Les Paul Atreides
@lordoforbs.bsky.social
Runner, dog person, hipster senility, connoisseur of all things punk, rock and roll, and heavy metal. Doctor (of Philosphy). War studies and literature. He/him/bro.
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and be horrified when the political spectrum devolves into a Schmittian struggle between those illiberals with strong gods and everyone else.
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
and be horrified when the political spectrum devolves into a Schmittian struggle between those illiberals with strong gods and everyone else.
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My point of contention here is that Clare was instrumental in shaping the intellectual climate that led to the NatCon revolution: you may want to include the Woke era as part of what gave it its engine of growth. Fine. But my argument here is that you cannot play footsy with some illiberals...
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My point of contention here is that Clare was instrumental in shaping the intellectual climate that led to the NatCon revolution: you may want to include the Woke era as part of what gave it its engine of growth. Fine. But my argument here is that you cannot play footsy with some illiberals...
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From the idea that it was mostly rich people that got killed in the terror
Where did the picture of the guillotine as solely a threat to the wealthy come from?
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
From the idea that it was mostly rich people that got killed in the terror
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*Unbearable voice* "In 'Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres' you can clearly discern a lyrical sea-change from the days of 'Anthem' which..."
a teddy bear with a hula hoop around its neck is standing in front of a microphone
Alt: Fozzie is pulled off stage with a hook
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
*Unbearable voice* "In 'Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres' you can clearly discern a lyrical sea-change from the days of 'Anthem' which..."
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I think the best parallel is the Iran-Iraq War. It’s a brutal slog between under equipped and exhausted conventional military forces that probably has no real bearing on how other contemporary conventional conflicts be will be fought.
Looking back through history, what war is most relevant for thinking about how the Ukraine war is going or a hypothetical Taiwan war? I’ve heard of people referring to the Ukraine War as “World War 1 with Blade Runner aesthetics” is that a fair characterization?
December 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I think the best parallel is the Iran-Iraq War. It’s a brutal slog between under equipped and exhausted conventional military forces that probably has no real bearing on how other contemporary conventional conflicts be will be fought.
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Something that I think has happened since the Battle of Kyiv or so is that wars are now primarily waged for the purpose of generating pornography
And they’re doing it to post snuff films for their buddies on Twitter. Ending human lives. bsky.app/profile/yash...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Something that I think has happened since the Battle of Kyiv or so is that wars are now primarily waged for the purpose of generating pornography
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Achilles’ Perpetual Stand
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Achilles’ Perpetual Stand
Why is this so funny?
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Why is this so funny?
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[I turn on the TV and every channel is showing me being burned in effigy] This can't be good
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
[I turn on the TV and every channel is showing me being burned in effigy] This can't be good
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The best way of knowing whether you're a real Canadian defence and politics knower is when you're trawling the blandest news sites imaginable covering total glup shitto govt initiatives and you start getting full page splash ads from Hanwha Ocean and Saab.
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The best way of knowing whether you're a real Canadian defence and politics knower is when you're trawling the blandest news sites imaginable covering total glup shitto govt initiatives and you start getting full page splash ads from Hanwha Ocean and Saab.
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Oh no.
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Oh no.
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losing your mind seeing a marble torso is at least a reputable way of going awooga though
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
losing your mind seeing a marble torso is at least a reputable way of going awooga though
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Evil emperor kicks a wretched homunculus into the pit for failing to find the Chosen One – a classic failure to apply the RACI matrix.
💪 Responsible: the Wretched Homunculi
💀 Accountable: the Scheming Vizier <- kick HIM into the pit
🤷 Consulted: the Dark Oracles
👁️ Informed: the Fetid Stakeholders
💪 Responsible: the Wretched Homunculi
💀 Accountable: the Scheming Vizier <- kick HIM into the pit
🤷 Consulted: the Dark Oracles
👁️ Informed: the Fetid Stakeholders
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Evil emperor kicks a wretched homunculus into the pit for failing to find the Chosen One – a classic failure to apply the RACI matrix.
💪 Responsible: the Wretched Homunculi
💀 Accountable: the Scheming Vizier <- kick HIM into the pit
🤷 Consulted: the Dark Oracles
👁️ Informed: the Fetid Stakeholders
💪 Responsible: the Wretched Homunculi
💀 Accountable: the Scheming Vizier <- kick HIM into the pit
🤷 Consulted: the Dark Oracles
👁️ Informed: the Fetid Stakeholders
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Said the phrase 'I'm over the moon!' to a Polish man and he was a little confused and asked what I meant so I explained and when I finished he just shook his head and said 'You're happy but you have no business in space.'
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Said the phrase 'I'm over the moon!' to a Polish man and he was a little confused and asked what I meant so I explained and when I finished he just shook his head and said 'You're happy but you have no business in space.'
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It also highlights the basic proposition that the F-35, with its proprietary software and need for updating prior to every mission, represents: deeper US integration, when Canada needs to disentangle our military from the United States’. Ignoring the software elides this difficult reality.
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It also highlights the basic proposition that the F-35, with its proprietary software and need for updating prior to every mission, represents: deeper US integration, when Canada needs to disentangle our military from the United States’. Ignoring the software elides this difficult reality.
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I realize he is a horrible monster but Trump constantly repeating the phrase "Transgender for Everybody" like it's a trademarked slogan is so funny
November 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I realize he is a horrible monster but Trump constantly repeating the phrase "Transgender for Everybody" like it's a trademarked slogan is so funny
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every day I have to log on and see Takes
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
every day I have to log on and see Takes
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Earlier this year a group of government and CAF officials, plus health care leaders, gathered for only the second war games involving Canada’s health care system since 1939. It was more urgent, and less hypothetical. And it became a question about national resolve. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Can Canada’s health system survive if we find ourselves at war?
The country at war would be more than just the logistics of hospitals and ambulances and doctors and nurses. It could become something Canada has rarely faced: a true test
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Earlier this year a group of government and CAF officials, plus health care leaders, gathered for only the second war games involving Canada’s health care system since 1939. It was more urgent, and less hypothetical. And it became a question about national resolve. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Noam Chomsky was always bad and if you’re surprised you should feel bad.
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Noam Chomsky was always bad and if you’re surprised you should feel bad.
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It becomes a national prosperity issue when you calculate the impact of Toronto on Canada’s GNP.
If living close to opportunity is a luxury item, Canada is hosed from a productivity perspective.
If living close to opportunity is a luxury item, Canada is hosed from a productivity perspective.
November 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It becomes a national prosperity issue when you calculate the impact of Toronto on Canada’s GNP.
If living close to opportunity is a luxury item, Canada is hosed from a productivity perspective.
If living close to opportunity is a luxury item, Canada is hosed from a productivity perspective.
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downwardly mobile educated alienated elite-adjacents clearly are a large part of the contemporary american left's constituency, but it's such a stupid thing to have a complex about or considering particularly damming. read like any history book ever about who starts political movements.
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
downwardly mobile educated alienated elite-adjacents clearly are a large part of the contemporary american left's constituency, but it's such a stupid thing to have a complex about or considering particularly damming. read like any history book ever about who starts political movements.