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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Modern Clothing Industry of Cardassia: An Overview of Non-Lethal Tailoring Techniques

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Total Strategic Failure as a Deliberate Choice: The Holdo Option

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Splitting this thread as it threatened to go rather long. I question that the latter happened; the (sometimes-dubious) tales of Grant being drunk both pre-date and post-date Rosecrans' even being in the western theater. Rosecrans was certainly very unhappy about Iuka, and with good reason.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Everyone pretends you can do magic thinky stuff with silicon chips and it's a lie (always has been). Jensen Huang is merely enslaving the souls of the damned. This is why they need all the cooling for datacenters - it's the heat escaping Hell. Most of the expense is actually bribing the demons.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am wading into a discussion in which, on BlueSky, I find myself on dangerous ground. I say this is a bad idea and people shouldn't propose it. Let be absolutely clear: I have no patience or sympathy for Confederates, Lost-Causers, NeoConfederates, White Supremacists or any similar thing.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I've long thought this was potentially the right game but absolutely, unforgivably at the wrong-est possible time. Because it's like a punchline to a joke we never got. As in, why don't we have a bunch of amazing superhero games? There have been good ones, but the genre is pretty limited.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Related fact: Broccoli created the Broccoli family, which created broccoli. Romans selectively bred Brassica into something like-broccoli called broccolo. The Broccoli family (presumably named after it) bred this further into something more like modern broccoli, which they imported to America.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New podcast (finally)! Episode 99: Three Hundred Thousand More The Quiet Revolution of Abolitionism The summer of 1862 shattered faith in quick victory. But the push for liberty brought reactionary forces to the fore. uscivilwar.substack.com

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The American Civil War Podcast | Patrick Bryant | Substack

A podcast recounting the epic saga of the American Civil War, the personalities and lives of Americans North and South, African or European, and the climactic clash of arms. Click to read The American...

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The American War of Independence - but mostly from Britain. Not just the elite, since there was growing dissent & pressure the middle & lower classes. But show everything: India, France, Spain, etc. Lord North keeps thinking he's stabilized things only to get rocked by a fresh disaster.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"Invasion of the Body Borrowers (Temporarily, With Permission)" "Things I Could Take or Leave. Bit of a Coin-Flip, Actually."* "The End-Table of Dr. Caligari" "Ride-share to Busan" "A Lien"** "The Luxury Suite In The Woods" *i.e., Needful Things **i.e., Alien

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Australia, treasure this man: he is the World's Most Honest Politician.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I want to gently push back on second part of this this: MAHA is not Eugenicist, or at least not usually. And when it is, it's more in the slouched, narrow-minded belief that "Those People" somehow deserve to get sick. Actual Eugenics was cruel-er, but way more Pretend-Rational if that makes sense.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This is a really fascinating alternative-history scenario! One of the big problems was that British politics paid barely any attention to the colonies, but the reverse was not the case. One side effect was that the colonies could barely communicate a message.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I genuinely don't mean to mock @whstancil.bsky.social here. I recognize he's unfairly caught a lot of flack for nonsense in the past. This is flat wrong, and Economists have known this is wrong for over three centuries now, and created multiple theoretical approaches to model this.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is not a mockery or insult, but I wanted to bring this common idea up to analyze it. We net-import +3 million barrels of oil annually, which actually hides the true mismatch. The forms of oil we export are not the same as imports, and that creates additional costs and frictions.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This fascinates me, because it's an absurdly-terrible business decision with low upside. Assume you are a popular "Influencer"*. You are making lots of high-profile pictures showing off. The point is that you are doing cool, expensive or inaccessible things! *I know - the thought is gross!

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I have never seen the central conflicts of Christianity stated quite so succinctly, but here we are: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIrX...

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Sheep Detectives - Who is God? Scene

YouTube video by The Age of Conversation: Arts and Entertainment

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

That's not altogether wrong, but it's also not quite right. The Confederacy had the raw tech and logistical capacity, but it did not use either very well. They focused on ironclad ships and neglected to build railway engines. They grabbed skilled industrial workers and sent them to the trenches.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I don't know if that was theologically right or wrong. I suspect SSPX was never, ever going to calm down. But the olive branch meant they can't use the Latin mass as a wedge issue. Since the fight isn't really over the symbolism, remove the symbolism and force them to make their intentions plain.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I made a joke post here, but there is actual hilarious/stupid/tragicomic Roman history here - the third of the truly awful Emperors: Caracalla. In the tradition of nicknaming the really bad ones like Caligula (Bootiekins) and Commodus (Toilet) we have Caracalla (Hoodie).

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I have something to say about this topic, because good people are creating imaginary connections to get the end state they prefer from a plausible-sounding start. Specifically, "I want game creators with more freedom, less stress, and not being fired the second the game goes live".

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

At least for the moment, the big problem with AI is that it functions like gambling in economic terms: It hasn't created more useful end production of goods or services, at least not yet. What it has done is redirect resources that would go towards useful goods or services to AI instead.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

As per this horrific news article, I noticed something. Someone should really ask these two why they were involved with public support for Tate.

