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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Liking this from my second train today, in a 9 hour train journey.

Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It’s like one of Parkinson’s Laws: committees will spend hours deciding how to allocate £1,000 on social activities, but a decision on a £1m IT project will go through on the nod because no-one understands it.

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

All the better to illuminate the beautiful Tapestry…

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The night people just need to play to OUR strengths, stay up late the night before, and fix things in our favour once the morning people have gone to bed.

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

All I can think of is, is the boat Free Polish Navy? They did have some small craft, I think. In which case it might be a homemade combination of White Ensign and Polish flag?

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Good point. But then we have to consider the havoc generally caused by corporate comms teams when they DO reply to things….

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

It’s Christmas time so you’re going to spend a lot of your time watching classic TV drama. So I just want to remind everyone that: Jeremy Brett is the best Sherlock David Suchet is the best Poirot Robert Powell is the best Hannay Joan Hickson is the best Marple and a LEGEND. Merry #Christmas!

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David Booth @caleydave.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Good news that Edinburgh Archives are (temporarily) reopening next year. I have attached a screenshot and alt text for a post from Edinburgh City Archives on Facebook. #Edinburgh

📢Service Update 11th December 2025

The Archives search room will re-open on Tuesday 20th of January 2026. We will be open by appointment only, from Tuesday to Thursday, 10am - 4.30pm. We require one weeks notice in advance of bookings to ensure the records are available to view.

Please be aware that we expect to close again in the summer / early autumn to allow us to complete the move to new premises. More precise dates will be confirmed nearer the time.

Many thanks for your patience at this time. We look forward to welcoming visitors in 2026!

Please send any queries to Archives@edinburgh.gov.uk

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Make of that what you will! I guess I’d just say that it is ok to stop, especially if the experience isn’t working for you, but equally it’s ok to admit you’re struggling, take a break, and then try to find your own way to make it work. The only expectations that matter are your own!

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Having been slow the first couple of years - my fault - I had to try to combine writing up with a full time and busy job (thanks pandemic) and found it basically impossible. My sense is that PhDs require very consistent effort, especially the writing, and a busy job just makes that so difficult.

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Your description of how you’re feeling is so familiar. I really struggled with my PhD, and ultimately I just couldn’t do it. Comparisons with others will sap your morale so try not to do that! Every PhD journey is unique. Taking a break is a good idea because it’s so relentless otherwise.

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

If you’ve never had an enemy, you haven’t been trying hard enough.

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Nick Stone @typejunky.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

There is a takeaway crumble shop in Sheringham. I don’t have a sweet tooth at all, but gawd it’s good. Try it if you visit. Really clever idea.

The Crumble Crib. An orange shop that just sells crumble.

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Excellent job alert: KCL War Studies is hiring a lecturer in Foreign Policy on a full-time, indefinite contract. We already have lots of Middle East and East Asia expertise, but any other regional (and cross-regional) specialisms are of interest. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA302/l...

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Lecturer in Foreign Policy at King's College London

Discover Lecturer in Foreign Policy jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I think we should investigate the pricing regime described in the last sentence.

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I miss playing Epic. My favourite game system by far.

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The way it’s phrased in the Times report, I think it’s highly likely that it’s classified input into the review, rather than classified outputs. I don’t have any inside knowledge, but that’s how it reads, and that would be in line with previous practice over the years.

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

That’s not unusual. There have been classified parts to every Defence Review, as far as I know - generally the Intelligence assessments etc that describe the threats.

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Hackworth is the White Collar hero we all need.

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I always found that scene excruciatingly uncomfortable, because I would feel exactly like Hackworth.

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Agreed. Although in their defence this time, their current majority is ‘a mile wide but an inch deep’, to borrow someone else’s phrase.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

How do we respond to these times of global disorder? We are offering £2,500 for discussion papers of around 4,000 words on this topical theme. Deadline for proposals: 14th April. Please pass on to interested networks www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...

Call for Discussion Papers: Global (Dis)Order

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

No, that’s absolutely correct.

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

“I must have slept funny” is now the go-to explanation for aches and pains.

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I’ve submitted SO MANY essays discussing aspects of the war against Gemrany.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/02/2025

A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.

