Dan Snow
@thehistoryguy.bsky.social
Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
You know that time that a major British news organisation mistakenly sought out a random dude who happened to share a name with a former New York mayor in order to go after a left wing New York mayoral candidate? Did anyone resign?
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
You know that time that a major British news organisation mistakenly sought out a random dude who happened to share a name with a former New York mayor in order to go after a left wing New York mayoral candidate? Did anyone resign?
Tonight in 1833 was "The Night the Stars Fell”. A spectacular occurrence of the annual Leonid shower: "thousands of luminous bodies shooting across the firmament in every direction."
In Tennessee it convinced some slave owners that it was the end- they apologised to their slaves
In Tennessee it convinced some slave owners that it was the end- they apologised to their slaves
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Tonight in 1833 was "The Night the Stars Fell”. A spectacular occurrence of the annual Leonid shower: "thousands of luminous bodies shooting across the firmament in every direction."
In Tennessee it convinced some slave owners that it was the end- they apologised to their slaves
In Tennessee it convinced some slave owners that it was the end- they apologised to their slaves
An essential precondition for authoritarianism is the neutering of sources of real news.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
An essential precondition for authoritarianism is the neutering of sources of real news.
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A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
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➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.
At a Berlin diplomatic party tonight in 1989 a German politician confided to a UK official (who told me 30yrs later) that he thought the Berlin Wall could come down around the year 2000.
Minutes later a staff member approached the diplomat & told him the wall was coming down.
Now
Minutes later a staff member approached the diplomat & told him the wall was coming down.
Now
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
At a Berlin diplomatic party tonight in 1989 a German politician confided to a UK official (who told me 30yrs later) that he thought the Berlin Wall could come down around the year 2000.
Minutes later a staff member approached the diplomat & told him the wall was coming down.
Now
Minutes later a staff member approached the diplomat & told him the wall was coming down.
Now
1000 more Gore votes in Florida in 2000 and we’d have got that timeline.
In an only slightly better timeline, we would be in touching distance, globally, of a full transition to renewable energy.
"China can produce almost a terawatt of renewable-energy capacity in a year. That is enough to supply as much energy as more than 300 big nuclear-power plants."
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
I love The Economist's bullishness here
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
I love The Economist's bullishness here
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
1000 more Gore votes in Florida in 2000 and we’d have got that timeline.
If we are willing to pay lots of money to have a super capable machine in our homes controlled by Elon Musk we actually don’t deserve to survive as a species.
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If we are willing to pay lots of money to have a super capable machine in our homes controlled by Elon Musk we actually don’t deserve to survive as a species.
Get your colleagues and friends off it, folks.
must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Get your colleagues and friends off it, folks.
Guy Fawkes took the brilliantly original pseudonym “John Johnson” for his attempt to blow up Parliament today in 1605
We should make sure that anyone of that surname should not be allowed within a mile of the building.
We should make sure that anyone of that surname should not be allowed within a mile of the building.
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Guy Fawkes took the brilliantly original pseudonym “John Johnson” for his attempt to blow up Parliament today in 1605
We should make sure that anyone of that surname should not be allowed within a mile of the building.
We should make sure that anyone of that surname should not be allowed within a mile of the building.
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the promise broken is a necessity of the present.
Machiavelli
Machiavelli
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the promise broken is a necessity of the present.
Machiavelli
Machiavelli
This is the draft of Elizabeth’s order to execute Mary Queen of Scots. It was written by Cecil. And I LOVE the fact that he forgot to include the English monarch’s bonkers claim to rule France. He had to add it in afterwards.
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is the draft of Elizabeth’s order to execute Mary Queen of Scots. It was written by Cecil. And I LOVE the fact that he forgot to include the English monarch’s bonkers claim to rule France. He had to add it in afterwards.
My wealth has increased by 25% since June. I have done absolutely nothing to earn this. I just put it in a tracker fund. I will be taxed on that gain at a lower rate than during the Thatcher government.
I’d pay more tax to make this country better and stop Putin in his tracks.
I’d pay more tax to make this country better and stop Putin in his tracks.
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
My wealth has increased by 25% since June. I have done absolutely nothing to earn this. I just put it in a tracker fund. I will be taxed on that gain at a lower rate than during the Thatcher government.
I’d pay more tax to make this country better and stop Putin in his tracks.
I’d pay more tax to make this country better and stop Putin in his tracks.
Anyone who voted for this or advocated for it is unworthy of your vote. Or your clicks.
They were either lying or wrong.
They were either lying or wrong.
‘I think we were so desperate to get out of the EU that at the time we basically came up with a very bad deal.’
Former Tory Brexit minister David Jones, who has since defected to Reform UK
#Traitors
Former Tory Brexit minister David Jones, who has since defected to Reform UK
#Traitors
November 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Anyone who voted for this or advocated for it is unworthy of your vote. Or your clicks.
They were either lying or wrong.
They were either lying or wrong.
Byron had sex with Lady Melbourne. Also with her daughter in law Caroline Lamb (who later had sex with the Duke of Wellington.) Byron eventually married Lady Melbourne’s niece. But the marriage failed because he was also having sex with his (half) sister.
November 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Byron had sex with Lady Melbourne. Also with her daughter in law Caroline Lamb (who later had sex with the Duke of Wellington.) Byron eventually married Lady Melbourne’s niece. But the marriage failed because he was also having sex with his (half) sister.
Today in 1911 the greatest gathering of chemists & physicists to that point in history took place in Brussels. Lorentz. Einstein. Curie. Poincaré. Rutherford. Lindemann (Churchill's WW2 scientific adviser) gathered for a brainstorm.
Historic dinner party game?
Well here you go.
Historic dinner party game?
Well here you go.
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Today in 1911 the greatest gathering of chemists & physicists to that point in history took place in Brussels. Lorentz. Einstein. Curie. Poincaré. Rutherford. Lindemann (Churchill's WW2 scientific adviser) gathered for a brainstorm.
Historic dinner party game?
Well here you go.
Historic dinner party game?
Well here you go.
The generation that experienced WW2 knew how bad things could get. The horrors that they had directly experienced in Coventry, on Omaha, at Belsen, Bastogne, Dresden, Nanjing & Tokyo meant that they understood how dangerous THIS was. This is where all that started.
Dutch anti-Muslim populist Geert Wilders goes full Trump, claiming on X after he lost the election that there are reports of vote fraud. Also claimed the election authority was not neutral. Tearing down the pillars of Dutch democracy. nos.nl/l/2588722
Gemeenten wijzen aantijgingen Wilders over stemgesjoemel van de hand
Wilders stelt op sociale media dat het "berichten regent" van verdwenen of ongeldig verklaarde stemmen. Experts noemen het trumpiaans.
nos.nl
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The generation that experienced WW2 knew how bad things could get. The horrors that they had directly experienced in Coventry, on Omaha, at Belsen, Bastogne, Dresden, Nanjing & Tokyo meant that they understood how dangerous THIS was. This is where all that started.
‘I think we were so desperate to get out of the EU that at the time we basically came up with a very bad deal.’
Former Tory Brexit minister David Jones, who has since defected to Reform UK
#Traitors
Former Tory Brexit minister David Jones, who has since defected to Reform UK
#Traitors
November 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
‘I think we were so desperate to get out of the EU that at the time we basically came up with a very bad deal.’
Former Tory Brexit minister David Jones, who has since defected to Reform UK
#Traitors
Former Tory Brexit minister David Jones, who has since defected to Reform UK
#Traitors
When George II’s son, the Duke of Cumberland (who had been a war hero in his 20s) capitulated to the French in 1757 he returned home and George II said "Here is my son who has ruined me and disgraced himself.” Cumberland was stripped of his offices and withdrew from public life.
October 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
When George II’s son, the Duke of Cumberland (who had been a war hero in his 20s) capitulated to the French in 1757 he returned home and George II said "Here is my son who has ruined me and disgraced himself.” Cumberland was stripped of his offices and withdrew from public life.
The cards done lie
October 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The cards done lie
King Harold exiled his brother.
William I imprisoned his brother
William II crushed his brother in battle
Henry I imprisoned his brother for life. In Cardiff.
Henry, Richard I, Geoffrey & John, well, did everything short of actually kill each other.
Edward IV executed his brother.
That’s the game
William I imprisoned his brother
William II crushed his brother in battle
Henry I imprisoned his brother for life. In Cardiff.
Henry, Richard I, Geoffrey & John, well, did everything short of actually kill each other.
Edward IV executed his brother.
That’s the game
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
King Harold exiled his brother.
William I imprisoned his brother
William II crushed his brother in battle
Henry I imprisoned his brother for life. In Cardiff.
Henry, Richard I, Geoffrey & John, well, did everything short of actually kill each other.
Edward IV executed his brother.
That’s the game
William I imprisoned his brother
William II crushed his brother in battle
Henry I imprisoned his brother for life. In Cardiff.
Henry, Richard I, Geoffrey & John, well, did everything short of actually kill each other.
Edward IV executed his brother.
That’s the game
By coincidence, this morning in 1961 the Soviets tested Tsar Bomba. The largest nuclear weapon ever detonated: roughly 3000 times the power of Hiroshima.
Maniacs.
Maniacs.
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
By coincidence, this morning in 1961 the Soviets tested Tsar Bomba. The largest nuclear weapon ever detonated: roughly 3000 times the power of Hiroshima.
Maniacs.
Maniacs.
Admiral Nelson's advice for Labour:
'The measure may be thought bold, but I am of the opinion the boldest are the safest.'
'The measure may be thought bold, but I am of the opinion the boldest are the safest.'
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Admiral Nelson's advice for Labour:
'The measure may be thought bold, but I am of the opinion the boldest are the safest.'
'The measure may be thought bold, but I am of the opinion the boldest are the safest.'
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There will be a perfect storm. Recruitment across sectors vital to the wellbeing of the population will collapse; talented people will continue to leave the UK even shorter of their skills; the extreme right will continue to attract almost half of all voters with a message about evil refugees.
Net migration to the UK is falling rapidly. But how far will it fall? A new, detailed estimate by @jamesbowes01.bsky.social projects net migration in 2026 will be 70K to 170K.
This will have significant consequences, both economic and political.
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
This will have significant consequences, both economic and political.
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
There will be a perfect storm. Recruitment across sectors vital to the wellbeing of the population will collapse; talented people will continue to leave the UK even shorter of their skills; the extreme right will continue to attract almost half of all voters with a message about evil refugees.
Tough but essential history in @fxmc1957.bsky.social’s new history of the Holocaust.
It began with speech. It ended with bullets, bayonets and gas.
It began with speech. It ended with bullets, bayonets and gas.
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Tough but essential history in @fxmc1957.bsky.social’s new history of the Holocaust.
It began with speech. It ended with bullets, bayonets and gas.
It began with speech. It ended with bullets, bayonets and gas.