#Boats

RJ Thesman

RJThesman

Hope Watches the Autumn DanceA thread http://rjthesman.net/2020/10/13/hope-watches-the-autumn-dance-3/ As I stood on my deck, a tree unloaded its entire leaf burden. It was as if God said, “It is now 3:24 on

Lukie

mishmosh84

THREADOn 2nd August 1990 Iraq invaded its tiny southern neighbour, the State of Kuwait. The invasion occurred just as the old order of global geopolitics was collapsing, spurring an international

Virpi Flyg

VirpiFlyg

Many Swedes defend Sweden's infection and death rates by saying that Sweden kept its freedom; that in Sweden, unlike elsewhere, you can go out to motion and have fresh air,

Project Sea Star

ProjectSeaStar

~ Residential schools : the survivors speak ~The following thread is based on this very complete report :http://www.trc.ca/assets/pdf/Survivors_Speak_English_Web.pdf It will be a WIP with additional entries, to highlight the testimonies

Dr Phil Weir

navalhistorian

On this day 1940 Adm/Flt Sir Charles Forbes, CinC @RoyalNavy Home Fleet set sail from Scapa Flow aboard his newly returned flagship, the battleship HMS Nelson, with V/Adm Sir Jock

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raplinebabies

BTS ships as songs from #FearlessTaylorsVersion — a thread. YoonJin [ #Fearless ] — So, baby, drive slow 'til we run out of road. In this one horse town,

Greg Chivers

defnotscifi

This curious movie credit posted by @johnfeath reminded me how much I like Q-ships, so here’s a dive into one of the weirder ways navies wage war.Put simply, a Q-ship

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Sheshapatangi

#Onam – How It Is Distorted.The Last 3 Days, I have Tried To Understand Why Communists And Christians Are So Desperate To Prove Onam Is Not Hindu, But A Festival

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

Corruption now runs through this country like a stick of rock.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jxvn/corporations-receiving-bailout-billions-have-laid-off-staff-and-paid-investors The government has used the pandemic to give vast amounts

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jmddrake

I spent most of yesterday in New Hampshire, where the official state slogan "Live Free or Die" is posted just about everywhere. This is a curious choice for a state

Carry On Strategy

CarryStrategy

A little thread on another naval snippet.The 1970 Ark Royal Collision with a Soviet Destroyer.So lets begin off with some background, once upon a time there was the Cold War,

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Schgain

thrawn comic reread thread starting ourselves off with a nine panel grid, respectable. i'm a fan of the subtle color gradation this one is even better. i can't remember if

Not So Obvious

Not__So_Obvious

So let me give you the perspective of a data scientist on this survey rather than the media pundits interpretation. At any point, ask questions along the way, this isn't

History Under Your Feet

HistorifyToday

Today is Jayanti of Lachit Borphukan, the great Ahom general who beat back the mighty Mughal army at the Battle of Saraighat and thwarted Aurangzeb's ambition of expanding the Mughal

Liz Crash

AsFarce

there are a lot of pavement lights (glass pavers allowing natural light to basement levels) in central Melbourne. they were most popular before the advent of inexpensive electric lighting but

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noceur___

thread about the inventions created by Iraq/is Hydraulic Engineering: the Sumerian’s figured out how to and channel the overflowing of the Euphrates & Tigris rivers & the rich stilt