Sam Thomas
@samuelfuller.bsky.social
Brian De Palma Over here
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Brian De Palma Over here
nice looking Maß - Prost!
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
nice looking Maß - Prost!
Oh maybe I misunderstood - I read it as collapse for these societies meant these specific things - but I think I should have read, collapse meant these specific things (among others)
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Oh maybe I misunderstood - I read it as collapse for these societies meant these specific things - but I think I should have read, collapse meant these specific things (among others)
I wholeheartedly agree that collapse can mean many things, but that's in direct oposition to what you wrote in your previous post
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I wholeheartedly agree that collapse can mean many things, but that's in direct oposition to what you wrote in your previous post
it also would lose canals and irrigation coordination - feeding the Faiyum was pretty important to the people living there.
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
it also would lose canals and irrigation coordination - feeding the Faiyum was pretty important to the people living there.
I’ve wondered - I listen to this podcast called Fall of Civilizations, and they just released a podcast today - I guess it feels a bit value judgmental. Have you heard it? Do you have thoughts on it?
Loved the crusade podcast btw! Got this book from the reading list
Loved the crusade podcast btw! Got this book from the reading list
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I’ve wondered - I listen to this podcast called Fall of Civilizations, and they just released a podcast today - I guess it feels a bit value judgmental. Have you heard it? Do you have thoughts on it?
Loved the crusade podcast btw! Got this book from the reading list
Loved the crusade podcast btw! Got this book from the reading list
I don't think that's what is being said, but I do think that seeing a city you live in get turned into something else (like warehousing for students) can be sad actually.
When they build it all, and your world comes to pass, are you sure you'll want to live in it?
When they build it all, and your world comes to pass, are you sure you'll want to live in it?
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I don't think that's what is being said, but I do think that seeing a city you live in get turned into something else (like warehousing for students) can be sad actually.
When they build it all, and your world comes to pass, are you sure you'll want to live in it?
When they build it all, and your world comes to pass, are you sure you'll want to live in it?
Sadly the ownership that agreed to his idea is still there, forever probably. I have one hope, and it's that they move the team to Vegas and Dallas gets to start over.
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Sadly the ownership that agreed to his idea is still there, forever probably. I have one hope, and it's that they move the team to Vegas and Dallas gets to start over.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Caro responded www.nytimes.com/1991/02/03/b...
The metro coming to town? Proust having Thoughts about it? www.theguardian.com/books/2010/a...
Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris by Graham Robb
After its opening in 1900, the Métro transformed Parisian life. As the new stations opened, Marcel Proust was at work on his own great innovation. By Graham Robb
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September 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The metro coming to town? Proust having Thoughts about it? www.theguardian.com/books/2010/a...
Atget, born just 40 years after Napoleon died, strolling around photographing Paris, dressed like this (in 1890).
September 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Atget, born just 40 years after Napoleon died, strolling around photographing Paris, dressed like this (in 1890).
I do not see a comparison between a single countries unilateral pursit of airstrikes as a policy since 2001 as comparable to World War I in any way, sorry.
August 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I do not see a comparison between a single countries unilateral pursit of airstrikes as a policy since 2001 as comparable to World War I in any way, sorry.
this chart is totally wrong by the way
August 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
this chart is totally wrong by the way
Does this read like he ended something like the armistice at the end of 1918 or the end of the Korean war?
"Recent reports suggest Biden is following a similar playbook for direct action (airstrikes and special operations raids) as his predecessors." 2022
www.justsecurity.org/83749/ending...
"Recent reports suggest Biden is following a similar playbook for direct action (airstrikes and special operations raids) as his predecessors." 2022
www.justsecurity.org/83749/ending...
August 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Does this read like he ended something like the armistice at the end of 1918 or the end of the Korean war?
"Recent reports suggest Biden is following a similar playbook for direct action (airstrikes and special operations raids) as his predecessors." 2022
www.justsecurity.org/83749/ending...
"Recent reports suggest Biden is following a similar playbook for direct action (airstrikes and special operations raids) as his predecessors." 2022
www.justsecurity.org/83749/ending...
