Peter Edmonds
@termx.bsky.social
My 2 favourite books are "The Last Valley" by Martin Windrow and "A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 by Alistair Horne. Keen interest in history of Northern Ireland during the Troubles, Falklands war and the battle of Rourke's Drift.
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Peter Edmonds
@termx.bsky.social
· Jan 1
First book purchase of 2026.
With Zeal and with Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775-1783 Volume 19 by Matthew H Spring.
With Zeal and with Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775-1783 Volume 19 by Matthew H Spring.
imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/ is a remarkable resource for anyone with an interest in French military history.
ImagesDéfense - ImagesDéfense
imagesdefense.gouv.fr
February 2, 2026 at 9:52 AM
imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/ is a remarkable resource for anyone with an interest in French military history.
Noting that polls are snapshots not predictions, this #Redbridge/Accent poll looks disastrous for the non-Labor side of politics.
February 2, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Noting that polls are snapshots not predictions, this #Redbridge/Accent poll looks disastrous for the non-Labor side of politics.
Ted is thick as a brick. How did this person ever become deputy leader?
So, to be clear, it would be “political” if Albanese grants the Nationals additional staff or denies them additional staff. Ted O'Brien, ABC Insiders, this morning 😎
February 1, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Ted is thick as a brick. How did this person ever become deputy leader?
If anyone wants a ticket to see Oppenheimer at IMAX Melbourne Museum tomorrow Sunday 1st February at 3:30PM DM me and it's yours.
January 31, 2026 at 3:24 AM
If anyone wants a ticket to see Oppenheimer at IMAX Melbourne Museum tomorrow Sunday 1st February at 3:30PM DM me and it's yours.
This is neoliberal capitalism working as intended, yet the Labour party in government throw their hands in the air saying "We've tried nothing and we're out of ideas".
Tory Legacy
14.2m Britons live in poverty, highest in 30 yrs.
6.8m in "very deep poverty".
34% of universal credit claimants are in work. No curbs on profiteering.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
14.2m Britons live in poverty, highest in 30 yrs.
6.8m in "very deep poverty".
34% of universal credit claimants are in work. No curbs on profiteering.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Number of people in 'very deep poverty' at highest level in more than 30 years, charity warns
Very deep poverty is defined by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as earning below 40% of the median household income. According to its latest report, 6.8 million people - almost half of all of those in ...
news.sky.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:12 AM
This is neoliberal capitalism working as intended, yet the Labour party in government throw their hands in the air saying "We've tried nothing and we're out of ideas".
Just blocked Wil Wheaton for being a centrist shill for the rusted on Dems. Any excuse to avoid doing anything vaguely progressive. No wonder American politics is fkd.
January 28, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Just blocked Wil Wheaton for being a centrist shill for the rusted on Dems. Any excuse to avoid doing anything vaguely progressive. No wonder American politics is fkd.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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Colin Boyce trying to supplant Charles Blunt as most irrelevant leader of the National party ever.
January 28, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Colin Boyce trying to supplant Charles Blunt as most irrelevant leader of the National party ever.
I do not recommend ordering "Indian Hot" unless every meal you regularly consume is "Indian Hot".
My new local Indian place with the goated spice ratings
January 27, 2026 at 3:48 AM
I do not recommend ordering "Indian Hot" unless every meal you regularly consume is "Indian Hot".
Route planning from a list of place in Google Maps can be made a bit simpler by labeling each location.
support.google.com/maps/thread/...
support.google.com/maps/thread/...
How can I create a route from numerous locations I have saved in “your lists” (saved lists)?? - Google Maps Community
support.google.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Route planning from a list of place in Google Maps can be made a bit simpler by labeling each location.
support.google.com/maps/thread/...
support.google.com/maps/thread/...
Just discovered that my great- grandfather's brother served in France in WW1 with 49th Battalion AIF.
aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?p...
vwma.org.au/explore/peop...
digital.slq.qld.gov.au/delivery/Del...
aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?p...
vwma.org.au/explore/peop...
digital.slq.qld.gov.au/delivery/Del...
Details
aif.adfa.edu.au
January 26, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Just discovered that my great- grandfather's brother served in France in WW1 with 49th Battalion AIF.
aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?p...
vwma.org.au/explore/peop...
digital.slq.qld.gov.au/delivery/Del...
aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?p...
vwma.org.au/explore/peop...
digital.slq.qld.gov.au/delivery/Del...
Turns out that all lives matter when white people are the ones being murdered by the US government.
Protesters clashed with federal agents for another night outside the Whipple Federal Building, which holds ICE detainees. Agents fired less-lethal munitions and deployed chemical irritants at the crowd.
📷️: Jeff Wheeler
📷️: Jeff Wheeler
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Turns out that all lives matter when white people are the ones being murdered by the US government.
American capitalism is deliberately designed to stifle solidarity amongst the working class, that's the only way the system can survive. The system can't handle white workers defending their black & brown colleagues & neighbours.
