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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is like Niall Ferguson and his ‘six killer apps’ of history

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The Eurasian Knot🎙️ @euraknot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Evil Nazis" or "heroic freedom fighters"? Neither narrative tells the real story. The truth about Latvian soldiers in WWII is far more complex and human than led to believe. Listen to our latest episode: www.patreon.com/euraknot/pos...

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Given we are approaching that time of the year, my big piece from years back on the 1983 Cold War Crisis (and the role of Stanislav Petrov in it) over onto authory as a free-to-read. Over the years, the myth of what happened has been simplified. The reality was scarier. Because: Ronald Reagan.

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The Day the World Didn’t End

At the height of the Cold War, with alarms screaming, one Soviet officer stopped to think. It cost him his career. It may also have saved the world. The morning of the 26th September 1983 had started ...

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USSR Pictures @ussrpictures.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A group photo of the Committee for the Preservation of Vladimir Lenin's Body. Moscow, January 1924. It was created the day after the leader's death, and Felix Dzerzhinsky was appointed chairman.

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Happy Birthday to my Grandad, Captain Edwin Alan Robert Syms (Ted to his friends) on what would have been his 101st birthday. A proud Royal Marine and 3 Commando Brigade veteran he was the inspiration behind my book Jungle Commandos 1/2

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Today marks the anniversary of the unveiling of the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing on the Somme. A place and monument that I adore. Yet I am forever captivated by Vincent Scully’s description of Lutyens masterpiece in the NYT, in 1991: ‘As always the infantry was heading for the high ground. 1/4

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

‘NATO, in essence, is engaged in a war with Russia through a proxy and is arming that proxy.’ Not Diane Abbott, but Sergei Lavrov. An easy mistake to make.

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USSR Pictures @ussrpictures.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"Don't abandon your baby. Demand child support money from the father", Soviet poster, 1920s

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Tank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Despite popular belief, the issue of finance was a pressing one for the Soviet Union. In this video I talk about how much were troops of the Red Army's tank paid and where they could make a couple of extra rubles. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII youtu.be/cruCQJt54O0

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How well did the Red Army pay?

YouTube video by Tank Archives

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"What is Fascism?" The third lecture in my new online course, "Hitler and Stalin today" A guest lecture by @marcishore.bsky.social Hosted by the Munk School @utoronto.ca snyder.substack.com/p/what-is-fa...

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What is Fascism?

The third lecture in my new course, "Hitler and Stalin today."

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The Eurasian Knot🎙️ @euraknot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Do you have a book, article, work or topic related to Eurasian politics, history, and culture you'd like to discuss? Let us know! We can't keep up on everything. Contact the Eurasian Knot about booking an interview. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The UK economy's main problem | On Times Radio www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNyA...

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How Andy Burnham Can Fix The UK Economy | Yanis Varoufakis

YouTube video by Times News

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Sasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I think Bluesky doesn't get just how many groups didn't migrate over. If you're even somewhat seriously in the OSINT space, you're stuck on twitter because of how few international communities moved over. This is an almost purely US-UK site.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Lecture 2: "A World of Empire" Totalitarianism did not emerge from nowhere. It was a response particularly to empires that Europeans had created. Free online course: "Hitler and Stalin Today" Hosted by the Munk School @utoronto.ca Full lecture: youtu.be/PDOGV5Gl6SE?...

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

‘Many such authors are able to use AI tools to generate a book a day with little use of their own creativity.’ These people are not ‘authors’, they are ‘prompt writers’

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The new premium product: books written by people

Some publishers think AI could not only help authors but replace them

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USSR Pictures @ussrpictures.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Commander of the 1st Army Group of Soviet Forces in the Mongolian People's Republic Georgy Zhukov. August 1939, Khalkhin Gol.

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British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies @basees.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The symposium ‘Visualising Chornobyl: Ukraine and Beyond’ will take place on 18 September 2026, from 9am to 5:30pm (UK time), ArtsOne Building, G.19 (Hitchcock Cinema) at @qmul.bsky.social Queen Mary University of London. Please follow the link to reserve a place: www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-...

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David Turner @railwayhistorian.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

My favourite shop in Canada.

A man in front of a shop called "David's Tea". He holds a cup of tea

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It’s been great fun working on this project for author & historian Frederick Leiner. If you’ve got a research project you need assistance with, don’t hesitate to drop me a line!

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I got back on my bike for first time post-partum (didn’t cycle when pregnant either) 12 weeks ago. I’m so proud of this latest ride and the fact I’ve managed to keep showing up given my back, heatwave, phd, work, animals and baby. It may be modest for some but big deal for me!

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Delighted to have my paper on mules in Burma accepted for the European Social Science History Conference next year. Our panel ‘Working Together: The Emotional Dimensions of Animal Labour‘ brings together some fantastic scholars from across the world !

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The Eurasian Knot🎙️ @euraknot.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Last month we discussed Soviet Holocaust Literature with Sasha Senderovich, an Associate Professor of Slavic Languages & Literatures and of International Studies at the University of Washington. Listen Here: www.patreon.com/euraknot/pos...

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H.G.W. Davie @hgwdavie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In August I will be taking part in the Lupine Racing Trans-Europe event from London to Istanbul by train bus taxi or boat The real racers will cover that distance in 3 days but we will take a more leisurely pace and perhaps take 5 days and then take the same coming back lupine.co.uk/race/2026-lo...

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The Trans-European Race 2026 | Lupine Racing | Where Travel and Racing Meet

Lupine Racing, Where Travel and Racing Meet

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Dr Philip W Blood MBA @philipwblood.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Riding the Rails in Holland.

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Thanks to the two chaps in Tunbridge Wells who helped my mum after a nasty fall today, lifting her up and taking her to nearby shop where the lovely owner made her a cup of tea and sat with her for 45 mins until she felt well enough to leave. A reminder that most people are fundamentally kind. 🩷

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

After a frantic day yesterday, today's reward: a trip to The National Archives! Got some Railway Work, Life & Death project loose ends to tie up ... which probably means more new research coming!

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Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Last, but not least, Editor in Chief Martijn Lak addresses "Tanks in Ukraine 2022” by Mark Galeotti and Felipe Rodríguez, from Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social (www.ospreypublishing.com/us/tanks-in-...)

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Tanks in Ukraine 2022

A world-renowned expert offers a focused, illustrated account of how Russian and Ukrainian armour fought during the crucial year of 2022, prior to the arrival o…

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Tank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The 76 mm ZIS-3 gun was presented #OTD in 1941. Marshal Kulik, the head of Soviet artillery, rejected this gun. Its creator Vasily Grabin put it into production anyway. This gamble paid off, as the ZIS-3 became an incredibly successful weapon. #artillery #history #WW2 #WWII

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Universities aren’t failing; the funding model is.

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Another round of voluntary severance, this time with an explicit message that if this doesn’t cut the budgets enough, compulsory redundancies might be on the table. And to think at the weekend I was telling people that we seemed to have escaped this cycle…

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The Eurasian Knot🎙️ @euraknot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

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USSR Pictures @ussrpictures.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Feast after a successful hunt (N. Khrushchev, I.B. Tito, A. Kosygin). 1963.

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H.G.W. Davie @hgwdavie.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The critical analysis of my thesis is now online at the UEA Repository. It lists the supporting journal papers which are online at Taylor and Francis website and the later ones are Open Access. ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

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The Rear of the Red Army during the German-Soviet War 1941-1945 - UEA Digital Repository

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Journal of Slavic Military Studies @josms.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Second issue of the year… is a special issue on Ukraine, "Lessons from the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022,” guest edited by Deborah Sanders here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Dr Sanders also covers the naval situation in "Maritime lessons from the war in Ukraine"

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Lessons from the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022

Published in The Journal of Slavic Military Studies (Vol. 39, No. 2, 2026)

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USSR Pictures @ussrpictures.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Brushing the teeth of a hippopotamus at the Moscow Zoo. USSR, 1944

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Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Nearly 4,000 academic posts in social sciences, humanities and the arts have been axed in one year alone. In the 12 months to December 2024, just under 3,000 social sciences, 820 humanities and 240 arts jobs went. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

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David Turner @railwayhistorian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Can I recommend this to everyone, an excellent book.

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hello it’s me, your semi-regular hustling for archive work post. Do you need something copied from the archives or perhaps some research completing, but can’t get there yourself? Pay me to go instead. I’m great!

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism

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BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) on X

Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told. The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m...

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 18/07/2026

A few years before I got to my cav troop, a Bradley tried to cross a (high) stream and got swept downstream. The vehicle wasn't loaded according to load plan and the dismount panicked and opened the back door. The driver drowned b/c the way out was backed with gear. 1/

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Smugness and pride are not becoming BUT: I find it deeply amusing that after all these years with zero engagement, some people in the military history world still have nothing better to do than bitch about me and meanwhile I’ve published a book, grown and birthed a small human and started a PhD.

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David Turner @railwayhistorian.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A thought on UK university funding crisis. Perhaps university authorities, and particularly UUK, should have challenged the fact that UKRI only pay for 80% of research costs, meaning they lose universities money? It is absurd and surely people saw that this was going to be a problem?

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The Eurasian Knot🎙️ @euraknot.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This past week we had Jonathan Daly discussing the late Russian historian Richard Pipes, would you agree on Pipes' outlook of Americans? Listen to the podcast here: www.patreon.com/cw/euraknot

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USSR Pictures @ussrpictures.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Soviet cosmonauts (from left to right): Pavel Popovich, Alexei Leonov and Yuri Gagarin look at the first image of the lunar surface obtained from the Luna-9 automatic station, June 1966

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