Today in 1949, the US Atomic Energy Commission and US Air Force conducted a secret experiment at the Hanford Reservation in Washington State, exposing thousands of people living downwind to dangerous levels of radioactive iodine-131 and xenon-133 from freshly-irradiated or “green” uranium fuel.

Day 2 of the #ChurchillsSpaniards Advent Calendar. Did you know that Spaniards fought in the British Army in Normandy in 1944? Find out more in the book, available here 👇🏽 www.helion.co.uk/military-his... #ContinuingtheFight #Advent

Día 2 del calendario...¿Sabías que hubo españoles luchando en el ejército británico durante la #SegundaGuerraMundial? Como dice #JacintoAntón en su excelente artículo en #elpais 👇🏽 elpais.com/cultura/2025-0…#EspañolesContraElNazismomo en librerías y aquí 👇�� planetadelibros.com/libro-espanole�e…

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The WW1 French FCM 1A Heavy Tank had everything. Lots of armour, multiple machine guns, a 105 mm howitzer, turret, and decent speed. It also initially has perhaps the ugliest ever cupola. Images c.1917/1918. #tanks #WW1

🤖Ground robotic systems of the 93rd Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, used to evacuate their damaged counterparts from the battlefield and recover downed drones for repairs.

The Saunders-Roe (Saro) Lerwick (1938) was intended to replace obsolescent biplane flying boats and operate alongside, or even supersede, the Short Sunderland. In the event, numerous issues with the aircraft resulted in only 21 being produced. Of these, 11 were lost in accidents. 📷 IWM CH 499 🧵1/8

Studies of Italian bombshell Sophia Loren. #caricatur #art

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Ukrainian forces released videos of the operation against the two oilers Kairo and Virat in the Black Sea which tried to reach the Russian coast. The message is clear: If you are a shipowner trying to get Russian oil, expect that you will lose your whole ship.

Below is the ‘Black Friday Deal’ from all small businesses: - we care - we have fun - we bring originality - we are more sustainable - we love our customers - we pay tax - we create - we still exist

@alliedarmour.bsky.social Hi Chris, found that by chance buried in my disk and thought you may find it interesting...

The Westland Welkin (1942) was designed to counter sorties by high altitude Luftwaffe bombers over Britain. In the event, this threat was short-lived and existing fighters proved able to perform the same role. 67 aircraft were completed, but none saw operational use. 📷 militarymatters.online 🧵1/6

El último tren de viajeros que circula con vapor entre Castejón y Alsasua con la Mikado 141F, el segundo furgón era el famoso FFF, estación de Castejón de Ebro primavera de 1973. Foto: Ricard Ricon Serra #EuropaTren #instarailtren #Renfe #VaporenEspaña #Mikado #Navarra

"If it weren’t for Ukraine, Russian tanks would already be in Poland. For four years, Ukraine has been fighting for all of Europe, and we are still debating whether to admit it to NATO." - Kasparov criticized NATO at the International Security Forum in Halifax.

Last year we hosted a visit from Revell to scan our Meteor T7 & Meteor FR9 (Mod) aircraft for their new 1/32nd scale Meteor F8 – a few kits have just landed in the #NAMshop as a thank you for the lowing the access! They’re going fast!! www.newarkairmuseum.org/plan-your-vi...

Ape. 1976. Dir: Paul Leder Uhhh @chopperfireball.bsky.social do you have this in the archives? 👀

The Stranger (1946) Directed and (although uncredited) co-written by Orson Welles. The film was nominated for the Golden Lion (then-called the Grand International Prize) at the 8th Venice International Film Festival. #Noirvember #FilmNoir

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Sometimes a change can be good. A while back I drew these RAF tankers, a Bedford QL (Imperial War Museum, Duxford) & AEC Matador (Yorkshire Air Museum). #pencil #drawing

THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) #Noirvember #filmsky Both actor/director John Huston & star Sterling Hayden were members of the Committee for the First Amendment, which stood against the blacklisting of alleged Communists in the film industry. Huston was not a communist but Hayden had been.

This weekend, I visited Lincoln. This city was the "birthplace of the tank", so I did some exploration. South of the centre is where Foster's of Lincoln stood. Its Wellington Foundry in Firth Road was the centre of tank development in 1915-16. Little Willie & Mother were designed & built here. 1/

Dalida versionando Flamenco de Los Brincos en Studio Uno en 1966. Fantasía. youtu.be/3Lxe2RdGzx0?...

We destroy BMWs for fun and will NEVER get bored of it. #WorldBollardAssociation😏

Following the occupation of France by Germany during WWII, the Free French Air Force (FAFL) opened aviation schools in North Africa. Here in 1945, a bomber school equipped with LeO-451s whose fuselages had been sanded down by the desert sand, revealing the fuselage aluminium © Images défense

Read how these tanks were used in the Battle of Moscow and later campaigns in my book, British Tanks of the Red Army. www.amazon.com/British-Tank... tankmuseumshop.org/products/bri...

Here's a🧵about the San Francisco Egg Wars of the 1800s. It has bloody gunfights, marauding pirates, a bunch of (literally) batshit deaths & some nasty looking eggs...

This was such a fun photo to set up, taken by Thomas Reiter through a sleep station window on Mir. The sun was so bright we were all squinting like crazy. But I love how it shows the texture of the Shuttle's rough, protective hide, and the glimpse of humanity (and my moustache) against the universe.

Charlton Heston seen here in the Orson Welles 🇺🇸American crime thriller film “TOUCH OF EVIL” (1958) with co-stars Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff and Marlene Dietrich 🎬 Universal-International 🎞 #Noirvember

HMHS Britannic sank on this day in 1916. She had left Southampton on 12 November but hit a mine in the Aegean Sea nine days later. Thirty people died. Among the survivors were Violet Jessop, Arthur Priest, and Archie Jewell, who had all survived the sinking of Britannic’s sister, Titanic, in 1912.

Absolutely gorgeous bookmail today, @ianmcque.bsky.social’s Mileships: a narrative art book of in-universe articles and journals, mixed with sketches and notes.

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Today's exciting post? Mileships, the highly anticipated art book by @ianmcque.bsky.social with accompanying texts by @rossignol.bsky.social - supported the kickstarter for this, a no brainer, been loving Ian's weird ships (and everything else) for years.

#OTD in 1953, Scott Crossfield was the first man to break the Mach 2 barrier in Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket #37974 NACA-144. Crossfield reached Mach 2.005, which was 25% beyond the aircraft's original design intention. Scott Crossfield was a badass. #aviation #avgeek #flying #records

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Astonishing and grotesque statement by Trump.

Took these in September and forgot all about them

Iconographie des conifères Paris: Librairie des sciences naturelles: [1912-1914]. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57151408) #nature #illustration #art

Released #OTD in 1975 #filmsky

The parisianer by Vincent Mahé. Jardin du Luxembourg ⛵ #paris #illustration #art #design

Mr Leduc's beautiful silver bird, the 010. Excerpt from the cover of Aviation Magazine No. 27, 1951.

ME: Define “to have nerves of steel”. FRENCH NAVY RAFALE PILOT:

The Trabant is tiny but it looks nice and I have some left over gas cylinders for colour…

For those of you who haven't seen them yet, here's a selection of sample pages from our latest digital build guide, "Building the Italeri MC.202 Folgore in 1/32 Scale", by John Kim. #scalemodels #histscalemodels #italeri #macchi #folgore #mc202 www.klp.com.au/product/buil...

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