Pat G

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Husband, dad, cook, wargamer, lover of history and books, model railroader.
I really don't like Nazis.
Citalopram is my PFAS.
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Weird ask, open to all and no wrong answers: What is your favourite romance novel and why?

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New commission: a Muppet version of John Carpenter's THE THING featuring Kermit, Gonzo, Beaker, and a Yip-Yip! Mixed media on 9 X 12" watercolor paper. #MuppetMonday

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I wrote this, this morning bylinetimes.com/2024/07/15/t...

The Trump Assassination Attempt: Myths, Urban Legends and General Ignorancebylinetimes.com Dan Kaszeta, who planned a number of protective advances and protection missions for the United States Secret Service, explores the challenges of USSS protection

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Oh no

Disk defrag simulator 🙏 defrag98.com

Windows 98 Disk Defrag Simulatordefrag98.com A simulator of the classic Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter tool. Relive the nostalgia of defragmenting different disk drives!

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amplify this not unverified reports until we know more

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About 1.8 billion years ago, a 10-15 km asteroid slammed into the area of present-day Sudbury and scattered debris for 1.6 million square kilometres. So how did that asteroid impact eventually lead to the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory? Let's learn more! 👇 🧵1/9

Great thread! As a straight cis dad driving a Subaru, which hardware store to shop has always posed a conundrum. Agree about spooky season at craft stores, Orange and Black, I'm in! I would add the relatively rare miniature #wargamer found snuffling through _all_ the shelves muttering "Terrain?"

Look, I’m guessing you need this as much as I did—the tumblr heritage post about native fauna of hardware stores has been updated for craft stores: “Beware a roving pack of domesticated quilters. They fear nothing” #crafters #homedepot 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 www.tumblr.com/brandyschill...

Brandy Schillacewww.tumblr.com *releases pack of dads into home depot* go……be free

Congratulations to all the poll workers in the UK who are the backbone of the democratic process. The polls may have closed but their work continues.

Happy Birthday USA! Good Luck and Go Vote UK! (Duck and Cover Canada)

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Happy Independence Day to those who celebrate! 🇺🇸🥩🌭🍔🍺🇺🇸 Please don’t shoot at, or launch fireworks at, the alien spacecraft. You might accidentally start an interstellar war.

Good article and here's the direct link: archive.org/search?query...

Enter a Huge Archive of Amazing Stories, the World's First Science Fiction Magazine, Launched in 1926 | Open Culture www.openculture.com/2024/06/a-hu...

Enter a Huge Archive of Amazing Stories, the World’s First Science Fiction Magazine, Launched in 1926www.openculture.com If you haven’t heard of Hugo Gernsback, you’ve surely heard of the Hugo Award. Next to the Nebula, it’s the most prestigious of science fiction prizes, bringing together in its ranks of winners such v...

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machinearchive.org

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London fog Tony Linck, 1947

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Bloody Buron: Highland Light Infantry vs the 12th SS youtu.be/ErKttzGm5vI

Bloody Buron: Highland Light Infantry vs the 12th SSyoutu.be On July 8, 1944, the Highland Light Infantry of Canada (HLI) attacked and captured the village Buron, west of Caen during Operation Charnwood. The battle was the HLI's first battle in Normandy. The fighting was so difficult with such high casualties that battle became known as Bloody Buron. Support OTD on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/OTDCanMilHistory OTD's Patron Supporters: Filthy, Rob Misener, Maria Kelly, Andy Beaton, Kevin Underhill, Douglas McKegney, Michael Colborne, Carmelo Madrigrano, David Grebstad, Dermot Rooney, Judith Barkel, Steve Ferguson, David LaVigne, Clayton LP, Iain Anthony, Chris Richardson, Barbara Honig, Richard Steer, Steve Henley, Cate Belbin, Scott Driscoll, Mike Sullivan, Brian Farrell, Kevin Lambie, Patrick Gilliland, Dawne Deeley, Robert Jardine Chris Camfield, Filip De Preter, David Schroeder, Susan Yu, Angela Schwenn, Norma Graham, David Patterson, Scott Deederly Thank you to the OTD's Team Members: Terry Downe, Rob Misener, David Dunlap, Mary Schaefer, Maya H., Kev Bullock, Brodie Shawn, Jay White, David LaVigne, Robert Cail, C Madrigraal, JuleyC aka jaicne, James Murphy, Dan Long, R S, David K, Purple Cat, Jeff Rubinoff, Robert Rerecich, George W Newman, Audio Intelligence, Susan Yu, derf85, Sean Harris, Sheila Hall, Jeff Hubbell, sheldrake6 Sources Bloody Buron: The Battle of Buron : Normandy, 08 July 1944 by J. Allan Snowie Highland Light Infantry of Canada War Diary July 1944 Augie Herchenratter https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/war-hero-augie-herchenratter-hoped-to-make-it-to-the-nhl/article37536495/ Carvil James Ritcey https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mpsb-carvil-james-ritcey-primary-source Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-299-1818-05, Nordfrankreich, englischer Panzer M10 Achilles https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-299-1818-05,_Nordfrankreich,_englischer_Panzer_M10_Achilles.jpg

