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The Tattooed Historian @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Most conversations about the ethics of war footage have focused on who should watch it and how. This case suggests that we also need to ask who else is watching and what are they going to do with it." Read my first article for The Conversation now! theconversation.com/russian-team...

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Russian team ‘misused’ Claude AI to train a killer drone on scraped Ukrainian war footage

Visual footage — even that created by journalists and civilians to document conflict and hold nations accountable — can now become raw material for weapons development.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Titanic victims’ graves in Halifax are well-known, but some related burials get less attention. Among them: Dr. Francis Edward (“Frank”) McGee, ship’s surgeon aboard RMS Carpathia, who died in Halifax in 1933 and was buried in Camp Hill Cemetery. #Titanic #history #NavalHistory #Halifax 1/2

Colour photograph of the grave marker for Frank McGee, with a carved stone cross atop a three-step pyramid base. Trees and other headstones are in the background.

Colour photograph of the inscription on Frank McGee’s headstone. From top to bottom: In loving memory of Francis E. McGee of Southampton, Died at Halifax, 1877-1933.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thinking of launching a professional networking website for armoured fighting vehicles. It’ll be called LynxedIn. M113 ½ Lynx Command & Reconnaissance Vehicle at the Canadian War Museum earlier today. #Museums #MilitaryHistory #DadJokes

Colour photograph of a green Lynx Command & Reconnaissance Vehicle, seen from its right side. It has tracks. There are concrete barriers and fences in the foreground. Trees and blue sky are in the background, and a building is on the right.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Spotted at the Whitney Pier Museum: a homemade 3-D map of RCAF Station Sydney/CFS Sydney, complete with aeronautically appropriate street names (Sabre, Mustang, Hurricane, Siskin). #CdnHist #History #Radar #MilitaryHistory #RCAF #Museum

Colour photograph of a painted wooden 3-D model of RCAF Station Sydney/CFS Sydney, showing roads and structures. Main roads include Sabre, Mustang, and Hurricane Avenues, and Siskin Road. Inscription at lower right indicates it was built by Bucky Muldoon.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

During a travel stop-over: the tunnel at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport where Greg Curnoe’s “Homage to the R 34” was briefly installed in 1968, before it was removed. Details here: www.aci-iac.ca/art-books/gr... #CdnHist #History #ArtHistory #GregCurnoe #Censorship

Colour photograph of a tunnel with a pathway down the middle and pedestrian movers on either side.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Archival research success this past week: tracking down an original print of a certain photograph, @library-archives.canada.ca. Bonus points for identifying the subject matter without looking up the archival reference. #CanadianHistory #history #CdnHist

Colour photograph of an archival box (centre) with a colour photograph in the foreground and windows in the background.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A bit of archival photographic research this afternoon, @library-archives.canada.ca

Colour photograph taken indoors, with a lightbox in the foreground supporting two envelopes and a 35mm transparency. White archival box in medium distance, with windows and cloudy sky in background.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

For those in the Ottawa area this weekend, there will be a free screening of the documentary “We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes”, followed by a panel discussion on women in agriculture that includes my colleague, Dr. Stacey Barker. Details here: welendahand.ca/events/

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Events – We Lend a Hand

Time to see the Farmerettes on a big screen.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I have apparently been spelling "history" incorrectly for much of my life. That may help explain some things. #history #histery

A screenshot of Google being asked "how many es are in the word history"? The AI overview claims there are two es in the word history, and spells it h i s t e r y

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Call for applications: 2026-27 Canadian War Museum Research Fellowship. It funds on-site work by a postgraduate scholar to conduct research based on the Museum’s collection. Details available through link here: www.warmuseum.ca/get-involved... #CdnHist #CanadianHistory #History

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Career opportunities

VIew our career opportunities and join an exceptional team who help ensure the success of Canada’s most prestigious and visited museums.

