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Thread for quotes from _Enemy Coast Ahead_ by G. Gibson, 1946.
A surprisingly well-told ww2 memoir. There is speculation that part was ghosted by F/Lt Roald Dahl (yes, that R. Dahl), but only a fraction. Gibson had talent, but his luck ran out, and he didn't live to be, say, a John Masters.
A surprisingly well-told ww2 memoir. There is speculation that part was ghosted by F/Lt Roald Dahl (yes, that R. Dahl), but only a fraction. Gibson had talent, but his luck ran out, and he didn't live to be, say, a John Masters.
Trump, like Idi Amin Dada, may retire to Saudi Arabia. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Trump, like Idi Amin Dada, may retire to Saudi Arabia. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
#apple #macos #safari #feature-request
Add a slide-sorter-like function to the Safari Tab Overview.
I want to reorder tabs to the Command-1 .. -9 shortcut area.
#anti-creeping-featurism
Yes, I could just drag-and-drop the tabs in the control-bar, but that does not scale well.
like? repost?
Add a slide-sorter-like function to the Safari Tab Overview.
I want to reorder tabs to the Command-1 .. -9 shortcut area.
#anti-creeping-featurism
Yes, I could just drag-and-drop the tabs in the control-bar, but that does not scale well.
like? repost?
November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
#apple #macos #safari #feature-request
Add a slide-sorter-like function to the Safari Tab Overview.
I want to reorder tabs to the Command-1 .. -9 shortcut area.
#anti-creeping-featurism
Yes, I could just drag-and-drop the tabs in the control-bar, but that does not scale well.
like? repost?
Add a slide-sorter-like function to the Safari Tab Overview.
I want to reorder tabs to the Command-1 .. -9 shortcut area.
#anti-creeping-featurism
Yes, I could just drag-and-drop the tabs in the control-bar, but that does not scale well.
like? repost?
Reposted by Michael K.
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Yay! This Way Up by @markcooperjones.bsky.social + @jayforeman.bsky.social.
Awaiting their That Way Down with The Map with Flyspecks on a Banknote + The Map of Utopia/Erewhon=Nowhere we see you NZ!
Awaiting their That Way Down with The Map with Flyspecks on a Banknote + The Map of Utopia/Erewhon=Nowhere we see you NZ!
October 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Yay! This Way Up by @markcooperjones.bsky.social + @jayforeman.bsky.social.
Awaiting their That Way Down with The Map with Flyspecks on a Banknote + The Map of Utopia/Erewhon=Nowhere we see you NZ!
Awaiting their That Way Down with The Map with Flyspecks on a Banknote + The Map of Utopia/Erewhon=Nowhere we see you NZ!
Just listened to @telegraphnews.bsky.social Battle Lines podcast, which has great content--air, land, sea (surface and subsurface) and collateral.
Another terrific episode.
p.s. hoping to hear @covertshores.bsky.social
Another terrific episode.
p.s. hoping to hear @covertshores.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Just listened to @telegraphnews.bsky.social Battle Lines podcast, which has great content--air, land, sea (surface and subsurface) and collateral.
Another terrific episode.
p.s. hoping to hear @covertshores.bsky.social
Another terrific episode.
p.s. hoping to hear @covertshores.bsky.social
Has any beloved leader won both the Nobel Peace Prize and the Nobel Prize in Economics in the same year?
September 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Has any beloved leader won both the Nobel Peace Prize and the Nobel Prize in Economics in the same year?
Remembering WWII's 'forgotten army' at www.telegraph.co.uk/battle-lines-podcast/ @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social @lordhardthrasher.bsky.social
Battle Lines
Battle Lines is The Telegraph’s essential podcast bringing you frontline reporting, expert analysis and exclusive insights from our correspondents. Stay informed on military strategy, political develo...
www.telegraph.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Remembering WWII's 'forgotten army' at www.telegraph.co.uk/battle-lines-podcast/ @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social @lordhardthrasher.bsky.social
Thread for quotes from _The Quiet Americans_ by Scott Anderson. 2020.
"... within the United States ... a kind if sustained and slow-motion hysteria.... [That] fueled a cynicism and distrust of government...." p.7
"... within the United States ... a kind if sustained and slow-motion hysteria.... [That] fueled a cynicism and distrust of government...." p.7
May 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Thread for quotes from _The Quiet Americans_ by Scott Anderson. 2020.
