Eddie Smith @smithdotnet

You're no better than you should be Joined January 2013

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @RDPHistory

a year ago

Last preparations for Operation Black Buck. It will require two Vulcans (one as backup) 13 Victors and 1 Nimrod, with 19 refuellings, 1.5 million lbs of aviation fuel and twenty-one 1,000lb bombs per Vulcan. Here is the refuelling plan: all worked out on a Casio calculator.

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Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo

a year ago

Football is essentially becoming post-modern, with every decision being contested, litigated, reviewed and revised. If I can be allowed to quote my unpublished magnum opus, the only question is whether it will tilt to a right or left wing version of postmodernism.

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Will Petty 🌳🌳 @Microlambert

2 years ago

I thought this must surely be a typo, but no, the French really do charge €60,000 tax on cars emitting more than 194 g CO₂/km. Incroyable. And there's more... 1/n

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Clara 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @PacerClara

2 years ago

don't mind me, just thinking about the 1974 British sleeper train network

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Tom Diserens @tomdiserens

2 years ago

Białowieża Primeval Forest has been described as Europe’s Serengeti or Great Barrier Reef. Yet in most circles outside Poland, the forest remains little known. I’d like to help change that, so here are six reasons why the forest is so precious ⬇️🧵

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Emily Pettitt @PettittEmily

2 years ago

It’s slightly unbelievable that this exists on the railway in 2024 — but it does and *everyone* should experience it. You can dine no matter your ticket and the food and the service is outstanding. A little pocket of joy in the world we find ourselves in today. 😍🙌🏻

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Charlotte Baker @charlie_baker23

2 years ago

🇬🇧 LONDON TO ROME BY TRAIN IN 24 HRS 🇮🇹 Heading to Rome for work this week. I don’t fly short haul, so time to check out a train route I’ve had in mind a while 🚄 TLDR: it’s decent, and will be better when they clear the landslide between Paris and Turin! 😊 🧵

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Dan Izzard @TheGuyForks

2 years ago

Multi-vehicle police chase ends on foot in Arnos Court Park after suspect finds out what we all know already: you can’t beat Bath Road rush hour traffic.

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone

2 years ago

25% OFF INTERRAIL PASSES. Sale continues a few more days: Buy a pass before 28 November, begin your trip any time before 1 June 2024. Discount applies to 10, 15 day global flexi & 15, 22 day, 1/2/3 month global passes. Learn how Interrail works & buy at seat61.com/how-to-use-an-…

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Charles Booth @frothelhorse

2 years ago

A must-read thread for anyone interested in the history of Bristol and the First World War…..

Jeremy Banning @jbanningww1

2 years ago

A must-read thread for anyone interested in the history of Bristol and the First World War…..

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PostcardFromThePast @PastPostcard

2 years ago

SEE YOU SOON, UNFORTUNATELY.

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Durotriges Project @Durotrigesdig

2 years ago

The mighty multivallate hillfort of Hambledon Hill has been dominating NE #Dorset since the Iron Age It has never looked more magnificent than in this wood engraving by and © Howard Phipps For more of Howard’s work see: rowleygallery.com/Artist-Howard-… Happy #HillfortsWednesday!

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman

2 years ago

Joe Biden's first son, first wife and first daughter are buried in the cemetery you shouted across to ask if he'll pardon his only living son—a question he already answered with "No" yesterday.

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Happy Captain @EODHappyCaptain

2 years ago

Not many EOD techs have removed live ordnance from a wounded service member, saving their life. In 2012, then SSG Summerfield did just that, removing a live RPG from the leg of a USMC LCpl. We have some pretty incredible people in our ranks. I’m happy to serve with the best.

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Andrew Côté @Andercot

2 years ago

I've worked with superconductors for the better part of a decade now in different contexts, from STM condensed matter labs, to particle accelerators, and now fusion. Time for a deep dive on what exactly this miracle-technology unlocks for us a species: 🧵

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @RDPHistory

2 years ago

@FastStrikeCraft One man actually swam through the flooded compartments to open the cocks and let in water to redress the tilt. Can't remember his name, but deserved the VC.

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Content Club @ContentClub_

2 years ago

Have a quick listen to Dr Miles Russell from @Durotrigesdig talking to @Sarah_Jobling about the differences between Roman & ‘Barbarian’ attitudes to women. No guesses as to who gets our vote 😬. youtu.be/DRivsxIVr04

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The Guardian @guardian

2 years ago

The day my parents entertained PoWs – and our neighbours smashed our windows | Letters theguardian.com/world/2023/jun…

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @RDPHistory

2 years ago

May 28th 1982: The Argentine Air Force orders an attack against the British Hospital Ship SS Uganda. Argentine pilot, Squadron Leader Mario Jorge Caffaratti, defies two direct orders to carry out the mission and finally tells his superiors: "Why don't you go to hell?"