#fww — Public Fediverse posts

"In a detailed report released last week, titled The Urgent Case Against #DataCenters, #FWW pointed to some of the 'documented harms caused by #AI and data centers,' including:

- Enormous #energy footprints: A single hyperscale data center can consume as much energy as 2 million US households.
- A lifeline for #FossilFuels: The thirst for fuel is being met by keeping old #coal-fired power plants running and by building new natural gas ones. [And restarting old #NuclearPlants]
- Skyrocketing electricity costs: Increased #EnergyDemand can raise residential rates, which soared 31% from 2020 to 2025 (compared to 4% from 2015 to 2020).
- Drained water resources: By 2028, AI data centers could use as much water as 18.5 million households, just for cooling their servers.
- An investment bubble: A handful of companies are investing in one another and increasingly turning to risky debt structures to hide the threat of the bubble.
- A litany of other harms: This includes massive amounts of electronic waste (#EWaste), unrelenting noise pollution, loss of #farmland, political instability from #deepfake videos, lost revenue from data center tax incentives, and #ChildEndangerment from #AI #chatbots."

#NoDatacenters #NoAI
#NoNukesForAI #UnrestrictedGrowth #WaterIsLife #NoisePollution
#AISucks #USPol

"In a detailed report released last week, titled The Urgent Case Against #DataCenters, #FWW pointed to some of the 'documented harms caused by #AI and data centers,' including:

- Enormous #energy footprints: A single hyperscale data center can consume as much energy as 2 million US households.
- A lifeline for #FossilFuels: The thirst for fuel is being met by keeping old #coal-fired power plants running and by building new natural gas ones. [And restarting old #NuclearPlants]
- Skyrocketing electricity costs: Increased #EnergyDemand can raise residential rates, which soared 31% from 2020 to 2025 (compared to 4% from 2015 to 2020).
- Drained water resources: By 2028, AI data centers could use as much water as 18.5 million households, just for cooling their servers.
- An investment bubble: A handful of companies are investing in one another and increasingly turning to risky debt structures to hide the threat of the bubble.
- A litany of other harms: This includes massive amounts of electronic waste (#EWaste), unrelenting noise pollution, loss of #farmland, political instability from #deepfake videos, lost revenue from data center tax incentives, and #ChildEndangerment from #AI #chatbots."

#NoDatacenters #NoAI
#NoNukesForAI #UnrestrictedGrowth #WaterIsLife #NoisePollution
#AISucks #USPol

"In a detailed report released last week, titled The Urgent Case Against #DataCenters, #FWW pointed to some of the 'documented harms caused by #AI and data centers,' including:

- Enormous #energy footprints: A single hyperscale data center can consume as much energy as 2 million US households.
- A lifeline for #FossilFuels: The thirst for fuel is being met by keeping old #coal-fired power plants running and by building new natural gas ones. [And restarting old #NuclearPlants]
- Skyrocketing electricity costs: Increased #EnergyDemand can raise residential rates, which soared 31% from 2020 to 2025 (compared to 4% from 2015 to 2020).
- Drained water resources: By 2028, AI data centers could use as much water as 18.5 million households, just for cooling their servers.
- An investment bubble: A handful of companies are investing in one another and increasingly turning to risky debt structures to hide the threat of the bubble.
- A litany of other harms: This includes massive amounts of electronic waste (#EWaste), unrelenting noise pollution, loss of #farmland, political instability from #deepfake videos, lost revenue from data center tax incentives, and #ChildEndangerment from #AI #chatbots."

#NoDatacenters #NoAI
#NoNukesForAI #UnrestrictedGrowth #WaterIsLife #NoisePollution
#AISucks #USPol

"In a detailed report released last week, titled The Urgent Case Against #DataCenters, #FWW pointed to some of the 'documented harms caused by #AI and data centers,' including:

- Enormous #energy footprints: A single hyperscale data center can consume as much energy as 2 million US households.
- A lifeline for #FossilFuels: The thirst for fuel is being met by keeping old #coal-fired power plants running and by building new natural gas ones. [And restarting old #NuclearPlants]
- Skyrocketing electricity costs: Increased #EnergyDemand can raise residential rates, which soared 31% from 2020 to 2025 (compared to 4% from 2015 to 2020).
- Drained water resources: By 2028, AI data centers could use as much water as 18.5 million households, just for cooling their servers.
- An investment bubble: A handful of companies are investing in one another and increasingly turning to risky debt structures to hide the threat of the bubble.
- A litany of other harms: This includes massive amounts of electronic waste (#EWaste), unrelenting noise pollution, loss of #farmland, political instability from #deepfake videos, lost revenue from data center tax incentives, and #ChildEndangerment from #AI #chatbots."

#NoDatacenters #NoAI
#NoNukesForAI #UnrestrictedGrowth #WaterIsLife #NoisePollution
#AISucks #USPol

"In a detailed report released last week, titled The Urgent Case Against #DataCenters, #FWW pointed to some of the 'documented harms caused by #AI and data centers,' including:

- Enormous #energy footprints: A single hyperscale data center can consume as much energy as 2 million US households.
- A lifeline for #FossilFuels: The thirst for fuel is being met by keeping old #coal-fired power plants running and by building new natural gas ones. [And restarting old #NuclearPlants]
- Skyrocketing electricity costs: Increased #EnergyDemand can raise residential rates, which soared 31% from 2020 to 2025 (compared to 4% from 2015 to 2020).
- Drained water resources: By 2028, AI data centers could use as much water as 18.5 million households, just for cooling their servers.
- An investment bubble: A handful of companies are investing in one another and increasingly turning to risky debt structures to hide the threat of the bubble.
- A litany of other harms: This includes massive amounts of electronic waste (#EWaste), unrelenting noise pollution, loss of #farmland, political instability from #deepfake videos, lost revenue from data center tax incentives, and #ChildEndangerment from #AI #chatbots."

#NoDatacenters #NoAI
#NoNukesForAI #UnrestrictedGrowth #WaterIsLife #NoisePollution
#AISucks #USPol

With First-of-Its-Kind Bill, #BernieSanders and #AOC Propose #Moratorium on New #AI #DataCenters

“These massive facilities are sucking up precious #water resources, paving over #farmland, driving #ClimateChange, and disrupting the fabric of communities,” said one supporter of the new legislation.

by Jake Johnson, Mar 25, 2026

"Two of the leading progressives in the US Congress, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, announced legislation on Wednesday that would impose a nationwide moratorium on the construction of new artificial intelligence data centers amid mounting concerns over their insatiable consumption of power and water resources, impacts on the climate, and other harms.

"Sanders’ (I-Vt.) office said in a press release announcing the #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenterMoratorium Act that the construction pause would remain in effect 'until strong national safeguards are in place to protect workers, consumers, and communities, defend privacy and #CivilRights, and ensure these technologies do not harm our #environment.'

"Sanders and #OcasioCortez (D-NY) are set to formally introduce their legislation at a press conference on Wednesday at 4 pm ET.

"Food & Water Watch (#FWW), which last year became the first national organization in the US to call for a total moratorium on the approval of new AI data centers, celebrated the first-of-its-kind bill and called on other members of Congress to 'move quickly to sponsor, champion, and pass' it. FWW’s groundbreaking call for a national AI data center moratorium was later echoed by hundreds of advocacy organizations at the state and national levels.

" 'We need a halt to the explosive growth of new AI data center construction now, because political and community leaders across the country have been caught completely off guard by this aggressive, profit-hungry industry,' Mitch Jones, FWW’s managing director of policy and litigation, said in a statement Wednesday. 'It has yet to be determined if—not how—the industry can ever operate in a manner that sufficiently protects people and society from the profusion of inherent hazards and harms that data centers bring wherever they appear.' "

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ai-data-center-moratorium

#AWS #NoDatacenters #NoAI #NoNukesForAI #UnrestrictedGrowth #WaterIsLife #NoisePollution #AISucks #USPol

With First-of-Its-Kind Bill, #BernieSanders and #AOC Propose #Moratorium on New #AI #DataCenters

“These massive facilities are sucking up precious #water resources, paving over #farmland, driving #ClimateChange, and disrupting the fabric of communities,” said one supporter of the new legislation.

by Jake Johnson, Mar 25, 2026

"Two of the leading progressives in the US Congress, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, announced legislation on Wednesday that would impose a nationwide moratorium on the construction of new artificial intelligence data centers amid mounting concerns over their insatiable consumption of power and water resources, impacts on the climate, and other harms.