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J. Connell Stryker @jconnellstryker.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Just two more days before the SWAAN Project's Workshop on Women and the Sea! Check out our amazing program of speakers and sign up online! The first of two events focused on women and other marginalized identities in seafaring, past and present. #maritimehistory #skystorians www.swaan.org/program

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Women and the Sea Workshop — SWAAN

SWAAN will host the Woman and the Sea Workship on 29 April to 1 May 2026 at Memorial University's Maritime History Archive in St. John's NL. To imagine a future for women in maritime industries, we mu...

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I've just been reminded that the Juno Beach Centre Association (JBCA) is looking for two students to work as Museum Project Assistants for the summer of 2026. Eligibility and application details are linked below. The deadline is 27 March. www.junobeach.org/were-hiring-... #CdnHist #CanadianHistory

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We’re Hiring Summer Students! : Juno Beach Centre

Welcome to

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The North American Society for Oceanic History will again offer the James C. Bradford Memorial Dissertation Research Fellowship for 2026. Closing date for application is April 1 2026. Full details and the application process are here: nasoh.org/bradford-fel... #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory

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North American Society for Oceanic History

Welcome to North American Society for Oceanic History

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Reposting & updating a blog post of mine from 2025 as part of Library and Archives Canada's Black Porter Perspectives series. Pic of porter & veteran Jean-Napoléon Maurice & Private Clarence Towne as entry to archival sources (1/5): thediscoverblog.com/2025/02/18/b... #BlackHistoryMonth #CdnHist

Black and white photograph of a porter (on the right, with white jacket and dark cap) leaning over to light the cigarette of a patient lying in the bed on the left. Image source: Library and Archives Canada, e011871941.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Like @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social says, the clock is ticking for abstract submissions. We’re looking forward to hearing from you - details in the link: drive.google.com/file/d/163rt...

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Call for Chapters - Ethical Conflict Studies Volume.pdf

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

As John says, the deadline for abstracts is January 1, and we're looking forward to your submissions! This volume will explore how ethics can be re-engaged as a living, contested, and transformative force in the study of conflict. More information is available through the link:

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Call for Chapters - Ethical Conflict Studies Volume.pdf

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Since it’s #InternationalMountainDay, (and also #ThrowbackThursday), here’s a view of Giant from Rocky Peak Ridge, taken last winter.

Colour photograph, with white snow and grey rocks in foreground. A person with their back to the camera is in the middle distance at centre. In the distance at centre is a large mountain with snow and dark trees. The horizon is at the middle of the image, with a blue sky above it.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

An E.J. Hughes work "Ten Minutes Rest during Route March on Kiska," depicting Canadians on Kiska during the Aleutian campaign just sold at auction for $133,250 CAD; estimate was $25-$35,000 CAD. Link to lot details at Heffel are in the third post. (1/3) #WarArt #CdnHist #MilitaryHistory

Black and white drawing of a group of soldiers against a snowy background. Ocean is visible on the left, and a mountain peak in the distance at centre. To the right, a tracked tractor pulls a trailer full of soldiers. Track marks are visible in the snow running from the tractor towards the bottom right.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

On the night of 24-25 November 1944, U-1228 sank the corvette HMCS Shawinigan off Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland. The corvette had been escorting the ferry SS Burgeo, and was on patrol off the coast while Burgeo was in port. 1/2 #CdnHist #NavalHistory

Black and white photograph of the port side of HMCS Shawinigan, with ship's bow (front) at left. Ship is silhouetted agains the sky, with a gun at left, and superstructure including the bridge and a funnel at centre. Pennant number "K136" is painted on the hull. RCN image MC-2921, Ken Macpherson, Naval Museum of Alberta, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Dusting off the past millennium’s technology. Glad to know I still recall how to load and operate a microfilm reader, complete with flashbacks to grad school. Did anyone else have a favourite microfilm reader at their archives? #history #CdnHist #CanadianHistory

Colour photograph of a beige microfilm reader with a light-coloured page displayed on its screen. A grey concrete wall with vertical textured markings is in the background

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

At work this morning to give a talk about Canada’s naval war from 1939-1945, including Hannah Baird, whose name is often mentioned, but whose face is seldom seen. #CdnHist #History #NavalHistory

Colour photograph of a room with chairs and a projection screen at centre. Image on screen has title of “Canada’s Naval War”, and a picture of part of the Canadian War Museum.

