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Reporting History@reporting-history· 22d

Share someone who looks stylish wearing a hat.

Thomas Jane as Josephus Miller in The Expanse. Photo of the head and shoulder of a white man wearing a hat.

Reporting History@reporting-history· 29d

He gave us so much more than one ping. RIP Sam Neill.

The great Sam Neill as Vasili Borodin in The Hunt For Red October.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Jun 14

Want to get everything I posted this week? Check out my new offering on my Patreon, RH Weekly. Each issue will have the full week's worth of historical news. And it's free! (you can become a Patron if you wish, of course!) www.patreon.com/ReportingHis...

Reporting History@reporting-history· Apr 20

Shocked...

Reporting History@reporting-history· Apr 14

Do what now?...

Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park reminding you that even if you CAN, do you think you SHOULD?...

Reporting History@reporting-history· Apr 14

VA-area peeps - if you can, get to my good friend @korystamper.bsky.social 's book talk Friday in Charlottesville. Even if you can't, stop what you're doing right now and get a copy of True Color and enjoy a romp through the wacky world of the unsung heroes who labored to bring you begonia!

begonia (n) 3-s : a deep pink that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average coral (see CORAL 3b), bluer than fiesta, and bluer and stronger than sweet william — called also gaiety

Reporting History@reporting-history· Apr 6

Yeah. Women Without Men would like a word...

Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor. Tell her she's "dependent and desperate." Go on, I'll wait...

Reporting History@reporting-history· Mar 4

Part two of the podcast will touch upon Clinton's later years as an award-winning musician.

George Clinton. Musician, not the American VP. Which could be why he's smiling.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Feb 18

I don't know @dreadships.bsky.social, maybe we shouldn't be so hard on the French ships. em, never mind... #NavalHistory #NavalHysterical

The Hoche, an.. unusual-looking French ship design. It's like a country bar full of drunken line dancing monkeys decided to become naval architects, but preserve the Jack & Coke fueled mindset, all the while caring not a fig for things like "stability", "fluid dynamics", "practicality", or, to be honest, "taste".

Reporting History@reporting-history· Feb 9

The absolute unit Brian Blessed as Hawkman. He looks like he wants to fight, or to party, or do both, which he certainly can do.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Jan 26

Not in the snow (she's a Shih Tzu. IYKYK...), but here is Raven enjoying the fire here on an exceptionally cold DC day.

Image of a small black Shih Tzu reclining in a blue, walled puppy bed. She is surrounded by several toys. A fire is burning in the fireplace behind her, giving a peaceful winter ambiance.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Jan 21

"Don't call me stupid..."

Kevin Kline as Otto from A Fish Called Wanda, looking at a women with an expression of "what did you say?"

Reporting History@reporting-history· Jan 12

#OTD #Aviation #History news (1931) - Hope for aviators fading, as Mrs. Beryl Gwyn Hart and Lt. William "Flying Bill" MacLaren are more than a day overdue in the Azores on their Atlantic crossing. Heavy storms may be to blame. www.reporting-history.com/2026/01/12/h...

The seaplane "Tradewind" as seen from the port side. It sits on the water nose-in to a dock, in front of a rocky shore with trees behind it.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Dec 3

#OTD #Movie news 1925 - The author is content with changes made from book to movie. Those were apparently happier times for writers...

Advertisement for the movie "A Son of The Sahara", with a vaguely "Arabic" dressed man on a horse with a woman across his lap.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Nov 29

Some #WW2 #NavalAviation history - Bureau of Ships Chiefs talks about the US aircraft carrier surge, including conversions from other ship types. #Aviation #Navy #NavalHistory www.reporting-history.com/2025/11/29/o...

Picture of an aircraft carrier from the side, showing rows of airplanes with folded wings on deck and sailors performing their work.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Nov 23

There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy And God I know I'm one

Pope Leo XIV, most absolutely certainly not signing of his mis-spent youth in New Orleans. Or... is he?

