Podcasts, videos, books and tweets of the week 81
Masters of nothing
Well I watched Masters of the Air to the end, with my son, and it was meh.
I suggested to Phil we do a watch along, but he just swore at me.
The main enemy in the film was the British it seems.
The Holocaust was used to justify the bombing, in the last episode. Well it post factum justifies it but nobody was thinking about the Jews when America started planning its bomber fleets in the 1930s. The Norden bombsight, an expensive useless toy, was meant to provide precision bombing. Precision bombing took another 30 years to actually come into practise and 50 years to come into widespread u se. Something the series lies by omission about, instead juxtaposing the evil British doing night bombing. Imprecise British bombing. Which in practise was as precise as American precision day bombing. Though a lot safer for the crews, who were just as brave and skilled as the Americans, but not as doomed by their commanders, who didn’t pursue a myth of precision. The ball bearing raids were exercises in suicide, something the series doesn’t mention. Phil has strong views on the nature of Allied bombing, maybe we should discuss it on our podcast.
Friend of Fallout reviews it:
Another review:
I’m watching Shogun currently:
I recommend the Shogunate channel for history buffs.
Esoterica is my new favorite night listen, its like a D&D podcast but more Jewish (early Christian, early Mid East plus added American protestant fascism) and smarter.
Some Warhammer Nazis
If you need a laugh after that
And more glee
And back to doom
Automated killing fields
Talking about what idiots miss out on
Possibly true
And very sad
Ban Tiktok, but I like the rest
Brian Herbert’s ‘Dune’ books are to sci-fi what Harry Potter is to Kabalah.
Our book is still out
Phil has a new book coming out soon