Colour photograph of a room with chairs and a projection screen at centre. Screen has black and white photograph of a woman with glasses on the left, and the name Hannah Baird on the right.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

80 years ago, 13 Nov 1945: Dutch freighter Blommersdijk arrived in Montreal, with German equipment collected by the 1st Canadian War Museum Collection Team headed by Farley Mowat. This Molch miniature sub drew attention, ultimately becoming part of the museum’s collection. #CdnHist #History (1/2)

Colour image of a three-quarter view of a black-hulled miniature submarine, pointing towards the viewer. A small conning tower and periscope are visible towards its rear, on the right. A silver bomb-shaped variable depth sonar is in the right background.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

80 years ago #OTD (1 Nov 45), this German Molch submarine, now at the Canadian War Museum, left Antwerp aboard the Montreal-bound Dutch freighter Blommersdijk. Also aboard were Farley Mowat, who commanded the 1st Canadian War Museum Collection Team, and Roy Weatherdon, one of its members. (1/3)

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

For those who might be interested, I'll be moderating a webinar on Canada and Iceland during the world wars on 12 November. It examines the cooperation and collaborations undertaken between Iceland and Canada during both conflicts. Free registration here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/canada-and... (1/3)

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Canada and Iceland in WW1 and WW2

The webinar will shed light on the cooperation and collaborations undertaken between Iceland & Canada during World War I and World War II

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I'm devastated by today's news. Tim has been a colleague and friend for nearly 20 years. It's a profound loss for his family, friends, and colleagues, and for everyone else whose lives he's touched through his research, publications, mentorship, and many contributions to the Canadian War Museum.

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Tim Cook, chief historian at Canadian War Museum, dies at 54 | CBC News

Tim Cook, the chief historian at the Canadian War Museum and the country’s “pre-eminent military historian,” has died, the museum announced Sunday.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

#OTD 82 years ago (22 October 1943): German sub U-537 arrived at Martin Bay in northern Nunatsiavut/Labrador, & installed automated weather station WFL-26, aka "Kurt". It functioned for a short time before it stopped transmitting. Recovered in 1981, it's now at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

Black and white photograph showing the silhouette of a submarine (U-537) in a bay. Snow covered hills are in the background. Source: George Metcalf Archival Collection, Canadian War Museum 20030149-001_2

Black and white photograph showing the after deck of U-537 as seen from the conning tower. An officer is in the foreground. In the background, sailors stand on the deck with two inflatable rubber boats. Source: George Metcalf Archival Collection, Canadian War Museum 20030149-001_3

Retouched black and white photograph showing Kurt after installation. Dark-coloured vertical metal cylinders, a tall antenna, and a shorter pole with weather-measuring instruments are visible against a snow-covered background. Source: George Metcalf Archival Collection, Canadian War Museum 20030149-001_5

Colour photograph of the restored Kurt weather station at the Canadian War Museum, showing a series of vertical dark metal cylinders with irregular white painted markings. One cylinder is painted grey. The station's antenna is just left of centre. Other artifacts and parts of the museum are in the background.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

On around this day in 1950 US and/or Republic of Korea forces located Soviet torpedoes near the airfield at Wŏnsan, North Korea. This is possibly one; it was captured in the area, after which it ultimately came to the Canadian War Museum. Find out more here: tnm.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/de...

