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  I've been self hosting email for years. This morning, an email to a Gmail account was blocked because of "the very low reputation of the sending domain". Any advice on how to fix this? Presumably using a hosted email service won't help because I'd still want to use my domain, and Gmail says the domain is the issue. #SelfHosting #email

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  An interesting blog on writing in British English. This blog is written in en-GB – Terence Eden’s Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/this-blog-is-written-in-en-gb/#fnref:accent

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  All of my books are half price in the #Smashwords end of year sale. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/RussellPhillips864 #histodons #MilitaryHistory #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #history @history @militaryhistory @histodons

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  @TotesTanked look what my kids got me for Christmas 😀 #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #tank @militaryhistory

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  Progress on the writing of my next book is slower than I would like, but the cover artist is making progress. This is the first time I’ve hired an artist, and I’m finding the process interesting. The image shows how he’s blocked out colours and started to block out buildings. I’m very pleased to note that he asks a lot of questions because he's keen to get the details right. #MilitaryHistory #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #WritersOfMastodon @militaryhistory

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  Is there anyone here that could translate a letter from Italian to English for me? It's about 150 words. I'm happy to pay, but I'm wary of going somewhere live Fiverr because I want a human translation and I doubt I'd be able to tell if someone used an AI. Boosts welcome. Edit: I've got some offers of help, so I should be good. Thank you to everyone that replied and/or boosted 😀 #translation #italian

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  On this day in 1942, British troops invaded Madagascar. The operation proved the usefulness of tank landing ships (LSTs), which were to be widely used in future invasions. It also featured dummy paratroopers, which were more famously used during the invasion of Normandy in 1944. https://russellphillips.uk/product/a-strange-campaign-the-battle-for-madagascar/ #histodons #MilitaryHistory #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #history @history @militaryhistory @histodons

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  At 7:24pm on this day in 1980, B Squadron of 22 SAS stormed the Iranian embassy in London, ending a six-day siege. At the time of the assault, there were twenty-one hostages and six terrorists in the embassy. One hostage and five terrorists were killed. Twenty hostages were rescued, and one terrorist was captured and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment. https://russellphillips.uk/product/operation-nimrod-the-iranian-embassy-siege/ #histodons #MilitaryHistory #history @history @militar...

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  I'm at a writer's retreat. When I arrived, we were offered fruit cake and cheese, which seems to be a very Yorkshire delicacy. So I'm curious. Have you ever had fruit cake & cheese? "Yorkshire connection" could mean that you were in Yorkshire at the time, or you have family from Yorkshire, etc. #Yorkshire #food

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  @Tattie when I was 18 I read the Dune books. The face dancers led me to think seriously about how it would feel to have a female body instead of a male one. I thought it would be awesome to be able to change my body type. I was vaguely aware of trans people, but had no interest in being a woman. I just wanted to be able to have a female body sometimes. Thirty years later, I realised I'm non-binary. It would have saved me a lot of grief if I'd realised as a teenager, but the concept was...