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SMH Historians @smh-historians.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

NYU's History Department is accepting applications for the Elihu Rose Scholar in Modern Military History! The committee welcomes applications from historians of war and the military, broadly defined, in any geographical area. Learn more and apply: apply.interfolio.com/161728

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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

JOB Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present, University of Cambridge (this is a permanent/tenured position, open to those with a specialism in any period since 1700) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50242/

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Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

We're looking for a Marketing Campaign Officer to join our marketing team, to help us spread the word of what we do and how you can experience it. Become part of the team - Find out more at the link below. #jobs #careers #marketing maryrose.org/about-the-tr...

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Jobs and volunteering - The Mary Rose

Jobs, academic placements and volunteering opportunities at the Mary Rose Trust.

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The Royal Navy’s Naval Historical Branch is recruiting a full-time, permanent Historical Researcher! Details here: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

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NAVY- Historical Researcher - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UKGOV.UK

Search and apply for jobs in the UK Civil Service

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Not exactly a big pool of votes…

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Andrew Harris @andrewharris.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

D&D is great for letting off a bit of steam. I do like the sound of an ‘uptight’ Paladin 😂 Sounds like you were blessed by the Dice Gods!

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Montgomery: "Without the Bailey bridge we should not have won the war". Don't know about that, but Sir Donald Coleman Bailey's designs sure did shorten the war, and save lives. #WW2 #HISTORY

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Wavell Room @thewavellroom.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Tim Clack from @ox.ac.uk and Barry Gardiner MP discuss “Climate Change, National Security and UK Political Action; Threat Level Rising” - Climate change is driving national security, read more about it now⚡ wavellroom.com/2024/11/29/t...

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Threat Level Rising: Climate Change, National Security and UK Political Action

Climate change is a clear, present, and escalating danger to global security. The UK must act to adapt now in order to be prepared.

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Researchers: NARA has digitized hundreds of thousands of operational reports from US units in the Pacific Theater of WWII, to include divisional reports with regimental reports, maps, and sketches. It’s a gold mine. Go nuts catalog.archives.gov/id/305275

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The online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records.

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Adobe users: it’s the most beautiful time of the year, where you can threaten to cancel your plan and get the price cut down from $59.99 to $29.99 for the next 12 months ✨ Manage plan-> cancel my plan -> continue and then you get this offer: (more)

The second step in Adobe’s “cancel my plan” workflow, where they roll over and give you everything for half price, $29.99 vs the rack $59.99 cost

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Dr Rupert Barrett-Taylor @rbarretttaylor.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Can Bluesky help? I might be looking for a new research post in March next year. What thinktanks and organisations should I be looking at for critical discussions on data, defence and military operations?

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War. Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...

Wren Janet Okell, staring at the camera with a slightly awkward smile. Fair enough - as we'll see, she did her best work hidden behind a screen...

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

People need to calm down about the Oreshnik missile. (Not about the strike itself, which was barbarous Putin chest-thumping.) It's a medium range ballistic missile. Of course it's faster than the speed of sound because that's what ballistic missiles do. Don't fall for "AMAZING SUPERWEAPON" hype.

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Søren Sjøgren @sorensjogren.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

It has been a year since I defended my thesis on the role of military doctrine. As a child who grew up without connections to academia, this was unthinkable. However, meeting the right people along the way made it all possible. It can pay off to follow vague dreams. The thesis is available here 👇

fak.dk

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 26/11/2024

This is Otis. He just had his very first vet appointment. Even got to take a picture like it was his first day of school. 12/10 we're proud of you, Otis

a tiny brown dachshund puppy with tan a snoot and eyebrows, and adorably wrinkly ankles sits on a black countertop. next to him is a chalk sign that reads, "My first visit at Vets 4 Paws in Irvine." the sign indicates the wide-eyed puppy's name is Otis, he is 2.2 kilograms, and he's 10 weeks old.

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Killackey Illustration @kjkillackey.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This is one of my favorite, low-tech, ways of visualizing the past! Doesn't oversell the reconstruction, shows possible past and present in same view, works, rain or shine and without power.

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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This meme seems to be missing an image of a freight train loaded with 155mm artillery rounds.

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The Jaguar rebrand. Don’t care, won’t care. Will never care.

A promise to highlight subjects on which I have no opinion.

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