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Sophy Antrobus

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Ex-X. Former Labour PPC, academic of air power and military culture. Glad to be exploring a new platform for debate.

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Incredible amazing read. Thoroughly depressing.

07.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Stephen Miller &
@StephenM
X.com
To anyone still gullible enough to fall for scummy media hoaxes: Trump said warmongering neocons love sending your kids to die for wars they would never fight themselves. Liz Cheney is Kamala's top advisor. Liz wants to invade the whole Middle East.
Kamala = WWIII. Trump = Peace.
7:59 AM β€’ 11/1/24 β€’ 53K Views

Stephen Miller & @StephenM X.com To anyone still gullible enough to fall for scummy media hoaxes: Trump said warmongering neocons love sending your kids to die for wars they would never fight themselves. Liz Cheney is Kamala's top advisor. Liz wants to invade the whole Middle East. Kamala = WWIII. Trump = Peace. 7:59 AM β€’ 11/1/24 β€’ 53K Views

November 2024

28.02.2026 08:59 πŸ‘ 1315 πŸ” 405 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 29
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UK Spacepower: Lessons from 2025

In this latest viewpoint, @allenant.bsky.social reflects on 2025 as the β€˜year of promises for UK spacepower’ and explores the urgent steps that need to be taken in 2026 to secure the UK’s defence-space strategy.

Read here πŸ‘‡
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03.02.2026 10:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is an absolutely incredible example of someone telling on himself, because for almost all of his life Matthew Goodwin craved nothing more than exactly this. He boasted for years of being the β€œyoungest full professor of politics”, and then applied for post after post at more prestigious unis.

01.02.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 590 πŸ” 118 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 5
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This is David Marsh. He went to my old school.

He is one of the small number of European troops who went to Afghanistan and never did much nor went to the front line according to Donald Trump.

He died in 2008 aged 23 in Afghanistan when the patrol car he was in was blown up in Helmand Province.

23.01.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 687 πŸ” 179 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 6

Stephen was a great contestant. But also the daily game of betting whether he would be dressed as a) a suspect in a seaside Poirot mystery, b) Christopher Robin, or c) ABBA. #thetraitors

24.01.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting article. β€˜students show β€œstrange deference” to AI β€” questioning classmates but accepting AI pronouncements’. I can see why this is especially pertinent in the PME environment for a number of reasons discussed here.

23.01.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜Middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, you are on the menu.’

20.01.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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European defence stocks surge as Greenland tensions mount Sector has jumped nearly 15% this month as investors bet domestic military spending will have to keep rising

"European defence stocks are enjoying a blistering start to 2026, as US threats to take control of Greenland and tensions with Venezuela reignite a rally in one of last year’s hottest equity market sectors." www.ft.com/content/0bea...

18.01.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 127 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

What Europe could do is threaten to boycott the World Cup. It won't. But that might actually work. Trump wants his big show.

17.01.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 1668 πŸ” 355 πŸ’¬ 121 πŸ“Œ 56

I would love to experience being in Dan Hannan's brain. Just for a little bit. What's it like to never worry about making a mistake? To just breeze merrily through a life where every wrong turn confirms your belief that you're smarter than the map?

17.01.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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RAF Museum 2026 Lecture Series: Call for Papers - RAF Museum

πŸ“’ Lecture Series: Call for Papers

The @rafmuseum.bsky.social is seeking proposals from postgraduate students, early-career & established researchers for the 2026 air and space power research programme.

πŸ“… Deadline: 23 Jan
❔ ResearchNews@rafmuseum.org

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www.rafmuseum.org.uk/news/raf-mus...

12.01.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NO PLATFORM: something's rotten in the state of non-fiction In the past, non-fiction writers built platforms by researching and writing books. Now, writers are expected to *already* possess substantial online platforms.

This is a deeply depressing read by Rachel Hewitt and one that will feel frustratingly familiar to anyone trying to get a book published right now!! Also when she lists the big non fiction sellers - phew.

open.substack.com/pub/rachelhe...

