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Nate Ledbetter

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Anything after 1650 is current events. At some point I'll start posting useful stuff here. Maybe.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 2m
Yeah, I've had this same thought. If we're using 1939 logistical capabilities, those M1A2s are going to be very static pillboxes in short order.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 6m
Well, @rainbowdaesh.bsky.social's amusing tweet said M1A2 so I was putting it in that context regarding APFSDS. I will defer to @cthomasjamh.bsky.social on the armored capabilities of various African militaries, but whatever they have it's likely making short work of a Pzkw II
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 8m
YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 12m
Also, the main gun on a Panzer II is a 20mm. What's it going to do to the Abrams, annoy it? That tank crew might be sad when their duffel bags hanging on the bustle rack are shot through, but that's about it.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 15m
It's just a poor choice by the TC, especially given that that Panzer II is outgunned by a Bradley. Just let the scouts take them out.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 17m
This is correct, for the Panzer II and any WWII German tank short of the Tiger or Maus. Could you shoot them with an APFSDS? Sure. But why? My only critique here is that the M2 .50 cal on the M1A2 isn't as bad as the M1A1 (not really hitting too many moving targets with that) so it would be doable.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 21m
Wouldn't have time to feel it!
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 25m
Of course, anyone in the way of it, say the gunner, would have a nice hole in them.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 41m
Well....we hope.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 7h
Me: Nobody wants this exploitative "feature" from this tech company. Bsky: Well actually, the company wants it because.... Me: *1000 yard stare*
static.klipy.com
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 7h
Right.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 13h
RIGHT?!?!?! I'm not joking, I think it would be amazing.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 13h
Honestly I think it would be awesome to have pre-2000s rappers doing explainers on tons of things. Let's get Rakim talking Sun Tzu and Big Daddy Kane explaining Gustavus Adolphus.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 13h
Yes, it'd be so much better if our schedule included heavyweights like *checks notes* Rutgers and Maryland in addition to Purdue, Michigan State, and Wisconsin.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 13h
Right, I think that's obvious. My point is nowhere in there is any calculation that any user actually wants this. Which is a microcosm of the 21st C tech industry.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 13h
Yesterday it was attempted coups and invading countries with absolutely no strategic plan.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 13h
Yes, this is horrifying. But also....why? What is the point here? Who is out here thinking this was a feature they really want? Is there any purpose other than to auto-generate content for the content mill?
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 13h
LET ME TELL YOU HOW *FUN* IT IS TO LECTURE ON 1930S JAPAN RIGHT NOW.
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 14h
“Is porn the new ball bearings factories? Strategic bombing in the 21st century” is going to be a good paper
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~Tilda is short for It's Decoratilda Gourd Season, Motherf***ers @hulcricket.bsky.social · 16h
this is a very important point: the panic over medical care for trans kids is almost entirely about transmascs meanwhile, the panic over trans people in sports is almost entirely about transfemmes both are patriarchy and misogyny in action, just cutting opposite ways
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 14h
Next I want to see Ice T explaining Vegetius or Snoop discussing Maurice's Strategikon.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 23h
Dang. Not wrong, just brutally correct.
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I hate when people say bluesky is a toxic echo chamber when really it’s annoying in a rich tapestry of other ways
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13/10/2026
look I don't always agree with the shadow on the cave wall but some of you are being really unreasonable in the meta discourse about last night's shadow
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It's hell. Absolutely frustrating.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Brother, I had a 2 hour appt with a PT this morning, got prodded, cupped, taped, and abused because I've had a pinched nerve for 3 weeks now.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
CAYUTS!!! KENNEY MINCHEY FOR THE WIN
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oh so like Oregon got it.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What? How?
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Seriously, being able to watch an ND football game with sounds/crowd noise but NOT have to hear Jason Garrett? TAKE MY MONEY.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I was specifically targeted by a Samsung TV commercial.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Also Purdue scored again right after this.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I'm in favor of this.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Um....Minnesota? Did...did you forget you had a game tonight?
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
USC-Penn Schtate is a textbook "want both teams to lose" game. On the one hand, USC. On the other hand, Penn State (and Kid2's ex-bf in the stands as a student).
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Chris W @rakesofmallow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Lane Kiffin burning a second half timeout to go for it from his own 27 down four, only to then take a delay of game out of the timeout and punt. Nice work!
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Wait didn't Bama just score? How'd they get the ball back? Have it on mute.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
yep
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Just for completion's sake, I show these as well. The Japanese and Americans exchanged "cultural entertainment." The Japanese showed them sumo wrestling. The Americans held a minstrel show.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
He didn't. It's to make him look even more grotesque.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
These early depictions of Perry and other Americans all draw on the image of a Tengu, a Japanese yokai with a long nose (Tengu mask superimposed on Perry, this gets the point across to my students). I also show these other two pics, one a US representation of the encounter, one a Japanese version.
Matthew C. Perry with a Tengu (goblin) maskUS lithograph of meeting with the JapaneseJapanese print showing a very different depiction of the Perry-Japanese meeting.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Actually, I lied--I don't show this pic (though I show pics from the same artist, see pic 3, attached). I just show pics of Perry.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It's Commodore Matthew C. Perry's second in command, Adams. I have this pic on my slides I show.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oh, that's good to know. We'll keep it in mind. ☘️
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I mean, you have to credit Arch with throwing the pass that set up the win. Heisman stuff there.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Wow Just...wow.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Uh, sorry about that Longhorns, my bad. Y'all might still win, but the INT right after I hit "post" is...something.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Texas is going to win and Arch will get Heisman cred for scraping by a bad Oklahoma team.
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
For a moment I thought that play was going to work for Oregon.
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