Frank Aigner
@watchingthebear.bsky.social
Cold War, Afghan War '79-'89, Caucasus '94-present, Russian history, Jihadi material culture. Nottingham MA '12, IR: Terrorism & Int'l Sec./War & Cont. Conflict; Slavic Languages & Literatures BA, Czech & Russian.
“Soylent Green is (checks notes) … ummm, Canadians…”
November 11, 2023 at 5:10 PM
“Soylent Green is (checks notes) … ummm, Canadians…”
Reposted by Frank Aigner
As the situation escalates in Israel-Palestine, misinformation is rife. It can be difficult to decipher what is really happening and what is not. Our team has gathered examples of misrepresented footage and imagery from the latest conflict, helping you tell facts from fiction
Hamas Attacks, Israel Bombs Gaza and Misinformation Surges Online - bellingcat
Videos supposedly from the latest escalation of the conflict are actually years old, from the wrong country or don’t depict a warzone at all.
www.bellingcat.com
October 11, 2023 at 3:12 AM
As the situation escalates in Israel-Palestine, misinformation is rife. It can be difficult to decipher what is really happening and what is not. Our team has gathered examples of misrepresented footage and imagery from the latest conflict, helping you tell facts from fiction
Reposted by Frank Aigner
Sputnik was 66 years ago today. I curated a set of about a dozen original Soviet archival sources (translated!) on the origins of the world's first satellite, hosted by The Wilson Center in Washington, DC: www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/ne... #histsci #histtech
New Sources on Sputnik
Documents added to DigitalArchive.org provide a look at the origins of Sputnik, the first Soviet satellite.
www.wilsoncenter.org
October 4, 2023 at 9:15 PM
Sputnik was 66 years ago today. I curated a set of about a dozen original Soviet archival sources (translated!) on the origins of the world's first satellite, hosted by The Wilson Center in Washington, DC: www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/ne... #histsci #histtech
This explains the last 72 hours fairly well:
August 25, 2023 at 11:56 PM
This explains the last 72 hours fairly well: