictions, I got this result:

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4w ago

NEW: A judge reluctantly erased the Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case against the Proud Boys tonight, concluding he had no power to get in DOJ's way. But Judge Kelly, a Trump appointee, made clear he disagreed — and underscored the gravity of the attack. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

For anyone with an interest in WW1 and not aware, Bundesarchiv have lots of aerial/panoramic images taken by German airship/balloon units. Click on the link & then bottom left. The images below are just small screenshots of what are large images (5-20Mb) invenio.bundesarchiv.de/basys2-inven...

No matter your role, it's important to use the correct protective equipment. Here's a novelty postcard from the Second World War showing various nonsensical bits of equipment that an Air Raid Warden could use!

Thread - #OTD 1944, Operation JUPITER was launched by VIII Corps in Normandy. Fierce fighting followed on the 10-11th July. Amongst the British was my grandfather, a L/Cpl in C Coy 2 KRRC. #normandy #SWW

TIL about the Twelve Boys who Routed the Fascists in Weymouth, Dorset in August 1938. 12 Boys, some of them less than 10 years old, went to Weymouth beach and barracked Mr. Robert Saunders, a Fascist speaker He ignored them, so they went away and returned with toffee tins half filled with stones

New on the Guardian: The charter airline & aircraft used by the French national team for their travel during this summer's World Cup has flown dozens of deportation flights for ICE. More details - www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

France national team uses ICE deportation planes for World Cup travel

The plane that French team used after match with Paraguay flew 44 deportation-related flights this year alone

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#OtD 8 Jul 1763 General Jeffery Amherst, commander of British forces in North America, wrote to one of his colonels asking: "Could it not be contrived to send the small pox among the disaffected tribes of Indians? We must [...] reduce them". Learn more: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

They say: “American History is Worth Learning” [Posts picture from British history].

Fancy some light reading? New post on the Just Armour Substack! open.substack.com/pub/justarmo...

What's in a Photo

Poring over the details of a photo often yields a much wider story

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Right, after last month’s false alarm, it is available for order as a paper version now. E-book to follow. www.ibneditore.it/catalogo/bre...

The Crusader Project@crusaderproject.bsky.social · 3mo ago

So this is actually happening. @rgpoulussen.bsky.social @garius.bsky.social @cedricmas.bsky.social @ww2tv.bsky.social @ima-naval-history.bsky.social @airminded.org @smoorebofb1940.bsky.social @airpowerhistory.bsky.social @rafhistory.bsky.social @jamiemctrusty.bsky.social @karljames1945.bsky.social

In 1779, Washington ordered a scorched-earth campaign against native peoples, to bring about the “total ruin” of the Six Nations across hundreds of miles of Pennsylvania and New York “The immediate objects are the total destruction... of their settlements" theintercept.com/2026/07/04/j...

Nick Turse@nickturse.bsky.social · last mo.

"For months, to take one example, Trump has fought a pitched battle to censor the history of his presidential predecessor George Washington, whom he calls “our foremost American hero.” theintercept.com/2026/07/04/j...

The entire consumer-facing "A.i." industry is a fucking scam. Ban it from all your businesses and institutions.

Summer Brennan@summerbrennan.bsky.social · last mo.

I ran an absolutely 100% human, zero AI-involvement at any stage passage of my writing through an "AI detector," curious if it could really tell human from AI work, and it said my own writing was "84% AI written" then asked I wanted to pay to have it "humanized." So there's that to keep in mind.

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

What am I doing to "celebrate" 250 years of the USA? I'm going down the antiques centre for a nice cup of tea...

Steamship Historical Society@shiphistory.bsky.social · last mo.

What are you doing to celebrate America's 250th? Let us know in the comments. This image of American Export's INDEPENDENCE, built at Quincy, MA and entered service in January 1951, was taken in New York with AMERICA on the right. Braun Brothers Collection, SSHSA Archives. #MaritimeHistory

🔴 NEW: Six in 10 Russian Billionaires Are Still Not Being Sanctioned by the UK Government A series of billionaires with ties to Britain remain untouched by the UK's supposedly tough sanctions regime, reports Molly Gordon and Iain Overton Read the full story below.

Six in 10 Russian Billionaires Are Still Not Being Sanctioned by the UK Government

A series of billionaires with ties to Britain remain untouched by the UK's supposedly tough sanctions regime, reports Molly Gordon and Iain Overton

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Well on here, people seem mainly to be engaging with the content of the story in good faith, and over there I'm getting thoughtful comments like this

The treatment of this woman is absolutely outrageous and one of the most egregious corporate violations of free speech I've seen. I have just bought the book as a fuck you to Facebook. It's available here uk.bookshop.org/p/books/care...

Careless People: A story of where I used to work

The number one global bestseller and Book of the Year 2025 for Audible, The Times, Cosmopolitan, The Economist and more.‘Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to b...

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The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk · last mo.

“They’ve silenced her. “This is an attempt to punish someone who spoke the truth.” The "bizarre" moment @maitlis.bsky.social is forced to ask Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams to leave the studio.

Wondering if any of my followers can tell me exactly where in Tunisia Green Hill, Baldy Hill and Sugar Loaf Hill are located, ideally to a 'pins on the summits on a satellite photo' degree of accuracy. #ww2 #milhist #histsky