Sammy Flex the Unproblematic King
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Amateur historian, temporarily exiled from Paris
(Cover image: 6e Régiment de Tirailleurs Marocains, Viticuso, Italy, Feb. 1944)
Amateur historian, temporarily exiled from Paris
(Cover image: 6e Régiment de Tirailleurs Marocains, Viticuso, Italy, Feb. 1944)
Pinned
Bringing my French WWII photos thread to Bluesky
Anti-Aircraft gunners of the 402e RADCA (Air Defense Regiment) hooping in March 1940.
Anti-Aircraft gunners of the 402e RADCA (Air Defense Regiment) hooping in March 1940.
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Back from work and about to spend the rest of my evening until dinner rubbing polish into my boots. What a life.
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Back from work and about to spend the rest of my evening until dinner rubbing polish into my boots. What a life.
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More Ship's Company Marines, this time on USS Texas, while Assistant Secretary of the Navy Frank Roosevelt inspects them. They are with the British Home Fleet in the Firth of Forth.
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
More Ship's Company Marines, this time on USS Texas, while Assistant Secretary of the Navy Frank Roosevelt inspects them. They are with the British Home Fleet in the Firth of Forth.
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Yeah, I am starting to think the constitutional crisis is in a death spiral. It does not occur in singular acts but in the orchestration of administration ripping itself apart. The parts that constitute a government is what gives its coherence and this is the unwinding.
SNAP update. Insane one. So USDA is now saying on a huge lag:
- issue partial payments using a bad-math formula;
- CLAW BACK full issuances that any state sent *properly* under last week's guidance;
- if you don't CLAW BACK benefits, we won't pay the federal share of SNAP administrative costs (??)
- issue partial payments using a bad-math formula;
- CLAW BACK full issuances that any state sent *properly* under last week's guidance;
- if you don't CLAW BACK benefits, we won't pay the federal share of SNAP administrative costs (??)
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Yeah, I am starting to think the constitutional crisis is in a death spiral. It does not occur in singular acts but in the orchestration of administration ripping itself apart. The parts that constitute a government is what gives its coherence and this is the unwinding.
The plaques removed from the American war cemetery in Limburg by the incumbent regime. The shame of it all.
Here are the two plaques that were removed. I am so ashamed of our racist current administration.
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The plaques removed from the American war cemetery in Limburg by the incumbent regime. The shame of it all.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
I struggle not to repost every Renault and Hotchkiss I see, I just find them so charming. For all their obvious inadequacies, they were sturdy, stubborn little machines, and I can't help but feel a certain affection, mixed with a healthy touch of pity, for them and their crews.
１日１ミリ。ドイツのノルウェイ進駐に対抗して送られた連合軍のオチキス軽戦車。イギリス兵と会話するフランス兵とポーランド軍（独立ポドハランライフル旅団）兵士。
オチキス戦車は単砲身の21口径37mm砲SA-18のH38型（タミヤのキットは長砲身33口径SA38のH39型）
フィヨルドの小さな船着場なのだろうか。水辺に続く道に並ぶ丸太小屋の屋根に草が生えている。これはノルウェイでは一般的なものだという。
写真:IWM( N 229)
オチキス戦車は単砲身の21口径37mm砲SA-18のH38型（タミヤのキットは長砲身33口径SA38のH39型）
フィヨルドの小さな船着場なのだろうか。水辺に続く道に並ぶ丸太小屋の屋根に草が生えている。これはノルウェイでは一般的なものだという。
写真:IWM( N 229)
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I struggle not to repost every Renault and Hotchkiss I see, I just find them so charming. For all their obvious inadequacies, they were sturdy, stubborn little machines, and I can't help but feel a certain affection, mixed with a healthy touch of pity, for them and their crews.
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every time you think the new WaPo editorial board can't embarrass itself any more, they manage to find a way.
Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August.
Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.
Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August.
Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
every time you think the new WaPo editorial board can't embarrass itself any more, they manage to find a way.
Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August.
Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.
Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August.
Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.
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Loading luggage and postal cargo into the nose of the Dewoitine D.338 three-engine aircraft in 1942.
© Images défense
© Images défense
November 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Loading luggage and postal cargo into the nose of the Dewoitine D.338 three-engine aircraft in 1942.
© Images défense
© Images défense
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'The claw of the Italian invader wants to enslave us!' 1937 Spanish Republican poster depicting Mussolini's involvement in the Spanish Civil War. Designed by Amado Oliver for the Junta de la Defensa de Madrid.
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
'The claw of the Italian invader wants to enslave us!' 1937 Spanish Republican poster depicting Mussolini's involvement in the Spanish Civil War. Designed by Amado Oliver for the Junta de la Defensa de Madrid.
