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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 44m

The resemblance is uncanny 😉

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 22h

My Labrador has been zapped three times, and each time looks at me like I did it. Quite funny though.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I’ve read the history books, watched the YouTube videos, and now have a very clear idea of the problems facing the Balkans, and who’s to blame. But I’m keeping it to myself because I don’t want my nose cut off and my house burned down.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nothing says “extreme” quite like sewing a patch onto a waterproof layer 😉

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A bit of both. The Dolomites are eroding at quite a fast rate, and the permafrost that holds these mountains together is melting.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Huge rockfalls in the Tofane group (WW1 battlefield in the Dolomites, 1915-1917) last weekend. The Austrian position of Tre Dita is visible in the bottom left of the first photo. Exploring these mountains is becoming quite hazardous. #TiTM

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Look forward to seeing you there 👍 No climbing buddy, going free-solo for this one.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s not too late to sign up for this wonderful event. I’ve done an all-new, mountain-specific presentation, and will be giving my talk while dressed thematically. @ntwf.bsky.social

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ha! I’m not sure my 30s and 40s count as my youth. Once was during a wheelie contest at Le Mans, the other was at the UEFA Cup final in Copenhagen. Just an innocent bystander, honest Guv.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’ve been tear-gassed twice (once by the CRS), and can confirm it’s really horrible. He has my sympathies.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’ll admit to being riveted by the Manchester City thing. It just gets worse and worse. As my mother (and Seneca) would say, “Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas."

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don’t know, I’m afraid

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Financial doping, eh? It’s beginning to look a lot like the Armstrong years.

Premiership titles tainted by financial doping

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I suspect the cyclo-tourism aspect may be negligible, but can’t be sure. You should probably start with Across France in Wartime, by Kuklos. He illegally rode to the front lines in 1914.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Depends if you ever plan on visiting those areas. Haven’t read it myself, and don’t know the authors.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Absolutely. Not perfect, but if you get cancer, or hit by a bus, it’s bloody brilliant. If we could persuade billionaires to pay their taxes, it would be even better.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And when you return (as you surely will), there’s a book you should get 😉

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

No probs. The buses in that part of the world are pretty good, might be worth asking at hotel reception (or using Rome2Rio app. Either way, have a great time!

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Also 40 mins from you is the Marmolada Great War museum. Cable car from Malga Ciapella to Serauta station, museum and cafe up there, walk across to trenches and dugouts on Punta Serauta and/or up towards Forcella V to get a feel for how thin the air is at 3000m.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Lagazuoi tunnels at Passo Falzarego are about 40 mins drive from you. Cable car up, lunch at rifugio, great views from the top, and trenches. Walk back down through the tunnels (or explore down as far as Cengia Martini, then get cable car down). Also Forte Tre Sassi is just down the road…

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Lovely 👌 Are you visiting any FWW sites?

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bon voyage, hope you enjoyed your time here.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Oh dear. Looking back, it was the perfect first SLR, and forced me to think carefully about exposure and composition.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Not for the first time, I find myself wondering why I’m drawn to subjects studiously avoided by British historians 🙄

A mad incomprehensible map of the Battle of Mount Cer

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The day I realised I would never get any more realistically-paid work, I deleted my LinkedIn account. It was like a huge weight had been lifted.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

No no no! That way lies misery and disappointment. We have the Gay Gooners over on the red side of north London, y’know.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

As a teenager with an interest in photography, my father gave me this book and an old East German SLR. They sparked a lifelong passion for photography and journalism. Mercifully the book survived our recent flood (the camera was sold long ago).

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Accommodation options for my forthcoming research trips to the Balkans are…interesting.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Have a look at the Assyrian Lion Hunt in room 10a…sensational

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Reason for initial reluctance to consult said book: it’s in Serbian Cyrillic.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ironically, they defeated the Austro-Hungarians with overwhelming small-arms fire.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Me, today. Comes to a research dead-end. Reluctantly opens AI thing. Asks complicated question. Gets unmitigated drivel. Closes AI thing. Reaches for actual book.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This seems appropriate. It’s an Inuit signpost in the Canadian arctic, where everywhere is 200 miles from anywhere.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If there’s a group of sportspeople less enthusiastic about doing their job, I can’t think of it.

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Pretty standard for Vuelta coverage 🤬

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yes, it’s quite challenging in places, but worth it when you get to the top!

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Climate change: good for bomb disposal troops and archaeologists, bad for everything else. Over 200 UXOs in the Italian alps have been made safe in the last two weeks.

Soldier on a glacier messing with an unexploded WW1 artillery round

Many unexploded shells melting out of a glacier

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Am Leuven your work 👌 I’ll get my coat.

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