Guy Halsall
@realhistoryguy.bsky.social
Recovering academic historian. Late antiquity/early middle ages. History purist/puritan. Brexile living in the Veneto. #ActuallyAutistic
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A leaked conversation between Steve Witkoff and a Vladimir Putin aide shows that Witkoff continually “encourages the Russians to think they can get Trump on their side”—and in doing so has prolonged the war with Ukraine, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues:
What Is Steve Witkoff Trying to Do?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A leaked conversation between Steve Witkoff and a Vladimir Putin aide shows that Witkoff continually “encourages the Russians to think they can get Trump on their side”—and in doing so has prolonged the war with Ukraine, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues:
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The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol.
www.juneauindependent.com/post/coast-g...
www.juneauindependent.com/post/coast-g...
Coast Guard says swastika is no longer a hate symbol
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fi...
www.juneauindependent.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol.
www.juneauindependent.com/post/coast-g...
www.juneauindependent.com/post/coast-g...
Pitch for new Labour slogan: ‘Vote fascist! It’ll be worse under the Nazis!’
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Pitch for new Labour slogan: ‘Vote fascist! It’ll be worse under the Nazis!’
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
Awful
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Awful
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I'm waiting for (Karachi-born) Ben Habib to insist that not only must a perpetrator's ethnicity only be specified when it's an immigrant, but also that a hero's ethnicity should only be specified when not an immigrant.
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'm waiting for (Karachi-born) Ben Habib to insist that not only must a perpetrator's ethnicity only be specified when it's an immigrant, but also that a hero's ethnicity should only be specified when not an immigrant.
11 minutes of George in his pomp.
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George Michael - Killer/ Papa Was A Rollin' (Live)
YouTube video by Music Edits / george michæl archive
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November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
11 minutes of George in his pomp.
youtu.be/R_fJ4l4--5U?...
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Now he’s a council leader (God help is) I should be making more use of this
November 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Now he’s a council leader (God help is) I should be making more use of this
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I have often been told I am about 9 or 10 until people get to know me. I have never really known what to think about this, especially since I have very rarely tried to be intimidating. May be an autistic thing but I don't know.
I’ve no idea I’m massive, have a booming voice and know everybody so I assume about 7
October 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I have often been told I am about 9 or 10 until people get to know me. I have never really known what to think about this, especially since I have very rarely tried to be intimidating. May be an autistic thing but I don't know.
Who else looks at this and thinks ’Albert Speer’?
October 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Who else looks at this and thinks ’Albert Speer’?
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Absolutely outrageous!! 😡
October 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Absolutely outrageous!! 😡
When I was a kid there was a locally famous piece of graffiti in one of the subways under the Worcester Cross Ringway in Kidderminster that said ‘[Name] rises old men’. I am glad to see it’s been developed into a book.
October 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
When I was a kid there was a locally famous piece of graffiti in one of the subways under the Worcester Cross Ringway in Kidderminster that said ‘[Name] rises old men’. I am glad to see it’s been developed into a book.
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The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform
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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny
Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements
bylinetimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform
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bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
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Restaurant owners playing bossa/samba/nightclub jazz covers of pop classics: can you stop now? It’s tiresome. Ditto people producing albums of same. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
October 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Restaurant owners playing bossa/samba/nightclub jazz covers of pop classics: can you stop now? It’s tiresome. Ditto people producing albums of same. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Restaurant owners playing bossa/samba/nightclub jazz covers of pop classics: can you stop now? It’s tiresome. Ditto people producing albums of same. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
October 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Restaurant owners playing bossa/samba/nightclub jazz covers of pop classics: can you stop now? It’s tiresome. Ditto people producing albums of same. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
Interesting seminar series on environmental history
October 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Interesting seminar series on environmental history
Favourite post today: someone saying that the US Left had three years to find an ideologically acceptable alternative to Newsom to stand for president. Sort of sweet really.
October 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Favourite post today: someone saying that the US Left had three years to find an ideologically acceptable alternative to Newsom to stand for president. Sort of sweet really.
Periodic reminder that hostility to 'useless' arts and humanities degrees is another (though much, much longer-standing) area of Labour/Conservative consensus.
October 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Periodic reminder that hostility to 'useless' arts and humanities degrees is another (though much, much longer-standing) area of Labour/Conservative consensus.
This fraud showing up in my timeline during a brief visit to the hell site that is Threads - long enough for me to block him - reminds me that I haven’t posted this for a long while.
Now we arrive at the ‘finding out’ part of the proceedings.
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Distorting history in the restitution debate. Dan Hicks’s The Brutish Museums and fact and fiction in Benin historiography | International Journal of Cultural Property | Cambridge Core
Distorting history in the restitution debate. Dan Hicks’s The Brutish Museums and fact and fiction in Benin historiography
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October 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This fraud showing up in my timeline during a brief visit to the hell site that is Threads - long enough for me to block him - reminds me that I haven’t posted this for a long while.
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I’m going to stick my neck out here and predict that the party currently banging on ever louder about Britain being a Christian country will say that bishops have no place in politics.
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I’m going to stick my neck out here and predict that the party currently banging on ever louder about Britain being a Christian country will say that bishops have no place in politics.
For any hacks writing about Newsom’s latest trolling, Marie Antoinette was *not* the last queen of France. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
October 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
For any hacks writing about Newsom’s latest trolling, Marie Antoinette was *not* the last queen of France. Thank you for your attention to this matter.