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Wandering Deeps

@djcopio

Drinker with a sailing problem, studying other drinkers with sailing problems in my spare time.

England, United Kingdom Katılım Mayıs 2007
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𝙇𝙞𝙖𝙢@OfficialVizeh·
Side note I hope William the young Southampton intern that got caught with the filming is okay and has people around him As the magnitude of the actions he took, presumably under instruction by higher people at the club is truly disgusting that he was put in that position
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CrypNinja@cryp_ninja0x·
@doc_gero 😂😂😂😂😂 erase? The book will still exist as the original and this film will always been seen as an adaptation that was different from the source. Also is it racist to not cast Greek people and remove them from existence by replacing them with Matt Damon and Tom Holland? LOL
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GeroDoc@doc_gero·
👇Racism is when you take a foundational story sourced directly from ancient Greek mythos and larger Western culture and blatantly race-swap a pivotal character with a black woman clearly of African ethnicity and erase the timelessly fair-skinned Helen of Troy from existence
Kat Coffin Author@KatinOxford

There is zero reason to be upset about Helen of Troy being cast as a black woman. Except racism. There is no “historical accuracy” in a myth. Helen is not a real person. The requirements for Helen are to be extraordinarily beautiful and that more than describes Lupita.

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Dr. James W.E. Smith
Dr. James W.E. Smith@James_WE_Smith·
Some need a reminder that part of the 'Art of Admiralty' is the fusing of dedicated civilians with naval professionals into one team. It's not one is better than the other. The greatest maritime strategist was a lawyer, not a sailor: its the fact he worked as an equal beside naval service leaders that mattered. This is because the nature of the sea and sea warfare required marines and sailors to focus on their task, while naval civilians focused on theirs. When it works, you develop the greatest navy the world has ever seen. When it doesn't work, you empower 'seablindness' and policy, strategic and doctrine dysfunction which in the long term creates...decline... Learn this. NB: Only the highest ranking civilians or government etc have higher authority over the military, as most countries have civilian control of their military services.
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Fesshole🧻@fesshole·
I was well into my 40s, having raised three kids, before I realised that the first little piggy that went to market, wasn't going shopping.
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Pulp Librarian
Pulp Librarian@PulpLibrarian·
I regret to inform you that Ask Jeeves is dead. The site closed yesterday. Web 1.0 lost another founder. Ask Jeeves: 3 June 1996 - 1 May 2026. Send no memes.
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Wandering Deeps@djcopio·
@blagden_david @Lesserof2weevls The treasury really struggle to understand the intangibles and the value they bring. “There is more in heaven and earth, Horatio, than is written on your balance sheet”.
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David Blagden
David Blagden@blagden_david·
If the world’s fifth biggest economy (possibly soon fourth, as Japan flails) - that’s also a collection of islands in the middle of one of the world’s most-vital maritime theatres - can’t find the resources to keep a naval college open… …then honestly, we should just give up.
Francis Tusa@FTusa284

The bad news for all future officer cadets, if oft-studied plans to rationalise MoD college estate do come to pass, it's most likely that Cranwell will be the location, Dartmouth and Sandhurst having too much re-sale value.

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Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼
Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼@DrewPavlou·
British establishment carried out temporal pincer move to save AUKUS by going back in time to make sure that a 1940s era Australian-UK submarine was named HMS Trump Powerful
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Rapid Response 47@RapidResponse47

KING CHARLES III: "There was one particular AUKUS predecessor, launched from a UK shipyard in 1944 that served for the majority of her life attached to the 4th Submarine Squadron in Australia playing a critical role during the war in the Pacific. Her name? HMS Trump — so tonight, Mr. President, I am delighted to present to you, as a personal gift, the original bell which hung on the conning tower of your valiant namesake. May it stand as a testimony to our nation's shared history and shining future." 🇺🇸🇬🇧

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Dr. Clown, PhD@DrClownPhD·
This is what AI was made for 🤣
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Wandering Deeps@djcopio·
With a bit of AI magic, a much clearer image appears!
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Wandering Deeps@djcopio·
@WeHaveWaysPod found this in an old handbook for new entrants to HMS Ganges; gives an idea of the size of the blast.
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Wandering Deeps@djcopio·
AI makes this sort of colourisation simple even for a duffer like me - I will have to find some of the more unusual pictures I have kicking around!
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David Blagden
David Blagden@blagden_david·
It’s fascinating. Yes, there are macro causes of relative decline in all Western states’ underlying advantages (mainly, others’ catch-up). But even compared to similarly-developed peers, the UK simply chose to give up on its most distinctive accumulated strength: sea power. 1/4
Modern Royal Navy@ModernNavy

Staggering. In the last 46 years since 1980 the UK Government has ordered just six destroyers. While a number of Type 42s were built after 1980, they were ordered in the 70s. Let that sink in. The US operates 75 ABs and 25 planned plus Zumwalt @ModernNavy questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questi…

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Best Movie Moments 🍿
Best Movie Moments 🍿@BestMovieMom·
The lack of sequels to Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) still hurts. The world, the characters, the craft were built for a trilogy. One of the great modern epics that should’ve continued, but never got the chance.
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Wandering Deeps@djcopio·
@thinkdefence @BenWallace70 @warmatters Nod sagely at all the ideas and then explain that they can’t innovate because we’ve signed a contract with Big And Expensive outsourcing our thinking for the next 20 years. We can’t think of new ideas without paying them first, and there’s no budget left after paying for Ajax etc
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Think Defence
Think Defence@thinkdefence·
@BenWallace70 What would the modern Army do with a Percy Hobart today has been one of mine and @warmatters most enduring conversations over the years
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Rt. Hon Ben Wallace
Rt. Hon Ben Wallace@BenWallace70·
I recommend to everyone who is interested in Defence reform to read Christian Brose’s book “The Kill Chain” & how much the West has to catch up to our adversaries. Even with the War in Ukraine we risk ignoring the lessons of the conflict. When this thought leadership meets industry you get companies like Andruil. But how many in uniform will be strong enough to break from convention? Will force structure continue to trump innovation? Are we platform led or threat led? @anduriltech @cdbrose
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Dr. James W.E. Smith
Dr. James W.E. Smith@James_WE_Smith·
"One day the public will see why the Admiralty objected to the MoD. There is a lie, a misdirection, manipulation of facts: a spread of an illusion of choice at its heart... I have no doubt that will play out over the decades until Britain finds itself defenceless." -Sir Caspar John [1903-1984], First Sea Lord [1960-1963]. Find out more in my forthcoming title.
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Dr. James W.E. Smith@James_WE_Smith

The Royal Navy is teetering on the edge of organisational terminal decline. ‘British’ seapower is a 480-year tradition through a proven national strategy that has delivered national security and victory — now actively abandoned. The UK must now decide if it wants to abandon that tradition entirely or restore it, rather than continue prevaricating. There is no other choice. Reminder: Britain is already, as of March 2026, by the definition and metrics: not a seapower, maritime nation or naval power.

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Dr. James W.E. Smith
Dr. James W.E. Smith@James_WE_Smith·
I'm seeing the same mistake across academia, historians, journalism & commentary: the claim that turning the Royal Navy 'around' can be done by 'public opinion'. NO. Public opinion only works in an educated seapower state. That has been actively deconstructed. Accept this fact.
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