"Sanders’ (I-Vt.) office said in a press release announcing the #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenterMoratorium Act that the construction pause would remain in effect 'until strong national safeguards are in place to protect workers, consumers, and communities, defend privacy and #CivilRights, and ensure these technologies do not harm our #environment.'

"Sanders and #OcasioCortez (D-NY) are set to formally introduce their legislation at a press conference on Wednesday at 4 pm ET.

"Food & Water Watch (#FWW), which last year became the first national organization in the US to call for a total moratorium on the approval of new AI data centers, celebrated the first-of-its-kind bill and called on other members of Congress to 'move quickly to sponsor, champion, and pass' it. FWW’s groundbreaking call for a national AI data center moratorium was later echoed by hundreds of advocacy organizations at the state and national levels.

" 'We need a halt to the explosive growth of new AI data center construction now, because political and community leaders across the country have been caught completely off guard by this aggressive, profit-hungry industry,' Mitch Jones, FWW’s managing director of policy and litigation, said in a statement Wednesday. 'It has yet to be determined if—not how—the industry can ever operate in a manner that sufficiently protects people and society from the profusion of inherent hazards and harms that data centers bring wherever they appear.' "

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ai-data-center-moratorium

#AWS #NoDatacenters #NoAI #NoNukesForAI #UnrestrictedGrowth #WaterIsLife #NoisePollution #AISucks #USPol

With First-of-Its-Kind Bill, #BernieSanders and #AOC Propose #Moratorium on New #AI #DataCenters

“These massive facilities are sucking up precious #water resources, paving over #farmland, driving #ClimateChange, and disrupting the fabric of communities,” said one supporter of the new legislation.

by Jake Johnson, Mar 25, 2026

"Two of the leading progressives in the US Congress, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, announced legislation on Wednesday that would impose a nationwide moratorium on the construction of new artificial intelligence data centers amid mounting concerns over their insatiable consumption of power and water resources, impacts on the climate, and other harms.

"Sanders’ (I-Vt.) office said in a press release announcing the #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenterMoratorium Act that the construction pause would remain in effect 'until strong national safeguards are in place to protect workers, consumers, and communities, defend privacy and #CivilRights, and ensure these technologies do not harm our #environment.'

"Sanders and #OcasioCortez (D-NY) are set to formally introduce their legislation at a press conference on Wednesday at 4 pm ET.

"Food & Water Watch (#FWW), which last year became the first national organization in the US to call for a total moratorium on the approval of new AI data centers, celebrated the first-of-its-kind bill and called on other members of Congress to 'move quickly to sponsor, champion, and pass' it. FWW’s groundbreaking call for a national AI data center moratorium was later echoed by hundreds of advocacy organizations at the state and national levels.

" 'We need a halt to the explosive growth of new AI data center construction now, because political and community leaders across the country have been caught completely off guard by this aggressive, profit-hungry industry,' Mitch Jones, FWW’s managing director of policy and litigation, said in a statement Wednesday. 'It has yet to be determined if—not how—the industry can ever operate in a manner that sufficiently protects people and society from the profusion of inherent hazards and harms that data centers bring wherever they appear.' "

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ai-data-center-moratorium

#AWS #NoDatacenters #NoAI #NoNukesForAI #UnrestrictedGrowth #WaterIsLife #NoisePollution #AISucks #USPol

With First-of-Its-Kind Bill, #BernieSanders and #AOC Propose #Moratorium on New #AI #DataCenters

“These massive facilities are sucking up precious #water resources, paving over #farmland, driving #ClimateChange, and disrupting the fabric of communities,” said one supporter of the new legislation.

by Jake Johnson, Mar 25, 2026

"Two of the leading progressives in the US Congress, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, announced legislation on Wednesday that would impose a nationwide moratorium on the construction of new artificial intelligence data centers amid mounting concerns over their insatiable consumption of power and water resources, impacts on the climate, and other harms.

