Jacob Meyer
@jcmeyer119.bsky.social
When not writing about weapons, warfare, or finance, Jacob works as a software developer for a fortune 500 company, and lives in a house outside of Cleveland.
Global trade runs on predictability—shipping lanes, contracts, dispute resolution, currency stability.
Remove the rules and you get economic whiplash: disrupted supply chains, higher insurance costs, tariffs, sanctions, blockades.
Everything costs more.
#geopolitics
Remove the rules and you get economic whiplash: disrupted supply chains, higher insurance costs, tariffs, sanctions, blockades.
Everything costs more.
#geopolitics
February 13, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Global trade runs on predictability—shipping lanes, contracts, dispute resolution, currency stability.
Remove the rules and you get economic whiplash: disrupted supply chains, higher insurance costs, tariffs, sanctions, blockades.
Everything costs more.
#geopolitics
Remove the rules and you get economic whiplash: disrupted supply chains, higher insurance costs, tariffs, sanctions, blockades.
Everything costs more.
#geopolitics
What happens if the rules-based international order collapses?
You don’t get “freedom.” You get a return to the oldest rule in history: might makes right.
Borders shift by force. Smaller nations get coerced. Agreements mean nothing without power behind them.
#geopolitics
You don’t get “freedom.” You get a return to the oldest rule in history: might makes right.
Borders shift by force. Smaller nations get coerced. Agreements mean nothing without power behind them.
#geopolitics
February 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
What happens if the rules-based international order collapses?
You don’t get “freedom.” You get a return to the oldest rule in history: might makes right.
Borders shift by force. Smaller nations get coerced. Agreements mean nothing without power behind them.
#geopolitics
You don’t get “freedom.” You get a return to the oldest rule in history: might makes right.
Borders shift by force. Smaller nations get coerced. Agreements mean nothing without power behind them.
#geopolitics
Uh-oh! There may be a problem in this cemetery...Ghouls! #dnd #dungeonsanddragons
February 13, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Uh-oh! There may be a problem in this cemetery...Ghouls! #dnd #dungeonsanddragons
Here is another classic #dungeonanddragons #dnd monster, the Manticore.
February 9, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Here is another classic #dungeonanddragons #dnd monster, the Manticore.
While more Genies were added later, the Efreet was the classic nasty Genie, opposite the more benevolent Djinn.
February 6, 2026 at 4:46 AM
While more Genies were added later, the Efreet was the classic nasty Genie, opposite the more benevolent Djinn.
Something very classic, and (mostly) natural, giant spiders don't get enough use these days, but have been a dungeon staple since the days of White Box.
February 5, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Something very classic, and (mostly) natural, giant spiders don't get enough use these days, but have been a dungeon staple since the days of White Box.
How does this look for a #dungeonsanddragons #dnd cockatrice?
February 3, 2026 at 3:56 AM
How does this look for a #dungeonsanddragons #dnd cockatrice?
January 31, 2026 at 7:15 AM
...and there are also rats in the sewers, and things worse than rats... #dungeonsanddragons #dnd
January 30, 2026 at 5:41 AM
...and there are also rats in the sewers, and things worse than rats... #dungeonsanddragons #dnd
There are wolves in the mountains...and things worse than wolves... #dungeonsanddragons #dnd
January 28, 2026 at 9:32 PM
There are wolves in the mountains...and things worse than wolves... #dungeonsanddragons #dnd
Here is a new Ogre, eating a questionable feast. #dungeonsanddragons #dnd
January 28, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Here is a new Ogre, eating a questionable feast. #dungeonsanddragons #dnd
Here's a couple Wights I did for #dungeonsanddragons #dnd too. Kind of the AD&D 1E wight made realistic, with a version more like Tolkien's Barrow Wights.
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Here's a couple Wights I did for #dungeonsanddragons #dnd too. Kind of the AD&D 1E wight made realistic, with a version more like Tolkien's Barrow Wights.
a couple of Wraiths for #dungeonsanddragons #dnd
January 27, 2026 at 8:00 PM
a couple of Wraiths for #dungeonsanddragons #dnd
I've been exploring using AI top create realistic images of classic #dungeonsanddragons monsters. Here are a couple takes on classic orcs.
January 27, 2026 at 5:37 AM
I've been exploring using AI top create realistic images of classic #dungeonsanddragons monsters. Here are a couple takes on classic orcs.
Hadn't thought much about the SAVE Act until I looked into it today...and I did not like what I found.
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Here’s what’s wrong with the SAVE Act
Turning voter registration into a Kafkaesque bureaucratic experience.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Hadn't thought much about the SAVE Act until I looked into it today...and I did not like what I found.
