Capt Pugwash
@smart-casual.bsky.social
Logistics and defence industry background, often found messing about in boats.
Picked an interesting time to do a masters in international relations. The Petri dish is flourishing; I just wish we didn't all have to live in it.
Picked an interesting time to do a masters in international relations. The Petri dish is flourishing; I just wish we didn't all have to live in it.
Alternatively, if you're able, fly to London City airport, and it's a half hour walk or ten minute cab.
September 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Alternatively, if you're able, fly to London City airport, and it's a half hour walk or ten minute cab.
"Booed and cheered."
Yeah, right.
Yeah, right.
September 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"Booed and cheered."
Yeah, right.
Yeah, right.
"Social media is where people who don't read books go to argue with people who write them."
That would be you.
You're literally arguing with a published Holocaust scholar about the definition of an illegal order.
Stop it!
That would be you.
You're literally arguing with a published Holocaust scholar about the definition of an illegal order.
Stop it!
a man is holding a spray bottle while talking to a boy .
ALT: a man is holding a spray bottle while talking to a boy .
media.tenor.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
"Social media is where people who don't read books go to argue with people who write them."
That would be you.
You're literally arguing with a published Holocaust scholar about the definition of an illegal order.
Stop it!
That would be you.
You're literally arguing with a published Holocaust scholar about the definition of an illegal order.
Stop it!
Fun LotR fact: that'll be problematic since most of the Riders of Rohan were women with excellent fake beards.
September 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Fun LotR fact: that'll be problematic since most of the Riders of Rohan were women with excellent fake beards.
They literally are.
Now, I'll repeat: how many European countries have ID cards and how many don't?
Now, I'll repeat: how many European countries have ID cards and how many don't?
September 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
They literally are.
Now, I'll repeat: how many European countries have ID cards and how many don't?
Now, I'll repeat: how many European countries have ID cards and how many don't?
What statement? I think you're projecting there, friendo.
Also, there are a couple other European countries outside the EU that don't have ID cards, so it's a pretty fair conclusion that you don't know the difference. Again, projection.
So. How many European countries have them and how many don't?
Also, there are a couple other European countries outside the EU that don't have ID cards, so it's a pretty fair conclusion that you don't know the difference. Again, projection.
So. How many European countries have them and how many don't?
September 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
What statement? I think you're projecting there, friendo.
Also, there are a couple other European countries outside the EU that don't have ID cards, so it's a pretty fair conclusion that you don't know the difference. Again, projection.
So. How many European countries have them and how many don't?
Also, there are a couple other European countries outside the EU that don't have ID cards, so it's a pretty fair conclusion that you don't know the difference. Again, projection.
So. How many European countries have them and how many don't?
What is your point in asking that question? That only 2 out of 27 EU countries don't have official id cards?
(Well, really one, since the Irish have passport and PSC cards that are functionally identical...)
(Well, really one, since the Irish have passport and PSC cards that are functionally identical...)
September 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What is your point in asking that question? That only 2 out of 27 EU countries don't have official id cards?
(Well, really one, since the Irish have passport and PSC cards that are functionally identical...)
(Well, really one, since the Irish have passport and PSC cards that are functionally identical...)
Are we considering the Waffen-SS as military or paramilitary?
The blurring of lines between them is something to watch for - especially since trumpism seems to prefer co-opting and politicising existing organisations to militarising political ones.
The blurring of lines between them is something to watch for - especially since trumpism seems to prefer co-opting and politicising existing organisations to militarising political ones.
September 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Are we considering the Waffen-SS as military or paramilitary?
The blurring of lines between them is something to watch for - especially since trumpism seems to prefer co-opting and politicising existing organisations to militarising political ones.
The blurring of lines between them is something to watch for - especially since trumpism seems to prefer co-opting and politicising existing organisations to militarising political ones.
People in the comments claiming the comparison is moot because a US BCT would always benefit from air superiority, joint fires etc. Have they seen the latest USAF readiness figures, and considered where that goes if it simultaneously looks like kicking off in the Pacific?
September 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
People in the comments claiming the comparison is moot because a US BCT would always benefit from air superiority, joint fires etc. Have they seen the latest USAF readiness figures, and considered where that goes if it simultaneously looks like kicking off in the Pacific?
Surely the issue here is that the playbook just does not have a page on "what to do if you DON'T have joint fire support and air superiority" which is truly alarming if you look at, say, the USAF's recent readiness figures and flying hours (especially compared to 1990.)
September 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Surely the issue here is that the playbook just does not have a page on "what to do if you DON'T have joint fire support and air superiority" which is truly alarming if you look at, say, the USAF's recent readiness figures and flying hours (especially compared to 1990.)
Volley fire is the way to win battles and anything else is dangerously revolutionary.
September 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Volley fire is the way to win battles and anything else is dangerously revolutionary.
You never hear of a Christian religious leader expressing an opinion on morality or doctrine?
September 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
You never hear of a Christian religious leader expressing an opinion on morality or doctrine?
Them Warfighters do be fighting them wars
September 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Them Warfighters do be fighting them wars
Reposted by Capt Pugwash
The lesson is clear: you can’t outflank the far right by borrowing its language. You only validate its narrative, undermine your own authenticity, and make democracy more fragile in the process.
September 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The lesson is clear: you can’t outflank the far right by borrowing its language. You only validate its narrative, undermine your own authenticity, and make democracy more fragile in the process.
One would hazard a guess there were fewer crappy AI generated images in the 1930s
August 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
One would hazard a guess there were fewer crappy AI generated images in the 1930s
ALWAYS boom tomorrow
August 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
ALWAYS boom tomorrow
I suspect we're more likely in for a long Regency period, but with far worse fashion choices.
August 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I suspect we're more likely in for a long Regency period, but with far worse fashion choices.
Sometimes you have to roll the hard six.
August 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Sometimes you have to roll the hard six.