That’s fair, I do - I think though with the way the war in Yemen restarted and the way the war in Somalia never ended it feels hard to say he ended drones, whatever one takes that to mean.
He did end the war in Afghanistan - a correct position where the left gave him credit!
He did end the war in Afghanistan - a correct position where the left gave him credit!
August 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
That’s fair, I do - I think though with the way the war in Yemen restarted and the way the war in Somalia never ended it feels hard to say he ended drones, whatever one takes that to mean.
He did end the war in Afghanistan - a correct position where the left gave him credit!
He did end the war in Afghanistan - a correct position where the left gave him credit!
2/2 The only other active conflict was in Somalia - it continued, at a slightly reduced scale.
The claim though was pretty big - that he ended “the drone war” - he didn’t do that and never claimed to have done that. Biden continued using the legal basis to continue the war when he saw fit.
The claim though was pretty big - that he ended “the drone war” - he didn’t do that and never claimed to have done that. Biden continued using the legal basis to continue the war when he saw fit.
August 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
2/2 The only other active conflict was in Somalia - it continued, at a slightly reduced scale.
The claim though was pretty big - that he ended “the drone war” - he didn’t do that and never claimed to have done that. Biden continued using the legal basis to continue the war when he saw fit.
The claim though was pretty big - that he ended “the drone war” - he didn’t do that and never claimed to have done that. Biden continued using the legal basis to continue the war when he saw fit.
1/2 I don’t think you can say he ended the drone warfare in Iraq & Syria - it was already more or less over when he took office.
He did end the war in Afghanistan, which ended strikes in Pakistan and Adghanistan. He stopped and then restarted the war in Yemen.
He did end the war in Afghanistan, which ended strikes in Pakistan and Adghanistan. He stopped and then restarted the war in Yemen.
August 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
1/2 I don’t think you can say he ended the drone warfare in Iraq & Syria - it was already more or less over when he took office.
He did end the war in Afghanistan, which ended strikes in Pakistan and Adghanistan. He stopped and then restarted the war in Yemen.
He did end the war in Afghanistan, which ended strikes in Pakistan and Adghanistan. He stopped and then restarted the war in Yemen.
Does this strike you as someone who was trying to functionally end drone warfare - Biden used the 2002 and 2001 AUMF to strike Iraq in 2024 hir.harvard.edu/runaway-auth...
AUMFs and the Scope of the US President’s Military Discretion in the Middle East
"On February 2, 2024, President Joe Biden ordered more than 125 bombs to be dropped on upwards of 85 targets in Iraq. The scope of Biden's response raises questions about legislative checks on the exe...
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August 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Does this strike you as someone who was trying to functionally end drone warfare - Biden used the 2002 and 2001 AUMF to strike Iraq in 2024 hir.harvard.edu/runaway-auth...
Does this strike you as so few strikes? Remember, the claim I objected to was that Biden functionally ended the drone war
trump-yemen.airwars.org
trump-yemen.airwars.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Does this strike you as so few strikes? Remember, the claim I objected to was that Biden functionally ended the drone war
trump-yemen.airwars.org
trump-yemen.airwars.org
I should also note that those 10,000 fell to 1,000 under Trump - but you won't like the reason why.
August 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I should also note that those 10,000 fell to 1,000 under Trump - but you won't like the reason why.
The logic to continue the strikes remained unchallenged and was, indeed, used to continue them where the Biden admin saw fit, like in Somalia. I did give the Biden administration credit for ending the war in Afghanistan, which, alongside Pakistan, was where most strikes were taking place
August 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The logic to continue the strikes remained unchallenged and was, indeed, used to continue them where the Biden admin saw fit, like in Somalia. I did give the Biden administration credit for ending the war in Afghanistan, which, alongside Pakistan, was where most strikes were taking place
No worries - to be clear I’m not trying to say that Biden didn’t reduce drone strikes - he did for sure, in many places. But the logic to continue them was kept in place and the admin used that when it saw fit, like in Somalia
August 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
No worries - to be clear I’m not trying to say that Biden didn’t reduce drone strikes - he did for sure, in many places. But the logic to continue them was kept in place and the admin used that when it saw fit, like in Somalia