Matthew Willis (Naval Air History)
@navalairhistory.com
Writer naval/aviation history. Words. Art. Photography. Silken Windhounds. He/him. Free Palestine. Cannot receive DMs
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I have 2026 calendars! £12+p&p, nice quality prints of cars, boats, aviation etc which can be separated and displayed when the year is over #DigitalArt #MarineArt #AutomitiveArt
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Ok when someone says "men, reach out to people" what that DOESN'T mean is "wait until you're nearly dying of it, and then do a colossal no hold ls barred emergency trauma dump on someone that you've got no idea is barely surviving whatever horrific shit they are also dealing with right now, >>
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Ok when someone says "men, reach out to people" what that DOESN'T mean is "wait until you're nearly dying of it, and then do a colossal no hold ls barred emergency trauma dump on someone that you've got no idea is barely surviving whatever horrific shit they are also dealing with right now, >>
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
Ban the hunting of foxes with packs of dogs on horseback in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
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Two of our members were on the latest episode of 'What the Trans' to answer the question 'Why join Your Party when the Greens exist as a trans person?'
Give it a listen!
Give it a listen!
New Special Podcast Episode:
Your Party, Our Questions
I'm this Episode:
- The EHRC statement on GANHRI
- NHS Sussex ICB
-Lib Dem gender quota rule change.
And we speak to the trans liberation party from your party.
And more
whatthetrans.com/ep144/
Your Party, Our Questions
I'm this Episode:
- The EHRC statement on GANHRI
- NHS Sussex ICB
-Lib Dem gender quota rule change.
And we speak to the trans liberation party from your party.
And more
whatthetrans.com/ep144/
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Two of our members were on the latest episode of 'What the Trans' to answer the question 'Why join Your Party when the Greens exist as a trans person?'
Give it a listen!
Give it a listen!
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If you need a laugh today
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November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If you need a laugh today
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Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
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Gentlemen, no fighting in the
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Gentlemen, no fighting in the
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In case you missed it, our Irish Fine Gael MEPs voted with the far right on this one. #speirgorm
For the first time, the European Parliament passed major legislation with a coordinated majority between the centre-right EPP and far-right groups, breaking the long-standing pro-EU coalition that installed von der Leyen.
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
In case you missed it, our Irish Fine Gael MEPs voted with the far right on this one. #speirgorm
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Hello @ec.europa.eu , or whoever is responsible for enforcing the rules, X's AI, Grok, is denying the Holocaust. Holocaust denial is illegal in France. Please don't make an exception when it comes to a billionaire, as usual.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Hello @ec.europa.eu , or whoever is responsible for enforcing the rules, X's AI, Grok, is denying the Holocaust. Holocaust denial is illegal in France. Please don't make an exception when it comes to a billionaire, as usual.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
Please take concrete and firm action against this cruel disinformation.
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No one is surprised 👀
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2025/nov/18/deeply-shocking-nigel-farage-faces-fresh-claims-of-racism-and-antisemitism-at-school
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2025/nov/18/deeply-shocking-nigel-farage-faces-fresh-claims-of-racism-and-antisemitism-at-school
‘Deeply shocking': Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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I'm gonna do an eligibility post because I don't expect any other publications this year.
Writing in 2025:
1. The Flaming Embusen (short story) available in text and audio:
1/4
Writing in 2025:
1. The Flaming Embusen (short story) available in text and audio:
1/4
The Flaming Embusen - Uncanny Magazine
Jero cleared his throat before he continued speaking into the phone. “Up to this moment it could not positively have been asserted that the man, in spite of his tantalizing declaration, was really in ...
www.uncannymagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I'm gonna do an eligibility post because I don't expect any other publications this year.
Writing in 2025:
1. The Flaming Embusen (short story) available in text and audio:
1/4
Writing in 2025:
1. The Flaming Embusen (short story) available in text and audio:
1/4
I lied
The values were a bit off. The cheek was a bit too dark compared to the cheekbone, nose, forehead etc
#DigitalArt #PortraitArt
The values were a bit off. The cheek was a bit too dark compared to the cheekbone, nose, forehead etc
#DigitalArt #PortraitArt
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I lied
The values were a bit off. The cheek was a bit too dark compared to the cheekbone, nose, forehead etc
#DigitalArt #PortraitArt
The values were a bit off. The cheek was a bit too dark compared to the cheekbone, nose, forehead etc
#DigitalArt #PortraitArt
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Asylum seekers aren't crying and terrified all the time and that makes the Daily Express mad
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Asylum seekers aren't crying and terrified all the time and that makes the Daily Express mad
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You’d never see this level of propaganda from *my* country’s state broadcaster 😏
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
You’d never see this level of propaganda from *my* country’s state broadcaster 😏
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If you have to admit that Farage is a racist then you have to admit that a bunch of other people who shove his opinions onto the front pages every day are racist. And then you have to ask: "why did we let these people screech about the Hitlerian menace of the anti-racist left for 5 years?"
On Nigel Farage's racism, of course it is possible that someone can believe one thing when they're a teenager and something completely different when they're an adult.
But where is the evidence that has happened in this case?
