I think the Gardeners World presenter, Monty Don is great. He's a genuinely nice and totally respectable man with good morals. However, in the highly unlikely event that a tabloid newspaper caught him snorting coke off a hooker's tits, I think I would admire him even more.

New episode of the @holocaustpod.bsky.social! EPISODE #80!!! And it's a really interesting one!

Palate cleanser after my last post, the Cobra Chicken: www.nfb.ca/film/hinterl...

<Rant and profanity warning> So what do I see on Instagram this a.m.? A bunch of stupid young fucks cosplaying - sorry - "reenacting" as Nazis. 12th HJ like all the cool kids? No, fucking Dirlewanger in the Warsaw Uprising. Learn some fucking history you stupid fucks <sorry for the swearing eh?🍁>

As of today, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has gone on longer than the First World War.

Just for you @James

Bugger. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"The Edge of Night" A crime drama daytime soap opera, I remember my mum watching this (in b&w of course) while doing the ironing.

Just a reminder, here is my website, it is full of articles, reviews and me crying and stamping my massive feet about history stuff. fakehistoryhunter.net Several (but not yet all) of my articles can also be found here, just in case you don't like wordpress: substack.com/@fakehistory...

A thousand volumes? The scent and touch of paper Captive under glass

Share an iconic movie or TV house or building. A followed by B. Context - In Canada we didn't get a lot of Thames TV programming so their intro card is forever linked to this series - for me at least.

I'm just going to drop this here. www.youtube.com/shorts/Cckq1...

It's Friday morning so.... www.youtube.com/shorts/ZseOJ...

ACAA* my latest for @newscientist.com *a cartoon about abbreviations

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

Normandy in 1/72.

Normandy in 1/72.

Some say one of these is a modern forgery but I disagree, these are clearly the same picture:

They have a preserve in Antioch, California, and the local utility boxes are decorated with them 8-bit style.

Poem written between Crewe and Derby called I Love the Bones of Crewe #poetry #travel #train

1) Why do Russian soldiers seem to commit violence with impunity, and how does Russian propaganda help them get away with it? New research piece out now 🧵👇

It's very good.

In case you missed the best thing to come out of Quebec since chip truck poutine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=akGG...

Same, and also Godzilla

Hard mode is easy mode

It was this.

I Feel Seen. TBF we have a "nice" spare bedroom with a made up bed. We also have my man cave full of WWII stuff, trains and a 3D printer and my wife's room full of her witchy things, animal bones and art supplies and of course one wall of the living is a bookcase. www.youtube.com/shorts/7Kv0y...

Missed Issue #1? There's still a free PDF download for that, too. #Comics #TheLibrary

Well these are rather good!

Good news: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The legendary game designer, distributor, and publisher Louis Zocchi has left us at the age of 91. He founded Zocchi Distribution (the first distributor dedicated exclusively to hobby games) and Gamescience (which made games and polyhedral dice).

Holy shit, I did a literal spit take with this one.

Looking for any starter packs or lists for discussing Canadian military history. Missing chatting with all you folks who follow @otdmilhistory.bsky.social. I'm doing a deep dive on 4th Armoured and I have General questions... C'mon Foulkes or is it Vokes? 😉

Slept for nearly 10.5 hours. Obviously I needed it.

Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.

Children of the Emperor - Meet your ancestor:

Share your dog pics!

The world is stupid, but I just watched a squirrel break into a car in the parking lot below me, steal a package of crackers, and escape to a nearby tree. So at least somebody is winning.

Some good news - fantastic news for me to be honest. I am no longer diabetic or even pre-diabetic (type 2)! Take care of your health - it is worth it!

For here, am I sitting in a tin can Far, above the world Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do AKA Mandatory return to office day - for collaboration and team building - I'm in a room by myself waiting for my third teams call of the day....

#wargaming #Nerdlings #spreadthelard #navalwargaming Overview of Hotlead 2026 with lots of pictures rabbitsinmybasement.blogspot.com/2026/03/hotl...

Gridfinity is a popular open source 3D printed organization and workflow system. It also does dungeon tiles.

Fo no reason at all..... youtu.be/v5x4yVkjNjQ?...

Blood sugar 4.9 this morning, a big change from 6.5 when I started this journey 7 months ago. Now to breakfast.

Name your fav book-to-movie film The book was dire - the film superb

@splicedpersonality.bsky.social Happy St. Patrick's Day

Accurate...

So, it's my Saint's Day. Happy however you celebrate it.