Tony Boccia
@tonyboccia.bsky.social
Husband and Father. Active duty U.S. Navy Sailor of 23 years. Historian focused on Imperial Japan and her Navy. Creator of PacificHistoryGuide.com Based in Iwakuni, Japan. Let’s Go Mets!
“Anthropic warns its moments away from next scaremongering bullshit cover story for releasing malware on purpose to big-up its glorified autocorrect machine, justify its existence and keep the money flowing….” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI in your oven? Anthropic warns models ‘months away’ from self-replication on smart devices
Researchers say ‘AI worms’ could soon infiltrate internet-connected devices amid calls for increased guardrails
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#OTD 26 years ago today, the USS Cole was bombed in a terrorist attack in Yemen. 17 U.S. Navy Sailors were killed.
A love of reading is my earliest memory. Military history is dominated by the secondary sources, but it's the titles in the bibliography and appendix that do the heavy lifting in this discipline. Here's five firsthand accounts to help get you started. #navalhistory #booksky #pacifichistoryguide
PacificHistoryGuide.com@pacifichistoryguide.com · 4d agoOn today's #PacificHistoryGuide blog, we're highlighting the reading list, in particular primary sources from the #SecondWorldWar. Here's five firsthand accounts; If you've read these, please let us know in the comments! #navalhistory www.pacifichistoryguide.com/post/book-re...
The Kanrin Maru, and the embassy she carried along with USS Powhatan, was the Tokugawa Shogunate's best attempt at joining the international order on its own terms. This is a fascinating time in Japanese history, enjoy! #pacifichistoryguide
PacificHistoryGuide.com@pacifichistoryguide.com · 2w agoOn today's #PHG blog, we're looking at the Kanrin Maru Memorial in San Francisco, CA. This stone marks the place where the Kanrin Maru, a Dutch-built sloop, brought the first Japanese Embassy to the United States. #PacificHistoryGuide www.pacifichistoryguide.com/post/kanrin-...
I'm very happy to announce that I've been given special consideration to post on r/Navy as the unofficial Pacific Fleet AOR historian on behalf of #PacificHistoryGuide. Big shout out the Mod team over there for carving out a space for us, it's truly appreciated!
At one time or another, MCAS Iwakuni was home to the #IJN, #RAAF and #USAF. It is now home to the #USMC, #USN, and #JMSDF. Iwakuni City is in a unique part of #Japan with a rich history, often overshadowed by nearby #Hiroshima #広島 and #Miyajima #宮島. Take the time to visit here! #PacificHistoryGuide
PacificHistoryGuide.com@pacifichistoryguide.com · 3w agoOn today's blog post, PHG is heading back to Iwakuni City. We're looking into the history of the base as well as the bombing of Iwakuni on 14 August 1945, 24 hours before Hirohito's surrender message was broadcast. #PacificHistoryGuide #NavalHistory www.pacifichistoryguide.com/post/traces-...
[Pinned] Welcome to the Naval History Feed 😊 This feed aims to bring together posts about naval history (anything from 20 years or so ago and older). To have your posts or replies show up in the feed, just tag them with #NavalHistory. For more on this feed and feeds in general, read on 😊 (1/8)
This film was produced in 1944 to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the outbreak of the war, featuring special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Location filming took place on an aircraft carrier in Sep. 1944; IJN Zuihou was used for interior shots,
雷撃隊出動 (1944) [カラー化 映画 フル] 山本嘉次郎
YouTube video by なつかしの映画をカラーで Japanese Nostalgic Cinemas
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JR1SSP@jr1ssp.bsky.social · 3w agoIJN Aircraft carrier Zuikaku Date: around September 21, 1944 Location: Off the coast of Oita Photo: from a carrier-based attack aircraft taking off Toho movie "Torpedo squadron dispatch" static.ow.ly/photos/origi... static.ow.ly/photos/origi...
The history of the Second World War in the Philippines is full of hope, sadness, and loss. The shipwrecks of Subic Bay help tell this story. #pacifichistoryguide
PacificHistoryGuide.com@pacifichistoryguide.com · 4w agoToday we're headed to #SubicBay in the #Philippines to have a look at four shipwrecks. This area is rich in maritime history; if you've been, let us know! #pacifichistoryguide #navalhistory www.pacifichistoryguide.com/post/shipwre...
On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we honor those who endured captivity and remember the American service members who never returned home. Their courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten.
A sad loss. Celebrate this woman’s life, she will be missed.
