When we talk about attritable systems I didn't think these were included...

The Execution of Lady Jane Grey. I grew up in small, isolated towns in NZ & Australia. I'd never been to a big gallery before. I knew/know nothing about art. Walking into the room at the National Gallery in London and seeing this HUGE painting of this VIVID STORY blew my narrative-loving mind :)

Everyone on base racing to get home before every spotter in the UK descends on our little country roads to try to get photos of...two...(?) USAF 747s including the Tribute. I mean, I wouldn't say no to a tour tomorrow but I imagine it'll only be for uniformed USAF who look good in PA photos ;)

K2 Airways #KTA1732 is reportedly missing. Preliminary ADS-B data indicate a possible crash of the 737-400 freighter in the sea southwest of Karachi. flightradar24.com/blog/flight-...

"Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds" www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

this is what happens when you get rid of the Department of Defense

If you'd like a more soothing sport, West Indies now 7 for 441 chasing a massive 549 on a lovely day at the Sir Vivian Richards stadium in Antigua. And that's only the 1st innings for each. Greaves on 146 but starting to run out of partners.

In the defence of libraries, charities, and myself (who has made these for my library), we use donated books! We don't always check the content! Oh dear 😆 First thing I'm doing at work tomorrow is riffling the hedgehogs (not a euphemism) just in case ;) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

My founding fathers

Cast from a captured enemy cannon, and too tall at 18ft to fit through the Hyde Park gates, Achilles (the Wellington Monument) had to have a new hole knocked through the park wall for his installation 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums 1822, by Richard Westmacott 😁

Uh oh. Don't show it to...well, you know.

Gosh. The things I never knew were communicated on ACARS...!

Anyone else ever think the Russian pilots gathered around their radio in "Independence Day" all look so well built and poured into their uniforms they remind you of Tom of Finland sailors? No? Just me? Probably won't put that observation in the dissertation, then... www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBWT...

James Salter wrote of Korean War era Mig-15s 'flashing like fish silver' as they broke through the cloud. Here instead is the cruising shark...something about this silhouette is both organic and predatory.

To all my American pals, on this July 4th it's important to remember the words of the Founding Fathers.. "there's a shark in the pond!"

I'm out of touch: why are there so few fans at the rugby for Wales vs Fiji? It seems incredibly disappointing and, honestly, disrespectful to Fiji both as a team and to the Fijian community (in this their 'home' game)...but maybe there's a reason I don't know about.

Every fifth person in the Army is Larry

If anything is going to turn me into a violent nationalist it is being inflicted with European commentators for this New Zealand vs France rugby game. WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS? ALWAYS USE THE HOME COMMENTARY*. They can pronounce names! They know things! * The exception is Australia, terrible local coms

Me with my Bluesky mutuals

Mordor on the Orient Express

Although they don't talk about wrestling with the DoD over the script (my favourite bit for academic reasons), this retrospective interview is still great. I'll be doing a rewatch tonight for non-academic reasons - it's a brilliantly fun movie that's held up really well :)

It's as if a million four-days groaned out in despair and were suddenly silenced.

Self-care F-15 reblog despite self-damage concerns about cca concepts ;)

Sunrise: 04:42 | Sunset: 21:21 Very much looking forward to this NOT being the case.

Imagine travelling thousands of miles just to spend your evenings doing zoomies over the same few houses... It's hard not to be impressed 👇 #SwiftAwarenessWeek

The Government™ has made an ad about Palantir, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.

To get the obvious out of the way: this looks like the worst sex ever. But also: What is going on with that...weapon? Is it a rifle?

Drop a Cop

The Polikarpov I-153DM was a Soviet experimental fighter combining the Polikarpov I-153 “Chaika” biplane with ramjet propulsion. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #aeroplane #Aircraft #airplane #aviation #biplane #PolikarpovI153DM #ramjet #RamjetPoweredBiplane

What's it like inside your head?

We're hiring at UNSW in Canberra! Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Security Studies - come join a fabulous team at our School of Humanities & Social Sciences www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

Surely that new US passport pic is fake? Or did AI scrape it from "Airplane!"? ;)

Me: Right. Saturday evening. Sports are over. Time to get some study done. YouTube: Hey. Remember the 1988 Seoul Olympics from when you were a teen? How about this 1.5 hour highlights package? Me: ....*clicks* www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP5Y...

Trying to find more NRL folks to following by searching Taumalolo... ;) Imagine making a Royal Princess and a Prime Minister idle on the sidelines because Kevin Walters is asking you dumb questions 😆 Well done, Cowboys, great game.

11 Oct 1935 Evening Standard(London, Greater London, England). Regarding Italy's invasion of Ethiopia. www.newspapers.com/article/even...

Always enjoy seeing these recs each year - in my job I'm always desperately trying to convince military folks that reading fiction is just as rewarding & enriching (if not more so) than the latest 'leadership' book. Plus I judge character more on someone's fiction choices 😆

Waking up at 6am to find it's already 24C (with 87% humidity), heading for 38C with a 'feels like' 43C is definitely not what I signed up for. I was promised the Brits had to go to Spain & roast their pale bodies on a cheap plastic lounger for this kind of thing, not have it here at home ;)

The *words* that I blurted at that photo..!

The Hoon demographic in Australia knows no boundaries of age.

Quite the article for a variety of reasons. Academically I'm drawn to the witnesses suggesting the accused was innocent of a peacetime sexual assault because they'd seen his "true character" in combat. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

you should never apologize for your cat or your tomatoes or the really good sandwich you made taking up space in my feed, it is actually vital content

Aaah the live broadcast from Cape Verde being interrupted by the goal

Starmer being able to lay out his own departure timetable (potentially over months!) is silly. You don't give a PM a farewell tour, you do the numbers over the weekend, roll him at 10am, and tell the voters he's gone to live on a nice farm in the country. You amateurs. You absolute toddlers.

The best thing about Father's Day every year is that The Hunt for Red October is always somewhere on Sky. (There's no such thing as 'too many times')

I'm not a soccer/football knowing type, having grown up on the oval ball codes, but this wonderfully funny article dragging someone I've never heard of (Alexi Lalas) makes me a MUCH belated Thierry Henry fan :) www.theguardian.com/football/202...

This cool animated maps shows how the London Tube map evolved over the past 163 years, using real geography rather than the stylised Tube map that you are familiar with. Source: buff.ly/aEXNFHF

Cups from a ship in the German Fleet scuttled in Scapa Flow #OTD 21 June 1919, in @stromnessmuseum.bsky.social .