Shawn Woodford
@yadernye.bsky.social
Military historian/neo-navalist/itinerant defense analyst
King's College London War Studies alum
All views by me are mine alone
Denver-area sports & CU Buffs fan
King's College London War Studies alum
All views by me are mine alone
Denver-area sports & CU Buffs fan
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Shawn Woodford
@yadernye.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hello folks, welcome to Bluesky!
To all of you who have chosen to follow me, thank you.
My historical interests are:
- 19/20C military
- DOD digital networks/information warfare
- Naval
- combat analysis/models, sims & games
- U.S. CivWar era politics & strategy
Be excellent to each other!
To all of you who have chosen to follow me, thank you.
My historical interests are:
- 19/20C military
- DOD digital networks/information warfare
- Naval
- combat analysis/models, sims & games
- U.S. CivWar era politics & strategy
Be excellent to each other!
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How bout them Broncos!!!
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
How bout them Broncos!!!
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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U.S. adversaries know, now is the time to attack ... "U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA says federal government departments are not sufficiently patching to protect against an active hacking campaign targeting Cisco firewalls." techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/c...
CISA warns federal agencies to patch flawed Cisco firewalls amid 'active exploitation' across the US government | TechCrunch
The federal cybersecurity agency said some government departments had been actively exploited after failing to properly patch their systems.
techcrunch.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
U.S. adversaries know, now is the time to attack ... "U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA says federal government departments are not sufficiently patching to protect against an active hacking campaign targeting Cisco firewalls." techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/c...
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New book from @wellerstein.bsky.social , the foremost historian of the nuclear age. (Also, one of my favorite people.)
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
The Most Awful Responsibility
\"I thought I knew the story but learned much that I didn’t know. Outstanding!\"— Richard Rhodes
“This is historical research at its best.” — Dan ...
www.harpercollins.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
New book from @wellerstein.bsky.social , the foremost historian of the nuclear age. (Also, one of my favorite people.)
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
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Ok here's the thing about the carrier debate. Both sides are right and both sides are wrong (thread).
Ya’ll are going to make write a thread on carriers on a day off in my birthday weekend huh?
a horse in a field with the words y'all gon make me lose my mind
ALT: a horse in a field with the words y'all gon make me lose my mind
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Ok here's the thing about the carrier debate. Both sides are right and both sides are wrong (thread).
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If you’re wondering how I’d look with a dueling scar
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
If you’re wondering how I’d look with a dueling scar
New Denver #Broncos logo.
stitch from disney 's lilo and stitch is making a funny face in a cartoon .
Alt: stitch from disney 's lilo and stitch is making a funny face in a cartoon .
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
New Denver #Broncos logo.
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Someone tell Bo Nix that Engram is on his team #BroncosCountry
November 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Someone tell Bo Nix that Engram is on his team #BroncosCountry
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I'm pleased to share my open access article in International Security on the role of allies in U.S. space power.
direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'm pleased to share my open access article in International Security on the role of allies in U.S. space power.
direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
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Many thanks to @mitpress.bsky.social for generously making the digital version of my book, Weapons in Space, open access! It can be accessed here: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Happy #OAWeek! From initiatives like Direct to Open (D2O) and the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (OECS), the MIT Press is committed to building a more open & accessible future for academic publishing.
New on our blog, a selection of award-winning books that are accessible to all:
New on our blog, a selection of award-winning books that are accessible to all:
October 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Many thanks to @mitpress.bsky.social for generously making the digital version of my book, Weapons in Space, open access! It can be accessed here: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
"If the Marine Corps is to be “first to fight,” it must be first to blind, mislead, and deny the enemy the means to respond. And that requires units designed to fight in the information environment."
Not every battle is about who shoots first. Sometimes it’s about who understands first.
Blinding First, Striking Fast: Why the Marine Corps Needs Information Groups
There is an active debate in the U.S. Marine Corps about the value of operations in the information environment as a central aspect of maneuver warfare.
warontherocks.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"If the Marine Corps is to be “first to fight,” it must be first to blind, mislead, and deny the enemy the means to respond. And that requires units designed to fight in the information environment."
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Strategy in Washington means little if U.S. forces can’t act at the speed of battle.
The Things that Bedevil U.S. Cyber Power
Cyber operations have become a defining feature of modern conflict, a front line that shapes the contours of global power competition. Yet despite daily
warontherocks.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Strategy in Washington means little if U.S. forces can’t act at the speed of battle.
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Maersk. Colonial Pipeline. Nord Stream. How many warnings does Washington need?
Supply Chains Are Critical Infrastructure. It’s Time U.S. Policy Caught Up.
In 2017, the world’s largest shipping company, Maersk, went dark. A state-sponsored cyber attack known as NotPetya spread from Ukraine into global
warontherocks.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Maersk. Colonial Pipeline. Nord Stream. How many warnings does Washington need?
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COMEBACK COMPLETE!!
October 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
COMEBACK COMPLETE!!
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Mass overwhelms decision loops on the battlefield. The same logic will shape how governments use AI.
Swarms are For Agents, Not Just Drones
On Sept. 7, 2025, Ukraine intercepted most of the 800 drones and missiles Russia launched in a single, rolling barrage. But enough got through. The lesson
warontherocks.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Mass overwhelms decision loops on the battlefield. The same logic will shape how governments use AI.
It seems that Payton probably should have played the offensive starters a wee bit longer in preseason. #broncoscountry
September 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It seems that Payton probably should have played the offensive starters a wee bit longer in preseason. #broncoscountry
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Fantastic resource for historians: a spreadsheet of NARA's digitized microfilm, with links to the files in the Archives catalog. May it help you as much as it has helped me.
www.archives.gov/files/colleg...
www.archives.gov/files/colleg...
www.archives.gov
August 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Fantastic resource for historians: a spreadsheet of NARA's digitized microfilm, with links to the files in the Archives catalog. May it help you as much as it has helped me.
www.archives.gov/files/colleg...
www.archives.gov/files/colleg...
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Hello! I have written a short article about the atomic bombings, and the anniversary that I think gets overlooked — when Truman *stopped* further atomic bombing, and why he did so. thebulletin.org/2025/08/trum...
Truman never ordered the use of the atomic bombs—but he did order atomic bombings to be stopped
On the 80th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, President Truman deserves credit for the first use of the atomic bomb in war. But he also deserves some credit for the fact that atomi...
thebulletin.org
August 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Hello! I have written a short article about the atomic bombings, and the anniversary that I think gets overlooked — when Truman *stopped* further atomic bombing, and why he did so. thebulletin.org/2025/08/trum...
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#RIP naval aviator and astronaut Jim Lovell who passed away on Thursday at the age of 97. A 1952 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Lovell flew F2H Banshee fighters before being selected for NASA’s Gemini program. In 1970, he commanded the near-tragic Apollo 13 mission.
August 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
#RIP naval aviator and astronaut Jim Lovell who passed away on Thursday at the age of 97. A 1952 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Lovell flew F2H Banshee fighters before being selected for NASA’s Gemini program. In 1970, he commanded the near-tragic Apollo 13 mission.
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Something that's emerging from the unit level casualty data that is finally being released is that the Russo-Ukrainian war absolutely spiked in violence in 2024 even more than we were already generally aware of. Here's an example:
July 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Something that's emerging from the unit level casualty data that is finally being released is that the Russo-Ukrainian war absolutely spiked in violence in 2024 even more than we were already generally aware of. Here's an example: