David Alman
@davidalman.bsky.social
Airman + consultant + aero engineer interested in national strategy, domestic policy, environmentalism, good food, and all things aviation. Views = mine alone and not representative of anyone I work for. #airpower
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Samuel Nahman (also known as Emanuel "Manny" Harriman) was born #otd in NYC, 1919. He worked with his father as a shoemaker at 13 to help support the family. He moved to NYC and joined the YCL, where he participated in strikes of WPA and shoe store workers.
January 19, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Samuel Nahman (also known as Emanuel "Manny" Harriman) was born #otd in NYC, 1919. He worked with his father as a shoemaker at 13 to help support the family. He moved to NYC and joined the YCL, where he participated in strikes of WPA and shoe store workers.
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@vienna_official
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
as a black comedy, someone should write a version of WWI leadup that has social media. Don't bother about incongruity of fitting 21st century social media tech into early 1900s. Just imagine what it would have been like
January 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM
@vienna_official
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
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Beijing watching a completely mentally unstable U.S. President reorient all U.S. foreign policy to coerce Brussels:
January 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Beijing watching a completely mentally unstable U.S. President reorient all U.S. foreign policy to coerce Brussels:
Supporting, sane washing - anything other than being vehemently against this - makes you complicit.
There is no room for cursed “strategic logic,” “but actually,” or “I need to make my mortgage payment so can’t lose my job.”
Supporting this insanity is…..insane.
There is no room for cursed “strategic logic,” “but actually,” or “I need to make my mortgage payment so can’t lose my job.”
Supporting this insanity is…..insane.
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Supporting, sane washing - anything other than being vehemently against this - makes you complicit.
There is no room for cursed “strategic logic,” “but actually,” or “I need to make my mortgage payment so can’t lose my job.”
Supporting this insanity is…..insane.
There is no room for cursed “strategic logic,” “but actually,” or “I need to make my mortgage payment so can’t lose my job.”
Supporting this insanity is…..insane.
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Every time something happens involving the potential of war with Iran, everybody gets their knickers in a twist about Tomcats.
I think on #SabreSaturday, other U.S. sales to the Shah should be showcased.
Here are four IIAF F-86Fs AND a Swede SAAB Tunnan serving with the UN in the Congo ca. 1962.
I think on #SabreSaturday, other U.S. sales to the Shah should be showcased.
Here are four IIAF F-86Fs AND a Swede SAAB Tunnan serving with the UN in the Congo ca. 1962.
January 17, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Every time something happens involving the potential of war with Iran, everybody gets their knickers in a twist about Tomcats.
I think on #SabreSaturday, other U.S. sales to the Shah should be showcased.
Here are four IIAF F-86Fs AND a Swede SAAB Tunnan serving with the UN in the Congo ca. 1962.
I think on #SabreSaturday, other U.S. sales to the Shah should be showcased.
Here are four IIAF F-86Fs AND a Swede SAAB Tunnan serving with the UN in the Congo ca. 1962.
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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
Go Air Force, stay at resorts with working toilets.
“Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier off the coast of Venezuela”
www.npr.org/2026/01/17/n...
“Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier off the coast of Venezuela”
www.npr.org/2026/01/17/n...
Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier off the coast of Venezuela
The crew of USS Ford is struggling to handle sewage problems on board the Navy's newest carrier.
www.npr.org
January 17, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Go Air Force, stay at resorts with working toilets.
“Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier off the coast of Venezuela”
www.npr.org/2026/01/17/n...
“Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier off the coast of Venezuela”
www.npr.org/2026/01/17/n...
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My latest in #MarineCorps Gazette: "Digging is Winning."
BLUF: Our above ground CPs in Okinawa are sitting targets. Friendly IADS can't interdict PLA precision fires targeting them at scale. We gotta go underground.
Below posts contain the remaining pages - give it a look! #WriteFightWin
BLUF: Our above ground CPs in Okinawa are sitting targets. Friendly IADS can't interdict PLA precision fires targeting them at scale. We gotta go underground.
Below posts contain the remaining pages - give it a look! #WriteFightWin
January 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
My latest in #MarineCorps Gazette: "Digging is Winning."
BLUF: Our above ground CPs in Okinawa are sitting targets. Friendly IADS can't interdict PLA precision fires targeting them at scale. We gotta go underground.
Below posts contain the remaining pages - give it a look! #WriteFightWin
BLUF: Our above ground CPs in Okinawa are sitting targets. Friendly IADS can't interdict PLA precision fires targeting them at scale. We gotta go underground.
Below posts contain the remaining pages - give it a look! #WriteFightWin
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His Soviet spy grandfather taught him not to ask such questions
January 16, 2026 at 5:44 PM
His Soviet spy grandfather taught him not to ask such questions
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I love these guys so much man
January 16, 2026 at 3:07 AM
I love these guys so much man
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New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
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The Nimitz's *first and last* combat deployments involved military action against Iran (Eagle Claw and Midnight Hammer)
We've hated them so long it's literally the entire lifespan of a CVN lol
We've hated them so long it's literally the entire lifespan of a CVN lol
January 14, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The Nimitz's *first and last* combat deployments involved military action against Iran (Eagle Claw and Midnight Hammer)
We've hated them so long it's literally the entire lifespan of a CVN lol
We've hated them so long it's literally the entire lifespan of a CVN lol
My mental health reading things like this:
January 14, 2026 at 1:25 PM
My mental health reading things like this:
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Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said this week that military intervention in Venezuela and missile strikes in Iran have enhanced America's deterrence of adversaries in Asia by demonstrating "capabilities and will." (from @wyattwolson.bsky.social)
Strikes on Venezuela, Iran bolstered deterrence in Pacific, Navy admiral says
U.S. military intervention in Venezuela this month and missile strikes in Iran in June enhanced America’s deterrence of its adversaries in Asia.
www.stripes.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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In niche news that is extremely funny, the AF brought back duty identifier tabs, which is a whole thing I'm not going to get into. But as a condition of bringing them back, the CMSAF said the list had to be reduced to less than 40
This has resulted in missileers getting lumped in with maintenance
This has resulted in missileers getting lumped in with maintenance
January 10, 2026 at 10:31 PM
In niche news that is extremely funny, the AF brought back duty identifier tabs, which is a whole thing I'm not going to get into. But as a condition of bringing them back, the CMSAF said the list had to be reduced to less than 40
This has resulted in missileers getting lumped in with maintenance
This has resulted in missileers getting lumped in with maintenance
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“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
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Mr Steal Your Presidenté
open.spotify.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Mr Steal Your Presidenté
open.spotify.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Good open source reporting on China's PLAAF air refueling fleet growth trajectory:
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
China grows its air-to-air refueling capacity with an eye to Taiwan
Exploring an under-appreciated aspect of China's military modernisation.
www.lowyinstitute.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Good open source reporting on China's PLAAF air refueling fleet growth trajectory:
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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The modernized Arizona was truly a work of art posing as a war machine. Many of the interwar American standards had beautiful lines, but I've always loved Arizona.
Interesting picture of USS Arizona entering a dock, sometime after her modernization in 1929-1931. Note the men standing on the ship's 13 1/2 inch armor belt amidships.
#NavalHistory
#NavalHistory
January 9, 2026 at 3:40 AM
The modernized Arizona was truly a work of art posing as a war machine. Many of the interwar American standards had beautiful lines, but I've always loved Arizona.
Emblematic of defense illiteracy, almost every single paragraph in this article has something wrong with it.
www.wsj.com/world/the-gr...
www.wsj.com/world/the-gr...
The ‘Growler’ Signal-Jamming Jet That Helped Capture Nicolás Maduro
The U.S. used the jet for jamming and spoofing Venezuela’s air defense. It is a key tool in the military’s renewed focus on electronic warfare.
www.wsj.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Emblematic of defense illiteracy, almost every single paragraph in this article has something wrong with it.
www.wsj.com/world/the-gr...
www.wsj.com/world/the-gr...