# occupation (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover occupation. Page: Feed: --- ## [Guernsey this week: Martyrs, wrecks, and island links](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-martyrs-wrecks) _2026-07-17 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ From persecution and royal ceremony to salvage work and island communications. ## [Plymouth and the Declaration of Independence](https://historicaldigression.com/2026/07/03/plymouth-and-the-declaration-of-independence/) _2026-07-03 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ On May 20, 1776, Deacon John Torrey, a seasoned leader of the church congregation and town government in Plymouth, Massachusetts, held in his hand a document on a crucial subject—one that he had helped draft. It was Plymouth’s answer to the great question pressing upon every colony. Had the time come to declare independence? By \[ \] ## [Guernsey this week: medals, memory, and resistance](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-medals-memory) _2026-07-03 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ From medals and museums to wartime raids and protest, this week’s Guernsey history shows an island shaped by resilience, pride, and change. ## [Guernsey this week: Trade, wartime drama and island life](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-trade-wartime) _2026-06-26 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ From wartime loss and island resilience to maritime trade and aviation milestones ## [Guernsey this week: Identity and island resilience](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-identity-and-island) _2026-06-19 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ A week in Guernsey history shaped by survival, loyalty, and reinvention. ## [Guernsey this week: Hauteville House opens, the islands demilitarised, Colorado beetles land and a fatal fire](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-hauteville-house) _2026-06-12 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ Victor Hugo's home, demilitarisation, beetle invasion, telephone wars and a guest house fire ## [The Tsar's Broken Bayonets: Russia's Milyutin Model in WWI](https://patrickbodovitz.substack.com/p/the-tsars-broken-bayonets-russias) _2026-06-09 · Patrick Bodovitz · Patrick’s Substack_ The Russian Empire had long used its ability to mobilize its large pool of manpower to its advantage. This system collapsed by 1917 and helped foment a revolution. ## [Guernsey this week: Islands, railways, radios and royal visits](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-islands-railways) _2026-06-05 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ Jethou for sale ## [Guernsey this week: Occupation stories, arrests and underground news](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-occupation-stories) _2026-05-29 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ First arrests at Guernsey Airport ## [Guernsey This Week: defence, hotels, schools and the police](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-defence-hotels) _2026-05-22 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ Guernsey stories that made the news this week in years gone by ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xxiADgjkHIs3) _2026-05-22 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Occupation, water, words and art](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/occupation-water-words-and-art) _2026-05-15 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ Four stories from the island's past ## [Guernsey This Week: Liberation, Lottery and Lightning-Rod Politics](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-liberation-lottery) _2026-05-08 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ The island's liberation, a millionaire's unusual giveaway, a sand racing tragedy and a public phone war ## [The Sick Man's Last Stand: Conscription and the Ottoman Empire in WWI](https://patrickbodovitz.substack.com/p/the-sick-mans-last-stand-conscription) _2026-05-02 · Patrick Bodovitz · Patrick’s Substack_ Fighting from the mountains of the Caucasus to the sands in southern Arabia, the Ottoman Army's conscripts were overstretched, ill-supplied, and ill-treated. ## [South Africa's Unworkable Military: The Failure of the SADF's Conscription Model](https://patrickbodovitz.substack.com/p/south-africas-unworkable-military) _2026-04-18 · Patrick Bodovitz · Patrick’s Substack_ Mobilizing the entire white population of South Africa did not save the Apartheid system. Digging into why is important to understand the failure of the "Total Onslaught" strategy ## [What I Enjoyed Most About Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man](https://patrickbodovitz.substack.com/p/what-i-enjoyed-most-about-peaky-blinders) _2026-03-26 · Patrick Bodovitz · Patrick’s Substack_ The "Blitz Spirit" in WWII has been captured in films, novels, and shows. Tom Harper's newest film shows a new angle on how a city like Birmingham was affected by the German bombing. ## [A Night of Fire and Fear, Plymouth Panic of March 21, 1776](https://historicaldigression.com/2026/03/21/a-night-of-fire-and-fear-plymouth-panic-of-march-21-1776/) _2026-03-21 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ The British famously evacuated Boston on March 17, 1776. It is still remembered as “Evacuation Day” and its 250th anniversary was just this past week celebrated in Boston with many events. The departure of British forces from Boston brought an end to their long occupation of the town. But the story did not end there. \[ \] ## [Imports for the Underdog III: The Viet Minh's March to Victory](https://patrickbodovitz.substack.com/p/imports-for-the-underdog-iii-the) _2026-03-13 · Patrick