Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 3hYoutube comment of the day: "Canada is not even a real country and doesn't really have a distinct geopolitical stance that differs from the US or impacts globally." 250
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Youtube comment of the day: "All the horrors which befell Europe & even globally in the 20th Century are a result of French Republicanism." 2111
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Our full-length treatment of the Soviet-Afghan War: www.youtube.com/watch?v=saFt...youtube.comSoviet War in Afghanistan 1979-1989 (Full Documentary)YouTube video by Real Time History 073
Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Our full-length treatment of the Soviet-Afghan War: www.youtube.com/watch?v=saFt...youtube.comSoviet War in Afghanistan 1979-1989 (Full Documentary)YouTube video by Real Time History 073
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderMesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I always like Roman brutal realism in art. So different from our age of the image 2433
Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Youtube comment of the day: "All the horrors which befell Europe & even globally in the 20th Century are a result of French Republicanism." 2111
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJames Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#OnThisDay 1946: David Low in the Evening Standard on the Nuremberg Trials verdicts... 03712
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderIan Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When it's Jonah and the Whale. Every. Single. Week. 0122
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wise words from an Ottoman politician in 1911, when facing an aggressive foreign imperial power: 2254
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Franz Josef, upon learning high-ranking intelligence officer Alfred Redl had spied for Russia: ‘‘So this is the new age? And these are the creatures it produces? In our old days such a thing would have been unthinkable.’’ (Schindler, 2007) 092
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "you think this garbage spewing propoganda is convincing?" 1101
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "The West did not develop on its own, but was supported by the Manchus and eventually got out of control. [...] If the Ming Dynasty did not fall, the West would have no chance." 252
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "the war against Germany [in 1939] was forced by America." 351
Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "The West did not develop on its own, but was supported by the Manchus and eventually got out of control. [...] If the Ming Dynasty did not fall, the West would have no chance." 252
Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "the war against Germany [in 1939] was forced by America." 351
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderSlightly out of focus @normandy661944.bsky.social · 29/09/2026West Country Manoeuvres: Camouflaged Bren Gun Carriers in a Lane, by Edward Ardizzone, 1941. IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 1494) 0215
Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "you think this garbage spewing propoganda is convincing?" 1101
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJournal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In this quiet painting, young domestic servant in wealthy household has interrupted her dusting duties & stands engrossed in reading a book. On the elegant tabletop is a still-life of a stationery box, Asian vases & a porcelain figure (William McGregor Paxton, The House Maid, 1910, NGA, Washington) 215033
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just as a reminder Trump apologists, in the last 9 months Trump has: Threatened to invade Greenland Seized the leader Venezuela Launched a war against Iran without Congressional approval. Any state in the world needs to worry about him. Except Russia of course. Putin is safe. 732053
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "Even though this is a podcast you could have spiced it up with some pictures and not just you two talking. Even though I love the subject it is way too boring to finish." NARRATOR: The episode in question has had over 125,000 views 1116710
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderAndré Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Unpopular opinion Histoire de France : quelqu'un qui serait capable de réciter dans l'ordre tous les rois / présidents depuis les origines, mais sans connaître l'enquête linguistique de 1863 ou les réalités qu'elle illustre, ne connaît et ne comprend en fait rien à la trajectoire historique du pays 39533196
Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "I watch an episode every night when I get home from work. Jesse: you are an incredible historical sherpa, guiding us through The Past. THANK YOU!" 081
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Icy Reception: How Rebel Forces Lost Hoth Despite Prepared Defenses and Favorable Terrain 2477
Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Franz Josef, upon learning high-ranking intelligence officer Alfred Redl had spied for Russia: ‘‘So this is the new age? And these are the creatures it produces? In our old days such a thing would have been unthinkable.’’ (Schindler, 2007) 092
Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wise words from an Ottoman politician in 1911, when facing an aggressive foreign imperial power: 2254
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "Listening to this video sounds more like a purple-haired freshman disrupting a classroom than serious history." 2141
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderStephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Almost certainly yes. 410312
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderSteven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise. 160191173861
Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "Listening to this video sounds more like a purple-haired freshman disrupting a classroom than serious history." 2141
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "I did my dissertation on Fall Gelb. If I had handed in the text of this documentary for that assignment I would have never received a degree." 3121
Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "I did my dissertation on Fall Gelb. If I had handed in the text of this documentary for that assignment I would have never received a degree." 3121
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "Imagine how much better the world would’ve been without Canada." 351
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJames Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 20/09/2026One of the greatest political cartoons ever drawn is 87 years old today. Rendezvous, by David Low. 34211
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderSimon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Jean Veber, ‘The Somme, 20 September 1916’, lithograph, 1916. Source: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b... 0274
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderMarine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 18/09/2026S’il y en avait encore quelques-uns qui en doutaient parmi la classe politique française, le sujet de la Russie n’est pas juste l’Ukraine. Mais la démocratie et la sécurité sur tout le continuent européen, c’est aujourd’hui incontestable. 116731
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Damian Boeselager from Germany in the European Union 🤣🙌🏼🤭😆 PM Mark Carney Call me maybe? 😆 32346106
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderOz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The people advocating for Ukraine to surrender its territory to Russia today are the same people that told Ukraine to surrender Crimea to Russia yesterday and the same people who will tell Ukraine to surrender Odesa tomorrow. 4493116
Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "Imagine how much better the world would’ve been without Canada." 351
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "The boring reading to your audience is brutal... the pronunciation of foreign words and the Kanuck accent makes me want to restart WW1 with Kanuckistan." 181
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Main dates in the history of the neighbourhood of Sievering, in Vienna. 361
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Our latest video is sure to be of interest these days: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_x3...youtube.comThe Failed US Invasion of Canada 1812 (Documentary)YouTube video by Real Time History 1185
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJenna McLaughlin @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is kind of like the presumption of omniscience/malice when often the far more likely explanation is negligence/stupidity/basic human error. Encountered this plenty covering technology/natsec/intelligence. 1132
Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Our latest video is sure to be of interest these days: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_x3...youtube.comThe Failed US Invasion of Canada 1812 (Documentary)YouTube video by Real Time History 1185
Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Main dates in the history of the neighbourhood of Sievering, in Vienna. 361
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderBenjamin Brillaud @notabenemovies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Si l'Histoire m'a appris un truc, c'est qu'il n'y a pas de fatalité. Le déterminisme est un vœux idéologique bien pratique pour nos politiques. Alors on a rien sans rien, il faut se bouger, il faut prendre la parole, il faut dénoncer. Parce que ces idées s'infusent partout . 21971280
Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "The boring reading to your audience is brutal... the pronunciation of foreign words and the Kanuck accent makes me want to restart WW1 with Kanuckistan." 181
Reposted by Jesse AlexanderJesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Youtube comment of the day: "Man… you’re being a parasite." 151