HistoryBytes
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Avid reader, history aficionado, tech-nerd, knowledge seeker, book lover, researcher & learner. Photography enthusiast. Very outspoken and zero tolerance for bullshit.
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Bernie, Telling it how it is,
Especially in Chumplandia.....
Especially in Chumplandia.....
July 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Bernie, Telling it how it is,
Especially in Chumplandia.....
Especially in Chumplandia.....
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I feel the King has looked me in the face. Which of us has not realised we cannot afford to take a train before 10am?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Royal train to be cut in Palace cost-saving measure
The announcement has come alongside the annual publication of royal finances.
www.bbc.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I feel the King has looked me in the face. Which of us has not realised we cannot afford to take a train before 10am?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Even more to the point, taking the claims of power at face value, which is the BBC's endemic disease.
July 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Even more to the point, taking the claims of power at face value, which is the BBC's endemic disease.
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The only thing Your Daddy Chump Accomplished,was letting a Journalist get Murdered and Filling All of Your
Pockets with Blood Money.....
Pockets with Blood Money.....
July 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The only thing Your Daddy Chump Accomplished,was letting a Journalist get Murdered and Filling All of Your
Pockets with Blood Money.....
Pockets with Blood Money.....
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🚩 HOW MANY CHILDREN will RFK JR KILL 💀👺
⛑️ Kennedy ANNOUNCES that the USA will NO LONGER DONATE 🚫 to the Global Vaccine Alliance 💉 that SAVES the LIVES of MILLIONS of vulnerable CHILDREN. 🏥
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
⛑️ Kennedy ANNOUNCES that the USA will NO LONGER DONATE 🚫 to the Global Vaccine Alliance 💉 that SAVES the LIVES of MILLIONS of vulnerable CHILDREN. 🏥
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
June 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🚩 HOW MANY CHILDREN will RFK JR KILL 💀👺
⛑️ Kennedy ANNOUNCES that the USA will NO LONGER DONATE 🚫 to the Global Vaccine Alliance 💉 that SAVES the LIVES of MILLIONS of vulnerable CHILDREN. 🏥
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
⛑️ Kennedy ANNOUNCES that the USA will NO LONGER DONATE 🚫 to the Global Vaccine Alliance 💉 that SAVES the LIVES of MILLIONS of vulnerable CHILDREN. 🏥
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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GOP VIBE: “LET THEM EAT CAKE” 🎂 🥳
June 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
GOP VIBE: “LET THEM EAT CAKE” 🎂 🥳
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Packed with over 200 pages of deep dives and interviews with game developers and historians, you can learn more about our gamer’s guide to history here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...
Playing With History - The Gamer's Guide To History
A new book exploring iconic video games and the historic events, cultures, and people that inspired them.
www.kickstarter.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Packed with over 200 pages of deep dives and interviews with game developers and historians, you can learn more about our gamer’s guide to history here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...
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6 days to go.
We’re closing in on our Kickstarter funding goal, but still need your help.
Our new book explores 10,000,000 years of history in video games. Available at an earlybird discount with prices starting from £8.
We’re closing in on our Kickstarter funding goal, but still need your help.
Our new book explores 10,000,000 years of history in video games. Available at an earlybird discount with prices starting from £8.
June 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
6 days to go.
We’re closing in on our Kickstarter funding goal, but still need your help.
Our new book explores 10,000,000 years of history in video games. Available at an earlybird discount with prices starting from £8.
We’re closing in on our Kickstarter funding goal, but still need your help.
Our new book explores 10,000,000 years of history in video games. Available at an earlybird discount with prices starting from £8.
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You can request access to the Crosswind alpha here (PC only): store.steampowered.com/app/3041230/...
Crosswind on Steam
Crosswind is a survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Explore procedural open world, gather, build and craft. Overcome challenging bosses in soulslite combat. Sail your ship, fight on land and sea, ...
store.steampowered.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
You can request access to the Crosswind alpha here (PC only): store.steampowered.com/app/3041230/...
