Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialCabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 10/10/2026i have lived here my whole life, and i have never once seen a plane take off from the Willamette… …let alone do THIS. wtf. 1211533257
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialIain Ballantyne @iainballantyne.bsky.social · 10/10/20261/2 Then: 10 submariners taking the air in the Solent on HMS Holland 3 here, inc two pipe-smoking officers. A rating at the helm, appears to also be a pipe smoker. Pic taken around 125 years ago, at the beginning of an illustrious history for the Submarine Service of the Royal Navy. Pic: US NHHC. 310320
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialMatt Simpson @brickie78.bsky.social · 08/10/2026And in case anyone hasn't seen this yet youtube.com/watch?v=lNdb...youtube.comStar Wars Origins: The Dam Busters - Side by Side Scene ComparisonYouTube video by The Non-Conformist 0112
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialThe Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Building on the thread @waitmanwbeorn.com put together about the criminality of the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War, this thread will discuss the criminality of the Confederate army and how it was, at its base, a gigantic slave patrol and raiding party. 🧵 2297
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialAndrew Hills @fwdpublishing.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Vickers-Carden-Loyd Army Transport Tractor with crew hauling a Vickers-Armstrongs 40 mm (L.50) AA/AT gun on a mobile platform. The same gun could be mounted in the VCL Light Artillery Tractor. In the 1930s this was a capable dual purpose gun. #ww2 #tank #history 042
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Badenoch attacks Burnham as "a man who was happy to serve in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet". A bit rich from someone who served in Liz Truss's actual cabinet. 112710
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialTank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#OTD in 1941 a contract for 435 Valentine III tanks was signed with Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. Only 305 tanks from this contract were ever delivered, plus an additional 82 chassis as bridgelayers. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII 1567
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialEugen Pinak @eugenpinak.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Greek rifle company, 1940 - my TO&E drawing - CORRECTED. Infantry battalion (3 in Infantry regiment) had battalion HQ, 3 Rifle companies, 1 MG company. #ORBATBoys 1124
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialThe Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We drove out west quite a few times past this, and every time we did I told the kids that many people died there and that ‘this is what happens when you don’t care about the vulnerable, and that’s what Tories do’. So far it’s worked. 34711
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialTank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 04/10/2026#OTD in 1944 Major General John R. Deane wrote to his colleagues in the USSR inquiring about any information on the newly discovered "Tiger Imperial" tank. The Americans only captured a Tiger Ausf.B for study later that year. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII 0503
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026For #AncientSiteSunday the #Hellenistic theatre at Pergamon, #Türkiye, built in the 3rd century BC, alterations were made in the #Roman period. It's one of the steepest known ancient theatres. The capacity was about 10,000 spectators. 📷️ C. Bredfeldt 🏺 1352396
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialThe Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Attack on Vettor Pisani convoy to Tobruk, 24 July 1942. The attackers were six Beaufort torpedo planes, three of 86 Squadron RAF and three of 217 Squadron, escorted by eight or nine Bristol Beaufighters of 235 squadron. The Beaufighters were divided in two sections of three planes each. 🧵 27312
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 04/10/20264 October 1936. Battle of Cable Street took place in Cable Street, Whitechapel, London. It was a clash between the Metropolitan Police, protecting a march by the British Union of Fascists (BUF) led by Sir Oswald Mosley and various anti-fascist and Jewish demonstrators. 9567247
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY 258144226836
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialThe Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Bloody hell 5364
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialThe Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Gondar was probably one of the, if not the last place where the Vickers Wellesley operated as a frontline bomber, doing bombing runs as late as 17 November 1941. 2282
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Martin Degville of Sigue Sigue Sputnik having breakfast in a Newcastle B&B, 1986, photo by Homer Sykes. 1225150
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialBrian Dunn@briandunn.bsky.social @briandunn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026HMS Hibernia was used as the flagship for the naval station at Malta from 1855 to her being sold for breaking up in 1902. Her timbers, covered in coats of paint from over 90 years, was used to fire the bakery ovens in Malta, leading to a severe outbreak of cases of lead poisoning. #NavalHistory 18922
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialTank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Factory #174 transitioned to producing T-34-85 tanks with improved armour #OTD in 1944. This was the last of Soviet factories to move to building tanks with new turrets with armour up to 90 mm thick. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII 0563
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 30/09/2026#OtD 30 Sep 1871 20,000 workers protested in Newcastle, UK during a strike by engineers for a maximum 9-hour working day. After five months, the strike was successful, and 9 hours became standard across the country stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1034... 03715
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialTank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most famous variant of the Katyusha was based on the Studebaker US6 truck, but there were many other chassis including fully tracked ones. For instance, the STZ-5 NATI tractor with an M-13 MLRS was accepted into service #OTD in 1941. #artillery #history #WW2 #WWII 1182
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialIan Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026IWM liked it so much we put it on our poster in the 1930s. 0225
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialThe Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Today’s favourite #warart Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool, by Edward Wadsworth, 1919 Craig Moore on Facebook @dreadships.bsky.social #navalhistory #maritimehistory 620430
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialHorselessAge @horselessage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026People will look at an 1899 electric bicycle and be like “ooh it’s heavy” “ooh it’s bulky” “ooh you’re riding around with four unsealed containers of sulfuric acid between your legs” and frankly this is why we are in a civilizational decline 0124
