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@seanboy.bsky.social

Normandy based tour guide/researcher/lecturer/history enthusiast. Occasional poster of Then And Nows. Music lover. Mostly loud stuff. www.normandyinsight.net

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three planes are flying in a row in a cloudy sky ALT: three planes are flying in a row in a cloudy sky

Modellers - the call you have been waiting all your lives for...!

Does anyone have any models of #WW2 aircraft they could drop by a school in Newbury tomorrow?

A group of students wants to film a scene - presumably with them going "Pew! Pew! Nerrrrr!"

Please share ๐Ÿ™

12.10.2025 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As is Pt.1

bsky.app/profile/norm...

12.10.2025 12:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Interesting read ๐Ÿ‘‡

#WW2 #Normandy44

12.10.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm lost for words.

12.10.2025 11:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom breakโ€”never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week agoโ€”turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroomโ€”by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

11.10.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3673    ๐Ÿ” 2076    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 171    ๐Ÿ“Œ 447
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All being well, my next book comes out on 30 Nov 25. It looks at the alleged disappearance of the 5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment & looks at all the duff history that surrounds the story of their advance on Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12 Aug 15 during the Gallipoli Campaign #WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli

11.10.2025 09:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

โ€œSomeoneโ€ cancelled my familyโ€™s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation โ€˜disappeared.โ€™

08.10.2025 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6550    ๐Ÿ” 1852    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 247    ๐Ÿ“Œ 343
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The exact same story, as reported in the Australian and British press.

08.10.2025 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Science Photographer of the Year โ€“ SS Thistlegorm Itโ€™s not often that something so close to the topic of Operation CRUSADER gets such recognition. SS Thistlegorm was sunk on 6 October 1941 while waiting to unload off Suez, with all her cargoโ€ฆ

#OTD in 1941 KG26 sank SS Thistlegorm off Suez.

#navalhistory

06.10.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

06.10.2025 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2990    ๐Ÿ” 1310    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 153    ๐Ÿ“Œ 85
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This is the home of Diane Goodstein, a federal judge who ruled against Trump last month.

Members of her family were still inside, but survived by jumping out windows.

Just yesterday Stephen Miller claimed left wing judges were terrorists & state power was needed to stop them.

06.10.2025 03:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 481    ๐Ÿ” 290    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 43
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A story in three parts. Nigel Farage should not be asked about anything else in upcoming interviews.

29.09.2025 08:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Does anyone know where the ludicrous claim that the SAS destroyed more German planes on the ground than the RAF shot down originated?

01.10.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
From the TfL workers being punched and racially abused to women who were chased down the street - Iโ€™m deeply concerned about the alarming rise of racist attacks in our capital city. 
 
We are also seeing appalling incidents elsewhere in the country - some of which have included abhorrent violence towards children.
 
These incidents illustrate the dangers of allowing racism to be normalised and mainstreamed. Real lives and personal safety are under threat.
 
I will continue to speak out against racial inequalities and injustices, as well as providing support to organisations working to support our communities and bring people together.
 
London is a successful, liberal and multicultural city. The greatest in the world. It will always be for everyone and I promise you: that will never change.

MAYOR OF LONDON, SADIQ KHAN

From the TfL workers being punched and racially abused to women who were chased down the street - Iโ€™m deeply concerned about the alarming rise of racist attacks in our capital city. We are also seeing appalling incidents elsewhere in the country - some of which have included abhorrent violence towards children. These incidents illustrate the dangers of allowing racism to be normalised and mainstreamed. Real lives and personal safety are under threat. I will continue to speak out against racial inequalities and injustices, as well as providing support to organisations working to support our communities and bring people together. London is a successful, liberal and multicultural city. The greatest in the world. It will always be for everyone and I promise you: that will never change. MAYOR OF LONDON, SADIQ KHAN

Iโ€™m deeply concerned about recent racist attacks in our capital city.

26.09.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 786    ๐Ÿ” 213    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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Rather nice sunset towards the end of quite an emotional day.

22.09.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This looks great!
Lovely job!

21.09.2025 08:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If only he'd had access to maps, photographs and other sources to inform him of potential problems

21.09.2025 08:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

On X I used data to show London does not have the highest crime rate in the world.

10 mins later a right winger linked to my book.

10 mins after that I got 40 1-star reviews from unverified accounts (previously 4.9 star avg). Fair play to Amazon - they removed them all.

But that's how it works.

20.09.2025 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2696    ๐Ÿ” 609    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 84    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30
Some Antifa types feom the 83rd Infantry Division are welcomed by locals and their pets as they liberate the village of Montcuit after over four years of occupation

Some Antifa types feom the 83rd Infantry Division are welcomed by locals and their pets as they liberate the village of Montcuit after over four years of occupation

The same location today

The same location today

Little has changed in Montcuit since 1944.
#ThenAndNow #WW2 #Normandy44

19.09.2025 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Standing chap is Luftwaffe, isn't he? And as Frederick said, Narvik veteran.

19.09.2025 06:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Park Service Is Ordered to Take Down Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes

"At Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia, Trump officials have instructed park employees to take down a sign that criticizes the post-Civil War 'Lost Cause' ideology, which romanticized the Confederacy and denied slaveryโ€™s central role in the conflict." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/c...

16.09.2025 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
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Son of RAF airman wants to meet family of German pilot who shot him down Filmmaker Bob Maddams charts his journey to Poland where his dad was a prisoner in World War Two.

"Shooting Dad down so that he saw out the rest of the war as a PoW saved his life that night and I wouldn't be here without him," The whole crew were screened instructors and they all became POWs... @nmtdambusters.bsky.social #History www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

16.09.2025 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Removing racist displays in one city = the cost of 12,000 hours of social care.

13.09.2025 06:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 172    ๐Ÿ” 94    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.

Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

10.09.2025 11:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3950    ๐Ÿ” 1990    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 381    ๐Ÿ“Œ 250

Insane is right.
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10.09.2025 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Second this.
Currently underway and it's quite a pleasant build.

09.09.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime"

Trump brushing off domestic abuse as an inconvenience to crime figures...

09.09.2025 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 116    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Suttonโ€™s Sound Lounge suffers its own kind of Kristallnacht Crowdfunder raises four-times its target for repairs to the venue following late-night attack by vandals Sutton High Street suffered its own version of a Kristallnacht on Friday night, when music vโ€ฆ

Absolutely grim, enabled and promoted by Labour, Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper, who have ditched any pretence at wanting a better country for chasing fascist votes.

The police? Too busy arresting OAPs with placards.

Councils? Cowards.

At least @insidecroydon.bsky.social isnโ€™t mincing words.

09.09.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On this day in 1966, Star Trek first beamed into living rooms across America. None of us could have imagined then the journey it would set us on. And not just the cast and crew, but the millions of fans who would find hope, inspiration, and community in its vision of the future.

08.09.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13055    ๐Ÿ” 2442    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 599    ๐Ÿ“Œ 174
The Airspeed Fleet Shadower, a 1940 prototype that tried to impart to an aircraft all the worst properties of an airship.

The Airspeed Fleet Shadower, a 1940 prototype that tried to impart to an aircraft all the worst properties of an airship.

In the darkest corner of the basement of the admiralty, someone mistakenly opened a creaky, cobwebbed door; and with an odd hollow groan, the author of Specification OR.52 lurched forward โ€” and back to work.

08.09.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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