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Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · 14h

Chiang Kai-Shek, because of his terrors and corruption is a controversial figure, but so is destroying all the statues he made of himself once he realized he needed a legacy

the compromise? They are piling them around his mausoleum in the "Garden of the Generalissimos"

At the Garden of the Generalissimos, part of the Cihu Mausoleum of Chiang Kai-shek in Taoyuan County, Taiwan, a family walks past a veritable army of statues of the man, seated, standing, in military uniforms and occasionally in more grandfatherly Chinese sage uniforms. Some are metal and some are stone, some are red, black, blue, white, and gray.

Another part of the garden where you can see the hills and grass but there are still a very high volume of Chiang Kai-Shek statues along all the paths.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20h

“70% of wage-earning adults who rely on government programs like SNAP and Medicaid work full-time, many at hugely profitable companies like Walmart and McDonald’s whose low wages are effectively subsidized by tax dollars without any of the blame or paternalistic lectures.”

SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more

Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 20h

Awesome detail shared by a reddit user: One of the ships pictured, LST 393, still survives as a museum ship in Michigan! Another user shared a page from the ship's diary, showing that she was loading troops in Oran on 16 Nov. 1943, which allows us to date these photos!

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 21h

New month so for the next 30 days it will be primarily photos from November 1939-1945.

I find it always feels more immediate when seasonal conditions align between real life and the photos I share, though Algeria and Southern Italy are probably more temperate this time of year than my location!

Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 21h

Happy Halloween, joyeuse Toussaint, and welcome to November!

In Nov. 1943, the French Expeditionary Force (CEF) boarded American LSTs for transport from North Africa to Naples. Here the 2e Division d'Infanterie Marocaine embarks in Oran, Algeria. [1/3]

#WWII #WW2 #France #Italy #Morocco #Algeria

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 21h

[4/3 because I miscounted like usual] Arrival of the 2e Division d'Infanterie Marocaine (DIM), part of the French Expeditionary Corps (CEF) in Naples, November 1943. The North African troops were clearly greeted with some curiosity by locals.

#WWII #WW2 #history #France #Italy #Morocco

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 21h

[3/3] Arrival of the convoy carrying the 2e Division d'Infanterie Marocaine (DIM) in the Gulf of Pozzuoli, approaching Naples. Photo #4 shows a US Navy sailor manning an anti-aircraft machinegun.

#WWII #WW2 #History #France #Morocco #Italy #USNavy #NavalHistory

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 21h

[2/3] The 2e DIM (2nd Moroccan Infantry Division) aboard a US navy convoy from Oran, Algeria to Naples, Italy. The men in photos 3 & 4 belong to the 3e Régiment de Spahis Marocains, a mechanized cavalry reconnaisance unit.

#WWII #WW2 #history #France #Morocco #Italy

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 21h

Happy Halloween, joyeuse Toussaint, and welcome to November!

In Nov. 1943, the French Expeditionary Force (CEF) boarded American LSTs for transport from North Africa to Naples. Here the 2e Division d'Infanterie Marocaine embarks in Oran, Algeria. [1/3]

#WWII #WW2 #France #Italy #Morocco #Algeria

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Zane Bruce @iarnulfr.bsky.social · 1d

Bask in the unfeasible glory that is Aotearoa New Zealand's only locally designed and built Tank.

A turreted corrugated armour nightmare box festooned with machine guns, precariously balanced upon the chassis of an unmodified 1940s farm bulldozer.

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 1d

We need proportional representation and the abolition of the senate. Both are about equally achievable so why stop halfway?

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Antton Rouget @anttonrouget.bsky.social · 2d

En ce jour historique ayant vu un parti fondé par des militants de l’OAS rejoint par des héritiers du Gaullisme pour imposer son discours revanchard sur l’Algérie, se replonger dans cette enquête essentielle sur Le Pen et la torture👇

www.mediapart.fr/journal/doss...

Le Pen en Algérie : lutter contre l’oubli

Jean-Marie Le Pen, fondateur du Front national devenu Rassemblement national, a d’abord revendiqué d’avoir pratiqué la torture avant de faire volte-face. Alors qu’un certain négationnisme se fait jou…

www.mediapart.fr

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 2d

I believe they're typical of New York City in particular: archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blo...

More Red Fire Hydrants Are Popping Up on the Sidewalks

While some hydrants have always been red, signaling that they are fed by larger water mains, dozens more are to be installed by the end of the year.

archive.nytimes.com

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 2d

It's honestly astonishing how many WWII-era hulls have gone on to have incredibly long lifespans, one of the fascinating elements of the maritime industry.

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 2d

Third model looks closest to the "US Standard" fire hydrant- after the great Baltimore fire in the 1800s there was a push for standardization as multiple types were in use throughout the city and not all fire companies had compatible hoses. But there are still substantial differences between cities.

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 2d

October 1944: A camouflaged M10 tank destroyer of the 2e Régiment de Dragons is recovered from a tank trap in Saulxures-sur-Moselotte, Vosges.

#WWII #WW2 #history #France #armor

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 3d

The best thing about proportional representation is that the US would actually have political parties pursuing an actual programme. Today it's nothing but an amorphous brand, structurally incapable of legislating.

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 3d

October 1944: FFI resistance fighters, Senegalese tirailleurs of the 9e Division d'Infanterie Coloniale, and French customs agents share cigarettes with Swiss border guards at the border post in Villars-lès-Blamont, Doubs department.

#WWII #WW2 #history #France #Switzerland

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 3d

What total utter racist tosh. There was a time when someone who said this would have to resign public office and leave public life.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 3d

Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do

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ミカンセーキ @mikansei9.bsky.social · 4d

１日１ミリ。1945年２月。連合軍はドイツ国境を超える。
デュレーン近郊で捕獲された「ドイツ軍のM5M1」とIII号突撃砲。
鹵獲したアメリカ軍のM5系戦車を自軍編成に組み込んで使用していたのだろう。自軍の誤射を避けるために車体側面にドイツ軍マークの鉄十字を描き込んでいるが、ノーマルな白縁付きバルケンクロイツではなく縁なしの黒い十字になっている。
道端で放棄されたIII号突撃砲は足回りのトラブルがあって牽引を試みたのか、Cクレビスが荷物ラックに引っ掛けてあったりジャッキが無造作に置かれている。転輪には履帯連結ピンのスペア。機銃弾薬箱など荷物の雑然とした様子がこの車両の最後の状況を想像させる。

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 4d

October 1945: American, British, Soviet and French guard at the Allied Kommandatura building in Berlin-Dahlem. This institution was the governing body for Berlin until 1948, when a Soviet walkout presaged the Berlin blockade and airlift.

#WWII #WW2 #history #Berlin #Germany #USA #UK #USSR #France

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 4d

I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 5d

Corsica, October 1943: Italian 75mm guns provide fire support to Moroccan troops assaulting the Col de Teghime. Due to the camouflage it's unclear if this is a Cannone da 75/32 field gun or Obice da 75/18 mountain gun.

#WWII #WW2 #history #France #Italy #Corsica

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 6d

Looks like 42. Jäger-Division

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_J%...

42nd Jäger Division - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 6d

The South Africans were also flying Rooivalks against M23 as part of MONUSCO in the DRC

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Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King @sammyflex.bsky.social · 6d

The Swedes dropped a lot of rockets on the mercenaries in Katanga, and the Ukrainians flew fire missions when the UN and the French toppled Laurent Gbango. Peacekeeping is a grittier business than you'd imagine!

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