Bodovitz · Patrick’s Substack_ From 1945 to 1954, the League for Independence of Vietnam waged a brutal struggle against the French Empire. The supplies received from China and the Soviet Union helped the revolution succeed. ## [Witness to the Evacuation of Boston, March 8, 1776](https://historicaldigression.com/2026/03/08/witness-to-the-evacuation-of-boston-march-8-1776/) _2026-03-08 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ We resume following the memoir of Surgeon s Mate James Thacher, who became a prominent resident of Plymouth after the war. 250 years ago today, he observed great moments in the culmination of the Siege of Boston. We have already reviewed his observations of the occupation of Dorchester Heights. After that movement, the situation in Boston \[ \] ## [Witness to the Occupation of Dorchester Heights, March 5, 1776](https://historicaldigression.com/2026/03/05/witness-to-the-occupation-of-dorchester-heights-march-5-1776/) _2026-03-05 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ We resume following young James Thacher, a Surgeon’s Mate in the Continental Army, as he took part in the occupation of Dorchester Heights on March 5, 1776. I should note that Thacher’s journal is one of the best sources on this historic military maneuver and a good deal of what we know about it is \[ \] ## [A Surgeon’s Mate at the Evacuation of Boston – Part 2](https://historicaldigression.com/2026/03/04/a-surgeons-mate-at-the-evacuation-of-boston-part-2/) _2026-03-04 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ On March 4, 1776, James Thacher, Surgeon’s Mate in the Continental Army, stood in the American camp at Roxbury and watched one of the most remarkable military operations of the Revolutionary War begin to unfold before his eyes. For days the fortifications in and around Boston had been roaring with artillery. In the American lines, \[ \] ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TsULb0L2wC37) _2026-03-04 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [Imports of the Underdog II: Afrikaner Gold for German Mausers and French Creusots](https://patrickbodovitz.substack.com/p/imports-of-the-underdog-ii-afrikaner) _2026-03-03 · Patrick Bodovitz · Patrick’s Substack_ Facing threats from native African tribes and British expansion in South Africa, the Afrikaner republics leveraged their access to gold and natural resources to buy European arms in bulk. ## [A Surgeon’s Mate at the Evacuation of Boston – Part 1](https://historicaldigression.com/2026/03/02/a-surgeons-mate-at-the-evacuation-of-boston-part-1/) _2026-03-02 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ James Thacher would become a distinguished citizen, physician, and historian of Plymouth after the Revolutionary War. But 250 years ago today, on March 2, 1776, he was as yet neither a physician nor a historian. He was a young Surgeon’s Mate in the Continental Army, standing in the cold earthworks at Roxbury, Massachusetts, watching Boston \[ \] ## [Imports of the Underdog I: The Confederacy's Arms Imports and the American Civil War](https://patrickbodovitz.substack.com/p/imports-of-the-underdog-i-the-confederacys) _2026-02-19 · Patrick Bodovitz · Patrick’s Substack_ During the American Civil War, the Confederacy needed to import a vast arsenal from overseas to keep its military fighting. The weapons they imported ensured that the war continued for many years. ## [Proliferation of USVs Among Non-State Actors](https://patrickbodovitz.substack.com/p/proliferation-of-usvs-among-non-state) _2026-02-03 · Patrick Bodovitz · Patrick’s Substack_ Policymakers in the United States and other Western nations will need to take into account the possibility of non-state groups using unmanned explosive boats to attack international shipping. ## [A People in Between: The Kashubian Experience of World War II](https://patrickbodovitz.substack.com/p/a-people-in-between-the-kashubian) _2026-01-03 · Patrick Bodovitz · Patrick’s Substack_ The Kashubians, a borderland community that straddled the German/Polish divide, faced the brunt of the German occupation of Poland and the wrath of vengeful Poles after the war. ## [The Plymouth County Regiment in 1775: Part Two](https://historicaldigression.com/2025/12/28/the-plymouth-county-regiment-in-1775-part-two/) _2025-12-28 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ He had never seen so much mud in his life. The road into Roxbury was a brown river churned by boots and wagon wheels, and his shoes—good, workmanship from his own bench—were already soaked through and caked with earth from the road. Ahead, the land rose in ragged ridges of earthworks, raw banks of clay \[ \] ## [The Plymouth County Regiment in 1775: Part One](https://historicaldigression.com/2025/12/26/the-plymouth-county-regiment-in-1775-part-one/) _2025-12-26 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ As this year draws to a close, we approach a small but meaningful anniversary. Two hundred and fifty years ago, on December 31, 1775, the First Plymouth County Regiment, commanded by Colonel Theophilus Cotton of Plymouth, disbanded. The men came home from the muddy fields and earthen ramparts of Roxbury, their enlistments complete. Their regiment—one \[ \] ## [The Battle for Forefathers’ Day in Revolutionary Plymouth](https://historicaldigression.com/2025/12/21/the-battle-for-forefathers-day-in-revolutionary-plymouth/) _2025-12-21 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ Forefathers’ Day, observed on December 21 nowadays, began as a genteel celebration of the Pilgrims’ landing but soon turned into a political tug-of-war in Plymouth on the eve of the American Revolution. The holiday’s origin in 1769 was straightforward enough: a private club’s tribute to “our worthy ancestors.” Yet within a few years, Forefathers’ Day \[ \] ## [The Dayaks of Borneo: A Secret War and a Forgotten Story](https://patrickbodovitz.substack.com/p/the-dayaks-of-borneo-a-secret-war) _2025-11-26 · Patrick Bodovitz · Patrick’s Substack_ Japan's occupation of the island of Borneo led to a major resistance movement that engulfed its garrison. The Dayak people were central to this defiance of Japanese rule. ## [Dr. James Thacher and the Haunted Road to Plymouth](https://historicaldigression.com/2025/09/28/dr-james-thacher-and-the-haunted-road-to-plymouth/) _2025-09-28 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ The coach jolted and swayed as it passed along the deeply rutted road, pulled by a pair of weary horses moving at a slow walk. Their journey to Plymouth was nearly done. Having been waylaid changing horses in Hingham, they were now losing the sun. On one side of the road, bare branches caught the \[ \] ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/w8i8s7izXVob) _2025-09-28 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Part Three: The Demise of Plymouth’s Whaling Fleet](https://historicaldigression.com/2025/09/13/part-three-the-demise-of-plymouths-whaling-fleet/) _2025-09-13 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ In the 1830s, Plymouth’s whaling fleet reached its zenith. From James Bartlett’s original ventures, the town’s merchants and tradesmen had expanded the undertaking into a respectable flotilla, owned by shifting syndicates and captained by a mix of Nantucket veterans and ambitious locals. In the early 1830s Plymouth was still adding large whalers to its fleet. \[ \] ## [Part Two: The Rise of Plymouth’s Whaling Fleet](https://historicaldigression.com/2025/09/07/part-two-the-rise-of-plymouths-whaling-fleet/) _2025-09-07 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ \[In Part One of this tale, I told a creative version of Plymouth’s whaling story through the voice of a fictitious old salt. What follows now is the true history—Part Two: the rise of Plymouth’s whaling fleet. Part Three, to come, will recount the remarkable and tragic fall of the enterprise.\] On Leyden Street, the \[ \] ## [Part One: An Old Salt’s Yarn of Plymouth Whaling](https://historicaldigression.com/2025/08/31/an-old-salts-yarn-of-plymouth-whaling/) _2025-08-31 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ The tavern was dim and close, thick with the smell of rum and woodsmoke. In the darkest corner sat an old salt, bent over a long pipe. His beard was white and bristly, his face deeply lined and weathered, like leather tanned by forty years of sun and spray. His eyes squinted, nearly hidden under \[ \] ## [Towards OpenPGP v6 in PGPainless](https://warmwasserwerfer.de/2025/08/28/towards-openpgp-v6-in-pgpainless/) _2025-08-28 · vanitasvitae · Warmwasserwerfer Blog_ I'm very excited to announce the results of what I have been working on for the past 1,5 years. \*drumrolls\* I added support for OpenPGP v6 (rfc9580) in both Bouncy Castle and PGPainless! In this blog post, I want to go over the work in more details. ## [The Ordeal of the Privateersmen of the Brigantine “Washington”](https://historicaldigression.com/2025/08/10/the-ordeal-of-the-privateersmen-of-the-brigantine-washington/) _2025-08-10 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ I perhaps should save this tale for this fall when we reach the 250th anniversary of the event. But I was just recounting it during a recent lecture, and with the details still fresh in my mind, I figured I should write a post… In the fall of 1775, with the Siege of Boston at \[ \] ## [Updated estimate of the breakeven rate for monthly payrolls](https://jedkolko.com/2025/08/07/updated-estimate-of-the-breakeven-rate-for-monthly-payrolls/) _2025-08-07 · Jed · Jed Kolko_ This update incorporates the July 2025 jobs report. Here is the latest estimate of the breakeven rate for monthly payrolls, compared with monthly payrolls from recent months. The breakeven rate is considerably below its peak in early 2024 because the immigration surge ended and the population continues to age. The current estimate is likely too \[ \] ## [Emerson at Stonehenge: Where the Sun Stands Still](https://historicaldigression.com/2025/06/20/emerson-at-stonehenge-where-the-sun-stands-still/) _2025-06-20 · Patrick Browne · Historical Digression_ I watched the sun rise today as I do most days, but with a different perspective. It is the solstice—the longest day, the hinge of the year—and I found myself thinking about how others have marked this turning point through the ages. Only later in the day did my thoughts turn to Ralph Waldo Emerson \[ \] ## [Unemployment rising in remote-friendly occupations](https://jedkolko.com/2024/09/24/unemployment-rising-in-remote-friendly-occupations/) _2024-09-24 · Jed · Jed Kolko_ The recent rise in unemployment is steeper in occupations where remote work is more widespread. A continued rise could shift bargaining power towards employers who want workers to return to the office. Last week Amazon announced that its workers would need to work in person five days a week starting in January. Since tech has \[ \] ## [The fastest growing jobs require a college degree — or more](https://jedkolko.com/2024/09/03/the-fastest-growing-jobs-require-a-college-degree-or-more/) _2024-09-03 · Jed · Jed Kolko_ In its latest projections, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the fastest growth in higher-wage occupations that require more education. Healthcare and tech jobs are projected to grow fastest, while sales and office jobs shrink most. Renewable energy, healthcare, and tech are where the jobs are Last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released \[ \]