Brett Holman
@airminded.org
Independent PhD historian (aviation, bombing; #WW1, #WW2; Britain, Australia; emotions, spectacle); books (Home Fires Burning (WW1 air raids on Britain; in progress), The Next War in the Air). Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. He/him. airminded.org
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Brett Holman
@airminded.org
· Nov 10
The Next War in the Air
Brett Holman. The Next War in the Air: Britain's Fear of the Bomber, 1908-1941. Farnham and Burlington: Ashgate, 2014. The Next War in the Air: Britain's Fear of the Bomber, 1908-1941 is my first book...
airminded.org
Hi! I’m a historian of early 20th century Britain and Australia. I study the cultural and emotional history of aviation, interested in what people thought and felt about aircraft as much, or even more than, what aircraft actually did. My first book was on the fear of bombing in Britain
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Four of Trump's five children have an immigrant mother, and the one who doesn't is married to the son of two immigrants.
Trump makes the outrageous claim that “most” immigrants, which include over 25 million U.S. citizens, “are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.”
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Four of Trump's five children have an immigrant mother, and the one who doesn't is married to the son of two immigrants.
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I will say, feels a bit weird as an Australian to be talking about the relationship between the nations of the British Isles when the people who will be reading it are from there
a woman wearing a hoodie and sunglasses stands in a crowd of people with the words she does n't even go here
Alt: a man wearing a hoodie and sunglasses stands in a crowd of people with the words ‘she doesn't even go here’
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I will say, feels a bit weird as an Australian to be talking about the relationship between the nations of the British Isles when the people who will be reading it are from there
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"They’ve already struck an in-principle deal with T&F that all Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand university research published by T&F can be freely accessed by members of the public from 1 Jan 2026. This is kind of huge." Um, yeah it is! #highered #academicsky researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/l...
Librarians versus the world
Photo of London’s National Art Library by Sebastien LE DEROUT on Unsplash Here at the Research Whisperer, we love librarians. They are smart, dedicated people who want to help you with your researc…
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November 28, 2025 at 6:26 AM
"They’ve already struck an in-principle deal with T&F that all Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand university research published by T&F can be freely accessed by members of the public from 1 Jan 2026. This is kind of huge." Um, yeah it is! #highered #academicsky researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/l...
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Enceladus in the E Ring - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/fpHjw2
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Enceladus in the E Ring - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/fpHjw2
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The top three are strong- but this is still a terrible list with loads of obvious omissions. (Despite not counting submarines).
You’re gonna need a bigger boat: the 20 best films set on water – ranked!
You’re gonna need a bigger boat: the 20 best films set on water – ranked!
As L’Atalante is re-released, we count down the best movies set largely on ships, boats, barges, yachts, steamers and trimarans. Submarines banned, as they’re under water
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The top three are strong- but this is still a terrible list with loads of obvious omissions. (Despite not counting submarines).
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The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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one of my friends is doing some research on perceptions of generative AI, here’s a quick survey. if you are able to take a few minutes to answer it’d be much appreciated! forms.gle/PxxAqhtgAHqB...
Generative AI study questionnaire
forms.gle
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
one of my friends is doing some research on perceptions of generative AI, here’s a quick survey. if you are able to take a few minutes to answer it’d be much appreciated! forms.gle/PxxAqhtgAHqB...
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W: “today we give thanks.”
Obama: “we have so much to be thankful for”
Biden: “on this day I’m thankful”
Trump: “we must purge all the non-white immigrants.”
Obama: “we have so much to be thankful for”
Biden: “on this day I’m thankful”
Trump: “we must purge all the non-white immigrants.”
What is it about holidays that makes Trump unleash so much ugly bile? What childhood trauma burbles up and comes out as pure hate?
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
W: “today we give thanks.”
Obama: “we have so much to be thankful for”
Biden: “on this day I’m thankful”
Trump: “we must purge all the non-white immigrants.”
Obama: “we have so much to be thankful for”
Biden: “on this day I’m thankful”
Trump: “we must purge all the non-white immigrants.”
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Monash University are paying back millions to staff after a landmark wage theft ruling in Federal Court - and also paying NTEU $450,000 in a 'contrition payment'.
Read more: nteu.info/monashpayback
youtube.com/shorts/xISVU...
