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Paul Foster

@pfhistory.bsky.social
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Retired lawyer. MA(SWW:Conflict, Societies, Holocaust) Researching Italy 1943-45. Interests, Italy, German occupation policies, history of aviation and more things than I have time for!

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itamilradar @itamilradar.com · 02/10/2026
Movement over the Baltic today: just as Putin appears particularly nervous about the issue of Kaliningrad, NATO is concentrating its SIGINT assets around the Russian exclave. www.itamilradar.com/2026/10/02/t...
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Three ISR aircraft operate over the Baltic as NATO surveillance focuses on Kaliningrad
Three different intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft were active over the Baltic today, combining British, US and Swedish capabilities in the same operational environment. RAF RC-135...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That was the most bonkers speech I’ve ever heard. Hegseth is quite mad.
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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Le Brigate rosse. Una storia (1970-1988) : Foot, John, Notaristefano, Maristella: Amazon.it: Books
Le Brigate rosse. Una storia (1970-1988) : Foot, John, Notaristefano, Maristella: Amazon.it: Books
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 28/09/2026
On Sept. 17, the UN Fact-Finding Commission published its report determining that the United States has committed war crimes in the U.S.-Iran War. @gaborrona.bsky.social analyzes the law relevant to the report’s conclusions.
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Parsing the UN Fact-Finding Mission’s Report on U.S. Strikes in Iran
The UN Fact-Finding Commission concludes that the United States has committed war crimes. It could have said more to make a convincing case.
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itamilradar @itamilradar.com · 26/09/2026
What a day at Duxford!
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Paul Foster @pfhistory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Why Are We Sprinting Off the A.I. Cliff? | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Von der Leyen embraces a far-reaching idea: She just announced she wants to open the door to Canada becoming the "first associate member of the European Union" (to huge applause).
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Seems obvious that JD Vance or a close aide is a key anonymous source for this NY Times story. Vance apparently wants NYT to help him create the impression he's blameless in the war. Note that NYT does not say Vance declined comment. Surely he was contacted, considering the story is all about him.
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Behind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War (Gift Article)
Vice President JD Vance received sobering assessments about the war that did not line up with what he, President Trump and other top administration officials were saying publicly.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 04/09/2026
Three senior Reform figures were involved in those Channel 4 revelations we saw last night. Two have been kicked out. The third is Nigel Farage. Farage should be suspended while this matter is investigated. He has very serious questions to answer.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I cannot contain the white hot rage I feel right now listening to these lies so all I will say is F*CK THIS ADMINISTRATION. Signed, a medical historian.
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Lesley A Hall @erinacean.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
'Mummy, where do the facts come from?' 'Ssssh, darling, it's better not to ask'
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 04/08/2026
Thank you to all who attended today's meeting on the 'Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History'. Very valuable proposals in difficult times for history in HE / UK HE more widely. We've also a new guide bit.ly/4z1fAjO listing 100+ UK #history societies & networks supporting historians #Skystorians
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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Oh, I love dumpy little transporters like this feller. BBC News - 1950s Bristol Freighter Type 170 to be restored - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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1950s Bristol Freighter Type 170 to be restored
The Bristol Freighter Type 170 is believed to be the last remaining aircraft of its kind in Europe.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 31/07/2026
Interesting, though unsurprising
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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Today is the anniversary of Mussolini's fall from power in 1943. In Emilia-Romagna it is a custom for people to meet up & eat 'pastasciutta antifascista' in memory of the Cervi family, who instigated this tradition. Read the tragic story of this extraordinary family in the thread linked below.
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Pastasciutta antifascista - Wikipedia
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Gareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This is brilliant! ❤️🙌
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
But... surely the UK is a war zone under Sharia law, full of no-go areas run by grooming gangs and nobody can wear a watch or carry a phone in public..?
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
‘If voters think I’m a crook, they can get rid of me’ say Farage after stopping a process that would have better informed the voters.
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Paul Foster @pfhistory.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The 83rd anniversary of Mussolini's first fall from power is as good an excuse as any to draw attention to the wonderful resources dealing with the impact on civilians of the subsequent German occupation. Please have a look at www.straginazifasciste.it?lang=en and www.ns-taeter-italien.org/en/.
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Atlante stragi nazifasciste | Progetto di ricerca ANPI-INSMLI
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 22/07/2026
'The Historian's Craft & Practice: new writing on history teaching and historical research' bit.ly/45l8I2M Selected recent articles from the Society's journal, 'Transactions', on the practice of pedagogy and research. All content available Open Access. New article submissions invited #Skystorians
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The Historian's Craft and Practice: new writing on history teaching and historical research - RHS
The Society's academic journal, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, publishes a wide range of content from historians of all disciplinary backgrounds and career stages, worldwide. This inclu...
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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
If you come to Palermo combine a visit to the 'Museo del Presente' dedicated to Falcone & Borsellino with one to their former offices at Palermo courthouse. Everything has been preserved as it was in 1992 (visits with guide, only in Italian, on Monday to Friday mornings. Advance booking essential).
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Visite al Museo Falcone Borsellino - Progetto Legalità
Le visite al Museo, normalmente aperto da lunedì a venerdì nelle mattine, sono gratuite.Gli spazi del museo hanno una capienza […]
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
come work with us! we are nerds but we are fun!!! www.lawfaremedia.org/article/come...
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Come Work With Us—As Our New Associate Editor!
