Pentagon weighs in on Eternal Subordination of the Son and Federal Vision?

Dammit Star Wars, "I'll take your whole deck" is the plot line for a comic book maybe, but it's not how you tell a story for a movie.

Possible Skipray blastboat sighting in Mando & Grogu trailer?

7th century: Chalkis has the best warriors, Argos a different contender for best, Sparta the prettiest women... 2nd century: Macedon had the best soldiers, Rome the best system (and nearly the best soldiers too)... But I'll take a flight of F-22s please, with a side of MEU and a PRSM battery.

"Consider the vast influence of accident in war before you are engaged in it. War eventually becomes an affair of chances, which applies to both sides: who gets lucky is invisible to us until we risk it. Men going to war act first, and only disaster makes them nail down the warrant for it."

Footage of a Ukrainian Patriot SAM system shooting down a Russian 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile near Kyiv last night. This appears to be the first ever footage of a combat shootdown involving a HACM.

How Athens actually lost the Peloponnesian War (left a few more out, but you get the idea)

And then Spartan Oliganthropia enters the chat

EXCLUSIVE: The Pentagon is considering severing its relationship with Anthropic over the AI firm's insistence on maintaining some limitations on how the military uses its models.

When multiple deadlines are approaching and every piece is not quite complete but also 30-50% too long...

When you see a Pantsir...

It's not quite [shrug] "lick 'em tomorrow" but Domitius surveying the Seleucid army arrayed at Magnesia and saying "we'll kill 'em all in the morning; if we do it today we won't have time for dinner" is pretty memorable.

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

💬 Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych on the disqualification over the memorial helmet: "I have no regrets... There are things more important than medals."

*General Westmorland has entered the chat*

Damn that is a heck of a program! So many great panels. Multiple ancient military history panels! Multiple medieval history panels! The pre-modernist (re?)conquest of the SMH begins!

If you live near the banks of the Yenisey, you've probably lost family and neighbors who went to become cannon fodder in Ukraine, *4,500 kilometers* away.

Aeschylus' line for all the wargamers out there: "Ares decides the fate of battle on die roll" ἔργον δ᾽ ἐν κύβοις Ἄρης κρινεῖ, from the Seven Against Thebes

And to think "Chuck Spears" was just sitting there the whole time and Charles went with Chase.

Sometimes you turn JADC2 discussions into Clausewitz "On Genius" discussions.

Unbelievable

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has called on Trump to immediately provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles, stating that the pressure the United States is currently exerting on Russia is "obviously not working".

Russia carried out its largest attack since the start of the year, striking DTEK thermal power plants and at least four major energy sites, the company said. Equipment was seriously damaged, including in Kharkiv. Power, water and heating were cut as temperatures fell below minus 20 C. #Ukraine

AI slop getting published in SWJ? smallwarsjournal.com/2026/01/28/c...

Sinn Fein: the international community should support the legitimate armed struggles of small nations to defend their right of self-determination against large aggressive imperialist neighbors. Also Sinn Fein:

My elementary age kids have an influencer principal but barely get recess. Civilizational decline sign.

Kyiv is in total blackout, as are many parts of Ukraine. No water, no heating, no electricity. Severe frost outside. This is the result of constant russian attacks. Thank you to those few who still care.

Did the Royal Navy sink a Spanish galleon or something?

SEND IT.

Saw this and it’s just wild

Can someone explain the penguin thing?

⚡️ Flamingo Strike — On 23 September 2025, a precision missile strike targeted a key Russian defense-industry contractor in Belgorod, linked to the production chain of Su-34, Su-35, and Su-57 combat aircraft.

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...

As always, I recommend revisiting the Letter from a Birmingham Jail. He’s an audio recording of MLK reading the text m.youtube.com/watch?v=7qF0...

Incredible shot of the Hellenic Navy's new frigate Kimon being welcomed yesterday by the trireme Olympias and the armoured cruiser Averof (photo by Nick Dendris)

Rest in peace, Claudette.

Surprisingly high-ranking list of names, two colonels, a lt colonel, multiple majors and captains. I have near zero knowledge of the composition on Cuban Interior Ministry or Rev Forces, but this surprised me.

Unconfirmed, but looks like the U.S. got the Russian tanker

Begging Melian Dialogue lovers to see the sweep of the Thucydidean history, from Periclean virtue to an appeal (from virtue) through realism in the Mytilenean dispute, to brutal realism in the Melian Dialogue, to the slave mines of Sicily.

Censoring woke Plato, I see.

Tidings of comfort and joy and new books

I'm just imagining him visiting the Aegean or Sicily and wearing dark sunglasses and just *hating* turquoise waters.

If the AI was going to do this well at all, wouldn't you also have to upload a pdf of the article, thus feeding the Beast someone else's intellectual property? Sure it's probably eaten that dish before, somewhere, but seems sick.

Sokrates vs prejudice is timeless. Fill in the blank with any group you like. (Plato, "Meno" 92b-c)

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. Merde. So many good choices...

It's easier to read the Herculaneum scrolls.

Egads what an ugly helmet. Those are... brass vertebrae, perhaps?

I could share lots of thoughts on the Compact Mag story, but one thing that leaps out to me was "James" belittling the enthusiastic Roman military historian in his Yale cohort. I'm not certain I can identify either, but I think the anonymous guy was probably doing the right thing.

Right at Hanukkah the Maccabees are in the news, as archaeologists reveal finding a bronze coin from Side and several lead sling bullets at the site of ancient Beth Zecharia. A few thoughts on the finds and how they do--AND DON'T--connect to the Maccabean battle. And happy Hanukkah!