Solidarity, particularly across race and class, is Kryptonite for authoritarian regimes. They can only thrive when their us v. them framing is adopted by society at large, and they join as active or passive collaborators with the regime. So the only response they have is to raise the cost of unity
They are telling us in unequivocal terms that if you show solidarity with immigrants who are in the literal crosshairs of Trump/MAGA, you're risking a death sentence.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
January 25, 2026 at 12:56 AM
American capitalism is deliberately designed to stifle solidarity amongst the working class, that's the only way the system can survive. The system can't handle white workers defending their black & brown colleagues & neighbours.
Why is anyone surprised that the men of the Liberal and National party are treating Sussan Ley like shit? Have you not paid any attention to Australian politics the last 20 years?
#insiders
#insiders
January 24, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Why is anyone surprised that the men of the Liberal and National party are treating Sussan Ley like shit? Have you not paid any attention to Australian politics the last 20 years?
#insiders
#insiders
LOL who cares who the next Ambassador to the United States is going to be? The dickhead sitting in the Oval Office doesn't know what day it is.
January 24, 2026 at 10:29 PM
LOL who cares who the next Ambassador to the United States is going to be? The dickhead sitting in the Oval Office doesn't know what day it is.
Searching online for USGS maps of Dien Bien Phu based on the pointers from www.rjsmith.com/topo_map.html
Downloaded store.usgs.gov/assets/yimag... & store.usgs.gov/assets/yimag...
Stitched half of each map together to produce a rough map (attached). Ordered an A3 print on NeverTear 95 micron.
Downloaded store.usgs.gov/assets/yimag... & store.usgs.gov/assets/yimag...
Stitched half of each map together to produce a rough map (attached). Ordered an A3 print on NeverTear 95 micron.
January 24, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Searching online for USGS maps of Dien Bien Phu based on the pointers from www.rjsmith.com/topo_map.html
Downloaded store.usgs.gov/assets/yimag... & store.usgs.gov/assets/yimag...
Stitched half of each map together to produce a rough map (attached). Ordered an A3 print on NeverTear 95 micron.
Downloaded store.usgs.gov/assets/yimag... & store.usgs.gov/assets/yimag...
Stitched half of each map together to produce a rough map (attached). Ordered an A3 print on NeverTear 95 micron.
Got an email from www.compassgames.com advising no release timeframe for The Troubles: Shadow War in Northern Ireland 1964-1998 so I'm betting on Irish reunification happening before I have this game in my hands.
January 23, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Got an email from www.compassgames.com advising no release timeframe for The Troubles: Shadow War in Northern Ireland 1964-1998 so I'm betting on Irish reunification happening before I have this game in my hands.
Wherever there are Finnish people, there is a sauna.
And yet, I‘m told that Finnish soldiers deployed to Iraq built a sauna there.
January 22, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Wherever there are Finnish people, there is a sauna.
Suussann Ley thought she was going to blow up Albanese but instead of throwing the grenade she threw the pin.
January 22, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Suussann Ley thought she was going to blow up Albanese but instead of throwing the grenade she threw the pin.
Almost every single piece of expert analysis on this page is absolutely cooked.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Gerber, Karvelas, Speers, Armstrong all thoroughly cooked "Here's why the Coalition imploding is bad for Labor" 🤦🤦🤦
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Gerber, Karvelas, Speers, Armstrong all thoroughly cooked "Here's why the Coalition imploding is bad for Labor" 🤦🤦🤦
The optics are diabolical for Liberals and Nationals, as chaos reigns
Littleproud and his team have now basically broken one of the most fundamental political rules of the Coalition — the Nationals are now effectively dictating to the Liberals who their leader should be...
www.abc.net.au
January 22, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Almost every single piece of expert analysis on this page is absolutely cooked.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Gerber, Karvelas, Speers, Armstrong all thoroughly cooked "Here's why the Coalition imploding is bad for Labor" 🤦🤦🤦
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Gerber, Karvelas, Speers, Armstrong all thoroughly cooked "Here's why the Coalition imploding is bad for Labor" 🤦🤦🤦
Once again Uber at Melbourne airport terminal 1 is a total shit show with 50 people queued up and only a handful of drivers picking up.
January 22, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Once again Uber at Melbourne airport terminal 1 is a total shit show with 50 people queued up and only a handful of drivers picking up.
"Urgent call for General John D. Caine. Paging General Caine".
At what point do the Joint Chiefs of Staff conclude that the President is mentally incapable of serving as Commander-in-Chief and remove him from power?
What's crazier is that you can be assured that no one in US military wants this airbase back while Taliban in power. Absent reoccupation of whole country - which would mean return to forever war - it wld be a perpetual security liability.
Absolutely barking mad.
Absolutely barking mad.
January 22, 2026 at 6:31 AM
"Urgent call for General John D. Caine. Paging General Caine".