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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I present to you the Liberal party's best and brightest.

Amelia Hamer questioning her life choices.

Amelia Hamer questioning her life choices with a pot of beer in her hand.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Obligatory Finnish sniper meme.

Classic Finnish sniper meme image of a snow covered forest. Caption reads "Select all squares with Finnish snipers". The image consists of 4 rows and 4 columns. All but 3 of the 16 squares have a blue tick indicating the presence of a Finnish sniper.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sound the klaxon, I have received my copy of Kevin M. Levin's new book "A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw". Ping @civilwarmemory.bsky.social and @uncpress.bsky.social

Front cover of Kevin M. Levin's new book "A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw".

A vivid new portrait of one of the Union cause’s great martyrs

Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863) is best known as the heroic colonel who led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry—one of the first regiments of Black soldiers in the Civil War—in its famous ill-fated charge against Confederate Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863. Shaw’s sacrifice has been commemorated in monuments, books, and the award-winning film Glory. But before he became a martyr for the Union cause and emancipation, Shaw was a privileged young man who showed little interest in the reform movements that defined his parents' lives or in the moral crisis over slavery that was tearing the nation apart. Volunteering to serve as a duty, he awakened gradually and fitfully to the demands of conscience and command. Only in death was Shaw transformed into the champion for freedom his abolitionist parents hoped he would be.

The first biography of Shaw in a quarter century, A Glorious Fate traces his transformation from a rebellious son into one of the Civil War’s most celebrated heroes. Acclaimed historian Kevin M. Levin also reveals the sacrifice and service of the African American men who fought and died for their freedom afresh through Shaw’s eyes. Though Shaw never fully reconciled his own racial prejudices, Levin shows how the Civil War changed the young colonel as it did the nation.

Order from https://uncpress.org/9781469697178/a-glorious-fate/

Published by The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN 9781469697178 | 320 Pages, 6.12 × 9.25 in, 28 halftones, notes, bibl., index
Publication date: September 29, 2026

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

On Vietnam Veterans Day, we remember those lost at Long Tan and throughout the entire war in Vietnam. From 2006, Dave Sabben and Bob Buick in Canberra on the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan. Lest we forget.

Dave Sabben and Bob Buick, D Company 6RAR, commanders during the Battle of Long Tan, at the 40th anniversary commemoration in Canberra in 2006.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

8th book purchase of 2026: Leading the Immortals: The Story of Lieutenant Colonel Hüseyin Avni, Commander of the 57th Regiment at Gallipoli by Hueseyin Avni Tanman & Ahmet Yurttakal. Translated by: Emre OEzmen. goslingpress.co.uk/store/leadin... Beautiful hardback by @goslingpress.bsky.social

Leading the Immortals: The Story of Lieutenant Colonel Hüseyin Avni, Commander of the 57th Regiment at Gallipoli by Hueseyin Avni Tanman & Ahmet Yurttakal.
Translated by: Emre OEzmen.

https://goslingpress.co.uk/store/leading-the-immortals/

ISBN: 9781874351344
Publisher: Gosling Press
Published: 23rd June 2025

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Number of Pages: 226

Audience: General Adult

Publisher: Gosling Press

Dimensions (cm): 23.39 x 15.6 x 1.42
Weight (kg): 0.49

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

7th book purchase of 2026: The Light on the Hill: An Updated History of the Australian Labor Party. Paperback: $55 AUD Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd Available in: Paperback, Amazon Kindle, Apple iBook ISBN: 9781761381904 Published: 30 June 2026 rossmcmullin.com.au/book/light-o...

Front cover of The Light on the Hill: An Updated History of the Australian Labor Party.

Paperback: $55 AUD

Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
Available in: Paperback, Amazon Kindle, Apple iBook
ISBN: 9781761381904
Published: 30 June 2026

https://rossmcmullin.com.au/book/light-on-the-hill/

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

6th book purchase of 2026. PESHMERGA: FACING DEATH - The First Hand account of the italian volunteer that fought ISIS Paperback – 20 May 2021 by Alex Pineschi www.amazon.com.au/dp/B096CXLRL...

