Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 1hSept. 30, 1926: The Superwal, the largest, most powerful seaplane yet built, flies for the first time over Lake Constance in Germany. The Dornier flying boat has three engines mounted above a monoplane wing and can carry 21 passengers. It will become a mainstay of new airline Deutsche Luft Hansa. 052
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingCartorum @cartorum.fr · 5hAviation Biplan H.farman Pilote Par Le Lieutenant Sido Suite 👉 cartorum.fr/carte-postale/687048/av… 022
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingErik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 5hThis Day in Labor History: September 30, 1919. A shootout occurred between armed guards protecting a union meeting of sharecroppers in Elaine, Arkansas and whites seeking to intimidate them. The next day, the governor ordered the military to crack down. Let's talk about the Elaine Massacre! 210559
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingMémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 7hTrafic automobile 🚘 ► voitures 🚘 Pompiers ► à MULHOUSE 1973 Un Véhicule de Liaison Peugeot 403, un Fourgon Pompe Tonne Berliet et un Echelle Pivotante Automatique Berliet de 30m composent le début du cortège pour l'inauguration de la caserne rue de la Marseillaise. 0111
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic Kinggranttharward.bsky.social @granttharward.bsky.social · 7hA Romanian pilot lets children play in an aircraft during WW2. 022
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingMake Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#OTD in 1862 one of the most bizarre episodes in American military history played out in the lobby of the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. During a heated argument between generals Jefferson C. Davis and William Nelson, Davis obtained a pistol and mortally wounded Nelson. 2237
Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Throwback to my write-up on the 1er GRDI: A few photos I stumbled across of Préaud, then a Brigadier General, while commander of Saint-Cyr (exiled to Aix-en-Provence) under Vichy, Sept. 1941. 030
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingDisco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026ELECTROCHEMISTRY - Showing up to work on time is *hard* -- no, scratch that, showing up to work *at all* is difficult. 015354
Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Visible behind De Gaulle in this photo, with his arm in a sling, is George Dukson, a rather enigmatic figure of the Paris Uprising. "The Lion of the 17e" - Tirailleur, escaped POW, resistance fighter, black marketeer (?) His death umder strange circumstances leaves few clues. 2111
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Going to work now feels like doing homework after the teacher quit and told the class that education is fake. Everyone just coasting on inertia and hoping there's still a point to all this 414491684
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic Kingdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026exactly this. if we can no longer broadly agree, as a social unit of social creatures, that human endeavor and human dignity have worth and are in fact likely the point, why bother? what is this world we are constructing. why is anyone even walking around and going anywhere 1052251
Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I wouldn't claim its a necessarily great film, but "The Four Days of Naples" (1962) is interesting for the subject matter if nothing else 050
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingJohn C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 28/09/2026youtu.beLast radio broadcast of free Polish radio 1939(Please enable English subtitles while watching)YouTube video by Literally Nothing here 093
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sept. 28, 1926: An aerial view of the Cloth Hall in Ypres, Belgium. The Gothic gem of medieval times was all but destroyed by the German invasion in WWI. A restoration is planned. 0174
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingDr. Erik Villard @erikthehistorian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, hold the line near Long Binh during Tet 69, 23 Feb 1969. Photo by Sp4 Kenneth L. Powell, DASPO, via NARA Digital restoration by erikthehistorian (erik villard) 0143
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic Kingミカンセーキ @mikansei9.bsky.social · 27/09/2026アンリ・カルティエ=ブレッソン(Henri Cartier-Bresson:1908 - 2004)20世紀最高のカメラマンとも言われる。1952に出版された『決定的瞬間』(The Decisive Moment/Image à la sauvette)は写真の世界を書き換えた一冊になる。 戦前は一部で注目はされていたがまだまだ無名で映画監督の助手などで生計を立てていたようだ。戦争でフランス軍のカメラマンの職を得たが敗戦によりドイツ軍の捕虜となる。脱走した後はレジスタンス活動に身を投じ、パリ解放の様子を写真に納める。 戦後、ロバート・キャパ、ジョージ・ロジャーらと『マグナムフォト』を結成する。 0214
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic Kinghush @hush-ndb.bsky.social · 27/09/20261 This German blockade runner, the Portland, was a vessel built in 1928 by the Hamburg–Amerika-Linie (HAPAG) for service on the American route; with its radio silenced, it was en route from Bordeaux to Japan. 1134
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingHupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Monitors were some of the dumbest ships to ever set sail. Technically, they're not actually "sinking". 272
Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"We don't need freeboard where we're going." 1101
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingRev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In a major crisis, hotheads will always insist on launching nukes first due to the risk of the enemy striking first to disable leadership, aka a decapitation strike. The existence of a modernized semi-automated system calms the first-strike people as second-strike is assured. 1192
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingОлександр Бузько @oleksa79buzko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026German Panzerkampfwagen 39H 735(f) tanks in Yugoslavia, 1941 062
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingLOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My higher-ed reform policy is basically: 6 year undergrad, big cheap state schools, let professors fail a lot more students, throw enough money at all the other problems this creates. Failure is normal, you do not need to worry about scholarships 614512
Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026New #Orbat breakdown: The evolution of the Moroccan Goumiers during WWII - These irregulars became a key part of the Fighting French Forces in Tunisia, Sicily, Corsica, Italy, France and Germany - and then in Indochina. #WWII #WW2 #MilitaryHistory #France #Morocco #ORBATboys 2144
Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This summer, a group of reenactors from Les Loups de la Moselle, in uniforms of the 169th Fortress Infantry Rgt. (169e RIF) braved the heat for an 8 km march between two Maginot forts - heat at least as tough as June 1940! Link to their page: www.instagram.com/reel/DcvZZbP... #WWII #WW2 #France 060
Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Throwback #OnThisDay #OTD #PhoneyWar 062
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingGood Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 26/09/2026 21574261
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The two main tendencies in national Israeli politics right now are "expulsion and annexation of the Palestinian territories" vs "civil separation under the authority of an Israeli police state", and virtually all mainstream US commentary simply refuses to engage with this. 6724162
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic Kingミカンセーキ @mikansei9.bsky.social · 26/09/20261日1ミリ。ロバート・キャパのパリ解放。1944年8月25,26日に彼は24本のフィルムで500枚もの写真を撮っている。そのうちの6枚がLIFE誌に掲載されている。自由フランス軍(FFL)のジープに身を隠してドイツ軍の狙撃兵を警戒するレジスタンス組織FFIのメンバー。ロレーヌ十字の腕章をつけ、持っているライフルはドイツ軍から奪ったKar98kだろうか。奥に写っているレジスタンスのメンバーの姿に(警戒はしているものの)それほど緊迫感は見られないことから、キャパの求めに応じてポーズをとったのかもしれない。 1282
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingSammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Italian soldiers of the 20th Infantry Division "Friuli" inspect a knocked out StuG III near the village of Patrimonio, Corsica. Following the French landings in September 1943 most Italian troops on Corsica defected to the allied side. #WWII #WW2 #history #France #Italy #Corsica 1103
Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It is tiring that The Wire is the only point of reference many people have about Baltimore, especially given how far the city has come these past few years, but the first couple seasons are legitimately great tv. 030
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingHupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Frank Petersen commanded BLACK KNIGHTS in Vietnam. The first African-American Marine aviator, he would go on to be the first African-American Marine Corps general. #PhantomPhriday 192
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingHupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026For #PhantomPhriday, VMFA-314 BLACK KNIGHTS is in the spotlight. “In 1961, the squadron became the first Marine squadron to transition to the new F-4B Phantom II and was designated VMFA-314. Between 1961 and 1964, the squadron deployed eight times.” 2236
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingEugen Pinak @eugenpinak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026OOBs of Japanese infantry divisions send to fight in China, 1937-39. Type A is a peacetime cadre, Type B is mobilized from reservists. 1937年~1939年に中国へ派遣された日本軍歩兵師団の編成表 #ORBATBoys 1125
Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 25/09/2026German flamethrower conversion of the Char B1, which performed rather dismally, in large part thanks to acts of sabotage carried out by French workmen during the modifications. 0133
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingОлександр Бузько @oleksa79buzko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026US military policemen in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 1945 172
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingОлександр Бузько @oleksa79buzko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026U.S. Army Military Police Sd.Kfz. 2 (Kettenkrad HK 101). 061
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingRN ship losses @rnshiplosses.bsky.social · 23/09/202623 Sept 1779 // The Battle of Flamborough Head, off the Yorkshire coast: two Royal Navy ships, HMS Serapis (44 guns) and HMS Countess of Scarborough (22 guns) were captured when a squadron of four American warships under John Paul Jones attacked the convoy from the Baltic which they were escorting . 1339
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingKathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 23/09/2026this is not paywalls, fyi - this chart looks roughly the same for sites that have had paywalls since long before 2022. this is all former SEO traffic that has now vanished in exchange for ai search summaries 17810239
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingОлександр Бузько @oleksa79buzko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Australian M3 Stuart light tank attacks Japanese pillboxes at Giropa Point, Papua on 2 January 1943 in the final assault on Buna. 091
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic Kingelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Israel annihilated *all* of their schools and universities, but the folks over at Jerusalem Post wanna know: hey, are those kids being taught to hate us? Your brain on Zionism. You can exterminate at least 20,000 children in 3 years and still see yourself as the f-ing victim. 4286102
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic Kingdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 22/09/2026it's weird that ai got too dangerous to keep advancing right around the time money got more expensive to borrow 344705966
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingCartorum @cartorum.fr · 22/09/2026Brest - Vue sur l'Escadre à #Brest, #Finistère Suite 👉 cartorum.fr/carte-postale/467616/br… 082
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingMake Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Two weeks before the fall of Vicksburg, U. S. Grant relieved the commander of his XIII Corps after a fit of pique from John A. McClernand that ranks among the more amusing anecdotes of the war. Once one of Grant’s able lieutenants, he had become something of a nemesis of Grant’s by 1863. 1558
Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 22/09/2026These 280mm Saint-Chamond SPGs would have been with the 193rd Self-Propelled Heavy Artillery Regiment (193e Régiment d'Artillerie Lourde Puissante Automotrice, RALPA). Mothballed since 1919 they were found to be in poor condition and extremely unreliable, averaging 3 km/h road speed on the march. 1135
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingHupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Can you blame them? 174
Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Saumur tank museum's Schneider CA 1, the last example of the type still in working order. It's on its way to the Camp de Mourmelon, where the 501e RCC is holding a commemoration of the 110th anniversary of the tank's baptism of fire on 23 September. #WWI #WW1 #MilitaryHistory #France #Tank 1386
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic KingNick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The flag of the British Batallion with the names of the places they fought in Spain against Franco: Madrid, Brunete, Quinto, Belchite, Gandesa, Pàndols... It was embroidered by women in Barcelona in 1938. Now held by the Marx Memorial Library in London. 411632
Reposted by Sammy Flex the Unproblematic Kingsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Briefly detained” = beat half to death 7549261648