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Tonight on Ken Burns's American Revolution, Rick Atkinson is going is going to tell you:
"Muskets are mostly inaccurate beyond 80 yards...so a lot of the killing is done with the bayonet... this is really eyeball to eyeball."
The trouble is, this just isn't true. 🧵1/16
"Muskets are mostly inaccurate beyond 80 yards...so a lot of the killing is done with the bayonet... this is really eyeball to eyeball."
The trouble is, this just isn't true. 🧵1/16
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Tonight on Ken Burns's American Revolution, Rick Atkinson is going is going to tell you:
"Muskets are mostly inaccurate beyond 80 yards...so a lot of the killing is done with the bayonet... this is really eyeball to eyeball."
The trouble is, this just isn't true. 🧵1/16
"Muskets are mostly inaccurate beyond 80 yards...so a lot of the killing is done with the bayonet... this is really eyeball to eyeball."
The trouble is, this just isn't true. 🧵1/16
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Of course ululating battle cries - and high-pitched 'keening' battle cries generally - are associated in 'foreign' 'eastern' armies and I suppose it 'wouldn't do' to suppose that Greek hoplites charging into battle shouted like Syrian or Iraqi fighters today.
But also, like, they probably did.
But also, like, they probably did.
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Of course ululating battle cries - and high-pitched 'keening' battle cries generally - are associated in 'foreign' 'eastern' armies and I suppose it 'wouldn't do' to suppose that Greek hoplites charging into battle shouted like Syrian or Iraqi fighters today.
But also, like, they probably did.
But also, like, they probably did.
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Watching videos of hoplite reenactors, I am struck by how many of them use the 'a-hoo' grunt from 300 or a 'huh huh huh' marching cadence, but none of them do the *actually attested* things of the "alale!" (ἀλαλή) battle-cry or singing a song (a παιᾶν).
Gotta do cool fake movie stuff, I guess.
Gotta do cool fake movie stuff, I guess.
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Watching videos of hoplite reenactors, I am struck by how many of them use the 'a-hoo' grunt from 300 or a 'huh huh huh' marching cadence, but none of them do the *actually attested* things of the "alale!" (ἀλαλή) battle-cry or singing a song (a παιᾶν).
Gotta do cool fake movie stuff, I guess.
Gotta do cool fake movie stuff, I guess.
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Eu5 thought: strange that there's no achievement for forming Germany as the Netherlands.
Feels like the achievement name suggests itself: "Dutch-land, Dutch-land uber alles."
Feels like the achievement name suggests itself: "Dutch-land, Dutch-land uber alles."
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Eu5 thought: strange that there's no achievement for forming Germany as the Netherlands.
Feels like the achievement name suggests itself: "Dutch-land, Dutch-land uber alles."
Feels like the achievement name suggests itself: "Dutch-land, Dutch-land uber alles."
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This is like the UBI study in that we've done it, like, five times and no one gives a shit because the people who are passing legislation against trans people don't actually care about trans suicide, they like trans suicide, they want it to happen
"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids
Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy.
truthout.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is like the UBI study in that we've done it, like, five times and no one gives a shit because the people who are passing legislation against trans people don't actually care about trans suicide, they like trans suicide, they want it to happen
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The thing is, New Vegas isn't about picking between a bunch of bad options, it's about picking which flawed but better option (NCR or Independent) that you think is the best one, and telling anyone who thinks the objectively evil options (House and Ceaser's Legion) that they're stupid
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The thing is, New Vegas isn't about picking between a bunch of bad options, it's about picking which flawed but better option (NCR or Independent) that you think is the best one, and telling anyone who thinks the objectively evil options (House and Ceaser's Legion) that they're stupid
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Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
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Very grateful that the Tate allowed me to be miniaturized and film from inside the painting
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Very grateful that the Tate allowed me to be miniaturized and film from inside the painting
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The character design of Knights of Guinevere | TBSkyen
YouTube video by T B Skyen
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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The Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
Wait a minute, why are they wearing equipment from 101 years later?
Something to look out for when admiring manuscripts from the middle ages is that they often depict events from history with the arms and armour of the current day
(Pretend I painted this in 1916 lol)
Wait a minute, why are they wearing equipment from 101 years later?
Something to look out for when admiring manuscripts from the middle ages is that they often depict events from history with the arms and armour of the current day
(Pretend I painted this in 1916 lol)
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
Wait a minute, why are they wearing equipment from 101 years later?
Something to look out for when admiring manuscripts from the middle ages is that they often depict events from history with the arms and armour of the current day
(Pretend I painted this in 1916 lol)
Wait a minute, why are they wearing equipment from 101 years later?
Something to look out for when admiring manuscripts from the middle ages is that they often depict events from history with the arms and armour of the current day
(Pretend I painted this in 1916 lol)
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Sometimes Warhammer Fantasy will have a gag that just makes me do the little "huhuhuh" chuckle
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Isle of Wights, hehe
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Isle of Wights, hehe
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Sometimes Warhammer Fantasy will have a gag that just makes me do the little "huhuhuh" chuckle
...
Isle of Wights, hehe
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Isle of Wights, hehe
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I think medieval beekeeper outfits could be the strongest look in the entire history of fashion.
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I think medieval beekeeper outfits could be the strongest look in the entire history of fashion.
