MTMcGurk
@mtmcgurk.bsky.social
IWI Fellow 2025. Views are my own and do not represent DoD or the Irregular Warfare Initiative.
Dad, Army Recruiter, aspiring historian, poet, #irregularwarfare, #poet. #cats #LetsGoPens 🐧 #library #milsky #zettelkasten
It’s a great day to recruit!
Dad, Army Recruiter, aspiring historian, poet, #irregularwarfare, #poet. #cats #LetsGoPens 🐧 #library #milsky #zettelkasten
It’s a great day to recruit!
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Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1
Shoofly thanksgiving this year
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Shoofly thanksgiving this year
28/2025 Mannerheim: Marshal of Finland 🇫🇮 A life in geopolitics by Henrik Meinander.
Fascinating biography. I like how the author discussed the historiography, myth, memory of Mannerheim.
This leads to a Cold War focused biography of Urho Kekkonen by Gordon F Sandor
@cornellupress.bsky.social
Fascinating biography. I like how the author discussed the historiography, myth, memory of Mannerheim.
This leads to a Cold War focused biography of Urho Kekkonen by Gordon F Sandor
@cornellupress.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
28/2025 Mannerheim: Marshal of Finland 🇫🇮 A life in geopolitics by Henrik Meinander.
Fascinating biography. I like how the author discussed the historiography, myth, memory of Mannerheim.
This leads to a Cold War focused biography of Urho Kekkonen by Gordon F Sandor
@cornellupress.bsky.social
Fascinating biography. I like how the author discussed the historiography, myth, memory of Mannerheim.
This leads to a Cold War focused biography of Urho Kekkonen by Gordon F Sandor
@cornellupress.bsky.social
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#OTD in 1863, 23,000 Union Troops storm Missionary Ridge in one of the all time epic charges in American military history decisively routing Confederate forces and opening the literal and symbolic “Gateway to the South” (1
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#OTD in 1863, 23,000 Union Troops storm Missionary Ridge in one of the all time epic charges in American military history decisively routing Confederate forces and opening the literal and symbolic “Gateway to the South” (1
So @dienekes.bsky.social book “Splintered Empires” led me to Henrik Meinander’s “Mannerheim” biography.
Nearly done with it so I’ll start “THE HUNDRED DAY WINTER WAR” by Gordon F. Sandor over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Nearly done with it so I’ll start “THE HUNDRED DAY WINTER WAR” by Gordon F. Sandor over the Thanksgiving holiday.
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
So @dienekes.bsky.social book “Splintered Empires” led me to Henrik Meinander’s “Mannerheim” biography.
Nearly done with it so I’ll start “THE HUNDRED DAY WINTER WAR” by Gordon F. Sandor over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Nearly done with it so I’ll start “THE HUNDRED DAY WINTER WAR” by Gordon F. Sandor over the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Looking for a distraction from the news? Turn your attention the latest JSMS issue found here www.tandfonline.com/toc/fslv20/3..., volume 38, issue 3, including papers about fascists, and antifascists... we'll let you delve into which is which...
The Journal of Slavic Military Studies
Volume 38, Issue 3 of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies
www.tandfonline.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Looking for a distraction from the news? Turn your attention the latest JSMS issue found here www.tandfonline.com/toc/fslv20/3..., volume 38, issue 3, including papers about fascists, and antifascists... we'll let you delve into which is which...
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When the lockdowns started, I posted a list of substantive works of science fiction/fantasy to help people get through the pandemic while maintaining their sanity. Today, I thought I would make a similar list, only this time, works of military history dealing with World War II.
December 8, 2024 at 5:05 PM
When the lockdowns started, I posted a list of substantive works of science fiction/fantasy to help people get through the pandemic while maintaining their sanity. Today, I thought I would make a similar list, only this time, works of military history dealing with World War II.
#Histbookchat alert 🚨
you know you're getting old when you start getting excited for a book "1942: CRUX OF WAR" a year ahead of publication
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
#Histbookchat alert 🚨
This was a hit at the office.
Feeling pretty good about that!
Feeling pretty good about that!
