Paul Hansen
@paulhans.bsky.social
Systems Administrator. Military History. Counter-Terrorism. MTB/Gravel Cyclist. Native Plants, Ecoregion 25l (High Plains, Front Range Fans). Strategy board games. Native of Rocky Mountains and still there.
Reposted by Paul Hansen
This USA number 8 who's just come on and immediately started 2 fights is my new favourite
November 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This USA number 8 who's just come on and immediately started 2 fights is my new favourite
Reposted by Paul Hansen
I'm riding my mountain bike on the 850-mile Arizona Trail this fall to see and write about #climate impacts along the way. We're publishing weekly dispatches from the trail in The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com as I go.
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'm riding my mountain bike on the 850-mile Arizona Trail this fall to see and write about #climate impacts along the way. We're publishing weekly dispatches from the trail in The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com as I go.
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
The first one just dropped:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Reposted by Paul Hansen
I didn't get a picture of the best sign I saw today, but I remember what it said:
Somewhere in America
A little Hispanic girl
Is hiding in an attic
And keeping a diary.
#NoKings
Somewhere in America
A little Hispanic girl
Is hiding in an attic
And keeping a diary.
#NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I didn't get a picture of the best sign I saw today, but I remember what it said:
Somewhere in America
A little Hispanic girl
Is hiding in an attic
And keeping a diary.
#NoKings
Somewhere in America
A little Hispanic girl
Is hiding in an attic
And keeping a diary.
#NoKings
Reposted by Paul Hansen
Comedy is illegal again I guess
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
October 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Comedy is illegal again I guess
Reposted by Paul Hansen
Thoroughly enjoyed tonight’s “Evening with Mary Beard”.
It turns out that quite a lot of us in Edinburgh are fascinated by the Romans!
Thank you, @wmarybeard.bsky.social for all the fun and wisdom!
It turns out that quite a lot of us in Edinburgh are fascinated by the Romans!
Thank you, @wmarybeard.bsky.social for all the fun and wisdom!
October 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed tonight’s “Evening with Mary Beard”.
It turns out that quite a lot of us in Edinburgh are fascinated by the Romans!
Thank you, @wmarybeard.bsky.social for all the fun and wisdom!
It turns out that quite a lot of us in Edinburgh are fascinated by the Romans!
Thank you, @wmarybeard.bsky.social for all the fun and wisdom!
Reposted by Paul Hansen
I would also like to report that I just heard from my mother, who has voted Republican for most of her life. Can't stand Trump
Went to her first protest today. 150-200 people in our tiny rural two-stop-sign town
Went to her first protest today. 150-200 people in our tiny rural two-stop-sign town
October 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I would also like to report that I just heard from my mother, who has voted Republican for most of her life. Can't stand Trump
Went to her first protest today. 150-200 people in our tiny rural two-stop-sign town
Went to her first protest today. 150-200 people in our tiny rural two-stop-sign town
Reposted by Paul Hansen
Proud to start the morning with THOUSANDS of fellow Coloradans in Fort Collins at the No Kings rally who are standing up for our constitution and the rule of law!
October 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Proud to start the morning with THOUSANDS of fellow Coloradans in Fort Collins at the No Kings rally who are standing up for our constitution and the rule of law!
Reposted by Paul Hansen
In August 2025 I witnessed this brave squirrel walk up to this juvenile great horned owl perching on a fence rail right before dusk in Longmont, Colorado.
#bird #birds #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #great_horned_owl #great_horned_owls #owlet #owlets
#bird #birds #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #great_horned_owl #great_horned_owls #owlet #owlets
October 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In August 2025 I witnessed this brave squirrel walk up to this juvenile great horned owl perching on a fence rail right before dusk in Longmont, Colorado.
#bird #birds #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #great_horned_owl #great_horned_owls #owlet #owlets
#bird #birds #owl #owls #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #great_horned_owl #great_horned_owls #owlet #owlets
Reposted by Paul Hansen
Backlight prairie grasses growing along the St. Vrain Greenway in Longmont, Colorado. They are in front of an old wood shed.
#ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW
#BlackandWhite #EastCoastKin #closeup #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #grass #grasses #prairiegrass #prairiegrasses
#ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW
#BlackandWhite #EastCoastKin #closeup #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #grass #grasses #prairiegrass #prairiegrasses
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Backlight prairie grasses growing along the St. Vrain Greenway in Longmont, Colorado. They are in front of an old wood shed.
#ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW
#BlackandWhite #EastCoastKin #closeup #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #grass #grasses #prairiegrass #prairiegrasses
#ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW
#BlackandWhite #EastCoastKin #closeup #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #grass #grasses #prairiegrass #prairiegrasses
Reposted by Paul Hansen
The number one reason that officer candidates failed Marine OCS from the 70s through the 2010s was stress fractures. Male or female candidates.
We selected generations of Marine Officers with the first question being "how well do you absorb calcium with 4 minutes to eat 3x per day?"
We selected generations of Marine Officers with the first question being "how well do you absorb calcium with 4 minutes to eat 3x per day?"
Sure, literally will not matter in big boy war
October 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The number one reason that officer candidates failed Marine OCS from the 70s through the 2010s was stress fractures. Male or female candidates.
We selected generations of Marine Officers with the first question being "how well do you absorb calcium with 4 minutes to eat 3x per day?"
We selected generations of Marine Officers with the first question being "how well do you absorb calcium with 4 minutes to eat 3x per day?"
Reposted by Paul Hansen
A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts, authorities said Monday.
New Banksy mural of a judge beating a protester to be removed from outside London court
A new Banksy mural showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from outside a London court.
bit.ly
September 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts, authorities said Monday.
Reposted by Paul Hansen
U.S. Responds To Rising Sea Levels By Patting East Coast With Towels https://theonion.com/u-s-responds-to-rising-sea-levels-by-patting-east-coas-1847614367/
September 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
U.S. Responds To Rising Sea Levels By Patting East Coast With Towels https://theonion.com/u-s-responds-to-rising-sea-levels-by-patting-east-coas-1847614367/
Reposted by Paul Hansen
A well preserved #Roman infantry helmet (Niederbieber type) and a lorica hamata (chainmail) found in Rainau-Buch, dating 3rd century AD.
On display at our branch museum Limesmuseum Aalen.
#Archaeology 🏺
📷 me
On display at our branch museum Limesmuseum Aalen.
#Archaeology 🏺
📷 me
July 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A well preserved #Roman infantry helmet (Niederbieber type) and a lorica hamata (chainmail) found in Rainau-Buch, dating 3rd century AD.
On display at our branch museum Limesmuseum Aalen.
#Archaeology 🏺
📷 me
On display at our branch museum Limesmuseum Aalen.
#Archaeology 🏺
📷 me
Reposted by Paul Hansen
“At the Army Command and General Staff College, they use Root. I call it Furry Afghanistan. The cat faction is the NATO military occupation force, trying to win by submission. The raccoons are Pakistan, breaking all the rules."
- @sebastianbae.bsky.social, game designer and research analyst at CNA
- @sebastianbae.bsky.social, game designer and research analyst at CNA
September 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“At the Army Command and General Staff College, they use Root. I call it Furry Afghanistan. The cat faction is the NATO military occupation force, trying to win by submission. The raccoons are Pakistan, breaking all the rules."
- @sebastianbae.bsky.social, game designer and research analyst at CNA
- @sebastianbae.bsky.social, game designer and research analyst at CNA
Reposted by Paul Hansen
“But today, it has become easy to use drones for such an operation. Indeed, if there is a surprise, it is that there have not been major attacks using the technology yet.”
It’s Past Time to Start Preparing for Drone Terrorism
Drones can easily be used for terrorism. In fact, it is surprising that there have not been major attacks using them yet.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“But today, it has become easy to use drones for such an operation. Indeed, if there is a surprise, it is that there have not been major attacks using the technology yet.”
Reposted by Paul Hansen
You deserve a break on Sundays that doesn’t break the bank.
September 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
You deserve a break on Sundays that doesn’t break the bank.
Reposted by Paul Hansen
I was at a DC house party and I showed a picture of my girlfriend at the time (who was Chinese American) to a group of people and a gop staffer straight up asked why I was dating a “yellow commie” if you don’t think this is a thing
Basically, what we have here is a situation where you had China hawks and race war hawks and it turns out the latter outnumbered the former about 30:1 and them not realizing this fact was kinda loadbearing for the entirety of traditional establishment national security thought.