The torpedo on display in the Canadian War Museum courtyard at 330 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, July 1998. Colour photograph shows the torpedo with a red warhead (left) and silver metal body, lying horizontally on a series of stands. Various booths and a stone wall with windows are visible in the background. Credit: Canadian War Museum, CWM2023-0015-0001-N

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

104 years ago yesterday, 17 October 1921: second race of the elimination trials to select Nova Scotia's contender for the International Fishermen's Trophy. Photos taken by C.H.J. Snider aboard the victorious #Bluenose during the race, Archives of Ontario F1194-4

View of sailors on the slanting deck of a schooner, facing away from the viewer. Rigging is visible beyond them. Upper caption: Scenes in Race that settled Nova Scotia Championship, Oct. 17, 1921. Lower caption: "Ready About!" - Passing the balloon-sheet.

View of men in dark clothes and caps sitting on a hatch. A mast and a boom are behind them, along with sailors on the deck in the background. Caption: "Happy on the hatch."

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Why yes, I am editing an article and trying without success to comment on a footnote. (If memory serves, back in the days of Clippy it was possible to do this.)

Image of Clippy, the former Microsoft desktop assistant, who took the form of a paperclip with eyes, against a backdrop of a yellow piece of paper. Speech bubble says "It looks like you're trying to comment on a footnote." Yes and no options are available.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I'll join others in sharing this wonderful story. In the early 1980s, listening to Tom Lehrer at a family friend's house was part of my introduction to Cold War culture in the 1950s and 1960s. As a result, it's also partly to blame for some of my historical interests and research. So long, Tom.

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Tom Lehrer - So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) - with intro - widescreen

YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

#OTD 80 years ago (18-19 July 1945): Bedford Magazine explosion destroyed much of site, killing 1. Parts of Halifax were evacuated amid fears of larger explosions. Albert Cloutier's watercolour view from Dartmouth shows 1st blast. Canadian War Museum 19710261-1757. #CanadianHistory #NavalHistory

A watercolour painting showing person in foreground with wharf and boats to the left. Hill in middle distance in right. In the background, a large mushroom cloud rises up into the sky, with a dark cloud at the top. Inscription bottom right: "Halifax Explosion - 18 July. The first blast 6:37 PM. Cloutier, Dartmouth." Beaverbrook Collection of War Art, Canadian War Museum 19710261-1757.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

1/11: A thread: photos of Canadian war artist Alex Colville, spotted during research. #MilHist #History #ArtHistory #WarArt #CdnHist. Library and Archives Canada, Army Album 88 of 110, page 78; Colville also appears elsewhere, (page 14), as do other artists: central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?ap...

Group of four black and white photographs (2 over 2) showing Canadian military personnel in uniforms in a wooded location, looking at artwork held by artist Alex Colville. Library and Archives Canada, Army Numerical photos 47963-47966, North West Europe, Album 88 of 110, page 78

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

For those who have ever wondered what part of the contents of Second World War emergency rations in Royal Canadian Navy lifeboats and life rafts looked like. These were in the larger grey metal boxes, along with tins of water and packages of biscuits. #NavalHistory #CanadianHistory

Colour photograph of a gold-coloured tin on the left and an opened tin with contents of biscuits and tablets on the right. Label on tin reads:
"FOOD CONTAINER"
CONTENTS
12 BISCUIT RATION
2 CHOCOLATE RATION
12 MILK CHOCOLATE
TABLET RATION.
THIS IS CONCENTRATED FOOD & SHOULD BE EATEN SLOWLY.
PROCESSED BY W. CLARK LIMITED
MONTREAL, CANADA R.C.N.- G.S.W. 45
Label on contents reads: Ration Biscuits
Processed by
HARRISON BROTHERS LIMITED, Montreal

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

At the 35th Canadian Military History Colloquium, with @normagraham.bsky.social talking about “From Varsity to Wismar: 1 Can Para and the Race to the Baltic”. #milhist #cdnhist #CanadianHistory #sww #ww2 #wwii

Colour photograph of @normagraham.bsky.social at left and a screen with a presentation at right, against a green wall.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