"Sanders’ (I-Vt.) office said in a press release announcing the #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenterMoratorium Act that the construction pause would remain in effect 'until strong national safeguards are in place to protect workers, consumers, and communities, defend privacy and #CivilRights, and ensure these technologies do not harm our #environment.'

"Sanders and #OcasioCortez (D-NY) are set to formally introduce their legislation at a press conference on Wednesday at 4 pm ET.

"Food & Water Watch (#FWW), which last year became the first national organization in the US to call for a total moratorium on the approval of new AI data centers, celebrated the first-of-its-kind bill and called on other members of Congress to 'move quickly to sponsor, champion, and pass' it. FWW’s groundbreaking call for a national AI data center moratorium was later echoed by hundreds of advocacy organizations at the state and national levels.

" 'We need a halt to the explosive growth of new AI data center construction now, because political and community leaders across the country have been caught completely off guard by this aggressive, profit-hungry industry,' Mitch Jones, FWW’s managing director of policy and litigation, said in a statement Wednesday. 'It has yet to be determined if—not how—the industry can ever operate in a manner that sufficiently protects people and society from the profusion of inherent hazards and harms that data centers bring wherever they appear.' "

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ai-data-center-moratorium

#AWS #NoDatacenters #NoAI #NoNukesForAI #UnrestrictedGrowth #WaterIsLife #NoisePollution #AISucks #USPol

With First-of-Its-Kind Bill, #BernieSanders and #AOC Propose #Moratorium on New #AI #DataCenters

“These massive facilities are sucking up precious #water resources, paving over #farmland, driving #ClimateChange, and disrupting the fabric of communities,” said one supporter of the new legislation.

by Jake Johnson, Mar 25, 2026

"Two of the leading progressives in the US Congress, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, announced legislation on Wednesday that would impose a nationwide moratorium on the construction of new artificial intelligence data centers amid mounting concerns over their insatiable consumption of power and water resources, impacts on the climate, and other harms.

"Sanders’ (I-Vt.) office said in a press release announcing the #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenterMoratorium Act that the construction pause would remain in effect 'until strong national safeguards are in place to protect workers, consumers, and communities, defend privacy and #CivilRights, and ensure these technologies do not harm our #environment.'

"Sanders and #OcasioCortez (D-NY) are set to formally introduce their legislation at a press conference on Wednesday at 4 pm ET.

"Food & Water Watch (#FWW), which last year became the first national organization in the US to call for a total moratorium on the approval of new AI data centers, celebrated the first-of-its-kind bill and called on other members of Congress to 'move quickly to sponsor, champion, and pass' it. FWW’s groundbreaking call for a national AI data center moratorium was later echoed by hundreds of advocacy organizations at the state and national levels.

" 'We need a halt to the explosive growth of new AI data center construction now, because political and community leaders across the country have been caught completely off guard by this aggressive, profit-hungry industry,' Mitch Jones, FWW’s managing director of policy and litigation, said in a statement Wednesday. 'It has yet to be determined if—not how—the industry can ever operate in a manner that sufficiently protects people and society from the profusion of inherent hazards and harms that data centers bring wherever they appear.' "

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ai-data-center-moratorium

#AWS #NoDatacenters #NoAI #NoNukesForAI #UnrestrictedGrowth #WaterIsLife #NoisePollution #AISucks #USPol

Some #FWW World War I flying planned for Sunday 1pm at #NZ Warbirds, Ardmore #Aviation #AviationHistory #AvGeek
NZ Warbirds Association Inc
Next Tuesday will mark 107 years since the end of the Great War. The armistice went into effect at the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918.
To commemorate the anniversary we hope to fly some of our WW1 aircraft on Sunday afternoon - weather permitting - from 1PM.🌺
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid08MufdRje8p8zbidGkdAiUWdXdUEe3mQbGynMFVERG52o6cETJxRNwapMKtcgHU9Ql&id=100064406511092

#OTD 10 years ago.
Paths of Glory, and Clash of Giants: Marne at Game Empire, Pasadena - 9th August 2014
Two great #boardgames on WW1. PoG has to be one of the most tense #CDG games I have ever played. Decision angst throughout. Wonderful!
Cog Marne is a #hexandccounter game that was even more fun as we played as teams.
Good times!
#FWW #boardgame #hexesforever

New #boardgame arrivals.
A Gest of Robin Hood published by #GMTGames is a 2-player game on Robin Hood versus the Sheriff of Nottingham. It has lite COIN series style gameplay.

