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Jeff Hubbell

@humbledore.bsky.social

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Archivist, researcher, genealogist Interests: History (mainly Great Lakes, Home Front, maritime transport, Naval, Canadian & Indigenous, Ethiopian, Austrian, and general military history) and also archaeology.

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Jeff Hubbell @humbledore.bsky.social · 2d

Even have a baseball Hall of Fame in St. Mary's, ON if I recall correctly.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 3d

MAGA MAPLE declared that a youth that asked a question at a public event should be "spanked."
Danielle Smith accused the school board of being "viciously compliant" when they released the list of books the MAGA morons were trying to ban.
In Alberta, the kids are alright.

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Jeff Hubbell @humbledore.bsky.social · 2d

"Banished From Our Home" historical fiction aimed at younger readers about the deportation of the Acadians. Done like a diary.

Jeff Hubbell @humbledore.bsky.social · 2d

Aislin cartoon RE Olympic security in '76: Post-marathon podium with medalled Gold and Silver winners stand while a gas-masked soldier dressed in full gear and rifle is on his walkie-talkie: "Terribly sorry sir", he says, "but in the process of escorting the Marathon I seem to have won the bronze."

Jeff Hubbell @humbledore.bsky.social · 2d

The last known surviving veteran of Canada's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment from the Second World War has passed away. Lance Corporal Tony Mastromatteo was 104.#Cdnhistory #WW2Veterans #Canadianhistory www.chch.com/chch-news/se...

Second World War veteran of Hamilton-based regiment dies at 104

The last-known surviving Second World War veteran of a Hamilton-based regiment has died at the age of 104.

www.chch.com

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Jeff Hubbell @humbledore.bsky.social · 4d

Jeff Hubbell @humbledore.bsky.social · 16d

The introduction on its own is the size of a small novel.

Jeff Hubbell @humbledore.bsky.social · 17d

New acquisition, bought on a whim. At 800+ pages god only knows when I'll read it.

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Jeff Hubbell @humbledore.bsky.social · 20d

Hope it sells well!

Jeff Hubbell @humbledore.bsky.social · 20d

Oh my pleasure. I love books like these. I think I have to order from the publisher though?

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Jeff Hubbell @humbledore.bsky.social · 20d

Exactly the kind of history book I look for.

halifax.citynews.ca/2025/09/15/n... #history #Cdnhistory #battleoftheatlantic #navalhistory