The Crusader Project

Alright, errata and map pack are now up, as well as the corrected list of maps, photos, documents, tables, plates and figures. I couldn't be bothered with restricting it to people who purchased the book, life's too short. So have at it.

A runner up in the moths category of our annual photographic competition taken by David Beecroft., looking at a Gypsy moth head on. We will feature our winners shortly.

Prince Maurice's grave is interesting, because it was a good example of the conflicting thoughts families had. Princess Beatrice refused repatriation of the body. She felt he belonged with his men. But she fought for years for the right to spend her own money on a custom headstone. This was blocked

I'm really into the much-overlooked subject of pigsties at the moment. In particular, I like Welsh beehive pigsties which are circular, corbelled, and found mostly in the south of the country between c11-13th & mid-19th centuries. 📸 Hendre’r Prosser Farm now @ St Fagans

Canadian experiences on specifying, then changing the River-class should serve as a lesson to others on not repeating the same mistakes. The most obvious case being Germany with F127. Especially now that cost estimates cause political concerns. www.navalnews.com/features/202...

This video was taken from bridge of USS Hornet during Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands and after that, captured by Japanese fleet just before her sinking.

TIL the extremely secret (circulation only to named individuals in top brass) 1966 plan of defending #Finland against “an attack or coup attempt that originates from the eastern and/or southern direction” was codenamed KALERVO, which is inordinately funny in ways that unfortunately defy translation

Sir. We’ve lost the guy who thinks Hitler was ‘fucking cool’

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Interview with Philipp K. Berger designer of Aces & Armor – Spitfire: Battle of Britain & North Africa from PKB Games currently on Kickstarter. theplayersaid.com/2026/10/26/i...

This man was dead weight, hanging high above the ground after touching a high-voltage line. His coworker climbed up, held him in place, gave him mouth-to-mouth. Randall Champion survived—and lived another 35 years. Rocco Morabito’s photo, “The Kiss of Life,” won the Pulitzer Prize. True heroism.

If the real priority was actually protecting girls from actual men who pose a risk to them in sports, it would make much more sense to advocate for banning male coaches and male doctors. And I’ve never, ever ever heard that suggestion, because that’s not really what this is about.

Historic race for US Senate in Mississippi this year. If elected, Colom would become Mississippi’s first Black Senator since Blanche K. Bruce left office in 1881. What the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 Can Teach Us About the 2026 Election Jemar Tisby PHD. jemartisby.substack.com/p/what-the-m...

#OTD: Heute vor 226 Jahren, am 26. Oktober 1800, wurde Helmuth von Moltke geboren. Als preußischer Generalstabschef prägte er nicht nur die Kriegführung des 19. Jahrhunderts, sondern auch ein Führungsverständnis, das bis heute aktuell ist. 🧵1/4

Your monthly reminder that if you're using ChatGPT to do your science, you're failing your colleagues, community, and all of us. Here, ChatGPT makes up data and presents it as the real thing — then apologizes when confronted.

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Been looking for this. Anger, very obviously, gets shit done.

#Onthisday 2021. Standards committee accuses Owen Paterson of “egregious” lobbying breaches The 30-day recommended suspension was enough to trigger a recall petition. But Boris Johnson whipped Tory MPs to delay and overhaul the standards system. Facing a furious backlash, the govt promptly U-turned

After the Budget, millions will use online tax calculators. But there's a privacy catch: we tested the seven most popular, and every one sends your income to a server. Here's what MoneySavingExpert sends:

There's a file at TNA, can't remember who it was from, DMO? DTI? But it breaks down tank crew injuries and fatalities but mechanism and body location. And yeah, head and upper torso v common; shrapnel and bullets.

Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxons, died #OTD 899. St Cuthbert appeared in a vision to the then king of the West Saxons as he sought refuge in the Somerset marshes, vowing he would defeat his foes. This he did at the Battle of Ethandune (Edington, Wiltshire) in 878. 📸CNG

From Dobler, chapter 9. I do prefer a battle field taxi (with a proper bite) anytime, but it’s combined arms not without a reason. Add the drone boys and girls, and everyone else who can contribute in getting the infantry on target.

Regular reminder that normally when you scratch a transphobe, you can expect to find a racist climate change and vaccine denier. For the more visual thinkers, here's the Venn diagram.

I remember many yrs ago one of my regular customers asked another of my regular customers "I seen you in Shields th other day with a couple of [racial slur] teenagers, what was that about that?" And the other guy replied "Do you mean my fucking grandchildren?" Never seen a man visibly shrink so fast

26 October 1908 | Norwegian Jew, Jacob Scharff, was born in Oslo. A violinist. In #Auschwiz from 1 December 1942. No. 79213 He perished in the camp the same month. --- Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

🌬️ Not even Storm Boelo could stop us – we occupied St John the Evangelist in Leeds city centre to explore this stunning church's role in the English Civil Wars.

I know it won’t change much but it still feels good that these predators went under. My feelings below.

This is one of the saddest things you’re going to read all day.

ive talked on how i wont engage with writers who use ai, i wont eat at a restaurant with an ai menu, i wont have anything to do with it. but what this post illustrates is regardless of how OTHERS react, ultimately the worst part about using ai is that you are punishing YOURSELF and dont even know it

Tory leader of the opposition being advised by an nationalist extremists with alleged links to Ulster loyalist paramilitaries? What year is this, 1912? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

💯The case for democracy is not that voters are always right, or wise, or good. It's that they can correct their mistakes. That's why it's so dangerous to have billionaires controlling the media or regulating the flow of information. It shuts down the immune system of democracy.

Lovely to be on @garius.eurosky.social’s Untitled History Podcast talking about the strange origins of futuristic Milton Keynes open.spotify.com/episode/61au...

"Interbrigadisten vor Teruel" (International Brigades at Teruel) by Gerhard Kurt Müller 1966-67. The town+ looming sky behind reminds me of El Greco's view of Toledo, as do elongated characters. Criticised at in GDR for unheroic portrayal of fighters. Feel of cold is patent.NewMastersGallery,Dresden

A look at the comparative casualty figures between US armoured and infantry divisions in NWE 1944/45 drives that point home. Can be found eg in Dobler ‘Closing with the enemy’.

Yes it costs a lot of money with fighters, but just look at what it costs with interceptors. Cost is around 3 million a pop, so that’s almost 6 billion right there.

I wrote this! TL;DR the rest of the world spent so long anxiously watching Orban destroying everything; the least we can do now, for Hungary and for our own sakes, is to watch as Magyar proves that things can actually get better

What else to do on Trafalgar Day except pop in to see Collingwood’s flag, recently acquired by @northeastmuseums.bsky.social

No idea that Getty went bankrupt. Oh well.