Sebastian Dobson
@sebdobson.bsky.social
“What is the use of a book.. without pictures?” Full-time photo dealer, part-time historian & occasional writer on Japan and early photography.
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Speed dating is when you have to tell Keanu Reeves a little bit about yourself or this bus will explode
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Speed dating is when you have to tell Keanu Reeves a little bit about yourself or this bus will explode
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All roads lead to Rome but many were very wiggly, new survey finds as it doubles the number known to 185,000 miles. bit.ly/4qNZwO5
Truth of vast network of Roman roads revealed
Using spy-satellite images and ancient travel itineraries, researchers have identified a huge number of forgotten roads, some of them less than straight
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
All roads lead to Rome but many were very wiggly, new survey finds as it doubles the number known to 185,000 miles. bit.ly/4qNZwO5
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A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
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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...
October 8, 2024 at 7:41 PM
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...
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
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If Paris ever decides to raise a statue to its (in)famous son Paul Gauguin it could a lot worse than follow Colwyn Bay’s example.
If Paris ever decides to raise a statue to its (in)famous son Paul Gauguin it could a lot worse than follow Colwyn Bay’s example.
November 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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If Paris ever decides to raise a statue to its (in)famous son Paul Gauguin it could a lot worse than follow Colwyn Bay’s example.
If Paris ever decides to raise a statue to its (in)famous son Paul Gauguin it could a lot worse than follow Colwyn Bay’s example.
I thought Mary Shelley was buried in Bournemouth.
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I thought Mary Shelley was buried in Bournemouth.
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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New on Patreon: Before she was the sophisticated rich widow Margaret Dumont of the Marx Brothers fame, she was Daisy Dumont...and Daisy was wild.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
New on Patreon: Before she was the sophisticated rich widow Margaret Dumont of the Marx Brothers fame, she was Daisy Dumont...and Daisy was wild.
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An even better version! (Apparently hand-drawn, rather than AI.)
October 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
An even better version! (Apparently hand-drawn, rather than AI.)
“Celebration of Amphibious Strength”
October 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“Celebration of Amphibious Strength”
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I’m afraid that if you emigrate to Dubai for the tax breaks and 24-hour security, you really should give up your citizenship here for someone who wants it.
October 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I’m afraid that if you emigrate to Dubai for the tax breaks and 24-hour security, you really should give up your citizenship here for someone who wants it.
“Pesky antifa keeping Hitler out of power until 1933…” 🤪
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
October 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Pesky antifa keeping Hitler out of power until 1933…” 🤪
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Everyone who advocates for turning the UK into the UAE assumes they'll be the one with a marina penthouse rather than the guy working on a building site in 50c heat
October 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Everyone who advocates for turning the UK into the UAE assumes they'll be the one with a marina penthouse rather than the guy working on a building site in 50c heat
Reform: Lefties are disrespecting our national saint!
Also Reform:
(Spotted at rally held yesterday by N.E. Lincolnshire County Councillor Oliver Freeston)
Also Reform:
(Spotted at rally held yesterday by N.E. Lincolnshire County Councillor Oliver Freeston)
October 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Reform: Lefties are disrespecting our national saint!
Also Reform:
(Spotted at rally held yesterday by N.E. Lincolnshire County Councillor Oliver Freeston)
Also Reform:
(Spotted at rally held yesterday by N.E. Lincolnshire County Councillor Oliver Freeston)
AI strikes again…
Was curious about JFK’s health so I asked google. TIL he was pregnant in 1960 but only put on 15-20lbs
October 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
AI strikes again…
So much of this shit in the other place.
Describing the forced removal of human beings as ‘the humane option’ doesn’t convince me of your humaneness; it only makes me wonder how far down the menu of less humane options you would be willing to go before you reached one that you found unacceptable.
Describing the forced removal of human beings as ‘the humane option’ doesn’t convince me of your humaneness; it only makes me wonder how far down the menu of less humane options you would be willing to go before you reached one that you found unacceptable.
October 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
So much of this shit in the other place.
Describing the forced removal of human beings as ‘the humane option’ doesn’t convince me of your humaneness; it only makes me wonder how far down the menu of less humane options you would be willing to go before you reached one that you found unacceptable.
Describing the forced removal of human beings as ‘the humane option’ doesn’t convince me of your humaneness; it only makes me wonder how far down the menu of less humane options you would be willing to go before you reached one that you found unacceptable.
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However, the blue lapel still exhibits some human made elements, such as the white dandruff. Thus far, machines are unable to recreate this effect.
October 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
However, the blue lapel still exhibits some human made elements, such as the white dandruff. Thus far, machines are unable to recreate this effect.
Wait until Liz finds out what percentage of the UK mammal population are meerkats…
October 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Wait until Liz finds out what percentage of the UK mammal population are meerkats…
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The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
Two anti-immigration protestors came down from Scotland to take part in today’s UKIP Mass Deportation rally in Newcastle and were told to go back to where they came from… by their own side.
September 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Two anti-immigration protestors came down from Scotland to take part in today’s UKIP Mass Deportation rally in Newcastle and were told to go back to where they came from… by their own side.
Share your favourite black and white movie.
September 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Share your favourite black and white movie.
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If the Rapture does happen, rest assured that your favourite archive won't be heading upstairs and will continue bringing you the latest and greatest of heritage jokes until the end of all things
September 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If the Rapture does happen, rest assured that your favourite archive won't be heading upstairs and will continue bringing you the latest and greatest of heritage jokes until the end of all things