There's a lot of bad in the world right now. But @tealcartoons.bsky.social and I have a new kids' book coming out called DEAD ENDS that reminds us that failure isn't just inevitable but essential to success. There are a limited number of SIGNED copies from @mysteriousbookshop.com - shorturl.at/1A9CS

Cliché Fernsehturm and Ampelmännchen

What you must remember is this fool suggested drinking bleach or shining bright lights into you to cure COVID. He’s an idiot.

Prost from Berlin. Here until Sunday. So far literally everyone I’ve encountered speaks English. So far managed to use bitte and danke correctly.

Please: if you have Indefinite Leave to Remain and are eligible for citizenship, apply now. In 2015, I went through a terrible divorce. I was on a marriage visa, and my ex reported me as illegally in the UK in order to get me deported. It was VERY scary. Your rights can disappear in a flash.

@kejamieson.bsky.social you may not recall we discussed this snack a wee while ago. Found at Glasgow Airport. I haven’t had these for more years than I care to admit.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and assert that if Trump or his gimp RFK are saying this, then it’s bullsh*t. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Friend of a friend is looking for a home for what they describe as a ‘spicy poly historical fiction piece’ - does anyone know of a potential market for that kind of thing? Thanks. Any ideas @miseryvulture.bsky.social @anna-orridge.bsky.social ?

Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.

The Reform right like the MAGA right are completely fact averse and know that they can bullshit their way to power because their followers simply don't care about truth. That's the threat this country faces, and it strikes me that our media are ill equipped to tackle it and failing us all.

Have you enjoyed this week’s Patreon episode? 🎧✨ Support the author, and me 📚❤️ by buying a copy of "No Friend to this House" by @nataliehaynes.bsky.social through the History Rage Bookshop! 📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10... 🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/post... #History

The editors on that planned Sinclair documentary got through about 10 minutes of this sort of footage and went, ummm.

#histbookchat. I have the OG edition, I recommend it to you. And @waitmanwbeorn.com other books Marching into Darkness and Between the Wires. Read beyond the well known KZs.

Who is good on BlueSky on the subject of 1945- today naval warfare?

My book "On Freedom," the case for the value of freedom and a proposal for a better future, with a new foreword accounting for where we are today, will be out in paperback October 28th. timothysnyder.org/on-freedom

From FOOTBALL AMERICA! With the rise of Baker Mayfield - combined w Sam Darnold's career turnaround - where does the 2018 Draft QB class rank against those in 1983 & 2004? @lebatardshow.bsky.social @dknetwork.bsky.social -> youtu.be/KOp5eW48MDM?...

Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash. Pam Bondi knew. Kash Patel knew. Emil Bove knew. And they made the investigation go away. A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.

When I binned off Twitter in 2023 I lost quite a large platform of genuine followers. I’m not one for a social media grift, but if you’re on Instagram (yes I know, another poisonous place for different reasons!) please do look me up. A girls gotta promote her book to pay her bills 🙃

In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration

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🚨 NEXT WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS🚨 ✈️ From Hollywood myths to engineering genius — aviation historian Paul Beaver rages against the legends around R.J. Mitchell and the Spitfire. Get this early release at: www.patreon.com/historyrage Or join on Apple #HistoryRage #WWII #Spitfire #AviationHistory

@navalairhistory.com I was updating my calendar for December. I must say I really like this picture.

Recommend @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social's The Hiroshima Men - much more than a tale of August 6, 1945, weaving the story of key individuals involved in building, delivering, and surviving the bomb. Also recommend reading John Hersey's original article: www.newyorker.com/magazine/194... #histbookchat

I'm seeing posts on social media that today is the anniversary of one famous bomber pilot's death during the war. 15 other men were killed flying with Bomber Command on 19 Sept 1944, including John Lees (RCAF), Robert Emrose (RAAF), and William Woods (RAAF). @nmtdambusters.bsky.social

Use only water or fresh air on tear gas or pepper spray. No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye. Thank me later, An actual expert

Today’s Substack is up and it’s a feature based on the Philippines ‘45 talk I gave last weekend at We Have Ways Fest 5. If you weren’t able to get there, take a look! achurchill.substack.com/p/article-ph...

