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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · May 10

I've only just seen this, so haven't had a proper look, but it seems very damning of the #cassreview.

"our analyses resulted in all seven reviews being assigned an overall rating of a high risk of bias due to methodological limitations and a failure to adequately address these limitations in […]

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Tim Bray @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · Apr 21

In which I claim that a few annoying #fediverse problems (and ATproto too) could be solved by using URI schemes the way they’re designed to be used: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/04/16/Decentralized-Schemes

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Bill Reese @reesecommabill.mastodon.cloud.ap.brid.gy · May 9

In my day job, I work for a media company that focuses on the toy industry.

Apropos of nothing, I decided to add the Mastodon plushie (aka #plushtodon) to the latest products on our Toy Insider website.

Please boost this so our editors will frustratingly tell me to stop trying to make Mastodon […]

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · May 8

#onthisday in 1942, Admiral Syfret accepted the formal surrender of the French forces in Diego Suarez. The next day, Churchill sent a note to 29th Independent Infantry Brigade, whom he had observed in training some months before. He wrote, "I was sure when I saw you at Inverary nine months ago […]

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · May 7

98-year old Ken has a message for Elon Musk: "We've crushed fascism before, and we'll crush it again"

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · May 7

Yesterday afternoon I went to a "Picnic of #pride and resistance" with the youngest and Snowy, our dog. It was a lovely afternoon.

At one point a young child came and stroked Snowy. The woman with him remarked that she was one of his two mums, and it was great to see the (#trans and #nonbinary) […]

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · May 7

This morning, I posted a letter to my MP and several others, based on this advice from TransLucent.

I've written to my MP about #trans issues (particularly puberty blockers) several times before, and never got a reply. They were emails, but this one was a physical letter.

Translucent says […]

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · May 7

This morning, I posted a letter to my MP and several others, based on this advice from TransLucent.

I've written to my MP about #trans issues (particularly puberty blockers) several times before, and never got a reply. They were emails, but this one was a physical letter.

Translucent says […]

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · May 1

I've set up a store so that you can now buy my books directly from me. To celebrate, until Friday 9th May you can use code FEDI25 to get 25% off all purchases.

https://russellphillips.uk/books/

#coldwar #indiettrpg #militaryhistory #secondworldwar
@indiettrpg @militaryhistory @worldwarshistory

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · May 5

At 1:45pm #onthisday in 1980, three shots were heard from inside the Iranian Embassy. The hostage Abbas Lavasani had been murdered, but nobody outside the embassy knew that yet.

At 6:46pm Lavasani's body was dumped outside the embassy. Within an hour, the #sas had assaulted the building […]

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · May 5

#onthisday in 1942, the Allied invasion of #madagascar began on the west coast. The defenders there were unable to report this to their higher command because Percy Mayer, an #soe agent, had cut telephone cables.

I'll be giving a talk about the invasion at #wehavewaysfest in September […]

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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · May 5

Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project

The donations are continuing to roll in. Right now the pot has swelled to over £351,000.

I hate that money matters for justice these days. It’s billionaires and rich American Christofascists who’ve put their […]

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Author Help @office.gts.authorhelp.uk.ap.brid.gy · May 3

Finally, someone has noticed that male #authors are disadvantaged in #publishing 🙄
/sarcasm

> Cook told The Bookseller: “There has never been an independent publisher that champions literary fiction by men. Which is not to say we won’t publish fiction by women in the future – but the emphasis […]

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · May 2

I was listening to Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden earlier today.

Now I'm lying in bed wondering, at what point when he was reading the original, did Steve Harris think, "This would make an excellent rock song"?

Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · May 2

I'm very excited to announce that I will be giving a talk about the invasion of #madagascar at #wehavewaysfest in September.

I went to my first We Have Ways Fest last year. It's a great festival, with a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. If you go, come and say hello.

Tickets are available now […]

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · May 2

I like reading #ebooks on both my phone and an #ereader. I used to read on Kindle because it kept the books in sync, regardless of where I bought them.

But now I use #koreader on my #kobo ereader and my phone, and it also syncs them, but with the added benefit that Amazon doesn't track my […]

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Author Help @office.gts.authorhelp.uk.ap.brid.gy · May 1

Everybody needs a #proofreader.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · May 1

I've set up a store so that you can now buy my books directly from me. To celebrate, until Friday 9th May you can use code FEDI25 to get 25% off all purchases.

https://russellphillips.uk/books/

#coldwar #indiettrpg #militaryhistory #secondworldwar
@indiettrpg @militaryhistory @worldwarshistory

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Dave nλ=2dsinθ @xtaldave.xtaldave.net.ap.brid.gy · Apr 30

LUSH partners with trans-led groups to stand up for trans rights - We are Lush

https://weare.lush.com/press-releases/lush-partners-with-trans-led-groups-to-stand-up-for-trans-rights/

LUSH partners with trans-led groups to stand up for trans rights - We are Lush

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · Apr 30

@TotesTanked another one arrived today 😀

Totally Tanked white t-shirt. Soviet Second World War IS-2 tank, with the text, "Tanks. Not just for fascists"

Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · Apr 30

#onthisday in 1980, six terrorists attacked the Iranian Embassy in London, taking twenty-six people hostage.

Thus started a six-day siege, which ended dramatically when the #sas assaulted the embassy under the watchful gaze of TV cameras.

https://russellphillips.uk/nimrod

#histodons […]

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All Europeans 🇪🇺 @ueeu.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · Apr 29

Test various Linux distros easily on your web browser without making a live USB and installing on your personal computer!

https://distrosea.com

#linux #opensource

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · Apr 29

Government Actually Threatens Wikipedia’s Editorial Freedom; Self-Proclaimed Free Speech Warriors Suddenly Have Other Plans | Techdirt
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Government Actually Threatens Wikipedia’s Editorial Freedom; Self-Proclaimed Free Speech Warriors Suddenly Have Other Plans

When Trump officials want to censor speech, they don’t quite say “we want to censor speech” (after all, they pretend to be the party that “brought free speech back.”) Instead, they find ways to threaten organizations by pretending it’s got nothing to do with the content, even as they can’t hide their true intentions and […]

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Jules @afewbugs.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · Apr 28

The officially proposed solution to trans people not being allowed to use gendered toilets, that they use the disabled toilets, is just setting up two marginalised groups in conflict with one another again instead of working together to fight the system imposing the scarcity. There aren't enough […]

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · Apr 28

A good explainer from @neil about why end to end encryption is good for everyone, not just criminals.

https://neilzone.co.uk/2022/01/a-prohibition-on-end-to-end-encryption-could-leave-you-with-noplacetohide-and-thats-not-a-good-thing/

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