Reporting History@reporting-history· Nov 7

Authorities open Tutankhamun's sarcophagi to reveal the Pharaoh's body. #Egyptology #History #Archaeology www.reporting-history.com/2025/11/07/u...

Howard Carter and one of the foremen work on the innermost coffin of King Tutankhamun.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Sep 3

#OTD #Aviation #NavalHistory 🗃️ news (1925) - The US Airship Shenandoah destroyed by intense wind storm over the midwest. 14 crew are killed in the breakup and crash, including the captain. Responders rush to the scene by air from several bases in the east. www.reporting-history.com/2025/09/03/s...

Reporting History@reporting-history· Sep 2

#OTD #MaritimeHistory news - RMS Majestic sails despite the ongoing seaman's strike over pay. The Majestic, previously Bismarck, was reparations to replace the Britannic (lost to a mine in 1916). She was the largest ship in the world until the Normandie. www.reporting-history.com/2025/09/02/m...

Picture of the RMS Majestic, a three-funneled ocean liner.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Aug 18

Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.

A black and white illustration of Momminmamma. she is sitting and knitting (likely something warm for someone's adventure) and her hand bag sits next to her.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Aug 15

OK, post sequence for the win. #tanks #amphibious

A two post / skeet view. On top is one talking about a Soviet amphibious tank, the lower one about the USMC getting unmanned amphibious vehicles.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Aug 1

#OTD #Aviation #History (1925) - The "Chicago", veteran of the historic around-the-world flight, to be moved to the Smithsonian. www.reporting-history.com/2025/08/01/1...

Reporting History@reporting-history· May 29

#OTD 🗃️ news - Corum’s Race Car Wreck Wipe out at the #Indy500! Race descend on Indianapolis. "it was easy to tell in the benevolent smiles of self-satisfaction the guests who had been wise enough to make their reservations months In advance. " www.reporting-history.com/2025/05/29/c...

Picture of 1925 Indianapolis 500 winner Pete De Paolo, sitting in his car (Duesenberg, number 12). 5 men stand behind the car.

Reporting History@reporting-history· May 8

Gustave Flaubert died #OTD, but Anteater Flaubert lives on! #Muppets

Image from Muppet Treasure Island featuring (left to right) Flaubert the anteater, Miss Piggy (as Benjamina Gunn) and Kermit (as Captain Smollett).

Reporting History@reporting-history· May 7

In honor of #PennyBlackDay, let's wind our way on the journey from the pre-paid stamp to contract shipping with "Stamps to Shipping, and a Lot in Between." #ConnectedPoints #Connections #c19th www.reporting-history.com/2025/05/06/s...

Reporting History@reporting-history· Apr 30

#OTD #CivilWar 🗃️ news - Death of Major General Smith "At the time of his death he was colonel of the Third Infantry—one of the best regiments in the service." With Smith's death, Grant would go on to partner with Sherman, a winning combination. www.reporting-history.com/2025/04/30/a...

General Smith, staring at the camera in a manner suggesting he'd rather be out doing something useful. He wears a uniform, and has an impressive mustache, which possibly has an army rank on its own.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Apr 25

It was only a few months ago, but I certainly miss it, too. Hope this helps!

A picture looking across the Grand Canal in Venice at night. The buildings across the canal are lit with a soft glow, mist drifts over the water, and the sky is cloudy.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Mar 25

Me in the national security team group chat

Photo from Casablanca, with (l-r) Captain Louis Renault, Victor Laszlo, Rick Blaine, and Ilsa Lund.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Mar 23

We were just there in January (my first time). Can't wait to go back, and we're seriously considering relocating to Venice if/when we move out of the US.

Venice. An iconic picture of the Grand Canal with the Salute (Santa Maria della Salute), taken from the Academia Bridge.

Reporting History@reporting-history· Mar 21

#OTD #CivilWar 🗃️ news - The Position of Gen. Pope It's a hot time down by the Mississippi shore tonight!