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Ian Kikuchi

@curatorian.bsky.social
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Historian & curator at the Imperial War Museum in the UK - history of war, conflict and IWM collections, with digressions into #judo and #videogames. 日本語を勉強している。Posts are personal views.

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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 21h
Ahahaha just seen the final score. #CROENG
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 23h
An amusingly low voltage celebration by Kane there. #CROENG
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Having now had twenty-odd years of social media depleting our stocks of sanity, like overfishing North Sea cod, I think now might be a good time for a strict social media quota for about 20 years or so, to let stocks recover.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When you accidentally order an Ubear.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Astonishing photo in The Times today: 'Hayato Kondo of Japan and Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan compete in the men’s 60kg gold medal judo contest at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya'. I think this is Smetov in blue attempting a last-second uchi mata, which Kondo was able to avoid to take the gold. 🥋🗾🎖️
A photograph of two judoka, one in white and one in blue, mid-throw.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Every time an ambulance, police car or fire engine passes with its siren on: 'He won't sell any ice cream at that speed'.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Welcome to the London Borough of ClipArt.
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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When I’m CCed in for my perspective on the matter
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Where's the bit about enjoying a succulent Chinese meal?
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When it's Jonah and the Whale. Every. Single. Week.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Looking forward to the remake of Ted Lasso where every reference to Man City has been changed to something less embarrassing.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Reading about the war in North Africa and thinking Willoughby Norrie is an excellent name for a general.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Given the flashes across eastern Ukraine I'm guessing this isn't only mapping wildfires.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Idly noticing how many of our tech overlords can't actually be bothered to write their names.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I can't see anything.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Turning on the radio and hearing they're playing Avril Lavigne's Complicated:
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Jumanji: What Year Is It?
Alt: Jumanji: What Year Is It?
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Nigel Atter MSc PgCert BA(Hons) @nigatt59.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Memorial Museum Passendaele 1917 is excellent here’s a few photos from a recent visit
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Now I understand why they call it a butt.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More Schwarzenegger Commando scooter action this morning.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Attempting to complete World 1 of Super Mario Bros with Kikuchi Junior the Elder, my hands on top of his. We haven't yet given Bowser much to worry about.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If anyone fancies LARPing the original Resident Evil game, I have a location for you.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ball? And maybe ball later? But definitely ball now.
A Border terrier, looking like he wants a ball.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As bleak as this country sometimes feels, a party of government going with 'hope' for a slogan feels weird to me. We aren't an impoverished or war-torn nation.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Saw a trailer for this before The Odyssey and thought it looked completely unwatchable.
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It is really remarkable how much yoghurt a one-year-old can get into his hair.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Quite pleased to see The Shield on here. A really superb series with magnificent performances across the cast, but a series that feels largely forgotten now.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A really magnificent effort by the court artist on this job. Daniel Thomas pleads not guilty after alleged dinghy slashing in Channel www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Daniel Thomas pleads not guilty after alleged dinghy slashing in Channel
Far-right activist who was filmed appearing to slash boat with blade is refused bail as he denies charges
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Waiting for a prescription at the pharmacy when my eyes rest on this row of boxes. The product's called Fade Resist but the packaging seems to have, err, faded.
Three boxes of 'Fade Resist' hair dye.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Anyone recognise these two ships? They're troopships (possibly Union-Castle Line?) sailing to Iceland from the UK in late July/early August 1940. #filmcataloguing
A black and white film frame shows a troopship underway at sea. It has two low funnels and a repeating camouflage pattern on its starboard side. A black and white film frame shows a troopship underway at sea. It has two low funnels, dark hull and lighter superstructure.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Apparently they want free Design Technology lessons.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kenneth Law should die in prison.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There have been some aircraft and vehicle moves at Duxford recently, creating some new aircraft views, such as of this RAF Phantom.
An RAF Phantom FGR.2 at IWM Duxford An RAF Phantom FGR.2 at IWM Duxford An RAF Phantom FGR.2 at IWM Duxford An RAF Phantom FGR.2 at IWM Duxford
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You'll never guess where I've been today.
A photograph of a mysterious, undisclosed location. Possibly IWM Duxford. Hard to say.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Imagine being the poor bastard asked to test fly this monstrosity.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is of course brilliant in its skewering of Gove, but it's also right about Cameron; it's easy to imagine him entertaining a mad idea like this, with predictable results.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Enjoyed the music choice for this video from the World Judo Veterans Championship currently going on in Sarajevo. youtube.com/shorts/BEaUZ...
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The veterans don’t hold back on day four. Fire starters! 🔥
YouTube video by International Judo Federation
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Also today in 1916, Zeppelin L33 was forced down near Little Wigborough in Essex. As the airship descended to a forced landing the crew dumped this naval model MG08 machine gun overboard. It's now in the Imperial War Museum collection.
A German MG 08 machine gun on a table A plaque on the receiver of a machine gun reads '24.9.16 / Little Wigborough/ Top platform forward machine gun from captured Zeppelin L33'.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mixer taps are for bathrooms, not bars.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Watching the Bake Off and deciding - out of pure tribal loyalty - that I'm going to root for the guy from King's.👑🍰
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Reports that the Americans have asked for it back, so they can try dropping it on Iran, remain unconfirmed.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One of the occasional drawbacks of being reasonably well versed in some subjects is being irritated by mistakes in books.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Currently carrying Kikuchi Junior the Elder's scooter back from school in much the same way as Arnold Schwarzenegger once carried a tree trunk in Commando.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Looks like Mahmood is to internal security as Nandy is to culture.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Looks like Mahmood is to internal security as Nandy is to culture.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Super Mario Bros on the NES
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Apparently it's #WorldRhinoDay, so here's some footage of a Nashorn ('Rhinoceros') during the Second World War.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Anyone recognise this vehicle badge? Looks like a pelican. Seen on British tracked carriers on Iceland in summer 1940. #filmcataloguing
A black and white film frame showing a pelican vehicle badge on a British military vehicle during the Second World War.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If this results in a conviction I predict an offensively light prison sentence and a ridiculously short driving ban.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh to be free of the drudgery of reading historically illiterate posts on social media.
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