Allison (she/her)
@thelegalseagull.bsky.social
Noisy and annoying and will probably steal your chips. Enthusiastic amateur, member of the Great War Group, Great War Aviation Society and Siegfried Sassoon Fellowship, CWGC volunteer. Views my own.
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As I suddenly have many new followers, hello! 👋 I will have to try and actually start posting here... my history niche is mostly WW1 aviation, but there will probably also be general planeposting, books and horses 🛩️📚🐴 I look forward to getting to know you all 🙂
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TO AUSTERLITZ!
(because it’s the 220th anniversary)
(because it’s the 220th anniversary)
December 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
TO AUSTERLITZ!
(because it’s the 220th anniversary)
(because it’s the 220th anniversary)
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Lots of ways to be a man! Problems can lie in fitting into societal expectations of 'manliness', and men can be crap at dealing with that. I've never wanted to hurt myself, but many do, and a British man kills himself every two hours. It's why I support www.mensmindsmatter.org #InternationalMensDay
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Lots of ways to be a man! Problems can lie in fitting into societal expectations of 'manliness', and men can be crap at dealing with that. I've never wanted to hurt myself, but many do, and a British man kills himself every two hours. It's why I support www.mensmindsmatter.org #InternationalMensDay
yes, we did in fact name our dog after her 🙈😂
Beatrice Shilling #WWII invented device to counter engine cut-out by restricting fuel flow to carburettor preventing #Hurricane & #Spitfire engine stall. Helped win #BattleofBritain @wes1919.bsky.social memb, early electrical engineering apprentice d #OTD 18 Nov 1990 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatric...
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
yes, we did in fact name our dog after her 🙈😂
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Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
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Can we go back to the days when politicians said that they really wanted to help people but it’s very hard and takes time, rather than saying that they want to hurt people and can do it quickly?
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Can we go back to the days when politicians said that they really wanted to help people but it’s very hard and takes time, rather than saying that they want to hurt people and can do it quickly?
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Thank you, Judge Schwager. But it shouldn’t require a judge to say something that is so hugely obvious.
To turn this argument on its head: if OpenAI had won, presumably it would be fine for me to go into their HQ and help myself to whatever I want.
To turn this argument on its head: if OpenAI had won, presumably it would be fine for me to go into their HQ and help myself to whatever I want.
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Thank you, Judge Schwager. But it shouldn’t require a judge to say something that is so hugely obvious.
To turn this argument on its head: if OpenAI had won, presumably it would be fine for me to go into their HQ and help myself to whatever I want.
To turn this argument on its head: if OpenAI had won, presumably it would be fine for me to go into their HQ and help myself to whatever I want.
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There are only two options. Either we *have* forgotten, or we have remembered and decided to root for the other side.
Gross hypocrisy.
Gross hypocrisy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
There are only two options. Either we *have* forgotten, or we have remembered and decided to root for the other side.
Gross hypocrisy.
Gross hypocrisy.
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@cwgc.bsky.social This needs a serious and proper response. It shouldn’t take one man to make something happen, but anger is building and a great many people are watching to see what happens next.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Iraq war graves: One man's mission to campaign for cemetery restoration
Tens of thousands of UK and Commonwealth soldiers died in Iraq in the two World Wars.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
@cwgc.bsky.social This needs a serious and proper response. It shouldn’t take one man to make something happen, but anger is building and a great many people are watching to see what happens next.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump looks like a Sim that’s waiting for instructions
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Trump looks like a Sim that’s waiting for instructions
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The Knitfire, king of the skies. Superior in every way to the Messerschknit…
www.yoursouthport.com/blog/life-si...
In Flanders Fields, the crochet grows...
The "sip...bloody hell" meme isn't strong enough here.
In Flanders Fields, the crochet grows...
The "sip...bloody hell" meme isn't strong enough here.
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Knitfire, king of the skies. Superior in every way to the Messerschknit…
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Ah, yes. Reform UK. "A movement built by real people." All smiling and clasping their hands in EXACTLY the same way.
I'd love to see the prompts that generated this.
<make them happier>
<make some of them young>
<make two of them - NO, don't want to upset Pochin - one of them black> ~AA
I'd love to see the prompts that generated this.
<make them happier>
<make some of them young>
<make two of them - NO, don't want to upset Pochin - one of them black> ~AA
October 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Ah, yes. Reform UK. "A movement built by real people." All smiling and clasping their hands in EXACTLY the same way.
I'd love to see the prompts that generated this.