In addition to my paintings, my website has a couple of my linocut prints. Here's my print of Westwick Arch, the former gateway to Westwick House, Norfolk, demolished to make way for road widening. It's available to order, here: timgodden.co.uk/shop/p/westw... #linocut #art

FOOTBALL AMERICA! Time to get RIGHT for Wk3 - A legit star turn from Nick Kostos forecasting the 5 biggest games - Drip Drill: @mikeryanruiz.bsky.social & I rank the AFC West getups - Baker for MVP(?)! @lebatardshow.bsky.social 🎧: tinyurl.com/ymvwr42n 🎧: tinyurl.com/bdkvzmtw 📺: tinyurl.com/muhfd44r

Truly, these numbers matter to Disney this is why they always have promotions for the Parks & Cruise Line that are only for Disney+ subscribers. They've worked real hard to beef up those numbers. Make them work hard to get them back.

Thanks @sarahbool.bsky.social for raising this in Parliament. I’m not in active cancer treatment, but I nearly ran out of vital meds and almost missed an MRI—which flagged something needing biopsy. Post-cancer checks are critical. I'd hate for those with less resources to get in a similar situation.

Afternoon all

Off out on my bike.

Another top pod from @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social. Marvel as Merryn slips seamlessly from Antipodean to RP. Once again a pleasure to catch up with Merryn and Andy at WHWFF.

Want to learn more about why Wehraboos exist? Check it out! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

The result of #ChurchillsSpaniards is both a military and human history: one that illuminates the personal sacrifices of men who fought for a country not their own, in pursuit of a cause larger than national boundaries. Paperback 👇🏽 www.helion.co.uk/military-his...

In his new movie is Leonardo DiCaprio channel his inner @waitmanwbeorn.com?

UK media immediately declared the Eurozone Crisis a final step towards the EU's impending doom yet is far less willing to engage with the potentially fatal consequences the America Crisis might have for the United States

This is such a good story!!

Books make the best gifts… but why stop there? 🎁✨ Our gift pages are full of lovely extras - candles, cards, mugs, notebooks & more. We even sell locally made chocolate and shortbread. Perfect little treasures to bundle with your next great read 🎁✨ foxlanebooks.co.uk/gift-page

Exactly this

@dameshek.bsky.social I see the cowardly, supine ABC pulled Kimmel off air. Shameful. I recommend Canada while you still can.

On this date in 1939, the USSR invaded Poland in cooperation with its ally, Nazi Germany. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...

ALAAARRRMM!!! Loads of people have been asking where they can get their hands on a NMTD t-shirt, like the one Jane wore at We Have Ways Fest last weekend. We are delighted to announce we now have MERCH!! Never Mind the Dambusters Merchandise is now available at never-mind-the-dambusters.teemill.com

She looks absurd and he looks utterly baffled.

@normagraham.bsky.social from @lmbd1418.bsky.social new book Jungle Warriors. As an aside on the DJ, Lucy is the absolute dead spit of her Great Grandmother in Ice Cold in Alex.

I'm super honored to announce that my book, Between the Wires: The Janowska Camp and the Holocaust in Lviv has won the Pritsak Book Prize from the Association of Slavic and Eastern European Studies!

No idea where my colleague’s lunch is going or at what speed

Hello! In this week's episode we talk to Adam Hart about his new book, OPERATION PIMENTO. Adam shares details of his journey from Switzerland to Spain, tracing the steps of his Great-grandfather, a bomber pilot who evaded capture with help from the Resistance. www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

#OTD in 1944, Operation Market Garden began. The plan to bypass German defences of the Siegfried Line and get across the Rhine failed. The video linked below looks at why it failed and the consequences. The Failure of Operation Market Garden and It's Consequences youtu.be/tUxrgeS2nZs?...