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Norwegian

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This is how you do it

Norwegian former prime minister and sec gen of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, has been charged with gross corruption for his involvement with Epstein while in power, and have had his properties raided by Norwegian police

www.nrk.no/norge/okokri...
Økokrim ransakar leilegheita til Thorbjørn Jagland
Fleire av bustadene til Thorbjørn Jagland er ransaka av Økokrim. No er han sikta, bekreftar hans advokat til NRK.
www.nrk.no
February 12, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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So the DOD started laser testing because they believed party balloons were drones, shut down all of El Paso airspace, and blamed it on Mexican cartels?
February 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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Richard is too modest to mention his own book. I recommend to you Strangling the Axis from @rjhammond215.bsky.social #histbookchat.
February 10, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Obviously the problems of Italy's lack of access to key raw materials during the SWW is well known, but still astonished to read this stat: 73% of factories controlled by Fabbriguerra had to partially or wholly halt production at some stage during 1941 for lack of materials/fuel
February 10, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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"Hey I'm going back to the dildo box, I just had the idea to juggle them"

Cameraman who would later be arrested after singing "FASCIST DILDO CLEANUP CREW DOO DAH DOO DAH": @ckinferno.bsky.social

But don't ask him questions, he won't say shit ✊

(posted with permission)
February 8, 2026 at 1:13 AM
February 7, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.

A thread.
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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Still the greatest list ever complied.
February 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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In fact, he was insistent. His final journey must start at Waterloo – but those tracks head south west. The train could get to Oxon, but: point-switching; complications. So, why?

Well, so he could force General de Gaulle, President of France, to walk under an arch celebrating the defeat of Napoleon
January 30, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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As a transsexual I can't tell you how thrilled I am that fascists are feeling unsafe in bathrooms.
January 23, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Fascists and gas stations - name a more iconic duo I'll wait
As a transsexual I can't tell you how thrilled I am that fascists are feeling unsafe in bathrooms.
January 24, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Loving how everyone instinctively knows what this is about
Which one should I open when it happens?
🫖 18yr aged Ruby 18 tea
🥃 Midleton Very Rare '24
January 23, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.

Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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The Soviet Navy's approach to hunting NATO's carriers was multi-pronged. In our recent chat with @michaelnbooks.bsky.social, he took us through what went into their planning and execution.

Check out the full Over Cold War Seas episode via the links below:

📺: youtu.be/Zwl9jJns3gk
🎧: pod.fo/e/3746eb
January 21, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Annoyance time

This artwork by Piotr Forkasiewicz was created for the cover of my Fairey Swordfish book from Mortons. We decided on the composition after studying all the accounts from the aircrews involved and photos of the op

But whenever it is posted online, people decry it as inaccurate…
January 20, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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One of the key things that helped the Soviets back down during the Cuban Missile Crisis was Zhukov's testimony to the Politburo about how turbofucked the RKKA was without American precursor chemicals and explosives.
January 16, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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January 17, 2026 at 10:31 PM
*excited naval geek sounds*
January 20, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Worth every second
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Do not make peace with evil

Destroy it
Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
January 14, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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January 13, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Soaking Wet Squirrel Seeks Shelter, Snores All Night Long
YouTube video by trakdv
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The kind of thread that actually makes your day

Check out Matthew and buy his books, they are every bit as excellent as this gem of a thread
Seeing as I'm blathering about Spitfires, here's a free mythbuster for Bluesky

The little letter after the Spitfire mark designation - e.g. Spitfire Vb, Spitfire XVIe - what does it mean?

There is a widespread misconception that it relates to armament configuration, and *only* armament config...
January 13, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM