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frank squarerig

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retired seafarer & naval aviator. Master square rigged sail training ships from 80 to 800 GT, now consultant & maritime historian. FLY NAVY

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 13h
What a great article about the ethics of citation - rooted in the myth that spinach is a good source of iron. (I, too, thought the spinach thing was true, so the article is fascinating on multiple fronts!)
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 12h
Businessman in the Eye: Tax exile Ineos boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe loves complaining about anything – from high energy prices to taxes – that doesn’t suit him. But he’s more forgetful about the British economic policies and fortuitous conditions that have bestowed vast riches on him.
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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 17h
13 October 1961: Karl Peglau presents his designs for the now iconic 'Ampelmännchen' traffic light to the Ministry for Transport in East Berlin www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-erfindun...
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Inside the Hormuz Attacks: Separating Fact from Fiction ⚓Disinformation Breakdown ⚓Incident Reports ⚓Tracking Datasets ⚓Hormuz Transit Reality ⚓Middle East Oil Exports ⚓Fleet Impact & Attrition Video: youtu.be/9sMwewOiAMM
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Dr Prit Buttar @dienekes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Accurate and concise.
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
More and more convinced that people should be limited to 10 minutes of social media per day until you can show that you aren't going to start believing mad shit like 'immigrants are eating swans'.
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And here we are. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader after diesel deal with Russia
US president suggests Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has not done enough to end war
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Currents at the Columbia River Bar, "The graveyard of the Pacific)
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frank squarerig @franksqrig.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump pisses on history & tradition unless it is gold
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frank squarerig @franksqrig.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Gulf of America - not Gulf of Mexico, please keep up! New Mexico presumably soon to become New Trumpia
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Matthew Palmer @so3brocktree.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
As somebody who has just come back from Kyiv and experienced the bombardment first-hand, this is frankly sickening.
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Trump agrees deal with Putin for Russia to release diesel on to global market
Pact between Washington and Moscow comes just weeks before critical US midterm elections
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Brian Dunn@briandunn.bsky.social‬ @briandunn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump "not receiving the Nobel Prize again this year" is going to be a Norwegian Joke until he dies.
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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
As the Americans like to say, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch (and much less free diesel)...
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just gotta love Finland: Google illegally felled a large forest area to build a data centre, which caused a huge outrage. The construction project was halted by the authorities and now the criminal code will be changed to include provisions for even jail sentences in such cases
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Ympäristöministeri Sari Multala: Luvattomista metsähakkuista voi jatkossa seurata jopa vankilatuomio
Ympäristö- ja ilmastoministeri Sari Multala (kok.) sanoo, että datakeskuksilla ei ole vapauksia rikkoa lakia, vaikka sanktiot eivät nyt olekaan mahdollisia.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 09/10/2026
Hard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Looking back, in plain sight at the Makerfield by-election.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump: From now on I am the media. Trump News! New Private Eye on shelves now.
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A gripping account of one Israeli tank commanders actions on October 7, 2023. Remember, US got pulled into this war as Houthis attacked so-called "Israeli" shipping in Bab El Mandeb. BTW, Pete Hegseth should watch this to overcome his bias against women in combat. www.fdd.org/fddmorningbr...
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FDD Morning Brief
The FDD Morning Brief provides timely situational updates on contemporary events. Start your Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 8:30am (ET) with digestible analysis and the headlines our expert...
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frank squarerig @franksqrig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This AI "author" has written an extraordinary number of books in unbelievably short time - clearly blatant AI intellectual property theft pays on Amazon
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frank squarerig @franksqrig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Line betwen parody & reality is so blurred these days
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Tom Jamieson @tomjam.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
How soon can the plague get here?
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A brilliant map of Nova Scotia’s lighthouses, showing each coastal light flashing in its real-world rhythm and pattern. A beautiful piece of cartography that turns navigational infrastructure into something almost hypnotic. Source: buff.ly/16Ye3IN
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tanker rates, already higher than most imagined possible, just spiked again 🚢US-Europe suezmax index jumped 150% w/w to $577,792 per day; West Africa-Europe suezmax index rose 145% w/w to $567,138 per day www.lloydslist.com/LL1158620/Ta...
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Tanker rates, already higher than most imagined possible, just spiked again
Crude tanker markets hit a tipping point in mid-September, surging to a new level as more crude exited the Strait of Hormuz. Over the past three days, rates crossed another tipping point, spiking even higher due to the lagged global ‘cascade’ effect
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Andrew Harrison @nndroid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Badenoch on #R4Today claiming the Tories’ problems started with the Coalition when they “had to make compromises” and were perceived as “not proper Conservatives”. Cameron/Osbourne absolutely steamrollered the Lib Dems, got all they wanted, and left Clegg &c. as patsies. What is she on?
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frank squarerig @franksqrig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Last pint at "Still & West"
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frank squarerig @franksqrig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Measure of how well allied shipbulding programme was going by then that such ships could be written off without serious operational impact
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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
OMG I had to check my work emails regarding an extra case in court tomorrow and I've just read this from an HR person. "on a knee to nose basis" A KNEE TO NOSE BASIS 😳
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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A single-panel cartoon by Wayno (dated 5-11-16) showing a traditional Russian nesting doll (matryoshka) standing at a ticket counter. The doll wears a red headscarf, a yellow dress with a red flower, and has rosy cheeks. Behind the counter, a skeptical ticket agent in a light blue shirt narrows her eyes at the doll and asks, “One ticket… Really?”
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Churchill specifically wanted ‘corkscrew’ thinkers. He believed that the Germans were too conventional, conservative. Too ‘straight’ Geoffrey Pyke. Prolific inventor. Very beardy and weird Turing. Code breaker. Gay. Dudley Clarke. Invented SAS. Bonkers. Cross dresser
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John T Kuehn @trost1864.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A Marxist is someone who believes all history is predetermined by iron laws of economic theory and class warfare. A Communist is someone who believes that all property should belong to the state. A Socialist is a communist who ends up in a Gulag, eventually.
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‘Disgraced theology professor James Orr had a PhD student cover at least six of his lectures last year, allegedly without pay and against the Faculty of Divinity’s knowledge.’
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Orr’s lectures covered by a postgrad
James Orr had a postgrad cover approximately seven lectures, allegedly without the Divinity Faculty’s knowledge
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frank squarerig @franksqrig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
All seems sensible
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frank squarerig @franksqrig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Frustrates me how many young people complain about who gets elected, but do not vote because it is "inconvenient"
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026
don't bother addressing a congregation unless you're in the baroque creature pulpit
Baroque pulpit ca. 1750, rebuilt 1856, Parish church in Dobroszów.

