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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 1d

Officer Commanding 82nd Airborne Division. Obviously.

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 2d

Blaming other people probably

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 2d

At least in part it's because the Nazis were pushing immature technology into operational service out of desperation

Like the reason the Me262 was the first operational jet fighter is because the RAF saw no need to press the Gloster Meteor into service before it was proven

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 3d

I guess even Tedder wasn't always wrong

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 4d

Speaking of trees...

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 4d

Hurtgenwald and the Reichswald make me wonder if there was something in the psyche of US Officers that drew them to do battle in Teutonic forests 🤔

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 4d

Hurtgenwald and the Reichswald make me wonder if there was something in the psyche of US Officers that drew them to do battle in Teutonic forests 🤔

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 4d

It's never an "alleged" robbery, or burglary, or shoplifting

But sexual offences are always "alleged"

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Manchester synagogue terrorist was on bail for alleged rape

Exclusive: Jihad al-Shamie had been under investigation over alleged sexual attack earlier this year, sources say

www.theguardian.com

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 5d

Do you have the full title of the 1983 CSI report?

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 6d

Stuka looks very happy with it's new flappy wings 😃

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 6d

Exactly!

Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 6d

FW190A

It's not long enough

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 6d

@aviationmarlene.bsky.social 😱

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 7d

Yes indeed, they had to be shipped across the Atlantic specifically for the Scheldt operation

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 7d

They tend to attract flies!

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 7d

It's a Euphorbia, reminds me of the aliens from Half Life

It has a certain smell!

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 8d

The plane have COVID measeles

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 8d

Ironically, I'm now viewing Imgur hosted media from a VPN location in Hong Kong

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 8d

So Imgur just Geoblocked all UK IP's rather than try and comply with the OSA

That's a significant proportion of all images shared across the internet now no longer accessible without a VPN

In other news, Starmer is the most unpopular PM in history

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 10d

No harm in trying

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 10d

I want to know what Costa Rica is smoking and where they got it from 😀

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 12d

Gilded the lilly in which direction?

Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 12d

2NectarPoints4u

Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 13d

I might just buy some Capita/Serco shares rn

winnie the pooh sitting at a table with a bowl of food and a spoon

ALT: winnie the pooh sitting at a table with a bowl of food and a spoon

media.tenor.com

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 15d

I was about to bring that one up. The interesting thing is how much it had *improved* compared to some earlier doccies I'd watched.

One had a Guardsman baldly stating they would never take someone whose "face didn't fit" or worse to that effect

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Sir Fatuous Pauper @fatuouspauper.bsky.social · 15d

No care was given to the fact that the resulting shape of the drops rendered them unfit for purpose

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