Adam Spink 🏳️🌈
@adamspink.bsky.social
ATC at London Heathrow, occasionally RAF Fairford. Aviation, History, Food, Tea, Tweed, Outdoors, Environment. Own views, obvs. He/him
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Okay. This is angering me.
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Man made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests
Groundbreaking find makes compelling case that humans were lighting fires much earlier than originally believed
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Okay. This is angering me.
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Christmas is alarmingly close, so if you're in need of the perfect gift grab a copy (or two) of the Battlefield Design Colouring Book!
30 detailed drawings of aircraft, tanks and patterns, just £12.95 + P&P.
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30 detailed drawings of aircraft, tanks and patterns, just £12.95 + P&P.
Order yours here (UK only): square.link/u/eYCAExic
Please re-post and spread the word!
December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Christmas is alarmingly close, so if you're in need of the perfect gift grab a copy (or two) of the Battlefield Design Colouring Book!
30 detailed drawings of aircraft, tanks and patterns, just £12.95 + P&P.
Order yours here (UK only): square.link/u/eYCAExic
Please re-post and spread the word!
30 detailed drawings of aircraft, tanks and patterns, just £12.95 + P&P.
Order yours here (UK only): square.link/u/eYCAExic
Please re-post and spread the word!
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Just to be clear, he is admitting he takes a cognitive test every 3 months...
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Just to be clear, he is admitting he takes a cognitive test every 3 months...
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This sounds quite difficult to administer.
At least the US isn’t due to host any major international sporting events attracting fans from dozens of countries any time soon.
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
At least the US isn’t due to host any major international sporting events attracting fans from dozens of countries any time soon.
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
The potential social media mandate being proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would apply to anyone visiting, whether they require a visa or not.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This sounds quite difficult to administer.
At least the US isn’t due to host any major international sporting events attracting fans from dozens of countries any time soon.
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
At least the US isn’t due to host any major international sporting events attracting fans from dozens of countries any time soon.
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
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In some ways this is a useful reminder that a lot of the talk of European security guarantees to Ukraine have the whole thing backwards. For more than three years Ukraine has been guaranteeing European security by fighting and degrading the Russian armed forces.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How long Britain could really fight for if war broke out tomorrow
In the event of a war, one expert suggests the British Army could be incapable of fighting effectively on land within weeks, once committed - though 'much depends on the form of the conflict'.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In some ways this is a useful reminder that a lot of the talk of European security guarantees to Ukraine have the whole thing backwards. For more than three years Ukraine has been guaranteeing European security by fighting and degrading the Russian armed forces.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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Remember: don’t amplify the posts of ‘historians’ who don’t credit images and videos they post from digital archives because they don’t give a toss about the hard work of people like Ian who make these wonderful resources accessible to us in the first place. 🩷
Recently digitised - at an airfield, two Hawker Hurricanes of No.607 Squadron Royal Air Force taxi after landing, and a Westland Lysander of No.4 Squadron passes overhead; July 1940. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #AvHist
Full film: IWM AYY 28-1 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM AYY 28-1 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
December 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Remember: don’t amplify the posts of ‘historians’ who don’t credit images and videos they post from digital archives because they don’t give a toss about the hard work of people like Ian who make these wonderful resources accessible to us in the first place. 🩷
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There's lots of good science and scholarship out there about trans people and gender,etc, but, ultimately, if you are TERFy or anti-trans...you are just a miserable, mean person.
Because trans people existing hurts literally no one except miserable, mean people with active miserable imaginations.
Because trans people existing hurts literally no one except miserable, mean people with active miserable imaginations.
December 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
There's lots of good science and scholarship out there about trans people and gender,etc, but, ultimately, if you are TERFy or anti-trans...you are just a miserable, mean person.
Because trans people existing hurts literally no one except miserable, mean people with active miserable imaginations.
Because trans people existing hurts literally no one except miserable, mean people with active miserable imaginations.
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Yes.
Transwomen are women. They are not a threat to cis women in female spaces.
As for sports, well, consider this:
There are 500,000 collegiate athletes in the US. There are 10 (ten) trans athletes.
Of Olympic athletes 0.001% identify as trans.
Transwomen are women. They are not a threat to cis women in female spaces.
As for sports, well, consider this:
There are 500,000 collegiate athletes in the US. There are 10 (ten) trans athletes.
Of Olympic athletes 0.001% identify as trans.
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Yes.
Transwomen are women. They are not a threat to cis women in female spaces.
As for sports, well, consider this:
There are 500,000 collegiate athletes in the US. There are 10 (ten) trans athletes.
Of Olympic athletes 0.001% identify as trans.
Transwomen are women. They are not a threat to cis women in female spaces.
As for sports, well, consider this:
There are 500,000 collegiate athletes in the US. There are 10 (ten) trans athletes.
Of Olympic athletes 0.001% identify as trans.
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In the darkness, some light...
Nice to see this support from the mother of a cis Brownie in today's Independent.
Nice to see this support from the mother of a cis Brownie in today's Independent.
Those backing trans girls ban should read Brownie Law
edition.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
In the darkness, some light...
Nice to see this support from the mother of a cis Brownie in today's Independent.
Nice to see this support from the mother of a cis Brownie in today's Independent.
Remarkable too that a woman's torso is only as wide, and just only slightly taller, than her head.
Remarkable that the crash that so ripped-up her spacesuit didn't disarrange her hair or muss-up her makeup at all.
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Remarkable too that a woman's torso is only as wide, and just only slightly taller, than her head.
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In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
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Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
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December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
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Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
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Ballet of wind and rain, by Colin Colahan, 1945.
AWM ART25701
AWM ART25701
December 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Ballet of wind and rain, by Colin Colahan, 1945.
AWM ART25701
AWM ART25701
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A new air defence strategy title created by a former RAF radar specialist has arrived on Steam, giving players the chance to run a national air defence network from the command chair rather than the cockpit.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=64473
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=64473
New UK air defence game launches on Steam Early Access
A new air defence strategy title created by a former RAF radar specialist has arrived on Steam, giving players the chance to run a national air defence network from the command chair rather than the cockpit.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A new air defence strategy title created by a former RAF radar specialist has arrived on Steam, giving players the chance to run a national air defence network from the command chair rather than the cockpit.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=64473
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=64473
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Thank you to everone who has bought a Battlefield Design #colouringbook so far! If you'd like one (or more - they'd be great Christmas gifts!) you can order here (UK only via this link): square.link/u/eYCAExic
They're just £12.95 + postage. For US/EU orders please contact me!
They're just £12.95 + postage. For US/EU orders please contact me!
Battlefield Design Colouring Book - Battlefield Design
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November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Thank you to everone who has bought a Battlefield Design #colouringbook so far! If you'd like one (or more - they'd be great Christmas gifts!) you can order here (UK only via this link): square.link/u/eYCAExic
They're just £12.95 + postage. For US/EU orders please contact me!
They're just £12.95 + postage. For US/EU orders please contact me!
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Starting //// going
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Starting //// going
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General Galtieri approves
"Surely a quick, violent, successful war of aggression is just what the ruler needs to shore up his legitimacy," said just about every failed monarch in history shortly before invading Serbia.
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
General Galtieri approves
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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You could substitute so many Labour initiatives for "Motability cuts" and this headline would still make sense. What a tragedy this Government is.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
You could substitute so many Labour initiatives for "Motability cuts" and this headline would still make sense. What a tragedy this Government is.
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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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“Never trust our promises again” CIA chief promises potential future foreign assets.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Never trust our promises again” CIA chief promises potential future foreign assets.