Crisis: 1914 is a 1-5 player CDG on the diplomatic crisis leading up to the start of the #fww It’s fresh from the Kickstarter campaign by #worthingtonpublishing

#boardgames

The Battle of Jutland Crew Lists project has now ‘jumped ship’ and is primarily posting from Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/jutlandremembered.bsky.social

#BattleOfJutland #GreatWar #WW1 #FamilyHistory #FWW #Bluesky

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 5PM TUESDAY THROUGH 5AM THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA YNEZ RANGE AND SURROUNDING FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...

.A combination of moderately strong northerly pressure gradients, weak cold advection, and increasing winds aloft will contribute to the first Fire Weather Watch of the season over the Santa Ynez Mountain Range.

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/#2023-O-NEW-KLOX-FW-A-0001

#SantaBarbara #SantaYnez #FWW #wildfires #CAwx

Our member Jane Roberts has added a new blog post to her #Batley St Mary of the Angels Roman Catholic Church #OnePlaceStudy website.

Jane's study looks at the community associated with Batley's Catholic church during #WW1, and this post is a round-up of St Mary’s pieces from the Batley News which is entirely Home Front based:
https://pasttopresentgenealogy.co.uk/one-place-study-batley-st-mary-of-the-angels-catholic-church-war-memorial/during-this-week/1917-28-july-batley-news/

#FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudies #FirstWorldWar #FWW #WorldWar1 #HomeFront #Yorkshire

Our member Jane Roberts has added a new blog post to her #Batley St Mary of the Angels Roman Catholic Church #OnePlaceStudy website.

Jane's study looks at the community associated with Batley's Catholic church during #WW1, and this post is a round-up of St Mary’s pieces from the Batley News which is entirely Home Front based:
https://pasttopresentgenealogy.co.uk/one-place-study-batley-st-mary-of-the-angels-catholic-church-war-memorial/during-this-week/1917-28-july-batley-news/

#FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudies #FirstWorldWar #FWW #WorldWar1 #HomeFront #Yorkshire

Our member Jane Roberts has added a new blog post to her #Batley St Mary of the Angels Roman Catholic Church #OnePlaceStudy website.

Jane's study looks at the community associated with Batley's Catholic church during #WW1, and this post is a round-up of St Mary’s pieces from the Batley News which is entirely Home Front based:
https://pasttopresentgenealogy.co.uk/one-place-study-batley-st-mary-of-the-angels-catholic-church-war-memorial/during-this-week/1917-28-july-batley-news/

#FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudies #FirstWorldWar #FWW #WorldWar1 #HomeFront #Yorkshire

Our member Jane Roberts has added a new blog post to her #Batley St Mary of the Angels Roman Catholic Church #OnePlaceStudy website.

Jane's study looks at the community associated with Batley's Catholic church during #WW1, and this post is a round-up of St Mary’s pieces from the Batley News which is entirely Home Front based:
https://pasttopresentgenealogy.co.uk/one-place-study-batley-st-mary-of-the-angels-catholic-church-war-memorial/during-this-week/1917-28-july-batley-news/

#FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudies #FirstWorldWar #FWW #WorldWar1 #HomeFront #Yorkshire

Today in 1918, Wop May becomes the last pilot pursued by the Red Baron.
During the aerial combat, Manfred von Richthofen is hit in the chest, killing him in less than a minute.
Who killed him? Possibly Canadian Arthur Roy Brown, possibly troops on the ground 🤷

#canada #history #histodon #histodons #ww1 #fww #firstworldwar

Frank Horrigan

#fallout #enclave #wasteland #falloutwastelandwarfare #wastelandwarfare #fww #tabletop #gaming #miniature #bethesda #modiphius #diy #paintjob #plasma #frank #horrigan #frankhorrigan #supermutant #powerarmor

Today in 1896, Wop May was born. The last Allied pilot pursued by the Red Baron, he pioneered the bush pilot role later in life.
He is well remembered for his roles in The Hunt For the Mad Trapper, and the Race Against Death.

