It is also a society that in law, aspires to ascribing personhood to a wanted individual but withholding recognition of personhood from one that is unwanted, and on this basis expediting that individual either towards survival or to death.

It is all about priorities… forcesnews.com/services/army/…

Today is Merchant Navy Day, a time to remember the bravery and sacrifice of our merchant seafarers. In Plymouth, we are proud of our historic and ongoing ties to the merchant navy, and we remember those who have laid down their lives. I pay tribute to merchant seafarers, as

Really good analysis from Sir H in this thread 🧵 You can't recruit your way out of a retention crisis, nor retain your way out of a recruitment crisis. There are things that could be done to address this but they involve prioritising people over activity.

You fools. You unmitigated, colossal fools.

"Hitler would have reached an 'acceptable solution to the Jewish problem' if not for that warmonger Churchill, but the corporate media won't tell you that."

Posted without comment, my regimental post script almost sparking a diplomatic incident.

Most people think storms at sea are miserable because the waves and winds are high. Nope The worst thing is duration: making no way OUT of the storm & being stuck for days. It’s demoralizing & exhausting The tall-ship Susanna got stuck for 99 days rounding Cape Horn in 1905 😨

I like to think we would not pull the trigger.

I saw the rain dirty valley, you saw Brigadoon. I saw the croissant, you saw the whole of Sassoon.

That is a long crowd! March for Life 2024. #marchforlife

This is why scientists need the humanities. A scientist can apparently ‘prove’ statistically that Napoleon is the greatest general ever. A humanities scholar can explain how his supposed greatness was not always a virtue, and how it ultimately was a cause of his total defeat.

The community note is of interest here. It cites a good source but: 1) Different forces have different ROE. International Law is, in theory, the base denominator. 2) ignores the issue as to whether the individual targeted is “hors de combat” (arguably he is).

"Extreme weather to strengthen rapidly over next 2 decades" "Nearly three quarters of the global population can expect strong and rapid changes in extreme temperatures & rainfall in the next 20 years unless greenhouse gas emissions are cut dramatically" phys.org/news/2024-09-e…

I can concur with this rather grim assessment. Most worryingly evident in SNCOs and the captain to junior major cohort.

13 September 1933 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Esther Eveline Werkendam, was born in Borgerhout. She lived in Amsterdam. At the end of July or beginning of August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

Absolutely! Too many lives lost through both.