Matthew Willis (Naval Air History)
@navalairhistory.com
Writer naval/aviation history. Words. Art. Photography. Silken Windhounds. He/him. Free Palestine. Cannot receive DMs
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I have 2026 calendars! £12+p&p, nice quality prints of cars, boats, aviation etc which can be separated and displayed when the year is over #DigitalArt #MarineArt #AutomitiveArt
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Oh are we discoursing horror and romance? Mind if I awkwardly market my wares?
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Fleischerei by Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin - filthy loot press
Perfect Bound // 4×6, 146pgs “Fleischerei examines how consciously and intentionally we can adopt the obsessions of others, how willful our abandoning of our own will can be, and how persistent we mus...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Oh are we discoursing horror and romance? Mind if I awkwardly market my wares?
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Also, why is the teenager an "activist" but the 57 yr old bloke who was convicted in this case and has committed his life and career (and sanity) to anti trans activism, not an "activist".
Stop transcribing obvious bullshit from Trans Hate Island wire services. Do better The Journal
Stop transcribing obvious bullshit from Trans Hate Island wire services. Do better The Journal
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Also, why is the teenager an "activist" but the 57 yr old bloke who was convicted in this case and has committed his life and career (and sanity) to anti trans activism, not an "activist".
Stop transcribing obvious bullshit from Trans Hate Island wire services. Do better The Journal
Stop transcribing obvious bullshit from Trans Hate Island wire services. Do better The Journal
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If you are in Leeds pop into @coloursmayvary.bsky.social and pick up one of our ‘zines
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If you are in Leeds pop into @coloursmayvary.bsky.social and pick up one of our ‘zines
Quite apart from the transphobic content of the reporting on the Sophia Brooks case, is the fact that most lead with the not-guilty verdict on harassment rather than the guilty verdict for a middle aged man angrily grabbing and smashing a teenager’s phone (all but Metro). Institutionally transphobic
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Quite apart from the transphobic content of the reporting on the Sophia Brooks case, is the fact that most lead with the not-guilty verdict on harassment rather than the guilty verdict for a middle aged man angrily grabbing and smashing a teenager’s phone (all but Metro). Institutionally transphobic
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In the span of a hour, they stealth edited the article from trans woman to "biological male who identifies as a woman." The BBC isn't fit for purpose.
It looks like that BBC page has been updated in the last few minutes, so that's no longer the last sentence. I think part of it has been moved to this paragraph in the middle of the article, and the age is no longer mentioned:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In the span of a hour, they stealth edited the article from trans woman to "biological male who identifies as a woman." The BBC isn't fit for purpose.
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It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
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Obviously this government are wantonly reckless and idiotic and their treatment of universities, and see this as a disciplining of an out of touch elite.
But what all of this unwillingness to intervene means is that a critical industry will collapse and a lot of ordinary people will be unemployed.
But what all of this unwillingness to intervene means is that a critical industry will collapse and a lot of ordinary people will be unemployed.
"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Obviously this government are wantonly reckless and idiotic and their treatment of universities, and see this as a disciplining of an out of touch elite.
But what all of this unwillingness to intervene means is that a critical industry will collapse and a lot of ordinary people will be unemployed.
But what all of this unwillingness to intervene means is that a critical industry will collapse and a lot of ordinary people will be unemployed.
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Too Big To Fail 2: Electric Boogaloo
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Too Big To Fail 2: Electric Boogaloo
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I love this movie. I have no notes.
@warmovietheatre.bsky.social and @wallaceme.bsky.social are just wrong.
Stampes and Stearmans? 🤌
Sterling SMGs? 🤌
Whole bit about how great the Thames Barrier is on the telly? 🤌
Peter Cushing giving his card with an address of 1A Tower Bridge? 🤌
I can go on.
@warmovietheatre.bsky.social and @wallaceme.bsky.social are just wrong.
Stampes and Stearmans? 🤌
Sterling SMGs? 🤌
Whole bit about how great the Thames Barrier is on the telly? 🤌
Peter Cushing giving his card with an address of 1A Tower Bridge? 🤌
I can go on.
A beloved British hero, a masked German, a super-weapon, and... a time-travelling 1980s New York executive? We're watching the ultimate crime against literature and cinema: the Biggles movie. With @wallaceme.bsky.social of Total Politics, who was scarred for life by this film.
pod.fo/e/3564bb
pod.fo/e/3564bb
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I love this movie. I have no notes.
@warmovietheatre.bsky.social and @wallaceme.bsky.social are just wrong.
Stampes and Stearmans? 🤌
Sterling SMGs? 🤌
Whole bit about how great the Thames Barrier is on the telly? 🤌
Peter Cushing giving his card with an address of 1A Tower Bridge? 🤌
I can go on.
@warmovietheatre.bsky.social and @wallaceme.bsky.social are just wrong.
Stampes and Stearmans? 🤌
Sterling SMGs? 🤌
Whole bit about how great the Thames Barrier is on the telly? 🤌
Peter Cushing giving his card with an address of 1A Tower Bridge? 🤌
I can go on.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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The 25th of November is St Catherine's feast day.
"This isn't about God,
the stained-glass legends of broken wheels, the barrowload
of miracles, or the dinner-plate halo they will nail to your head.
Under the gospel,
the truth of it: woman answers back, ends up dead."