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
Good illustration of some of the constraints imposed on the "Armistice Army" by the Germans after 1940, all Vichy armored cars remaining in metropolitan France had to be stripped of their 25mm guns.
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Good illustration of some of the constraints imposed on the "Armistice Army" by the Germans after 1940, all Vichy armored cars remaining in metropolitan France had to be stripped of their 25mm guns.
Love a French pre-dreadnought thread
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Love a French pre-dreadnought thread
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A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
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パリのリヴォリ通り（Rue de Rivoli）、ルーヴル美術館に隣接するチュイルリー公園のすぐ隣の場所で放棄されたドイツ軍の戦車：Pz.Kpfw. 35R 731(f) 、第100装甲連隊第8中隊の「51号車」。これも1940年にフランス軍のルノーR35を接収して砲塔キューポラの頂部をカットしてドイツ風に仕立てたもの。塗装も３色迷彩ですっかりドイツ軍車両になっている。
8月25-26日のパリ解放で繰り出した人々。お祭りだからか普段着なのかはわからないがみんなスーツなのがパリらしい。年配のおじさんは30年代風の仕立てか、ボトムも裾幅ゆったりめ。自転車の青年はウエストの絞りがタイトな仕立て。
8月25-26日のパリ解放で繰り出した人々。お祭りだからか普段着なのかはわからないがみんなスーツなのがパリらしい。年配のおじさんは30年代風の仕立てか、ボトムも裾幅ゆったりめ。自転車の青年はウエストの絞りがタイトな仕立て。
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
パリのリヴォリ通り（Rue de Rivoli）、ルーヴル美術館に隣接するチュイルリー公園のすぐ隣の場所で放棄されたドイツ軍の戦車：Pz.Kpfw. 35R 731(f) 、第100装甲連隊第8中隊の「51号車」。これも1940年にフランス軍のルノーR35を接収して砲塔キューポラの頂部をカットしてドイツ風に仕立てたもの。塗装も３色迷彩ですっかりドイツ軍車両になっている。
8月25-26日のパリ解放で繰り出した人々。お祭りだからか普段着なのかはわからないがみんなスーツなのがパリらしい。年配のおじさんは30年代風の仕立てか、ボトムも裾幅ゆったりめ。自転車の青年はウエストの絞りがタイトな仕立て。
8月25-26日のパリ解放で繰り出した人々。お祭りだからか普段着なのかはわからないがみんなスーツなのがパリらしい。年配のおじさんは30年代風の仕立てか、ボトムも裾幅ゆったりめ。自転車の青年はウエストの絞りがタイトな仕立て。
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we now know that it’s not illegal to throw sandwiches at ICE agents, an important development
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
we now know that it’s not illegal to throw sandwiches at ICE agents, an important development
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Because it's a good day, a thread of images from fantastic show I saw last week: African-American artist Allan Rohan Crite at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. First up, Crite's luminous "Streetcar Madonna," which resonates with incoming NYC mayor's pledge to make transit more affordable
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Because it's a good day, a thread of images from fantastic show I saw last week: African-American artist Allan Rohan Crite at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. First up, Crite's luminous "Streetcar Madonna," which resonates with incoming NYC mayor's pledge to make transit more affordable
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Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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this was for a colorado measure guaranteeing universal free lunch for kids. funny how a short two-column table can say so much in so little space.
This is how it looked on the ballot.
Clear and easy to understand.
Clear and easy to understand.
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
this was for a colorado measure guaranteeing universal free lunch for kids. funny how a short two-column table can say so much in so little space.
Completely unsurprising but always frustrating to see dangerous and flagrantly illegal behavior from riot police; in this case, specifically on the orders of superior officers. No doubt there's a spectrum of behaviors when comparing countries, but sadly a seemingly-universal problem.
Mediapart et « Libération » révèlent des images inédites du 25 mars 2023. Elles montrent des consignes prohibées et dangereuses données par la hiérarchie.
Enquête vidéo de @camillepolloni.bsky.social et @laurawoj1.bsky.social 👉 www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
Enquête vidéo de @camillepolloni.bsky.social et @laurawoj1.bsky.social 👉 www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Completely unsurprising but always frustrating to see dangerous and flagrantly illegal behavior from riot police; in this case, specifically on the orders of superior officers. No doubt there's a spectrum of behaviors when comparing countries, but sadly a seemingly-universal problem.
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Following the sinking of HMS Jervis Bay, the tanker MV San Demetrio, carrying highly flammable aviation fuel, was hit by shells from Admiral Scheer and set alight. Captain White, fearing a devastating explosion, ordered his crew to abandon ship.
📷©️National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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November 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Following the sinking of HMS Jervis Bay, the tanker MV San Demetrio, carrying highly flammable aviation fuel, was hit by shells from Admiral Scheer and set alight. Captain White, fearing a devastating explosion, ordered his crew to abandon ship.
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