F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You can’t do a kidz bop version of the Monster Mash it is already the kidz bop version of the Monster Mash 000
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Got a bit of a Little Red Book vibe going ngl www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukHegseth’s new ‘field manual’ for troops is filled with his speechesThe 144-page manual was handed out ahead of Hegseth’s ‘State of the Force’ address 000
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I had the opportunity to spend a year at USNA and to teach an upper level polisci course. This is disheartening but not unexpected and l deprives the Mids of important experience for their careers. Students appreciated civilian perspectives even if they didn’t always agree, which is the point 000
Reposted by F!nnChristopher Whitaker @civicwhitaker.com · 30/09/2026@deadcarl.bsky.social has the canon answer to this nonsense over at @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-a...liberalcurrents.comLiberalism as a Military TechnologyTo exclude individuals on the basis of sex, color, class, or creed now means to hobble the strength of the state. 1295
Reposted by F!nnghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026just a quick reminder that this fuckhead was the proximate trigger for thousands of National Guardsmen being deployed to DC 643148698
Reposted by F!nnB. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Make the test about logistics and politics. Otherwise stop wasting their time. 3473
Reposted by F!nnAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 05/09/2026What I've pointed out here needs more data/investigation but what seems to be happening is that tenure lines in humanities disciplines like history might be being cut in a manner disproportionate to the decline in CS tenure lines even as majors decline in both. If true, this gives the game away. 3424
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 19/08/2026My favorite bar game is to have people guess the top 5 singles of the most cursed year in pop (2013) 140
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Reading the Challenger book and it’s interesting how the wives of all these test pilots are, like, hey please don’t go work for the potential explode into flames factory and the pilots just say “lol off I go to the prestigious explode into flames factory” 110
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 26/07/2026apnews.com/article/leba...apnews.comKozo Okamoto, Japanese militant who took part in a 1972 Tel Aviv airport attack, dies in BeirutKozo Okamoto, a Japanese militant involved in a deadly attack on Tel Aviv’s airport over 50 years ago, has died in Beirut at 78. 000
Reposted by F!nnSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Rubio knows that 1972 was 54 years ago, yes? And that most of the people who did those bombings are dead and the groups they were a part of dissolved decades ago, yes? This really does feel like Nixon’s 1972 reelection strategy redux. 2731264
Reposted by F!nnMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026That’s what happens when you get rid of the department of defense 365126829
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Not freedom 250 using manifest destiny for wallpaper in DC 110
Reposted by F!nnBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Wow. Prairieland defendants being handed sentences between 40 and 100 years. For background on this case: www.ms.now/news/antifa-...ms.nowTrump wants to prosecute anti-fascists as terrorists. This Texas trial will test his power.A July 4 shooting at an ICE detention center could change the way the federal government prosecutes activists. 761581840
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Fuckin’ sigh.taskandpurpose.comEvent honoring servicewomen canceled after most branches decline to attendAn annual wreath-laying ceremony put on to honor fallen servicewomen was canceled after the military branches declined to participate. 000
Reposted by F!nnThe Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 10/06/2026What’s really fascinating about the era of great power competition is that China keeps pulling resources from its strategic priorities to focus on losing wars of choice while the US steadily invests in capabilities 5505
Reposted by F!nnDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/06/2026The commanding heights of universities are not liberal spaces 38952206
Reposted by F!nnJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Never gets old. J-school essay topic: Is there any performance test for essentially life-tenure columnists? A limit on how many big calls you can get totally wrong, before they say: Hey, buddy, how about taking a step back for a while. Maybe a few reported pieces? Where you go out and ask around? 2135445815
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Not great! Being framed as mostly a “bad for science” story but actually a potential disaster for public health, universities, etc 010
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 26/05/2026“The U.S. keeps losing not because its military is weak but because it keeps choosing its instruments before defining its objectives.” 000
Reposted by F!nnWaitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 26/05/2026Well, if THAT doesn't hit ALL the nails on the head! greekreporter.com/2026/05/25/n...greekreporter.comWhen Nazi Soldiers Reenacted the 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae - GreekReporter.comIn 1941, Nazi troops staged a propaganda stunt at Thermopylae to falsely claim the martial legacy of Ancient Sparta for the Third Reich. 3487
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 13/05/2026lol the LSCO lawyers are gonna get more than they bargained for 000
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 13/05/2026That scene in Interstellar where the daughter gets in trouble for saying the moon landing wasn’t faked 010
Reposted by F!nnMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 13/05/2026"We commit to putting substantial resources behind ideas that are presently viewed with skepticism by scientists and scholars. By leveling the intellectual playing field, we seek to achieve a more democratic university to bring about a less democratic world."buff.lyWe’re Diversifying the University by Hiring More Crackpots“For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underreprese... 011942
Reposted by F!nnMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 28/04/2026When you ‘86’ someone at a bar, the bouncer executes them out back by the grease dumpster, as we all know 571305160
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 14/04/2026media.tenor.coma mascot wearing a white shirt that says marALT: a mascot wearing a white shirt that says mar 010
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Seeing a fun inversion of the “the Pope seems progressive, but he’s pro-life” on the right with “the pope is anti-war” - yeah, guys, it’s still the Catholic Church. This is their whole deal. 021
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Yo, Arcade Fire, we’re on the verge of a forever war in the Middle East and the markets lookin’ a little shaky. Why don’t you give us one of them old-fashioned late 2000s bangers? 020
Reposted by F!nnNick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Ok now we can pivot to the indopacific 3304
Reposted by F!nnPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 03/04/2026From the President down, there are a lot of Americans who think our bases in Europe exist mainly to defend Europe. They have no comprehension how logistically crucial they are to our ability to support our forces elsewhere, wherever we choose to send them. 1025452
Reposted by F!nnNorm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I am ready for another season of Seattle Mariners baseball. 1735858
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 16/03/2026The Academy has been given a gift by being able to cut to Maya Rudolph 000
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 15/03/2026“Sorry we fucking sucked, we promise we better now” is a wild strategy BK 100
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 15/03/2026More like “The Girl Who Was in an Ugly Animated Short” am I right 010
F!nn @afinnmac.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Unfortunately, an extremely commanding display of defense and a PNW sports victory is exactly my thing 010
Reposted by F!nnStars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 06/02/2026ICYMI: A report released Thursday by Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee says the National Guard's deployment to Washington D.C. has had no measurable impact on crime reduction in the district. (from @svetashko.bsky.social)stripes.comNational Guard deployment in DC having no measurable impact on crime, report saysThe National Guard said troops’ presence has deterred petty crime and helps control crowds during the police department’s law enforcement efforts. 55736