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I mean this is just a fact
My hot take is that footnotes are way better than endnotes.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
November 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I mean this is just a fact
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"subtext"
"Nor shall great Hector cease the rage of fight,
The navy flaming, and thy Greeks in flight,
Even till the day when certain fates ordain
That stern Achilles (his Patroclus slain)
Shall rise in vengeance, and lay waste the plain"
"Nor shall great Hector cease the rage of fight,
The navy flaming, and thy Greeks in flight,
Even till the day when certain fates ordain
That stern Achilles (his Patroclus slain)
Shall rise in vengeance, and lay waste the plain"
November 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"subtext"
"Nor shall great Hector cease the rage of fight,
The navy flaming, and thy Greeks in flight,
Even till the day when certain fates ordain
That stern Achilles (his Patroclus slain)
Shall rise in vengeance, and lay waste the plain"
"Nor shall great Hector cease the rage of fight,
The navy flaming, and thy Greeks in flight,
Even till the day when certain fates ordain
That stern Achilles (his Patroclus slain)
Shall rise in vengeance, and lay waste the plain"
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unintentionally revealing that he’s not in or even aware of any networks who are at this moment doing exactly what he claims no one is doing because he’s not doing it
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
unintentionally revealing that he’s not in or even aware of any networks who are at this moment doing exactly what he claims no one is doing because he’s not doing it
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November 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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This is utter madness. We have a *Labour* government that thinks it's a good idea to brief that they are inspired by Trump's immigration policies.
I mean, it’s quite clever politics for someone from the Greens to pretend to be Shabana Mahmood’s special adviser and brief this sort of stuff to the Times, but I’m not sure it’s especially ethical.
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is utter madness. We have a *Labour* government that thinks it's a good idea to brief that they are inspired by Trump's immigration policies.
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There's a common phenomenon in *mainly* dnd & trpgs descended therefrom, which i'll call a problem (but others don't see that way), which is the huge level gulfs (and resultant weeks or months or eternities) between when a feature is gained and when a build "comes online".
Many thoughts about this.
Many thoughts about this.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There's a common phenomenon in *mainly* dnd & trpgs descended therefrom, which i'll call a problem (but others don't see that way), which is the huge level gulfs (and resultant weeks or months or eternities) between when a feature is gained and when a build "comes online".
Many thoughts about this.
Many thoughts about this.
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You can see this in the “how to make X character in D&D” videoed where it takes 12 goddamned levels to make season one episode one Catra
There's a common phenomenon in *mainly* dnd & trpgs descended therefrom, which i'll call a problem (but others don't see that way), which is the huge level gulfs (and resultant weeks or months or eternities) between when a feature is gained and when a build "comes online".
Many thoughts about this.
Many thoughts about this.
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
You can see this in the “how to make X character in D&D” videoed where it takes 12 goddamned levels to make season one episode one Catra
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I saw this and had two thoughts,
No one is angry about games not containing gen AI, so if you wanna avoid being a part of the conversation it's easy.
But, since you have decided to weigh in on the conversation I guess we'll see gen AI made cosmetics in helldivers soon then
No one is angry about games not containing gen AI, so if you wanna avoid being a part of the conversation it's easy.
But, since you have decided to weigh in on the conversation I guess we'll see gen AI made cosmetics in helldivers soon then
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I saw this and had two thoughts,
No one is angry about games not containing gen AI, so if you wanna avoid being a part of the conversation it's easy.
But, since you have decided to weigh in on the conversation I guess we'll see gen AI made cosmetics in helldivers soon then
No one is angry about games not containing gen AI, so if you wanna avoid being a part of the conversation it's easy.
But, since you have decided to weigh in on the conversation I guess we'll see gen AI made cosmetics in helldivers soon then
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"No one is angry about games not containing gen AI" is such a hell of a good point. It is incredibly off-putting to many customers, an absolute deal-breaker, yet there is no flip side to that, no consumer base clamouring for it, no demand. They can only try to wear people down into accepting it.
I saw this and had two thoughts,
No one is angry about games not containing gen AI, so if you wanna avoid being a part of the conversation it's easy.
But, since you have decided to weigh in on the conversation I guess we'll see gen AI made cosmetics in helldivers soon then
No one is angry about games not containing gen AI, so if you wanna avoid being a part of the conversation it's easy.
But, since you have decided to weigh in on the conversation I guess we'll see gen AI made cosmetics in helldivers soon then
November 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"No one is angry about games not containing gen AI" is such a hell of a good point. It is incredibly off-putting to many customers, an absolute deal-breaker, yet there is no flip side to that, no consumer base clamouring for it, no demand. They can only try to wear people down into accepting it.
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"Nah, I'm a lifelong Greens supporter"
- Ancient Romans when asked if they're White
- Ancient Romans when asked if they're White
trying to explain "whiteness" to an ancient roman would be pure comedy
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Nah, I'm a lifelong Greens supporter"
- Ancient Romans when asked if they're White
- Ancient Romans when asked if they're White
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Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
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Rain pouring on battered tents. Water rising everywhere. Mattresses, blankets, and clothes soaked through in minutes.
This is the reality for over 900,000 Palestinians who the Israeli military’s genocidal campaign in Gaza has displaced from their homes.
This is the reality for over 900,000 Palestinians who the Israeli military’s genocidal campaign in Gaza has displaced from their homes.
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Rain pouring on battered tents. Water rising everywhere. Mattresses, blankets, and clothes soaked through in minutes.
This is the reality for over 900,000 Palestinians who the Israeli military’s genocidal campaign in Gaza has displaced from their homes.
This is the reality for over 900,000 Palestinians who the Israeli military’s genocidal campaign in Gaza has displaced from their homes.