Jesse Alexander
@jessealexander.bsky.social
Public historian; host of The Great War and Real Time History channels on Youtube via Real Time History; History lecturer; Host of the Both Sides of the Wire podcast via Battleguide Productions.
If Australia is in it...
Canada pushes to join Eurovision: ‘This is about protecting our identity’
Canada pushes to join Eurovision: ‘This is about protecting our identity’
Country explores taking part in the glitzy song contest as it distances from the US and seeks to deepen ties with Europe
When Canada released its federal budget this month, much of it was standard fare, from the plans to downsize the public service to the boost in defence spending.
But one line tucked in the nearly 500-page document has captured imaginations on both sides of the Atlantic: a mention that the government is working with Canada’s national broadcaster to explore participation in the Eurovision song contest. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
If Australia is in it...
Youtube comment of the day:
"So, the Germans were he first to have snipers [in WW1]. Why didn't the British and French not make peace? They seemed to be against peace."
"So, the Germans were he first to have snipers [in WW1]. Why didn't the British and French not make peace? They seemed to be against peace."
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Youtube comment of the day:
"So, the Germans were he first to have snipers [in WW1]. Why didn't the British and French not make peace? They seemed to be against peace."
"So, the Germans were he first to have snipers [in WW1]. Why didn't the British and French not make peace? They seemed to be against peace."
AI history strikes again, giving this French soldier a German-looking helmet in a post commemorating French war dead and quoting a famous French WW1 veteran and writer.
C'est juste l'ancienne Ministre déléguée chargée de la Mémoire et des Anciens Combattants.
Tout est ok.
Putain de merde.
Tout est ok.
Putain de merde.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
AI history strikes again, giving this French soldier a German-looking helmet in a post commemorating French war dead and quoting a famous French WW1 veteran and writer.
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On this day in 1813, the Battle of Crysler's Farm was fought near present-day Morrisburg, Ontario. In the battle, 800 Canadian and British troops faced 8,000 Americans. The battle was a defeat for the Americans, who then abandoned their Saint Lawrence campaign.
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On this day in 1813, the Battle of Crysler's Farm was fought near present-day Morrisburg, Ontario. In the battle, 800 Canadian and British troops faced 8,000 Americans. The battle was a defeat for the Americans, who then abandoned their Saint Lawrence campaign.
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CONNOR MCDAVID DOING CONNOR MCDAVID THINGS 🤯
My goodness...
My goodness...
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
CONNOR MCDAVID DOING CONNOR MCDAVID THINGS 🤯
My goodness...
My goodness...
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"Russia’s draft 2026 budget cuts military spending by $2.4 billion compared to 2025 while boosting funding for state-run media by 54 percent, signaling a potential pivot toward intensified information warfare."
jamestown.org/program/krem...
jamestown.org/program/krem...
Kremlin Shifts Focus to Information Warfare
Executive Summary: Russia’s draft 2026 budget cuts military spending by $2.4 billion compared to 2025 while boosting funding for state-run media by 54 percent, signaling a potential pivot toward inten...
jamestown.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"Russia’s draft 2026 budget cuts military spending by $2.4 billion compared to 2025 while boosting funding for state-run media by 54 percent, signaling a potential pivot toward intensified information warfare."
jamestown.org/program/krem...
jamestown.org/program/krem...
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The scale of the B-36 is hard to measure when the aircraft is on its own. So here is a pic of a B-18 Bolo (at the back), a B-17 (in the front), a B-29 (on the left), and the B-36, dominating the space.
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The scale of the B-36 is hard to measure when the aircraft is on its own. So here is a pic of a B-18 Bolo (at the back), a B-17 (in the front), a B-29 (on the left), and the B-36, dominating the space.
Youtube comment of the day:
"first time i watched a war documentary that doesnt sound like a ferry tale."
"first time i watched a war documentary that doesnt sound like a ferry tale."
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Youtube comment of the day:
"first time i watched a war documentary that doesnt sound like a ferry tale."
"first time i watched a war documentary that doesnt sound like a ferry tale."
3.5 hours on 1939-1940: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NApu...
Blitzkrieg Unleashed? World War 2 1939-1940 (Full Documentary)
YouTube video by Real Time History
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
3.5 hours on 1939-1940: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NApu...
Youtube comment of the day:
"It's interesting how some people hate Imam Khomeini. He literally brought the light of freedom and real democracy to Iran."
"It's interesting how some people hate Imam Khomeini. He literally brought the light of freedom and real democracy to Iran."
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Youtube comment of the day:
"It's interesting how some people hate Imam Khomeini. He literally brought the light of freedom and real democracy to Iran."
"It's interesting how some people hate Imam Khomeini. He literally brought the light of freedom and real democracy to Iran."
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Youtube comment of the day:
"The Germans won [WW1]. Pictures of the trenches show respectable clean orderly German trenches with drainage and underground rest bunkers, and then there is the English/French trenches, the most disgusting disease infected mud holes in history."
"The Germans won [WW1]. Pictures of the trenches show respectable clean orderly German trenches with drainage and underground rest bunkers, and then there is the English/French trenches, the most disgusting disease infected mud holes in history."
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Youtube comment of the day:
"The Germans won [WW1]. Pictures of the trenches show respectable clean orderly German trenches with drainage and underground rest bunkers, and then there is the English/French trenches, the most disgusting disease infected mud holes in history."
"The Germans won [WW1]. Pictures of the trenches show respectable clean orderly German trenches with drainage and underground rest bunkers, and then there is the English/French trenches, the most disgusting disease infected mud holes in history."
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Paywall be damned on this occasion
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Paywall be damned on this occasion
Youtube comment of the day:
"The Germans won [WW1]. Pictures of the trenches show respectable clean orderly German trenches with drainage and underground rest bunkers, and then there is the English/French trenches, the most disgusting disease infected mud holes in history."
"The Germans won [WW1]. Pictures of the trenches show respectable clean orderly German trenches with drainage and underground rest bunkers, and then there is the English/French trenches, the most disgusting disease infected mud holes in history."
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Youtube comment of the day:
"The Germans won [WW1]. Pictures of the trenches show respectable clean orderly German trenches with drainage and underground rest bunkers, and then there is the English/French trenches, the most disgusting disease infected mud holes in history."
"The Germans won [WW1]. Pictures of the trenches show respectable clean orderly German trenches with drainage and underground rest bunkers, and then there is the English/French trenches, the most disgusting disease infected mud holes in history."
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
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Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
Youtube comment of the day:
"allah cant defeat Yahweh"
"allah cant defeat Yahweh"
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Youtube comment of the day:
"allah cant defeat Yahweh"
"allah cant defeat Yahweh"
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More vital supplies on their way to Ukraine. Thanks again to all who donated! If you want to donate and help Ukraine defend itself, just shoot me a message.
November 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
More vital supplies on their way to Ukraine. Thanks again to all who donated! If you want to donate and help Ukraine defend itself, just shoot me a message.
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Youtube comment of the day:
"RULE 1 of learning History. Disregard almost everything thats written/produced by an American."
"RULE 1 of learning History. Disregard almost everything thats written/produced by an American."
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Youtube comment of the day:
"RULE 1 of learning History. Disregard almost everything thats written/produced by an American."
"RULE 1 of learning History. Disregard almost everything thats written/produced by an American."
Youtube comment of the day:
"RULE 1 of learning History. Disregard almost everything thats written/produced by an American."
"RULE 1 of learning History. Disregard almost everything thats written/produced by an American."
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Youtube comment of the day:
"RULE 1 of learning History. Disregard almost everything thats written/produced by an American."
"RULE 1 of learning History. Disregard almost everything thats written/produced by an American."
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Just got a YT ad that started with "Want to be a successful screenwriter? Here is an AI product that will write screenplays for you!" which gave me a good chuckle. Want to be awesome at something? What if you just did not have to do that thing?
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Just got a YT ad that started with "Want to be a successful screenwriter? Here is an AI product that will write screenplays for you!" which gave me a good chuckle. Want to be awesome at something? What if you just did not have to do that thing?
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On this day in 1882, Frank McGee was born in Ottawa. In his four-year hockey career with Ottawa from 1903 to 1906, he won four Stanley Cups and scored 134 goals in 45 games. He died in the Battle of the Somme.
Learn more 👇
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Learn more 👇
canadaehx.com/2021/12/21/f...
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On this day in 1882, Frank McGee was born in Ottawa. In his four-year hockey career with Ottawa from 1903 to 1906, he won four Stanley Cups and scored 134 goals in 45 games. He died in the Battle of the Somme.
Learn more 👇
canadaehx.com/2021/12/21/f...
Learn more 👇
canadaehx.com/2021/12/21/f...
More vital supplies on their way to Ukraine. Thanks again to all who donated! If you want to donate and help Ukraine defend itself, just shoot me a message.
November 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
More vital supplies on their way to Ukraine. Thanks again to all who donated! If you want to donate and help Ukraine defend itself, just shoot me a message.
My favourite CFL team as a kid, before the Alouettes returned!
On this day in 1869, the Hamilton Football Club was established. Informally known as Tigers, that name was officially adopted a few years later. In 1950, the club absorbed the Hamilton Wildcats to become the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The club has won eight Grey Cups from 1953 to 1999.
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My favourite CFL team as a kid, before the Alouettes returned!
Such a publisher should know better. This perpetuates the widely-held premise that our understanding of history is unchanging...and indirectly feeds the narrative that new research or arguments are just "revisionism."
Après les PUF qui republient sans notes ni préface 3 "que-sais-je" périmés d'Albert Soboul des années 1970, voici Gallimard qui va publier sans notes ni préface des extraits d'A. Toynbee dans une traduction de... 1953.
Assez incompréhensible de ressortir d'aussi vieux écrits sans les contextualiser.
Assez incompréhensible de ressortir d'aussi vieux écrits sans les contextualiser.
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Such a publisher should know better. This perpetuates the widely-held premise that our understanding of history is unchanging...and indirectly feeds the narrative that new research or arguments are just "revisionism."
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Youtube comment of the day:
"If US was an imperialist nation, as some claim, there would be no Mexico."
"If US was an imperialist nation, as some claim, there would be no Mexico."
October 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Youtube comment of the day:
"If US was an imperialist nation, as some claim, there would be no Mexico."
"If US was an imperialist nation, as some claim, there would be no Mexico."