Instead all of the evidence points in the complete opposite direction
But where is the evidence that has happened in this case?
Instead all of the evidence points in the complete opposite direction
Nigel Farage Is a Racist
The media is refusing to state the most bleedingly obvious facts about a man whose entire career has been devoted to pursuing a racist political agenda
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
If you have to admit that Farage is a racist then you have to admit that a bunch of other people who shove his opinions onto the front pages every day are racist. And then you have to ask: "why did we let these people screech about the Hitlerian menace of the anti-racist left for 5 years?"
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The Human Dignity Trust maps 12 countries where the death penalty is available to authorities: Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Uganda, and the UAE.
Map of Jurisdictions that Criminalise LGBT People | Human Dignity Trust
LGBT people are criminalised in 65 jurisdictions worldwide. Find out where with our map.
www.humandignitytrust.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The Human Dignity Trust maps 12 countries where the death penalty is available to authorities: Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Uganda, and the UAE.
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The ILGA reports that 64 UN member states still criminalise consensual same-sex acts, 7 of which have the death penalty for it, with 5 more unclear.
Pride Month: ILGA World releases new data and maps on laws affecting LGBTI people globally - ILGA World
Ahead of Pride Month 2025, ILGA World has released new data and maps highlighting how laws affect LGBTI people globally
ilga.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The ILGA reports that 64 UN member states still criminalise consensual same-sex acts, 7 of which have the death penalty for it, with 5 more unclear.
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Billionaires handing money back and forth, no one creating anything except carbon in the air. Anthropic buys Nvidia chips; Nvidia gives Anthropic billions to buy even more chips; Microsoft gives Anthropic billions, which Anthropic spends on Microsoft Azure, run by Nvidia, etc. An ouroboros of shit.
New @axios: Anthropic lands $15 billion investment from Microsoft, Nvidia
Anthropic lands $15 billion investment from Microsoft, Nvidia
The move is the latest in a series of deals that sees all the big players partnering with one another.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Billionaires handing money back and forth, no one creating anything except carbon in the air. Anthropic buys Nvidia chips; Nvidia gives Anthropic billions to buy even more chips; Microsoft gives Anthropic billions, which Anthropic spends on Microsoft Azure, run by Nvidia, etc. An ouroboros of shit.
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Rewilding can be contentious. It has been seen as a threat to farming, and a rural way of life. But in my experience this framing is often false. Whilst it is an ideological challenge, it is one that can rebuild our connection to the living world ✍️Jon Conradi, Wild Mosaic
Rewilding: Moving the focus from landscape to people
Jon Conradi, Wild Mosaic Rewilding can be contentious. It has been seen as a threat to farming, and a rural way of life. But in my experience this framing is often false. Whilst it is an ideological c...
wp.me
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Rewilding can be contentious. It has been seen as a threat to farming, and a rural way of life. But in my experience this framing is often false. Whilst it is an ideological challenge, it is one that can rebuild our connection to the living world ✍️Jon Conradi, Wild Mosaic
As usual, after I said this was finished there were a few things bugging me so I made some alterations. Still not 100% happy but I think this is as close as I’m likely to get
Jamie was just announced reserve driver for Genesis Magma Racing, Hyundai’s Hypercar programme, and test drove the GMR 001
Jamie was just announced reserve driver for Genesis Magma Racing, Hyundai’s Hypercar programme, and test drove the GMR 001
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
As usual, after I said this was finished there were a few things bugging me so I made some alterations. Still not 100% happy but I think this is as close as I’m likely to get
Jamie was just announced reserve driver for Genesis Magma Racing, Hyundai’s Hypercar programme, and test drove the GMR 001
Jamie was just announced reserve driver for Genesis Magma Racing, Hyundai’s Hypercar programme, and test drove the GMR 001
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Was great to blow off some steam when Marisa asked for comment on all this 😇
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Was great to blow off some steam when Marisa asked for comment on all this 😇
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In retrospect this interview is a bit hilarious
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
In retrospect this interview is a bit hilarious
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Anyone who uses an iPhone recommend a good camera app that DOESN’T use this AI processing?
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Anyone who uses an iPhone recommend a good camera app that DOESN’T use this AI processing?
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*battens down hatches*
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
*battens down hatches*
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This is what happens when you're suddenly and swiftly outside the magic circle; do you honestly think this (frankly dull and uninteresting event) would've been reported, let alone investigated, a year ago?
Peter Mandelson is under investigation after he was caught urinating on a street
Peter Mandelson under investigation after being caught urinating on street
www.thenational.scot
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is what happens when you're suddenly and swiftly outside the magic circle; do you honestly think this (frankly dull and uninteresting event) would've been reported, let alone investigated, a year ago?
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See! This is what I've been saying for decades! If Die Hard is a Christmas movie, The Thing is even more Christmaser. Flamethrowers are heartwarming. They're everything-warming! Pass me the marshmallows.
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
See! This is what I've been saying for decades! If Die Hard is a Christmas movie, The Thing is even more Christmaser. Flamethrowers are heartwarming. They're everything-warming! Pass me the marshmallows.