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The #CIA once trained #cats to be Cold War #spies. Project Acoustic Kitty went about as well as you’d expect. #ColdWar 🐈‍⬛😹🐈

Link for more information: www.popsci.com/environment/...

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Crime and Punishment: KGB Version My introduction to the English translation of the KGB Training Manual ALBERT: Exposing the Dangle available on "Foreign Office by Michael Weiss" Substack

My new article!

"Crime & Punishment: #KGB Version" (Introduction to the KGB Training Manual ALBERT: Exposing the Dangle) #spies #coldwar @socintelhist.bsky.social

The link: tinyurl.com/mwx4yt9b

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NEW EPISODE - Growing up in #Soviet #Ukraine in the 1960s and 70s

Listen here 🎧🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode447/

#Lviv #coldwar #childhood #Sovietunion

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Edward Teller, "father of the hydrogen bomb," is confident that the atom's power "is ready to unlock a treasure chest of arctic oil, dig open an Alaskan harbor, open the spigot for Colorado's shale..." and much more!

Popular Mechanics
March 1960
Scan courtesy of Internet Archive

Edward Teller, "father of the hydrogen bomb," is confident that the atom's power "is ready to unlock a treasure chest of arctic oil, dig open an Alaskan harbor, open the spigot for Colorado's shale..." and much more! Popular Mechanics March 1960 Scan courtesy of Internet Archive

"We're Going to Work Miracles"

Read Edward Teller's 1960 essay on Project Plowshare on @archive.org: archive.org/details/Popu...

(Or read this blog post by @sciencehistory.org's Patrick Shea: www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...)

#histSTM #histsci #ColdWAr

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"We expect to show that this new kind of power can perform large earth-moving jobs with proper safety and at less cost than conventional methods." -Edward Teller on Project Plowshare, which sought to use nuclear explosives in peaceful construction projects (Popular Mechanics, Mar. 1960)

#ColdWar 🗃️⚛️

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Edinburgh's Secret Cold War Bunker – Full Forbidden Tour!
Edinburgh's Secret Cold War Bunker – Full Forbidden Tour! YouTube video by JourneyDude in Scotland

Edinburgh's Secret Cold War Bunker – Full Tour!

Full Video on my youtube - youtube.com/shorts/Ft4vm... #history #coldwar #edinburgh #interestingfacts #mustwatch #DidYouKnow #fypシ

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Top 10 Creepiest DECLASSIFIED Government SECRETS and Unethical Experiments EXPOSED The Files They Tried to Burn: Declassified Secrets Exposed Ever wondered why Stranger Things feels a little too close to home? 🕵️‍♂️ It’s because the reality is far more terrifying than fiction. Welcome to the countdown of the creepiest declassified discoveries in history—the ones that were meant to stay buried forever. We’re pulling back the curtain on the shadow government and the dark legacy of institutional misconduct that shaped our modern world. In this investigative deep dive, we explore the chilling details of Project MKUltra, the CIA's brutal attempt at CIA mind control, and the infamous Operation Midnight Climax, where civilians were drugged without consent in secret safehouses. We aren't just discussing theories; we are analyzing real FOIA request discoveries that prove how unethical human experimentation became a standard tool for national security during the Cold War. What We’re Uncovering Today: - 🚀 Operation Paperclip: The moral compromise of recruiting Nazi scientists for the space race. - 🧠 Project Stargate: Inside the official military inquiry into psychic espionage and remote viewing. - 👁️ COINTELPRO: How the FBI’s domestic surveillance targeted activists and social leaders. - ☣️ Agent Orange: The toxic consequences of chemical warfare and the government’s fight to keep it hidden. AND MORE... From the weaponization of humans to the latest UAP disclosure movements, we examine how power is pursued at the absolute expense of human rights. This isn't just history—it's a warning. 🌎 Are you ready to see past the redactions? Hit that follow button and join our community of truth-seekers as we demand transparency in an age of secrets. Share this episode to help us break the silence! 📢 #History #Declassified #TrueCrimeInvestigative  

📣 New Podcast! "Top 10 Creepiest DECLASSIFIED Government SECRETS and Unethical Experiments EXPOSED" on @Spreaker #cia #coldwar #conspiracy #darkhistory #declassified #fbi #foia #governmentsecrets #history #humanrights #investigative #mkultra #operationpaperclip #projectstargate #surveillance

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‘John Wilson was an American lithographer, sculptor, painter, muralist, and art teacher whose art was driven by the political climate of his time. Wilson was best known for his works portraying themes of social justice and equality.’ Wikipedia
Born: 1922, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 22, 2015 (age 93 years), Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

https://www.flickr.com/photos/leifpeng/461466615/in/album-72157600082525306/ ‘John Wilson was an American lithographer, sculptor, painter, muralist, and art teacher whose art was driven by the political climate of his time. Wilson was best known for his works portraying themes of social justice and equality.’ Wikipedia Born: 1922, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Died: January 22, 2015 (age 93 years), Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

#OTD in 1956
Underground base with ballistic missile silo beneath a farm in an Illustration by John Wilson (1922-2015 👉ALT)
*Collier's*, March 16, 1956.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #JohnWilson #ballisticmissiles #ColdWar

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Ali Khamenei’s killing continues long US tradition of letting others pull the trigger#Assassination #AyatollahAliKhamenei #CIA #ColdWar #Intelligence #Iran #USIranconflict

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NEW EPISODE - Growing up in #Soviet #Ukraine in the 1960s and 70s

Listen here 🎧🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode447/

#Lviv #coldwar #childhood #Sovietunion

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🚨 THIS WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS 🚨 Was Berlin really sealed off in 1948? 🤔
Historian Joseph Pearson joins History Rage to challenge one of the biggest Cold War narratives.

Time to rethink the “Berlin Blockade.”
🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/post...

#BerlinAirlift #ColdWar #HistoryPodcast

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Secrets by Madalyn Morgan @Stormbooks_co
#coldwar #crime #Spy #thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

"A gripping World War 2 fiction."
“A tightly woven plot."
"The suspense never slackens."
"A page-turning novel."
"Characters come alive on the page."

#Kindle#KindleUnlimited #Paperback
Download at: geni.us/248-rd-two-am

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NEW EPISODE - Growing up in #Soviet #Ukraine in the 1960s and 70s

Listen here 🎧🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode447/

#Lviv #coldwar #childhood #Sovietunion

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It's our question, now.

The world that produced #StarTrek no longer exists. The next great space opera will not, must not, imitate Trek.

We have new existential threats.
Our minds are vulnerable.
Our tech is now a threat.

The next space opera must evolve as well.

#ColdWar #Racism #Diversity

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I'm gonna watch all the anticommie #coldwar pootin-conspiracy sElections #proglibs go all in on a war on #Iran now 🤣

"The Iranian government has officially confirmed receiving military support from #Russia and #China for its ongoing conflict with the United States."
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Watch all the anticommie #coldwar pootin-conspiracy proglibs go all in on a war on #Iran

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Jell-0 Box A Jell-O box was used in convicting Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. David Greenglass said that Julius gave it to him as a “recognition symbol,” a way to confirm…

#ColdWar A Jell-O box was used in convicting Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. David Greenglass said that Julius gave it to him as a “recognition symbol,” a way to confirm his identity when he passed atomic secrets to another member of the spy ring. www.spymuseum.org/exhibition-e...

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#ResearchNote – No. 1 Squadron RAAF Goes to War in Malaya By Dr Ross Mahoney Editorial note: This article first appeared on the author’s website. It has been reproduced here with permission. On 26 July 1950, No. 1 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Forc…

#ResearchNote - No. 1 Squadron RAAF Goes to War in Malaya balloonstodrones.com/2026/03/16/r... #RAAF #ColdWar #airpowerhistory #plsRT

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JFK Papers Reveal CIA “Family Jewels” Spying Operations in United States Washington, D.C., March 28, 2025 - Both John F. Kennedy and his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, were briefed by CIA officials on an Agency counterintelligence operation to break into the ...