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialTank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Canada had a choice of several tanks to build when they decided to form an armoured division. #OTD in 1939 they ordered blueprints for the Infantry Tank Mk.III from Vickers. This was the option they went with in the end, building 1420 tanks in Montreal. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII 0464
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialTank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Valentine XI was the last type of Valentine tank, featuring a 75 mm gun instead of the 57 mm 6-pounder. #OTD in 1943 Elswick Works delivered their 100th and last Valentine XI tank. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII 2494
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialMet Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 28/09/2026Weekly weather quiz : Test your knowledge! 👇👀🌞☂️ www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2026/we...metoffice.gov.ukWeekly weather quiz September 28: Test your knowledge!Do you keep a close eye on the weather, or do you just enjoy talking about it? Either way, it’s time to put your knowledge to the test with this week’s Met Office weather quiz. 1113
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialTank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Two King Tiger tanks arrived at the Kubinka Proving Grounds #OTD in 1944. The journey took a month and a half since the captured tanks had to drive to the train station for shipping, but kept breaking down despite being almost brand new. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII 1513
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialTank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The T-10M tank was accepted into service #OTD in 1957. Its main distinguishing feature over the T-10B was the use of an improved 122 mm M-62 gun that replaced the D-25T, variants of which were used on Soviet heavy tanks since 1943. #tanks #history #ColdWar 0516
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"The Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair" It's easy to forget that Tony Blair had been in power since 1694 when the Bank of England was founded. Good job Brain of Britain Liz Truss is here to remind us. 2381823480
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialThe Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The story that everyone believes: money. 💸 Yuval Noah Harari explains. 0232
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The doorstep milk thief, 1966 Artist: Ronald Lampitt 261142133
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10381862846
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialDavid Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My old boss has asked me to give his new book a social media bump, because he has wisely chosen never to set up his own account! So I’m happy to announce that ‘Britain’s Slave Traders: A Hidden History’ is available today in all good bookshops! www.penguin.co.uk/books/460026... 8253104
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialElizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Excited to receive an advance copy of @realmandeville.bsky.social's The First Witches, out with Penguin in Feb 2027. Beginning with the 14th-cent. Kilkenny witch-hunt & spreading across Europe, this book traces the early manifestations of what would eventually become the so-called "witch craze". 3459
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It is four years today since Liz Truss launched the budget that sent the financial markets into meltdown. Who could have guessed that someone who couldn't find their way out of a room might not be the best person to put in charge of a major economy? 31753166
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialJamie McTrusty @jamiemctrusty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Here’s a thread of some of the more unusual or obscure aircraft to fly in Britain during the Second World War. Some were only intended as experimental or proof of concept designs, while others never progressed beyond the prototype stage. 310831
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026cepr.org/voxeu/column... 2215
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialRG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026(Driel, near Arnhem.) A buste of Sosabowski, commander of Polish 1 Independent Parachute Brigade during operation Market Garden. A good commander during the battle, but blamed afterwards for the failure, and stripped of his command. Died a factory worker. 😥 #WW2 #HISTORY 36910
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 21/09/20261/x In the 1840s, a lame American naval officer, grounded at a desk in Washington, cut weeks off the world's ocean voyages without inventing a single machine. His raw material: a warehouse of logbooks nobody had ever read. Matthew Fontaine Maury, Pathfinder of the Seas. A 🧵 #maritimehistory 720372
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialThe Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 21/09/2026It is wild to me that just 22 years separate the first flights of the B-29 Superfortress and the XB-70 Valkyrie, which both flew #OTD in 1942 and 1964, respectively. The crusing speed of the Valkyrie was proposed to be ten times that of the B-29... 1276
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialTank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#OTD in 1955 Czechoslovakia signed a deal to supply arms to Egypt, including refurbished StuG 40 assault guns and license-built copies of T-34-85 tanks. Many T-34-85s seen in museums today are tanks that were sold in this deal. #tanks #history #ColdWar 2413
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialRadical Poster Collective @radicalposters.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A new version of our book about the radical history of Sheffield - The Red Flag of Anarchy - is now available for pre-ordering. We should have copies to send out within the next two weeks. radicalpostercollective.co.uk/the-red-flag...radicalpostercollective.co.ukThe Red Flag of AnarchyThe Red Flag of Anarchy: A History of Socialism and Anarchism in Sheffield 1874-1900 by Andrew Lee and Terry Morgan Advance orders now being taken. The story of Sheffield’s communes and communists i... 042
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Beautiful everyday Ladybird things. Homepride’s Fred the flour grader, nestling among some of my books. (To add to his charms, he was manufactured by ‘Airfix’) 2241425
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialTank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A turret from a King Tiger tank was recovered in good condition #OTD in 1944 and sent to the UK for analysis. Tests showed that the quality and consistency of German armour was slipping, even if the thickness of it kept increasing. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII 0676
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialSuw @suw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is absolute perfection. 11015227
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.socialRG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026#OTD in 1918, Méaulte area, France. Whippet tanks captured by the Germans and recaptured by the British. #WW1 #HISTORY 1518
Reposted by @pmcgahey24.bsky.social🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A stunning shot of a Ukrainian F-16 pilot looking back at a jet-powered Shahed he had just shot down over Kyiv with his onboard cannon. 351825377
