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Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought. othermeans.substack.com

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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026
[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h
doing some more scanning tonight, here are a few more photos that i thought were pretty neat
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 6h
Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?
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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 6h
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
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The Pentagon should remember the value of professional dissent
It is especially important for military institutions tasked with fighting wars and expending the nation’s blood and treasure through conflict.
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Guy Bundestrivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 6h
Everything is going great, why do you ask?
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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 6h
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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 6h
it’s like watching a running back try to keep playing after turning 30
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 7h
I don't think this article is wrong exactly, but it mistakes largely iterative technological changes for a lack of political will in prosecuting conflicts. Raiding isn't a product of economic shifts in coercion, so much as a lack of willingness to accept the political costs of military casualties.
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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 8h
imagine if elbridge colby was still around to see this
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 8h
if you liked my depressing "drones" essay, you can go now watch our equally depressing conversation with me, adam, and the estimable @bretdevereaux.bsky.social and @gawattia.bsky.social about the state of modern conflict spoilers: it's not great girls
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DRONES: Rise of the New Way of Raiding
YouTube video by Liberal Currents
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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some books are lesser. It's ok to be a snob.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 8h
We’re all hurtling helplessly through time towards our inevitable oblivions.
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 21h
what the fuck
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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When Steele commanded 2-22 IN at Drum, he in essence banned the book Blackhawk Down after seeing a LT reading it during a staff duty shift.
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Gerald C Brown @geraldcbrown.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Look I got the color wrong, but I was way too close here
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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
hey is the strait open yet
Six hundred of our finest warriors joined SECWAR
 for morning PT at the Pentagon ahead of his HISTORIC State of the Force address.
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Islamic State jihadists are currently storming Tahoua city en masse, likely a second assault on the airport is the plan. So it begins. #Niger
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Generational damage being done right now
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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so dumb. How to destroy a capable military.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/09/2026
this guy just fucking sucks, man
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Nathan @never-say-die.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Three titans of military thought; An 83 year old draft dodger, a ket addict who just makes stuff up to juice stocks and a gamer (derogatory)
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You're losing the war you started for no reason, dumbass.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One month until midterms one month until midterms one month until midterms one month until midterms
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In new article at @WarFrontsWeekly I cover the recent Central Mali campaign by JNIM and what to make of that. As suggested also in thread below, it's another stage in a series that can be traced to the coups in 2022-2023. Russia and Mali are in trouble. fronts.co/article/mali...
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Mali's Conflict is Nearing Crisis Point. Here's What Comes Next.
JNIM's capture of Kidal and tightening grip on northern Mali have pushed the junta and its Russian backers toward the brink — but Islamic State Sahel's rivalry.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The only good things those Tarpeian savages ever produced was On the Nature of Things and a show on HBO.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Stoicism is the Neil deGrasse Tyson of philosophies. Send tweet
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Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is antisemitism. This isn’t leftism. This isn’t anti-Zionism. This isn’t progressive activism. This is just blatant antisemitism.
Guy Christensen being antisemitic
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Nathan @never-say-die.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bro, the Pope sent the White Sox letter, they’re going to the World Series.
Letter: 

To Jerry Reinsdorf
Chairman of the Chicago White Sox
was pleased to receive the kind letter that you sent following the game that took place at Rate Field on August 11, 2026. I am most grateful for this thoughtful gesture.
As I have noted,
"sport can truly become a school of life,
where all can learn that abundance does not come from victory at any cost, but from sharing, from respecting others and from the joy of walking together" (Letter Life in Abundance, 6 February
2026).
In this spirit, it is my hope that the White Sox will
continue to foster
bonds of friendship
and solidarity among
people, and thus bear hopeful witness to the possibility of living and working together in peace.
With
these sentiments, I willingly invoke the Almighty's
abundant blessings upon you and your loved ones.
From the Vatican, 9 September 2026
Pope Leo XIV
The Pope wearing a Chicago White Sox hat
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The White House is laser-focused on the issues that matter most to Americans.
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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
26 pages??
Alexis de tocqueville
which I am sure most americans have read
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David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The problem with Hegseth's plan to fire everybody with a more successful military career than his own is that there'd be nobody left.
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EXCLUSIVE: Hegseth to double cuts to generals, admirals in major Pentagon shakeup
Pete Hegseth's State of the Force address doubles last year's cuts, targeting a 20% reduction in general and flag officer billets across all services.
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remember all these memes lol
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do we seriously have to do Maoist newspeak every single time an 80 year old posts his idiotic ideas on the internet. It has been AI since before I was even born. Can literally anyone have a shred of dignity.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am the house motherfucker (I slide 4 billion dollars into T bills and bond yields immediately explode, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do)
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Born to yippee. Forced to wake up and watch the global security architecture degrade further
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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping at one point if he would to like to buy some American armaments, US Ambassador to China David Perdue says.
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Joel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They’ve invented The Paratrooper That’s Strategically Effective?
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Empty Bag of Ducks📎 @emptybagofducks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Time for another cancer thread. Earlier, I’d posted that I’d had some disappointing/bad news and I realized it might be helpful to talk about chemotherapy a bit and in doing so contextualize my remarks as I was pretty emotional that day.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What the fuck is happening in your people's interviews and meetings. Why would I not bring a coffee if I wanted to. I'm going there to chat with someone. It's not a funeral.
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Adam @adam35.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We need to make becoming a lobbyist an easier career path before this gets any further out of hand
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I kind of like the new Taylor songs. My GOAT might not be washed just yet
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Oliver Mizzi @ollymizzi99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Latest Substack from me. Reflecting on Hobsbawm's 'Long Nineteenth Century', the relevance of the period for today, and what we can take from it.
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On Hobsbawm’s ‘Long Nineteenth Century’
In reading the trilogy, perhaps we can understand both ourselves and our trajectory.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In Kyiv, cars are burning and bodies of people lie in the streets after Russia struck our capital in broad daylight on a Saturday, clearly aiming to maximize civilian casualties‼️ ​Mayor Klitschko reports at least 3 killed and 7 injured.
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Live look of Packers and Bears fans:
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Karl @iblewoutmyflipflop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
MATT LAFRAUD
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