"... within the United States ... a kind if sustained and slow-motion hysteria.... [That] fueled a cynicism and distrust of government...." p.7
"... within the United States ... a kind if sustained and slow-motion hysteria.... [That] fueled a cynicism and distrust of government...." p.7
Rumors of Trump Mausoleum plans:
• replace JFK gravesite (reinterment in Suckers' & Losers' section)
• Melania to extinguish eternal flame lit by Jackie
• 47 story tower (taller than the Washington monument) rising from an eternally fetid swamp (18 holes)
• finest Italian marble paid for by Italy
• replace JFK gravesite (reinterment in Suckers' & Losers' section)
• Melania to extinguish eternal flame lit by Jackie
• 47 story tower (taller than the Washington monument) rising from an eternally fetid swamp (18 holes)
• finest Italian marble paid for by Italy
May 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Rumors of Trump Mausoleum plans:
• replace JFK gravesite (reinterment in Suckers' & Losers' section)
• Melania to extinguish eternal flame lit by Jackie
• 47 story tower (taller than the Washington monument) rising from an eternally fetid swamp (18 holes)
• finest Italian marble paid for by Italy
• replace JFK gravesite (reinterment in Suckers' & Losers' section)
• Melania to extinguish eternal flame lit by Jackie
• 47 story tower (taller than the Washington monument) rising from an eternally fetid swamp (18 holes)
• finest Italian marble paid for by Italy
Reposted by Michael K.
The Mount Vernon News was family owned from 1939 until it was sold in 2020 to a “pink slime” media company with ties to conservative billionaires. Then it began publishing one-sided articles that make dubious claims about solar power.
(Pub. Oct. 2024)
W/ @floodlightnews.org & @towcenter.bsky.social
(Pub. Oct. 2024)
W/ @floodlightnews.org & @towcenter.bsky.social
Fossil Fuel Interests Are Working to Kill Solar in One Ohio County. The Hometown Newspaper Is Helping.
A retired gas industry executive, a shadowy “grassroots” group and a controversial media company are spreading misinformation while turning residents against a proposed solar farm — and each other.
www.propublica.org
May 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Mount Vernon News was family owned from 1939 until it was sold in 2020 to a “pink slime” media company with ties to conservative billionaires. Then it began publishing one-sided articles that make dubious claims about solar power.
(Pub. Oct. 2024)
W/ @floodlightnews.org & @towcenter.bsky.social
(Pub. Oct. 2024)
W/ @floodlightnews.org & @towcenter.bsky.social
Thread for quotes from _Enemy Coast Ahead_ by G. Gibson, 1946.
A surprisingly well-told ww2 memoir. There is speculation that part was ghosted by F/Lt Roald Dahl (yes, that R. Dahl), but only a fraction. Gibson had talent, but his luck ran out, and he didn't live to be, say, a John Masters.
A surprisingly well-told ww2 memoir. There is speculation that part was ghosted by F/Lt Roald Dahl (yes, that R. Dahl), but only a fraction. Gibson had talent, but his luck ran out, and he didn't live to be, say, a John Masters.
May 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Thread for quotes from _Enemy Coast Ahead_ by G. Gibson, 1946.
A surprisingly well-told ww2 memoir. There is speculation that part was ghosted by F/Lt Roald Dahl (yes, that R. Dahl), but only a fraction. Gibson had talent, but his luck ran out, and he didn't live to be, say, a John Masters.
A surprisingly well-told ww2 memoir. There is speculation that part was ghosted by F/Lt Roald Dahl (yes, that R. Dahl), but only a fraction. Gibson had talent, but his luck ran out, and he didn't live to be, say, a John Masters.
"I will end the war in one day." JOKE
"I will end it in 100 days."
JOKE
"I, Donald J. Trump, will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution...."
JOKE
Who is laughing?
"I will end it in 100 days."
JOKE
"I, Donald J. Trump, will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution...."
JOKE
Who is laughing?
April 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
"I will end the war in one day." JOKE
"I will end it in 100 days."
JOKE
"I, Donald J. Trump, will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution...."
JOKE
Who is laughing?
"I will end it in 100 days."
JOKE
"I, Donald J. Trump, will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution...."
JOKE
Who is laughing?
Reposted by Michael K.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
April 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Who is that crass world leader in a blue suit at the Popes funeral? No class!