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Sherman Firefly tank, 21st Canadian Armoured Regiment, Governor General’s Foot Guards (GGFG). Germany, April 1945. LAC 3224035 🇨🇦 #TankTuesday

Not my country but my field - American friends please give this a look. If you can't vote then democracy isn't.

In my day job, I work on vote.gov. We’re currently working on an accessible form filler tool to help people register to vote — see it at vote.gov/national-vot... This is open for comment right now in the Federal Register. Comments of all kinds are helpful. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

NVRFvote.gov Vote.gov is a United States government website that provides trusted voting information and can help you find voter registration rules for your state.

The Cranberry Loaves Earth, Wind and Fry Bread The Bagels The Lames The Monkey Breads The Mommas and the Papadums The Laver Breads - 500 internets if you get this one. Pita Gabriel

Make a band bready. Hovis Presley.

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Julia Zhuravleva

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When you're a good little boy who gets to go on the coin ride outside the supermarket

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this rules

Kintsugi is the Japanese practice of mending broken pottery repair with visible “scars”. For a marketing campaign, Oreo sold tubes of their frosting so people could repair their broken Oreos in the same way. [kottke.org]

Oreo Kintsugikottke.org Kintsugi is the Japanese practice of mending broken pottery repair with visible “scars”. A creative agency working for Oreos came up with the clever idea of selling tubes of Oreo frosting so that people could repair th

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Holy cripes. I wasn't paying attention to this scandal then or really now, but Annalee's article is chilling. I really hope this isn't the future of being online, but this stuff grows like a cancer and is really hard to stop.

There's something that everyone gets wrong about the Ashley Madison data dump from 2015. And I should know, because I was one of the reporters who broke the story. It's my latest for @[email protected] (sign up for a free account to read). www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

What everyone gets wrong about the 2015 Ashley Madison scandalwww.newscientist.com Nine years after hackers targeted Ashley Madison, the dating site for wannabe adulterers, many people still don't grasp what was truly chilling about the scandal, says Annalee Newitz

@otdmilhistory.bsky.social Look familiar? 😉

Finished my first Canadian Jump Off Point. One thing I really love about the AB range of figures is that they provide lots of figures that, while not necessarily useful on the gaming table, tell great little stories as a vignette. #wargaming #SpreadTheLard #miniaturepainting #minipainting

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Oh word #PaidRPGDay is a good thing. Buy a game please. loottheroom.itch.io

Pet peeve that bothers me more than it should: "Over and out" in Military Fiction It's Over = "I am done talking, do you have anything else to add?" Or Out = "I am done talking and this communication is complete." So Over and Out = "Do you have anything else to say? Too bad, I'm not listening."

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Over at the #OTD Patreon page, I've been sharing lots of the interesting primary documents I find over the course of my research. I mostly post these for Supporters but occasionally I post things for Free members too. Check out the support options here: www.patreon.com/OTDCanMilHis...

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Found it!

basketball’s all like gimme that pumpkin i need it and tennis is all like fuck this lemon you take it

1:50k map of the area west and south of Caen. Courtesy of @otdmilhistory.bsky.social Useful for OGroup and IABSM. Give Brad a follow and join his patreon. He digs into primary sources and finds the good stuff. #Spreadthelard

Date math in SQL and M$ applications in general. Why instead having to use conversion equations like =DATE(LEFT(D41,4),MID(D41,5,2),RIGHT(D41,2)) can't we use something simple like the Unix date and leave the exact display to formatting? Why, why ,why,

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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. Yeah no way I'm making 20 days... so here's a bunch: