Jill Sargent Russell, PhD
@jsargentr.bsky.social
Military Historian
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-Urban Warfare
-LOGPOWER
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At the Junction: https://jsargentr.substack.com/
-NatSec & Strategy
-Logistics
-Geopol Risk
-Urban Warfare
-LOGPOWER
-Rapid Analysis
Ukraine Adventure: https://www.patreon.com/TheAdventurousHistorian?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
At the Junction: https://jsargentr.substack.com/
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The post for my first day of work in the kitchens in Zaporizhzhia is up and it is free to read.
"Картопля!"
Come for the potato gatling gun, stay for the agony and the aglio.
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"Картопля!"
Come for the potato gatling gun, stay for the agony and the aglio.
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First Day of Work: Картопля! | The Adventurous Historian
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😓 The number of injuried in Zaporizhzhia as a result of the Russian strike has increased to 7.
As a result of the shelling, 6 people were injured - two women aged 35 and 40, two men aged 26 and 40, as well as children: girls aged one and a half and 11. 48-year-old woman died.
As a result of the shelling, 6 people were injured - two women aged 35 and 40, two men aged 26 and 40, as well as children: girls aged one and a half and 11. 48-year-old woman died.
February 17, 2026 at 10:12 PM
😓 The number of injuried in Zaporizhzhia as a result of the Russian strike has increased to 7.
As a result of the shelling, 6 people were injured - two women aged 35 and 40, two men aged 26 and 40, as well as children: girls aged one and a half and 11. 48-year-old woman died.
As a result of the shelling, 6 people were injured - two women aged 35 and 40, two men aged 26 and 40, as well as children: girls aged one and a half and 11. 48-year-old woman died.
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European tourists are “voting with their wallets” and cancelling their holidays to the US, the head of America’s tourist industry has warned after visitor numbers slumped in the wake of President Trump’s return to the White House.
Europeans ‘cancelling holidays because of Trump’
The head of the US tourist board blames the president as the number of international arrivals falls
www.thetimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:21 PM
European tourists are “voting with their wallets” and cancelling their holidays to the US, the head of America’s tourist industry has warned after visitor numbers slumped in the wake of President Trump’s return to the White House.
Well, that's me not a fan of Stephen Fucking Colbert.
Why is Stephen Colbert meddling in the Texas senate race?
February 17, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Well, that's me not a fan of Stephen Fucking Colbert.
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It’s close to midnight in Ukraine and Russian drones in direction of Kyiv region are detected . Tuesday
February 17, 2026 at 9:41 PM
It’s close to midnight in Ukraine and Russian drones in direction of Kyiv region are detected . Tuesday
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🇺🇦👀 "Zelensky advised Witkoff and Kushner not to try to force him to promote a worldview that his own people would perceive as a 'failure'," — Axios
February 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
🇺🇦👀 "Zelensky advised Witkoff and Kushner not to try to force him to promote a worldview that his own people would perceive as a 'failure'," — Axios
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Cities can’t keep paving over nature and expect resilience to follow. The sponge city approach offers an integrated solution — blending ecology, technology, and urban governance to reduce both flood and heat risks while improving quality of life.
www.linkedin.com/posts/undrr_...
www.linkedin.com/posts/undrr_...
Sponge Cities Absorb Risk and Restore Balance | United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) posted on the topic | LinkedIn
🧽 Sponge cities absorb risk and restore balance.🏙️
Cities can’t keep paving over nature and expect resilience to follow. The sponge city approach offers an integrated solution — blending ecology, tec...
www.linkedin.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Cities can’t keep paving over nature and expect resilience to follow. The sponge city approach offers an integrated solution — blending ecology, technology, and urban governance to reduce both flood and heat risks while improving quality of life.
www.linkedin.com/posts/undrr_...
www.linkedin.com/posts/undrr_...
Objectively hilarious that the AI sector is self-sabotaging this hard.
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Objectively hilarious that the AI sector is self-sabotaging this hard.
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February 17, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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Happy Black History Month
February 17, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Happy Black History Month
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Air Force: Most cruise missiles and drones overnight downed by Ukrainian pilots flying Western aircraft #Ukraine
Air Force: Most cruise missiles and drones overnight downed by Ukrainian pilots flying Western aircraft
interfax.com.ua
February 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Air Force: Most cruise missiles and drones overnight downed by Ukrainian pilots flying Western aircraft #Ukraine
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Happy Lunar New Year! It is the year of the fire horse and so Gilbert Adrian’s 1945 Roan Stallion dress seems appropriately flame like as it rampages across the surface of black silk @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
February 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Happy Lunar New Year! It is the year of the fire horse and so Gilbert Adrian’s 1945 Roan Stallion dress seems appropriately flame like as it rampages across the surface of black silk @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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The Pokrovsk front currently faces the fiercest fighting, with Russia ramping up its offensive in late 2025 to finally capture the city.
