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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King

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Amateur historian, temporarily exiled from Paris 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 (Cover image: 6e Régiment de Tirailleurs Marocains, Viticuso, Italy, Feb. 1944)

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 1h
Sept. 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.
The Dornier Do R Superwal taking flightThe seaplane in Popular Mechanics
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Cartorum @cartorum.fr · 5h
Aviation Biplan H.farman Pilote Par Le Lieutenant Sido Suite 👉 cartorum.fr/carte-postale/687048/av…
Aviation Biplan H.farman Pilote Par Le Lieutenant Sido
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 5h
This 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!
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Mémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 7h
Trafic 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.
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granttharward.bsky.social @granttharward.bsky.social · 7h
A Romanian pilot lets children play in an aircraft during WW2.
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Make 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.
Murder of “Bull” Nelson by Jefferson C. Davis.
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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Throwback 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.
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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#OnThisDay #OTD
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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#OnThisDay #OTD
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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
ELECTROCHEMISTRY - Showing up to work on time is *hard* -- no, scratch that, showing up to work *at all* is difficult.
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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Visible 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.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Going 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
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
exactly 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
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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wouldn't claim its a necessarily great film, but "The Four Days of Naples" (1962) is interesting for the subject matter if nothing else
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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
youtu.be
Last radio broadcast of free Polish radio 1939(Please enable English subtitles while watching)
YouTube video by Literally Nothing here
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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sept. 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.
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Dr. Erik Villard @erikthehistorian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Soldiers 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)
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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。
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hush @hush-ndb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
1 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.
PORTLAND (1923–1941)

Shipping Company: Hamburg-America Line (HAPAG)

Shipyard: Bremer Vulkan

Tonnage: 7,132 GRT

Launched: 19 April 1928

Length: 140.70 m

Beam: 18.60 m

Maiden Voyage: 7 July 1928

http://www.schiffe-maxim.de/Portland.htmThe ship PORTLAND (1928–1943) – Shipping company: Hamburg-America Line (HAPAG) – Historical photograph from the 1940s
Date	1940s
Source	Personal scan (historical photo album from a flea market)
Creator	Author unknown
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Hupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Monitors were some of the dumbest ships to ever set sail. Technically, they're not actually "sinking".
USS TONAWANDA, I think.I think this is USS MIANTONOMOH sailing to the Philippines in 1898.
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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"We don't need freeboard where we're going."
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Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In 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.
A beret wearing honor guard stands in front of a huge billboard reading: "Headquarters Strategic Air Command: Peace is our Profession"
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Олександр Бузько @oleksa79buzko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
German Panzerkampfwagen 39H 735(f) tanks in Yugoslavia, 1941
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LOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My 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
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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New #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
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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This 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
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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Throwback #OnThisDay #OTD #PhoneyWar
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The 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.
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ミカンセーキ @mikansei9.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
1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。
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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Italian 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
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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It 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.
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Hupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Frank 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
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Hupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For #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.”
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Eugen Pinak @eugenpinak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
OOBs 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
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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
German 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.
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Олександр Бузько @oleksa79buzko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
US military policemen in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 1945
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Олександр Бузько @oleksa79buzko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
U.S. Army Military Police Sd.Kfz. 2 (Kettenkrad HK 101).
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RN ship losses @rnshiplosses.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
23 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 .
Richard Paton, 'The Action Between the Frigates Bonhomme Richard (Capt John Paul Jones) And HMS Serapis, During The Battle Of Flamborough Head, 1779. The Alliance fires on the combatants' (1780). Wikimedia Commons. A painting showing a battle between sailing warships. Two ships are locked in combat in the centre foreground while a third ship on the right fires into the stern of the nearest ship. More ships engaged in combat can be seen on the left, and the coast is visible in the background. Everything is taking place under a turbulent sky, and there are pieces of debris floating in the foreground.
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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
this 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
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Олександр Бузько @oleksa79buzko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Australian M3 Stuart light tank attacks Japanese pillboxes at Giropa Point, Papua on 2 January 1943 in the final assault on Buna.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Israel 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.
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THEJERUSALEM POST

Gaza's back-to-school coverage misses the crucial test: what are children being taught?
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
it's weird that ai got too dangerous to keep advancing right around the time money got more expensive to borrow
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Cartorum @cartorum.fr · 22/09/2026
Brest - Vue sur l'Escadre à #Brest, #Finistère Suite 👉 cartorum.fr/carte-postale/467616/br…
Brest - Vue sur l'Escadre à #Brest, #Finistère 
Suite 👉 https://cartorum.fr/carte-postale/467616/brest-brest-vue-sur-lescadre
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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Two 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.
John A. McClernand
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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
These 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.
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Hupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Can you blame them?
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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The 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
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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The 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.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Briefly detained” = beat half to death
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