It’s one of the thing that pisses me off the most about this administration is their open contempt of every institution and tradition we supposedly hold dear. I’ve been to the Arizona, it’s supposed to be hallowed ground, not some freaking tourist attraction

The Stories We Tell About the Civil War #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

I’ll always love a good rocket.

Janet Fish, Daffodils and Spring Trees, oil on linen, 1988

Peggie Blizard, Pansies in a Jar, oil on panel, 2022

Never forget:

Sometimes we pick up a book and it won’t let go.

Li Mei‑Shu (1902-1983) — Autumn in Towadako.

Paul Morchain (1876-1939) — La Baie de Douarnenez, 1930.

Winslow Homer (1836-1910) — Sailing off Gloucester, 1880.

A sparrow on the branch of a rose shrub. Wellcome collection.

Really interesting read - this nugget is particularly wild:

Good data and historical lessons but there are two dynamics that are missed / underexplored: First, one of the reasons Iran might retain so much of its weapons is *because* of the suppressive effect of allied airpower. They might have so much left *because* they can't shoot it.

Emil Ciubotaru (Romanian Artist, born 1967) "Quiet and Peace (Autumn Refuge)", 2010s. Oil on Canvas, 28 × 16 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Sarah Sackville (British, b.1979) "Blue Light on Veranda," 2025 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 32 in #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Igor Sakharov (Russian Artist, born 1966) "Moonlight Magic", 2026. Oil on Canvas, 50 × 70 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

"Water Lilies", 1895, Oil on canvas - Isaac Levitan, Russian (1860 - 1900) #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Stanislav Zhukovsky (Russian, 1973-1944) "Spring Landscape with Violets", 1935. Canvas, oil. 74 x 61.5 cm. Private collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Landskap (Landscape), date unlisted, by Swedish painter, and draftswoman, Anna Christina Nordgren (1847-1916) Oil on canvas 61 x 51 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Sigfrid August Keinänen ( 1841 - 1914 ) Finnish painter "On a Boat Trip" oil on canvas 44 x 62 cm, 1899 private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1899 #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Peder Mørk Mønsted, Wooded path by a river, 1894

Spring Saskia Boelsums

Gustave Caillebotte, Boating on the Yerres

Jeremy Miranda May 2026 Book Shadows acrylic on board

Water Mill (1892) by Frits Thaulow

Rubens Santoro (Italy, 1859–1941) Gondola in Venice

“Midnight Sun over the Fjord” Hans Dahl, 🇳🇴 (1849-1937)

Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé A Sunny Afternoon oil on canvas

Transparent City #01, 2007 Michael Wolf

READ THEORY* *Kent's work on damage limitation. we've known since the 1960s that this stuff will get stupidly expensive

Clausewitz wrote in about 1812 that fires alone could never be decisive. Still undefeated.

Over the last month or so, I have been reading this book, which contains oral accounts regarding the planning and implementation of #DDay. I felt it appropriate to read, given the times. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇦🇵🇱🇨🇿🇸🇰🇦🇺🇳🇱 🇩🇪 @vermontgmg.bsky.social

In sum, READ THEORY. For spacepower theory: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-war-in-... with @edinburghup.bsky.social

Strategic Studies has been fighting breathless hype about battlefield transparency/omniscience from increased quantity and quality of aerial and space based sensors for about 40 years. I first wrote this in some form in my PhD thesis (terrifyingly) over 10 years ago. Book link: tinyurl.com/3s9u6ss6

There has been a lot of discourse about Iran retaining 75% of its prewar mobile launchers and 70% of its prewar missile stockpiles despite months of intense American/Israeli bombardment but history would tell us this is actually a structural feature that refuses to go away. My latest ⬇️

A Wet Road, Knostrop, Yorkshire (1886) by John Atkinson Grimshaw

Pine forest in Ligovo (1895) by Ivan Shishkin

Bayside Apartment (2026) by Richard Claremont

My Evening (2021) by Elena Lukina

Quiet and Peace (Autumn Refuge) 2010 by Emil Ciubotaru

Flower Garden (1888) by Vincent van Gogh

Vera Kavura

“.. CBO Puts US Golden Dome Cost At USD1.2 Tln, Dwarfing Pentagon's Estimate Of USD185 Bln” - @livesquawknews.bsky.social www.cbo.gov/publication/...

This week on the blog! We're continuing our discussion of Carthage's armies, this time looking at the role of Gauls and (southern) Italians, who functioned sometimes as mercenaries and sometimes as allies of Carthage. acoup.blog/2026/05/08/c...

So the statue-pfp crowd on The Bad Place are Having a Moment about the depiction of Achilles (image as a representative example). But the first guy to subvert Achilles was...Homer. Achilles isn't intended as some uncomplicated role model; that Alexander treated him as one is kinda a red flag.

As for Alexander - if you are curious about how people have thought about him, check out my two-part blog post on the topic, here: acoup.blog/2024/05/17/c...

This “story” is hilarious but there is something chilling about this concerted effort to silence/punish/ruinthelives of anyone affiliated with the military for criticizing SecDef