The Crusader Project
@crusaderproject.bsky.social
Long-running research project on the desert war 1940-43, with a specific focus on Operation CRUSADER.
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This Bluesky feed serves to disseminate information and new posts related to Operation CRUSADER, the #desertwar in WW2 and #ww2 in general.
If desert #armour warfare, surrendering Germans, and challenges to preconceived ideas about the Italians are your thing, you might want to give us a follow.
If desert #armour warfare, surrendering Germans, and challenges to preconceived ideas about the Italians are your thing, you might want to give us a follow.
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Today is The Day of Dignity and Freedom in Ukraine, which commemorates the beginning of the Revolution of Dignity (Euromaidan) in 2013. If you want to know more, there is the documentary available on Netflix with subtitles.
www.netflix.com/de-en/title/...
#UkrainianView
www.netflix.com/de-en/title/...
#UkrainianView
Watch Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Netflix Official Site
Over 93 days in Ukraine, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution and full-fledged civil rights movement.
www.netflix.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Today is The Day of Dignity and Freedom in Ukraine, which commemorates the beginning of the Revolution of Dignity (Euromaidan) in 2013. If you want to know more, there is the documentary available on Netflix with subtitles.
www.netflix.com/de-en/title/...
#UkrainianView
www.netflix.com/de-en/title/...
#UkrainianView
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Trump's new "peace plan" for Ukraine - a basis for negotiation or capitulation?
Amber, @markurban.bsky.social & @mpolymer1.bsky.social also unpack the Saudi Crown Prince’s controversial White House visit and the sighting of a Russian spy ship near Britain
The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧
Amber, @markurban.bsky.social & @mpolymer1.bsky.social also unpack the Saudi Crown Prince’s controversial White House visit and the sighting of a Russian spy ship near Britain
The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Trump's new "peace plan" for Ukraine - a basis for negotiation or capitulation?
Amber, @markurban.bsky.social & @mpolymer1.bsky.social also unpack the Saudi Crown Prince’s controversial White House visit and the sighting of a Russian spy ship near Britain
The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧
Amber, @markurban.bsky.social & @mpolymer1.bsky.social also unpack the Saudi Crown Prince’s controversial White House visit and the sighting of a Russian spy ship near Britain
The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧
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Oh mah gawwwd, this is as wonderful as the Nepalese Hindu celebration of doggos!!
In Nepal, all good dogs are worshipped
On the second day of Nepal’s Tihar festival, dogs were celebrated with flower garlands and treats in a ritual to please the Hindu god of death.
www.nbcnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Oh mah gawwwd, this is as wonderful as the Nepalese Hindu celebration of doggos!!
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Should probably start posting my little #crossstitch projects on here more - will keep them in one thread here. ⬇️
📜🏺🎨 Been trying to develop non-screen based hobbies and have recently gotten into cross-stitching, so be on the lookout for more historical/archaeological-themed bits from me.
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Should probably start posting my little #crossstitch projects on here more - will keep them in one thread here. ⬇️
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21 Nov 1759 // 74-gun 3rd-rate HMS Resolution, which had suffered heavy damage during the Battle of Quiberon Bay, ran aground on sandbanks when attempting to leave the bay. She refloated at high water on the morning of 21 November but grounded again when the tide ebbed. [1/4]
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
21 Nov 1759 // 74-gun 3rd-rate HMS Resolution, which had suffered heavy damage during the Battle of Quiberon Bay, ran aground on sandbanks when attempting to leave the bay. She refloated at high water on the morning of 21 November but grounded again when the tide ebbed. [1/4]
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Looking through some old footage of Farnborough 1952, and there is this short clip of the majestic and out of time Saunders-Roe Princess flying boat. She could carry 102 passengers in rather more comfort than the 100-odd plus you can squeeze into an A220.
Footage: IWM COI 335
#aviation #avgeek
Footage: IWM COI 335
#aviation #avgeek
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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The base of a 2,000 year old, Late Iron Age Durotrigian style Black Burnished Ware bowl from Winterborne Kingston #Dorset
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The base of a 2,000 year old, Late Iron Age Durotrigian style Black Burnished Ware bowl from Winterborne Kingston #Dorset
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
#OTD in 1941 the proverbial hit the fan when Eighth Army gave the order ‘pop’ to Tobruk Fortress, meaning they should break out to the southeast through the siege lines.
All hell broke loose as the attack ran smack into the combined German-Italian force ready to attack Tobruk two days later.
All hell broke loose as the attack ran smack into the combined German-Italian force ready to attack Tobruk two days later.
Making Sense of the Tobruk Breakout
Background I have written a few posts about the Tobruk breakout (see here, here, here, and here), and thought a map and a complete overview of the code names for the objectives maybe helpful. This …
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November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#OTD in 1941 the proverbial hit the fan when Eighth Army gave the order ‘pop’ to Tobruk Fortress, meaning they should break out to the southeast through the siege lines.
All hell broke loose as the attack ran smack into the combined German-Italian force ready to attack Tobruk two days later.
All hell broke loose as the attack ran smack into the combined German-Italian force ready to attack Tobruk two days later.
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The Witkoff-Dmitriev plan is even more amateurish than I imagined. It favours Russia although does contain elements that Russia will not like. Premature leaking means that it is no more than work in progress. Here is an annotated version (This is free). open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...?
