Podcasts, videos, books and articles of the week 148 - Gaza And Gators Edition

Podcasts, videos, books and articles of the week 148 - Gaza And Gators Edition

America is getting it good and hard, just like it voted for.

But first Ben's work:

This weeks poster from Series 1, features Neil Poynter. Neil has been staunch supporter of I... , and continues to break the stereotype of how society views our military veterans. This poster first published 8 July 2015. To learn more please visit www.iamaveteran.co.uk

Writer Ben (@benskipper.bsky.social) 2025-07-08T10:14:12.978Z

Matthew Ford and Phil Blood in Bangkok

The book launch (in London) spilt over to Thailand

Occupied America

MAYOR BASS: “They need to leave right now. This is UNACCEPTABLE.” The mayor showed up as Trump’s Gestapo/ICE marched through MacArthur Park like an invading army. Ridiculous. They left. (h/t FOX LA)

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T20:06:48.830Z

Even if you assume the legitimacy of ICE operations, the idea that a fucking truck-mounted machine gun is necessary to carry them out is insane. This is about intimidation. This is them letting us know that the streets of the United States have been militarized.

Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T18:35:14.128Z

So this isn't an industrial complex like Auschwitz?

Bluesky

More concentration camps

Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’
Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza

Isreal being Isreal

Americans killing Americans with neglect

Bluesky

Mark has tried red, he's tried blue, now he's trying white power

Sure. I'm open minded. I'm capable of having discussions with anyone and then coming to my own conclusions. I'm also capable of not jumping to conclusions before having those conversations And I enjoy having those conversations because they put me in a position to learn specifics

Mark Cuban (@mcuban.bsky.social) 2025-07-06T04:24:43.770Z

Good piece by Greg

Sunday Pages: “Neuromancer”
A novel by William Gibson

Axel F Polska

Death by air

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gVJrUpYq6I

Why Did The Armee De L'Air Lose The Battle Of France?

Death by parachute

Making pruno at home

Little Russia in trouble

Bluesky

Russians falling out of windows

BREAKING: Roman Starovoit, 53, who was dismissed today as head of the Russian Transport Ministry, has died by suicide at his home in Odintsovo near Moscow, acc. to Telegram channels Shot and 112. A firearm was reportedly found. Starovoit previously served as governor of the Kursk region until 2024

Mediazona English (@en.zona.media) 2025-07-07T13:00:14.511Z

And speaking of Russians, our (prescient) book is still out

Phil has a new book out now!

Also on Amazon.

Ben has new book out - two links

Trooping the Colour
Today Trooping the Colour gathers crowds of tourists; along with the pomp and ceremony it is an event filled with tradition that spans many hundreds…

Amazon below

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Phil

Dr Philip W Blood (@philipwblood.bsky.social)
Writes about the history of war - latest book ‘War Comes to Aachen’ - about a German city in the age of Total War. See my latest research discussed weekly in A Historian’s Diary on Fallout.Substack.com #skyhistorians

Ben

Writer Ben (@benskipper.bsky.social)
I write about aviation, military history, contemporary social themes and occasionally agriculture (Erotic Tractors™️ a speciality). One of the Fallout Triumvirate. Your sensitivities are not my priorities, and vice versa.

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