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The alpha playtest for upcoming pirate survival game, Crosswind, has hit the high seas. A new trailer gives us a better look at its swashbuckling combat, naval battles, boss fights, and base building, complete with a classic sea shanty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BHD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BHD...
Crosswind: Drunken Sailor (Alpha Test Trailer)
YouTube video by Crosswind
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June 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The alpha playtest for upcoming pirate survival game, Crosswind, has hit the high seas. A new trailer gives us a better look at its swashbuckling combat, naval battles, boss fights, and base building, complete with a classic sea shanty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BHD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BHD...
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What can video games teach us about history? We see them as virtual museums and an invaluable way to interact with the past.
Playing With History is your time-travelling guide to gaming: get a copy of our book for as little as £8 and help us bring this project to life.
Playing With History is your time-travelling guide to gaming: get a copy of our book for as little as £8 and help us bring this project to life.
June 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
What can video games teach us about history? We see them as virtual museums and an invaluable way to interact with the past.
Playing With History is your time-travelling guide to gaming: get a copy of our book for as little as £8 and help us bring this project to life.
Playing With History is your time-travelling guide to gaming: get a copy of our book for as little as £8 and help us bring this project to life.
“Our nuclear installations have been badly damaged, that’s for sure,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told Al Jazeera TV in an interview on Wednesday.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Iran Says Nuclear Sites ‘Badly Damaged’ by US, AP Reports
Iran said its nuclear installations were “badly damaged” by US airstrikes, the first such comments by Tehran as debate grows over how much the bombardment managed to dent the Islamic Republic’s atomic...
www.bloomberg.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“Our nuclear installations have been badly damaged, that’s for sure,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told Al Jazeera TV in an interview on Wednesday.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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And more & more of us getting old, too, drawing a pension, relying more & more on the NHS.
The country is absolutely NOT READY for our ageing population crisis.
The country is absolutely NOT READY for our ageing population crisis.
This is the freight train almost no one has noticed coming down the tracks.
Wage stagnation, expensive housing, smaller private pensions are going to be a terrible combination.
Wage stagnation, expensive housing, smaller private pensions are going to be a terrible combination.
Only 3% of median-income Millennial households (27-42 year olds) are predicted to achieve "moderate" living standards in retirement
Save more / work longer / generate higher investment returns
Save more / work longer / generate higher investment returns
June 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
And more & more of us getting old, too, drawing a pension, relying more & more on the NHS.
The country is absolutely NOT READY for our ageing population crisis.
The country is absolutely NOT READY for our ageing population crisis.
The European Union plans to impose retaliatory tariffs on US imports, including on Boeing Co. aircraft, if President Donald Trump puts a baseline levy on the bloc’s goods as many expect.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EU Warns a Baseline Trump Tariff Would Still Spur Retaliation
The European Union plans to impose retaliatory tariffs on US imports, including on Boeing Co. aircraft, if President Donald Trump puts a baseline levy on the bloc’s goods as many expect.
www.bloomberg.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The European Union plans to impose retaliatory tariffs on US imports, including on Boeing Co. aircraft, if President Donald Trump puts a baseline levy on the bloc’s goods as many expect.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AFTER ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL WARS of this century, a new Syria is rising from the disastrous legacy of the toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Photos: A Road Trip Through Syria After the Fall of Bashar al-Assad
After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the length of the country to explore its hopes and its challenges.
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
AFTER ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL WARS of this century, a new Syria is rising from the disastrous legacy of the toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Preliminary classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to two facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Preliminary classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to two facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
Will America’s pre-emptive strike discourage other countries from pursuing a weapon — or just the opposite?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/w...
The Bombing of Iran May Teach an Unwelcome Lesson on Nuclear Weapons
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Will America’s pre-emptive strike discourage other countries from pursuing a weapon — or just the opposite?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/w...
There was neither a regime change, nor a decapitation of the Iranian nuclear programme.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
How Israel failed in Iran
There was neither a regime change, nor a decapitation of the Iranian nuclear programme.
www.aljazeera.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There was neither a regime change, nor a decapitation of the Iranian nuclear programme.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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As peaceful as the kiss of death.
June 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
As peaceful as the kiss of death.
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June 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM