** warning: Bonus Army-level rage content ** www.stripes.com/veterans/202...

** thinks about the fairly broad American silence around the women’s marches in Iran after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for "improper hijab” ** This was never about “human rights” in Iran. That would require international advocacy, ethics, and morality from the administration.

I have, in fact, gotten lost once in my own museum.

Oh, you know… just lurking in my usual spot- the catbird seat of the @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social’s lecture hall- on the coolest lecture from @jamescrossland.bsky.social! We’re live on YouTube right now. Head over and check it out! m.youtube.com/watch?v=mGx1...

et al.: is there an event tonight at the museum? Yes! If you’re here, a cozy lecture hall seat is waiting for you! If you’re outside of KCMO and still curious? Dial in and join us! my.theworldwar.org/19201/19202

You know what’s awesome about museum work? This is the rehearsal of our Memory Hall set up at the @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social, the first stop of the Freedom Plane national tour from NARA. Pretty cool to see volunteers and staff sharing a historic experience in a historic space, together.

I am reminded that a startling number of people believe that if you’re a member of the military and you don’t like something your government did, you can just throw up your hands and quit the next day like any other job. It Does Not Work That Way

What no one warns you about when your MAGA parent dies, and you’re the executor of their estate as a liberal democratic child: You will spend so much emotional energy and time trying to get their address (and eventually your own address) removed from vitriolic political mailers. So much.

Someone sent me rage bait. Here. Now you can have it too. www.war.gov/News/News-St...

Subskeet? www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/u...

Getting fully torqued for the Pershing Lecture Series tonight with CGSC’s Dept of Military History and the @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social. While we wait, allow me to tell you what your favorite museum objects tell me about you (selected at random): 1/🧶

This is both heartbreaking and inexplicably dumb. Some of the strongest strategic planners and leaders for the US Army come from its Ivy-league fellowships, creating a unique advantage for theaters commands, allies, and the nation as a whole.

Ranger. A gottdamm legend.

Buried lede: Alliances are clutch, baby. Dear French and British Army, we couldn’t have don’t it without you! “Lafayette, we ARE here!” artsandculture.google.com/story/GwVhBn...

And I, for one, shall be at the hotel bar until last call.

What 5 Bluesky users would I take a special interest class from, you ask? In no particular order: @curatorian.bsky.social @milhistcurator.bsky.social @kelsapellettiere.com @pptsapper.bsky.social @lhistorienne.bsky.social If one is unavailable this semester? Also @taubhistory.bsky.social.

The zombie citation plague reaches us all someday. Zombie shitation plague?

Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by everyone in my AO and… *ope*… set this right here. Just in case…

This is going back on all of my syllabi:

Confronting the evidence of state violence is crucial to holding officials accountable for their actions, but it can be jarring when unexpected. For that very reason: Settings > Content and Media > Autoplay Video and GIFs

Dear business, If someone is calling as a next-of-kin and executor to cancel an account for a deceased account hold, no… the executor cannot put the account holder on the line to confirm the account. That person is, in fact, not available to do that. They’re dead. Sincerely, The executor *sigh*

The value of history in PME is unquestioned, but there is always tension with social and political science. “Only so many course hours in the day…” and such. For war museums reaching military professionals in their PME, education staff with a background in history, theory, AND doctrine is clutch.

My default retort to such nonsense is to ask if the offending Luddite would be willing to use a Kiowa Warrior pilot to observe and adjust fire. When they say “yes,” this is what they basically said yes to:

Literally writing an undergraduate lesson plan today on the enduring legacy of this Boston Committee of Public Safety poster from 1915. *screams into the void alongside every other American history right now*

Liberal feminism has not gone far enough because I have heterosexual cis-gender male colleagues who were sexually assaulted during their military service and only came forward because female victims heard them, believed them, and advocated for them. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

I’m just gonna scootch right by everyone and… *ope*… set this right here in case someone is curious. www.theworldwar.org/news/nationa...

**warning: spicy doctrine opinion** You’ll never convince me that this isn’t the spiritual retribution that comes from hiding ALL of the joint doctrine behind CAC-enabled firewalls. And that, ladies and gents, is my new niche conspiracy theory. *boop* www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by ya and… *ope*… set this right here in case anyone gets curious. Or we can go ask that dumb DoD AI chatbot to give us some hot, steamy trash, I guess?

Update on this cat that I wanted you to look at: She heads to her new home after the New Year. She still sheds. She loves the world. The whole world. She has a temporary lap that she has been shedding on. She wishes you safe travels for your holiday leave.

Look at this cat. Seriously. She needs a new home. She’s amazing. She needs an amazing home. She could be your everything. She could listen to your weird history podcasts. She could be into Warhammer. She could hate your ex with you. She could be your cat.

I used to get asked the wildest questions about army doctrine. Now, my messages are more… unique. I love it. Retirement is lit.

**warning: nondoctrinal content** Moral of the story: Don’t do crime on Thanksgiving.

**thinks about the ONE spot to get groceries on Fort Irwin that’s within an HOUR drive**

Parisian daiquiri and Almond Joys. Fight me.

*warning: nondoctrinal democracy-encouragement content* If you go out, be an informed citizen, and do democracy today, I will reward you with my most unhinged cocktail-and-leftover-Halloween-candy pairing this evening. And maybe some Noods.

Sometimes I think about what an enigmatic person Smedley Butler was, and how much I would love to have a cup of coffee with him.

With the end of Halloween season (and Spooky Lake Season, for those who also observe), we have reached a decision point to delay Mariah Carey’s forces and facilitate a survivable withdrawal from autumn to winter. Our Final Protective Fire? m.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...

**warning: nondoctrinal dog content** My haunted house is filled with anxiety about what my dog’s poop means for my emergency savings.

What the heck did I just read?

I’m just gonna scootch right by ya and… *ope*… set this right here in case anyone needs it.

**warning: nondoctrinal content** If you haven’t donated to your local food bank in a hot minute, consider a grocery match. If you can swing it, match what you spend this month on groceries (even those quick stops for an ingredient you forgot) with an equal contribution to your local food bank.

As federal food assistance runs out, junior troops with families may be hit hard trib.al/nZeKqGg

I did not know that this conversation existed. And now I do. And so do you. *boop* lbjtapes.org/conversation...

We have young military families on SNAP. When that one family member spouts off during holiday dinner about welfare, benefits, and who they deem worthy enough… don’t be afraid to let them have it with both barrels and make them defend their position.

Tomorrow. D.C. The National Mall. Sunup to sundown.

**warning: nondoctrinal art content** Baby, wake up. A bunch of new Temu Leni Riefenstahl just dropped on one of the other hell-scape sites.

Walking the streets of Gettysburg in October:

Never think for a single second that every soldier doesn’t have the potential to go from a wheeled vehicle mechanic to a spot on a stage, in front of an international audience, to discuss the enduring lessons of warfare. Yep, we’ll put an NCO on the stage. Great research is not limited to one type.

Don’t mind me. I’m just gonna scootch right by everyone and… *ope*… set this right here in case anyone might need it later.

Back in the cat-bird seat for this year’s annual symposium with the @nationalwwimuseum.bsky.social, “Beyond the Trenches,” watching the opening presentation from @markstout.bsky.social about American intelligence community during WWI! Wish you were here.