#HigherEducation #highered #academia #AcademicSky #universities #monash
Read more: nteu.info/monashpayback
youtube.com/shorts/xISVU...
#HigherEducation #highered #academia #AcademicSky #universities #monash
Monash University to pay millions after union wins landmark wage theft case
YouTube video by NTEU
youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Monash University are paying back millions to staff after a landmark wage theft ruling in Federal Court - and also paying NTEU $450,000 in a 'contrition payment'.
Read more: nteu.info/monashpayback
youtube.com/shorts/xISVU...
#HigherEducation #highered #academia #AcademicSky #universities #monash
Read more: nteu.info/monashpayback
youtube.com/shorts/xISVU...
#HigherEducation #highered #academia #AcademicSky #universities #monash
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Just to be clear, the reason they were smirking in press conferences yesterday was it gave them the excuse they needed to do this.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Just to be clear, the reason they were smirking in press conferences yesterday was it gave them the excuse they needed to do this.
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This is an admission that their goal is explicit ethnic cleansing of America and genocide, and it should be seen as a direct threat to millions of American lives and billions of lives worldwide.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
This is an admission that their goal is explicit ethnic cleansing of America and genocide, and it should be seen as a direct threat to millions of American lives and billions of lives worldwide.
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The Spaceman was a fixture of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in the 1950s.
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Spaceman was a fixture of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in the 1950s.
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
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I have Australia's most open-minded 5 year old.
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I have Australia's most open-minded 5 year old.
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American counter extremist groups with national funding for the last decade “But Karl if you call them Nazis and we didn’t prove it in court they can’t be called Nazis because it would put us in legal peril”
Reality:
Reality:
On today's Tucker Carlson show, he makes clear that he believes that the US fought on the wrong side in World War II. In particular he says that the UK was mistaken to declare war on Germany just because it invaded Poland. And he has lots of sympathy for Herr Hitler throughout.
Tucker Puts Piers Morgan’s Views on Free Speech to the Ultimate Test
YouTube video by Tucker Carlson
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
American counter extremist groups with national funding for the last decade “But Karl if you call them Nazis and we didn’t prove it in court they can’t be called Nazis because it would put us in legal peril”
Reality:
Reality:
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"The people in LA are just as deserving of being murdered as the people in NYC because they're all communists"
On “The Necessary Conversation” podcast, Chad’s Trump supporter parents tell him the military should follow Trump’s illegal orders and kill everyone in LA if Trump commanded it — even with him and his sister in the city😳
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
"The people in LA are just as deserving of being murdered as the people in NYC because they're all communists"
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To be fair, the President never lets anyone be in any doubt that he absolutely does not even pretend to give a shit about any other human being.
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
To be fair, the President never lets anyone be in any doubt that he absolutely does not even pretend to give a shit about any other human being.
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Just found an 1891 example of a ghost turning someone's hair white (which is both the earliest and first I have found) so this Thanksgiving is going pretty great.
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Just found an 1891 example of a ghost turning someone's hair white (which is both the earliest and first I have found) so this Thanksgiving is going pretty great.
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I'm going with either the Ark of the Covenant or a Betamax VCR.
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I'm going with either the Ark of the Covenant or a Betamax VCR.
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If I'm being honest I stopped circling back like 5 years ago
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
If I'm being honest I stopped circling back like 5 years ago
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'When a railroad shall have revealed to the wondering eyes of Melbourne...the beauties of the range through which the Yarra gently descends, Yeringberg will be, in tourists' phrase, one of the lions'.
Ah, the Yarra Valley, a tourist destination for generations.
#tourism #research #historianontour
Ah, the Yarra Valley, a tourist destination for generations.
#tourism #research #historianontour
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 AM
'When a railroad shall have revealed to the wondering eyes of Melbourne...the beauties of the range through which the Yarra gently descends, Yeringberg will be, in tourists' phrase, one of the lions'.
Ah, the Yarra Valley, a tourist destination for generations.
#tourism #research #historianontour
Ah, the Yarra Valley, a tourist destination for generations.
#tourism #research #historianontour
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This is a kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is a kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
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These cheese-sleaze novels I've been researching vary greatly in terms of quality writing, but the BACK covers are, across the board, ludicrous word jumbles.
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
These cheese-sleaze novels I've been researching vary greatly in terms of quality writing, but the BACK covers are, across the board, ludicrous word jumbles.