Dreadnought Holiday
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Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.
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This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Starting a temporary thread of threads so I can find stuff again, starting with a subject close to my heart...
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Russian linked shadow fleet tanker Mersin (IMO 9428683) currently sinking off West Africa.
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Russian linked shadow fleet tanker Mersin (IMO 9428683) currently sinking off West Africa.
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
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It’s that time of year where @dreadships.bsky.social and I need book recommendations for the ScornDread Children, as Nikolaus will leave a book in their boots next Saturday. The younger one (14) really enjoys fantasy and the older one (17) nerdy nonfiction.
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It’s that time of year where @dreadships.bsky.social and I need book recommendations for the ScornDread Children, as Nikolaus will leave a book in their boots next Saturday. The younger one (14) really enjoys fantasy and the older one (17) nerdy nonfiction.
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This boat, now in IWM London, came from a vessel that was attacked by a German naval raider in 1940. The raider's captain ordered his men to fire on survivors in other boats. He was later convicted of war crimes and died in prison.
Something certain people might like to reflect on.
Something certain people might like to reflect on.
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This boat, now in IWM London, came from a vessel that was attacked by a German naval raider in 1940. The raider's captain ordered his men to fire on survivors in other boats. He was later convicted of war crimes and died in prison.
Something certain people might like to reflect on.
Something certain people might like to reflect on.
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Incredible Baltic Sea story! 🔱
Ideologically motivated mutiny aboard Soviet frigate made the Soviet Air Force wrongly bomb several own ships & almost led to them launching a ☢️ nuclear strike on rogue frigate. Swedish intelligence recorded all of it.
Even better than the famous ‘Whisky on the Rocks’!
Ideologically motivated mutiny aboard Soviet frigate made the Soviet Air Force wrongly bomb several own ships & almost led to them launching a ☢️ nuclear strike on rogue frigate. Swedish intelligence recorded all of it.
Even better than the famous ‘Whisky on the Rocks’!
Jeebus... I knew none of this...
The Real-Life Hunt For Red October Happened 50 Years Ago www.twz.com/sea/the-real...
The Real-Life Hunt For Red October Happened 50 Years Ago www.twz.com/sea/the-real...
The Real-Life Hunt For Red October Happened 50 Years Ago
The mutiny aboard a Soviet warship in November 1975 led to a chase across the Baltic Sea, involving nuclear-armed bombers.
www.twz.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Incredible Baltic Sea story! 🔱
Ideologically motivated mutiny aboard Soviet frigate made the Soviet Air Force wrongly bomb several own ships & almost led to them launching a ☢️ nuclear strike on rogue frigate. Swedish intelligence recorded all of it.
Even better than the famous ‘Whisky on the Rocks’!
Ideologically motivated mutiny aboard Soviet frigate made the Soviet Air Force wrongly bomb several own ships & almost led to them launching a ☢️ nuclear strike on rogue frigate. Swedish intelligence recorded all of it.
Even better than the famous ‘Whisky on the Rocks’!
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A fantastic dive into Malta's wartime air defences from @dreadships.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A fantastic dive into Malta's wartime air defences from @dreadships.bsky.social
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You all know about this, right? Not one of nature's natural aviators, the beaver, and yet...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_...
Beaver drop - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
You all know about this, right? Not one of nature's natural aviators, the beaver, and yet...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_...
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BLACKBIRD FRIDAY SPECIAL The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes (RRP £35.00) at a trifling £16.50 (+P&P). OFFER CLOSES MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. (I will stop checking at 17.00, BUT if you put the number you want as a comment, before midnight tonight, your copy is reserved). WHILE STOCKS LAST
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
BLACKBIRD FRIDAY SPECIAL The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes (RRP £35.00) at a trifling £16.50 (+P&P). OFFER CLOSES MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. (I will stop checking at 17.00, BUT if you put the number you want as a comment, before midnight tonight, your copy is reserved). WHILE STOCKS LAST
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Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
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Young pufflings almost need to fall off a cliff on their first flight.
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
It's 'throw a baby puffin off a cliff' season in Iceland
Young puffins have to leave their burrows alone, without the help of their parents, and find the ocean. Every year, local Icelanders set out to help.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Young pufflings almost need to fall off a cliff on their first flight.
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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I seem to recall, years ago, reading about a plan to reforest Highland glens by carpet-bombing them with tree saplings pushed out the back ramp of a Herculese. They would have a very pointy root plugs that would act as a ground penetrator, the tree itself acting as a stabilising drogue
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I seem to recall, years ago, reading about a plan to reforest Highland glens by carpet-bombing them with tree saplings pushed out the back ramp of a Herculese. They would have a very pointy root plugs that would act as a ground penetrator, the tree itself acting as a stabilising drogue
Immediately flying upwards is presumably just as problematical...
