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Brett Holman
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Independent PhD historian (aviation, bombing; #WW1, #WW2; Britain, Australia; emotions, spectacle); books (Home Fires Burning (WW1 air raids on Britain; in progress), The Next War in the Air). Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. He/him. airminded.org
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Brett Holman @airminded.org · Nov 10
Hi! I’m a historian of early 20th century Britain and Australia. I study the cultural and emotional history of aviation, interested in what people thought and felt about aircraft as much, or even more than, what aircraft actually did. My first book was on the fear of bombing in Britain
The Next War in the Air
Brett Holman. The Next War in the Air: Britain's Fear of the Bomber, 1908-1941. Farnham and Burlington: Ashgate, 2014. The Next War in the Air: Britain's Fear of the Bomber, 1908-1941 is my first book...
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lizcrash.bsky.social
oh my godddd Australian lawmakers don‘t know or care what a bluesky is! stop acting important
bsky.app Bluesky @bsky.app · 20h
v1.111 is live today!

We've upgraded our Age Assurance system to comply with upcoming laws in Australia and other regions, and to restore access to people over 18 in Mississippi.

Plus, we fixed some bugs and laid the groundwork for improved "who to follow" suggestions in the near future.
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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fotofacade.bsky.social
✨From the archives: St Mary’s, Breamore in Hampshire, is one of the most complete late Anglo-Saxon churches we have — a building that’s held its ground for over a millennium. Here I photographed it with the Elizabethan Breamore House behind it, two eras folded into one view.
December 9, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Hi! If you’re looking for a gift for a history-lover this Christmas, I’ll personally sign & dedicate any of my funny history books to your loved one if you buy them through @foxlanebooks.bsky.social

I have three books for kids, and three for teens & adults

Thank you 🎄📚🎁
Greg smiles while holding the three vibrantly illustrated children’s books from his Totally Chaotic History series: Roman Britain, Stone Age, and Ancient Egypt Greg grins while holding his colourful book You Are History about the history of 50 objects a child used every day Greg’s books are Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity, A Million Years In A Day, and Ask A Historian
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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#potd from the MartinPhotos collection: De Havilland Vampire parked outside at Duxford during an air display martinwilkinson.redbubble.com martinphotos.picfair.com
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De Havilland Vampire parked outside at Duxford during an air display.
December 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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liamhogan.id.au
Brett Lee, Premature Anti-Fascist
martindbbrown.bsky.social Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 13h
*Looks at screen, looks at coffee, wonders if I have some high-grade opium stashed somewhere in the house
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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drnaomi.bsky.social
My brilliant friend Hannah Forsyth wrote a piece that starts with our Sunday outing to toast Heather Goodall, whose work has shaped my life’s work, and then goes straight to the heart of the destruction of the collegiality and courage of universities.
December 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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j2dk.bsky.social
So awesome that the nation's so-called eSafety Commissioner is forcing every Australian over the age of 16 to hand over our biometric data to overseas-based companies whose business model is about monetising personal data & linking online accounts to real world individuals.
Excellent work everybody.
earleyedition.bsky.social Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 12h
After going through above, I was sent an email, which sent me to the Kids Web Services website. I chose "Face Scan", which directed me to Yoti, face was scanned and it began estimating my age. It was taking so long I forgot about it, and just came back 4hrs later to see it is still "Estimating age"👍
You need to verify your age Bluesky Social needs to confirm that the person with this email address meets a required age. We use KWS to provide you with a range of methods to verify your age. Verify My Age When you click 'Verify My Age', Bluesky Social will share your email address with KWS. KWS will check if you previously verified your age. If not, you'll be taken to the KWS website to provide more details. By continuing, you agree to the KWS Terms of Use and acknowledge that KWS will store your verified status alongside your hashed email address in accordance with the KWS Privacy Policy. This means you won't need to verify again the next time you use this email for other games/services powered by KWS technology. = Only takes a couple of minutes. Helps build a safer internet. & This process has been designed with your data privacy in mind KWS will tell us if you successfully verify your age but will never share your verification information with us. For any questions about verification, visit the KWS support site for frequently asked questions or to contact support. If you've received this email by mistake, please contact support. Thank you, Bluesky Social Team KWS Kids Web Services Choose a method to verify your age By selecting a verification method below, you confirm that you have read KWS' Privacy Policy. We will let Bluesky Social know once you've verified your age. What do you do with my information? ^ KWS will use the verification details you provide only to verify your age. Once successfully verified, KWS remembers your verified status. This means you won't need to verify again when using this email for other games or services powered by KWS technology. Face Scan We use Yoti to scan your facial features and estimate your age. Credit Card We use Stripe to authorise your card. Your card will not be charged. ID Scan We use Veriff to scan and validate documents like a government-issued ID, passport or driving license. YOTI Estimating age
December 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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wellerstein.bsky.social
So, hey, my new book on Truman and the Bomb comes out NEXT WEEK! In this post on Doomsday Machines, I give a rundown of WHAT IT IS ABOUT, and other useful information, including the talk I am giving about it on December 16. doomsdaymachines.net/p/the-most-a...
"The Most Awful Responsibility"
My new book on Truman and the bomb will be released next week
doomsdaymachines.net
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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I, for one, welcome the return of the Hitlerjugend and Bund Deutscher Mädels ethos to cleanse the putrid rotten system of democracy and independent thought.
December 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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vghistory.bsky.social
repairman's revenge, type-in listing, excerpt (1983) archive.org/details/cavg...
code within the code, text: well done. please enter your name (not more than 20 characters) (a lofi image of the title font/title screen with the sad face of a repairman) do you need instructions?(type y or n) **repairmans revenge** sequel to **short circuit** your mission is to transfer bits of energy from the serial input (energy wall) to the output of the chip the higher the output port touched when the repairman is charged with energy then the higher score you can gain. but beware, a mutant sparx is on the loose. avoid it at all costs. it can be destroyed by shooting bolts of energy at it. you posess enough energy to kill 5 sparxs. the energy bolts can only fire in one direction. you only have one life....... the controls are 7(up arrow), i(left arrow), j(down arrow), y(left arrow) cr to fire......good luck..... press (s) to start
July 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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dailyquindar.bsky.social
Context
"We were going forward." CDR John W. Young: Apollo 16, April 21, 1972 at 11:11 AM CST
December 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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The company is using Kids Web Services (KWS), a subsidiary of Epic Games, for age assurance - with these options:
December 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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its-tom-williams.bsky.social
Despite not being designated under Australia’s under-16s social media ban, Bluesky is now asking local users to verify their age to access certain features.
December 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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complete guide to the unix cli for historians:
cal(1): displays calendar - Linux man page
Cal displays a simple calendar. If arguments are not specified, the current month is displayed. The options are as follows:
linux.die.net
December 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Mondo 2000 Magazine - Issue number 09 (1993), pages 129-130