Tate made a deal with the right-wing streaming service Rumble, which had recently received major investments from Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire, and J. D. Vance, Trump’s future Vice-President.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Weirdly, someone who didn't quite write it was Tolkein. He began a tale set long after LotR. In a time of peace and ease, some Gondorians grew bored of good things and began to play at brings orcs, creating ugliness for its own sake. And they found new, or rather, very old evils to follow...

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Intending this as an exploration of theology, not of insult or hate, and also not commenting particularly on Hegseth's quote-unquote "leadership" : The position of Mormonism inside or outside Christianity is a interesting debate! I should preface this by saying that I am not Mormon.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Movie script, starring Chris Pratt. He plays the President's mother's sister's son's cousin's friend's roommate, and through bizarre accidents his Used Car Dealer business card (best deals in the west... side of town!) gets him on the high-stakes Kleptocracia Nuclear committee. Hijinks ensue.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

New podcast! (FINALLY!) Episode 98: The Lee of Old Virginia Robert E. Lee became, in time, the arch-nemesis of the Union. Yet from his family history and life, you would never have believed it. What drove this man, and why did he make the choices he made? uscivilwar.substack.com

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

So, SpaceX, the space company, which makes rockets, space broadband, morally-questionable Social Media, and has a dead-laster AI product scraping the bottom of the barrel reselling its hardware third-party access has announced its addressable market is... AI. arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

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Famously secret about its finances, SpaceX opens its books for the first time

We believe we have identified the largest TAM in human history."

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

At the risk of beating a horse that's not so much dead as "hauled off and turned into glue several weeks ago" - NATO cannot do this. Even if it wanted to, and very clearly the other countries don't they *cannot* do this. 1/whatever

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Decided to add a quick episode about Robert E. Lee after the monster podcast on the Seven Days battle. This thing is now fourteen pages and it's not even complete what have I done?! What am I like this?!

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This is not a 'red flag'. This is 'thousand-foot-tall fiery letters appear burning in the sky spelling out "WARNING!" even as a chorus of angels appear and sing forth, "Be thou not fooled! Heed this sign!"'

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

From the script of "Le'Triomphe", a Wes Anderson film: "This is my investment vehicle. Unfortunately it's underwater." (Shows a bunch of bankers operating out of a submarine for some reason.)

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The Wide Awakes were a movement of young Republicans active around the 1856 and 1860, with a special focus on Free-Soil politics and opposing the spread of Slavery, although not necessarily Abolitionist in character. They believed, with justification, that slaveholders were bent on expanding west.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Obviously the Big Headline this weekend was the correspondent's dinner. This was the more significant story. You probably won't find the Self-Admiration Club mentioning it. It's bad. It's very bad. www.scientificamerican.com/article/enti...

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Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration

Members of the National Science Board, which the US Congress founded in 1950, were given no explanation for their termination

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I'm going to discuss some aspects of the Academy broadly, and where I think this poster went wrong. But I'm not here to mock. I understand where he's coming from. I'm simply think he made a mistake about the cause.

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America's Best History @ambesthistory.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

BATTLEFIELD PRESERVATION: They are at it again! 438 acres to be saved at Glorieta Pass, Perryville, Resaca, Corinth, & more. Help @Battlefields if you're able. Civil War battlefields, yeah!!! www.battlefields.org/give/save-ba... @battlefields.org @uscivilwar.bsky.social @fifer1863.bsky.social

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Save 438 Acres Across These Seven Battlefields

Join us in protecting 438 acres across seven battlefields—from Glorieta Pass to Resaca—where each fight shaped what came next and helped determine the...

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I have now played Dispatch, and while I am certainly late to the party on this one, but I have one thing to say: If your child is not Forklift certified, just... don't. Or if you do, make sure you paid for the SDN Premium plan. You're gonna need it.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

BREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology. This is a serious escalation.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

As a Catholic, I worry this might overstepping. I certainly the Church.But I feel I am on pretty firm theological footing in communicating this news:

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Discussion: Blockades! I'm always about maritime law and the law of blockades. To be fair this is a pretty obscure area of law, and I am neither a sailor nor a lawyer. Take what I have to say with a grain of salt. The legality of this action is... messy and that could matter, real soon.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

If I have one quibble with the extremely excellent film Captain America: Winter Soldier... it's that the the Winter Soldier recoiling when catching Cap's thrown shield. But if I've TWO quibbles, it's that the movie misunderstood Arnim Zola. Let me explain. Spoilers follow!

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Confession Time! As someone who is lucky and grateful not to have receding hair, r/bald is one of my guilty pleasures. It's one of the most supportive communities you could ever find online. *Ain't got much in the looks department. Gotta take what I can get.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Something to note is that the media generally is making one specific, massive mistake. It's one the administration made too: They are confusing the Nation-State of Iran with small insurgent bands. I do not pretend to know why they are making this assumption, only that they are.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

NYT framing this as 'Experts are dubious' is the funniest thing I've read in years. Mr. Fausset personally asked the Rome Waffle House staff if they saw a man teleport! *That* is commitment to the bit. And the absolute po-faced sincerity of the article! One step from Dave Barry. Perfection.

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The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I cannot say how this will end. One point is that Hegseth just went on a rampage ending the careers of very high-ranked military officials. These officials have friends in high places. And Hegseth is now vulnerable over the disaster unfolding in Iran. And Trump already began purging his circle.

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