⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓

Medieval warfare & maritime technology; intelligence ops; interpreter; researcher; USMC ret. They/them. Buy my book here:

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

The orange traitor's twitter was reinstated so I've gone to Mastodon.
Please do use the links in my bio to keep in touch by email too.
Thanks for an educational 9 years! 😎 Cush

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

@threadreaderapp unroll please

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

1/#WTOStc/@stuffofwar
The medieval formation & modern history of the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, & Lithuania) is a very intricate, difficult topic.
Sadly, key artefacts were deliberately blown up (Boris Stones) stolen (Euphrasia’s Cross) or erased (by propaganda or genocide)

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

#photography credits & #research notes - part E

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

The Carol of the Bells composer was a Ukrainian musician assissinated by Soviet secret agents! #holidays #History #espionage

https://t.co/djulQ5g53m

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

ICYMI last month, see you there!

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

The orange traitor's twitter was reinstated so I've gone to Mastodon.
Please do use the links in my bio to keep in touch by email too.
Thanks for an educational 9 years! 😎 Cush

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

Another day Ukraine is free = another battle-cat! Motor pool mafia 🐱

#Caturday #CatsOfTwitter #CatsOnTwitter #catsofukraine #Ukrainian #cats #Ukraine #Oekraine #Україна #Украина #СЛАВАУКРАЇНІ @bellisaurius @KeraRolsen #SlavaUkraïni

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

@quilldir There was already a case where a Veterans Affairs worker suggested euthanasia to a suicidal veteran. Saves the government paying the whopping $500/month pension.

[Kim Dozier ✍️ @KimDozier]

“Artem Zinchenko isn’t just any spy. He was the 1st agent of Russia’s military intelligence arrested by Estonia/then traded back to Moscow/for an Estonian citizen in Russian custody. Zinchenko has now sought asylum from the very/country that imprisoned him for spying against it.”

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

@MFA_Ukraine In case anyone hasn't seen the movie "Come and See" this replicates an important shot in that movie which was used to promote the film outside Russia: https://t.co/ruSqBC9SQN

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

Take an #intelligence #history break! #DDR #Germany

[EastGermanyOnline 🇺🇦 @DDROnline]

'I was cheeky': the woman who fooled the Stasi to escape East Germany
https://t.co/sAWR9tndNh

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

This is quite nice! #medieval #beer

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

Take a #nuclear #history break! Inspired by the #Russian airspace violations in the #Baltic in 2018, Ben Marking created this mock #NuclearWar scenario between Russia & #NATO in the style of BBC special coverage. It uses some #ColdWar plans & footage too.

https://t.co/jy84vmIl60

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

Another day Ukraine is free = another battle-cat! Motor pool mafia 🐱

#Caturday #CatsOfTwitter #CatsOnTwitter #catsofukraine #Ukrainian #cats #Ukraine #Oekraine #Україна #Украина #СЛАВАУКРАЇНІ @bellisaurius @KeraRolsen #SlavaUkraïni

[Grahworin 🇩🇰🇺🇦 @grahworin]

Cats on a Ukrainian soldier's car. Little does this Ukrainian soldier know, that this is a fight he won't win

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

@CaraChellew Hostile to hearing-impaired, I'd have no chance of hearing anyone even if my hearing aids could cope with that volume. Any chance of taking the disability advocacy approach to stop the noise pollution?

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

@bayraktar_1love In fascist Russia, pipeline sabotage you.

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

Another day Ukraine is free = another battle-cat! Artillery spotter 😺
#CatsOfTwitter #CatsOnTwitter #catsofukraine #UkrainianArmy #cats #Ukrainian #CatsLover #Caturday #Ukraine️ #Oekraine #україна #Украина #славаукраїні #славаЗСУ @tacticalkebabs @3rdTempEmeritus #SlavaUkrainii

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

Take an #intelligence #history break! The strange story of #Thailand & #SaudiArabia cutting ties for decades.

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

@TsurkanKate This looks like something from Threads... I wish them all possible healing.

[⚓⚔ @Cushing @Mastodon.nl ⚔⚓ @RedQRedT]

I've just heard someone refer to the Russian carrier's STOBAR (ski jump) aircraft launch system as the "cope slope" and ☠

[Mick - ميك @AnalystMick]

ICYMI, check it out!