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For the sake of posterity, the reading lists I made for military theory and war related literature.

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Play the period, not the rules.

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China has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

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#fbf Garbage -Special The last time I saw them was at the 930 Club in 2011/12. The whole set list was great but this song was amazing.

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“Max!” #tcm

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JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961) — 11:30 am ET — 3h 10m (31 Days of Oscar: Best Adapted Screenplay Winners and Nominees) Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark; directed by Stanley Kramer An aging American judge presides over the trial of Nazi war criminals. #TCM #TCMParty

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Happy Birthday to John Nommensen Duchac aka John Doe, American singer, songwriter, bass player and co-founder of LA punk band X, born on this day in 1953, Decatur, Illinois Photo by Tamara Friedman #punk #punks #punkrock #johndoe #x #xtheband #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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RAND: Wargaming climate change in USINDOPACOM paxsims.wordpress.com/2025/01/23/r...

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“the United States is not a startup. The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits. (The vast majority of startups also fail, something the United States cannot afford to do.)”

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Previously unseen Led Zeppelin live footage from 1979 unearthed (watch) www.brooklynvegan.com/previously-u...

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Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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Imagine if the media pointed out there was already a Government Accountability Office whose job it is to go after actual waste and fraud, not just things Elon doesn’t like, and found $70 Billion in savings last year and $2 Trillion in waste since 2003. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm...

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#ComingUpOnTCM CASABLANCA (1942) Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Dooley Wilson Dir.: Michael Curtiz 5:00 PM PT An American saloon owner in Morocco is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up. 1h 42m | Romance | TV-PG #TCM #TCMParty

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Up next, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. Casablanca (1942).

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Dem Rep. Greg Casar pointed out today that Elon Musk is getting paid $8 million per day due to his government contracts. Chris Hayes is joined by Alex Wagner to discuss that and more.

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New music

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Evergreen writing tip from John Swartzwelder (creator of a tons of classic The Simpsons episodes, plus some very funny novels). This is from a rare interview, by Mike Sacks of The New Yorker, 2001. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

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It’s Leslie Nielsen’s birthday & this is still the greatest gag in the history of comedy.

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Sitting around the waiting area for my every six month oncology check-up. Everyone with a wrist band is here for one thing. You look at the face then the band and nod. A shared experience stronger than anything else.

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In this ancient Assyrian letter, astronomers complain that they can’t do their jobs or teach astronomy “because of the ilku-duty”, a type of taxation in the form of labour. “we cannot keep the watch of the king, and the pupils do not learn the scribal craft” cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/33...

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Death Cab for Cutie announce 'Plans' 20th anniversary shows (with American Analog Set in NYC) www.brooklynvegan.com/death-cab-fo...

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#BOTD in 1926: Leslie Nielsen #filmsky #nakedgun

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#ComingUpOnTCM RASHOMON (1950) Toshiro Mifune Machiko Kyo, Takashi Shimura Dir.: Akira Kurosawa 3:30 AM PT In medieval Japan, four people offer conflicting accounts of a rape and murder. 1h 28m | Drama | TV-PG #TCM #TCMParty

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Pfizer’s cancer drug commercial was beautiful, but their breast cancer drug Ibrance costs $10k per month and their prostate cancer drug Xtandi costs $22k per month. Beautiful commercials don’t change the fact that 42% of cancer patients exhaust their life savings in 2 years.

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@punkrockhistory.bsky.social Speaking of pre punk or proto punk, check out American Garage Band kings the Sonics. Sonics - Psycho 1965. An amusing aside, the go go dancer is probably someone's grandmother nowadays... youtu.be/Dw6Fjo6VXTg?...

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Only released 16 years ago but recorded 50 years ago ...For the Whole World to See, an Album by proto punk / punk rock band Death featuring this track Keep On Knocking Death - Keep On Knocking (Live at Amoeba) #punk #punks #punkrock #death #protopunk #history #punkrockhistory

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Released 46 years ago today Inflammable Material, the debut album by Stiff Little Fingers featuring the opening track Suspect Device Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device #punk #punks #punkrock #stifflittlefingers #history #inflammablematerial #punkrockhistory #otd

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46 years ago today Stiff Little Fingers released their outstanding debut album Inflammable Material on February 2, 1979. A must have in every punk rock collection #punk #punks #punkrock #stifflittlefingers #history #inflammablematerial #punkrockhistory #otd

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#ComingUpOnTCM THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider Dir.: William Friedkin 5:00 PM PT Two New York narcotics cops set out to bust a French drug-smuggling ring. 1h 44m | Crime | TV-MA #TCM #TCMParty

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#ComingUpOnTCM NIGHT MOVES (1975) Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, Melanie Griffith Dir.: Arthur Penn 7:00 PM PT An L.A. private detective puts aside his own marital woes while tracking down a runaway teenage girl. 1h 39m | Mystery | TV-MA #TCM #TCMParty

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40 years ago today New Day Rising is the third studio album by American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released on this day in 1985 with the single "Celebrated Summer" #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #hüskerdü #history #punkrockhistory

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“On War holds a unique place in strategic studies because it’s not about strategy, it’s about defining war as a social phenomenon. It’s the part that nearly every other theorist just skips and moves right onto Violence + Reason = Victory.” A superb essay. open.substack.com/pub/bafriedm...

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