The Witkoff-Dmitriev peace plan annotated
We now know a bit more about the process which led to the new peace plan and we now have a copy of its contents, to which I will turn soon.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The Witkoff-Dmitriev plan is even more amateurish than I imagined. It favours Russia although does contain elements that Russia will not like. Premature leaking means that it is no more than work in progress. Here is an annotated version (This is free). open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...?
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This Day in Labor History: November 21, 1896. Dock workers in Hamburg, Germany went on strike. One of the major working class struggles in German history, the conservative leadership of that nation went ballistic over the sheer existence of these workers striking.
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 21, 1896. Dock workers in Hamburg, Germany went on strike. One of the major working class struggles in German history, the conservative leadership of that nation went ballistic over the sheer existence of these workers striking.
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Bruno Gerussi was much more than Nick Adonidas on The Beachcombers or the host of Celebrity Cooks.
He was a gifted theatre performer who was a leading actor at Stratford, an acclaimed radio host and a wood carver.
This is his story.
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He was a gifted theatre performer who was a leading actor at Stratford, an acclaimed radio host and a wood carver.
This is his story.
🧵 1/12
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Bruno Gerussi was much more than Nick Adonidas on The Beachcombers or the host of Celebrity Cooks.
He was a gifted theatre performer who was a leading actor at Stratford, an acclaimed radio host and a wood carver.
This is his story.
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He was a gifted theatre performer who was a leading actor at Stratford, an acclaimed radio host and a wood carver.
This is his story.
🧵 1/12
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NEW VIDEO! Investigating Elon Musk's very weird claims (based off of no evidence) about the Fall of Rome and birth rates led me down a very strange rabbit hole that shows how his catastrophic view of history informs the decisions he makes
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
Fall of Rome: Elon Musk’s Crazy Doomsday History
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
NEW VIDEO! Investigating Elon Musk's very weird claims (based off of no evidence) about the Fall of Rome and birth rates led me down a very strange rabbit hole that shows how his catastrophic view of history informs the decisions he makes
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
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Men of the South, 1921, painting by Séan Keating (Crawford Art Gallery). North Cork Brigade of the IRA during the Irish War of Independence.
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Men of the South, 1921, painting by Séan Keating (Crawford Art Gallery). North Cork Brigade of the IRA during the Irish War of Independence.
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BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
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A Roman glass funerary urn that was found during excavations in the Botchergate area of Carlisle. Dating to the 1st century AD, the urn can be viewed in Carlisle Cathedral’s treasury. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #CarlisleCathedral
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
A Roman glass funerary urn that was found during excavations in the Botchergate area of Carlisle. Dating to the 1st century AD, the urn can be viewed in Carlisle Cathedral’s treasury. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #CarlisleCathedral
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#FrescoFriday - Discovered November 1765: Isis welcomes Io at Canopus, complete with snakes and sistra-shaking. From the Ekklesiasterion in the Temple of Isis, Pompeii (VIII.7.28). #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#FrescoFriday - Discovered November 1765: Isis welcomes Io at Canopus, complete with snakes and sistra-shaking. From the Ekklesiasterion in the Temple of Isis, Pompeii (VIII.7.28). #Pompeii #Archaeology 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9558). Link - mann-napoli.it/en/tempio-di...
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Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
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Implying that the "cause of our division" is too many care workers, as Mahmood does here, is both absurd and sinister.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood made more explicit her argument that when ethnic minorities face racism, "we have no choice but to ask: what is the cause of our division"
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Implying that the "cause of our division" is too many care workers, as Mahmood does here, is both absurd and sinister.
They forgot Point 29. Free lollies for everyone.
It wouldn’t be the most ludicrous part of this ‘proposal’.
It wouldn’t be the most ludicrous part of this ‘proposal’.
Read the full text of Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan on.ft.com/4ibYCHp
Read the full text of Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan
[FREE TO READ] Proposed deal would limit size of Ukrainian forces and calls on Kyiv to withdraw troops from eastern Donetsk
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
They forgot Point 29. Free lollies for everyone.
It wouldn’t be the most ludicrous part of this ‘proposal’.
It wouldn’t be the most ludicrous part of this ‘proposal’.
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Am writing something on the government’s Article 3 and Article 8 proposals re asylum seekers.
Any interesting links or expert insight welcome.
Have read @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and @profmarkelliott.bsky.social‘s fine pieces.
Any interesting links or expert insight welcome.
Have read @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and @profmarkelliott.bsky.social‘s fine pieces.
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Am writing something on the government’s Article 3 and Article 8 proposals re asylum seekers.
Any interesting links or expert insight welcome.
Have read @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and @profmarkelliott.bsky.social‘s fine pieces.
Any interesting links or expert insight welcome.
Have read @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and @profmarkelliott.bsky.social‘s fine pieces.
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What I've been noticing lately in convos with students is that they *despise* the AI-slopification of everything as much or even more than I do. And yet our universities & their admin seem to believe that students for some reason want it integrated into everything. THEY DON'T.
“To be sat there with this material in front of you that is just really not worth anyone’s time, when you could be spending that time actually engaging with something worthwhile, is really frustrating,” he said.
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
What I've been noticing lately in convos with students is that they *despise* the AI-slopification of everything as much or even more than I do. And yet our universities & their admin seem to believe that students for some reason want it integrated into everything. THEY DON'T.