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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is something more than just one of the best-written movie reviews I have ever seen

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Went in blind, left reeling. Amazing.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nobody knew. Highly classified failure of the Soviet warning system kept under wraps for years. Happy Almost Nuclear War Day, for those who celebrate

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sometimes these machines need two people to look at them and mutter. It's the nature of it.

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Think my first day as a copywriter for Chester Zoo has gone well.

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

There's a horse in this picture?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This seems to baffle people who *don't* teach History -- you keep shoving it at us and saying, I dunno, seems like you could use it? -- instead of *listening* to us. We do this for a living. Trust us, this doesn't have a use here. Go tell your plumber you want him to use a GameBoy on your pipes.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Unhinged to think this is an argument *for* AI

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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This article begins with the following proposition: “the warrior ethos is no longer useful philosophy for any military service…the warrior ethos is largely a stumbling block to the professional development of soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines.” An excellent piece. www.usni.org/magazines/pr...

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Where Exactly Has the Warrior Ethos Gotten Us?

The Marine Corps should revive its traditional ethos, emphasizing professional competence, readiness, honor, courage, and commitment for the demands of modern warfare.

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Dr Matt Lodder @mattlodder.com · 04/09/2026

SAME.

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A) An amazing accomplishment, B) that breakfast platter looks great.

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The photo on the title card is courtesy of the excellent Louie Palu, from the Canadian War Museum collection.

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Really excited that the trailer for the Canadian War Museum's upcoming podcast The Long War: Canada in Afghanistan, is out there. Have a listen. Narrated by Anna Maria Tremonti and I appear in an episode or eight. There's eight episodes, first releasing this September. share.transistor.fm/s/89acf191

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The Long War Trailer | The Long War: Canada in Afghanistan

The Long War: Canada in Afghanistan is a podcast from the Canadian War Museum. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States, Canada joined a coalition to pursue al-Qaed...

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CNN @cnn.com · 27/08/2026

Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian-Serb general who orchestrated the Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo during the Balkan wars, has died aged 84. CNN's Nic Robertson reports. Read more: cnn.it/4gmyrym

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

At the top, Lac Ontario identified on a map from 1688. On the bottom, the announcement in February 1867 that the new province would take its name from Lake Ontario.

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The good news is that all this *gestures* didn't happen after you finished!

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David Cochrane @davidwcochrane.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

21 days before the 25th anniversary of September 11th, the United States imposes 50% tariffs on the country that gave its citizens refuge during the worst terrorist attack in US history.

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Alix Mortimer @alixmortimer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This seems sub-optimal

Know before you go
• Keep in mind this secluded rocky cove is a designated naturist beach
• Visitors highlight the great snorkeling at Crvene Stijene, but beware of territorial wasps
• RV5J+5W, 52100, Banjole, Croatia

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This was apparently related to a Commonwealth-wide enquiry by the UK government about the official designation of the war, particularly in connection with official histories. I should take a look at the explanatory note at some point, presuming it's survived along with various Cabinet memoranda.

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Jeff Noakes @jeffnoakes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’ve seen copies of the memo, and can likely conjure one up once I’m back from vacation. There was a 1947 Cabinet decision to use "Second World War," which is also relevant: central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?ap...

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Unless I'm one of them, you can make it 3! FWW and SWW, please!

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Michael Balazo @mbalazo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

“They’re building a data centre… at Downton?”

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

An American classic!

Every time I read The Great Gatsby, the final paragraph brings me to tears. Breathtakingly powerful writing.
"I'm alive! said Gatsby, roaring past in a speedboat. He's faked his own death and gotten away with everything. That's why they called him the Great Gatsby. "Out of the way, current!" he yelled at the water. "This speedboat is bearing me ceaselessly into the future!"

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

An interesting parallel is Akam's book about the British Army since 2000 and the swirl around that.

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Other efforts will follow and build on it.

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

But like the war itself, resolving the source issue is complex owing to Canada's access to information regime. I think the lack of a widespread publication is because each volume is like 400-600 pages on glossy paper! A herculean effort by Maloney and one that is important.

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It's an interesting piece that I think oversells the idea that official histories produced in the aftermath of the Second World War were free of interference or without flaws. Maloney's work has flaws as does any historical work. The bigger question about sources is a good one.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2026

Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Best “remove glasses to look at something unbelievable” in cinema history.

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Jurassic Park: Dr. Grant's Surprise

Alt: Jurassic Park: Dr. Grant's Surprise

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I remember in Canada there was some jealousy about the poppies and wondering why we didn't do something striking.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/06/2026

"Gish Gallop" is a debating term for an opponent who makes so many claims that "it's impossible to address them in the time available" (it's named for Creationist Duane Gish): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_ga... I think about the Gish Gallop whenever I'm asked to comment on AI. 1/

A medieval one-man band standing on a crate; his head has been replaced with the head of a killer robot. Observing him are a cluster of critics, who are variously gesticulating wildly, peering disapprovingly, looking on in amusement, etc. The background is a phantasmagoric cloudscape.

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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Today in 1944 - Sergeant Grant lands on Sword Beach, accompanying troops of No.45 Royal Marine Commando. Panning his camera, he captures a burning Sherman Crab flail hit by fire from a bunker glimpsed top of frame at around 32s. #DDay #filmcataloguing Film: A70 31-2 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

One day, if I am very good, and all works out in my favor, I hope to write an email half as good as this.

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This is a safety briefing waiting to happen, but it's great!

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Tri-U Graduate History Program @triuhistory.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The 36th annual Canadian Military History Colloquium will be held May 8-9 @wilfridlaurieruni organised by Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada. @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social is keynote. Register by May 3! buff.ly/zf4QaNy

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foaming pipe snake @guntoucher.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

youre laughing. a half sunk visage lies beside two trunkless legs of stone and you're laughing

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Matthew Palmer @so3brocktree.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Off the back of this, I decided to collate some of my all-time favourite propaganda prints from the early 20th century, with a bit of historical context for each. All Allied, of course, because frankly fascism can go do one.

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Propaganda is awesome

Revisiting some of the great prints from the early 20th Century

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Alex Bowers @bowerswrites.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Mike Levy, a British-Canadian soldier, escaped a Japanese internment camp in WW II only to then fight behind enemy lines. Years later, he played a critical role in the Korean War's April 1951 Battle of Kapyong. Here's my Legion Magazine story on him: legionmagazine.com/levys-gamble/

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Ahhh that's where it is. Thanks! The rivet pattern was puzzling me.

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Andrew Burtch @postwarhist.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Is that art on the gunshield or on a bulkhead? I'm curious!

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