Coming out in spring by Jonathan Parshall

I've FINALLY got around to including The Invisible Campaign in the online store on my own website. If you'd like to order a signed copy direct from me, here's where to do it: www.justcuriousjane.com/store-buy-bo...

We are delighted to announce that Ike's Last Battle: The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket, April 1945, is available now. Don't miss this intriguing account of the crucial engagement that destroyed the last major German force in Western Europe. Get it here: getbook.at/IkesLastBattle #WW2 #HistBookChat #WWII

Only a short time left for the Cold War books sale! Select titles are 25% Off with code S25-CW at checkout. 💻️: https://tinyurl.com/nncxyj7s #coldwar #coldwarbooks #militarybooksale

A @barnthorn.bsky.social book that slipped through the net - a history of a largely forgotten war of empire in Canada. 📚 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 #histbookchat

Just finished reading 'The Survivor' about Scruffy's extraordinary life. What a story! #Histbookchat

The Great Escape is one of the most famous movies from the 1960s. Based off a true story, the film greatly exaggerated American involvement. In reality, one of the main figures of the escape was Canadian, along with the 150 Canadians who assisted. This is the story. 🧵 1/12

Having read "1945: The Reckoning by @philmcraig.bsky.social, I thought I would revisit Bernstein's "China 1945" to carry on the theme. Highly recommended for those who've come across the "Who lost China?" question and want to explore in more depth. #histbookchat #ww2 #sww #booksky

When you're in a car speeding towards a cliff ( #climatecrisis ), do you: a) Step on the gas. b) Pull on the emergency brake.

"Many of the same analysts...are still on TV...pushing the narrative that Russia is just too big and powerful to be defeated. It is as if we haven’t processed the fact that the far more powerful U.S. military failed to win in Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan..."

And this is our cover briefing. "Western countries are conscious that China and Russia are testing them, but unsure or, in some cases, in outright disagreement about how to respond. That is presumably one of the aims of such actions." www.economist.com/briefing/202...

Just a reminder for Czech readers, even if it won’t have an impact: Babiš and ANO are part of Orbán’s Patriots for Europe, a traitorous pro-Russian group in the European Parliament. A vote for Babiš is a vote for Putin’s favored candidate, and for Putin

"We have been strikingly bad at a fundamental tenet of intelligence analysis - assessing the capability and spirit of foreign fighters. It is a flaw that needs to be remedied as we face challenges across the Taiwan strait."

Corporate socialism for the most profitable corporations, heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes, floods for the rest of us. Who does your government work for, represent? A death cult?

🇩🇰🛳️ Russian warships have repeatedly sailed on collision courses, aimed weapons at Danish naval vessels and disrupted navigation systems in Denmark's straits that connect the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, - Reuters

"What has been happening is that Western politicians have in effect been prioritising the defence of Russian tax payer assets at the expense of their own tax payer dollars, euros or pounds. This should be an absolute scandal."

🇷🇺 🇬🇧 #Russia is attempting to jam UK military satellites on a regular basis, according to the head of UK Space Command. www.bloomberg.com/en/news/thp/... Archive: archive.is/EnXVt

"If we do not fund Ukraine adequately it is at risk of losing this war...Imagine tens of millions of Ukrainians moving West, think then of the social, economic and political impact of that. Think then of the...need...for Europe to massively increase defence spending...immediately."

Sigh. Must we continue to live through this terrible Groundhog Day movie? This pipeline debate is so tiring & distracting. The oil & gas industry – and its shills in govt like Danielle Smith – keep us forever re-prosecuting fights we have already won. 🧵... thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Having dragged out the war from giving Russia time to adapt, escalation management has increased the cost of the war, while the US has cut support. Good discussion here how in the EU, that is forcing the seized Central Bank of Russia assets issue to fund Ukraine's defense 👇🏼

This is what happens with "escalation management". It gives Russia time to adapt, dragging the war on further.

A sandwich is a sandwich, but a Chicken Naanwich is a very flavourful, creative change that Those Indian Guys want you to taste for the @vanfoodster.bsky.social Best Sandwich Challenge 2025. Available daily 11am-2pm; try with a Lager or Pale Ale. Details at vancouverfoodster.com/2025/09/25/v....

At noon TODAY, join senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and practitioner Sarah Ellis in a one-hour webinar to learn how BC’s housing crisis can be brought under control & to hear about on-the-ground efforts to create new non-profit housing. Register! Oct 1. noon PT bcpolicy.ca/events

The commander-in-chief is not ok. read @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

A coalition of more than 250 leaders has laid out five of its own major projects to replace Ottawa’s fossil-fuel push. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/30/n...

