X-Wings & History
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Public, military, and social history, in this galaxy and beyond. Also TTRPGS and this space camp I went to one time.
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Amazing hubris for Battletech to take a bunch of mech designs from anime, make one of its stellar nations Space Japan, and then not hire Japanese artists and writers to help shape their world.
Finishing up Battletech Universe today and this artwork really stood out to me. I love it!!!
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Amazing hubris for Battletech to take a bunch of mech designs from anime, make one of its stellar nations Space Japan, and then not hire Japanese artists and writers to help shape their world.
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My infantry Bn had a really hard time parsing the gender and sexuality issues of Southern Helmand.
When people say, "you wouldn't want a 'purple haired gender studies major' in the Marines" I reply "YES we desperately needed them!" We had teams of anthropologists who published studies for us.
When people say, "you wouldn't want a 'purple haired gender studies major' in the Marines" I reply "YES we desperately needed them!" We had teams of anthropologists who published studies for us.
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
My infantry Bn had a really hard time parsing the gender and sexuality issues of Southern Helmand.
When people say, "you wouldn't want a 'purple haired gender studies major' in the Marines" I reply "YES we desperately needed them!" We had teams of anthropologists who published studies for us.
When people say, "you wouldn't want a 'purple haired gender studies major' in the Marines" I reply "YES we desperately needed them!" We had teams of anthropologists who published studies for us.
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Star Wars ranking discourse is my favorite discourse because nobody and everybody is wrong
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Star Wars ranking discourse is my favorite discourse because nobody and everybody is wrong
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the story has to start with the naive but foolishly inquisitive protagonist noticing odd things in his household, and then progressively growing more alarmed as he notices the hidden presence of The Creature. His fiance, like the woman in “the Thing at the Door,” has been possessed by this
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 AM
the story has to start with the naive but foolishly inquisitive protagonist noticing odd things in his household, and then progressively growing more alarmed as he notices the hidden presence of The Creature. His fiance, like the woman in “the Thing at the Door,” has been possessed by this
The American Revolution seemed to be Star Wars in real life, and the 90s PG-rated swashbucklers made history look exciting. I had an incredible history teacher in 7th grade. First museum job at 17. Two secondary ed classes in college made it clear I liked history, not teenagers. Museums it was!
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The American Revolution seemed to be Star Wars in real life, and the 90s PG-rated swashbucklers made history look exciting. I had an incredible history teacher in 7th grade. First museum job at 17. Two secondary ed classes in college made it clear I liked history, not teenagers. Museums it was!
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I think if you are somehow capable of falling in love with RFK Jr both physically and emotionally you should be sent to a supermax prison for the rest of your life
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I think if you are somehow capable of falling in love with RFK Jr both physically and emotionally you should be sent to a supermax prison for the rest of your life
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slipping from the darkest timeline into the darkest timeline but make it slapstick comedy
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
slipping from the darkest timeline into the darkest timeline but make it slapstick comedy
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Millennial burnout icon Em-Teedee.
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Millennial burnout icon Em-Teedee.
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Who asked for this
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Who asked for this
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the seven little words every woman wants to hear: "baby don't worry. it's not a worm"
November 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
the seven little words every woman wants to hear: "baby don't worry. it's not a worm"
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They kidnapped a mayors daughter to stop police reforms
This piece makes it sound totally normal that the police gets to decide whether or not to "work with" Mamdani as mayor, and it continues, as nearly all the paper's coverage, to wield normative terms like "moderate" and left" in a prejudicial way. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/n...
The N.Y.P.D. Prepares for Mayor Mamdani and a New Era in Public Safety
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
They kidnapped a mayors daughter to stop police reforms
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this isn't kremlinology it's slow torture
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
this isn't kremlinology it's slow torture
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Clinton chuckled. “You mean the Chaos Emeralds?”
I hate to inform you that tiktok is doing mash-up videos of Bill Clinton and Trumps "secret love affair" and theres, allegedly, already Trump-Clinton fan fiction. I refuse to load up wattage or ao3 to confirm.
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Clinton chuckled. “You mean the Chaos Emeralds?”
Headcanon: the Jedi would produce some absolutely amazing nature documentaries during the High Republic.
November 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Headcanon: the Jedi would produce some absolutely amazing nature documentaries during the High Republic.
If I have to turn to the end of the chapter or book to read it, I'm not doing it unless I'm trying to steal your sources.
My hot take is that footnotes are way better than endnotes.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
I will format the endnotes properly next time.
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
If I have to turn to the end of the chapter or book to read it, I'm not doing it unless I'm trying to steal your sources.
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@mattpolprof.bsky.social wrote about how the core emotional appeal of reactionary thought is it lets you feel like a conquering king and put-upon victim at the same time
a border patrol agent literally crying to the cops about being doxed? yes. this.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-modern-f...
a border patrol agent literally crying to the cops about being doxed? yes. this.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-modern-f...
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
@mattpolprof.bsky.social wrote about how the core emotional appeal of reactionary thought is it lets you feel like a conquering king and put-upon victim at the same time
a border patrol agent literally crying to the cops about being doxed? yes. this.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-modern-f...
a border patrol agent literally crying to the cops about being doxed? yes. this.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-modern-f...
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Our original sin was not hanging Jeff Davis and Robert Lee.
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Our original sin was not hanging Jeff Davis and Robert Lee.
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There’s an alternate universe where Trump is a gay theater producer who is an absolute MENACE on the red carpet but has like six Tonys for producing all the best recent musicals including Kinky Boots
Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
There’s an alternate universe where Trump is a gay theater producer who is an absolute MENACE on the red carpet but has like six Tonys for producing all the best recent musicals including Kinky Boots
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Oh he is QUEENING OUT right now
Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Oh he is QUEENING OUT right now
Remember how just yesterday there was a NYT-Bloomberg reporter on here telling us we were being too mean to the paper?
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Remember how just yesterday there was a NYT-Bloomberg reporter on here telling us we were being too mean to the paper?
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric