Francesco Danieli
@francescodanieli.bsky.social
"You are as beautiful as Draghi's Whatever it takes" 🇪🇺
Almost historian, full-time podcast listener🎙️ Writing on military history, US and EU politics, and videogames while preaching the defeat of Putin's regime🇺🇦
Almost historian, full-time podcast listener🎙️ Writing on military history, US and EU politics, and videogames while preaching the defeat of Putin's regime🇺🇦
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The left has a problem with political violence. Anyway, here’s the President of the United States saying his political opponents should be executed.
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The left has a problem with political violence. Anyway, here’s the President of the United States saying his political opponents should be executed.
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Among many other people, Winston Churchill made this point in (indirectly) FOIAable form to Hastings Ismay:
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Among many other people, Winston Churchill made this point in (indirectly) FOIAable form to Hastings Ismay:
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This week on the blog: Hoplites! We're taking a crack at explaining the long-running debate over the nature and significance of the ancient Greek heavy infantryman, the hoplite, and the phalanx in which he (mostly) fought.
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Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part I: The Othismos over Othismos
This week (and next) we’re looking at hoplites, the heavy infantry of the ancient Greek poleis in the (early? mid? late?) Archaic and Classical periods, into the Hellenistic. In particular, I…
acoup.blog
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This week on the blog: Hoplites! We're taking a crack at explaining the long-running debate over the nature and significance of the ancient Greek heavy infantryman, the hoplite, and the phalanx in which he (mostly) fought.
acoup.blog/2025/11/14/c...
acoup.blog/2025/11/14/c...
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Imagine an EU-wide government shut down in its 6th week leading to serious disruption of air traffic. We would not hear the end of it in Anglophone media.
Look forward to more grand declations about how Europeans must emulate an America whose government is in the sixth week of shutdown and now can't provide safe air travel
✈️ FAA Ops Summary - 09/0300 ✈️
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ADDITI0NAL STAFFING TRIGGERS ISSUED. LGA GROUND DELAY PROGRAM TIMED
OUT. DFW, IAH AND HOU GROUND DELAY PROGRAMS WERE CA... More info in image.
FAA Details. #AvGeek
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ADDITI0NAL STAFFING TRIGGERS ISSUED. LGA GROUND DELAY PROGRAM TIMED
OUT. DFW, IAH AND HOU GROUND DELAY PROGRAMS WERE CA... More info in image.
FAA Details. #AvGeek
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Imagine an EU-wide government shut down in its 6th week leading to serious disruption of air traffic. We would not hear the end of it in Anglophone media.
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Another Professor, this time an Italian one, and another bunch of stupid pro-Russia BS.
"When a Russian missile hits a civilian building in Kharkiv and kills civilians, that's not the goal".
Our information system is rotten to the core. Russian propaganda is everywhere.
"When a Russian missile hits a civilian building in Kharkiv and kills civilians, that's not the goal".
Our information system is rotten to the core. Russian propaganda is everywhere.
October 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Another Professor, this time an Italian one, and another bunch of stupid pro-Russia BS.
"When a Russian missile hits a civilian building in Kharkiv and kills civilians, that's not the goal".
Our information system is rotten to the core. Russian propaganda is everywhere.
"When a Russian missile hits a civilian building in Kharkiv and kills civilians, that's not the goal".
Our information system is rotten to the core. Russian propaganda is everywhere.
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Bothsideism on Ukraine is even worse than being honestly pro-russian. The only imperialism I see here from "the West" is a country who wanted to be free and integrated in the EU and no longer a muscovite province. Putin could get his dirty hands off Ukraine and the war could be over in days.
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Bothsideism on Ukraine is even worse than being honestly pro-russian. The only imperialism I see here from "the West" is a country who wanted to be free and integrated in the EU and no longer a muscovite province. Putin could get his dirty hands off Ukraine and the war could be over in days.