PESHMERGA, this is how the Kurds call their valiant soldiers who for decades have sacrificed themselves in the name of freedom. Those who come face to face with death to defend someone else. From this the term, PESH (front) and MERGA (death).
Alex Pineschi was the first Italian volunteer to have fought Isis in northern Iraq, by that time torn apart by the advance of the Islamic State, alongside the fearless Peshmerga warriors. Alex and his Peshmerga from Task Force Black, the Kurdish Police anti-terrorism unit, faced the Islamic militiamen in their strongholds in Kirkuk and Mosul, freeing hostages and capturing dangerous terrorists, until finally defeating them. Having survived the battle and having come to the end of this bloody war, Alex returns home to face his greatest battle.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B096CXLRLR
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 20 May 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 323 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8507403950
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 354 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.7 x 2.06 x 20.32 cm

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This is not the cunning plan Cosplay Canavan thinks it is. Table source: www.accent-research.com/projects/a-f...

Table 2 Projected House of Representatives seats by party from https://www.accent-research.com/projects/a-fragmented-electorate showing Matt Canavan's National party getting rekt by One Nation.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

From the report: Independent candidates are excluded from the ideological model entirely.

Independent candidate flows
Independent candidates are excluded from the ideological model entirely. Their preference flows are highly
individual — a teal community independent in a wealthy urban seat has very different flow patterns from a
rural independent — so they are handled separately with division-specific flow data (see below).
1. Division-specific Independent flows: If the same Independent candidate appeared in the 2025
preference data, we use their actual observed flow pattern. This covers most teal community inde-
pendents who are re-contesting.
2. National Independent averages by context: If no local data exists (e.g. a new independent), we
use the average Independent to party flow rates, drawn from either the “Independent-competitive”
context pool (if another Independent holds ≥10% of the remaining vote) or the “standard” context
pool.
3. Party to Independent flows: When a party candidate is eliminated and an Independent is still in
the count, the flow rate to that Independent is looked up from the 2025 flow data by division and
party family. This is necessarily division-specific since the attractiveness of an independent depends
on who they are.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus. #Farrer

Screenshot of ABC News coverage of the Farrer by-election showing David Farley One Nation on 42.3%

Screenshot of ABC News Farrer by-election coverage showing vote change percentages

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Not all of us have forgotten. Lest we forget. bsky.app/profile/term...

Die in battle, do not despair: the Indians on Gallipoli 1915 by Peter Stanley

Paperback - Date of Publication : 15th March 2021 | Edition : Reprint | Size : 234mm x 156mm | ISBN : 9781914059148

Hardback - Date of Publication : 15th May 2015 | Size : 234mm x 156mm | ISBN : 9781910294673

eBook - ISBN : 9781804519172

About 1,600 of the Indians who served on Gallipoli died, in actions at Gurkha Bluff and Hill 60. They took part in terrible, failed attacks, at Gully Ravine and Gully Spur and in the climactic attempt in August to seize the summit of Sari Bair – one of the Gurkhas’ most cherished battle honours. Though commemorated on the great memorial to the missing at Cape Helles (because most Indians’ bodies were cremated or, actually, lost) they are practically invisible on Gallipoli today. The Indian story of Gallipoli has barely been told before. Not only is this the first book about their part in the campaign to be published in the century since 1915, but it also tells their story in new and unexpected ways. Though inescapably drawing on records created by the force’s British officers, it strives to recapture the experience of the formerly anonymous sepoys, gunners and drivers, introducing Indians of note – Mit Singh, Gambirsing Pun, Kulbahadur Gurung, and Jan Mohamed – alongside the more familiar British figures such as Cecil Allanson, who led his Gurkhas to the crest of Sari Bair at dawn on 9 August 1915. It explores for the first time the remarkably positive relationship that grew on Gallipoli between Indians and Anzacs, and includes a complete list of the Indian Army dead commemorated on the Helles Memorial on Gallipoli. Professor Peter Stanley, one of Australia’s most distinguished military social historians, has drawn on an extensive range of unpublished evidence, including official and private records in Britain, Australia, New Zealand and India to tell the story of the Indian experience of Gallipoli that has waited a century to be told.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

"Yeah nah, she'll be right" sums it up.

A smiling cartoon dog sits at a table, coffee mug on hand, as a room goes up in flames. "Yeah nah, she'll be right" the dog assures himself.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Old school gyros plate from the OG of Greek food in the northern suburbs, Lamb's Northcote. Crispy chips with just the right amount of salt, salad drenched in white vinegar, tzatziki like your yaya used to make. Deliciously cooked lamb and chicken. Outstanding!

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Must be challenging to be a journalist who lacks comprehension skills. Embarrassing.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

4th book purchase of 2026 thanks to @civilwarmemory.bsky.social and @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146969717... Use code 01UNCP30 for 30% off.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Latest polling for AFR by Redbridge Group & Accent Research has Labor's primary vote steady, while voters "overwhelmingly blame Donald Trump for spiralling petrol prices". archive.is/tv8AD These numbers don't align with recent commentary on the driving factors behind One Nation's surge.

The Australian Financial Review/Redbridge Group/Accent Research poll for 23rd to 27th March 2026, showing primary votes of 32% Labor, 29% One Nation, 17% Liberal, 13% Green, 9% Other.

Leader favourability: Angus Taylor +19/-22, Matt Canavan -14/+17, Pauline Hanson +40/-43, Albanese +29/-46, Donald Trump +15/-70

Two party preferred vote:
Labor 54% / Coalition 47%
Labor 53% / One Nation 47%

Preferred PM:
Albanese 33%
Taylor 14%
Hanson 23%
Neither / Unsure 30%

Sample of 1003 voters
Margin of error +/- 3.5%
Respondent preferences
Survey conducted March 23-27 2026

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Very civilized dinner at the Hotel Kurrajong in Canberra. Steak was cooked perfectly.

Tenderloin steak with peppercorn sauce cooked perfectly medium rare at Chifley's Bar and Grill, Hotel Kurrajong Canberra.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

28th April 1987 the Queensland Nationals blow up the Liberal National Coalition in Opposition.

Page 101 of Paul Davey's "Joh for PM" book.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

39 years since the National party federal council meeting at the Lakeside International hotel in Canberra.

Photo of page 71 of Paul Davey's "Joh for PM" book. ISBN 9781742234335

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

3rd book purchase of 2026 and you've never seen me mash the buttons on my phone so fast! Thanks @tgpeterson.bsky.social www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

$Revolutionary Warfare How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency by Terrence G. Peterson Format Hardcover$46.95 eBook$32.99 Add to cart Revolutionary Warfare investigates how efforts to counter a revolution could also be revolutionary. The Algerian War fractured the French Empire, destroyed the legitimacy of colonial rule, and helped launch the Third Worldist movement for the liberation of the Global South. By tracing how French generals, officers, and civil officials sought to counter Algerian independence with their own project of radical social transformation, Terrence G. Peterson reveals that the conflict also helped to transform the nature of modern warfare. The French war effort was never defined solely by repression. As Peterson details, it also sought to fashion new forms of surveillance and social control that could capture the loyalty of Algerians and transform Algerian society. Hygiene and medical aid efforts, youth sports and education programs, and psychological warfare campaigns all attempted to remake Algerian social structures and bind them more closely to the French state. In tracing the emergence of such programs, Peterson reframes the French war effort as a project of armed social reform that sought not to preserve colonial rule unchanged, but to revolutionize it in order to preserve it against the global challenges of decolonization. Revolutionary Warfare demonstrates how French officers' efforts to transform warfare into an exercise in social engineering not only shaped how the Algerian War unfolded from its earliest months, but also helped to forge a paradigm of warfare that dominated strategic thinking during the Cold War and after: counterinsurgency. ISBN13: 9781501776960 Publication date: 09/15/2024 Pages: 240 Illustrations: 10 b&w halftones, 4 maps Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0 in$

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Mainstream media trying it's hardest to position One Nation as a genuine threat to Federal Labor. From a Ch9 new clip: "stealing votes from both major parties." Ummm, yeah nah. The Nats & Libs should be shitting bricks. Thanks to www.pollbludger.net/sa2026/Resul... for the actual numbers.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Restaurant Nosturi Lahti - Sauna World - Sky Bar maps.app.goo.gl/2ypzUt4kFRm3...

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

LOL Atlassian share price in the toilet since high of $326 in February 2025 to $74 today but don't worry the bullshit machine will save us.

Yahoo Finance chart of Atlassian share price from October 2024 to March 2026 showing the share price has tanked from a high of $326 in February 2025 to $74 today but don't worry sacking 1600 people to throw bricks of cash into the incinerator that is the bullshit generating machine will save us!!!

