Dreadnought Holiday
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Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.
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This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Starting a temporary thread of threads so I can find stuff again, starting with a subject close to my heart...
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Ok. So. They anonymised the sheep.
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Ok. So. They anonymised the sheep.
So the defence is woeful and the last manager was sacked without any thought as to how to replace him...
Sam Allardyce is going to get the Venezuela gig, isn't he?
Sam Allardyce is going to get the Venezuela gig, isn't he?
January 4, 2026 at 9:35 AM
So the defence is woeful and the last manager was sacked without any thought as to how to replace him...
Sam Allardyce is going to get the Venezuela gig, isn't he?
Sam Allardyce is going to get the Venezuela gig, isn't he?
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A Shaftesbury chemist, eh? That HOVIS ad’ (you know the one everyone erroneously thinks is Northern), filmed on Gold Hill suddenly takes on a totally different complexion.
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
A Shaftesbury chemist, eh? That HOVIS ad’ (you know the one everyone erroneously thinks is Northern), filmed on Gold Hill suddenly takes on a totally different complexion.
Your regular reminder that the highest parts of cycle races, at least traditionally, were very rarely the mountain passes
Advert, Cyclists’ Touring Club Gazette, May 1882: “Cyclists ride 100 miles ... without fatigue by the use of
BARRY'S BEEF & COCA LOZENGES,
Which are composed of the Finest Extract of English Beef, combined with the Concentrated Preparation of [cocaine].”
BARRY'S BEEF & COCA LOZENGES,
Which are composed of the Finest Extract of English Beef, combined with the Concentrated Preparation of [cocaine].”
January 3, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Your regular reminder that the highest parts of cycle races, at least traditionally, were very rarely the mountain passes
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Timeline cleanse
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Timeline cleanse
Timeline cleanse
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Timeline cleanse
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If he carries on like this it's going to make the FIFA Peace Prize look ridiculous
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 AM
If he carries on like this it's going to make the FIFA Peace Prize look ridiculous
Imagine the mixed feelings of the former captain of Venezuelan patrol boat Naiguatá?
He'll wake up this morning to discover that, on the positive side, at least he's moved down a couple of ranks in the list of people the Venezuelan military are still mad at.
He'll wake up this morning to discover that, on the positive side, at least he's moved down a couple of ranks in the list of people the Venezuelan military are still mad at.
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Imagine the mixed feelings of the former captain of Venezuelan patrol boat Naiguatá?
He'll wake up this morning to discover that, on the positive side, at least he's moved down a couple of ranks in the list of people the Venezuelan military are still mad at.
He'll wake up this morning to discover that, on the positive side, at least he's moved down a couple of ranks in the list of people the Venezuelan military are still mad at.
Cosigned.
I've had it muted more or less since I've had an account here and never once missed hearing about the latest idiocy. It helps to dial the volume down though.
I've had it muted more or less since I've had an account here and never once missed hearing about the latest idiocy. It helps to dial the volume down though.
General reminder that if you mute the current US president's surname on here, you will miss absolutely zero important news. Even right now. But your timeline will do way less stacking damage to your mental health.
January 3, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Cosigned.
I've had it muted more or less since I've had an account here and never once missed hearing about the latest idiocy. It helps to dial the volume down though.
I've had it muted more or less since I've had an account here and never once missed hearing about the latest idiocy. It helps to dial the volume down though.
If he carries on like this it's going to make the FIFA Peace Prize look ridiculous
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 AM
If he carries on like this it's going to make the FIFA Peace Prize look ridiculous
Bad news: somebody left the door of the car slightly ajar and the battery was flat
Good news: it's an Aygo. You could probably wire a couple of AA batteries in parallel and still get enough oomph to start it
Good news: it's an Aygo. You could probably wire a couple of AA batteries in parallel and still get enough oomph to start it
January 2, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Bad news: somebody left the door of the car slightly ajar and the battery was flat
Good news: it's an Aygo. You could probably wire a couple of AA batteries in parallel and still get enough oomph to start it
Good news: it's an Aygo. You could probably wire a couple of AA batteries in parallel and still get enough oomph to start it
And the French might as well not have bothered, fwiw.
I was today years old when I learned about the Irish Rebellion of 1798, an outgrowth of the American and French Revolutions led by Irish Presbyterians who wanted a union with Irish Catholics for a new democratic republic.
It failed, but the French sent troops in support! There were battles!
It failed, but the French sent troops in support! There were battles!
From our archive: Thomas Paine And The United Irishmen - "Paine’s Rights of Man was 'the Koran' of Belfast, Theobald Wolfe Tone learned in October 1791 when he went north from Dublin to found the first Society of United Irishmen." thomaspaine.org/thomas-paine...
