A day after the 82d anniversary of D-Day, I’m begging the Army to stop being so obsessed with Operation Overlord and to start looking to its WWII operations in the Pacific theater for valuable but uncomfortable lessons. angrystaffofficer.com/2026/06/07/t...

(Video thread.) #OTD in 1944, D-Day, the biggest, most complex military operation, ever. We must appreciate and safeguard the freedom we all have. #DDAY82 #WW2 #HISTORY

@tcmparty.bsky.social a little late but one of my favorite lines is the toast Sam Spade shares with the cops, “Success to crime”. It possibly was a toast by Teddy Roosevelt when he was the New York police commissioner. #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness #TheMalteseFalcon

Up next, Double Indemnity, 1944, Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray.

You don't perfect your society just by making it *work* well. You have to make it *fail* well. A utopia isn't a society where nothing goes wrong - it's a society where things go wrong all the time, but we're able to fix them: www.wired.com/2017/04/cory... 13/

THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980) — 10:00 pm ET — 2h 13m (TCM Primetime: Blues in the Movies) John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown; directed by John Landis Soul-singing brothers tear up Chicago trying to reunite their band for a holy mission in this comedy classic. #TCM #TCMParty

Tomorrow on @tcmtv.bsky.social: Daytime - Musical Biopics Primetime - Special Theme: Summer of Darkness #TCMParty ^JW

Pasadena, CA - June 4th, 2026 • 1:15am Rick Cole @urbanistcole.bsky.social Pasadena Councilmember 📍District 2 3/3

This morning in 1980 at 2:26 A.M. EDT, warning displays at the Strategic Air Command suddenly indicated a Soviet SLBM attack on the United States was underway, first showing 2 and then, 18 seconds later, 200 inbound ballistic missiles. SAC ordered all alert bomber crews to start their engines.

THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) — 6:00 pm ET — 1h 40m Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre; directed by John Huston Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue. #TCM #TCMParty

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA79... Via Bruce Sterling, not looking forward to the street finding its own uses for pipe, tape, and antitank mines

If you want a documentary about the Second World War where all the 'talking heads' are outstanding primary sources, it's here.

Former GKN employee speaks out on Garden Grove chemical threat https://www.allforgardening.com/1792301/former-gkn-employee-speaks-out-on-garden-grove-chemical-threat/ ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – A former GKN Aerospace employee is speaking out in the wake of the Garden Grove chemical crisis, calling …

Lots of discussion about the acronym BLEVE and I can’t help but think of Miracle Max…

From the Garden Grove Elks Club minutes ago on what they need in this crisis:

As SoCal communities come to the realization as to what type of industry has existed adjacent to their homes for the last 30-60 years, there may be a titanic shift in zoning for these industries

Most of these aerospace companies in Garden Grove have been here for decades and in many cases before these housing communities even existed. Now whether they’ve kept up to date on their safety precautions is another matter.

Just a thought about the new map depicting the plume of the chemical tank in Garden Grove explodes, what about wind shifts over the next 24 hours while we have a burning facility?

Man, Watch Duty is a heck of an app for keeping you up to date on bad things happening. Kudos to the devs

THE GUNS OF NAVARONE (1961) — 10:30 pm ET — 2h 37m (Star of the Month: Gregory Peck | Memorial Day Marathon) Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker; directed by J. Lee Thompson A team of Allied saboteurs fight their way behind enemy lines to destroy a pair of Nazi guns. #TCM #TCMParty

Disneyland is outside the evacuation zone but it’s not that far!

Well, we’re just outside the evacuation zone for the Garden Grove chemical incident. But not a great way to start a family weekend

The TV repairmen are here and they are useless. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

They skipped one step.

Mamdani: I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the govt & I'm here to help'" I think nine more terrifying words are actually, "I worked all day and can't feed my family"

Strap in folks, it’s time for some social history. In my latest, I ask: what can the culture of German mercenaries in the Thirty Years’ War tell us about the relationship between military service and political power? Naturally, Clausewitz comes into it. open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...