06.01.2026 07:53 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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✈️ How has the RAF's culture around safety and risk shifted and what is the right balance in the context of today’s threats?

Read as @sophyantrobus.bsky.social examines the RAF’s changing relationship with risk - its approach, attitude, and appetite.

Explore πŸ‘‡
kcl.ac.uk/warstudies/a...

05.01.2026 10:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't begrudge Vance et al seeking to prioritise Asia over Europe. I'd make same choice in their shoes. But what's happened is not a prioritisation (we see a new chimerical long war in the Americas), it's a chaotic & short-termist approach to Ukraine, and a needles diplomatic war on Euro allies.

31.12.2025 11:57 πŸ‘ 186 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 3
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Salisbury FC bar sales raise Β£10k for Wiltshire homeless charity AlabarΓ© says the money is going towards supporting people battling drug and alcohol misuse.

This is awesome. What amazing support from Salisbury FC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

28.12.2025 20:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much! Xx

11.12.2025 08:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donald Trump: US president named inaugural Fifa Peace Prize winner US President Donald Trump receives the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind itβ€”and not clearly some nakedly invented β€œparticipation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

06.12.2025 10:23 πŸ‘ 2482 πŸ” 660 πŸ’¬ 143 πŸ“Œ 83

It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.

Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.

05.12.2025 09:22 πŸ‘ 1591 πŸ” 674 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 22
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Ukraine hits tankers in Black Sea in escalation against Russia The two ships struck by drones were thought to be used to bypass Western sanctions on Russia.

No BBC, this is not an escalation.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

01.12.2025 11:35 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Chris Mason presuming to make a call on my behalf. I wouldn't have him queue for a shared lavatory on my behalf.

01.12.2025 11:58 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#BookReview – Flight Culture and the Human Experience Reviewed by Dr Brian Laslie Scott W. Palmer (ed.), Flight Culture and the Human Experience. College Station, TX: Texas A&M Press, 2025. Hbk Photos. Bibliography. Index. 248 pp. Scott W. Palmer’…

#BookReview – Flight Culture and the Human Experience balloonstodrones.com/2025/12/01/b...

01.12.2025 13:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Now that Roisin Agnew's doc "The Ban" is up on The New Yorker's website, here's a piece I wrote about it, and the broadcasting ban itself, on the 30th anniversary of its lifting last year, and which involved me quizzing Chris Morris about *that* sketch.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

03.11.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4
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✈️ β€˜Gowns Flying’: The first one hundred years of University Air Squadrons

FASI's @sophyantrobus.bsky.social examines the development of the University Air Squadrons over the past century & explores how they remain a vital link between universities & the armed forces.

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24.10.2025 08:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My third and final edition of the Journal of the @rafhistorical.bsky.social as editor is in print. It's the proceedings of the RAF culture seminar at @rafmuseum.bsky.social , organised by @sophyantrobus.bsky.social , @rafhistory.bsky.social, wonderfully guest edited by @sophyhiggins.bsky.social.

13.08.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So assuming this story is correct -- and the WSJ reporter is excellent -- Trump's chief negotiator on Ukraine is meeting with Putin about how to end the war while also scouting sites for a possible Trump hotel in Moscow.

www.wsj.com/world/russia...

12.08.2025 19:02 πŸ‘ 815 πŸ” 400 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 27

Excellent analysis

09.08.2025 20:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fascinating read. Intersects with Mike Martin’s arguments in Why We Fight.

02.08.2025 16:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dr Julia Balm, of the Freeman Air & Space Institute, shares insights into the increasing strategic relevance of space war

30.07.2025 12:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Julia Lopez is rumoured to be replacing Stuart Andrew as shadow culture secretary. There should be some kind of prize if you've heard of both of these people.

22.07.2025 09:45 πŸ‘ 223 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 1