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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 5d

Oh dang. This is an excellent analogy.

Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 5d

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses?
Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 5d

"We all like what we like and don't what we don't."

How many times have I had to explain on Twitter what I understood when I was 7 years old? 😅

In fact, I have far fewer problems about it here, which makes me think that the people who made the move are a bit least egocentric.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 6d

It's been a few years since I asked this question: what is your favorite Battlestar Galactica (the ship, not the show)? 👋

Battlestar Galactica from Battlestar Galactica (1978), replica

Battlestar Galactica from Battlestar Galactica (2003), replica

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armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 6d

Can't wait to buy it. And I mean that. I have a Fulmar-size hole in my collection of FAA combat aircraft and carrier library.

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armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, I did have a very nice Babylon 5 Omega destroyer model. But it was unable to stand against "Wife-with-duster"(TM). It's now in a dozen pieces in a box somewhere ...

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armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 6d

Heh, same.
I have only sunk my money into a handful of nice replicas.
Both Galacticas, Pegasus, An original Viper, A Viper MkII - and Sulaco.

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armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 6d

It's a hard call. But I'll go with the original.
She has an "old lady" feel about her. The tired old veteran that - thanks to her outmoded analogue technology - survived everything "modern" warfare could throw at her...
(No, I don't think Trump's idea of reactivating WW2 battleships is a good one!)

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armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 6d

Navigation and the need for a dedicated recon spotter.
The biggest problem for fleets before and during the war was not simply locating the enemy. It was also accurately reporting where it was. This needed math, and accurate observations along the way.
www.armouredcarriers.com/fairey-fulma...

Armoured Aircraft Carriers

Fairey Fulmar: An overview of the design considerations and evolution of the fleet fighter before and during World War II.

www.armouredcarriers.com

armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 6d

I wouldn't go so far as "dead end".
Just "slightly before and after its time"
Two seat strike aircraft became the norm from the 50s to the 90s ...

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armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 6d

I cannot understand why, but I just love these old jugs.
As an Aussie, we tend to go for "the underdog". But the Fulmar isn't even that. It's just plain old "good enough".

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 6d

Another day feeling like I'm going backwards. Still struggling with a new publisher for the Fulmar book. It will happen but getting the same kind of deal I originally signed up to is proving tougher than I thought. Here's a colour scheme you won't have seen before - N1854 in temperate land scheme

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armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 6d

My question is: Is talk of a navalised Fw190 (T) real or wishful thinking mythology?

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Chris Sams @jerijerod14.bsky.social · 7d

As I continue to answer the questions no one asked so you don’t have to…

Ever wondered what aircraft the proposed German aircraft carrier in #ww2 would have carried?

Look no further…

jerijerod14.substack.com/p/tragerflug...

#navalhistory

Trägerflugzeuge

Germany's proposed Carrier aircraft

jerijerod14.substack.com

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 7d

#OTD in 1942, during zig-zag maneuvers, ocean liner Queen Mary, carrying around 10,000 American soldiers, struck HMS Curacoa amidships at full speed, cutting the cruiser in half. 101 crew survived, 337 died. (The incident was not publicly reported during the war.) #WW2 #HISTORY

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 9d

Incredible dimensions. (A 12,000-lb MC deep-penetration bomb. Bomber Command executive codeword "Tallboy". #WW2 #HISTORY)

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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social · 8d

President Trump discussed bringing back battleships.

Here is Ryan from Battleship New Jersey discussing 'How Quickly Could the Battleships Be Reactivated?

Hint: It takes longer than in the movie Battleship.

youtu.be/bI_6nUwnb2g?...

How Quickly Could the Battleships Be Reactivated?

YouTube video by Battleship New Jersey

youtu.be

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armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 9d

Working on a Memories of War edit focused on Seafires over Salerno. Sorting out the Order of Battle for Operation Avalanche's carrier units...
Also first (and abandoned) operation for the Barracuda I. Last operation for Albacore.

#NavalHistory #ww2 #History

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The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 12d

Enrico Cernuschi and Michele Gaetani will talk tonight about ‘secrets of the admiralty’ which will, I suspect, based on the files the asked me to copy for them, focus very much on how the British Admiralty gilded the lilly in regards to damage inflicted on Royal Navy vessels by the Regia Marina.

I Segreti dell'Ammiragliato - LIVE 75

YouTube video by Italian Military Archives_Storia Navale

www.youtube.com

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Jamie McTrusty @jamiemctrusty.bsky.social · 12d

26th September 1939. The first British aerial victory of the Second World War was scored by a Blackburn Skua of 803 Naval Air Squadron from HMS Ark Royal. Though the type was primarily a dive bomber, it was armed with four wing guns and also served as an interim FAA fighter.
#NavalHistory
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Blackburn Skua about to land on HMS Ark Royal. The type operated as an interim fighter prior to the introduction of the Fairey Fulmar. It was hampered in this role by marginal performance.
📷 IWM (A 3792)

(Single radial-engined aircraft floating just above the arresting wires of a carrier)

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 12d

Squadron Leader J.M. Bryan, CO 198 Squadron, inspecting the wing of his Typhoon at Manston airfield, after returning from a "Roadstead" mission #OTD in 1943. #WW2 #HISTORY

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PacificHistoryGuide.com @pacificguide.bsky.social · 18d

G’day PHG fans, today I’m happy to announce we have unveiled our new location at #PacificHistoryGuide! Come on down to #Australia and let us know what you think.

Announcement in the blog:

www.pacifichistoryguide.com/post/watch-f...

Watch for emu crossings and don't fight the roos: PHG just added a new location!

G'day Pacific History Guide readers! Today on the blog I'm happy to announce that we've added a new location to the website: the wild weird and wonderful Australia. I'm very excited for this launch; i...

www.pacifichistoryguide.com

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armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 19d

But the Empire is "cool" ...

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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you for the live-action shot of me at #McMullen2025, Mark! hope everyone who attended—standing room only!!—enjoyed our panel on damage control.

I plan to do *something* with The [Twenty] Tragedies of Scuttlebum: The Navy’s Damage Control Caricature, so stay tuned!

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armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 19d

I really enjoyed Battlestar: Deadlock as a turn-based space combat sim. I thought it caught the mood and atmosphere well.
Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 20d

Fascinating indication of the influence of American ‘scientifiction’ on European sf. Wells’ somewhat genteel ‘scientific romance’ reimagined as a pulpy ‘monsters from Mars‘ story. Great bit of social history

The Petersfield Bookshop @pfieldbookshop.bsky.social · 20d

Damaged and delicate, but this is an incredibly rare edition of H G Wells's The War of the World's published as a pulp paperback c.1920

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