Alan A
@alanake.bsky.social
Ancient and Late Antique history | Stone circles | Model kits | Learning the violin | Tomb Raider and Red Dead | Railways and locomotives | Soviet aircraft | Horror stories | Nile valley | Bob Dylan
But, you know, next week might be different
But, you know, next week might be different
#nowlistening the one hour version of Edward Artemyev’s Meditation, from Stalker. One hour isn’t enough #tarkovsky #stalker #thezone
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb6a...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb6a...
Meditation (1 Hour) - Stalker
YouTube video by FrogRadio
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:02 PM
#nowlistening the one hour version of Edward Artemyev’s Meditation, from Stalker. One hour isn’t enough #tarkovsky #stalker #thezone
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb6a...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb6a...
#nowreading the most recent edition of the National Gallery’s companion guide, originally written by Erika Langmuir yonks ago. I love it, but I’ve had to create my own index so that I can read it in actual chronological order. Because history.
February 10, 2026 at 9:57 PM
#nowreading the most recent edition of the National Gallery’s companion guide, originally written by Erika Langmuir yonks ago. I love it, but I’ve had to create my own index so that I can read it in actual chronological order. Because history.
Tupolev’s Project Zveno. What are those things with propellors that are slung under the wings? - that’s right! - little piggyback fighter planes that could be launched when the mothership bomber was in flight. Reposting for #TupolevTuesdays
Parmi les projets soviétiques un peu fous de l'entre deux guerres, le Projet Zveno : un bombardier lourd emportait des avions parasites, chargés soit de le défendre soit de mener eux-mêmes des actions de bombardement en piqué.
Et... ça marchait.
Et... ça marchait.
February 10, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Tupolev’s Project Zveno. What are those things with propellors that are slung under the wings? - that’s right! - little piggyback fighter planes that could be launched when the mothership bomber was in flight. Reposting for #TupolevTuesdays
Hope she’s careful handling that inlet cone. Re-posting for #MiGMondays
Daliborka Stojšić, Miss Yugoslavia 1968 - posing with a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F 'Fishbed' fighter-interceptor aircraft from the Yugoslav Air Force (1968).
Cold war chic
Cold war chic
February 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Hope she’s careful handling that inlet cone. Re-posting for #MiGMondays
Just started Bill Manley’s Sahidic Coptic textbook. Let’s see how far I get
uclpress.co.uk/book/sahidic...
uclpress.co.uk/book/sahidic...
Sahidic Coptic
Begin your journey in Sahidic Coptic. This open access textbook offers essential grammar and readings for understanding Coptic texts.
uclpress.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Just started Bill Manley’s Sahidic Coptic textbook. Let’s see how far I get
uclpress.co.uk/book/sahidic...
uclpress.co.uk/book/sahidic...
A graceful Ethiopian Su-30. Reposting for #SukhoiSundays
#Sukhoi #Su-30, #Ethiopian Air Force (2401) by Chris Lofting (#Harar Meda - Bishoftu - Debre Zeit) #Military #aviation #photography #avgeeks
Sukhoi Su-30 photo by Chris Lofting
2401 | Ethiopian Air Force | Sukhoi | Su-30 | QHR / HAHM Harar Meda - Bishoftu - Debre Zeit, Ethiopia | Photo by Chris Lofting
airplane-pictures.net
February 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A graceful Ethiopian Su-30. Reposting for #SukhoiSundays
#nowlistening Kate Bush’s 50 words for snow. Ten years ago I started to play this CD then gave up after two songs. Rubbish! Now a decade has passed. Played the CD on a whim over the weekend and discovered that I love it to bits
February 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
#nowlistening Kate Bush’s 50 words for snow. Ten years ago I started to play this CD then gave up after two songs. Rubbish! Now a decade has passed. Played the CD on a whim over the weekend and discovered that I love it to bits
Reposted by Alan A
I've finally been on 465908 which looks beautiful in the Network SouthEast livery & this livery brings back memories
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I've finally been on 465908 which looks beautiful in the Network SouthEast livery & this livery brings back memories
Reposted by Alan A
It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
February 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
Reposted by Alan A
Nose on Grids...
56103 and 56045 thunder along the Great Western Main Line on their way to Merehead Quarry.
I do believe this is the last bastion of Grid working, as both the Grids work out of Willesden Sidings to the quarries down south.
#SteelCityDoggoPhotography
56103 and 56045 thunder along the Great Western Main Line on their way to Merehead Quarry.
I do believe this is the last bastion of Grid working, as both the Grids work out of Willesden Sidings to the quarries down south.
#SteelCityDoggoPhotography
February 2, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Nose on Grids...
56103 and 56045 thunder along the Great Western Main Line on their way to Merehead Quarry.
I do believe this is the last bastion of Grid working, as both the Grids work out of Willesden Sidings to the quarries down south.
#SteelCityDoggoPhotography
56103 and 56045 thunder along the Great Western Main Line on their way to Merehead Quarry.
I do believe this is the last bastion of Grid working, as both the Grids work out of Willesden Sidings to the quarries down south.
