April 7th is literally Taco Tuesday.

April 7th is literally Taco Tuesday.

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

Approved.

What a show in Novorossiysk. Certainly not what was expected when Russia launched the full scale war 4 years ago.

Hero Level Stuff. Reach 871 with 823 Souls Onboard.

It’s like these guys don’t read books.

EAGLE CLAW II was the remake nobody asked for.

Rules to live by: 1. Never start a land war in Asia. 2. Never land a C-130 in an Iranian desert.

Wonder if the Landing Strip was called Desert One?

Good. Press.

Killing a Battalion a Day Keeps the Russians at Bay.

Everything Just Got Better.

Everybody Needs an Editor.

How did the US mobilize for WWI? Join @prbeckman.bsky.social and @nathankfinney.com for a deep look at one facet of this fascinating question. thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast

There is a decade of work in these archives, and much of it is timeless (by design). This is why.

I am at the DMV.

If Bruce Springsteen hurts your feelings you prolly have some serious reflection to do.

All of 2026, basically.

America at her best.

We can dream. We should dream. We should reach for things we can’t understand. We should be human and believe we can be more.

of all the ways the state can expend public dollars as capital, Big Science is among the least bad

News of the Day (2023) by Robert W. LaDuke

Japan Correctly Reading the Room: deploys missiles ranging China, ups defense spending as America wanders the desert, again. “It demonstrates Japan’s firm determination and capability to defend itself.” I wonder, who was previously Japan’s security guarantor? apnews.com/article/japa...

One of the most important things an Ally can do for you is to provide candid feedback. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Seems fine. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

The Associational State involves the “delegation of authority that created these…Intermediary Institutions that allowed the creation of public policy prescriptions that balanced between…what the federal and state governments wanted to achieve with individual opportunity and freedom.”

Approved.

If you’re interested in questions of mobilization, civil-military relations, war as an extension of politics—and much more—this is the podcast for you. @prbeckman.bsky.social @nathankfinney.com

Approved.

Everything Just Got Better.

Not OK: US feeding Strategic Resources to the Iranians Lost: 3x F-15s 1x KC-135 1x E-3 Sentry www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/m...

10/10 no notes.

Everything Just Got Better.

Found this outside the embassy one day.

I love seeing my country through the eyes of people who are not from here.

These fellas cleaning the Airforce, disappeared into the clouds and were never seen again 😬

Everything Just Got Better.

A day afield.

@fff182.bsky.social you still local?

When my buddy’s mom died he dug the Amaryllis up out of her yard and mailed them to friends. This one has been living in that pot for 3 years…. First bloom, and I can tell that it is already doubling in the pot, lots of new shoots this year. Pretty rad.

How it started, How it’s going.

Sufficiency builds empires. Chasing excess burns them. Know your edge. Stack wins. Repeat.

www.ft.com/content/4f09... Genuinely hard to overstate how much of a strategic defeat it would be for the United States if the war ends with effective Iranian control of the Strait.

RETURN OF THE HOUTHI

Indeed. A reasonable plan competently executed beats a perfect plan in discussion every time. (Yes, “competent” is doing some work here.)

Every day you spend searching for the perfect solution is a day you don’t spend utilizing the sufficient solution. In most instances, once you are in the range of “good enough,” the differences become negligible.