Jill Sargent Russell, PhD
@jsargentr.bsky.social
Military Historian
-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/
-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.
www.patreon.com/posts/first-...
First Day of Work: Картопля! | The Adventurous Historian
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Infantry Dort's mind cannot comprehend this level of soldiering.
To hell with Sparta, give me kittens, music, dancing, good food, a loving people...
bsky.app/profile/anto...
To hell with Sparta, give me kittens, music, dancing, good food, a loving people...
bsky.app/profile/anto...
"What cat were you provided with in the Armed Forces of Ukraine?"
Ukrainian Defenders share photos with their cats on the front line
📷: hermano.dh_ /fanatic_oleg / sylenko_ju / dr_karpiuk /nemetz_82 /leonia_veremeyenko / markus_panda / shwainokaras /viktortrofymenko / stalnytskanata /edelweiss_ua/
Ukrainian Defenders share photos with their cats on the front line
📷: hermano.dh_ /fanatic_oleg / sylenko_ju / dr_karpiuk /nemetz_82 /leonia_veremeyenko / markus_panda / shwainokaras /viktortrofymenko / stalnytskanata /edelweiss_ua/
February 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Infantry Dort's mind cannot comprehend this level of soldiering.
To hell with Sparta, give me kittens, music, dancing, good food, a loving people...
bsky.app/profile/anto...
To hell with Sparta, give me kittens, music, dancing, good food, a loving people...
bsky.app/profile/anto...
@strategywoman.bsky.social
To Victory, who is both a cat and a future fact. ❤️
bsky.app/profile/anto...
To Victory, who is both a cat and a future fact. ❤️
bsky.app/profile/anto...
"What cat were you provided with in the Armed Forces of Ukraine?"
Ukrainian Defenders share photos with their cats on the front line
📷: hermano.dh_ /fanatic_oleg / sylenko_ju / dr_karpiuk /nemetz_82 /leonia_veremeyenko / markus_panda / shwainokaras /viktortrofymenko / stalnytskanata /edelweiss_ua/
Ukrainian Defenders share photos with their cats on the front line
📷: hermano.dh_ /fanatic_oleg / sylenko_ju / dr_karpiuk /nemetz_82 /leonia_veremeyenko / markus_panda / shwainokaras /viktortrofymenko / stalnytskanata /edelweiss_ua/
February 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
@strategywoman.bsky.social
To Victory, who is both a cat and a future fact. ❤️
bsky.app/profile/anto...
To Victory, who is both a cat and a future fact. ❤️
bsky.app/profile/anto...
"What cat were you provided with in the Armed Forces of Ukraine?"
Ukrainian Defenders share photos with their cats on the front line
📷: hermano.dh_ /fanatic_oleg / sylenko_ju / dr_karpiuk /nemetz_82 /leonia_veremeyenko / markus_panda / shwainokaras /viktortrofymenko / stalnytskanata /edelweiss_ua/
Ukrainian Defenders share photos with their cats on the front line
📷: hermano.dh_ /fanatic_oleg / sylenko_ju / dr_karpiuk /nemetz_82 /leonia_veremeyenko / markus_panda / shwainokaras /viktortrofymenko / stalnytskanata /edelweiss_ua/
February 16, 2026 at 4:40 PM
It's just levels of dumb...
February 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM
It's just levels of dumb...
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Ghana will submit a resolution to the United Nations General Assembly in March to designate the African slave trade as "the most serious crime against humanity," Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama announced on Sunday during the African Union Summit in Ethiopia.
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
Ghana seeks formal UN acknowledgement of African slave trade injustice
Ghana will submit a resolution to the United Nations General Assembly in March to designate the African slave trade as "the most serious crime against humanity," Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama...
www.rfi.fr
February 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Ghana will submit a resolution to the United Nations General Assembly in March to designate the African slave trade as "the most serious crime against humanity," Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama announced on Sunday during the African Union Summit in Ethiopia.
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
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The ‘bel’ in ‘decibel’ is for Alexander Graham Bell.
Since the ‘B’ in 'dB' is a name-derived unit, it is capitalized when abbreviated.
Since the ‘B’ in 'dB' is a name-derived unit, it is capitalized when abbreviated.
February 16, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The ‘bel’ in ‘decibel’ is for Alexander Graham Bell.
Since the ‘B’ in 'dB' is a name-derived unit, it is capitalized when abbreviated.
Since the ‘B’ in 'dB' is a name-derived unit, it is capitalized when abbreviated.
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"The authorities are deliberately sabotaging the SMO!" - Russian patriots have concluded that the country is being run by "traitors and spies."
February 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM
"The authorities are deliberately sabotaging the SMO!" - Russian patriots have concluded that the country is being run by "traitors and spies."
Better or worse than when they killed children with M&Ms? 😬 🤣
NEW: VA benefits reduced to 9mm and bottle of bourbon www.duffelblog.com/va-benefits-...
VA benefits reduced to 9mm and bottle of bourbon
Secretary says package ‘covers most needs’ and ‘cuts out a lot of paperwork’
www.duffelblog.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Better or worse than when they killed children with M&Ms? 😬 🤣
I would start with air lift (key capacity loss of no US), and bring in Ukraine.
Zero confusion about what Europeans should do.
Acquire capabilities necessary for defense of Europe. Smartly reduce vulnerabilities to coercion & blackmail by China & US. Invest in revival of European industry & technology. Work together where interests are aligned.
It‘s quite simple.
Acquire capabilities necessary for defense of Europe. Smartly reduce vulnerabilities to coercion & blackmail by China & US. Invest in revival of European industry & technology. Work together where interests are aligned.
It‘s quite simple.
February 16, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I would start with air lift (key capacity loss of no US), and bring in Ukraine.
I thought that sentence was going somewhere darker.
Still waiting for Senate to hang the Jan 6 plaque
February 16, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I thought that sentence was going somewhere darker.
🌊 First flood storage event of 2026.
Rising Twin Creek levels have activated Germantown Dam. The dam is now storing water to reduce downstream flooding and protect southwest Ohio.
This is the Miami Conservancy District system working exactly as designed. 💧
#FloodProtection #MiamiValley
Rising Twin Creek levels have activated Germantown Dam. The dam is now storing water to reduce downstream flooding and protect southwest Ohio.
This is the Miami Conservancy District system working exactly as designed. 💧
#FloodProtection #MiamiValley
February 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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🌊 First flood storage event of 2026.
Rising Twin Creek levels have activated Germantown Dam. The dam is now storing water to reduce downstream flooding and protect southwest Ohio.
This is the Miami Conservancy District system working exactly as designed. 💧
#FloodProtection #MiamiValley
Rising Twin Creek levels have activated Germantown Dam. The dam is now storing water to reduce downstream flooding and protect southwest Ohio.
This is the Miami Conservancy District system working exactly as designed. 💧
#FloodProtection #MiamiValley
February 16, 2026 at 2:26 AM
🌊 First flood storage event of 2026.
Rising Twin Creek levels have activated Germantown Dam. The dam is now storing water to reduce downstream flooding and protect southwest Ohio.
This is the Miami Conservancy District system working exactly as designed. 💧
#FloodProtection #MiamiValley
Rising Twin Creek levels have activated Germantown Dam. The dam is now storing water to reduce downstream flooding and protect southwest Ohio.
This is the Miami Conservancy District system working exactly as designed. 💧
#FloodProtection #MiamiValley
Relatedly, stop navel-gazing at a novelty candidate in a race where you can't vote. No single Representative is going to change the world, but more Representatives everywhere will.
This here. If you like a candidate, do something for them. Not posting. Actual campaign work. If you don't do that, then don't complain if the candidate you don't like gets nominated. That's how this thing works. The people who participate win.
There were approximately 7,000 candidates for the Democratic nomination in 2020.
There is absolutely no reason to think it won’t be the same in 2028.
No one is being shoved down anyone’s throat.
Find a candidate you like, and do something useful to support them. Or shut the fuck up.
There is absolutely no reason to think it won’t be the same in 2028.
No one is being shoved down anyone’s throat.
Find a candidate you like, and do something useful to support them. Or shut the fuck up.
February 16, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Relatedly, stop navel-gazing at a novelty candidate in a race where you can't vote. No single Representative is going to change the world, but more Representatives everywhere will.
Being proud of this heritage is weird to me, because so many sectors do force perfection and penalize errors. Why have we allowed the software sector to exist in such a state of low standards?
We would all probably be much better off if software did slow down to the speed of human excellence.
We would all probably be much better off if software did slow down to the speed of human excellence.
February 16, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Being proud of this heritage is weird to me, because so many sectors do force perfection and penalize errors. Why have we allowed the software sector to exist in such a state of low standards?
We would all probably be much better off if software did slow down to the speed of human excellence.
We would all probably be much better off if software did slow down to the speed of human excellence.
At some point people are going to learn the difference between SM and relevant local popularity, right?
February 16, 2026 at 1:11 PM
At some point people are going to learn the difference between SM and relevant local popularity, right?
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I'm going to promote the heck out of this:
The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation.
More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation.
More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
Economic Response Fund Grant Guidelines
Small businesses in Minnesota that have experienced operational disruptions in recent weeks may now apply for emergency financial support through the Economic Response Fund.
www.minneapolisfoundation.org
February 15, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I'm going to promote the heck out of this:
The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation.
More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
The Minneapolis Foundation has $4 million in grants available to small businesses for everything from rent and payroll costs to legal help and temporary relocation.
More details and the application here: www.minneapolisfoundation.org/stories/comm...
Reposted by Jill Sargent Russell, PhD
Aura
February 16, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Aura
If you're going to speak plainly, you need to include the ENTIRE ANTI-WOMAN AGENDA.
Erasing the erasure is too meta. You need to start putting in the work to see what they intend for us as well.
Erasing the erasure is too meta. You need to start putting in the work to see what they intend for us as well.
We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
February 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM
If you're going to speak plainly, you need to include the ENTIRE ANTI-WOMAN AGENDA.
Erasing the erasure is too meta. You need to start putting in the work to see what they intend for us as well.
Erasing the erasure is too meta. You need to start putting in the work to see what they intend for us as well.
Reposted by Jill Sargent Russell, PhD
Even better: The Continuous Sidewalk.
Instead of forcing people to step down into the street, we make the cars step up into the pedestrian space. It prioritizes the person walking or rolling, keeps the path level for accessibility, and physically forces drivers to slow down.
Instead of forcing people to step down into the street, we make the cars step up into the pedestrian space. It prioritizes the person walking or rolling, keeps the path level for accessibility, and physically forces drivers to slow down.
February 16, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Even better: The Continuous Sidewalk.
Instead of forcing people to step down into the street, we make the cars step up into the pedestrian space. It prioritizes the person walking or rolling, keeps the path level for accessibility, and physically forces drivers to slow down.
Instead of forcing people to step down into the street, we make the cars step up into the pedestrian space. It prioritizes the person walking or rolling, keeps the path level for accessibility, and physically forces drivers to slow down.
Also, the GOP has a fat McDonalds maw as President.
February 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Also, the GOP has a fat McDonalds maw as President.
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This is so obviously true that I tire of every argument organized around classism in US society. If the “economic arguments” were legitimate, they’d apply more powerfully to Black people than anyone else. And yet…
It's strange how W.E.B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction gets read by some as a Marxist book. It informed his thinking and teaching but Du Bois said that sociologically, Marxism didn't apply to the United States as much as it would to other countries because of how racism resulted in two proletariats.
February 16, 2026 at 3:54 AM
This is so obviously true that I tire of every argument organized around classism in US society. If the “economic arguments” were legitimate, they’d apply more powerfully to Black people than anyone else. And yet…
Reposted by Jill Sargent Russell, PhD
Fanon and Sartre during their famous meeting in Rome
[photo by Simone de Beauvoir]
[photo by Simone de Beauvoir]
February 15, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Fanon and Sartre during their famous meeting in Rome
[photo by Simone de Beauvoir]
[photo by Simone de Beauvoir]
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"I'm too old for this imperial shit" - Black Skin, White Masks
February 15, 2026 at 1:45 AM
"I'm too old for this imperial shit" - Black Skin, White Masks
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Tom Homan defended immigration agents' masks today.
Of course a Trump administration official would say that.
Tonight at Law Dork, I wrote about why they think that, how it is echoed in everything else they do, and why it cannot continue. www.lawdork.com/p/tom-homan-...
Of course a Trump administration official would say that.
Tonight at Law Dork, I wrote about why they think that, how it is echoed in everything else they do, and why it cannot continue. www.lawdork.com/p/tom-homan-...
February 16, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Tom Homan defended immigration agents' masks today.
Of course a Trump administration official would say that.
Tonight at Law Dork, I wrote about why they think that, how it is echoed in everything else they do, and why it cannot continue. www.lawdork.com/p/tom-homan-...
Of course a Trump administration official would say that.
Tonight at Law Dork, I wrote about why they think that, how it is echoed in everything else they do, and why it cannot continue. www.lawdork.com/p/tom-homan-...