#Mondo2000 #Cyberpunk
Mondo 2000 Magazine Mondo 2000 Magazine
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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burritojustice.bsky.social
Cathay Cargo contrail
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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At Airminded: Aurorae at war
Aurorae at war
This appeared in the correspondence section ((Incidentally, the world's best correspondence section.)) of Fortean Times 464 (December 2025), relating a story told by the grandmother of the author, Rob...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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sardonicus.eu
Christopher Lee on the set of SPACE: 1999 - Earthbound
1974
big chris in roy wood make up on set looking like he is about to cover ballroom blitz
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir and other members of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party wore golden noose-shaped pins to a Knesset National Security Committee meeting to discuss a bill to execute Palestinian detainees.
Left frame: Three men in suits wearing a golden noose pin on their lapels. Right frame: Close up of a golden noose pin.
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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shannonappelcline.bsky.social
If you think screen time was bad for kids last year because of serious brain development issues, it's about to get a lot worse as hucksters like Kevin Fischer screw with their emotional and social development with fake friends online.
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.

Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."

coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Unhinged to describe the criticism of her journalistic ethics as a "freaksome lynching" when she has not denied any of the allegations and admits to most of them in her book.
colindickey.com Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 1d
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
Lisa Taddeo in Airmail: "I think Olivia is smarter than she is beautiful, though she is unquestionably beautiful. I think Olivia is able to write something beautiful overnight and not a lot of people can do that, and her intrigue and wisdom are amplified, in my opinion, by how very young she still is. Her prose is never boring, even when it’s precious, and when I look at her I see a little girl, like my daughter, like myself, like us all, which is what she actually still was when all these older, powerful men navigated her, and, through that, she learned how to navigate them, and the world, in a way that I think has gravitas. But mostly I think the attempted patriarchal mass murder of this woman’s career and her personhood is a freaksome lynching the likes of which we will look back upon with a dazed compunction."
December 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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colindickey.com
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
Lisa Taddeo in Airmail: "I think Olivia is smarter than she is beautiful, though she is unquestionably beautiful. I think Olivia is able to write something beautiful overnight and not a lot of people can do that, and her intrigue and wisdom are amplified, in my opinion, by how very young she still is. Her prose is never boring, even when it’s precious, and when I look at her I see a little girl, like my daughter, like myself, like us all, which is what she actually still was when all these older, powerful men navigated her, and, through that, she learned how to navigate them, and the world, in a way that I think has gravitas. But mostly I think the attempted patriarchal mass murder of this woman’s career and her personhood is a freaksome lynching the likes of which we will look back upon with a dazed compunction."
December 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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sardonicus.eu
'Otho Cushing imagines the fashion of a future 1950 in issue #1950 of Life Magazine, 1914'
man and woman in 'futuristic garb' looking at fashion paintings from 1914
December 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM