Dave Shackson
@djshackson.bsky.social
🇦🇺 Welsh-Aussie Assistant Headteacher, historian, in London at a Girls' School. Traveller, Cycle Commuter. PC games. Former Intelligence Corps Reservist. Surrey CCC. Irony warning. #NAFO, NATO Matters. Will block if you DM unless I have got to know you
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Have to say I became tired of the ahistorical nonsense being exchanged here about “are the Nazis left or right wing” which seemed to start with Peter Hitchens in a Mail on Sunday article proclaiming them left-wing: the irony lost on him that his paper and its owners were..
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Have to say I became tired of the ahistorical nonsense being exchanged here about “are the Nazis left or right wing” which seemed to start with Peter Hitchens in a Mail on Sunday article proclaiming them left-wing: the irony lost on him that his paper and its owners were..
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Just try to think back to the world just over the decade ago and remember an age that was still sane and that this barking mad far right bullshit was still mostly on the fringes. Now it is US Policy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right
Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Just try to think back to the world just over the decade ago and remember an age that was still sane and that this barking mad far right bullshit was still mostly on the fringes. Now it is US Policy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Cool! I live near Canary Wharf so tomorrow I can use the ferry to head to Rotherhithe and have a pub lunch at The Mayflower (named after the ship that left from here to settle New England - US people confused, Plymouth was its last European landfall before reaching America, not its port of orgin.)
Electric ferry brings zero-emission travel to the River Thames
The Orbit Clipper will carry passengers between Canary Wharf and Rotherhithe every 10 minutes.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Cool! I live near Canary Wharf so tomorrow I can use the ferry to head to Rotherhithe and have a pub lunch at The Mayflower (named after the ship that left from here to settle New England - US people confused, Plymouth was its last European landfall before reaching America, not its port of orgin.)
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2 December 1914 | Ań Austrian Jew, Jakob Gross, was born in Vienna. A dental technician.
In #Auschwitz from 3 June 1942.
No. 37268
He perished in the camp on 10 July 1942.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
In #Auschwitz from 3 June 1942.
No. 37268
He perished in the camp on 10 July 1942.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
2 December 1914 | Ań Austrian Jew, Jakob Gross, was born in Vienna. A dental technician.
In #Auschwitz from 3 June 1942.
No. 37268
He perished in the camp on 10 July 1942.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
In #Auschwitz from 3 June 1942.
No. 37268
He perished in the camp on 10 July 1942.
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Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
Trying to explain to kids in my school who are hooked on Stranger Things that it is pretty much what my life as a teenager in the 80s was like (playing D&D, violent school bullying, riding everywhere on bikes) but without the monsters.
a neon sign that says stranger things in red letters
ALT: a neon sign that says stranger things in red letters
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trying to explain to kids in my school who are hooked on Stranger Things that it is pretty much what my life as a teenager in the 80s was like (playing D&D, violent school bullying, riding everywhere on bikes) but without the monsters.
How many US politicians are either sociopaths or even psychopaths like this evil POS?
Sen. Mullin: "We know that the Navy or the Coast Guard picked up survivors already and sent them back to their country."
Bash: "Could that be because a lawyer in the Pentagon said 'you can't do that again'?"
Sen. Mullin: "No…Why do we care if we take them out in international water?"
Bash: "Could that be because a lawyer in the Pentagon said 'you can't do that again'?"
Sen. Mullin: "No…Why do we care if we take them out in international water?"
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
How many US politicians are either sociopaths or even psychopaths like this evil POS?
Just give me 2 years and 8 months to retire @dermotncosgrove.bsky.social and I will do my best to preserve the Irish pubs that serve Beamish
After WW2 when the UK was rebuilding blitzed areas they prioritised the rebuilding of places they saw as important to soxial cohesian. That focused on churches and Pubs. Reckon Ireland's government needs to have the same attitude.
Can you have a community without craic? Scholars of Ireland’s pubs warn of declining numbers
Two new books analyse what makes the ‘perfect pub’ and both come to a sobering conclusion: Irish pubs are in trouble
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Just give me 2 years and 8 months to retire @dermotncosgrove.bsky.social and I will do my best to preserve the Irish pubs that serve Beamish
After WW2 when the UK was rebuilding blitzed areas they prioritised the rebuilding of places they saw as important to soxial cohesian. That focused on churches and Pubs. Reckon Ireland's government needs to have the same attitude.
Can you have a community without craic? Scholars of Ireland’s pubs warn of declining numbers
Two new books analyse what makes the ‘perfect pub’ and both come to a sobering conclusion: Irish pubs are in trouble
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
After WW2 when the UK was rebuilding blitzed areas they prioritised the rebuilding of places they saw as important to soxial cohesian. That focused on churches and Pubs. Reckon Ireland's government needs to have the same attitude.
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Motherfucker
He really does.
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Motherfucker
Meanwhile in what can only be described as the left-wing version of Reform...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your Party conference thrown into chaos as Zarah Sultana boycotts first day
Sultana skips Saturday’s proceeding in solidarity with delegates expelled over links to other parties
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Meanwhile in what can only be described as the left-wing version of Reform...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And here's me thinking it was a requirement to be a GB News presenter.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
GB News urged to cut ties with contributor accused of racism
Rightwing activist claimed Commons deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani should be barred because she was born in Pakistan
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
And here's me thinking it was a requirement to be a GB News presenter.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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This is now at 93,000. At 100k it'll get a debate in Parliament. I suspect most ppl in here want to see them out of politics and out of the UK.
That includes Farage and Reform Ltd.
An enquiry just for their finances.
Please sign and share if you agree.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
That includes Farage and Reform Ltd.
An enquiry just for their finances.
Please sign and share if you agree.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
This is now at 93,000. At 100k it'll get a debate in Parliament. I suspect most ppl in here want to see them out of politics and out of the UK.
That includes Farage and Reform Ltd.
An enquiry just for their finances.
Please sign and share if you agree.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
That includes Farage and Reform Ltd.
An enquiry just for their finances.
Please sign and share if you agree.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Remember the moral standards of the 80s meant that when Tom Clancy wrote a book imagining the President authorising troops to kill drug cartel members he imagined it being done secretly because, you know, the law...
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Remember the moral standards of the 80s meant that when Tom Clancy wrote a book imagining the President authorising troops to kill drug cartel members he imagined it being done secretly because, you know, the law...
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November 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Damn! Just been reading about the Battle of Chysler's Farm 1813 where 900 British soldiers stood in a 2 rank thin red line and smashed about 7000 USA Regular Troops trying to invade Canada. Should be a film like Zulu but I guess Hollywood would not be so keen on it.
Battle of Crysler's Farm - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Damn! Just been reading about the Battle of Chysler's Farm 1813 where 900 British soldiers stood in a 2 rank thin red line and smashed about 7000 USA Regular Troops trying to invade Canada. Should be a film like Zulu but I guess Hollywood would not be so keen on it.
In the end, Brexit was always a Russian Operation to create as much distance between the EU and NATO. FFS, Aaron Banks donated a record amount, clearly more than he could afford, to Leave UK, and was then partying with the Russian Ambassador on the night of the referendum.
Another proof of how much Brexit has weakened Britain.
Talks for UK to join EU defence fund collapse in blow to Starmer’s bid to reset relations
The UK had been pushing to join €150bn Safe fund, a loan scheme that is part of bloc’s drive to rearm Europe.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Talks for UK to join EU defence fund collapse in blow to Starmer’s bid to reset relations
The UK had been pushing to join €150bn Safe fund, a loan scheme that is part of bloc’s drive to rearm Europe.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Talks for UK to join EU defence fund collapse in blow to Starmer’s bid to reset relations
UK had been pushing to join €150bn Safe fund, a loan scheme that is part of bloc’s drive to rearm Europe
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
In the end, Brexit was always a Russian Operation to create as much distance between the EU and NATO. FFS, Aaron Banks donated a record amount, clearly more than he could afford, to Leave UK, and was then partying with the Russian Ambassador on the night of the referendum.
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28 November 1932 | A German Jewish girl, Anni Glattstein, was born in Essen. She emigrated to The Netherlands.
In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
28 November 1932 | A German Jewish girl, Anni Glattstein, was born in Essen. She emigrated to The Netherlands.
In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
Aren't they one and the same. He is alleged to have been a racist as a child and his politics and political career identify him clearly as a racist as an adult.
Is Farage right to claim that racism allegations are response to a dislike of his politics?
Reform UK leader has again denied allegations about his behaviour as a schoolboy but what are the facts?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK leader has again denied allegations about his behaviour as a schoolboy but what are the facts?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Is Farage right to claim that racism allegations are response to a dislike of his politics?
Reform UK leader has again denied allegations about his behaviour as a schoolboy but what are the facts?
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Aren't they one and the same. He is alleged to have been a racist as a child and his politics and political career identify him clearly as a racist as an adult.
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27 November 1925 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Jeanette van Geldern, was born in Rheden.
In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
27 November 1925 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Jeanette van Geldern, was born in Rheden.
In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In September 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
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26 November 1937 | French Jewish boy, Samek Erlich, was born in Paris.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 16 August 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 16 August 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
26 November 1937 | French Jewish boy, Samek Erlich, was born in Paris.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 16 August 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 16 August 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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Today in 1944, at Roermond in the Netherlands, sound recordist Lt Peter Handford points his microphone at 6th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, and captures their singing at an open air church service. 🔊 #history #ww2
Full recording: IWM 7697 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full recording: IWM 7697 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Today in 1944, at Roermond in the Netherlands, sound recordist Lt Peter Handford points his microphone at 6th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, and captures their singing at an open air church service. 🔊 #history #ww2
Full recording: IWM 7697 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full recording: IWM 7697 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
FFS! In the leadership team of a 900 student school we were in crisis mode at this stage and, it now turns out, putting more hours into dealing with the situation during the school holidays than the bloody Prime Minister of the country responsible for millions.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
FFS! In the leadership team of a 900 student school we were in crisis mode at this stage and, it now turns out, putting more hours into dealing with the situation during the school holidays than the bloody Prime Minister of the country responsible for millions.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@dermotncosgrove.bsky.social Didn't see the game as I was exploring The Ardennes in Belgium today, but what was happening going down to 12 on field? WTF?
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
@dermotncosgrove.bsky.social Didn't see the game as I was exploring The Ardennes in Belgium today, but what was happening going down to 12 on field? WTF?
Visited Rochefort today in Belgium. Ran across this memorial to brave Americans back when their country was at the forefront of defeating fascism instead of promoting and supporting it worldwide.
November 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Visited Rochefort today in Belgium. Ran across this memorial to brave Americans back when their country was at the forefront of defeating fascism instead of promoting and supporting it worldwide.
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