Alexandre Monteiro

@Jaytrigs @TheAviationist @TallGlenn85 Lived there for 11 years!

@allexandre @TheAviationist @TallGlenn85 That’s awesome! I was there ‘91 to ‘93. I loved Terceira, the Portuguese people, food, and culture. I extended my stay for an extra year because I liked it so much there.

And here’s a B-52 launching from RAF Fairford for an Epic Fury mission. Take a look at the loadout.

@almeidadagama Foi o que tive que fazer durante meses…

@allexandre Por cada página??? Eu nem morto, arranjarei um dia ou outro para lá ir presencialmente, caso contrário ando eu a financiá-los mais do que o PRR.

O Arquivo Distrital de Évora pediu-me 73euros pela digitalização de um livro.

@Jaytrigs @TheAviationist @TallGlenn85 I was an ATC there 1989-1992.

In the 90s I worked in the HQ Building at Lajes Field (Azores). Our Base Commander was Col. Bryan Arnold (he would retire as a Lt. General), a former B-52 pilot. He called me up to his office for a few minutes to chat before he was going to pin on a stripe. We talked about B-52s and I told him how much I loved that aircraft. A couple weeks later, he came downstairs and invited me to go out with him to watch the flight line. The HQ Bldg. was on a hill, overlooking the runway. A rare B-52 had arrived at Lajes and Col. Arnold spoke with the aircrew. They agreed to do a low pass over the flight line after takeoff. It was an amazing experience watching it flying, up close! I still love B-52s and imagine that old plane will still be flying after I’ve passed away.

@speraltalisboa Se o PS tivesse ganho as eleições, isto não aconteceria. Mas não ganhou. São os efeitos colaterais das pessoas serem wokes - perdem votos.

Hoje a maioria Ch/PSD/CDS mandou um recado claro aos jovens trans: fiquem caladinhos, não vão falar com um professor, familiar ou amigo. O vosso questionamento é um delírio. Muito menos procurem médicos porque os deputados sabem melhor o tratamento de que precisam: a humilhação.

@IsabelLMMoreira Se o PS tivesse ganho as eleições, isto não aconteceria. Mas não ganhou. São os efeitos colaterais das pessoas serem wokes - perdem votos.

O PSD capitulou de vez. Acaba de Ser aprovado o fim da autonomia de todos os trans. Sim, adultos, também. Aprovaram o diploma do ch e do CDS. É como se estivessem a dizer que fez sentido atirar com a Gisberta para dentro de um poço. Mata-la. Nem um voto fora da disciplina.

@joseggusmao Saneados ou não reconduzidos?

A malta que anda sempre a bradar contra a cancel culture está toda calada sobre o saneamento político da Rita Rato e do Francisco Frazão. A extrema-direita já governa a capital pela mão de Moedas.

@JeffFynnPaul @NigelBiggar

A colleague argued in a paper that "medieval Europeans were racist." I replied that medieval Muslims were as well, and cited several sources. They said "that is whataboutism... we're not talking about Islam, we're talking about Europe." But the whole point presumably, of saying medieval Europeans were racist, was to point out that medieval Europeans were unusually bad. If everyone was equally racist, then what is the point of singling out Europeans? Why not argue that indeed, racism was prevalent across many cultures in the middle ages? The "whataboutism" counter is therefore a fallacy. If someone is arguing that one group was exceptionally bad, then by pointing out that every other group was equally bad, and therefore that the first group was not exceptionally bad, then you have defeated the original argument. "Whataboutism" is simple deflection, against an argument which does in fact render your original argument meaningless. Now, if someone had been arguing that medieval Europeans were better than everyone else, then, the revelation that Europeans were racist would be a salient point, and the "whataboutist" argument would hold water if someone tried to point out Islamic racism as a counter-argument. But 9 times out of 10, the original argument made by Western scholars is based on the idea that Europeans were in fact worse than other groups. Sorry, dear colleagues, but maybe we should reinstate basic logical training in high school and college...

@majoliv Massada de peixe..?

Ámen.

@Osinttechnical @vantortech This, kids, is what air supremacy looks like.