#Canada #History #Histodon #Histodons #Canadian #Pilot #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FWW

https://canadaehx.com/2019/12/30/the-legendary-exploits-of-wop-may/

Kiwis on the march. Another photo from the same collection, no note on the back of this one but suspect it was also taken at Featherston Military Camp, New Zealand, likely 1917 or 1918.

Found photo. My collection. #FWW #History #NewZealand

"The last morning in Featherston"

Presumably later in the day, these Kiwi servicemen started their long journey to the other side of the world. Final destination.. the Western Front.

Found photo. Featherston Military Camp. Likely 1917 or 1918. My collection. #FWW #History

Today in 1891, Francis Pegahmagabow was born. A sniper in the First World War, he is credited with killing 378 Germans, while capturing 300 more. During the war, he earned the Military Medal with Two Bars.
After the war, he became an Indigenous activist.

#FirstNations #Canada #Canadian #Indigenous #FirstWorldWar #WarHistory #WW1 #FWW

https://canadaehx.com/2020/06/20/francis-pegahmagabow/

Armentières. 13 April 1915.

"At present this place is practically deserted, all big shops shut up. Some courageous & enterprising people still keep their business going & reap a due reward."

Identity of D.M unknown. I found this card in New Zealand, but it won't be from anyone serving in a New Zealand unit, they didn't arrive at the Western Front until the following year. Just 12 days after the message on the card was written the Kiwis landed at Gallipoli.

My collection. #FWW #history

A New Zealand serviceman posing in foliage. Likely in the United Kingdom prior to heading to the Western Front, in either 1917 or 1918. Identity and fate unknown.

Amateur photograph from my collection. #FWW #History

Today in #NationalBeanDay

A soldier with the 29th Canadian Infantry Battalion has a quiet moment making himself some pork and beans near the front lines in July 1916.

📸LAC 3395477

#Canada #History #War #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FWW #Canadian #Histodon #Histodons

Today in 1915, the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry arrive in the French trenches at Dickiebush.
They were the 1st Canadian infantry unit on the battlefield at that point.
They will first see action in March 1915 at St. Eloi.

#WW1 #Canada #FirstWorldWar #War #WarHistory #FWW #Canadian #Histodon #Histodon

https://canadaehx.com/2021/05/09/the-princess-patricias-canadian-light-infantry/

"A Dirty Duty well performed" - German Snipers in the First World War. A view past mythology and fantasy.

https://open.substack.com/pub/irontime/p/a-dirty-duty-well-performed-german?r=1gxhau&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#histodons #military #history #histoire #WW1 #FWW

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Italian soldiers posing with a snowman with the face of Kaiser Wilhelm. Notice the bayonet in Wilhelm's frozen heart.
#WW1 #FWW #GrandeGuerra #RegioEsercito
Source and date unknown
@militaryhistory

Italian soldiers posing with a snowman with the face of Kaiser Wilhelm. Notice the bayonet in Wilhelm's frozen heart.
#WW1 #FWW #GrandeGuerra #RegioEsercito
Source and date unknown
@militaryhistory

Italian soldiers posing with a snowman with the face of Kaiser Wilhelm. Notice the bayonet in Wilhelm's frozen heart.
#WW1 #FWW #GrandeGuerra #RegioEsercito
Source and date unknown
@militaryhistory

Italian soldiers posing with a snowman with the face of Kaiser Wilhelm. Notice the bayonet in Wilhelm's frozen heart.
#WW1 #FWW #GrandeGuerra #RegioEsercito
Source and date unknown
@militaryhistory

