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Mika Paananen

@painmike1.bsky.social

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Author of 'Harmsleave'. History Fan and Old Aircraft Enthusiast. Belligerent Bookshelf. Typing Curmudgeon CorrectBird Style. Slightly Anglophile. NO unsolicited CHAT. Dim comments is just bad English...🇫🇮 painmike.com harmsleave.com

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Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 9d

HARMSLEAVE
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An extraordinary adventure in alternative history.

#Kindle #KindleUnlimited and paperback:
amazon.com/dp/B0C49FMY3K and other Amazon marketplaces

harmsleave.com

#books #bookpromos

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Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 8m

Another oldie pic from autumns past.

Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 2h

The first, a bit short walk after my hospital trip. Not sunny, so inserting an old fall pic.

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Scott Edwin Williams @scottewilliams.bsky.social · 4h

Er.... A week before launch and... #wow #obscure #books

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🇬🇧📺 Classic British TV 📺🇬🇧 @classicbritishtv.bsky.social · 6h

I would pay to see this 😂

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Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 5h

Morning Paul!🌞

Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 7h

Good Morning from the land of the Finns, #Bluesky🌞

Enjoying performance in Hyvinkää, 1960s. (Voitto Kivi)

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Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 20h

A Finnish private plucks the petals off a daisy, perhaps wishing for a letter from his wife. Syskyjärvi, July 1944. (SA-Kuva)

Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 20h

Boeing E-3A Sentry, LX-N90450, NATO - Airborne Early Warning Force, at Turku Airshow 2019. (Own photo)

Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 21h

Just burn 'em(with workout)!

Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 21h

Love those muscles screaming pain next day after waking them up after a long time😄Hang in there! Looked up butter tarts, they look sinfully delicious😋

Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 23h

#InternationalDayoftheGirl

Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 23h

"This laundry basket is mine."

#Caturday Ace.

Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 23h

Great idea. The smoldering B-17 in the last scene is a bit mutilated 'Sally B' I visited long ago.
The weather is sunny, high winds and I'm resting my arm for the last day, feeling like a caged horse...
How are you doing, Sheila?

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s article is up and it’s FREE for all to read. Get your ported introduction to three of the leading French generals in #WW1 achurchill.substack.com/p/free-artic...

FREE ARTICLE: French Command, 1914-18

Today I thought I’d revert to what I love best - bludgeoning you with French history.

achurchill.substack.com

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Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 1d

(Memphis Belle, 1990)

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Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 1d

Morning Moz, enjoy your day!🌞

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Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 1d

Bring up the PIAT!

Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 1d

Good Morning from the land of the Finns, #Bluesky🌞

President of the Republic Urho Kekkonen feeds birds on the Seurasaari bridge on November 28, 1956. (U.A. Saarinen)

Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 1d

Ouch!

Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 1d

I bet, though my pulse rate had no problem with coffee. This was not doctor's order, but empirical deduction by the nasty feeling I started to get after my usual big mugs.

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Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 1d

Ha! That's HMS Nelson alright.

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Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 1d

Cool indeed! I guess people have made a trillion V-signs in that chair.

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