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Dan Öberg @warrhizome.bsky.social · Aug 4

Makes me think of a Public Enemy song…

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Dan Öberg @warrhizome.bsky.social · Jul 11

”In times of war, the law falls silent.” - Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Linus Hagström @linushagstrom.bsky.social · Jun 30

Postdoc in Narrative Geopolitics @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social

We’re looking for a postdoc w expertise in machine learning, data mining, or related quantitative methods to explore how emotionally charged narratives shape international security & great power politics.

fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Postdoc with a focus on quantitative narrative geopolitics

Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Jun 27

"There is NOT a remote option for this position. A small travel stipend of two gold doubloons will be provided. However, interns must organize their own transportation to and from the subterranean lair."

Dragon Hoarding Enormous Pile of Treasure Seeks Unpaid Intern

Dragon seeks smart, motivated intern to help manage a sprawling cavern of various golden treasures. This is the perfect opportunity for a go-getter...

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Dan Öberg @warrhizome.bsky.social · Jun 23

Academic position with focus on Cyber at the Swedish Defence University. Deadline 24 August.

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Biträdande lektor i försvarssystem med inriktning mot cyberförsvar

Vill du forska och undervisa i skärningspunkten mellan teknik, samhälle och försvar? Vi söker dig som ganska nyligen disputerat och som har erfarenhet av cyberförsvarsområdet. Vi erbjuder en att

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Dan Öberg @warrhizome.bsky.social · Jun 20

I’m halfway into this amazing work by Erik Rechborn-Kjennerud that just dropped. I assume it will quickly become a go-to book in the genre. If you are interested in how and with what consequences militaries wage war, do yourself a favor and grab a copy.

direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

The World According to Military Targeting

A revealing account of the prevalence—and alarming ubiquity—of military targeting, and how it has become a self-propelling worldview driven by dominance, v

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Dan Öberg @warrhizome.bsky.social · Jun 19

Vad kul, grattis!

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Matthew Ford @warmatters.bsky.social · Jun 11

Panel Discussion & Book Launch – War in the Smartphone Age on 2 July 2025 from 18:00-19:00 @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

Discussants:
@markgaleotti.bsky.social
@snellarthur.bsky.social
Joelle Rizk

Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...

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Matthew Ford @warmatters.bsky.social · Jun 7

I've just read @williammerrin.bsky.social and @andrewhoskins.bsky.social's fast paced book "Sharded Media".

If you who want to understand the highly fragmented state of our media ecologies and how this framed/shaped Trump's 2024 election then this is for you.
www.amazon.co.uk/SHARDED-MEDI...

SHARDED MEDIA: Trump’s Rage Against the Mainstream eBook : Merrin, William, Hoskins, Andrew: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Natalie M. Smith @nataliesmith.bsky.social · Jun 3

My most recent post for Scilicet, on viking history and Swedish national identity

Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social · Jun 3

After Sweden’s empire crumbled, Swedes looked to the Vikings for a new sense of identity. But why Vikings, and how did this reshape how they saw their own landscape? @nataliesmith.bsky.social explores in our latest post: scilicet.org.uk/rediscoverin... #Skystorians #Vikings"

Rediscovering the Vikings | Scilicet

After the collapse of the Swedish empire, Swedes found themselves turning to their ancient forebearers the Vikings for help. But how did it come about and how did it shape their understanding of the S...

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Matthew Ford @warmatters.bsky.social · May 31

My third book. All published by Oxford University Press.

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · May 28

"A well-delivered lecture isn’t primarily a delivery system for information. It is an ignition point for curiosity, all the better for being experienced in an audience."

Marvellous defence of the increasingly maligned university experience by @patporter76.bsky.social
thecritic.co.uk/university-a...

University: a good idea | Patrick Porter | The Critic Magazine

A former student of mine has penned an attack on universities, derived from their own disappointing experience studying Politics and International Relations at the place where I ply my trade. In short...

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Søren Sjøgren @sorensjogren.bsky.social · Apr 22

🔔 New article: Mission command in a multinational context.

🧵on NATO's challenges in moving from describing mission command in written doctrine to actual practice.

The article is based on 33 interviews with commanders and senior staff officers. Open access @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....

Screendump of an article on multinational mission command

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Dan Öberg @warrhizome.bsky.social · Apr 18

”War has never been just an extension of politics by other means; war…creates its own politics.” - Jim Molan

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williammerrin.bsky.social @williammerrin.bsky.social · Apr 9

(1) The markets and commentators make the mistake of thinking what Trump says is real... hence the crash and recovery and panicked analyses of the global impact. They all make the mistake that #shardedmedia by myself and
@andrewhoskins.bsky.social point out ...

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Dan Öberg @warrhizome.bsky.social · Apr 6

Imagine the amazing good fortune of the generation that gets to see the end of the world. This is as marvelous as being there in the
beginning.
- Jean Baudrillard -

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Elke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · Mar 26

I should add that @rbarretttaylor.bsky.social makes this point (about digital / data representation being limited for human affairs) brilliantly in the context of military matters (here and in his PhD thesis) cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications...

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Dan Öberg @warrhizome.bsky.social · Mar 25

This is 🔥

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Towards a phenomenological ontology of war | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Towards a phenomenological ontology of war

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EJIR @ejir.bsky.social · Mar 18

In his new article in EJIR, @palestrinomirko.bsky.social examines the social construction of victory through the example of wartime gardening.

You can find the full publication here: t1p.de/8n0sh

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Søren Sjøgren @sorensjogren.bsky.social · Mar 12

“I think we’re overly centralized, overly bureaucratic, and overly risk averse, which is the opposite of what we’re going to need in any type of warfare...”

Across the organisations, staff tend to develop machine-like behaviour.

Why?

A short 🧵 based on: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

a cartoon sloth is stamping a piece of paper while a bear looks on

ALT: a cartoon sloth is stamping a piece of paper while a bear looks on

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Dan Öberg @warrhizome.bsky.social · Mar 10

Book launch: Aggie Hirst - Politics of Play: Wargaming with the US military, 20th March 3pm - 4.30pm UK time.

See link for more info.

www.kcl.ac.uk/events/polit...

Politics of Play: Wargaming with the US Military – Book Launch

From the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the Covid-19 pandemic, wargames are a key way the US military plays out responses to current crises, explores the effectiveness of future operations and strateg...

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · Mar 8

In an epic move, the Finnish band Kaj has conducted a successful coup d’etat in Sweden by winning Melodifestivalen and thereby representing Sweden in this year’s Eurovision

HEJA KAJ PERKELE TORILLE
🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮
(I mean 🇸🇪)

FINALEN: KAJ - Bara bada bastu

YouTube video by Melodifestivalen

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Mar 8

Several countries on the Eastern Flank of NATO are considering leaving the Ottawa Treaty, which bans anti-personnel mines.

Yesterday, Finland and Poland both announced their intentions to leave the treaty in the coming weeks.

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Søren Sjøgren @sorensjogren.bsky.social · Mar 7

Academics in contemporary professional military education?

In this @defencestudies.bsky.social article, Powell and @historydafydd.bsky.social offer a fine overview of the (enduring?) training vs education debate in #PME and a way forward for academics.

Both training and education are essential.

The challenges and opportunities for academics in professional military education

Military forces have for centuries sought to improve the intellectual, and as a result operational, effectiveness of their forces through a rigorous curriculum of professional military education (P...

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