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Lecturer in History & War Studies @UofGlasgow & Director @UofGGamesLab. Space, Nuclear, (War)Games, AI, Politics. Trying to fly ideas like bicycles! Views mine.

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Secret coalition plans, snap General Election, possible Prime Minister resignation, Parliamentary defeats. Current politics & 1970s! My new @ManchesterUP book uses declassified files to reveal history of minority government strategy & its relation to 2018
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RT @esaoperations: Happy International Moon Day! 🌛. Establishing a human presence at the Moon is a formidable challenge. The Moon lacks Ear….
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RT @airandspace: 50 years ago today, a US Apollo spacecraft and USSR Soyuz spacecraft docked during the first joint venture in space betwee….
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The first #Nuclear bomb detonation, #TrinityTest, occurred 80 years ago #OTD. Key #ManhattanProject figures, from Robert Oppenheimer to Leslie Groves, played themselves in an often overlooked 1946 film on it, explored in my 2023 'The Conversation' article.
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Atomic Power was pioneering in communicating the history behind Robert Oppenheimer’s work.
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RT @MilHistNow: On this day in 1945, the United States detonates history's first nuclear weapon. The top secret test is carried out in the….
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RT @NASAhistory: Today marks 50 years since the final launch of NASA’s Apollo spacecraft! . We celebrate the countless men and women whose….
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RT @CommonsForeign: Tomorrow at 11am, we will hold our final session examining the UK at the United Nations Security Council. We'll discuss….
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RT @NASAhistory: Today we celebrate 60 years of NASA's exploration of Mars! . #OTD in 1965, NASA's Mariner 4 made history by capturing the….
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RT @DAWargowski: Often cited as the most dangerous toy ever made, the A.C. Gilbert Company's "U-238 Atomic Energy Lab" was produced for onl….
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RT @DigWaterloo: We are grateful to our partners and supporters who have made it possible for us to dig on this incredible site. A special….
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RT @SixTripleEight: #OTD in 1945, three members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion were involved in a fatal vehicle accident….
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RT @airandspace: On this day in 1979, Skylab, the first U.S. space station, reentered Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated. More about the….
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RT @DigWaterloo: Introducing our Waterloo Uncovered archaeology team. We are incredibly lucky to have, amongst our volunteers, Tony Pollar….
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RT @CMaclean96: Thank you to everyone that came to my coin handling workshops at @KingJamesConf. It was an absolute privilege to get to int….
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RT @KingJamesConf: Thank you to our speakers and attendees for making the conference so special! Wonderful to hear from so many scholars wh….
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RT @KingJamesConf: Finally, we have the Biographers Roundtable. Laura Stewart talks with Alex Courtney, Steven Reid, Clare Jackson and St….
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RT @NASAhistory: "I personally feel that if we had not gone the Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR) [route], we'd never have gone to the Moon." –D….
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RT @KingJamesConf: DAY TWO - Coin Workshop. Cameron Maclean leads a wonderful session on James’s coinage in Scotland and England at the Hun….
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RT @KingJamesConf: DAY TWO - Book Workshop. Our own Alexandra Plane @a_plane1 leads a wonderful session on Jacobean books in @uofglibrary.….
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RT @KingJamesConf: DAY TWO, PANEL ONE - Loci of Control. Joe Ellis talks us through the political efficacy of James’s royal progresses. ‘Th….
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RT @ResilienceScot: Have you played our children's preparedness game, 'Are you prepared?' or used it in your teaching? If so, please share….
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