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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 29m

Fellow #WW2TV presenter, @mikehistorian.bsky.social, now has his book, "Glider Pilots in Sicily", available in paperback. Details below. Catch his appearance with @ww2tv.bsky.social at www.youtube.com/live/KnDxxoe....

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 34m

Congratulations, Mike 👏🏼

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Mike Peters @mikehistorian.bsky.social · 4d

Great news! Glider Pilots in Sicily is now available in paperback. Follow the link below to order your copy. Find out about the GPR and its pivotal role in Operation Ladbroke and Operation Fustian.

Pen and Sword Books: Glider Pilots in Sicily - Paperback share.google/mHHysWrpgXSE...

Glider Pilots in Sicily

This well-researched book by an expert of his subject lifts the veil on the first large scale British use of gliders in action. This occurred…

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 50m

#histbookchat Had hoped this book would show how Canada evolved from racist White Dominion to multiculturalism. It doesn't. Starting in 1945, it mostly avoids the former. Instead, this is a laudatory portrayal of Establishment political rhetoric shaping the aspirational myth of Canada the Good.

Book cover of "Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity" by Raymond B. Blake.

Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1h

Due to $$$ trillions in fossil fuel assets & investments, captured politicians, and the delusions of abundance, Canada will NEVER meet emissions reduction targets without serious pain. Just look at the push for more fossil fuel extraction. Shameful.

timethiefmedia - Canadian forever🍁conservative never @timethiefmedia.bsky.social · 8h

Melting #permafrost could unload billions of tonnes of carbon by 2100. If it does get released, it will be discharged into the atmosphere and further increase the planet-warming greenhouse gases. ca.news.yahoo.com/melting-perm... #globalwarming

Melting permafrost could unload billions of tonnes of carbon by 2100

A new study says billions of tonnes of defrosted carbon could end up getting released into the atmosphere by 2100 as a result of melting permafrost, further adding to the planet's warming from more gr...

ca.news.yahoo.com

Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1h

"Once a nation’s power grids, ports, or telecom networks rely on Chinese infrastructure, its choices in moments of crisis become sharply limited. Economic partnership becomes geopolitical leverage."
- substack.com/home/post/p-...

China’s 2040 Vision: Economic Spillover as Geopolitical Strategy

The Grand Strategy Hidden in Plain Sight

substack.com

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 1h

Been getting a number of Ukraine soldier impersonators following me recently. Be careful! Don't automatically follow back. Verify first. @verificationunit.bsky.social has some good advice at blog.verification-unit.com/2025/02/scam....

Scam Spotting 101: 1-16

Education, Scamology, Scam Spotting,

blog.verification-unit.com

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 8h

Ich hoffe das Beste. Ich habe mehr Vertrauen in Europa. Slava Ukrayiny!

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 8h

"Elections BC investigations director Adam Barnes said in the letter that Wilson must pay a penalty of $600 for contravening the Election Act."

😂No deterrent. Probably his Friday evening charcuterie budget.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 8h

Es ist ein Zeitverschwendungstrick. Dies ist ein Muster.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 8h

Strittiger Punkt. Trump wird keine Tomahawks schicken.

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Charlie Smith @charliesmithvcr.bsky.social · 8h

VIFF 2025: “Tears Burn to Ash” depicts diaspora’s distance from ancestral homeland. Vancouver director Natalie Murao's film is at International Village at 3:30 pm on Wed. (Oct. 8) as part of @viffest.bsky.social Short Forum 5. More here in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-te...

VIFF 2025: "Tears Burn to Ash" depicts diaspora's distance from ancestral homeland - Pancouver

Veena Yamano plays a fourth-generation Japanese Canadian in her 20s who lands in Tokyo in "Tears Burn to Ash".

pancouver.ca

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 10h

XTX is Chinese Grunge. I have this CD: youtu.be/DCD7UJq3m-s?....

阿詩瑪

YouTube video by Release - Topic

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 10h

Cheers! Yes, I do have an interest in #Mandorock and Chinese folk metal. Nine Treasures is great. XTX & Cold Blooded Animal and Spring & Autumn, featuring @kaiserkuo.bsky.social, are favourites.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6SJ...

Spring and Autumn - Last Show "Farewell" 2016

YouTube video by Fan Dragon Xiangzi

www.youtube.com

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 11h

"By 2040, China aims to sit atop a global economic pyramid where high-tech industries remain domestic, while partner nations handle mid-level manufacturing and resource extraction. All are connected through Chinese-built infrastructure and logistics networks."
- substack.com/home/post/p-...

China’s 2040 Vision: Economic Spillover as Geopolitical Strategy

The Grand Strategy Hidden in Plain Sight

substack.com

Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 13h

The battle for control of governance has become so high, municipalities are now a hot battleground that need your attention. Here's a useful tool to help. TLDR: follow/read the @nationalobserver.com.

Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 15h

Today, @nationalobserver.com is launching a tool to search municipal meeting transcripts across Canada. The tool has already helped us unearth a climate denial network targeting towns and cities, report on AI data centers, measure our impact and more.

Journalists and researchers, sign up for free!

Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation

Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 14h

Same, same but different: Mongolian version of Crimean War's 'The Trooper'.
youtu.be/2WrvFUZgHro

The HU - "The Trooper" (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by The HU

youtu.be

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Olya Oliker aka Dr. Olga Oliker (she/her) @olyaoliker.bsky.social · 14h

Further, as Dima Adamsky has written, there's a certain comfort in Russia with disconnects between theory & practice. But just because it's comfortable, doesn't mean it translates into effectiveness. 5/7

The Culture of Military Innovation | Stanford University Press

This book studies the impact of cultural factors on the course of military innovations. One would expect that countries accustomed to similar technologies would undergo analogous changes in their perc...

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Olya Oliker aka Dr. Olga Oliker (she/her) @olyaoliker.bsky.social · 14h

Really interesting analysis from @massdara.bsky.social on what Russian military is learning, & its learning challenges. Paired with @gabrielairosa.bsky.social's recent work on Russian strategic thinking & threat perceptions www.cna.org/analyses/202..., it's got me thinking. So join me in a 🧵 1/7

How Russia Recovered

What the Kremlin is learning from the war in Ukraine.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Gabriela I. Rosa @gabrielairosa.bsky.social · 6d

In this new @CNA_org report, I analyze how authoritative figures in the Russian mil view threats in the wake of the war in Ukraine. The key insight: Traditional Russian threat perceptions haven't shifted — they've been sharpened. 1/?
www.cna.org/analyses/202...

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 14h

"China’s 2040 Vision is not about conquering through force. It is about reshaping the global order through economic interdependence so deep that opposing China becomes economically impossible for most nations."
- substack.com/home/post/p-...

China’s 2040 Vision: Economic Spillover as Geopolitical Strategy

The Grand Strategy Hidden in Plain Sight

substack.com

Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 15h

I suspect #histbookchat folks will find this of interest.

Casemate Publishers @casematepublishers.bsky.social · 16h

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Casemate Publishers @casematepublishers.bsky.social · 16h

Our National Book Month Sale is still going strong! Enjoy 40% off 300+ titles using the code NBM-40 at checkout!

Click the link below to shop the sale ⬇️

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#nationalbookmonth #bookmonth #nationalbookmonthsale

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 15h

Yes, that would be my bet. Can't think of renewables the same way as legacy energy generation. Power plants of any kind are large, vulnerable targets. Networked rooftop solar & micro wind, not so much.

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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 23h

For #WW2TV #metal heads, have you discovered Sweden's Sabaton? With songs like Panzerkampf, Wolfpack, Midway, The Lost Battalion... you can see their theme. Here's a 26-track "best of" selection: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JseV... 🤘🏼.

Best of Sabaton

YouTube video by Tantema Garnik

www.youtube.com

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