January 2, 2026 at 2:32 PM
And the French might as well not have bothered, fwiw.
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Es ist wieder soweit! It's time to take down and responsibly dispose of your xmas tree. Please consider the Christmas tree cannon
January 2, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Es ist wieder soweit! It's time to take down and responsibly dispose of your xmas tree. Please consider the Christmas tree cannon
Fascinating insight into the reunification of Germany from the British man on the ground...
"I ended my last year's review with the remark that 'accidents apart, I expect no substantive change of course in 1989'. Two major 'accidents' occurred..."
"I ended my last year's review with the remark that 'accidents apart, I expect no substantive change of course in 1989'. Two major 'accidents' occurred..."
Quick general search found this one:
archive.margaretthatcher.org/doc02/BB7F33...
archive.margaretthatcher.org/doc02/BB7F33...
archive.margaretthatcher.org
January 2, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Fascinating insight into the reunification of Germany from the British man on the ground...
"I ended my last year's review with the remark that 'accidents apart, I expect no substantive change of course in 1989'. Two major 'accidents' occurred..."
"I ended my last year's review with the remark that 'accidents apart, I expect no substantive change of course in 1989'. Two major 'accidents' occurred..."
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I have some great Resolutions for the New Year:
January 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I have some great Resolutions for the New Year:
Owls in Towels: exactly what it says on the tin.
Great Horned Owl tangled in a soccer net. No fractures but heavy swelling in soft tissues due to struggling. Congress of the Birds advises "Taking nets down when not in use can prevent these injuries." Want to donate? www.congressofthebirds.org Source: fb.com/102301306190... #owlsintowels 💛🦉
January 1, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Owls in Towels: exactly what it says on the tin.
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Hootenanny!
December 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Hootenanny!
Lads, I've got a plan...
That’s ok, if enough of us stop following you it’ll be a perfect 13k
December 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Lads, I've got a plan...
Just been reminded - through pretty shit family circumstances - that seven years ago I spent New Year's Eve with my dying grandmother. My sister and mother were measuring out drugs for a future that likely wouldn't come. I was on tea duty.
It was a great night.
We laughed.
We cried.
It was a great night.
We laughed.
We cried.
December 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Just been reminded - through pretty shit family circumstances - that seven years ago I spent New Year's Eve with my dying grandmother. My sister and mother were measuring out drugs for a future that likely wouldn't come. I was on tea duty.
It was a great night.
We laughed.
We cried.
It was a great night.
We laughed.
We cried.
Ok, this is genuinely a pathetic number of extra followers needed to get a nice round number - personally I'd be begging like the absolute whore I am.
December 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Ok, this is genuinely a pathetic number of extra followers needed to get a nice round number - personally I'd be begging like the absolute whore I am.
You know the worst bit of New Year's Eve for many of us? Realising your account is close to a nice round number of followers but not *quite* close enough that begging for extra followers is a slam dunk...
December 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
You know the worst bit of New Year's Eve for many of us? Realising your account is close to a nice round number of followers but not *quite* close enough that begging for extra followers is a slam dunk...
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2025 highlights reel (thread)
Jan, broke story of Chinese ‘invasion barges’. Initial analysis proven materially correct
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Jan, broke story of Chinese ‘invasion barges’. Initial analysis proven materially correct
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
December 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
2025 highlights reel (thread)
Jan, broke story of Chinese ‘invasion barges’. Initial analysis proven materially correct
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Jan, broke story of Chinese ‘invasion barges’. Initial analysis proven materially correct
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Have just discovered that the whole run of The Big Knights is on YouTube, and seriously, I watched this exactly once, years ago, and haven't forgotten it since.
"Sir Boris - the finest swordsman in the world. And Sir Maurice - not the finest swordsman in the world, but the MOST ENTHUSIASTIC!"
"Sir Boris - the finest swordsman in the world. And Sir Maurice - not the finest swordsman in the world, but the MOST ENTHUSIASTIC!"
The Big Knights Official: The Troll Bridge
YouTube video by The Big Knights
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Have just discovered that the whole run of The Big Knights is on YouTube, and seriously, I watched this exactly once, years ago, and haven't forgotten it since.
"Sir Boris - the finest swordsman in the world. And Sir Maurice - not the finest swordsman in the world, but the MOST ENTHUSIASTIC!"
"Sir Boris - the finest swordsman in the world. And Sir Maurice - not the finest swordsman in the world, but the MOST ENTHUSIASTIC!"
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"Let's use AI to write and design an embroidery stitch book, what could possibly go wrong"
December 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"Let's use AI to write and design an embroidery stitch book, what could possibly go wrong"