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Crime Girl @crimegirl.co.uk · 28/09/2026

I am a barrister who once spent time seconded to the CPS serious crimes unit making charging decisions. Today, you can pretend to be one too and work through the decision-making framework in a very serious case. The police have multiple suspects in custody and the phone just rang. 👨 👨 👨 👨 👨 📱 👮‍♀️ 🚨

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is a poor take that suggests Owen Jones doesn't know much about Russia in the 1990s, including Russia-US or wider Russia-West relations in the 1990s. By giving only one part of the story, he is repeating the Russian political elite's self-serving line that it was all the West's fault. Long 🧵

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Olive Ann Beech, the “First Lady of Aviation,” was born #OTD in 1903. 1932: Co-founded the Beech Aircraft Company (later, Beechcraft). 1940: Took full command of the company's daily ops & production when her husband fell ill, delivering >7,400 military aircraft during #WWII.🧵 #WomenInBusiness

A warm, intimate black-and-white portrait photograph of an elegant Olive Ann Beech (1903–1993), celebrated as the "First Lady of Aviation" for her historic tenure leading Beechcraft. She sits relaxed inside what appears to be an office or home setting, leaning her left elbow on a surface to rest her head gently against her hand. Her light-colored hair is styled in tight, classic curls, and she flashes a bright, genuine, open-mouthed smile toward the lens, exuding a warm and approachable confidence. She wears a structured textured jacket or blouse accented by an intricately patterned silk neck scarf. On her wrists, several thick chain bracelets with dangling metallic charms are prominently displayed, alongside an elegant ring on her right hand. The background features a soft-focus interior with a light brick or tiled wall, framed art, and a dark credenza holding bottles or barware. The composition focuses entirely on her expressive face, creating a joyful, personal mood that balances her formidable corporate legacy with a charming, personal warmth.

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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Dear British Airways: This very public thread has shown your airline to be a primary example of some of the worst customer service in modern airline history. Diversions for medical emergencies happen, but everything after that is on you. You guys need to be shelling out refunds BIG time.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Upon graduating medical school in 1881, Arthur Conan Doyle did a doodle of himself waving his diploma over his head. The caption reads: "Licensed to Kill." My new book SLEUTH-HOUND is about Conan Doyle's professor, Joseph Bell - the real-life Sherlock Holmes. Out Oct 20! linktr.ee/drlindseyfit...

A simple doodle showing a man, Conan Doyle, waving his diploma over his head. Underneath the doodle it says: Licensed to kill

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Emmanuel @emmanuelmpeg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Beter laat dan nooit: www.standaard.be/opinies/is-a...

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One of modern civilisation’s great moments. THE SWEDISH CHEF RAPPER'S DELIGHT

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Sophie Bacchus-Waterman @sophiebwaterman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My latest Substack post discusses my new project - a biography of Perkin Warbeck! Why is one needed, and what do I hope to achieve with my next book? You can read the post here: sophiebacchuswaterman.substack.com/p/my-new-pro...

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My new project: A biography of Perkin Warbeck

Since I launched my Substack a few months ago, I’ve been using this platform to share my research into Elizabeth Boleyn, but today, I wanted to announce my next book — a biography of Perkin Warbeck, r...

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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I love a straightforward accident report. This pilot failed to avoid a cow. Yep. That will totally ruin your day.

An accident report in which no people were injured detailing how the aircraft hit a cow.

Poor cow.

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

1/x A man is remembered for two contrasting legacies: heroically saving the US Declaration of Independence from flames, while his mismanagement of US lighthouses left the American coast shrouded in darkness and filled with shipwrecks. This is Stephen Pleasonton. A small 🧵 #maritimehistory

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Having observed the performance of the Fieseler "Fi-156", France decided in the late 1930s to acquire an aircraft with similar characteristics. The "SFAN-11" was therefore a prototype observation aircraft from 1940, designed for short take-off and landing capabilities.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

1/x In 1971, Boeing faced an existential crisis. A billboard emerged, declaring, "Will the last person leaving Seattle turn out the lights?" after the company laid off 63,000 employees. Boeing needed something other than airplanes? The Jetfoil was born. A small🧵 #maritimehistory

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New study finds the social cost of driving a car 1 km—including pollution, crashes, infrastructure, and noise—is more than *triple* the private cost paid by the car owner. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.

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Mirella Marini @mirellamarini.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Weer een randdebiel die met het geluid hard aan op de trein naar godweetwat aan het kijken is op zijn gsm. Zo beu om de enige te zijn die daar iets van wil zeggen. Waarom controleren mannen elkaar niet op sociaal gewenst gedrag? There, I said what I said.

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

More and more studies show that vaccination against various infectious diseases also leads to fewer cardiovascular deaths and lower rates of dementia. A rational public health system would be getting as many people vaccinated as possible. But. . .

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More Impossible-to-Ignore Vaccine Effects

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NEVER MIND THE DAMBUSTERS @nmtdambusters.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

✈️ By the time war actually started, Germany was still leaning on older bombers while the “future fleet” was barely ready. ✈️ In Ep. 76, Dan Sharp explains shows how tech, ambition, and bad timing shaped what the Luftwaffe could actually do. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

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Emmanuel @emmanuelmpeg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What’s it like inside your head?

