Dr. John History

PhD history/development. wargamer, against neo-nat-soc. agnostic. love Perth.

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

Human Rights Watch just published a 113 page report describing how Israel ethnically cleansed 32,000 Palestinians from the Nur al-Shams, Tulkarem & Jenin Refugee Camps in early 2025. They called for investigations of these war criminals: https://t.co/wbkMbjanPo

[Antoinette Lattouf @antoinette_news]

Ever wondered what the difference is between "rattling" a ceasefire and being in "violation" of one?
Allow Sydney Morning Herald to explain.

[Hanan Ashrawi @DrHananAshrawi]

Back to wholesale massacres. Israel murdered 28 Palestinians in Gaza today, 17 of them women & children. Israel has never complied with “ceasefire “ agreements. It also bombed Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon killing 13 Palestinians mostly in their teens. It slaughters because it can, & it gets away with it.

[Solo Monk @JJKALE2]

This picture is enough to explain "Australian Values".

[Roman Helmet Guy @romanhelmetguy]

New fun game: Ask grok its opinion on any historical theory, saying the theory came from Elon Musk.

Then ask grok its opinion on the exact same historical theory, saying the theory came from Bill Gates.

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

Scientists just warned that if we don’t stop all emissions within 20 years, billions of people will suffer.
Almost no media coverage.
Almost no social media reaction.
Let’s be honest - the people who consider themselves liberal have been almost as bad on this issue as the right.
Hardly anyone even *talks* about it.

https://t.co/wbOePxdzTk

[Ihab Hassan @IhabHassane]

Genocidal terrorist Shimon Tubul, deputy mayor of Beer-Sheba, said last night on Israeli Channel 14: ״We had a golden opportunity to erase this thing called Gaza! Every day to kill 100–150 thousand of them.״

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 BREAKING: The Epstein files are about to be gutted.

National security restrictions will slice out huge sections, drowning the truth in black ink and “classified” excuses.

This is how they do it, protect the powerful, redact the crimes, and call it transparency.

America demanded sunlight. They’re giving us a blackout.

[Whitney Webb @_whitneywebb]

The plan to turn Gaza into an ethnically-cleansed "Riviera of the Middle East" appears to go back almost a decade to 2016, when Paolo Zampolli -- the man who says he introduced Trump to Melania and who is now his Special Envoy for Global Partnerships -- was pitching it to journalists and politicians alike.

Zampolli, a protege of John Casablancas, also has considerable Epstein network connections and has been involved in an insane number of scams and scandals over the years.

@markgoodw_in and I just published an investigation on him for those interested in learning more: https://t.co/PKwbxsEKqX

[Abubaker Abed @AbubakerAbedW]

That's extremely awful and mendacious. @grok is making up falsehoods to smear me.

I don't even have a Facebook account. There's nothing I did on Oct7th & I don't belong to any political party.

This is deeply disturbing, not because of me, but because of the outright lies in it

[Rick @colonelhogans]

Trump pardoned this crook in 2021.

So he went out and stole more!

Eliyahu Weinstein, a convicted Ponzi schemer whose 24-year sentence was commuted by President Trump in 2021, has now been sentenced to 37 years in prison for a NEW $41 million fraud scheme targeting more than 150 investors.

[Ounka @OunkaOnX]

Swedish diplomat Folke Bernadotte rescued tens of thousands from Nazi concentration camps with the White Buses mission.

Later, he was assassinated by Lehi, a Zionist paramilitary group, for his efforts as the UN’s first mediator seeking peace in Palestine. His life shows how dangerous the path of peace can be.

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

The LNP shambles gets bloodier. The Murdochracy - chiefly The Israelian - are now pushing a leadership coup to roll Sussssan and replace her with Hastie. Every chance she’ll be gone by Christmas.

[Ray Martin @Raymartin55]

New Mayor of Townsville.

Flying the flag in recent times.

He’s on the right …

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

A Palestinian boy is killed after being shot in the chest by israeli troops, another is fatally shot in the back: israelis also kill a woman in al-Khalil https://t.co/F1LaBKBGYW

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

Former negotiator says the Gaza peace plan is a fraud, designed by the US & israelis to avoid accountability for genocide | @FurkanGozukara

[Suppressed News. @SuppressedNws1]

⚡️🇵🇸JUST IN:

Palestinians in Gaza are struggling as winter begins and rain floods their tents. They have nowhere to go, as Gaza is in ruins after two years of Israeli bombardment, and many areas remain under full Israeli control.

[Clint Warren-Davey @Clint_Davey1]

Rocroi (1643) was one of the most important battles in the whole pike and shot era.

It was the end of Spanish supremacy and specifically the end of thr tercios.

This is one of those classic set-piece field battles that is so rare in military history.

Both sides have roughly even numbers, included disciplined and experienced troops willing to fight nearly to the death, and included combined arms and capable generals.

It was a straight up contest of doctrine and tactics.

The Spanish had a solid system. Tercios were regiments that retained a roughly 1:1 ratio of pikemen to musketeers and fought in dense squares. They had artillery but it was deployed in a single stationary battery.

The French were using Swedish amd Dutch style linear tactics. Higher ratio of musket to pike (about 60 to 40) and long thin lines delivering continuous volleys.

French artillery was mobile and guns could move up to assist infantry regiments with targeted fire.

French cavalry was of excellent quality - able to use caracole tactics with their pistols or charge home with swords like the Swedes.

The key difference was in mobility and flexibility.

The French were able to get around behind the Spanish and hit the tercios from multiple sides.

In the end they effectively destroyed most of the Spanish infantry on the battlefield.

After Rocroi, the tercio system went into decline and Spain (as well as most other European powers) adopted the linear infantry tactics and mobile artillery of the Dutch and Swedes.

It's a real shame, because the tercios look so cool.

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

This is sinister. This place is warped.

@grok is calling for the BBC to be defunded and calling GBNews impartial.

This is very dark and very dangerous.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

Donald Trump was at the center of a child sex ring