What form of government do we have in America now? Some scholars say it is no longer liberal democracy, but "competitive authoritarianism." NPR's Frank Langfitt explains the term and its origin.

Virginia has more data centers than anywhere in the world, and companies are pushing to build more of them, including around some of the most hallowed ground in the country: the Manassas National Battlefield Park.

MIRAGE (1965) — 8:00 pm ET — 1h 49m (Star of the Month: Gregory Peck) Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau; directed by Edward Dmytryk A straitlaced accountant suffers from amnesia and is soon wanted for murder. #TCM #TCMParty

The decision to painstakingly comb through the SIOP target by target (for the very first time!) during the mid-to-late 1980s to find and eliminate enormous, counterproductive, and expensive redundancies, enabling the unilateral retirement and dismantlement of thousands of nuclear bombs and warheads.

If you think Bluesky sucks, you are not using it correctly. I have curated my feed to be full of DeliciousWeirdos™️ and KingShitposters™️ which means endless nerdiness (complimentary), bangers, and really insightful threads. Sorry you aren't having fun you aren't playing right. Try harder!

Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Billionaire solipsism, dictator solipsism, AI, and the fascist paradigm; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/05/13/v... #Pluralistic 1/

With the expiration of New START, the final major pillar of bilateral arms control has collapsed. We are living without enforceable nuclear constraints for the first time since the 1970s. The May issue of @thebulletin.org is out: "The Very Uncertain Future of Arms Control." 🧵 1/6

Safety First! Just kidding. Coffee first. Safety's like third or fourth.

Hey HB folks, got another thing to put on your radar. ComUNIDAD is an org. that’s taking care of hundreds of families here, and they need some help. Regular size canola oil, toilet paper, shampoo, bar soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, floss, paper towels, deodorant, Zote or Ariel clothing soap

Wonderful analysis by @tcmtv.bsky.social of one of the greatest chase scenes ever filmed

In light of the latest release of “UFO” info from the Pentagon. I grew up reading science fiction and still do. I love the genre of movies they’ve spawn. However, the reality is much more boring and sobering.

Reasons recorded for worker absence on this 3,250 year-old ancient Egyptian attendance register include ‘brewing beer’🍺 ‘stung by a scorpion’ 🦂 and ‘embalming brother’! 🤯 From Deir el-Medina, royal tomb worker’s village 📷 by me #Archaeology

It seems like almost every Friday we get the same headline to pump up the financial markets

After some heavy drinking in a bar, I took a bus home. It may not seem a big deal, but I've never driven a bus before.

Opening up a new can of coffee makes the endorphins go boom

#ComingUpOnTCM DRUNKEN ANGEL (1948) Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Reizaburō Yamamoto Dir.: Akira Kurosawa 7:00 AM PT An alcoholic doctor builds a shaky friendship with a dying gangster. 1h 42m | Crime | TV-PG #TCM #TCMParty

So here is the creepy part. THE YEAST COLLECTED AT XBOX HQ MAKES XBOX LOGO BREAD. I have no idea how this happened. It’s a miracle and so creepy. Ancient aliens and shit. Ok good night. Try some baking. Play some games. I love you, I’ve got your back. 👊💚

Man, the bot accounts are out in force today 🤖

Coming up on #KTLA: Bed Bath & Beyond made a big deal last year about leaving California because the state is bad for business. Guess what? Bed Bath is returning to California (because presumably they need the business)

WHAT'S UP, DOC? (1972) — 6:00 pm ET — 1h 34m Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn; directed by Peter Bogdanovich The accidental mix up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations. #TCM #TCMParty

@tcmparty.bsky.social I forgot there’s a Rodney Bingenheimer cameo

Once the weather gets warmer, I'll be unstoppable. Unless it gets too warm. Then I'll be stoppable again.