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@bordenstan.bsky.social
Canadian, Tory, somehow found my way onto Bluesky and am now trapped here. Interested in military history, COIN, foreign military training, jihadism, the KPA, and many others.
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In the spirit of promoting more Canadian mili thought and history, some book recommendations! First up, this one (surprisingly available in the UK too)! An examination of a Canadian victory which I believe has more lessons to teach than Vimy Ridge- covering everything from staff work to logistics.
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i like the yankees who talk like this when weed has been legal in canada since Trudeau
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
i like the yankees who talk like this when weed has been legal in canada since Trudeau
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Meanwhile, to relax and cheer you up, read my friend @edrusi.bsky.social 's latest piece on that other thing that might be even more relevant than Westminster Drama.
War.
War.
Latest for @rusi.bsky.social
If the PM has failed to start his own national conversation on defence in 18 months, why would his (potential) successor? Time is running out!
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
If the PM has failed to start his own national conversation on defence in 18 months, why would his (potential) successor? Time is running out!
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
The UK Whole of Society Defence and the Reality of Modern War
The national conversation must address society’s preparations to defend itself, reimagining the citizen solider of the 21st century, and every sector’s role in this effort.
www.rusi.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Meanwhile, to relax and cheer you up, read my friend @edrusi.bsky.social 's latest piece on that other thing that might be even more relevant than Westminster Drama.
War.
War.
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As I’ve mentioned before, Russians use UGVs on daily basis and we highly increased the amount of strikes against them. The most popular — «Courier».
And since the AFU with the help of @Starlink company cut their the most efficient connection — situation became worse for them.
And since the AFU with the help of @Starlink company cut their the most efficient connection — situation became worse for them.
February 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
As I’ve mentioned before, Russians use UGVs on daily basis and we highly increased the amount of strikes against them. The most popular — «Courier».
And since the AFU with the help of @Starlink company cut their the most efficient connection — situation became worse for them.
And since the AFU with the help of @Starlink company cut their the most efficient connection — situation became worse for them.
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Can’t promise that everyone will find absolutely everything I have to say about the UK positive and kind, but I hope it is fair. And here is the first sentence of the book.
"Feeling at home in more than one place is not very fashionable these days."
"Feeling at home in more than one place is not very fashionable these days."
If it's full of positive and kind comments on this wretched country I think I will break down in tears
February 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Can’t promise that everyone will find absolutely everything I have to say about the UK positive and kind, but I hope it is fair. And here is the first sentence of the book.
"Feeling at home in more than one place is not very fashionable these days."
"Feeling at home in more than one place is not very fashionable these days."
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Ah we're at the "cabinet ministers tweeting the same message of support" stage of the endgame.
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Ah we're at the "cabinet ministers tweeting the same message of support" stage of the endgame.
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FSB putting the word out on the street it costs less than a Kia Sorento to murder the deputy head of the GRU
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 PM
FSB putting the word out on the street it costs less than a Kia Sorento to murder the deputy head of the GRU
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Obviously not the most important thing here, but damn that kid can draw. Maybe a publisher can get them to draw a comic book about their time there as an awareness raising thing if they aren’t too traumatized to relieve it. Like Maus, Persepolis, that sort of thing.
5/ “I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…”
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Obviously not the most important thing here, but damn that kid can draw. Maybe a publisher can get them to draw a comic book about their time there as an awareness raising thing if they aren’t too traumatized to relieve it. Like Maus, Persepolis, that sort of thing.
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only $30k to clack the first deputy of the GRU is a fucking BARGAIN. that’s mattress warehouse prices. that’s the ashley’s furniture of hitters
Russia's FSB, trickling out new purported details of the alleged attackers of GRU Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev: the shooter was recruited by Ukraine's SBU last Aug.; was trained at a Kyiv shooting range; was promised $30K. His accomplice was allegedly a Navalny supporter. (caveat lector etc.)
February 9, 2026 at 7:08 AM
only $30k to clack the first deputy of the GRU is a fucking BARGAIN. that’s mattress warehouse prices. that’s the ashley’s furniture of hitters
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This looks like a fascinating conference about games and conflict. #wargaming
Register here: gamesofwar.ug.edu.pl/programme/
Register here: gamesofwar.ug.edu.pl/programme/
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
This looks like a fascinating conference about games and conflict. #wargaming
Register here: gamesofwar.ug.edu.pl/programme/
Register here: gamesofwar.ug.edu.pl/programme/
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Somehow completely missed this. This sounds absolutely horrific but Drukpa Kunley is a terrible human being is not exactly news.
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Somehow completely missed this. This sounds absolutely horrific but Drukpa Kunley is a terrible human being is not exactly news.
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The incentives to treat this as a blip to just be ridden out are unbelievably powerful in the business world (I suspect partially because it provides better rhetorical cover for knuckling under and licking boot than "I am a coward" or "I actually like Donald Trump")
February 9, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The incentives to treat this as a blip to just be ridden out are unbelievably powerful in the business world (I suspect partially because it provides better rhetorical cover for knuckling under and licking boot than "I am a coward" or "I actually like Donald Trump")
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i am not looking forward to the Alberta Crisis
February 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
i am not looking forward to the Alberta Crisis
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God, so many of these guys are going to be professional antisemites for the rest of their lives.
The degree to which these people should be locked in an asylum cannot be overstated
February 9, 2026 at 2:57 AM
God, so many of these guys are going to be professional antisemites for the rest of their lives.
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When Ru tried a similar campaign in 2022-23, journalists were calling me non-stop, essentially to ask when Ukrainians would crack and demand their govt surrender to Ru. By now, the West has realized Ukr won't surrender and now our media doesn't cover the story as much, maybe because...
Death by cold: Russia is attempting to freeze millions of Ukrainian civilians #Ukraine
Death by cold: Russia is attempting to freeze millions of Ukrainian civilians
Russia is methodically bombing Ukraine's power and heating infrastructure amid arctic weather conditions in a bid to freeze millions of Ukrainian civilians and make much of the country unlivable, writes Kristina Hook.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
February 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
When Ru tried a similar campaign in 2022-23, journalists were calling me non-stop, essentially to ask when Ukrainians would crack and demand their govt surrender to Ru. By now, the West has realized Ukr won't surrender and now our media doesn't cover the story as much, maybe because...
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this is what peak posting looks like. you may not like it etc. but this is the platonic ideal of posting.
February 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
this is what peak posting looks like. you may not like it etc. but this is the platonic ideal of posting.
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I was asked to check this, the journal uses a Rail Fence Cipher, so you read each line up and down, left to right. The deciphered text in the article below is accurate, and names names. The file itself can be found here:
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 8, 2026 at 9:30 AM
I was asked to check this, the journal uses a Rail Fence Cipher, so you read each line up and down, left to right. The deciphered text in the article below is accurate, and names names. The file itself can be found here:
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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FRUS: Canada, volume II December 2025-November 2026 is going to be fun in a couple decades
it's kind of depressing that no one on the Democratic side of Congress has written to the state department to ask about the meeting with AB seperatists
February 8, 2026 at 1:38 AM
FRUS: Canada, volume II December 2025-November 2026 is going to be fun in a couple decades
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Document 23: “why the fuck are we redrawing up War Plan Red?” -JCS
February 8, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Document 23: “why the fuck are we redrawing up War Plan Red?” -JCS
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Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over at work.
"If you’d read the scenario, player aid, tutorial, and rulebook that you were sent as read-aheads, you would actually know exactly what to do in your current situation.”
"If you’d read the scenario, player aid, tutorial, and rulebook that you were sent as read-aheads, you would actually know exactly what to do in your current situation.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over at work.
"Let me explain what games can and cannot do for you...again..."
"Let me explain what games can and cannot do for you...again..."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Did you check the syllabus?"
"Did you check the syllabus?"
February 7, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over at work.
"If you’d read the scenario, player aid, tutorial, and rulebook that you were sent as read-aheads, you would actually know exactly what to do in your current situation.”
"If you’d read the scenario, player aid, tutorial, and rulebook that you were sent as read-aheads, you would actually know exactly what to do in your current situation.”
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this isn't a novel point, but when he fired CQ for his skin color/Francetti for having a vagina and not a single GOFO said anything/quit, that die was cast
I don't expect every senior person to be a bastion of ethical purity or to uniformly stamp out this behavior. But it is surprising that there does not seem to be any effort at all, even in the face of risk, to enforce one of the most basic premises of the professional American officer corps.
February 7, 2026 at 10:07 PM
this isn't a novel point, but when he fired CQ for his skin color/Francetti for having a vagina and not a single GOFO said anything/quit, that die was cast
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hey, i've seen this one
i think the risk is less that the us government does this - trump has very little appetite for the kind of risks this poses - and more that various right wing groups and donors decide to start “freelancing” in an effort to force the administration’s hand or present them with a fait accompli
February 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
hey, i've seen this one
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The Witcher knock off series about another caste of semi-reviled half-human mutants reluctantly tolerated by society at large, but they’re bred for securities regulation rather than monster killing.
Iron Bank of Bravos probably one of the more progressive forces in Westeros tbh. No one else is incentivized to care as much about cross-regime prosperity, stability, and good governance.
February 7, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The Witcher knock off series about another caste of semi-reviled half-human mutants reluctantly tolerated by society at large, but they’re bred for securities regulation rather than monster killing.
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"Messing with other countries sovereignty and internal politics" is supposed to be beyond the pale yet it was in a bunch of the national security strategy documents and everyone seems to think this is bluster rather than policy
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
"Messing with other countries sovereignty and internal politics" is supposed to be beyond the pale yet it was in a bunch of the national security strategy documents and everyone seems to think this is bluster rather than policy