An armour set with a face mask (for festive purposes, not combat) made ca.1530.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

1/x On a February night in 1983, thirty-four men went into the Atlantic off Virginia in ice-cold water. Three came out alive. The shipwreck that changed the Coast Guard forever. This is the MV Marine Electric. #maritimehistory

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Dr Matthew Hefler @matthefler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Final proofs GONE 💥 Look out for: Churchill and de Gaulle: Secret Intelligence and the Failure of Franco-British Relations 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 Intelligence history that challenges our views of the war, of British grand strategy, and of the Churchill-de Gaulle relationship... 🇬🇧🇫🇷 @berghahnbooks.bsky.social

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Emmanuel @emmanuelmpeg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I can easily imagine future historians trying to make sense of our age and coming up with elaborate and wild theories, and endlessly fighting over them in mountains of books — because the implausible truth is that it makes no sense at all.

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Laurence Datrier @asleepywanderer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The little dopamine rush from citations has convinced me that they're just social media likes for academics

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Emmanuel @emmanuelmpeg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle

Artwork representing the “Locovoile”, which is a boat running on rails and pulled, apparently, by triplane kite wings attached to it.
Probably not real!

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Chris Sams @jerijerod14.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ages ago I saw a post that said the Confederate army could have beaten ANY contemporary European army. So I thought about it & this is my argument why Prussia would hand their arse to them jerijerod14.substack.com/p/they-lost-... (And it’s free to read) #history #UsCivilWar

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“They lost the only war they ever fought”

Could the Confederate Army defeat a contemporary European army?

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just checked with people who sit at Ghent University's board of governors: Fake News. Disciplinary proceedings against Nathan Cofnas are still ongoing. (Make of the other communication what you will)

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Emmanuel @emmanuelmpeg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

welcome to bluesky. please familiarize yourself with the following accounts to understand the range of opinions it is acceptable to express:

A miniature painting of a tree full of people, fighting each other to reach the top.

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Now THIS is a letter worth signing and supporting

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Emmanuel @emmanuelmpeg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

872 days after pre-ordering it and with 37 euro extra in customs and administrative fees, but it has arrived… Look forward to Sharp’s dissection of nonsensical policy decisions.

The cover of Dan Sharp’s “Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe — Bombers 1939-1945” shows two jet bombers, of which one on fire.

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John Banks @johnlbanks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Lovely article! As I told @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com, it's not a norm when only one political faction adheres to it. Recognise how to protect a republic: Cincinnatus exiled those who slandered his son as a traitor; FDR swung the courts with packing threats; Lincoln suspended habeus corpus.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

In January 1977, a small freighter blew apart in the Indian Ocean and sank in 40 seconds. Six of the twelve people aboard died. The cargo was insured as a uranium ore processing plant. It was scrap from a closed coal mine. This is the Lucona affair. 1/35

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Today I'm going to try and explain the stability aspects of heavy lift vessels. I'll try to keep it accessible for everyone, so bear with me (it's a bit nerdy, I admit)... a small thread (I did use AI to create the graphs based on my explanation) 1/29

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Elise Raymonde de Laroche #French aviator & engineer. Probably 1st woman to fly plane. 1910 world's 1st licensed female pilot, awarded 36th aeroplane pilot's licence by Aeroclub de France. Flew in Egypt, Saint Petersburg, Budapest & Rouen. b. #OTD 22 Aug 1882 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond...

Elise Raymonde de Laroche's pilot license from 1910 with her photo #WomenPilots

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 20/08/2026

So I get that there's (yet again) a big debate going on about AI on Bluesky. I am turning off replies to this post because I don't want to have notifications flooded one way or the other on this one. I just want to share what I've heard multiple times in just the past two weeks.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

what's funny about this is that monks were perfectly delighted with the printing press, the myth that the late medieval church resisted printing is false, you can actually embellish printed books and people did, illuminators and scribes are not the same people, and simon should read more.

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This wonderful painted terracotta sarcophagus is decorated inside and out with scenes of horsemen, chariots, fights, animals and geometric patterns. It was made in Clazomenae, near Smyrna (modern Izmir). It weighs in at an impressive 900kg. 🕰️c500 BC 🏛️BM 📷 mine

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Alderac Entertainment Group @alderaceg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

AEG is looking for a paper airplane enthusiast or expert to consult with us on a few things for a project we are working on. If you are the person who knows way too much about paper airplanes, folding tech, or the wonderfully weird world around them, lets connect. Yes, this is a real request. 😄

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thoughts on the latest Alzheimer’s data scandal:

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More Alzheimer's Research Trouble

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Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"Biological women" implies the existence of chemical women, radiological women, nuclear women, and explosive women. All are WMD - women of mass destruction.

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Emmanuel @emmanuelmpeg.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Mommy is always sweet, cheerful and happy [thanks to her use of powders that contain codeine and phenacitin]. It is implausible what advertisers were capable of. (Industry Museum, Ghent.)

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