- Rosie Garland
"This isn't about God,
the stained-glass legends of broken wheels, the barrowload
of miracles, or the dinner-plate halo they will nail to your head.
Under the gospel,
the truth of it: woman answers back, ends up dead."
- Rosie Garland
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The 25th of November is St Catherine's feast day.
"This isn't about God,
the stained-glass legends of broken wheels, the barrowload
of miracles, or the dinner-plate halo they will nail to your head.
Under the gospel,
the truth of it: woman answers back, ends up dead."
- Rosie Garland
"This isn't about God,
the stained-glass legends of broken wheels, the barrowload
of miracles, or the dinner-plate halo they will nail to your head.
Under the gospel,
the truth of it: woman answers back, ends up dead."
- Rosie Garland
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1 - My son and I met with Wes Streeting last year with other families. He heard the most horrific stories of children refused blockers and how it impacts them. We begged him not to ban blockers, and he promised to work with us, to have further meetings.
Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
Wes Streeting continues to ignore safeguarding concerns about parents group linked to abusive practices
Trans Safety Network has seen evidence Wes Streeting and the DHSC solicited feedback on a “puberty blocker risk form” from Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups in September 2025, 6 mont...
transsafety.network
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
1 - My son and I met with Wes Streeting last year with other families. He heard the most horrific stories of children refused blockers and how it impacts them. We begged him not to ban blockers, and he promised to work with us, to have further meetings.
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A hearty "fuck you" to everyone involved in creating the trans panic that has led to a 12-year-old girl being verbally abused by a parent and, worse still, Irish clubs and governing bodies doing what they do best - hushing it up.
I hope yizzer Culture War Hero medals are worth it, yiz gowls.
I hope yizzer Culture War Hero medals are worth it, yiz gowls.
Genuinely mental story. The obvious intersection of trans panic and deranged sports parents: adults gleefully bullying the shit out of a kid
Looking for answers to ‘case closed’ following troubling events at a girls’ football match in Cavan
On a Friday in August, a WhatsApp message describing troubling events at a girls’ football match began to spread in Cavan GAA circles. It read:
m.independent.ie
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A hearty "fuck you" to everyone involved in creating the trans panic that has led to a 12-year-old girl being verbally abused by a parent and, worse still, Irish clubs and governing bodies doing what they do best - hushing it up.
I hope yizzer Culture War Hero medals are worth it, yiz gowls.
I hope yizzer Culture War Hero medals are worth it, yiz gowls.
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The relationship between Bluesky's leadership and users has many parallels to the plot of Star Trek: Insurrection (1999). A group of people getting more attractive and healthy due to a supportive environment are fucked over by high-handed arseholes who only care about personal profit who deploy AI.
The relationship between Bluesky’s leadership and their users has many parallels to the plot of Major League (1989). When vegas showgirl inherits a struggling baseball team she desperately wants to sell, she makes every effort to sabotage her ragtag team of players from stacking W’s. In this essay,
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The relationship between Bluesky's leadership and users has many parallels to the plot of Star Trek: Insurrection (1999). A group of people getting more attractive and healthy due to a supportive environment are fucked over by high-handed arseholes who only care about personal profit who deploy AI.
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Do you see what I mean, when I say it’s not the random punter in the street we need to be worried about
UK now at the point where the former Chair of the Racial Equalities Commission is calling for campaigns of terror against people of colour on the streets of the UK
Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Do you see what I mean, when I say it’s not the random punter in the street we need to be worried about
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“I can no longer post content on this internet platform, filled as it is with malicious far right cranks spreading lunatic misinformation and relentlessly inciting hate and fear” - Me, at the Times website
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“I can no longer post content on this internet platform, filled as it is with malicious far right cranks spreading lunatic misinformation and relentlessly inciting hate and fear” - Me, at the Times website
There are four decent Star Wars films, I see no reason to spend time ranking the remaining ten terrible ones
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
There are four decent Star Wars films, I see no reason to spend time ranking the remaining ten terrible ones
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I love watching my brother's process! His talents are so different from mine ♥️
@markwitton.bsky.social @tetzoo.bsky.social pterosaur!
@markwitton.bsky.social @tetzoo.bsky.social pterosaur!
Picking this back up and finishing g it off after a break. Just need to do the cliff now.
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I love watching my brother's process! His talents are so different from mine ♥️
@markwitton.bsky.social @tetzoo.bsky.social pterosaur!
@markwitton.bsky.social @tetzoo.bsky.social pterosaur!
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not sure how i'm supposed to be taking the Star Wars movie ranking discourse seriously when Wrath of Khan doesn't seem to have made ANY of the major lists
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
not sure how i'm supposed to be taking the Star Wars movie ranking discourse seriously when Wrath of Khan doesn't seem to have made ANY of the major lists
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Client assessing if a freelancer is well enough to work or not.
Oil on wood.
Michael Sweerts
c1660.
Oil on wood.
Michael Sweerts
c1660.
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Client assessing if a freelancer is well enough to work or not.
Oil on wood.
Michael Sweerts
c1660.
Oil on wood.
Michael Sweerts
c1660.
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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We're talking about subsidizing the likes of Google and Amazon while we all freeze to death. Starmer truly is inhumane
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies while families struggle
LABOUR are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal.
www.thenational.scot
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We're talking about subsidizing the likes of Google and Amazon while we all freeze to death. Starmer truly is inhumane
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...