Whatismoo
@whatismoo.bsky.social
Transatlantic Doctoral Student covering the Cold War to the present.
Logo adapted from that of the Soviet Army Studies Office
Logo adapted from that of the Soviet Army Studies Office
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Whatismoo
@whatismoo.bsky.social
· Dec 9
Right now it's:
Munitions and HE mobilization (and what does mobilization look like)
Frigates
CVL Thudnerdome
Infantry Small Arms Discourse
Fires and You, Battalion to Corps
Theater Nuclear Forces Are Good, Actually
Joint Force Air Campaign Structures in WESTPAC
Etc
Munitions and HE mobilization (and what does mobilization look like)
Frigates
CVL Thudnerdome
Infantry Small Arms Discourse
Fires and You, Battalion to Corps
Theater Nuclear Forces Are Good, Actually
Joint Force Air Campaign Structures in WESTPAC
Etc
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And it's worth using the term "myth" quite deliberately because of course the reality of as diverse and complex a place like Texas has only a passing resemblance with the fantastical machismo that it has become associated with in the imagination of the MAGA and global Far Right
February 10, 2026 at 8:39 PM
And it's worth using the term "myth" quite deliberately because of course the reality of as diverse and complex a place like Texas has only a passing resemblance with the fantastical machismo that it has become associated with in the imagination of the MAGA and global Far Right
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It might even be better for America and the rest of the world if America's soft power is defined less by a myth of Texan machismo and more by an ethos of Minnesotan solidarity
February 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
It might even be better for America and the rest of the world if America's soft power is defined less by a myth of Texan machismo and more by an ethos of Minnesotan solidarity
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From the desk of Douglas Bristol "Everywhere Black Soldiers Went in World War Two, Freedom Followed https://kansaspress.ku.edu/blog/2026/02/10/celebrating-black-history-month/
Order Building Bridges and receive 20% off with code 24BLACKHIST at checkout https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639007/
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February 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
From the desk of Douglas Bristol "Everywhere Black Soldiers Went in World War Two, Freedom Followed https://kansaspress.ku.edu/blog/2026/02/10/celebrating-black-history-month/
Order Building Bridges and receive 20% off with code 24BLACKHIST at checkout https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639007/
Order Building Bridges and receive 20% off with code 24BLACKHIST at checkout https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639007/
These mixed fleet RCAF proponents are thinking too small. They don't understand that F-35 is the LOW for the mixed fleet. ~88 F-35A and 40 GCAP/Tempest is the high fleet. The RAF is doing this, and Italy too, so it'll be well supported. Oh and Japan.
February 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
These mixed fleet RCAF proponents are thinking too small. They don't understand that F-35 is the LOW for the mixed fleet. ~88 F-35A and 40 GCAP/Tempest is the high fleet. The RAF is doing this, and Italy too, so it'll be well supported. Oh and Japan.
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"If the government may simply seize *someone* without due process, there is no check on its ability to seize *anyone*."
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
"If the government may simply seize *someone* without due process, there is no check on its ability to seize *anyone*."
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
I should post more about defense stuff tbh
February 7, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I should post more about defense stuff tbh
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Lmfao.
“How much do we have to beg? RFFs are reneged”
“It was Centcom once again, then it was centcom again and again - f when will it end?”
“Shooting a jassm at little mud huts”
open.spotify.com/track/7HjR4I...
“How much do we have to beg? RFFs are reneged”
“It was Centcom once again, then it was centcom again and again - f when will it end?”
“Shooting a jassm at little mud huts”
open.spotify.com/track/7HjR4I...
INDO(PAY)COM
open.spotify.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Lmfao.
“How much do we have to beg? RFFs are reneged”
“It was Centcom once again, then it was centcom again and again - f when will it end?”
“Shooting a jassm at little mud huts”
open.spotify.com/track/7HjR4I...
“How much do we have to beg? RFFs are reneged”
“It was Centcom once again, then it was centcom again and again - f when will it end?”
“Shooting a jassm at little mud huts”
open.spotify.com/track/7HjR4I...
is it even legal to withhold the funding? Anyway, Schumer should have negotiated him down to the Port Authority Bus Terminal before telling him to get stuffed.
I would walk barefoot through the cold, dank, rat infested tunnels under the Hudson rather than disembark at something called Trump Penn Station.
-- Julie C, NJ Transit Commuter
www.nj.com/news/2026/02...
-- Julie C, NJ Transit Commuter
www.nj.com/news/2026/02...
Trump Station? Trump Airport? What the president asked for in exchange for releasing frozen Gateway Tunnel funds, reports say
President Donald Trump froze billions for the project during a dispute with Democrats last year. Construction is set to stop Friday.
www.nj.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:37 PM
is it even legal to withhold the funding? Anyway, Schumer should have negotiated him down to the Port Authority Bus Terminal before telling him to get stuffed.
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Meanwhile in the wearable tech/privacy/opsec world....
Good story here from @pattynieberg.bsky.social @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/air-for...
Good story here from @pattynieberg.bsky.social @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/air-for...
Air Force bans smart glasses for troops in uniform
The Air Force is banning troops from wearing smart eyewear like Meta AI glasses. Other services allow commanders to dictate device policies.
taskandpurpose.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Meanwhile in the wearable tech/privacy/opsec world....
Good story here from @pattynieberg.bsky.social @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/air-for...
Good story here from @pattynieberg.bsky.social @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/air-for...
Sometimes I think about the National Automated Highway System, which AIUI fell apart because nobody wanted to pay for the nails in the road.
February 6, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Sometimes I think about the National Automated Highway System, which AIUI fell apart because nobody wanted to pay for the nails in the road.
What's your perfect two-ford garage?
February 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
What's your perfect two-ford garage?
Honestly the Chinese position here is why I think the only prudent US nuclear force structure goal is >10,000 warheads.
February 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Honestly the Chinese position here is why I think the only prudent US nuclear force structure goal is >10,000 warheads.
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It's late, the mods are asleep and I just published a new post!
Check it out here, where I dissect the Dreadnought Revolution and see if it fits under the aegis of a so-called Revolution in Military Affairs!
inconvenientwarstudies.net/2026/02/04/t...
Check it out here, where I dissect the Dreadnought Revolution and see if it fits under the aegis of a so-called Revolution in Military Affairs!
inconvenientwarstudies.net/2026/02/04/t...
The Dreadnought Revolution: Reality or Myth
One of the most common popular conceptions of naval history is that HMS Dreadnought was a true revolution in battleship design and military affairs more broadly. As the story goes, the ship’s exclu…
inconvenientwarstudies.net
February 5, 2026 at 4:00 AM
It's late, the mods are asleep and I just published a new post!
Check it out here, where I dissect the Dreadnought Revolution and see if it fits under the aegis of a so-called Revolution in Military Affairs!
inconvenientwarstudies.net/2026/02/04/t...
Check it out here, where I dissect the Dreadnought Revolution and see if it fits under the aegis of a so-called Revolution in Military Affairs!
inconvenientwarstudies.net/2026/02/04/t...
Before reading, I agree with the title
Get in kids, it’s hot take Thursday. My latest⬇️
There is No Such Thing as Grand Strategy
The Continued Influence of a Bad Genre
secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Before reading, I agree with the title
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Just got my copy of @dvanp.bsky.social's new book, "The DGSE: A Concise History of France's Foreign Intelligence Service," from Georgetown UP. I was involved on the editorial side of this book and it's a huge contribution. Available for pre-order today! press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-DGSE
The DGSE
press.georgetown.edu
February 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Just got my copy of @dvanp.bsky.social's new book, "The DGSE: A Concise History of France's Foreign Intelligence Service," from Georgetown UP. I was involved on the editorial side of this book and it's a huge contribution. Available for pre-order today! press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-DGSE
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The people with the most power in our society appear to be nothing more than a pack of rabid chimpanzees singularly focused on destroying the works of people immeasurably better than they are.
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The people with the most power in our society appear to be nothing more than a pack of rabid chimpanzees singularly focused on destroying the works of people immeasurably better than they are.
People think the DNC is like the UK party systems, when really the GOP is far closer to that right now, especially with the strength of whipping they have.
The DNC is an ineffectual email list and fundraising arm. They do not select candidates. They do have influence around list access and money but primary voters select the candidate.
Why? Would I lie?? About the democrats doing something the democrats love to do??? At least I'd make up something funny, like schumer called me and farted into the phone for 30 seconds before hanging up
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
People think the DNC is like the UK party systems, when really the GOP is far closer to that right now, especially with the strength of whipping they have.
This dumpster fire thing is like the inverse of the firebombing a Walmart quote.
February 4, 2026 at 5:33 AM
This dumpster fire thing is like the inverse of the firebombing a Walmart quote.
Освобождение, Waterloo, Go for Broke, They Fought for Their Country and Battleground, in no particular order.
What’s everyone’s favorite dad movie
Trying to do a daily dumb little prompt to not think about The Horrors
February 4, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Освобождение, Waterloo, Go for Broke, They Fought for Their Country and Battleground, in no particular order.
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he had almost certainly never met a slave at that point, he was in England, thousands of miles from where Englishmen owned slaves, but the existence of this evil in the world seized his soul and didn't let go.
February 4, 2026 at 5:19 AM
he had almost certainly never met a slave at that point, he was in England, thousands of miles from where Englishmen owned slaves, but the existence of this evil in the world seized his soul and didn't let go.
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to be fair, "small provincial city of about 1 million people" also describes Columbus, Ohio
My wife describes her hometown as a small provincial city in southern china. It has a pop of about ~1 million
February 4, 2026 at 3:55 AM
to be fair, "small provincial city of about 1 million people" also describes Columbus, Ohio
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dudes rock
The suspect kept all the money he made selling pizzas, police say
Man breaks into Little Caesars, starts making and selling pizzas, NC police say
The suspect kept all the money he made selling pizzas, police say
bit.ly
February 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM
dudes rock