A lot of folks are comparing the shooting yesterday to the Boston Massacre. During the Boston Massacre, the 300+ protestors were throwing ice and chanting "fire" (ie, "shoot us") at the 9 British soldiers. Captain Thomas Preston, was trying to deescalate the situation without firing. 1/3

From my former student: “‘We must suppress leftwing protestors, make a non aggression pact with the Russians and make war with Denmark for territory’ Bruh America is just Bismarck’s Prussia at this point”

You literally can't make this stuff up.

"Young man, what we meant in fighting the British was this. We had always been free and we meant to be free always."-Captain Levi Preston on the Battle of Concord. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

We are deep, deep trouble as a nation. I don't know what the answer to that trouble is. But I know it isn't continuing like this.

Man are we on a Hubris-Nemesis trajectory or what

The Donroe Document to the Monroe Doctrine, ladies and gentlemen

This is the content that keeps me coming back here

So like…now what? Is there a plan here exactly for what happens when you decapitate a government overnight? Or is this just the “Jesus take the wheel” school of military planning?

Love him or hate him he is clearly a keen student of the Third Century Crisis

I get that no one asked me, but: I don't think drone operators or missile strikes should kill men who show they want to give up, who are already badly injured and no threat, or who are shipwrecked. This isn't a 1 event issue, it's everywhere in war over the past 3-4 years.

Tonight on Ken Burns's American Revolution, Rick Atkinson is going is going to tell you: "Muskets are mostly inaccurate beyond 80 yards...so a lot of the killing is done with the bayonet... this is really eyeball to eyeball." The trouble is, this just isn't true. 🧵1/16

If you have a lazy Friday afternoon, I'll be streaming on youtube at 12:30pm EST, let me know your questions on eighteenth-century warfare. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS31...

I'll be live here about 2pm EST, bring your questions about Frederick the Great and the Prussian Army.

Trick or Treater turnout was much lower than expected. If you have questions on eighteenth-century warfare, I'm back at it this evening. Come as you are, AMA.

If you have questions about the Seven Years War, or eighteenth-century military history generally, stop by the stream. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjdV...

With Halloween upon us, did you know: Vampires turn 300 this year? This year, 2025, marks the 300th anniversary of vampires haunting public imagination in Europe. Read on for the origins of Orloc, Dracula, and of course, Nandor. 1/25

Master of Command releases today. You should go buy it on Steam.

Seeing your scholarship in a peer-reviewed journal: Broke Seeing your scholarship on a podcast: Woke Seeing your scholarship on a videogame loading screen: Bespoke

Sir a second Nazi Group chat has hit Politico

18th century officers when the enlisted men don't march into close range with shouldered muskets and attack with bayonets, but instead: Fire without orders at long range Take cover Run out of the line of fire

Hold up Have I heard this story before but with phrases like “ship money” and “long parliament”? Calm down it’s a joke

President Trump: "we have found the answer to autism, we won't let it happen anymore" Me, back to the wall, gripping my rifle, sitting on a throne of historical uniform books next to my pile of accurately painted historical miniature soldiers: "ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ"

My latest in War on the Rocks.

“Indeed, a spectacular and unexpected victory can build up expectations in a way that makes the usual reality of attritional warfare seem almost like a defeat.” Excellent insights from @kabinettskriege.bsky.social

I am but a poor shadow of Christopher Duffy's wit

Thanks, Ike!

It’s never been more INDOPACover

@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social- thinking of you during this difficult time

ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.

A belated birthday present arrived this morning, based on an @kabinettskriege.bsky.social recommendation. The library section on the American Revolution is building up nicely… 📚 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 #histbookchat

Just finished editing an epic episode 118 of Battlechat, which I’ll call ‘The Director’s Cut’, because when @kabinettskriege.bsky.social and I made a first attempt earlier in the week, technical gremlins nixed the whole thing! But this one’s a corker, out very soon for patrons first.

Very pleased to be on Battlechat with Henry!

It is crazy how as academics we can form emotional attachments to universities, and this can drive us to enter a villain era. Years back I was rejected for a full-time teaching post by my undergrad institution and literally had a 40k Warmaster Horus "Let the Galaxy Burn" reacc

tf whenever an undergraduate asks: "Well if the job market was so bad, why did you go to grad school in History?"

OH WOW www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...

it me

Academics: are there ethical concerns with this model, or is this the exciting future? "I started researching a new book...I then had OpenAI’s Deep Research [write] a slew of essays of 4,000–10,000 words, all well-sourced. I then asked the AIs to recommend the best source material for each theme...

Delighted to be on with these guys: an enjoyable conversation.

Latest episode of The Citizens to Soldiers Podcast is up! @ethan-w.bsky.social and @bonenberger.bsky.social talk with historian and professor @kabinettskriege.bsky.social about training and mobilization in 18th century militaries. Give it a listen!

Wait are we here

Conflicting Sources: It now appears that the Partisan Alliance is asserting a role in the attack. OSINT analysts assert that Anto Kreegr, long believed killed at Spellhaus, played a major role in the attack.

Breaking News: I am prepared to report that the Ghorman Front has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on X.

I see we're already reaching the "wreckers and saboteurs" phase of this authoritarian economic mismanagement catastrophe.