Recommend to me songs about the Cold War. Looking to put a list together for something. Reposts appreciated!

I remember a time when "crypto-fascist" used to mean a fascist hiding their bigotry. Now it means a fascist, open about their bigotry, and funded by crypto.

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Still chuckling about this. You can bet your life Derek from Reform came with his chest puffed out into a Local Authority meeting, thinking he would be able to sort out this nonsense, get the Union flag raised outside the Town Hall and still have time for a couple of rounds of golf after lunch.

Derek meets Yvonne, who has worked across 5 different local government departments and earned her Masters degree while raising 4 kids. 'That's all very well. If you slash the social care budget any further I can guarantee we will have a veteran dying in his own excrement within a month.'

Lots of places where you could clearly run it more efficiently, but to do that you’d have to spend more in the short-term and you can’t do that because there’s no money. Nobody talks about how much “public sector waste” is what happens when everyone’s been overworked & underpaid for way too long.

A really fun alternate take on the Second World War for aviation fans.

Louisiana is 33% Black and has six congressional districts. Yet in the past 149 years, they've just had 4 Black congressmen. All of whom are still alive. And that's too many for Louisiana's white Republican leaders.

Remember how when Blu-ray came out, every movie you bought included a DVD and a digital copy? I need book publishers to start doing that. When I buy a new book, I want to get a hardcover for my shelf plus the Kindle edition. #booksky

'Your society's broken. So who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, let's blame the people with no power and no money and immigrants who don't even have a vote yet. Yeah, it must be their fucking fault.' - Iain Banks

nice to watch and take a look I like the "Rafale" very much but never understand the difference to the "Eurofighter" what do you think?

I trained as a graphic designer, which is why I particularly appreciate the little graphic details on aeroplanes; and when it comes to Dassault aircraft, the different fonts used for the names are particularly elegant. © Dassault

They were starved, beaten, marched across continents - yet never broken. The Undefeated reveals the real stories of Allied POWs in WWII, told in their own words. Not myth. Not film. Reality. The photographs show their faces. This book tells their story. 📖 Discover The Undefeated

it’s worth reading every word of this brilliant, excoriating column by Fraser Nelson

So today, £5million-giftboy, Farage bins his planned appearance on #bbclaurak But as soon as he wants scrutiny-free attention, he’ll be back. How dare he use the media when it suits him and shun it when it doesn’t. No one wanting power should have that kind of control over their own accountability.

My latest books cartoon for the @theguardian.com

Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

This landed!

How fast is the MiG-23?🧵 Probably the only thing the MiG-23 ever managed to impress with, was its speed and acceleration, with the wings swept back the 72° position. But just how fast could it fly?

Guarding #NATO Northern Flank - how the Swedish Air Force is Iceland's newest air defenders #avgeek www.aerosociety.com/news/cold-wa...

Al Cheesman was a legend of the air in Canada. A famed bush pilot, he navigated not only the Canadian Arctic but also took his aerial skills to Antarctica. During the war, he spent his time hunting submarines from the air. This is his story. 📸 RAM of WC 🧵 1/10

Awesome!!

So they got this bit wrong then?

New flight attendant fashion exhibit at Seattle's Museum of Flight incudes the "caterpillar" uniform and one made of paper. stuckattheairport.com/2026/04/25/f... #aviation

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We shared with you the top 10 fighters at low altitude, but now we shove the throttle wide open, pull back firmly on the stick, and feel the aircraft surge upward as we tackle the Top 10 Fighters of the Second World War (High Altitude Edition) hushkit.substack.com/p/top-10-fig...

If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.

A good interview with a politician who has first hand experience of the challenges faced by SEND children and carers. I respect Robert Buckland’s stance and honesty about the potential reforms and hope his voice is heard.

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“Are you a flight attendant?” I unexpectedly had to run an errand after work today so I was in uniform, and a group of high school girls I came across asked me this question. “No, I’m a pilot in the Air Force.” They stopped in their tracks and stared at me.

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Jessica Watkins was assigned the position of Commander on Crew-13 yesterday. Not only will she be the first #NASA astronaut to fly the Dragon capsule twice, but she will be the first woman of colour to command a space mission! (Photo by: Robert Markowitz)

My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with historian Kathy Grant. We speak about the promise she made to her father, Owen Rowe (pictured), to preserve Canada's Black veteran stories - and what that looks like. legionmagazine.com/historian-ka... 📸 Black Canadian Veterans Stories

[April 22nd, 1946] The 1946 Nice Grand Prix (officially the V Grand Prix de Nice) was held through the street circuit of Nice, France. It is often cited as the first major Grand Prix held after World War II and, by some sources, as the first official race run to Formula 1 regulations.

Alot of masking and painting on the MK Vb. Time consuming but the results are worth it. #kitoff90

Trumpeter 1/32 EE Lightning, cut and shut with 5mm added to the fuselage to correct the flaw in the original kit.

This video of a Ukrainian Yak-52 crew taking down drones with a shotgun is incredible, but the music is deeply, and profoundly inappropriate. There was really only one option. So I've fixed it.

Speaking of pilots shooting down enemy drones; this gun camera footage, taken from a Hawker Tempest flown by New Zealander Flight Lieutenant Jim McCaw, shows a German V-1 flying bomb being shot down with cannon fire in July 1944. Film: IWM OPE 1 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Nigel Farage earns over a million pounds a year. Still claims £160,900 in expenses (benefits) Moans about people abusing benefits. But not himself, of course.

Population of London Compared To Big US Cities brilliantmaps.com/london-vs...

Andy Kershaw: Former Radio 1 DJ and Live Aid presenter dies aged 66

A reminder, the security services advised Theresa May Johnson was a security risk before she appointed him Foreign Secretary, they advised against giving Lebedev a peerage, he got one, Johnson misled (lied to you and me) about what he knew about Pincher when he made him Deputy Chief Whip.

1/ The Russian MOD's reported decision to block the supply of drones to frontline troops and reserve them solely for the Unmanned Systems Forces continues to cause consternation among Russian warbloggers. Former drone pilot Andrey Filatov predicts disastrous consequences. ⬇️

The Grumman F7F Tigercat (1943) resulted from a U.S. Navy requirement for a twin-engined multi-role fighter to operate from the large Midway-Class carriers then under development. Fast and heavily armed, the F7F arrived too late to see combat in World War Two, but did serve in Korea. 📷 Italeri 🧵1/7

My History 1914-1945 students are creating memes as a final extra credit exercise: some choice examples to follow.

I have some concerns with the choice of picture for this story from BBC News

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