Ian TB
@iantb.bsky.social
Retired #Marine, scribbler, #wargame analyst, podcast co-host, geek. Author of “A New Conception of War” on #USMC reading list. All views my own.
Last year, I’d have been happy if we broke .500 this season. This is amazing. #NEPats
HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT WINNING THE AFC EAST?!
a man in a patriots jersey is smiling
ALT: a man in a patriots jersey is smiling
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Last year, I’d have been happy if we broke .500 this season. This is amazing. #NEPats
So we tried something new today:
December 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
So we tried something new today:
Mr. Clarke is my spirit animal. #StrangerThings
December 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Mr. Clarke is my spirit animal. #StrangerThings
If you haven’t read @cimsec.bsky.social’s annual Fiction Week yet, take some down time for these insightful & haunting takes on future war. “Decapitation” in particular warns how, even after years of drone warfare, we’re unprepared to be on the receiving end:
cimsec.org/annual-ficti...
cimsec.org/annual-ficti...
Annual Fiction Week Concludes on CIMSEC | Center for International Maritime Security
By Dmitry Filipoff For the last two weeks, CIMSEC featured short stories submitted in response to our Call for Fiction. Authors explored a wide variety of scenarios and dilemmas. From unmanned warship...
cimsec.org
December 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If you haven’t read @cimsec.bsky.social’s annual Fiction Week yet, take some down time for these insightful & haunting takes on future war. “Decapitation” in particular warns how, even after years of drone warfare, we’re unprepared to be on the receiving end:
cimsec.org/annual-ficti...
cimsec.org/annual-ficti...
Reposted by Ian TB
Avenge that woman, @patriotsnfl.bsky.social.
Good thing the Jets wear green, because they’re in full Grinch mode.
www.sbnation.com/nfl/1096918/...
www.sbnation.com/nfl/1096918/...
The Jets took a $100K kick chance from a teacher in the ultimate Grinch move
You’re a mean one, New York Jets.
www.sbnation.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Avenge that woman, @patriotsnfl.bsky.social.
You know what—I was going to say let’s just do enough work to beat the Jets and move on to the next game. Now, I want to hand them a beat down that will take them a generation to recover from:
br.app.link/Kn96qtqUpZb
br.app.link/Kn96qtqUpZb
br.app.link
December 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
You know what—I was going to say let’s just do enough work to beat the Jets and move on to the next game. Now, I want to hand them a beat down that will take them a generation to recover from:
br.app.link/Kn96qtqUpZb
br.app.link/Kn96qtqUpZb
Oh look: Compass Points, home of Chowder II retired Marine generals Van Riper and Zinni, and former commandants Krulak and Amos and others, is peddling Buchananite bullshit about “who knows who’s to blame for WWII.”
December 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Oh look: Compass Points, home of Chowder II retired Marine generals Van Riper and Zinni, and former commandants Krulak and Amos and others, is peddling Buchananite bullshit about “who knows who’s to blame for WWII.”
They’re betting it all on the final episode. They really are. The balls on these guys.
December 26, 2025 at 5:08 AM
They’re betting it all on the final episode. They really are. The balls on these guys.
This is one of the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs in moviedom and I’m so glad it was restored to the film:
December 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This is one of the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs in moviedom and I’m so glad it was restored to the film:
GI JOE box art did it better:
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
GI JOE box art did it better:
I can’t remember the last game that stressed me out like this.
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I can’t remember the last game that stressed me out like this.
This is what’s actually on her account. Lies don’t help anyone.
December 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This is what’s actually on her account. Lies don’t help anyone.
Regular reminder that:
-the Chowder II website hosts unvarnished misogyny against female #Marines
-Chowder II members Zinni, Krulak, Van Riper & others “interview” themselves on this site & never mention or condemn the misogyny
-the only voices banned are those who call them out:
-the Chowder II website hosts unvarnished misogyny against female #Marines
-Chowder II members Zinni, Krulak, Van Riper & others “interview” themselves on this site & never mention or condemn the misogyny
-the only voices banned are those who call them out:
December 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Regular reminder that:
-the Chowder II website hosts unvarnished misogyny against female #Marines
-Chowder II members Zinni, Krulak, Van Riper & others “interview” themselves on this site & never mention or condemn the misogyny
-the only voices banned are those who call them out:
-the Chowder II website hosts unvarnished misogyny against female #Marines
-Chowder II members Zinni, Krulak, Van Riper & others “interview” themselves on this site & never mention or condemn the misogyny
-the only voices banned are those who call them out:
December 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A year ago I was proofing the pre-production draft for #ManeuverWarfare. Now it’s out & if you haven’t gotten your set today, order from @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social! May be a little late as a stocking stuffer but is a great start to the new year!
dietzfoundation-org.square.site/product/mane...
dietzfoundation-org.square.site/product/mane...
December 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A year ago I was proofing the pre-production draft for #ManeuverWarfare. Now it’s out & if you haven’t gotten your set today, order from @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social! May be a little late as a stocking stuffer but is a great start to the new year!
dietzfoundation-org.square.site/product/mane...
dietzfoundation-org.square.site/product/mane...
In a world of hot air and pretentious blow-harding, choose to be a Flamewind of Oseon.
December 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In a world of hot air and pretentious blow-harding, choose to be a Flamewind of Oseon.
“Where’s your family from?”
“Unimportant”—is a line from #Hamilton that is under appreciated.
“Unimportant”—is a line from #Hamilton that is under appreciated.
two men in military uniforms are giving each other a high five on a stage .
ALT: two men in military uniforms are giving each other a high five on a stage .
media.tenor.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“Where’s your family from?”
“Unimportant”—is a line from #Hamilton that is under appreciated.
“Unimportant”—is a line from #Hamilton that is under appreciated.
Christmas has come early—check out this new edited volume from Air University Press on air and space power! Flip to the end to find my short story “Steel Rain!”
www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/A...
www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/A...
December 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Christmas has come early—check out this new edited volume from Air University Press on air and space power! Flip to the end to find my short story “Steel Rain!”
www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/A...
www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/A...