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This was a hit at the office.
Feeling pretty good about that!
Feeling pretty good about that!
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Some of you may recall this post. I thought I'd provide an update on how planning for my analog course is going...
It's been a mix of expected and unexpected, but welcome, surprises --
It's been a mix of expected and unexpected, but welcome, surprises --
Fellow academics, I'm doing it. Going all in. Pulling the plug, literally.
This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."
All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers
This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."
All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Some of you may recall this post. I thought I'd provide an update on how planning for my analog course is going...
It's been a mix of expected and unexpected, but welcome, surprises --
It's been a mix of expected and unexpected, but welcome, surprises --
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November 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Live - Throwing Copper.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#Music #MusicSky #Vinyl #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #VinylCollectors #VinylRecords #NowPlaying #NowSpinning
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#Music #MusicSky #Vinyl #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #VinylCollectors #VinylRecords #NowPlaying #NowSpinning
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Live - Throwing Copper.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#Music #MusicSky #Vinyl #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #VinylCollectors #VinylRecords #NowPlaying #NowSpinning
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#Music #MusicSky #Vinyl #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #VinylCollectors #VinylRecords #NowPlaying #NowSpinning
Old bananas 🍌 = baking banana bread 🍞
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Old bananas 🍌 = baking banana bread 🍞
Dusty in here 🥹
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Dusty in here 🥹
In today’s episode of “why did I wait so long to learn this / do this, this is easy” a local shop in SLC showed me how to clean my #fountainpen nibs and it is that easy?!
Blessings to Tabula Rasa in #SLC. #utah
Blessings to Tabula Rasa in #SLC. #utah
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In today’s episode of “why did I wait so long to learn this / do this, this is easy” a local shop in SLC showed me how to clean my #fountainpen nibs and it is that easy?!
Blessings to Tabula Rasa in #SLC. #utah
Blessings to Tabula Rasa in #SLC. #utah
Cats must have a sensor in their brains that alerts them anytime a human sits or lies down.
Me: lies down
**2 seconds later
Cat: occupies lap by force
Me: lies down
**2 seconds later
Cat: occupies lap by force
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Cats must have a sensor in their brains that alerts them anytime a human sits or lies down.
Me: lies down
**2 seconds later
Cat: occupies lap by force
Me: lies down
**2 seconds later
Cat: occupies lap by force
Worth the watch. I had not understood the lore about it until I saw it referenced with burning man.
Come for Edward Woodward of “Breaker Morant” fame, stay for Christopher Lee because… you always stay for Christopher Lee!
Come for Edward Woodward of “Breaker Morant” fame, stay for Christopher Lee because… you always stay for Christopher Lee!
“THE WICKER MAN” (1973) dir. Robin Hardy
Edward Woodward, Ingrid Pitt, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Christopher Lee
🎬 British Lion Films 🇬🇧
Edward Woodward, Ingrid Pitt, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Christopher Lee
🎬 British Lion Films 🇬🇧
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Worth the watch. I had not understood the lore about it until I saw it referenced with burning man.
Come for Edward Woodward of “Breaker Morant” fame, stay for Christopher Lee because… you always stay for Christopher Lee!
Come for Edward Woodward of “Breaker Morant” fame, stay for Christopher Lee because… you always stay for Christopher Lee!
New cat house who dis?
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
New cat house who dis?
Salt Lake City your library system is a gem 💎
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Salt Lake City your library system is a gem 💎
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What happened to war correspondent Richard Tregaskis following his severe wounding in Italy on this day in 1943? He was taken to the 38th Evacuation Field Hospital. Major William Pitts had already performed two brain operations before he started on Tregaskis at about two o’clock in the morning.
November 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
What happened to war correspondent Richard Tregaskis following his severe wounding in Italy on this day in 1943? He was taken to the 38th Evacuation Field Hospital. Major William Pitts had already performed two brain operations before he started on Tregaskis at about two o’clock in the morning.
Watching King & Conqueror on prime. I don’t watch much TV so this works.
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Watching King & Conqueror on prime. I don’t watch much TV so this works.