THREAD - Long thread on civil defence and resilience. Hopefully interesting. This was originally posted on Twitter in 2021 and formed the basis of an article in Policing Insight. Updates added. We're in different times! #civildefence #UKresilience

Interesting read. Agree with almost all of the points made. Resilience is key and receives insufficient attention in the UK. I've written about this same area and did a couple of threads at the other place. Intend to update and put on here soon.

📣 Save the date! The next conference of the Society for the History of War will take place at the University of Limerick, Ireland 🇮🇪 🗓 26–27 November 2026 Historians of war, conflict, and violence - mark your calendars!! 📄 Call for Papers coming soon!

Policy is the continuation of war by other means... What the actual...

I wonder if the dog was a Husky?

“national security vetting has largely been a car crash for the past decade.” @mtsavill.bsky.social quoted in @politico.eu.

Now play Remember Me (Niche) #totp

Ah Sir Oswald.... (But yeah, great song. Art not the arist) Also, that's virtually all of the Smiths. #totp

Suddenly, you realise there was a whole other 1978. Awesome. #Totp

French prosecutors raid Paris offices of X, issues summons to Musk and Yaccarino www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#OnThisDay (27 Jan 1916) The Military Service Act gains Royal Assent, bringing conscription to Great Britain for the first time. The Act required single men aged 18-41 to serve. Around 2.5 million men were ultimately conscripted. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

That's clearly paperback reader, not writer. come on, be more literal! #totp

457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan. Trump avoided military service 5 times. How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.

AFCON final, Sen v Mar looking like it'll be a cracker. 'Great game for the neutral' etc.

We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026! Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies. For any questions please contact [email protected]

Fascinating to see the return of the Donativium. Of course, never a guarantee of anything (and frequently far more generous). Deranged or useless emperors still came unstuck. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donativum

This. Our boundless faith in, and reliance on, what are relatively fragile technologies, is frightening. Real resilience has to be developed.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton delivered his first Annual Defence Lecture as Chief of the Defence Staff at RUSI yesterday. Key focus: building national resilience through a whole of society approach. Read more on our website: https://bit.ly/3YuToxb

Fascinating and very timely article from Professor Sheffield.

Some observations on this amazing footage. Tremendous work from the ITN team involved.

Recently digitised. ITN raw footage of the Romanian revolution in 1989. Incredible. m.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Ei...

3⃣ If digital technology is transforming battlefields, why are these innovations not leading to decisive victories? @natedfallen.bsky.social suggests that if both sides can adopt and adapt technology, "bombs and brains, not ones and zeros, determine the victor."

#OTD 85 years ago, Dec 9th, 1940, Operation COMPASS commences.

World Cup draw. Oh my Lord. Shambolic (and classic Numberwang).

The German interior minister has inaugurated today a new unit of the federal police in charge of drone countermeasures. www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/p...

‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Die Dokumentarfilmerin, Fotografin und Malerin Ella Bergmann-Michel wurde beim Dreh ihres Films in Frankfurt a. M. über nationalsozialistische Propaganda zur Reichstagswahl vom 6. November 1932 verhaftet. "Wahlkampf 1932 (Die letzte Wahl)" blieb ein Fragment und ihr letzter Film. 🧵

Just like #genAI in general, upscaling means hallucination. It doesn't operate in the realm of factual truth and historical authenticity, but rather produces probable, more or less plausible versions of what could have been. Its application to historical content is a form of destruction of knowledge

There is still time to enter the Midland History essay prize £400 first prize and opportunity to publish in a peer reviewed journal Closing date for entries 31 October 🎃 #phd #ecr #postgrad

🚨🧵New RUSI Report, 'Emergent Approaches to Combined Arms Manoeuvre in Ukraine' by Jack Watling is out now!

Disturbing but essential reading.

Today's the 959th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. As viewers of King and Conqueror will know, William was able to surprise Harold by crossing the Channel in his hovercraft, and the English king was already exhausted, having recently seen off a Martian invasion.

Excellent thread on some of the murky background to the Barrowman/ Mone story.

Spent much of today in and around the Eagle's Nest.. No! Not that one.

˙ Bis zu 450.000 Polen haben im Zweiten Weltkrieg in der deutschen Wehrmacht gedient. Lange galten sie als Landesverräter – doch die historische Wahrheit ist komplizierter. Das zeigt eine Ausstellung in Danzig. Von Jacek Lepiarz für die Deutsche Welle. . www.dw.com/de/polen-die...

Bit of Friday Romanitas. Ruins of the Roman bathhouse at Ravenglass.

🚨🧵New RUSI paper, ‘Following the Fraud: The Role of Money Mule’ by @kathrynwestmore.bsky.social and Allison Owen is out now!

Slightly diminish a band name. Spoon of Destiny

Had a wander round NAM once I was done in the Templer Centre. Couple of things caught my eye.