The 2025 National Defense Strategy proves once and for all that the GOP China Hawks were who we thought they were: Complete and Total Frauds
September 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I was at a DC house party and I showed a picture of my girlfriend at the time (who was Chinese American) to a group of people and a gop staffer straight up asked why I was dating a “yellow commie” if you don’t think this is a thing
Reposted by Paul Hansen
Tom Hanks's work portraying U.S. troops is extensive: "Saving Private Ryan," "Forrest Gump" and "Greyhound" among them. He also co-produced "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific."
Hanks also has been a forceful advocate for The World War II Memorial and The National WWII Museum.
Hanks also has been a forceful advocate for The World War II Memorial and The National WWII Museum.
SCOOP: West Point alumni group cancels award ceremony for Tom Hanks
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
West Point alumni group cancels award ceremony for Tom Hanks
The decision follows a series of political controversies involving the Trump administration that have rattled the prestigious military institution.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Tom Hanks's work portraying U.S. troops is extensive: "Saving Private Ryan," "Forrest Gump" and "Greyhound" among them. He also co-produced "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific."
Hanks also has been a forceful advocate for The World War II Memorial and The National WWII Museum.
Hanks also has been a forceful advocate for The World War II Memorial and The National WWII Museum.
Reposted by Paul Hansen
This is incorrect: (1) Department of War was just the Army, not the Navy and Marine Corps; and (2) the President does not have the authority, only Congress can make that change in the law. Be better, @npr.org.
The change will return the department to a name that it carried for much of its history, until it became the Department of Defense in the wake of World War II.
President Trump signs order to rename the Defense Department as the Department of War
The change will return the department to a name that it carried for much of its history, until it became the Department of Defense in the wake of World War II.
n.pr
September 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is incorrect: (1) Department of War was just the Army, not the Navy and Marine Corps; and (2) the President does not have the authority, only Congress can make that change in the law. Be better, @npr.org.
Reposted by Paul Hansen
University wargaming in the new academic started! La Coruña scenario from Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars by @mropla.bsky.social The French struggles for most of the time, but managed to deal fatal blows just before the night descended.
September 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
University wargaming in the new academic started! La Coruña scenario from Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars by @mropla.bsky.social The French struggles for most of the time, but managed to deal fatal blows just before the night descended.
Reposted by Paul Hansen
The War Department was abolished for a reason. Bringing it back won’t make America stronger, writes Dr Walter Ladwig in the latest RUSI Commentary.
The Department of War Makes America Look Weak
The War Department was abolished for a reason. Bringing it back won't make America stronger.
www.rusi.org
September 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The War Department was abolished for a reason. Bringing it back won’t make America stronger, writes Dr Walter Ladwig in the latest RUSI Commentary.
Reposted by Paul Hansen
Just a heads up to anyone using Firefox:
August 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just a heads up to anyone using Firefox:
Reposted by Paul Hansen
People working in universities know a lot of the work that makes the organization function is outsourced to for-profit companies (catering, landscaping) or runs on platforms requiring payments to such companies: Workday, Canvas, Microsoft, Zoom.
This thread will be for less obvious examples. 1/
This thread will be for less obvious examples. 1/
August 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
People working in universities know a lot of the work that makes the organization function is outsourced to for-profit companies (catering, landscaping) or runs on platforms requiring payments to such companies: Workday, Canvas, Microsoft, Zoom.
This thread will be for less obvious examples. 1/
This thread will be for less obvious examples. 1/
"Ukrainian drone units near the front line tell me they often host European military or civilian manufacturers looking to test drones or components. Few Americans come, they said, and U.S. special forces no longer visit."
Lessons from Ukraine’s ‘First World Drone War’ | Trudy Rubin
As Vladimir Putin blocks peace talks, Kyiv wants to share with the U.S. and Europe how to counter the AI-driven weapons of the future.
www.inquirer.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"Ukrainian drone units near the front line tell me they often host European military or civilian manufacturers looking to test drones or components. Few Americans come, they said, and U.S. special forces no longer visit."
Reposted by Paul Hansen
The devastating global boom in narcotics on.ft.com/4oQVqUt | opinion
The devastating global boom in narcotics
Demand for harmful drugs must be curbed in order to squeeze powerful cartels
on.ft.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The devastating global boom in narcotics on.ft.com/4oQVqUt | opinion