Erik Parker
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Erik Parker
@riksbar.bsky.social
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Northern remainer elite, aviation addict, Independent Company and war waffler, Miami Dolphins since superbowl XIX
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Oh, I have slipped Surly bonds of X,
and danced BlueSky with laughter silver’d posts.
Leftward I’ve looked, and joined the tumbling mirth of blocked out trolls - and done a thousand things you have not dreamed of
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MiG-21 supersonic inlet design🧵
Small Nose vs. Big Nose
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Translation:- “I am interested in (a very niche, somewhat misogynistic genre of) science fiction, and yet lack the social skills, conversational skills, or empathy to connect with women in any meaningful manner, therefore…”
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I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.
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The fuss over who appears in TV adverts misses the point...
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN 85: 26th October 1940. The Luftwaffe continued to use formations of Bf 109s to contest the airspace over south-east England at the least possible risk to themselves.
📷 key.aero
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OTD October 26 1977 - Ali Maow Maalin, a Somali cook and member of the vaccination team working in a hospital in the southern town of Merca, becomes the last diagnosed case globally of naturally occurring Smallpox.
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26th October, 1940: first flight of the North American P-51 Mustang. Initially developed to a British specification with an Allison engine, early Mustangs served very successfully as tactical reconnaissance and ground attack aircraft.
📷 Airfix / Roy Cross
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"Our story begins over 12,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age. As glaciers melted and the climate warmed, people began moving back into what we now call Britain."

What a great way to start the archaeology story of the A66 highway upgrade! bit.ly/48IbjqE
The A66 Through History: A Road That Built Connections
The Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) teams have been continuing the archaeological investigations alongside the A66. This is a short glimpse into the archaeological history of the A66 and an…
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DO NOT BE DISTRACTED!!!

TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.
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Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin, “It drives me mad seeing adverts full of black people, full of Asian people, full of anything other than white"

Followed by that time Sarah Pochin said, "My kids say: mum, you're such a moron" 👀
Having been involved in the early export campaigns of Gripen to Central Europe, this makes me very happy.
Favourite photo of the day!
Hope for the future.
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Richard Tice told The Times in March he had “never met Nathan Gill”

Tice - "Please welcome to the stage, Nathan Gill."
searchlightmagazine.com/2025/10/refo...
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The East Wing of the White House (L) in a satellite photo captured by Planet Labs PBC on Sept. 26, 2025 along with a photo captured on Oct. 23, 2025. Thanks to ‪@paleofuture.bsky.social‬ for pointing to ABC sharing the satellite imagery. abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
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Mike Graham Misunderstands Absolutely Everything
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New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST
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West German Navy F-104G Starfighter.
I only discovered Robert Prest was mixed race in my 30s when I worked with a former squadron mate of his at BAE STSTEMS, despite having devoured this book in my early teens when applying for the RAF (unsuccessfully). Would knowing this have changed what I did? No, but representation matters #BHM
A 'Pilot's pilot', RAF fighter pilot, airline captain and author of one of the greatest books about flying - 'F-4 Phantom - A Pilots Story', Robert Prest is one of our heroes for #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM www.aerosociety.com/news/black-h...