The Lawfare Institute—publisher of information and insight at the intersection of national security, law and policy—seeks a motivated full-time associate editor based in Washington, D.C.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The illegal, unethical, a-strategic US boat bombing campaign continues, failing to achieve its stated goal of countering drug trafficking. Just as many critics said at the start. It’s just murderous. As if killing to kill, to make the killers feel big, and to undermine law and ethics, is the point.
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Martin Hewitt @vicmanch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
British Library's EThOS platform for its online database of 650,000 doctoral theses back online. Hooray!
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EThOS records restored
We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Ahead of England v Norway in the World Cup, enjoy this classic from my old pal Patrick Kidd in The Times
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
EThOS platform restored! 'Following restoration work, all metadata records previously available on EThOS have now been restored, along with an additional 14,000 records added since the service was taken offline' - more to come www.bl.uk/stories/news/ethos-record…
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EThOS records restored
We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Absolutely, definitely, not “the Establishment”…
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
It is pure coincidence that I resigned just before the story broke about the police investigating a £500,000 donation from the mother George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who bankrolled me.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Of interest to UK university #Skystorians: Royal Historical Society open online meeting on 'The crisis in UK higher education: The future for History'. 4 August 2-4 pm.
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The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History
An open meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It's worth stressing that we have rules around political funding to protect our entire democracy. The voters of one constituency might be fine with their MP breaking those rules. But they can't release their MP from them, because a single MP on the take is a danger to the whole system.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 07/07/2026
Calling a by-election over the sovereign right of every MP to take secret gifts from a convicted criminal. What a time to be alive.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nothing says 'man of the people' quite like a politician calling a by-election at public expense on the issue of whether or not he should have the right to secretly take donations from Thai-based crypto billionaires and a convicted fraudster
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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Farage chooses to fight a by-election because, like so many far-right agitators (Salvini springs to mind), campaigning is the only thing he is good at with ample opportunity to milk media attention. As always, it is easier to produce propaganda than to take responsibility and govern.
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Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Bologna opens a new library containing more than 32,000 books from Umberto Eco's private study - arranged exactly as he left them - a decade after his death.
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Umberto Eco library opens in Bologna, 10 years after his death
The University of Bologna has opened a new public library housing the personal book collection of writer Umberto Eco, a decade after his death.
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Daniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep @innkeep.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.
I will dispose of the first myth as quickly as possible. The “secret” is skill. If you haven’t learned how to do something, the people who have may seem to be magicians, possessors of mysterious secrets. In a fairly simple art, such as making pie crust, there are certain teachable “secrets” of method that lead almost infallibly to good results; but in any complex art, such as housekeeping, piano-playing, clothes-making, or story-writing, there are so many techniques, skills, choices of method, so many variables, so many “secrets,” some teachable and some not, that you can learn them only by methodical, repeated, long-continued practice — in other words, by work.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Roy Goode’s Commercial Law was as readable and elegant as it was technically outstanding. An exemplar of a law book. A sad loss.
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This is absolutely damning.
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Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 22/06/2026
We warmly welcome applications to join the Fellowship of the Society. Next closing dates: 27 July and 5 October. Fellowship is open to those who have made a scholarly research contribution to #history in all sectors (within & beyond higher education) in the UK/worldwide bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians
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Apply for Fellowship - RHS
Closing dates for next applications: Mondays 27 July and 5 October 2026   Fellowships are awarded to those who have made an original contribution to historical scholarship, typically through the autho...
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Nigel Farage is running the bizarre line again on Today that he "wasn't in politics" when he stuffed £5 million down his trousers from a crypto-billionaire. He literally owned a political party.
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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
At 11 we're hosting a Brexit 10 years on webinar with loads of new public opinion data on attitudes to Brexit, the EU, what trade offs people would and wouldn't be willing to make to rejoin. Sign up below moreincommon.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 10 Years Since the Brexit Referendum - What's Changed?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
In this webinar, we'll share results of More in Common's new EU MRP, focus groups in some of the most leave-voting and evenly split constituencies in the country, and in-depth polling on what Britain ...
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Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Today is the 10th anniversary of the #Brexit referendum that consigned the UK to lower growth and isolation in an increasingly unstable world. I’m about to head into Cambridge to visit bookshops ahead of the release of the #Economica paperback, and as per my pledge I am rolling the die again…
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Musk lies. These both cannot be true. And one was posted as they did it.
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 22/06/2026
Soon we’ll get to find out what Elon thinks about Andy Burnham, a man he’ll discover exists about 30 seconds before he posts.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
2) A contest would be more likely if it was limited to MPs. It could be done quickly: 14 days in 1990; 20 in 1976. By contrast, membership contests take ages. 6 weeks in 2019, 2 months in 2022. Labour's deputy contest last year took >7 weeks. The desire to avoid that *encourages* coronations.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I don't know why prime ministers keep giving these statements in Downing Street. You might as well hold them in Steve Bray's play pen. It's quite a recent tradition, and there's be a lot to be said for doing them in Parliament.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
For Fathers' Day, Keir Starmer posts a photo of his own father, who died in 2018, and a non-political message. The replies are a torrent of vitriol & cruelty, all with hundreds of Likes. We complain a lot about the quality of leadership, but there's a huge problem with the way we treat politicians
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 19/06/2026
Donald Trump has been in office for 2% of the last 250 years of presidents but has added 28% to the national debt.
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