In Waterloo, @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social, for the 35th Canadian Military History Colloquium, talking about one of the all-too-frequent hospital ship and train returns of Canadians from overseas during the Second War. More info studyofcanada.ca/events/confe... #milhist #History #CanadianHistory

Black and white photograph looking down on people carrying a wounded person off the hospital ship Lady Nelson on a stretcher at middle left. At top, a row of people leaning on a railing look down at the scene. Source: Ingenium Archives, CN Images of Canada Collection, X-17122, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/X-17122/

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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

"Canada is fundamentally transformed by the Second World War," says Tim Cook (Canadian War Museum) author of "The Good Allies." At 8/11pm with Margaret MacMillan, author of "War," and @jeffnoakes.bsky.social, author of "Forged in Fire," and @spaikin.bsky.social #veday80

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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

"A third world war would be catastrophic in a way that even the first two world wars weren't." On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, @spaikin.bsky.social speaks with historians Margaret MacMillan, and the Canadian War Museum's Tim Cook and @jeffnoakes.bsky.social on learning from the past.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Foundation Pilot, Georges Island, and Siem Confucius with Atlantic Cedar and Atlantic Ash in the distance, Kjipuktuk/Halifax, 12 March 2025.

Colour photograph of a yellow and white pilot boat in left foreground on blue water. Green and brown island in middle distance, with white lighthouse on the middle right. Rectangular white ship in right distance.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

A post of mine published today as part of Library and Archives Canada Blog's Black Porter Perspectives series, using a photograph of porter Jean-Napoléon Maurice and Private Clarence Towne as an entry to archival resources (1/5): thediscoverblog.com/2025/02/18/b... #BlackHistoryMonth #CdnHist

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

An article on the complex history of a Soviet torpedo at the Canadian War Museum, including its connections to the Korean War and early Cold War mine warfare, for the Canadian Nautical Research Society’s journal Northern Mariner: #NavalHistory #CdnHist (1/6): tnm.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/de...

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Ferry CRAIG BLAKE and Georges Island, Halifax/Kjipuktuk, 31 December 2024. A Happy New Year to all celebrating tonight (or who are already celebrating in 2025, depending on time zones), and best wishes for the year to come.

Colour photograph of grey misty sky over grey and silver water. Ferry CRAIG BLAKE at left, and Georges Island on the right.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I believe this counts as officially out of the office for the holidays.

Colour photograph of a person in dark clothes with a backpack and hiking poles. A dog with a coat on a leash is in the foreground. Snow-covered trees are in the background, which has a view over other mountains and a sunset in the sky. (On Cascade Mountain, in the Adirondacks.)

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

So, this is what happens when a large number of people are allowed to pick and choose the Quality Street that they prefer at a bulk food store. A pattern may be emerging.

Colour photograph of the bottom of a bin of formerly mixed Quality Street. Most of the remaining items are in yellow wrappers. Most of those are the toffee coins that the customers at this store would appear not to like. This presumes a relatively random distribution of types to begin with, of course.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Just out, in time for weekend or holiday reading: article written with colleague Marie-Louise Deruaz about a recent-ish project - "Little Ship, Big Screen: Animating the Battle of the Atlantic at the Canadian War Museum": scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol33/is... #NavalHistory #CdnHist #MaritimeHistory

Colour computer-generated image of a Canadian corvette (small warship) at night on a calm sea, moving from left to right towards the viewer. There is a bow wave and wake in the water, and light-coloured smoke emerging from the ship's smokestack.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Since today’s International Mountain Day, here’s Mount Lawrence Grassi, seen while on the way from Ha Ling Peak to Miner’s Peak, just under a month ago. (Historian connection: this was a day hike after a conference in Calgary, squeezed in before the flight home.)

Colour photograph of a mountain peak, with partial snow in the foreground and on the peak itself. The sun is just right of centre in a partly cloudy sky. The photograph does not effectively depict the wind.

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