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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I rather think Pete Hegseth is a bit of a disaster and should be impeached if I'm gonna be fr with you guys. othermeans.substack.com/p/the-weak-d...

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The Weak Department

Send Me! (Somewhere I can get a Lobotomy)

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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The USA has not paid its annual contribution to the Organisation for the Prohibition of #ChemicalWeapons. "Funding the #OPCW is clearly in the US interest as it has time and again kept chemical weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists who would...[use] such weapons against Americans."

armscontrolcenter.org

Time To Fund the OPCW - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

By John Erath Since 1993, chemical weapons have killed thousands, with many times more affected, often suffering for years. This despite the Chemical Weapons Convention ban on such activity and a gene...

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Pentagon’s Secret Budget Trump’s proposed budget hides $1 trillion in military spending from the public by spreading it across disparate government agencies. theintercept.com/2026/10/01/t...

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The Pentagon’s Secret Budget

Trump’s proposed budget hides $1 trillion in military spending from the public by spreading it across disparate government agencies.

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The Aiming Circle @aimingcircle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Call for SFF/H/War poetry & 450-word micro-fictions! "In our first volume, contributors wrestled with the potential effects of cybernetics on the human body, of battlefield networks on the art of war, and of Artificial Intelligence on the human soul," says MWP Editor-Publisher Randy "Sherpa" Brown.

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

wisn.com

Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 30/09/2026

⚡️Ukraine unveils new Mavic alternative, but Chinese dependence persists. According to Vyriy, the new Slavic drone has a tactical operating range of up to 30 kilometers, approximately twice that of a Chinese-made Mavic.

kyivindependent.com

Ukraine unveils new Mavic alternative, but Chinese dependence persists

According to Vyriy, the new Slavic drone has a tactical operating range of up to 30 kilometers, approximately twice that of a Chinese-made Mavic.

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The Aiming Circle @aimingcircle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

September stories, con't (4 of 4 - "rounds complete"!) * "Issued" Launches 4th Annual Edition with On-line Reading Event Sept. 10, 2026 * "Sherpa Sends" No. 1: The Aiming Circle is Approaching 10 Years of Operations! www.aimingcircle.com/2026/09/a-ro...

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A Round-up of Our September 2026 Coverage!

The Aiming Circle is a patron-funded community of practice , serving writers of military-themed essays, analysis, literary and journalistic ...

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The Aiming Circle @aimingcircle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

September stories, con't (3 of 4) * On-line Conflict Journalism How-to Seminar is Oct. 3, 2026 * New Short-Fiction Contest Honors MilitarySF Author, Veteran * On-line Craft Seminar on Memoir-writing Techniques is Sept. 19, 2026 www.aimingcircle.com/2026/09/a-ro...

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A Round-up of Our September 2026 Coverage!

The Aiming Circle is a patron-funded community of practice , serving writers of military-themed essays, analysis, literary and journalistic ...

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The Aiming Circle @aimingcircle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

September stories, con't (2 of 4) * Call for SF/F/H/War Poetry & Micro-Flash: "Giant Robot Poems," Vol. 2 * FREE 'Verses for Vets' On-line Workshop is Sept. 24, 2026 * Second Group of "Harding Project" Fellows Attends Writing Workshop www.aimingcircle.com/2026/09/a-ro...

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A Round-up of Our September 2026 Coverage!

The Aiming Circle is a patron-funded community of practice , serving writers of military-themed essays, analysis, literary and journalistic ...

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The Aiming Circle @aimingcircle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here’s our latest monthly salvo of RESOURCES, TIPS, and MARKETS for writers of military- and war-themed fiction, non-fiction, poetry, scholarship, and more! Find all these stories here: www.aimingcircle.com/2026/09/a-ro... Join us! linktr.ee/aimingcircle (Slide 1 of 4)

IMAGE: RAJASTHAN, INDIA—U.S. and Indian Army artillerymen fire an M777 howitzer as an integrated gun crew during exercise Yudh Abhyas 2026 at Mahajan Field Firing Range, Rajasthan, India, Sept. 22, 2026. The combined crews applied rehearsed commands and procedures to safely execute bilateral live-fire missions, demonstrating interoperability at the soldier and crew level. Photo by U.S. Army Maj. Sarah Harris

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

❗️European leaders plan to use the UN General Assembly in New York to press the Trump administration to transfer additional Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine to protect its energy infrastructure from Russian strikes this winter; separately, they will ask the United Kingdom and Japan

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"After speaking with the Saudi crown prince, Trump reversed himself and told the Pentagon to prepare for airstrikes against the Houthis. But by midday Sunday, the president appeared to have reversed himself again..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...

nytimes.com

Trump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military Help

The president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. But he also needs the kingdom’s cooperation in his war against Iran.

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Shannon E French @sefrench.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So instead of trading with our neighbor and traditional ally, we’re going to buy from a Russian ally who supports Putin’s illegal war against Ukraine? Disgusting.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18/09/2026

Senior White House officials have warned President Trump behind closed doors that the war could stretch through the end of 2028. trib.al/qT3Y6VW

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Pentagon Watchdog Reveals Devastating U.S. Losses in Iran War

The Defense Department’s inspector general reports a major munitions shortfall—and damage to U.S. bases throughout the region.

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Alexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The US has the mightiest military in the world, so why does the World feel so insecure for America? open.substack.com/pub/alexande...

open.substack.com

The Paradox of Power

The Squandering of America’s Military Might

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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Four annual exercises later, what has the Army actually learned about fighting across every domain at once? Its multi-domain commander in Europe takes stock. warontherocks.com/2026/09/an-a...

warontherocks.com

An Army General Talks Fusing Sensors and Shooters on the Eastern Flank

This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Brig. Gen. Steven P. Carpenter, the commanding general of Multi-Domain Command - Europe, the U.S. Army's

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Engineers from across services spent the week in Hawaii honing a joint-force approach to rapidly repairing airfields damaged by war or disaster, an essential part of the Air Force's evolving Agile Combat Employment concept. (from @wyattwolson.bsky.social)

stripes.com

Marines, soldiers and airmen refine joint-force approach to rapid runway repair

Army, Marine and Air Force engineers trained in Hawaii to hone a joint-force approach to rapidly repairing airfields damaged by war or disaster.

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Michael Stahlke @michaelstahlke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I have seen the US Navy attempt to blame an unrated E-nothing sailor for the destruction of a capital ship. I’m not prepared to blame an army analyst.

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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

bloomberg.com

Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School

Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 16/09/2026

For the first time ever, the U.S. military has confirmed it has weapons in space.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 16/09/2026

This is why they wanted Pentagon reporters to sign an oath promising to seek approval before publishing anything. They wanted to lie without pushback. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

aljazeera.com

Dozens of aircraft, hundreds of buildings: US loss to Iran attacks revealed

The Pentagon watchdog's report paints a picture of significant losses to US forces and facilities in the region.

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A new study published this week found younger veterans are substantially more likely to have dangerous levels of toxic "forever chemicals" in their blood than non-veterans the same age. From Stars and Stripes' Matthew M. Burke:

stripes.com

Younger veterans more likely to have elevated levels of ‘forever chemicals,’ study finds

PFAS exposure has been associated with health problems including kidney and testicular cancers, as well as ulcerative colitis.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Vietnam started with good and plausibly realistic intentions, then a series of sunk cost fallacies happened and whoopsiedaisy there's half a million troops in country and 35,000 dead Americans Iraq was foreseeably dumb but the strategic theory of the case made sense as far as it went

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 15/09/2026

Iran’s ability to overwhelm U.S. air defenses in the Middle East using attack drones and advanced ballistic missiles has left the U.S. military in a precarious state. The Trump administration failed to appreciate Iran’s military prowess, said the first official. buff.ly/VV1tOgM

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15/09/2026

In an unsigned ruling, the Supreme Court demonstrated that it is willing to limit Donald Trump’s agenda. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

newyorker.com

Mail-In Voting Survives

In an unsigned ruling, the Supreme Court demonstrated that it is willing to limit Donald Trump’s agenda.

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Charlie Sherpa @fobhaiku.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Writes @attackerman.bsky.social : "NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC is going to be a controversial comic. It's going to prompt a lot of questions about what we meant by the various aspects of the book. We'll be addressing those at FOREVER WARS, in detail."