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every Pacific naval encounter from late 1943 onward is like the IJN Golden Kirin, Glorious Harbinger of Eternal Imperial Dawn versus six identical copies of the USS We Built This Yesterday supplied by a ship that does nothing but make birthday cakes for the other ships
WWII ice cream barge, able to create 10 gallons of ice cream every seven minutes to support morale
a chilling display of soft power
a chilling display of soft power
December 8, 2023 at 2:46 PM
every Pacific naval encounter from late 1943 onward is like the IJN Golden Kirin, Glorious Harbinger of Eternal Imperial Dawn versus six identical copies of the USS We Built This Yesterday supplied by a ship that does nothing but make birthday cakes for the other ships
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My goodness, this poem. A beautiful, savage, blunt explanation of why we study war and conflict and also why military history is not and should not be just 'for the boys.'
The poem is moving in its unwillingness to whitewash the many tombs of war, as we should too should be unwilling.
The poem is moving in its unwillingness to whitewash the many tombs of war, as we should too should be unwilling.
I tend to think every nerdy trans woman should read Margaret Atwood's The Loneliness of the Military Historian and sit with it for a moment no matter what it is exactly she's nerdy about, but that goes double for you www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47788/...
The Loneliness of the Military Historian
This is why few people ask me to dinner, though Lord knows I don’t go out of my way to be scary. If I roll my eyes and mutter, if I clutch at my heart and scream in horror like a third-rate actress ch...
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October 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My goodness, this poem. A beautiful, savage, blunt explanation of why we study war and conflict and also why military history is not and should not be just 'for the boys.'
The poem is moving in its unwillingness to whitewash the many tombs of war, as we should too should be unwilling.
The poem is moving in its unwillingness to whitewash the many tombs of war, as we should too should be unwilling.
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Women have been speaking out about abuse for centuries! I wrote about Anne Wentworth, a 17th-century survivor of domestic abuse, for @theconversation.com #earlymodern
The 17th-century woman who wrote about surviving domestic abuse
In the 17th century, Anne Wentworth spoke out against her abusive husband and the religious institution that protected him.
theconversation.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Women have been speaking out about abuse for centuries! I wrote about Anne Wentworth, a 17th-century survivor of domestic abuse, for @theconversation.com #earlymodern
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If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
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As a colleague mentioned yesterday, Gamergate is one of the five most significant developments in US politics since the Cold War
September 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
As a colleague mentioned yesterday, Gamergate is one of the five most significant developments in US politics since the Cold War
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At @leadstories.com we've been debunking a stream of these. Seems like a network operating out of Vietnam churning out dozens of versions of the same stories using the same AI prompts but with different celebrities and locations inserted.
Someone just sent me a bunch of examples of these. Apparently the site is flooded with them.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
September 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
At @leadstories.com we've been debunking a stream of these. Seems like a network operating out of Vietnam churning out dozens of versions of the same stories using the same AI prompts but with different celebrities and locations inserted.
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I wrote something for The Nation about how Republican style has changed over the last fifty years.
But first, let me tell you a short story. 🧵
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
But first, let me tell you a short story. 🧵
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
How Did Republican Fashion Go From Blazers to Belligerence?
Trump and his cronies’ style reflects a platform where grievance is currency and performance is power.
www.thenation.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I wrote something for The Nation about how Republican style has changed over the last fifty years.
But first, let me tell you a short story. 🧵
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
But first, let me tell you a short story. 🧵
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Not a single elected dem is even going to come remotely close to what Lee and a whole bunch of elected GOP officials did. They’re all going to express sympathy and condemn political violence and we’re of course going to get a billion different “both sides” articles in the coming weeks
Oh, is Mike Lee moralizing about his hatred of political violence now?
September 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Not a single elected dem is even going to come remotely close to what Lee and a whole bunch of elected GOP officials did. They’re all going to express sympathy and condemn political violence and we’re of course going to get a billion different “both sides” articles in the coming weeks
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Two Democratic legislators were shot, along with their spouses.