Cold War espionage didn’t stop at rival nations. Even allies sometimes spied on each other when vital secrets were at stake. Declassified files like this remind us that intelligence work often happens in the shadows of diplomacy. #ColdWar #Espionage #Intelligence
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

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A lot of claims swirl around Oswald after all these years. What’s confirmed is he had intelligence files and drew attention because of his Soviet travel and activism. But separating documented facts from decades of speculation is where the real historical debate still lives. #JFK #ColdWar

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CIA admits shadowy officer monitored Oswald before JFK assassination, new records reveal The disclosure indicates the CIA lied for decades about an officer's role in the case before and after the JFK was assassinated, experts say.

That detail shows why the JFK story never fades away. When intelligence officers, psychological ops, and Oswald’s movements intersect, it raises more questions about what agencies knew and when. History’s biggest mysteries rarely stay simple! #JFK #Intelligence #ColdWar
www.axios.com/2025/07/05/c...

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🚨 TOMORROW FOR SUBSCRIBERS🚨
What did 1948 feel like on the ground in Berlin? 🚇✈️
Joseph Pearson brings the human story of the Berlin Airlift — civilians, danger, propaganda, and myth-busting.
History through lived experience.

Subscribe: www.patreon.com/historyrage
Or join on Apple subs
#ColdWar

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Today is the last day of @asianstudies.org #AAS2026!

Drop by booth 406 to say hi - and to buy books of course - and make sure to attend John DiMoia's panel!

Get our books at 35% off via @uchicagopress.bsky.social: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/vi...

#AsianStudies #coldwar #SoutheastAsia

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An old, dark OT-64 SKOT armored personnel carrier sits in a dusty barn with two windows.

An old, dark OT-64 SKOT armored personnel carrier sits in a dusty barn with two windows.

An abandoned yellow OT-64 SKOT APC driver's cabin with a large steering wheel and instrument panels.

An abandoned yellow OT-64 SKOT APC driver's cabin with a large steering wheel and instrument panels.

A close-up of a dark, weathered OT-64 SKOT APC shows its rear armor, a white number "8",

A close-up of a dark, weathered OT-64 SKOT APC shows its rear armor, a white number "8",

Interior of an OT-64 SKOT armoured personnel carrier with yellow walls, multiple control panels, and two seats.

Interior of an OT-64 SKOT armoured personnel carrier with yellow walls, multiple control panels, and two seats.

An old OT-64 SKOT armoured personnel carrier sits hidden inside a barn in Poland. A strange location to discover a Cold War-era machine.

The OT-64 was developed in 1959 as a joint project between Poland and Czechoslovakia. Production ran from 1963 to 1971, with […]

[Original post on mstdn.social]

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#OnThisDay 13-17 March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Wounded paras being led to the rear- the most seriously injured would be airlifted out by C-47 Dakotas.

#Vietnam #Indochina #France #MilitaryHistory #ColdWar #DienBienPhu #OTD

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#OnThisDay 15 March 1956: 29/5 Cie. du Génie at work near El Kantara, Algeria.

#Algeria #MilitaryHistory #France #ColdWar #OTD

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Trip to Denver for Supplies - there was a #ThriftScore!! @redwhiteandbluethrift #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #AmericanHistory #ColdWar #SovietHistory #NATO #WarsawPact #ArmouredWarfare #TankHistory #MiddleEasternHistory #IsraeliHistory #JordanianHistory #HistBookChat

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A Mysterious Signal Transfixes Radio Sleuths -- And Intelligence Experts The mysterious Persian-language transmission began about 12 hours after the start of the US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran. It was jammed five days later. Is it a coded message for US agents in...

Random Numbers, Persian Code: A Mysterious Signal Transfixes Radio Sleuths - And Intelligence Experts www.rferl.org/a/mystery-nu... #UnitedStates #Iran #IranWar #NumbersStation #ColdWar #ShortwaveRadio #Espionage #V32 #Enigma2000 #BubbleJammer #SovietUnion #Persian #Encryption #CodeBreaking #Spy

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NEW EPISODE - Growing up in #Soviet #Ukraine in the 1960s and 70s

Listen here 🎧🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode447/

#Lviv #coldwar #childhood #Sovietunion

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