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Charlie Sherpa @fobhaiku.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

NatSec comics pro-tip: Put @attackerman.bsky.social 's forthcoming series "NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC" on your LCS pull-list, take a photo, & redeem for a paid-tier-level subscription to his "FOREVER WARS" newsletter! (Details at link.)

forever-wars.com

My Next Comic Book Series—And A Special Offer For You!

Get ready for NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC. That should tell you how hard we plan on going

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m going to channel Indiana Jones and say this belongs in a museum, not a millionaire’s or billionaire’s private collection. So if there’s anyone out there that can make that happen, you have 10 more days (September 24). After 18 bids, bidding now stands at $205,700. But it will surely go higher.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tonight in 1969, “Laugh-In” awarded its Flying Fickle Finger of Fate to the Pentagon and Congress for wasting $9 billion on six canceled nuclear weapons programs: the B-70 bomber, the nuclear-powered airplane, the Snark and Navaho cruise missiles, the Dyna-Soar space plane, and the Skybolt ALBM.

A screenshot of "Laugh-In" hosts Dan Rowan (left) and Dick Martin (right) standing in black tuxedos next to an easel as Rowan reads the following from a large card (Martin holds the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate award in his left hand, which is a trapezoidal wooden base with a small plaque, on top of which a mold of a left hand, painted gold and mounted on a vertical rod, with the index finger pointed upward, from which small wings extend):

"B-70 Bomber
$1,500,000,000.00

Nuclear-Powered Plane
$512,000,000.00

Snark Robot Bomber
$678,000,000.00"

Another color screenshot as Rowan continues reading from the next card, pointing with his left index finger as he reads:

"Navajo [sic] Missile
$680,000,000.00

Dyna-Soar Space Plane
$405,000,000.00"

Another color screenshot as Rowan continues reading from the next (and last) card and then turns his head toward Martin:

"Sky-bolt Air-to-Ground Missile
$440,000,000.00

TOTAL
$9,000,000,000.18"

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tonight in 1980 at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, the number five engine on the right wing of a B-52H on ground alert caught fire during a drill. It was loaded with 8 Short-Range Attack Missiles (SRAMs, each armed with a 170-200-kiloton W69 warhead) and 4 B28 bombs (70 kilotons to 1.45 Megatons).

A black and white nightime photograph of the B-52H bomber on fire at Grand Forks Air Force Base, with smoke and flames moving toward the left side of the aircraft.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026

Combatants are hunting civilians from the sky with small drones more than ever before - and the international community isn’t doing enough to stop it. My latest on the ways we can protect civilians from drones, written with Nathaniel Raymond of @hrl-yalesph.bsky.social :

foreignpolicy.com

The Laws of War Must Change for the Drone Age

Hunting civilians from the sky is growing disturbingly common.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14/09/2026

Saudi Arabia, under pressure from Iranian-allied militias in Iraq and Houthi rebels in Yemen, has postponed what would have been the highest level of multilateral talks between Tehran and Persian Gulf nations, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said.

washingtonpost.com

Iran and Persian Gulf foreign ministers postpone meeting as talks stall

Iran said that Saudi Arabia, which is facing threats by Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Iraqi militias, called off a high-level meeting planned in Oman.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026

Some folks will claim that this is hyperbolic, but what I wish people would understand is that tech initiatives like this serve as a means of eroding consent and lower the barrier for the persistent capture of people’s image, voice, data, or whatever else a gadget can glean.

pcmag.com

Apple's New Siri Recap Turns Every Apple Watch Into a Mass Surveillance Nightmare

Apple's always-listening AI feature promises neat summaries of your daily conversations, but it forces everyone around you into a nonconsensual recording experiment.

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Greg Jaffe @gregjaffe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hegseth has ushered the country's culture wars into the Pentagon. The result: Turmoil at a time the military cannot afford it. My effort to take stock of what it all means. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...

nytimes.com

Trying to Rid the Pentagon of Culture Wars, Hegseth Has Created His Own (Gift Article)

Persistent distractions are feeding a climate of mistrust as the U.S. military faces a series of wartime issues, including shortfalls of missile interceptors.

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