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Victory monument at Điện Biên Phủ.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Video of today's flight into Điện Biên Phủ at 2x speed. If I were a French general in 1953 this is not the place I would choose for a decisive battle. Gallic vanity at it's best.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Noting that polls are snapshots not predictions, this #Redbridge/Accent poll looks disastrous for the non-Labor side of politics.

Page 5 of https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ziyWhpVNE-t2KRWTZH19tEhCpRdi3uCJ/view showing current Federal vote intention.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Adding the label as a note helps to identify each place.

Screenshot of Google Maps showing the area of Hanoi containing Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum, the Ho Chi Minh Museum, Revolutionary Relic D67 Building and Bunker, Cong Cafe. Each location is notated with its Google Maps label, which is also used as the note for the location.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Searching online for USGS maps of Dien Bien Phu based on the pointers from www.rjsmith.com/topo_map.html Downloaded store.usgs.gov/assets/yimag... & store.usgs.gov/assets/yimag... Stitched half of each map together to produce a rough map (attached). Ordered an A3 print on NeverTear 95 micron.

Map sheets L7015 5551-1 and L7014 5651-4 from https://store.usgs.gov/ showing Dien Bien Phu and surrounding area

https://store.usgs.gov/assets/yimages/NGA/L701555511_geo.pdf

https://store.usgs.gov/assets/yimages/NGA/L701456514_geo.pdf

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

archive.is/PshTc Desperately trying to pretend that Labor is in trouble. Clowns 🤡

An exclusive Newspoll conducted for The Australian between Monday and Thursday last week revealed One Nation’s primary vote has risen seven points to 22 per cent over the past two months, with the Coalition dropping three points to a record low of 21 per cent and Labor falling four points to 32 per cent.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Sound the klaxon! Flights have been booked to Điện Biên Phủ !!!

Itinerary details for flight VN1804 operated by Vietnam Airlines, departing Hanoi at 2:15PM on Sunday 8th February 2026, arriving in Điện Biên Phủ at 3:15PM. Aircraft is an Airbus A321.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Helped my dad dismantle the front loader washing machine to clean the tub. Spider arm is still in good condition for a 10 year old machine.

Spider arm attached to the stainless steel drum of a front loading washing machine. Some superficial corrosion is evident on the spider arm.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Paid an extortionate $29 for this 90 degree chrome wall elbow for the shower. www.bunnings.com.au/flexispray-9...

Flexispray
Flexispray 90 Deg Chrome Wall Elbow And Plate

https://www.bunnings.com.au/flexispray-90-deg-chrome-wall-elbow-and-plate_p5059981

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Second book purchase of 2026. SAS: Sea King Down by Mark Aston. ISBN 9781405942614 www.abebooks.com/SAS-Sea-King...

SAS: Sea King Down by Mark Aston. ISBN 9781405942614

The thrilling, edge-of-your-seat true story of one soldier's Special Forces operations in the Falklands War 'BRILLIANT. A ROLLERCOASTER OF BLISTERING ACTION, SURVIVAL AND BEHIND-THE-LINES DARING' DAMIEN LEWIS ________ THE BIGGEST SINGLE LOSS OF LIFE FOR THE SAS SINCE WORLD WAR TWO . . . 1982, the British task force sails to liberate the Falkland Islands. Aboard: SAS D Squadron, determined to make their mark. No one more so than Mark 'Splash' Aston. But they have barely seen action when their Sea King helicopter crashes in freezing South Atlantic waters, killing 22 of Mark's comrades. The last out of the sinking wreck, he suffers a broken neck. But defying medical evacuation orders, Mark sneaks off ship, re-joins his SAS comrades to land on a mountain near Port Stanley - to defend it against days of attacks by Argentine special forces . . . SAS Sea King Down is a pulse-pounding account of D-Squadron's tragic loss and subsequent heroic stand in one of the most hostile places on Earth. A story told by a man who barely survived to tell it. ________ 'A gripping untold story of heroism, hardship and sacrifice within the SAS' BEAR GRYLLS 'Gripping, fast moving and completely authentic. A brilliant piece of work. Better than Bravo Two Zero' - Mike Rose, former Commanding Officer of the SAS.

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Peter Edmonds @termx.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

First book purchase of 2026. With Zeal and with Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775-1783 Volume 19 by Matthew H Spring.