<make them happier>
<make some of them young>
<make two of them - NO, don't want to upset Pochin - one of them black> ~AA
I'd love to see the prompts that generated this.
<make them happier>
<make some of them young>
<make two of them - NO, don't want to upset Pochin - one of them black> ~AA
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Worth mentioning, there's nothing illegal about seeking asylum. Indeed the need for those doing so to use irregular routes is recognised in law, provided they present themselves, as they have to, to seek asylum to the relevant authorities. This is a grotesquely misleading comment by the Home Office.
October 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Worth mentioning, there's nothing illegal about seeking asylum. Indeed the need for those doing so to use irregular routes is recognised in law, provided they present themselves, as they have to, to seek asylum to the relevant authorities. This is a grotesquely misleading comment by the Home Office.
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According to our guide "it's normal for the steam engine to scream when it's working"
You and me both, steam engine.
You and me both, steam engine.
October 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
According to our guide "it's normal for the steam engine to scream when it's working"
You and me both, steam engine.
You and me both, steam engine.
(finally) on the first leg of my journey to Bristol for nerd Christmas with @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social 🎉 fingers crossed for less cursed travel than last year...
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
(finally) on the first leg of my journey to Bristol for nerd Christmas with @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social 🎉 fingers crossed for less cursed travel than last year...
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It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance
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The advice I give young people on choice of degree programme. Choose something you love. You’ve got the rest of your life to be frustrated and miserable.
October 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The advice I give young people on choice of degree programme. Choose something you love. You’ve got the rest of your life to be frustrated and miserable.
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Explaining to my wife that I cannot simply “read the books I’ve already bought and haven’t read” like some kind of peasant.
October 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Explaining to my wife that I cannot simply “read the books I’ve already bought and haven’t read” like some kind of peasant.
I have absolutely zero knowledge of both Friends and The Simpsons.
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
October 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I have absolutely zero knowledge of both Friends and The Simpsons.
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Timeline cleanse.
Newspaper clipping, 1906.
Newspaper clipping, 1906.
October 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Timeline cleanse.
Newspaper clipping, 1906.
Newspaper clipping, 1906.
If you support racist policies, I'm afraid that does very much make you racist.
At the very least, it means you're ok with racism so long as you think (wrongly, in the case of whatever shite Reform are peddling) that you can benefit from it.
At the very least, it means you're ok with racism so long as you think (wrongly, in the case of whatever shite Reform are peddling) that you can benefit from it.
Supporting Reform’s ‘racist policy’ does not make voters racist, says Rachel Reeves – UK politics live
Supporting Reform’s ‘racist policy’ does not make voters racist, says Rachel Reeves – UK politics live
Chancellor backs Keir Starmer’s statement that policy to end indefinite leave to remain is racist, but says many Reform supporters would be ‘horrified’ by it
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If you support racist policies, I'm afraid that does very much make you racist.
At the very least, it means you're ok with racism so long as you think (wrongly, in the case of whatever shite Reform are peddling) that you can benefit from it.
At the very least, it means you're ok with racism so long as you think (wrongly, in the case of whatever shite Reform are peddling) that you can benefit from it.
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I like it when anyone criticises London, and Sadiq posts something saying, “we are all multilingual and bisexual”
September 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I like it when anyone criticises London, and Sadiq posts something saying, “we are all multilingual and bisexual”
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spokesperson for Sadiq Khan:
“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.
“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”
“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.
“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”
Trump to the UN: "I have to say, I look at London where you have a terrible mayor -- terrible terrible mayor -- and it's been so changed, so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia Law ... both their immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe."
September 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
spokesperson for Sadiq Khan:
“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.
“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”
“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.
“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”
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Vaccines cause adults
Tylenol causes pain relief
Neurodiversity is good
Tylenol causes pain relief
Neurodiversity is good
September 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Vaccines cause adults
Tylenol causes pain relief
Neurodiversity is good
Tylenol causes pain relief
Neurodiversity is good
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Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
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The UK has officially recognised a Palestinian state, as Starmer has just announced
melissa-on-the-road.blogspot.com/2025/09/uk-r...
melissa-on-the-road.blogspot.com/2025/09/uk-r...
UK recognises Palestinian state, Starmer announces
Keir Starmer has announced the UK's recognition of a Palestinian state. "Today, to revive the hope of peace and a two-state solution, I st...
melissa-on-the-road.blogspot.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The UK has officially recognised a Palestinian state, as Starmer has just announced
melissa-on-the-road.blogspot.com/2025/09/uk-r...
melissa-on-the-road.blogspot.com/2025/09/uk-r...