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An early precursor machine gun, it got the rate of fire up by having lots of barrels. An experimental, 1 barrel, variant would have been the first light machine gun had it been adopted.
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Nordenfelt Gun
A manually operated, rapid-firing gun with multiple barrels that fired in succession. Invented in the late 19th century, it was used by various navies for anti-torpedo boat defense and could fire rifl...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:43 AM
An early precursor machine gun, it got the rate of fire up by having lots of barrels. An experimental, 1 barrel, variant would have been the first light machine gun had it been adopted.
www.commanderstech.net/index.php?WE...
www.commanderstech.net/index.php?WE...
I've been playing with AI to create photo-quality images of Dungeons & Dragons monsters. Here are an ogre, a troll, and a gnoll.
December 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I've been playing with AI to create photo-quality images of Dungeons & Dragons monsters. Here are an ogre, a troll, and a gnoll.
Crime Isn’t About Race. It’s About Poverty—and Death.
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Crime Isn’t About Race. It’s About Poverty—and Death.
America loves to argue about crime, but it almost always does so dishonestly.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Crime Isn’t About Race. It’s About Poverty—and Death.
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How do we know the Egyptians didn't employ undead labor to build the pyramids? Armies of skeletons work well in the desert, don't need water, and would explain the erased pharaohs from the king lists. Ancient necromancy to explain ancient mysteries?
December 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
How do we know the Egyptians didn't employ undead labor to build the pyramids? Armies of skeletons work well in the desert, don't need water, and would explain the erased pharaohs from the king lists. Ancient necromancy to explain ancient mysteries?
What was the best version of Orcs in any game or book series?
And why was it the Pig Orcs of Original Dungeons & Dragons?
And why was it the Pig Orcs of Original Dungeons & Dragons?
December 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
What was the best version of Orcs in any game or book series?
And why was it the Pig Orcs of Original Dungeons & Dragons?
And why was it the Pig Orcs of Original Dungeons & Dragons?
Join the Commander’s Tech community and test your WW2 weapons knowledge! ⚙️
Start with the Easy Quiz, earn awards, and take on the Hard Quiz when you're ready. Registered users get medals—and soon, quiz performance will earn store discounts on shirts and more!
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Start with the Easy Quiz, earn awards, and take on the Hard Quiz when you're ready. Registered users get medals—and soon, quiz performance will earn store discounts on shirts and more!
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December 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Join the Commander’s Tech community and test your WW2 weapons knowledge! ⚙️
Start with the Easy Quiz, earn awards, and take on the Hard Quiz when you're ready. Registered users get medals—and soon, quiz performance will earn store discounts on shirts and more!
www.commanderstech.net/index.php?QU...
Start with the Easy Quiz, earn awards, and take on the Hard Quiz when you're ready. Registered users get medals—and soon, quiz performance will earn store discounts on shirts and more!
www.commanderstech.net/index.php?QU...
Ready to prove your weapons knowledge? Take the WWII Easy Quiz at Commander’s Tech and earn medals for your profile! 🏅
Ace it and then try the Hard Quiz. More eras—WWI, Cold War, and more—are on the way. Future store perks for top community members!
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Ace it and then try the Hard Quiz. More eras—WWI, Cold War, and more—are on the way. Future store perks for top community members!
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December 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Ready to prove your weapons knowledge? Take the WWII Easy Quiz at Commander’s Tech and earn medals for your profile! 🏅
Ace it and then try the Hard Quiz. More eras—WWI, Cold War, and more—are on the way. Future store perks for top community members!
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Ace it and then try the Hard Quiz. More eras—WWI, Cold War, and more—are on the way. Future store perks for top community members!
www.commanderstech.net/index.php?QU...
Ready to prove your weapons knowledge? Take the WWII Easy Quiz at Commander’s Tech and earn medals for your profile! 🏅
Ace it and then try the Hard Quiz. More eras—WWI, Cold War, and more—are on the way. Future store perks for top community members!
commanderstech.net
Ace it and then try the Hard Quiz. More eras—WWI, Cold War, and more—are on the way. Future store perks for top community members!
commanderstech.net
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Ready to prove your weapons knowledge? Take the WWII Easy Quiz at Commander’s Tech and earn medals for your profile! 🏅
Ace it and then try the Hard Quiz. More eras—WWI, Cold War, and more—are on the way. Future store perks for top community members!
commanderstech.net
Ace it and then try the Hard Quiz. More eras—WWI, Cold War, and more—are on the way. Future store perks for top community members!
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