James
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James
@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social
· Sep 21
For the sake of posterity, the reading lists I made for military theory and war related literature.
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Nate Silver's brain has been melted by social media to the point that his definition of "Bluesky" as a catch-all boogeyman now includes *checks notes* the General Staff of the Danish Armed Forces
January 22, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Nate Silver's brain has been melted by social media to the point that his definition of "Bluesky" as a catch-all boogeyman now includes *checks notes* the General Staff of the Danish Armed Forces
Okay. So we self immolated ourselves on the international stage so we could keep the defense framework we established with Greenland 70 years ago.
Sick.
Sick.
January 22, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Okay. So we self immolated ourselves on the international stage so we could keep the defense framework we established with Greenland 70 years ago.
Sick.
Sick.
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“Hedging is starting to become the norm, even if the alternatives to working with the US are often unattractive.” The great @ldfreedman.bsky.social
Latest post tries to catch up with the back and forth on Greenland. I argue that rather this being a rupture (as Mark Carney suggested) the European response shows a transition to a rebalanced transatlantic relationship with diminished US power. (£/free trial), open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...?
To Greenland and Back
Does NATO carry on as before?
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:20 PM
“Hedging is starting to become the norm, even if the alternatives to working with the US are often unattractive.” The great @ldfreedman.bsky.social
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US law requires 2/3 Senate approval for international treaties
Trump’s Board of Peace has now officially been recognized as an international organization, according to the White House.
January 22, 2026 at 11:48 AM
US law requires 2/3 Senate approval for international treaties
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13°C indoors (aprox 55°F)
January 22, 2026 at 11:56 AM
13°C indoors (aprox 55°F)
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January 22, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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Has there been a boat strike since Dec 31? Did we just full stop after the Maduro raid?
January 22, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Has there been a boat strike since Dec 31? Did we just full stop after the Maduro raid?
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oh okay so now it really is just a literal SOFA
lmao
lmao
January 22, 2026 at 12:50 AM
oh okay so now it really is just a literal SOFA
lmao
lmao
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Kurdish collapse in northeast Syria? Andrew Tabler, Amb. James Jeffrey, @devorahmargolin.bsky.social, @azelin.bsky.social, Soner Cagaptay, Zohar Palti, and Assaf Orion assess the immediate fallout of the Syrian government’s advance into SDF-held parts of the northeast.
Kurdish Collapse in Northeast Syria? Key Things to Watch
Washington Institute experts assess the immediate fallout of the Syrian government’s advance into SDF-held parts of the northeast, including mutual disinformation campaigns, implications for the Islam...
www.washingtoninstitute.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Kurdish collapse in northeast Syria? Andrew Tabler, Amb. James Jeffrey, @devorahmargolin.bsky.social, @azelin.bsky.social, Soner Cagaptay, Zohar Palti, and Assaf Orion assess the immediate fallout of the Syrian government’s advance into SDF-held parts of the northeast.
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Defense analysts who tout US combat experience when discussing US vs PRC would do well to recognize 3 things: how many have combat experience?; in what roles?; what type of experience? COIN/CT or “LSCO.” Took squadron cmd in ‘14. > 1/2 the unit had no combat experience of any kind.
Detail I learned today about the Caracas raid: more than 20 of the Delta Force operators earned their Combat Infantryman Badges on the raid (as in, they did not previously have them). An illustration of how GWOT combat experience has aged out of the force, even JSOC units.
January 22, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Defense analysts who tout US combat experience when discussing US vs PRC would do well to recognize 3 things: how many have combat experience?; in what roles?; what type of experience? COIN/CT or “LSCO.” Took squadron cmd in ‘14. > 1/2 the unit had no combat experience of any kind.
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Look, realistically this is probably Rutte just playing 'technically correct' word games because they discussed Greenland but not the US owning it (which would be wildly outside Rutte's mandate)...
... but it's a lot funnier to imagine Trump made up a negotiation and still got kinda rolled in it.
... but it's a lot funnier to imagine Trump made up a negotiation and still got kinda rolled in it.
NATO’S RUTTE: GREENLAND’S STATUS DID NOT COME UP IN TALKS WITH TRUMP – FOX NEWS
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Look, realistically this is probably Rutte just playing 'technically correct' word games because they discussed Greenland but not the US owning it (which would be wildly outside Rutte's mandate)...
... but it's a lot funnier to imagine Trump made up a negotiation and still got kinda rolled in it.
... but it's a lot funnier to imagine Trump made up a negotiation and still got kinda rolled in it.
Bro was negotiating with the voices in his head
NATO’S RUTTE: GREENLAND’S STATUS DID NOT COME UP IN TALKS WITH TRUMP – FOX NEWS
January 21, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Bro was negotiating with the voices in his head
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At a time of unprecedented daily scandals, this this whistleblower complaint, and the memo it reveals for the first time, breaks through for me as beyond the pale.
It's the federal government conspiring in secret to subvert the Fourth Amendment.
Read it here: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It's the federal government conspiring in secret to subvert the Fourth Amendment.
Read it here: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
s3.documentcloud.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:32 PM
At a time of unprecedented daily scandals, this this whistleblower complaint, and the memo it reveals for the first time, breaks through for me as beyond the pale.
It's the federal government conspiring in secret to subvert the Fourth Amendment.
Read it here: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It's the federal government conspiring in secret to subvert the Fourth Amendment.
Read it here: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally
look what they’re doing to my city. apologies for the camerawork
January 21, 2026 at 10:33 PM
by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally
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Only took me a few weeks but here is a list of books to introduce one to all things military. My latest⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Only took me a few weeks but here is a list of books to introduce one to all things military. My latest⬇️
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NEW: @kylebazgo.bsky.social and @tristanl.ee have identified the leader of neo-Nazi group Heartland Active Club as 32-year-old Jacob Daniel Jones from Olathe, KS. Under the alias “Prairie Nationalist”, Jones has praised neo-Nazi mass shooter Anders Breivik and is “training for a war”.
Leader of Kansas neo-Nazi “Active Club” identified
Olathe man praises neo-Nazi mass shooter and is “training for a war”
decoherence.media
January 21, 2026 at 1:22 PM
NEW: @kylebazgo.bsky.social and @tristanl.ee have identified the leader of neo-Nazi group Heartland Active Club as 32-year-old Jacob Daniel Jones from Olathe, KS. Under the alias “Prairie Nationalist”, Jones has praised neo-Nazi mass shooter Anders Breivik and is “training for a war”.
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a very common problem for autocrats, who assume everyone is secretly like them. I remember Putin being unable to grasp that Bush was not responsible for firing journalists
The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
Trump: "I should have gotten the Nobel prize for each war...I saved millions and millions of people...and don't let anyone tell you that Norway doesn't control the shots. It's in Norway. Norway controls the shots. It's a joke. They've lost such prestige.“
January 21, 2026 at 1:06 PM
a very common problem for autocrats, who assume everyone is secretly like them. I remember Putin being unable to grasp that Bush was not responsible for firing journalists
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i like how reading comprehension is broken on here and people don't get this is referring to the non-political definition of anarchy
January 21, 2026 at 12:45 PM
i like how reading comprehension is broken on here and people don't get this is referring to the non-political definition of anarchy
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The power outages and freezing conditions in Ukraine right now are insane. Greenland news and war “coverage fatigue” not giving it the presence in headlines it deserves. The humanitarian impact is absolutely staggering.
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 AM
The power outages and freezing conditions in Ukraine right now are insane. Greenland news and war “coverage fatigue” not giving it the presence in headlines it deserves. The humanitarian impact is absolutely staggering.
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I have recieved a picture of the elite team and their CIA handler. The U.S. government has since lost contact with them after they were sent on a unrelated rescue mission.
January 21, 2026 at 3:47 AM
I have recieved a picture of the elite team and their CIA handler. The U.S. government has since lost contact with them after they were sent on a unrelated rescue mission.
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Guy who's only read Thucydides, seeing another international crisis:
Is anyone else getting Peloponnesian War vibes?
January 21, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Guy who's only read Thucydides, seeing another international crisis:
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Lance Corporal Brian Juul Nørløv Andersen
Lance Corporal Kim Carlsen
Staff Sergeant Thomas Kruse Butzkowsky
Lance Corporal Preben Pedersen
Staff Sergeant John Mogensen
First Lieutenant Bjarke Olsen Kirkmand
Sergeant First Class Arne Ziegler
Private Jesper Nielsen
Lance Corporal Dennis Ove Hansen
Lance Corporal Kim Carlsen
Staff Sergeant Thomas Kruse Butzkowsky
Lance Corporal Preben Pedersen
Staff Sergeant John Mogensen
First Lieutenant Bjarke Olsen Kirkmand
Sergeant First Class Arne Ziegler
Private Jesper Nielsen
Lance Corporal Dennis Ove Hansen
Danish soldiers literally died in alliance with the US THIS CENTURY. god
January 20, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Lance Corporal Brian Juul Nørløv Andersen
Lance Corporal Kim Carlsen
Staff Sergeant Thomas Kruse Butzkowsky
Lance Corporal Preben Pedersen
Staff Sergeant John Mogensen
First Lieutenant Bjarke Olsen Kirkmand
Sergeant First Class Arne Ziegler
Private Jesper Nielsen
Lance Corporal Dennis Ove Hansen
Lance Corporal Kim Carlsen
Staff Sergeant Thomas Kruse Butzkowsky
Lance Corporal Preben Pedersen
Staff Sergeant John Mogensen
First Lieutenant Bjarke Olsen Kirkmand
Sergeant First Class Arne Ziegler
Private Jesper Nielsen
Lance Corporal Dennis Ove Hansen
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This is very good. Conservatism as both a coherent idea and an accurate representation of the right is dead. Parts of its corpse have been repurposed, but it doesn’t exist as an intellectual force anymore.
"It is not mainline liberalism that has lost adherents; it’s everyone else. Across the world the center-right has disappeared, virtually overnight. ... One could say the same of libertarianism." www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
Liberalism Did Not Fail, Conservatism Did
We are moving from an ideologically multipolar world, to a bipolar one.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:02 AM
This is very good. Conservatism as both a coherent idea and an accurate representation of the right is dead. Parts of its corpse have been repurposed, but it doesn’t exist as an intellectual force anymore.
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Our friends in 37th Marine Brigade deliver the generator onto their combat position.
We bought them this generator through @dzygaspaw charity, fueled by your donations! BIG THANKS for that!
That's indicator that drones became almost only way to deliver stuff. No car, no UGV.
We bought them this generator through @dzygaspaw charity, fueled by your donations! BIG THANKS for that!
That's indicator that drones became almost only way to deliver stuff. No car, no UGV.
January 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Our friends in 37th Marine Brigade deliver the generator onto their combat position.
We bought them this generator through @dzygaspaw charity, fueled by your donations! BIG THANKS for that!
That's indicator that drones became almost only way to deliver stuff. No car, no UGV.
We bought them this generator through @dzygaspaw charity, fueled by your donations! BIG THANKS for that!
That's indicator that drones became almost only way to deliver stuff. No car, no UGV.