Greg Jenner (Historian)@gregjenner.bsky.social · 4w agoI’m saddened to hear of Bonnie Greer’s death, she was a passionate advocate of the arts, culture, education, and decency in society, and she will be missed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'll play this game! @amelieintokyo.bsky.social Child: forgets name of close family friend, confuses them with someone else, awkward moment at dinner Same Child: 150 dinosaur names memorized, speaks two languages fluently, favorite video game currently being played with eyes closed
Amelie In Tokyo ✨@amelieintokyo.bsky.social · 4w agoChild: doesn’t understand hide & seek, red light green light, or _any_ social game rules. Same child: recreates ISS with LEGO and perfectly repeats rocket launch steps ”ignition, liftoff, burn-out, faring, separation 1, ignition, separation 2, burn out!, separation 3, satellite deployed!” Why.
"Mitchell makes one thing certain: military occupation has caused tangible, devastating harm to the residents of Okinawa." Big thanks to @tokyovice.bsky.social for his write-up of my Okinawa history in the run-up to this weekend's election. The full read: tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/in-okinawa...
In Okinawa’s gubernatorial elections this Sunday, history matters
If you want to understand what’s happening in the elections to determine the governor of Okinawa, read Jon Mitchell’s timely book “Why Are We in Okinawa? A History of Violence”
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Saturday night additions to interactive map of Japanese empire: Admin boundaries for Dutch East Indies (drawing from @robertcribb.bsky.social Historical Atlas of Indonesia) & Burma divisions/districts from 1931 census w/ pop. data on info cards. froginawell.net/reference/ja...
I've been playing with this map for over an hour. Simply amazing. @alexrkonrad.bsky.social thank you!
PacificHistoryGuide.com@pacifichistoryguide.com · last mo.Adding to the resource list!
On the list of places to go, the next time I'm in #korea! #pacifichistoryguide
PacificHistoryGuide.com@pacifichistoryguide.com · last mo.On today's blog, #PacificHistoryGuide is headed to the National Iksan Museum in #Korea. Have you been, or intend to go? Let us know about it! #대한민국 www.pacifichistoryguide.com/post/nationa...
Just released and #OpenAccess, read 'A ‘Boy’s Own’ Adventure: Australian War Writings from the Boxer Rebellion, 1900–1901' by Simon Antony Merry: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
A ‘Boy’s Own’ Adventure: Australian War Writings from the Boxer Rebellion, 1900–1901
This article examines the experiences of Australian sailors and marines who travelled to China to fight in the Boxer Rebellion between 1900 and 1901. It analyses their diaries and correspondence to...
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The #pacifichistoryguide reading list now has over 150 titles! If you're looking to learn something new, find a new perspective, or expand your research, check it out! #booksky www.pacifichistoryguide.com/reading-list
Reading List | PacificHistoryGuide
This reading list reflects titles that have been used in our research and writing.
pacifichistoryguide.com
“Stars and Stripes” has served the American military and remained editorially independent for generations. Now that the Pentagon has fired the paper’s top leaders, the push for independence must continue, former Editor in Chief Erik Slavin writes. theatln.tc/kiCL88a3
#pacifichistoryguide is here to help get you connected to local and regional history, where you are. I hope you all check out the reading list soon!
PacificHistoryGuide.com@pacifichistoryguide.com · last mo.The #pacifichistoryguide reading list now has over 150 titles! If you're looking to learn something new, find a new perspective, or expand your research, check it out! #booksky www.pacifichistoryguide.com/reading-list
There’s something soothing about going to sleep with the sound of rain against the walls and windows. But, boy, it hasn’t let up all day and tomorrow is as bad if not worse. Take care out there, folks. Wishing you all a good start to the week. 🙌❤️🙏🏻
We are gathered here today to commemorate the two year anniversary of that time I dropped my phone in the Sumida River. Thank you for all your support during this difficult time.
The three pillars of #PacificHistoryGuide are the location pages, blog, and Google Maps. These are set firmly on the foundation of the reading and resource lists. With all of this working in concert, we can more easily help you discover local and regional history, where they are. Enjoy!
PacificHistoryGuide.com@pacifichistoryguide.com · last mo.On today's #PacificHistoryGuide blog: we made a huge update to the Pacific History Guide / Google Maps interface; there's almost 4,700 locations saved now across 27 different saved and shareable lists. It's now even easier to use, check it out! www.pacifichistoryguide.com/post/phg-goo...
Just added to the #PacificHistoryGuide resources page, check it out! encykorea.aks.ac.kr
한국민족문화대백과사전
한국학 최고의 전문 사전으로서 신뢰를 받는 한국민족문화대백과사전은 한국 최초로 한국 역사와 문화를 집대성한 대백과사전입니다.
encykorea.aks.ac.kr
On September 10! Thomas Conlan (Princeton) on his new book “Kinkakuji and Kitayama: Space, Place, Monuments and Memory in Japan 1222-1994”, in conversation with Mimi Yiengpruksawan (Yale) and Nick Kapur (Rutgers U Camden). Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6756506
I’m sure the people who were there to see this event had a hard time putting it all into words. On this day in 1945, Japan surrendered to the Allies.