I am told that there are issues with releasing birds that *can* fly from helicopters. Seems the downdraft makes them initially think they’re not falling. By the time they’re out of the downdraft they’re falling so fast their wings can do nothing but break. At least for chickens.
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Immediately flying upwards is presumably just as problematical...
!!!
Aaaaaand that's enough aviation internet for the day.
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
!!!
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I see from my timeline that today's the day lots of Americans like to celebrate with a turkey.
I trust this suffices?
I trust this suffices?
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I see from my timeline that today's the day lots of Americans like to celebrate with a turkey.
I trust this suffices?
I trust this suffices?
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Happy thanksgiving. Boat stuck.
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happy thanksgiving. Boat stuck.
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27 Nov 1703 (O.S.) // The Great Storm of 1703 swept across southern England from the Bristol Channel to the Thames Estuary during the night of 26/27 November. Damage was widespread and many ships were lost, wrecked, and sunk, including the following 13 vessels of the #RoyalNavy. [1/9]
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
27 Nov 1703 (O.S.) // The Great Storm of 1703 swept across southern England from the Bristol Channel to the Thames Estuary during the night of 26/27 November. Damage was widespread and many ships were lost, wrecked, and sunk, including the following 13 vessels of the #RoyalNavy. [1/9]
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I guess you also know about it but "bloody Orkney" seems to capture the same thinking.
www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~tef10/poem2...
www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~tef10/poem2...
Bloody Orkney
www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I guess you also know about it but "bloody Orkney" seems to capture the same thinking.
www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~tef10/poem2...
www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~tef10/poem2...
I see from my timeline that today's the day lots of Americans like to celebrate with a turkey.
I trust this suffices?
I trust this suffices?
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I see from my timeline that today's the day lots of Americans like to celebrate with a turkey.
I trust this suffices?
I trust this suffices?
Is it "miles and miles of bugger all"?
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Is it "miles and miles of bugger all"?
The Masquerade Hare could only be found by solving a set of devilishly devious clues.
Or by dating Kit Williams' ex, who in a moment of incredibly poor OPSEC had been with him when he buried it.
Guess which happened first?
Or by dating Kit Williams' ex, who in a moment of incredibly poor OPSEC had been with him when he buried it.
Guess which happened first?
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The Masquerade Hare could only be found by solving a set of devilishly devious clues.
Or by dating Kit Williams' ex, who in a moment of incredibly poor OPSEC had been with him when he buried it.
Guess which happened first?
Or by dating Kit Williams' ex, who in a moment of incredibly poor OPSEC had been with him when he buried it.
Guess which happened first?
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Important stuff to learn today because essentially if you're not from the class in society that has previously produced magistrates you probably wouldn't know that anyone with the below qualifications can become one, and so the system perpetuates.
One thing to know about Magistrates is that the qualifications for becoming one are: 1) be aged between 18-74, 2) be literate, and 3) be ‘of good character’ (no previous convictions or bankruptcy)
If you’re up for it, you can help beat bias in the system by entering it
If you’re up for it, you can help beat bias in the system by entering it
Can't believe they're going to end trial by jury. It's one of our most fundamental rights. Literally Magna Carta stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Important stuff to learn today because essentially if you're not from the class in society that has previously produced magistrates you probably wouldn't know that anyone with the below qualifications can become one, and so the system perpetuates.
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Whatever your feelings are on artificial intelligence, A.I. has nothing to do with the purpose of the alt attribute or alt text. To suggest that people deliberately write misleading alt text in order to "stick it to A.I." is going to hurt the humans who rely on it to access the web.
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Whatever your feelings are on artificial intelligence, A.I. has nothing to do with the purpose of the alt attribute or alt text. To suggest that people deliberately write misleading alt text in order to "stick it to A.I." is going to hurt the humans who rely on it to access the web.
Prove you are a genuine Russian armed auxiliary ship with this simple Kamcaptcha...
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Prove you are a genuine Russian armed auxiliary ship with this simple Kamcaptcha...
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Apparently I’m on Wrecks that Changed the World (Episode 4) on PBS this evening, talking about HMS Prince of Wales, Pearl Harbor etc. I wasn’t even sure they’d ever made the programme (I did a day of interviews at FAAM between lockdowns and never heard any more from them)
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Apparently I’m on Wrecks that Changed the World (Episode 4) on PBS this evening, talking about HMS Prince of Wales, Pearl Harbor etc. I wasn’t even sure they’d ever made the programme (I did a day of interviews at FAAM between lockdowns and never heard any more from them)
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Did anyone else read EKRANOPLAN and then sing this immediately aftewrwards?
two pink stuffed animals are standing next to each other .
ALT: two pink stuffed animals are standing next to each other .
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November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Did anyone else read EKRANOPLAN and then sing this immediately aftewrwards?
The superior monorail
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November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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