April 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Who is that crass world leader in a blue suit at the Popes funeral? No class!
UPDATE: Trump used to say: "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn't lose any voters, ok?"
NOW he thinks:
"I could stand in the middle of a MAGA rally and shoot somebody and would lose only the dead guy's vote--cattle ranchers, soybean farmers, distillers, anybody."
NOW he thinks:
"I could stand in the middle of a MAGA rally and shoot somebody and would lose only the dead guy's vote--cattle ranchers, soybean farmers, distillers, anybody."
April 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
UPDATE: Trump used to say: "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn't lose any voters, ok?"
NOW he thinks:
"I could stand in the middle of a MAGA rally and shoot somebody and would lose only the dead guy's vote--cattle ranchers, soybean farmers, distillers, anybody."
NOW he thinks:
"I could stand in the middle of a MAGA rally and shoot somebody and would lose only the dead guy's vote--cattle ranchers, soybean farmers, distillers, anybody."
#BookReview #history #ww2 @historybowsh.bsky.social
Jack Bowser, _Forgotten Armour: Tank warfare in Burma_
I liked it so much I'll buy his next book, _Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945_
"Forgotten Armour" by focussing on tanks adds to the more familiar histories of infantry's role and sacrifices.
Jack Bowser, _Forgotten Armour: Tank warfare in Burma_
I liked it so much I'll buy his next book, _Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945_
"Forgotten Armour" by focussing on tanks adds to the more familiar histories of infantry's role and sacrifices.
April 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
#BookReview #history #ww2 @historybowsh.bsky.social
Jack Bowser, _Forgotten Armour: Tank warfare in Burma_
I liked it so much I'll buy his next book, _Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945_
"Forgotten Armour" by focussing on tanks adds to the more familiar histories of infantry's role and sacrifices.
Jack Bowser, _Forgotten Armour: Tank warfare in Burma_
I liked it so much I'll buy his next book, _Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945_
"Forgotten Armour" by focussing on tanks adds to the more familiar histories of infantry's role and sacrifices.
When Trump took the oath of office, he "was speaking a bit sarcastically"
April 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
When Trump took the oath of office, he "was speaking a bit sarcastically"
Reposted by Michael K.
Your regular reminder that almost everything Trump is getting away with is not because of presidential strength, but because of congressional weakness and judicial deference.
The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.
The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.
April 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Your regular reminder that almost everything Trump is getting away with is not because of presidential strength, but because of congressional weakness and judicial deference.
The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.
The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.
"Truth Social" -- oh, I get it: 'truth' is English for Russian 'pravda'
April 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"Truth Social" -- oh, I get it: 'truth' is English for Russian 'pravda'
Just ordered Bowsher's "Forgotten Armour: Tank warfare in Burma" in paperback. @lordhardthrasher.bsky.social recommends it highly, and I saw this review: "If I weren't such a misanthropic brit-hater, I'd take it all back, plus I'm dead, so whatever. (signed) 'Vinegar Joe'"
April 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Just ordered Bowsher's "Forgotten Armour: Tank warfare in Burma" in paperback. @lordhardthrasher.bsky.social recommends it highly, and I saw this review: "If I weren't such a misanthropic brit-hater, I'd take it all back, plus I'm dead, so whatever. (signed) 'Vinegar Joe'"
Reposted by Michael K.
Remember Fiona Hill? She’s now sounding the alarm again: “We’re definitely on a path toward full-on state repression. There’s no question about it. I’ve thought about this for an extraordinarily long time.” When Fiona speaks, we should all listen.
April 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Remember Fiona Hill? She’s now sounding the alarm again: “We’re definitely on a path toward full-on state repression. There’s no question about it. I’ve thought about this for an extraordinarily long time.” When Fiona speaks, we should all listen.
@tcllang.bsky.social WooHoo!
"The Tcl9 Programming Language: A Comprehensive Guide" by Ashok P. Nadkarni Is available
"The Tcl9 Programming Language: A Comprehensive Guide" by Ashok P. Nadkarni Is available
April 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
@tcllang.bsky.social WooHoo!
"The Tcl9 Programming Language: A Comprehensive Guide" by Ashok P. Nadkarni Is available
"The Tcl9 Programming Language: A Comprehensive Guide" by Ashok P. Nadkarni Is available
Reposted by Michael K.
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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April 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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