#SteelCityDoggoPhotography
Re-watched The Zone of Interest a few nights ago. I have seen it six or seven times now and each time I get something new from it which I had not spotted or thought about before #moviesky #justwatched #thezoneofinterest
February 1, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Re-watched The Zone of Interest a few nights ago. I have seen it six or seven times now and each time I get something new from it which I had not spotted or thought about before #moviesky #justwatched #thezoneofinterest
Blimey! - a Lego Felon! Reposting for #SukhoiSundays
Lego Sukhoi SU-57 “Felon”
Love this plane, not Russia (Slava Ukraini)
Love this plane, not Russia (Slava Ukraini)
February 1, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Blimey! - a Lego Felon! Reposting for #SukhoiSundays
Reposted by Alan A
I went to Cambridge.
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I went to Cambridge.
Reposted by Alan A
I'd already seen 4 Concordes and every SR-71 by the time I got to see my 1stMiG-25 Foxbat in Kyiv. Such a rare and special thing. The only MiG-25 in the U.S. (that we know of) is currently on display at the USAF museum in Ohio, an incomplete example that was found buried in Iraq.
December 6, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I'd already seen 4 Concordes and every SR-71 by the time I got to see my 1stMiG-25 Foxbat in Kyiv. Such a rare and special thing. The only MiG-25 in the U.S. (that we know of) is currently on display at the USAF museum in Ohio, an incomplete example that was found buried in Iraq.
Reposted by Alan A
Reposted by Alan A
Two McCloud River SD38 locomotives in the Salt Lake City UP Service Pit area. Salt Lake City, Utah. June, 1988. Photo by Warren Johnson.
September 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Two McCloud River SD38 locomotives in the Salt Lake City UP Service Pit area. Salt Lake City, Utah. June, 1988. Photo by Warren Johnson.
It’s reached the point where my first thought on waking up is “has the USA invaded Greenland while I was sleeping”
January 19, 2026 at 11:20 PM
It’s reached the point where my first thought on waking up is “has the USA invaded Greenland while I was sleeping”
I love Impalas. Must make a kit of one sometime
#Aermacchi #MB-326M Impala, #Private (ZU-IMP) by Willem Grobbelaar (#Bethlehem) #Warbirds (after WW2) #aviation #photography #avgeeks
Aermacchi MB-326M Impala photo by Willem Grobbelaar
ZU-IMP | Private | Aermacchi | MB-326M Impala | FABM Bethlehem, South Africa | Photo by Willem Grobbelaar
airplane-pictures.net
January 19, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I love Impalas. Must make a kit of one sometime
Reposted by Alan A
Well he’s gotta be in bed by now so it’s probably safe to sleep without waking up to a new war right
January 19, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Well he’s gotta be in bed by now so it’s probably safe to sleep without waking up to a new war right
And the same model photoshopped into some views of Angola
#scalemodels #histscalemodels #SukhoiSundays
#scalemodels #histscalemodels #SukhoiSundays
January 18, 2026 at 10:40 AM
And the same model photoshopped into some views of Angola
#scalemodels #histscalemodels #SukhoiSundays
#scalemodels #histscalemodels #SukhoiSundays
A slightly different one for #SukhoiSundays. This is the Hobby Boss 1:48 Sukhoi Su-17 Fitter which I made recently, in Angolan colours. I enjoyed making it very much, but am not too impressed with how it’s turned out. Ah well, it is done now #scalemodels #histscalemodels
January 18, 2026 at 10:36 AM
A slightly different one for #SukhoiSundays. This is the Hobby Boss 1:48 Sukhoi Su-17 Fitter which I made recently, in Angolan colours. I enjoyed making it very much, but am not too impressed with how it’s turned out. Ah well, it is done now #scalemodels #histscalemodels
Reposted by Alan A
no notes, that's lara croft
January 15, 2026 at 2:27 PM
no notes, that's lara croft
Reposted by Alan A
Battleships HMS King George V and HMS Howe at Port-of-Algiers, 24 July 1943.
They were part of a reinforcement of Allied forces in the Mediterranean for the invasion of Sicily
Courtesy
@mpwarwick.bsky.social
They were part of a reinforcement of Allied forces in the Mediterranean for the invasion of Sicily
Courtesy
@mpwarwick.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Battleships HMS King George V and HMS Howe at Port-of-Algiers, 24 July 1943.
They were part of a reinforcement of Allied forces in the Mediterranean for the invasion of Sicily
Courtesy
@mpwarwick.bsky.social
They were part of a reinforcement of Allied forces in the Mediterranean for the invasion of Sicily
Courtesy
@mpwarwick.bsky.social
Reposted by Alan A
#nowwatching The Thing on Shudder. One of my favorite movies and in my rotation for my favorite John Carpenter movie. The setting, the score, acting, and special effects! It has it all and I never grow tired of it. I watched the Apocalypse Trilogy in the wrong order but oh well #horror #movies #film
January 17, 2026 at 5:25 AM
#nowwatching The Thing on Shudder. One of my favorite movies and in my rotation for my favorite John Carpenter movie. The setting, the score, acting, and special effects! It has it all and I never grow tired of it. I watched the Apocalypse Trilogy in the wrong order but oh well #horror #movies #film
Reposting for the image
Already there is evidence that multinationals are losing profitability compared with firms that operate only domestically. Such hefty costs could still be worth paying, if they kept countries safer. The secret is to intervene wisely
America’s gunboat capitalism will make the world poorer
And Donald Trump’s use of companies as a tool of state will make it no safer
econ.st
January 16, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Reposting for the image