Governments around the world are ramping up coal, gas and oil extraction which will put climate goals beyond reach, new data has shown. Far from reducing reliance on fossil fuels, nations are planning higher levels of fossil fuel production. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/30/n...

The Housing Crisis Is Solvable: Key Policies+Local Lessons—a webinar TOMORROW with @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and Sarah Ellis on how exclusionary zoning & other barriers contribute to high rents, displacement and inequality. Oct 1, Noon PT: REGISTER NOW! bcpolicy.ca/events

BC’s projected deficit isn’t unprecedented. BC’s debt has increased sharply in recent years, but remains one of the lowest in Canada. BC can manage the fiscal challenge before us if we address its root causes says senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social. #bcpoli bcpolicy.ca/2025/09/...#bcpoli

When are words war crimes? www.politico.eu/article/russ...

STORY TIME - Taken For Granted presents: Franklin Delanore Roosevelt vs the Billionaire Class: How the "New Deal" Saved Amerikkka. youtu.be/r4dk12jenyY?...

If you'd like to watch an excellent webinar video recording of Iglika offering a reality-check on BC finances, check out this BC Policy Solutions video here: bcpolicy.ca/2025/09/17/b...

This is what happens with neoliberal tax cuts: the rich get richer, the rest of us have to make do with "austerity". If you're blaming immigrants or "others", you're being conned. Follow the money.

We heard from our community and no matter where we live, our stories are so similar. Everyone deserves a good place to call home, but corporations have turned housing into a machine for profit. Add your name calling on Parliament to deliver #HomesForAll: leadnow.ca/campaigns/pa...

I have a new piece with The Guardian where I look into the history of aerial confrontations going back to the Cold War. I argue that intruding Russian aircraft must be shot down as a prophylactic measure. There will not be a nuclear war. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Listen to the latest Sinica Podcast where @kaiserkuo.bsky.social hosts Peking University's Wang Dong to discuss the American Volunteer Group and its Historical and Diplomatic Usages at www.sinicapodcast.com/p/the-symbol....

By the time you have figured out your adversary is already at war with you, deterrence has failed. There is no binary of war/peace. Deterrence matters to keep things from escalating to a full-blown war www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

So @ssyu.bsky.social @willie862.bsky.social @normagraham.bsky.social, what do you think about a #WW2TV Aloha shirt? Here's a rough concept. It could call it "The Jon Parshall". See the followup post for an alternative.

Rare off-topic post of mine: I would like to draw your attention to the excellent work of my colleagues at @tochnyi.info. After months of intense work, we have finally published our interactive map that allows you to follow the ongoing “human safari” in Kherson in detail.

📅 September 22 – 28, 2025 | From weaponized prosecutions, city occupations to data seizures, surveillance expansion, and corruption schemes. Trump tightens his grip as human rights violations mount

Look what came in the mail! It's a real book! After years of work, Autocrats vs. Democrats now exists. Out next month, but you can preorder now:https://www.harpercollins.com/products/autocrats-vs-democrats-michael-mcfaul?variant=43731712606242

💬 Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" of oil tankers are being used to "launch and control" Russian drones over European cities, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sept. 28, citing intelligence reports. kyivindependent.com/russia-using...

Zelenskyy: Russians use tankers to launch drones across Europe This announcement comes as Russian drones and aircraft violated the airspace of eight NATO and EU countries throughout September. euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/28/z...

Exactly 86 years ago, the arguably worst agreement in human history was signed - a friendship treaty between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Most people do not know about this second Hitler Stalin Pact, perhaps, because the Kremlin does not want them to know. @associationpolhist.bsky.social

STORY TIME - BBC World Service presents: Inside a pro-ruzzian fake news operation (aka propaganda, and election manipulation) youtu.be/EVww5bmlAZo

"On 24 February 2022, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Despite months of military buildup and increasingly aggressive rhetoric from the Kremlin, many Western governments were caught off guard. Why were so many clear warning signs ignored?" - hcss.nl/report/blind...

"The hard reality is that providing Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine would not be an escalation in the war. Russia has been using long-range cruise missiles with large explosive warheads since the beginning of the war."

"By spreading propaganda that Russian victory is inevitable, the Russians hope the Americans and Europeans will lose heart, withdraw their support from Ukraine and force it to surrender."

🎙️ I recently chatted with @ianbremmer.com for the @gzeromedia.com world podcast about the evolution of the Russo-Ukrainian war from a conventional land invasion into a high-tech war of attrition dominated by drones — and what it’s like reporting here in Ukraine: www.gzeromedia.com/podcast/gzer...

I've put together a timeline of incursions into the airspace of European countries in recent months. Honestly, when it's all in one place, that looks very worrying. Please let me know if I've missed any incursions.