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Dr David Spruce

@sprucey.bsky.social

Lecturer, MA and PhD in First World War and aviation history. Writing a book. RUSI Audit/Risk Com. Alzheimer's Research Treasurer. Former CEO, CFO, pig farmer(!) Harlequins. Wolves. Watch collector. Plays bass badly.Metal 🀘

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The way he refers to himself is so weird. Do you genuinely think he believes this? Would love to see his examples list, actually no I wouldn’t…

20.01.2026 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 329    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 8

Mature leadership ....

20.01.2026 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This 1943 U.S. Army film warned about fascism in America

19.01.2026 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2055    πŸ” 1003    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 65

Then let’s call his bluff. Let him declare war on Nato and reap the consequences. Even the Republican Party might grow a pair…

19.01.2026 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Orange man-baby wants Nobel Peace Prize despite having caused global chaos. Time to award him an ACI instead. (Anti-coercion instrument). The EU needs to follow Macron’s lead. Greenland is about minerals not security. Venezuela is about oil not freedom. Noise is about avoiding Epstein.

19.01.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Brilliant

30.09.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIt’s a lot easier to destroy a thing than to build a thing.”

23.05.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 9498    πŸ” 3550    πŸ’¬ 251    πŸ“Œ 153
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Today we celebrate Russia singlehandedly winning the Second World War…

09.05.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Proud to be helping Alzheimer’s Research UK in the quest for a cure to this cruel disease. Humbling to meet the amazing Adams brothers.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

08.05.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Training in the Royal Flying Corps, Canada 1918 style! Lt 'Ned' Ballough from Daytona, Florida had signed up for the US draft in June 1917 but impatient, travelled to Toronto and joined the RFC. He (surprisingly!) survived the war, training recruits in Canada before returning safely to the US.

05.05.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Morning!
#dog #petsofbluesky

01.05.2025 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh.

30.04.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 15452    πŸ” 4421    πŸ’¬ 719    πŸ“Œ 304
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I’m so British. It’s 20 degrees so i sit out all day in the shade n get burned from the reflection off the table n floor… i mean wtf!?

29.04.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I listen to Trump and think how? Then I remember the comical β€˜argument’ i had in Alabama over whose Birmingham came first 😁

29.04.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Afternoon all οΏΌπŸ•ΆοΈβ˜€οΈ

28.04.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ladies of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, or as this flying cadet called them Warned Against All Cadets πŸ˜„

28.04.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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❀️

27.04.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Surprisingly moved after finding a roll up with tobacco still inside in Air Mechanic Ernest Dobson’s Pay Book.
He joined the RFC as a boy mechanic in 1917 and left in 1922.

25.04.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Not all corporate days were bad. This was one hell of an evening. How many legends can you name (aside from me πŸ˜πŸ€”)?

25.04.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Be funny if the consequences of his ineptitude were not so serious

24.04.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the β€˜special relationship’… both sides of the Atlantic the less educated vote for charlatans

24.04.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Allies insulted by surnames, enemies appealed to by first names. I’m sure that’s how we all jive….

24.04.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone has a blanket fresh from the drier. Princess 😁 ❀️ #dogs

22.04.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I genuinely don’t understand how Congress are sitting by and watching as he destroys the global economy and defies the courts. We had Truss out in 45 days when she tried it here!

22.04.2025 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump not without precedent …from 1933 newspapers. #skystorians

22.04.2025 05:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#histbookchat

18.04.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An anecdote to the β€˜myth of Billy Mitchell’. The real first man of American military aviation. Also helped the RAF grow by lending Texan airfields to boost training in return for the training of hundreds of American pilots and thousands of mechanics.
#skystorians #histbookchat

18.04.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lao gan ma chili crisp

Lao gan ma chili crisp

This product is so good that you don’t even mind when it leaks all over your refrigerator because it fell on its side and somehow manages to do it every single time you buy it. That’s just the bargain you make with this stern old woman

17.04.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9040    πŸ” 752    πŸ’¬ 447    πŸ“Œ 164
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Ludlow Castle on a sunny day ❀️

11.04.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

His insider trading…

09.04.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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