Robert Farley
@drfarls.bsky.social
Co-founder Lawyers, Guns and Money. Works at Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky
I can’t believe I’ve never seen this movie.
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I can’t believe I’ve never seen this movie.
Pretty dire future for a lot of young men, here.
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Pretty dire future for a lot of young men, here.
ORDER UP THE SHRIMP COCKTAIL AT JEFF RUBY’S!!!! ‘CATS DONE WON A GAME!
November 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
ORDER UP THE SHRIMP COCKTAIL AT JEFF RUBY’S!!!! ‘CATS DONE WON A GAME!
You can get to three million dead and injured by dropping it right on Cicero.
October 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
You can get to three million dead and injured by dropping it right on Cicero.
Move it off downtown and you get lower population density and fewer deaths.
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Move it off downtown and you get lower population density and fewer deaths.
While I did believe that the characters would talk in terms of "10 million dead" here's the actual estimate of a 4 MT nuke hitting Chicago. Highly likely that the actual explosive yield would be considerably smaller.
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
While I did believe that the characters would talk in terms of "10 million dead" here's the actual estimate of a 4 MT nuke hitting Chicago. Highly likely that the actual explosive yield would be considerably smaller.
Taken from my back porch. Arbys is about a hundred yards away.
October 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Taken from my back porch. Arbys is about a hundred yards away.
Douglas MacGregor is incapable of doing math and so apparently are the editors at Responsible Statecraft...
October 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Douglas MacGregor is incapable of doing math and so apparently are the editors at Responsible Statecraft...
Mostly still Israel and and "abandon Ukraine" but now with a big dollop of "everything would be fine if the King's advisors would stop lying to him."
October 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Mostly still Israel and and "abandon Ukraine" but now with a big dollop of "everything would be fine if the King's advisors would stop lying to him."
The new addition to Barad Dur (yes, this is AI slop)
October 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The new addition to Barad Dur (yes, this is AI slop)
The experts agree with you!
October 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The experts agree with you!
Literally the 7th paragraph.
I am slowly coming to the conclusion that while raging against the New York Times may be great for Bluesky engagement, it has no impact whatsoever in terms of policy criticism.
I am slowly coming to the conclusion that while raging against the New York Times may be great for Bluesky engagement, it has no impact whatsoever in terms of policy criticism.
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Literally the 7th paragraph.
I am slowly coming to the conclusion that while raging against the New York Times may be great for Bluesky engagement, it has no impact whatsoever in terms of policy criticism.
I am slowly coming to the conclusion that while raging against the New York Times may be great for Bluesky engagement, it has no impact whatsoever in terms of policy criticism.
Huh.
I'm not one for conspiratorial thinking, but...
I'm not one for conspiratorial thinking, but...
October 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Huh.
I'm not one for conspiratorial thinking, but...
I'm not one for conspiratorial thinking, but...
Sigh. Got some work left to do, Google.
October 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Sigh. Got some work left to do, Google.
Almost all the images we use at LGM are from wikipedia, public domain or cc. This was the most convenient one.
October 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Almost all the images we use at LGM are from wikipedia, public domain or cc. This was the most convenient one.
Reading Camilla Townsend’s The Fifth Sun, and finding it absolutely captivating.
October 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reading Camilla Townsend’s The Fifth Sun, and finding it absolutely captivating.