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i'll park them next to my Harriers. You may have been too busy avoiding my Gripens to spot the bargin bin 60 year old VTOL fighters chewing through your expensive mechanised brigade.

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which the game reflects. The low maintenance overhead for throwing together a Gripen-based airforce frees you up to focus your complexity elsewhere.

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gonna be very interesting when they add drone warfare to this game.

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don't bother going after my airfields either. i'm just gonna land and mIntain them on that road over there.

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oh i'm sorry, that Eurofighter cost you HOW MUCH? meet the three Gripens i built under license for that amount. feel free to shoot one of them down, before the others get your expensive little toy.

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don't mind me. just over here chewing through the enemy's expensive air cover with cheap Swedish multi-role fighters, then letting them loose on their armour as well.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 13h

War Footing not dispelling my belief that the answer to most current airpower debates is always: "just buy some Gripens"

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after a busy morning of chaos, Tortie is recharging.

tortie snoozong stretched out on the sofa

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 15h

okay War Footing looks veeeery interesting as a game. First time in ages i've pro-actively requested a key for something.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 15h

not important. but obvs if that's in print somewhere and doesn't work anymore then its annoying.

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Caroline Hooton @carolinehooton.bsky.social · 16h

Sure. When the Roman army needs over a tonne of cheese to make it through the day people nod sagely and say of course they needed those calories. But when I need over a tonne of cheese to make it through the day people beg me to stop and talk about my cholesterol and mental health.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 16h

personally, because i try to eurozone everything i can these days.

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the value of northern England to the Romans was that it was incredibly good sheep farming territory. Which they agressively encouraged. metals from the south, sheep's cheese from the north.

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yup. as i talk about in the pod, this is the reason they push the whole of western europe to hard cheese production. because good luck dividing a stilton up, evenly, then carrying it on the march.

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not least because it was likely any auxiliaries attached would have been given a cheese ration, too. and there were more of them than legionairies. Also the Roman Navy stationed in Britain. Reality is, the Roman army would be buying EVERY hard cheese it could source, locally.

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3 legions at peak, but often understrength. Plus from the Vindolanda letters we know that rations for 'static' (i.e. non-marching) Legions would sometimes vary from baseline in quantity or composition. Because of the need to allow for local goods availability. So my figure is a conservative one.

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But yes. This podcast episode finally answers the question that keeps y'all thinking about Rome constantly. Download Untitled History Podcast on your pod app or choice, or find it on Youtube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9A8...

distracted boyfriend in bed meme. woman looking over her shoulder:

"he's probably thinking about other women"

dude:

"where did the roman army get its cheese?"

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Pater Practicus @paterpracticus.bsky.social · 17h

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I have decided to go into production with the 1/144 scale airliner steps I designed for my Comet 4 model. So, having tidied up the supports for a more reliable print, they are now available ready-printed from Pater's Shed: patersshed.com/products/res...

Resin printed airliner steps with supports

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

So here's a thing re. The NHS trans healthcare thing, loudly for the people at the back : TRANS PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO SUFFER WORSE HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES BECAUSE SOME BIGOTED CUNTS ARE MADE UNCOMFORTABLE BY THEIR EXISTENCE. That is all. You can go about your business. Move along.

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yup. if anything, i'm lowballing the numbers.

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have been eyeing up eurosky for a while. but need to read up on whether there are handle issues etc

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 18h

still need to get you on for disney parks! your book on it is brilliant

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The Roman empire and cheese. The only way this could be better targeted at UK BlueSky would be if the presenters were also watching old episodes of Top Of The Pops.

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Nick Coupland @nickcouplandart.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

challenge accepted. any music historians up for doing a podcast episode on the history and cultural impact of Top of the Pops?

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Barbican. Acrylic on wooden board. Original now available.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Five sealed towers await, with dungeons built with Hypercard Stacks filled with peril. Determination will carry one adventurer, who has journeyed far, through to the end. 📺: The Tower of Silka, Panyome/Asumu, 1993 (Apple Mac)

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James McCrea @jamesmccrea.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

My fellow dude-type humans: are you thinking about the Roman Empire and cheese right now?

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Thinkin' 'bout Rome again.

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we did not, but absolutely should have done.

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And yes. Don't worry. There's a recommended cheese list in the show notes.

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Episode 36: How Rome used cheese to conquer Britain

The Roman Army in Britain needed over a tonne of cheese to make it through the day. On the pod this week @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social and I look at how the Roman Army revolutionised cheese production and consumption in Britain. On Youtube and your pod app! open.spotify.com/episode/254E...

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The Untitled History Podcast · Episode

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When Napoleon was ill the vet told us to make him plain rice and fries chicken. which meant several months of pretending to be ill occasionally, to try and get that for dinner again

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