Reposted by Jonny BriggsAnton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 12/10/2026"Yandex Strikes Caused Russian Bot Activity To Drop By 50 Percent" Is FALSE. buff.ly/Pa7fvr8buff.lyRapid-response fact-check: "Yandex Strikes Caused Russian Bot Activity To Drop By 50 Percent" Is False | Joohn ChoeThis is going on viral on Facebook today and it's unfortunately wrong. Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex data centers in Russia did not cut 418694
Reposted by Jonny BriggsOrganized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 12/10/2026Read more in our new story with @tbij.bsky.social and @cirency.bsky.social: www.occrp.org/en/project/c...occrp.orgDeloitte’s Cyprus Office Helped Abramovich Firms Relocate Billions in Assets in Apparent Bid to Sidestep Tax and TransparencyA trove of emails shows that Deloitte Cyprus helped firms beneficially owned by Roman Abramovich attempt to skirt tax and disclosure obligations by retroactively transferring assets to British Virgin ... 25418
Reposted by Jonny BriggsGerman Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 09/10/2026Dear people of the UK, this Prize is for you! In 1946, the British founded the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 80 years on, NRW says "Thank you", presenting its highest award, the State Prize, to the people of the UK, recognising the deep friendship between the state and the UK. 1224249
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Mass meaning likely to be more projectiles incoming in c21st. Also, could the UK create the huge quantity of AA wpns it had in the SWW again? 220
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To be fair, a lot of modern attack drones are flying at similar or lower speeds to V1 rockets in 44-45. A lot of those got intercepted with SWW technology. Mass? 130
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026youtu.be/gSc46sEZdl4?...youtu.beLloyd Cole and the Commotions - RattlesnakesYouTube video by LloydColeVEVO 000
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's not about any conventional goals. It's the continuation of social media likes and stock market manipulation by other means. 000
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Excellent article. If you're interested in the AFPU, press coverage in the SWW or Op JUBILEE, well worth your time. 010
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Or even wars at all in any conventional 'continuation of policy' sense. It's all performance (attention seeking) and insider trading. 020
Reposted by Jonny BriggsSociety for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Call for Papers - SAHR Virtual Conference, "The British Army Since 1945" Paper and panel proposals sought for an online conference taking place 20-21 February 2027 - full details in link. Please share widely. www.sahr.org.uk/docs/sahr-call-for-papers-the-british-army-since-1945-sahrs1143.pdf 075
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Linked In always brings me back to this meme... 122
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The famous 'dapple' camouflage pattern used only by the Royal Scots Greys. Discussed in Tanks in Unexpected Places. 0121
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I did wonder if that might be the case. Unusual but not unprecedented. 000
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026That's what I thought. But yes, definitely a few groundcrew on there too. 130
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Not sure. Though RAF unlikely to assign so many to their local airfield. Probably just a result of Bomber Commands heavy losses? 020
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Really interesting roll of honour. First, there are a lot of names for a comparatively small place. Second, many additional details which is unusual. 2171
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Not going to speculate about this except to say the multiple but unspecified number of arrests and the general vagueness are interesting. 011
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRAF Fairford: Men held under Explosives Act in major incidentA major incident is declared and villagers have been evacuated from their homes in Whelford near RAF Fairford. 132
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Glad the vehicle was identified. Now can we discuss WTAF is going on with the cpl in the foreground? 020
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026That Notts-Lincs border area is so underrated. Beautiful. 010
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukD-Day veteran Kenneth Hay dies aged 101Kenneth Hay was an "extraordinary gentleman whose remarkable life will never be forgotten", the British Normandy Memorial says. 130
Reposted by Jonny BriggsThe Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Finally put the order in @jonnybriggs.bsky.social - didn’t know it was a hardback. Hope to be able to pick it up on the way to the airport Monday. 1162
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Lol. In what way? Had a few different reactions to it. 000
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_We... Quite the CV. Instructive.en.wikipedia.orgHans Weidel - Wikipedia 010
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026An interesting and timely thread hot from the 1930s. 002
Reposted by Jonny BriggsProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 02/09/20262 September 1939. British government led by Neville Chamberlain agreed to send an ultimatum to Germany stating that unless Hitler removed troops from Poland, Britain would go to war. It would be delivered at 9AM on the following day and expire 2 hours later. 02116
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Helion have been great. Smallish team, all very helpful. Efficient copy editing and map making. Index for author to sort but not a drama. 040
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 21/08/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGermany investigates Russia links to weapons cache discovery, reports sayGerman intelligence believes guns found last year were for carrying out assassinations on behalf of Moscow, reports say. 000
Reposted by Jonny BriggsIan Potter @ianzpotter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026An object believed to have been of religious significance. 310018
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I think that's changed significantly in the last fifteen years or so. But yeah, very true in the 1930s through to 1990s. 000
Reposted by Jonny BriggsThis Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 13/08/202665 years ago, on the 13th of August 1961, East Germany closed the border between east and west Berlin and started construction on the Berlin Wall. In the years prior, emigration had become a worry of East German officials, especially young and people leaving and 'brain drain'. #otd #history 🗃️ 213219
Reposted by Jonny Briggsrbb|24 @rbb24.de · 13/08/2026Stacheldraht und Beton: Am 13. August 1961 beginnt der Bau der Berliner Mauer - und damit nicht nur die Teilung einer Stadt, sondern auch die Trennung von Familien, Freund:innen und Nachbar:innen. Eine Teilung in Bildern: rbburl.de/65jahremauer... 23719
Reposted by Jonny BriggsDave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 11/08/2026There are a quarter fewer firefighters in England than there were before 2010.theguardian.com‘National priority’ to equip UK firefighters amid growing wildfire threatExclusive: FBU calls for more funding as ‘unprecedented summer’ puts rising demands on already stretched crews 43722
Reposted by Jonny BriggsBritish Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 10/08/2026A gas decontamination party from the 167th Field Ambulance dress in protective clothing during a training exercise near Canterbury on 10 August 1940. 📸 Arthur Puttnam / IWM (H 2960) 032
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026"a quarrel in a far away country between people of whom we know nothing…" 020
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026An idea that would have been alien to politicians and military leaders across the continent in both periods.. 120
Reposted by Jonny BriggsDurotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Two phases of coastal defence separated in time by over 1,600 years A section of late 3rd century wall and projecting tower in the SW circuit of Pevensey #Roman coastal fort East #Sussex with a 1940s machine gun emplacement built into the fallen masonry 📷 April 2016 #RomanFortThursday 418845
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026It's Thore Horve, Norwegian naval officer. Commanded the Norwegian vessel that KM's Main to scuttle early in the invasion. Later held key positions in the exiled Norwegian Navy in the UK. 040
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Absolutely right. The sheer irrationality of most Nazi ideology can't be underplayed. Anti-science, conspiracy theory obsessed & full of magical thinking. Goodrick-Clarke's book 'The Occult Roots of Nazism' is old but captures much of this well. Often not literally believed but created a culture. 020
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comUK 'ready to defend itself' after Iran says bases are 'legitimate targets'An Iranian military group has issued a warning to the UK over allowing US forces to use British bases for strikes on Iran. 000
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comHouthis claim attack on Saudi tankers in Red SeaThe Houthi attacks would be the first in the Red Sea since the Iran-backed group announced a "maritime embargo" against Saudi Arabia. 000
Reposted by Jonny BriggsSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19/07/2026France 4 England 6 Joan of Arc, Francois Mitterand, Jean Paul-Sartre, etc, etc 6487