a fanciful scaled sculpture where the serpents open mouth serves as the pulpit
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
⚓️It’s publication day!📕 Feeling deeply humbled that my research appears in Ed Marolda’s edited volume with John Hattendorf, Richard Mobley, and Norman Friedman—scholars whose work shaped my understanding of Navy history and strategy. Grateful for the chance to contribute to a field built by giants.
Book cover for COLD WAR STORM: the u.S. NAVY AT TGE FALL OF VIETNAM AND THE LOOMING SOVIET THREAT. The background features a dramatic, dark toned scene with USS Kirk (DE 1087) under heavy clouds. The overall design uses red tones to convey urgency and the geopolitical stakes.
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U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 29/09/2026
The only thing Hoser wanted was to be the best fighter pilot—and to teach others how to do it. www.usni.org/magazines/naval-histor…
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Remembering My Sea Daddies: 'Hoser' Joe Satrapa
The only thing Hoser wanted was to be the best fighter pilot—and to teach others how to do it.
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1/19 Eleven years after a church picnic in New York killed a thousand people, a company picnic in Chicago killed 844 more. The ship never left the wharf. She rolled over while the band was playing, in twenty feet of water, six metres from the bank. The SS Eastland. A 🧵. #maritimehistory
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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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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 28/09/2026
2 minutes later in my timeline bsky.app/profile/atom...
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 28/09/2026
Wow. Check out the European numbers on favourable views of the US versus favourable views of China….
Screenshot showing poll of how 36 countries see the US and China. Large majority has a more favourable view of China than the US including most European contries
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Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#OTD Sep 1957: A waste tank explodes at the secret Soviet Mayak plutonium complex. Radioactive material forms a 300km trail across the Urals; thousands are evacuated. Moscow hides the disaster for decades. environmentandsociety.org/arcadia/nuclea…
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 29/09/2026
“Estonian authorities have confirmed that the 15 August arson attack against the Estonian defence company Milrem Robotics in Tallinn was an act of sabotage ordered by Russian security services.” www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Estonia says arson attack on ‘consistent with other acts of sabotage carried out in Europe on behalf of Russia’ - Europe live
Foreign minister summons Russia’s chargé d’affaires over attack on Milrem Robotics as security agency says incident was ‘deliberate and pre-planned’
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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
No integrity. No shame.
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Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#OTD 1983: Soviet computers report five US nuclear missiles inbound. Lt Col Stanislav Petrov judges the warning false—and is right. Satellites have mistaken sunlight on clouds for launches. At a perilous Cold War moment, human judgement may have prevented catastrophe.
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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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Mark Urban @markurban.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The USS Abraham Lincoln just arrived in Guam after more than 300 days deployed - a telling example of operational overstretch. In my latest Times Defence Decoded video I ask whether these ships have turned from a symbol of US might into one of its limitations www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTpr...
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How America’s Aircraft Carrier Crisis Reveals A Military Decline
YouTube video by The Times
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