Even their dog was shot.
One had to dive on top of their child to protect them.
Trump didn’t attend the funeral. There was no widespread condemnation of political violence.
The culture must change and gun control is long overdue
Even their dog was shot.
One had to dive on top of their child to protect them.
Trump didn’t attend the funeral. There was no widespread condemnation of political violence.
The culture must change and gun control is long overdue
For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
September 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Two Democratic legislators were shot, along with their spouses.
Even their dog was shot.
One had to dive on top of their child to protect them.
Trump didn’t attend the funeral. There was no widespread condemnation of political violence.
The culture must change and gun control is long overdue
Even their dog was shot.
One had to dive on top of their child to protect them.
Trump didn’t attend the funeral. There was no widespread condemnation of political violence.
The culture must change and gun control is long overdue
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> "This video will find you when you need it the most"
> look inside
> "you must feel lost/sad/anxious"
> "pee pee poo poo 4:30AM cold shower/work out/{insert your generic advice}"
> "do good things don't do bad things"
I hope the life will force you to get a real job, preferably soon.
> look inside
> "you must feel lost/sad/anxious"
> "pee pee poo poo 4:30AM cold shower/work out/{insert your generic advice}"
> "do good things don't do bad things"
I hope the life will force you to get a real job, preferably soon.
July 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
> "This video will find you when you need it the most"
> look inside
> "you must feel lost/sad/anxious"
> "pee pee poo poo 4:30AM cold shower/work out/{insert your generic advice}"
> "do good things don't do bad things"
I hope the life will force you to get a real job, preferably soon.
> look inside
> "you must feel lost/sad/anxious"
> "pee pee poo poo 4:30AM cold shower/work out/{insert your generic advice}"
> "do good things don't do bad things"
I hope the life will force you to get a real job, preferably soon.
Ogni tanto sono un po' perplesso dalle scelte che fa Il Post, ma poi mi ricordo che pagano anche gente come @danieleraineri.bsky.social e quindi dai, rinnoviamolo questo abbonamento:
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I soldati libici di Haftar vengono addestrati nelle basi militari italiane - Il Post
Lo ha ricostruito il Post: l’Italia riconosce come legittimo solo l’altro governo libico, e proprio Haftar due settimane fa aveva umiliato il ministro Piantedosi
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July 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ogni tanto sono un po' perplesso dalle scelte che fa Il Post, ma poi mi ricordo che pagano anche gente come @danieleraineri.bsky.social e quindi dai, rinnoviamolo questo abbonamento:
www.ilpost.it/2025/07/24/s...
www.ilpost.it/2025/07/24/s...
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I feel like the left in the US polarized itself into willful ignorance on military policy and entirely ceded the foreign policy of it to the right because the military was viewed as de facto a right-wing tool and all use of military force as imperialistic
July 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I feel like the left in the US polarized itself into willful ignorance on military policy and entirely ceded the foreign policy of it to the right because the military was viewed as de facto a right-wing tool and all use of military force as imperialistic
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It's year 2301: we've built a Dyson ring around the Sun, interstellar travel will soon become commercial, and Eastern European parliaments are still fu*king with their respective anti-corruption bureaus.
July 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It's year 2301: we've built a Dyson ring around the Sun, interstellar travel will soon become commercial, and Eastern European parliaments are still fu*king with their respective anti-corruption bureaus.
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Today, Ukraine saw its first mass protest since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Demonstrators gathered to demand President Zelensky veto bill №12414, which was passed by 263 MPs in the Verkhovna Rada on 22 July.
Video by @ukrpravda_news
Video by @ukrpravda_news
July 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Today, Ukraine saw its first mass protest since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Demonstrators gathered to demand President Zelensky veto bill №12414, which was passed by 263 MPs in the Verkhovna Rada on 22 July.
Video by @ukrpravda_news
Video by @ukrpravda_news