nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I've never found the words to adequately describe #Oktoberfest. #Munich #Wiesn 101
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Remember, the longer you live the more time you have to read and collect comics. 010
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Agreed. This season and this episode specifically are peak. It's hard to believe that this scene isn't the craziest thing to happen in that episode! 101
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This will probably be "feel-good story" on local news shortly. 000
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Very cool. Now I'm picturing a team up between Borg 80, 2XL, and possibly ROM. And it's a crossover with Steve Austin. 100
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Not this guy? www.ebay.com/itm/13690192...ebay.com1978 Vintage 2-XL Talking Robot Mego Corp Interactive 8 Track Player Untested | eBayIf possible. 100
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Love this. As I was leaving the theater I thought "wouldn't it be cool to explore a friendship between Peter and Jean" and you just went and freakin' did it. 060
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"Hey don't those vintage lamp shadea look just like the Hall of Doom from Superfriends?" - me, ruining an otherwise nice evening 000
Reposted by @nickvanstan.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.en.wikipedia.orgGeneral Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia 542585816
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I heard a 3rd hand rumor that he was killed in Ukraine and it's all being hushed up. The fact I find this possible speaks to how little trust we have in official statements anymore. 000
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Such an '80s character. Purchased it off the spinner rack with such high hopes, but they couldn't really figure out what to do with the him. Peacemaker had a much more fun take on it. 120
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I hope your father, because that is peak Dad joke. 010
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026That New Mutants poster is frankly incredible 000
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The correct answer is Juliette Lewis in OLD SCHOOL 000
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Whenever I finish "Rome", I immediately go into "I, Claudius". The drop in production value is precipitous, but the stories and acting do not disappoint. Takes you from Julius Caesar through Caligula to Nero. 040
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026I love the middle finger the artist gives to perspective, and that the land is warm with sun ... Except the sun is in the background 😂 000
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I have a colleague from Belarus, who once characterized ravioli as "dumplings that aren't even trying" and I think about that a lot. 000
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026It's misleading. The original X-Men only appear in a dream sequence. 🤬 000
Reposted by @nickvanstan.bsky.socialRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Writing Tip: #WritingCommunity 713513406
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026The #Dutch know what's coming - concentration camps, the persecution of Jews. There are reports of hundreds of suicide attempts across the #Netherlands. #WW2 Image: a dairy farmer in wooden clogs watches helplessly as soldiers of the SS-VT, predecessors of the #Waffen-SS, move across his pasture. 020
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026#OTD the #Dutch capitulation is signed at 11 am. In the five days since the invasion, 2,500 Dutch military personnel and ~2,500 Dutch citizens have been killed - most of the latter in the Rotterdam bombing the previous day. #WW2 Image: stills of a medic flying the white flag, likely in Rotterdam 110
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Wave after wave of Luftwaffe bombers reduced #Rotterdam to rubble, killing over 2,000 civilians and ~700 #Dutch marines. This image shows what was left of the Erasmus House on the Coolsingel. This terror bombing permanently scarred Rotterdam, and its impact can still be seen today. #WW2 010
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026The Ultimatum was signed, but it was too late. Just 15 minutes before the expiry of the Ultimatum, the first wave of Luftwaffe bombers were already enroute to #Rotterdam. A German officer, who was accompanying the Dutch fired off red signal flares to warn the bombers away, but it was in vain. #WW2 120
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026#Hitler had counted on a #Dutch surrender within 48 hours. Frustrated by continued resistance on this fourth day of the invasion, he sent an ultimatum to the Dutch general staff warning that unless they surrendered within two hours, the Luftwaffe would bomb Rotterdam before moving onto other cities. 100
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026#OTD in 1940, German forces tighten their circle around “Fortress Holland” and Hitler subjects Rotterdam to savage air bombardment. 110
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Images: soldiers of the SS-VT under fire in the Dutch countryside. Flooding the fields was one of few defenses the Dutch had. 000
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026German forces begin to encircle “Fortress Holland” and focus on the Waal and Maas rivers and the Dutch Grebbe Line, which is successfully taken by soldiers of the SS Verfuegungstruppe (SS-VT) - predecessors of the #Waffen-SS. 100
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026#OTD in 1940, #Dutch Queen Wilhelmina and her government flee their country on a British cruiser while the Dutch army collapses under pressure from German forces. Dutch High Command orders a general retreat to defensive positions around Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Utrecht. #WW2 100
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026#OTD in 1940, the French 7th Army is ordered to evacuate the #Netherlands and fall back to the Schelde river in Belgium. The Dutch are cut off and on their own. Image: soldiers of the SS-Verfuegungstruppe (SS-VT), predecessors of the #Waffen-SS, secure a Dutch town. #WW2 000
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The 120-150 #Dutch aircraft that make it into the air are outgunned by German Messerschmitts. They will all be destroyed in a matter of hours, but a few Dutch pilots will make it across the English Channel to fight another day. #WW2 000
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Image: German and Dutch dogfight over Rotterdam. The Dutch #Fokker G1s have the distinctive gated tails. The Dutch airforce (Luchtvaartafdeling, or LVA) don’t stand a chance. Many aircraft were destroyed on the ground the first day of the invasion 48 hours earlier. #WW2 100
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026#OTD in 1940, German and Dutch forces are fighting across the #Netherlands. Although equal in number, the Dutch are outgunned, unseasoned, and unprepared for the combined arms “Blitzkrieg” attack. Image: map showing the advances made by German forces across the Benelux countries on 10-11 May 1940. 100
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Dramatic close-up of a German airborne soldier preparing to jump. I found most of these images in published diaries and books published in the 1940s-50s. 000
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026The Anglo-French Dyle Plan does not foresee the Germans attacking across the Ardennes plateau, which was thought impassable. It’s exactly what the Germans do - successfully - and reach the sea at Calais, cutting off the #Netherlands completely. Image: German parachutists over the #Netherlands. 100
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026#OTD in 1940, Germany invades the #Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. German airborne troops land on the bridges at Rotterdam, Dordrecht, and Moerdijk, while ground forces cross into the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg simultaneously. Image: German parachutists over Moerdyk in May 1940 100
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026The German “Blitzkrieg” tactics are already well-known by now: Airborne attacks to secure key locations, then tanks followed by motorized infantry, supported by Stuka dive bombers. The Anglo-French response is called the Dyle Plan. It will fail spectacularly in less than 24 hours. (3/3) 000
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026A general state of emergency exists in Belgium, and their Dutch, British, and French allies are informed. 113 divisions consisting of 2.9 million men, are facing each other along the German frontier. (2/3) 100
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026#OTD in 1940, the OKW (German High Command) issued actual orders for the attack on the west - starting with the invasion of the #Netherlands and Belgium the next morning. (1/3) Image: map showing the deployment of Allied and German forces across the Benelux border 100
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Image: German infantry protected by a light tank (likely a Kreuzer Panzerkampfwagen Mk IV 744) advancing on Lillehammer, Norway in 1940. By this point, they have already swept through Poland and Denmark. 000
nickvanstan.bsky.social @nickvanstan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The Germans have already successfully annexed Austria, divided up Poland, and are currently sweeping across Denmark and Norway. The British allies are focused on internal politics, as Neville Chamberlain’s belated resignation appears finally inevitable. (2/3) 000