Italian soldiers posing with a snowman with the face of Kaiser Wilhelm. Notice the bayonet in Wilhelm's frozen heart.
#WW1 #FWW #GrandeGuerra #RegioEsercito
Source and date unknown
@militaryhistory

#OTD 1942 In the Eastern Med, Rear Admiral Alexandria reports all channels & anchorages clear of mines. An enemy air raid on Benghazi near-misses Minesweeping Whalers HMS SEKSERN & HAILSTORM (pic shows a M/S Whaler). In Canadian waters (Gulf of St Lawrence) heavily iced #RCN ‘Bangor’ HMCS BURLINGTON is sheltering from high seas.
#NavalHistory #Sweepers80 #SWW #FWW

#OTD 1942 In the Eastern Med, Rear Admiral Alexandria reports all channels & anchorages clear of mines. An enemy air raid on Benghazi near-misses Minesweeping Whalers HMS SEKSERN & HAILSTORM (pic shows a M/S Whaler). In Canadian waters (Gulf of St Lawrence) heavily iced #RCN ‘Bangor’ HMCS BURLINGTON is sheltering from high seas.
#NavalHistory #Sweepers80 #SWW #FWW

#OTD 1942 In the Eastern Med, Rear Admiral Alexandria reports all channels & anchorages clear of mines. An enemy air raid on Benghazi near-misses Minesweeping Whalers HMS SEKSERN & HAILSTORM (pic shows a M/S Whaler). In Canadian waters (Gulf of St Lawrence) heavily iced #RCN ‘Bangor’ HMCS BURLINGTON is sheltering from high seas.
#NavalHistory #Sweepers80 #SWW #FWW

#OTD 1942 In the Eastern Med, Rear Admiral Alexandria reports all channels & anchorages clear of mines. An enemy air raid on Benghazi near-misses Minesweeping Whalers HMS SEKSERN & HAILSTORM (pic shows a M/S Whaler). In Canadian waters (Gulf of St Lawrence) heavily iced #RCN ‘Bangor’ HMCS BURLINGTON is sheltering from high seas.
#NavalHistory #Sweepers80 #SWW #FWW

#OTD 1942 German Sperrbrechers Beijerland & Gauss are sunk with heavy loss of life off Dieppe by RN destroyers. Sperrbrechers (roughly translates as ‘Pathmakers’) were designed to sweep influence mines, & even survive hull detonations from contact mines. Dive report on the wreck of Gauss (pic) and Beijerland: https://www.channeldiving.com/brighton-eastbourne-normandy-diving-trips/dive-normandy/dive-dieppe/dieppe-shipwrecks/ #SWW #FWW #NavalHistory #histodians @globalmaritimehistory

First World War aerial recon photo of Passchendaele taken on the 5th December 1917. The utter devastation of the landscape is hard to comprehend. #FWW #WW1 #WWI #MilitaryHistory #MilHist #History © IWM Q 42918

Today is #WorldToiletDay, a day we inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis.

Canadians perform their toilet in the reserve line of the Western Front in February 1918.

#Canada #History #FirstWorldWar #ToiletDay #FWW #War #WarHistory #Histodon #Histodons

📸LAC 3396803

I’ve been mulling over doing something like this for a while and the exhibition gave me the perfect vehicle to do it. So, here’s the first of my illustrated #MicroHistories in all its booklet glory.

You can find out more about the project and some of the other booklets in the works here: https://timgodden.co.uk/microhistories

#ww1 #fww #publishing #illustration

I’ve been mulling over doing something like this for a while and the exhibition gave me the perfect vehicle to do it. So, here’s the first of my illustrated #MicroHistories in all its booklet glory.

You can find out more about the project and some of the other booklets in the works here: https://timgodden.co.uk/microhistories

#ww1 #fww #publishing #illustration

@histodons @histodon

I teach courses on #nationalism and #memory in Europe, modern #worldhistory broadly, world histories of sport as well as #WWI #FWW, #oralhistory #ColdWar Europe focusing on #gender #labor #immigration, #globalmigrations, and next semester on #authoritarianism in #postcolonial states!

Believe strongly in #publicscholarship to break down academic gatekeeping of knowledge & expand communities!