“He has the gleam of light divine; the loss and loneliness are mine.”

“He has the gleam of light divine; the loss and loneliness are mine.”

Anyway, if anyone's interested, there's a whole chapter in my new book on the history of air conditioning

Youtube comment of the day: "german fascism? there was no such thing, nazism and fascism are not interchangeable. horrible error."

The World Cup is great because it's the only time where you can get emotionally invested in a 1 a.m. Jordan - Algeria game for reasons other than having a crippling gambling addiction.

Youtube comment of the day: "german fascism? there was no such thing, nazism and fascism are not interchangeable. horrible error."

Youtube comment of the day: "Bourgeois channel telling bourgeois stories."

On this day in 1994, Corporal Mark Isfeld was killed by a landmine in Croatia. While on tour, he often knitted dolls (Izzy Dolls) for children. His mother and others continued this tradition and to date over two million Izzy Dolls have been sent to children in conflict zones.

Youtube comment of the day: "Bourgeois channel telling bourgeois stories."

"Briefly based" Another much more accurate way of saying this is that the Continental Army invaded and captured Montreal in 1775. The disastrous attempt to take Quebec City, a smallpox outbreak, dwindling supplies and no support from locals sent them back south by 1776.

“Mother, I've weighed the risks - which I prefer to living in a world dominated by Nazis. Bill" Thank god for Bill and so many more like him (Pic from @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social on X)

Happy Loyalist Day (celebrated in Ontario by the descendants of the Americans who wanted to stay with the British and fled the US revolution into Canada)!

Perhaps a (very faint) silver lining from Trump losing to Iran is that maybe he might now accept that Ukraine is capable of forcing Russia to accept a deal too. But maybe I am being too optimistic.

Youtube comment of the day: "This documentary clearly shows how obviously the fabricated history taught in Turkish schools was written by the British."

Youtube comment of the day: "The [Bolsheviks] is the exact kind of regime that University students want brought in, primarily because their lecturers have convinced them 'how marvelous it is.'"

WC: Grew up on the family pig farm. MC: Have a degree in Modern History from the University of Vienna.

Youtube comment of the day: "We SHOULD have Ignored Saddam for a few years, and dropped 150,000-200,000 soldiers on ONLY Afghanistan."

Youtube comment of the day: "We SHOULD have Ignored Saddam for a few years, and dropped 150,000-200,000 soldiers on ONLY Afghanistan."

Just a friendly reminder. If the US had taken only a small fraction of the money and military equipment it has squandered fighting and losing to Iran, and instead helped Ukraine, the Middle East would be more stable and Russia would be facing defeat.

Meilleur titre d'article en histoire militaire Via @v-h-t.bsky.social Bientôt dans le fil de l'épée 🏹

WC: Grew up on the family pig farm. MC: Have a degree in Modern History from the University of Vienna.

Byron Rawson was a decorated pilot who flew 51 missions over Europe and achieved the rank of Wing Commander. He survived the war, but the war did not leave him and he ended his own life soon after he returned home. This is his story. 📸 McMaster Honour Roll Project 🧵 1/8

Youtube comment of the day: "The [Bolsheviks] is the exact kind of regime that University students want brought in, primarily because their lecturers have convinced them 'how marvelous it is.'"

I find his 1915 work of the same title more compelling.

Youtube comment of the day: "thats [Gallipoli] wat happens when you rely on Australia lol."

We've started a new series on the Russian Civil War(s)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6F1...

Youtube comment of the day: "This documentary clearly shows how obviously the fabricated history taught in Turkish schools was written by the British."

ALLEZ LE CANADA 🇨🇦 LFG!!!!

We've started a new series on the Russian Civil War(s)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6F1...

#OTDiH 12 June 1915, it was not only practical for French officers to buy & wear items of British military clothing - especially those designed for wet weather (recognition of British expert knowledge based on the climate in the rain-soaked isles they inhabited) - it was also considered chic. #1GM

Here's some hockey history. Gordie Howe vs Wayne Gretzky in the WHA semi-finals, April 27 1979. The Oilers won the game 5-9, and went on to lose to the Winnipeg Jets in the finals. This was the final season before the WHA merged with the NHL Shot on Super8 film #Film #History #Hockey #NHL

This is wild: essentially every LLM—ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini—keeps using the same character when asked to make up a story, a guy called 'Elias Thorne'. He appears so much it's impacting Google Trends data and the self-published book market. Now we might know why www.404media.co/elias-thorne...

Youtube comment of the day: "thats [Gallipoli] wat happens when you rely on Australia lol."

Over the coming months, lots of people will post about Alberta separatism to make money. Some of this can easily be coopted by states to advance their interests, and in some cases, we might well see state-backed campaigns. Buckle up. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

wake up prosecutor babe, a new search history to use against idiot criminals just dropped.

Youtube comment of the day: “Is there a three bullet point summary? This is why kids don’t identify with history class.”

Plaque marking the site of the former Sportpalast where Goebbels gave his total war speech. Now the courtyard of an apartment complex.

SWW memorial in a cemetery in Ceske Budejovice.

Kaiser Karl in a church in Ceske Budejovice

Model of Austro-Hungarian battleship Sankt Isztvan and diagramme of how it sank. Exhibition at Komarom, Hungary.

Painting of Hungarian troops, no other info. Sardinian War? Austro-Prussian War? 1848-49 revolution?

1945 graves in a Berlin cemetery.

Youtube comment of the day: “Hitler invaded the USSR after finding out the USA was helping the USSR build 20 000 tanks to overrun then divide Europe with.”

Flak towers in Vienna. Left, combat tower. Right, control tower.

Visegrad castle overlooking the Danube in Hungary.

"Le monde est devenu grand. Avoir des idées sommaires, mais claires et justes, sur la société chinoise, sur l’Inde et sur l’Islam importe aujourd’hui davantage à un futur citoyen français que de connaître avec beaucoup de précision l’histoire diplomatique du XVIIIe" Marc Bloch avait tout dit en 1921

The Lord of the Rings – sheer masterpiece or just meh? Readers and experts are still divided. It's high time we changed that. So I’m beginning a doctorate on how world war shaped Tolkien’s epic story. Read on… tinyurl.com/lotr-dphil #tolkien #lotr #phd

Flak towers in Vienna. Left, combat tower. Right, control tower.

Youtube comment of the day: “Hitler invaded the USSR after finding out the USA was helping the USSR build 20 000 tanks to overrun then divide Europe with.”

A bird's nest in built almost entirely from discarded fiber-optic drone cable.