'If you stop, you die' — Inside Ukraine's last fight for Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad
DONETSK OBLAST — Walking through the mine-infested field under intense Russian drone surveillance was the scariest part of the mission for 22-year-old infantryman Mykola.
"If you stop, you die," said...
kyivindependent.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:04 PM
The Pokrovsk front currently faces the fiercest fighting, with Russia ramping up its offensive in late 2025 to finally capture the city.
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old man screaming get off my lawn here but I don't these or Meta's creepy ones or SNAP's gaining broad acceptance
*APPLE RAMPS UP WORK ON AI GLASSES, PENDANT AND CAMERA AIRPODS
*APPLE RAMPS UP WORK ON AI GLASSES, PENDANT AND CAMERA AIRPODS
February 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
old man screaming get off my lawn here but I don't these or Meta's creepy ones or SNAP's gaining broad acceptance
*APPLE RAMPS UP WORK ON AI GLASSES, PENDANT AND CAMERA AIRPODS
*APPLE RAMPS UP WORK ON AI GLASSES, PENDANT AND CAMERA AIRPODS
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I am once again asking, how does one transfer billions of dollars away from Tulip Mania and back into programs where the $ could be used to vastly expand housing, clean energy, education, public health etc.
How does one do that maneuver? Asking for a republic.
How does one do that maneuver? Asking for a republic.
February 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I am once again asking, how does one transfer billions of dollars away from Tulip Mania and back into programs where the $ could be used to vastly expand housing, clean energy, education, public health etc.
How does one do that maneuver? Asking for a republic.
How does one do that maneuver? Asking for a republic.
How much extra did they pay the McDonalds to construct a perfect Big Mac for this photograph?
Casually scrolling Instagram, and a perfect example of "dangers of social media harm adults too"
February 17, 2026 at 9:05 PM
How much extra did they pay the McDonalds to construct a perfect Big Mac for this photograph?
Endorse the below. The interview is an interesting read, curious points about the lockstep dynamics in the caucus, and a very neat analysis towards the end of DC vs District politics using the Epstein legislation as the lens.
Massie’s politics are moronic, the block headed nitwitery of extreme hardcore libertarianism. But he’s mostly consistent. He & his HS sweetheart at a tiny school in Appalachia both got in to MIT, married, invented a bunch of stuff, & made money. He lives off the grid. He’s just wired differently.
“If reputations mattered more in the United States, Howard Lutnick would already have resigned.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
February 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Endorse the below. The interview is an interesting read, curious points about the lockstep dynamics in the caucus, and a very neat analysis towards the end of DC vs District politics using the Epstein legislation as the lens.
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"By targeting infrastructure projects that impact some of the most competitive House contests on the map, he could help ensure Democrats take control of the chamber and functionally make him a lame duck for the last two years of his presidency."
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
How Trump's war on Democratic states could backfire
President Donald Trump wants to hurt Democratic-controlled states by withholding infrastructure funds, but ironically, his moves could sink Republicans in key races in this year’s midterm elections.
www.dailykos.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
"By targeting infrastructure projects that impact some of the most competitive House contests on the map, he could help ensure Democrats take control of the chamber and functionally make him a lame duck for the last two years of his presidency."
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Fellow econ instructors: I'm giving a brief webinar tomorrow (Feb 18), "AI Won’t Replace Econ Professors—But It Will Change How We Teach."
Short version: I'm trying to stay on top AI-meets-teaching stuff, so you don't have to. #TeachEcon
Sign up here: macmillanlearning.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Short version: I'm trying to stay on top AI-meets-teaching stuff, so you don't have to. #TeachEcon
Sign up here: macmillanlearning.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: AI Won’t Replace Econ Professors—But It Will Change How We Teach. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
AI is already reshaping how students learn economics—but not in the ways many of us first feared. In this Coffee with Colleagues session, Justin Wolfers joins fellow educators for a candid, practical ...
macmillanlearning.zoom.us
February 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Fellow econ instructors: I'm giving a brief webinar tomorrow (Feb 18), "AI Won’t Replace Econ Professors—But It Will Change How We Teach."
Short version: I'm trying to stay on top AI-meets-teaching stuff, so you don't have to. #TeachEcon
Sign up here: macmillanlearning.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Short version: I'm trying to stay on top AI-meets-teaching stuff, so you don't have to. #TeachEcon
Sign up here: macmillanlearning.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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COOK POLITICAL:
Klobuchar “quickly unified her party behind a gubernatorial campaign that leaves Republicans without a viable path to victory. .. this race shifts from Likely Democrat to Solid Democrat.”
@cookpolitical.com @amyklobuchar.com #MNgov
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/gov...