First positive confirmation of destroyed Iranian Air Force F-14 Tomcats at Khatami Air Base via @vantortech.

@JeffFynnPaul Can I add the suppression of slavery to the list of European conquests?

European countries are becoming deathly afraid of portraying their own histories on their money, or in any cultural artifact which represents those histories in a positive light. This is a direct result of my humanities colleagues adopting an almost universal anti-Western bias in everything they write and teach. Nearly every historical figure from Europe, it seems, is now officially "offensive," "divisive," or linked to something bad. This state of affairs cannot be allowed to continue if Europe is to have a bright future. A country which is not proud of its greatest past achievements--even such obviously universal achievements as discovering the germ theory of disease, or bettering the lives of millions through mandatory secular education--is a country which will soon lose its will to exist. My humanities colleagues might think that this is exactly what they want--for European countries to cease existing as European countries with European traditions. But in this, my learned colleagues show themselves much more naive, and less capable of governing, than the average person in the street. This is why democracy works so well as a rule--because the collective judgment is usually better than the judgment of any group swayed by groupthink, as the liberal arts academy now is to a shocking degree. As Shaftesbury said, "the most ingenious way to become foolish is through a system." And my colleagues, by giving in to the social media-driven Leftist hooliganism and pre-Enlightenment irrationality epitomized by CRT and its ideological cousins, are certainly proving his point.

@majoliv Altura de ramadão, é normal.

Fui agora abastecer-me de 300 PG's ao Benformoso e percebi que estamos na época das tâmaras.

@almeidadagama Fico curioso: envenenadas com que erva?

Um problema com que se deparava o combatente medieval eram as flechas envenenadas. Aqui, na investida de Antão Vasques de Almada à Ribeira do Chança [fins de 1385], o cronista conta-nos que os castelhanos deram um tiro "com erva" no cavalo do combatente João Esteves Correia.

@majoliv É onde encontraram as referências ao fidalgo português queer que alegadamente terá escondido estes livros.

@allexandre Não consigo ler tudo (é pago e muito bem;)). Porque falas na digitarq?

Un hidalgo perseguido por la Inquisición por sodomía emparedó los libros de Barcarrota #vca=fixed-btn&vso=rrss&vmc=tw&vli=cultura" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">abc.es/cultura/hidalg… via @ABC_Cultura

@majoliv Tudo é mutatis mutandis à excepção desta verdade universal: duas medidas de água por uma de arroz.

Limpa e polida, a mãe do Rembrandt que não era a mãe do Rembrandt decidiu mudar-se da Ladra para minha casa. Vamos dar-lhe sopas e livros (arroz não pode ser porque só faço argamassas).

@rogerleejesus A Índia que faça como o Brasil e pague um Projecto Resgate…

Dito assim é meio ofensivo. Há décadas que os investigadores usam esta documentação, pedindo caixa a caixa e vendo documento a documento, pq o Arquivo nunca se preocupou com um catálogo em condições. Eu vi 51 caixas (c. 5000 docs), até 1671, e conheço gente que viu bem mais. /

@almeidadagama Veni, vinha, vici?

Conseguir ir a Arquivos e consultar documentos novos é uma experiência muito engraçada. Não é que esteja a ver algo mais do que compras e vendas de vinhas, mas as vinhas que eu estou a ver, pouca gente as viu!

@almeidadagama @LusitaShield A madeira de pinho - a partir do século XVI pinho da Flandres - era a utilizada nos conveses e no forro do casco, interior e exterior. Para as antenas e mastros, tinha que vir da Polónia. As cavernas, braços e aposturas eram em carvalho de sobro.

@LusitaShield Tirando aquilo que a maior parte do pessoal já disse, vou dizer duas: - A ilegitimidade de D. João I ao Trono [sabendo que o adversário dele era filho de um bastardo também]. - O pinhal de Leiria - só um mau carpinteiro faria uma Nau com madeira de pinheiro.

Há mentiras que se repetem tanto que passam por verdade. Qual foi a maior mentira que te ensinaram sobre a História de Portugal?