Klobuchar “quickly unified her party behind a gubernatorial campaign that leaves Republicans without a viable path to victory. .. this race shifts from Likely Democrat to Solid Democrat.”
@cookpolitical.com @amyklobuchar.com #MNgov
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/gov...
February 17, 2026 at 6:53 PM
COOK POLITICAL:
Klobuchar “quickly unified her party behind a gubernatorial campaign that leaves Republicans without a viable path to victory. .. this race shifts from Likely Democrat to Solid Democrat.”
@cookpolitical.com @amyklobuchar.com #MNgov
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/gov...
Klobuchar “quickly unified her party behind a gubernatorial campaign that leaves Republicans without a viable path to victory. .. this race shifts from Likely Democrat to Solid Democrat.”
@cookpolitical.com @amyklobuchar.com #MNgov
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/gov...
The Raviolo's origins remain a mystery...
In honor of Lunar New Year, one of my all-time favorite maps:
How dumplings spread around the world
(tl;dr: It was largely, though not exclusively, the Mongol invasions!)
How dumplings spread around the world
(tl;dr: It was largely, though not exclusively, the Mongol invasions!)
February 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM
The Raviolo's origins remain a mystery...
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The path to win back the Senate and stop Donald Trump goes through Maine.
I've spent my career standing up to bullies like Donald Trump and fighting for Maine people, for our state, and for our democracy — I’m ready to get to work on day one.
I've spent my career standing up to bullies like Donald Trump and fighting for Maine people, for our state, and for our democracy — I’m ready to get to work on day one.
February 17, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The path to win back the Senate and stop Donald Trump goes through Maine.
I've spent my career standing up to bullies like Donald Trump and fighting for Maine people, for our state, and for our democracy — I’m ready to get to work on day one.
I've spent my career standing up to bullies like Donald Trump and fighting for Maine people, for our state, and for our democracy — I’m ready to get to work on day one.
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finally, though Sting's sunglasses make exact eyeline difficult to trace, attempts to recreate his pose in the lab left reaserchers relatively confident in the assumption that Sting was looking at one of the 4 cartoons on page 50 when photographed. Which one do you think he's smiling at?
February 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
finally, though Sting's sunglasses make exact eyeline difficult to trace, attempts to recreate his pose in the lab left reaserchers relatively confident in the assumption that Sting was looking at one of the 4 cartoons on page 50 when photographed. Which one do you think he's smiling at?
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Check out what I said about our new report "Selling Safety"
We show "how the police-tech sausage gets made" through police giving marketing demos to other departments, freebies and boozy parties at conventions, companies writing press releases for departments, etc.
www.eff.org/document/sel...
We show "how the police-tech sausage gets made" through police giving marketing demos to other departments, freebies and boozy parties at conventions, companies writing press releases for departments, etc.
www.eff.org/document/sel...
February 17, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Check out what I said about our new report "Selling Safety"
We show "how the police-tech sausage gets made" through police giving marketing demos to other departments, freebies and boozy parties at conventions, companies writing press releases for departments, etc.
www.eff.org/document/sel...
We show "how the police-tech sausage gets made" through police giving marketing demos to other departments, freebies and boozy parties at conventions, companies writing press releases for departments, etc.
www.eff.org/document/sel...
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"By the end of the year,we’re going to be completely f*cked -we’ll crash hard."
Russian "Z-blogger"Golman said Russians are unwilling to help participants in the so-called "special military operation,"businesses are shutting down,volunteers can’t even raise money for socks&underwear for soldiers
Russian "Z-blogger"Golman said Russians are unwilling to help participants in the so-called "special military operation,"businesses are shutting down,volunteers can’t even raise money for socks&underwear for soldiers
February 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
"By the end of the year,we’re going to be completely f*cked -we’ll crash hard."
Russian "Z-blogger"Golman said Russians are unwilling to help participants in the so-called "special military operation,"businesses are shutting down,volunteers can’t even raise money for socks&underwear for soldiers
Russian "Z-blogger"Golman said Russians are unwilling to help participants in the so-called "special military operation,"businesses are shutting down,volunteers can’t even raise money for socks&underwear for soldiers
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One of the reasons why authoritarian regimes change voting systems to ensure victory rather than trying to intimidate voters on a retail level is that it takes far too much manpower. Parties are banned or candidates are systematically imprisoned and removed from the ballots.
One of my biggest fears about the midterms is that ICE could flood the polls with agents who perform Kavanaugh Stops on every non-white person before they get a chance to cast a ballot, then detain them until voting is over. Which is not far-fetched at this point. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-po...
February 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
One of the reasons why authoritarian regimes change voting systems to ensure victory rather than trying to intimidate voters on a retail level is that it takes far too much manpower. Parties are banned or candidates are systematically imprisoned and removed from the ballots.