ISW has been an authoritative and valuable voice on no war in history ever.

Sounds like a plan.

In short: all western industrial economies are mortally f**ked by USA-led policy on Russia. This was predictable, was predicted, and has been ignored by our current strategic elite because they are blinkered numb nuts whose only plan now is to triple down on stupid.

We’re going to have to smash this all up very literally or else be enslaved. That’s the long and short.

The London police suddenly determined the need to defend the flags on the national cenotaph from flag revering nationalists. Just please FO.

I love this too.

To mark #StGeorgesDay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, here is Laurence Olivier reciting 'This Earth, this Realm, This England' against a backdrop of idyllic scenes of this green & pleasant land.

This was recorded in 1953 as the intro to the technicolor video of The Coronation. I've loved it since childhood.

This is the story of my life. I frequently stop to thank god for sparing me from the unlubed dildo of consequences that my decisions objectively merited.

Alexander You can tell a person is smarter than you by observing that they continuously make poor choices that nevertheless work out in their favor by what appears to be luck.

Unbelievable courage. Inspiring.

Pretty much on point.

The Dogon people's militia in Mali probably has the most hardcore drip out there. Part post-apocalyptic, part tribal, part unclassifiable. Here are some photos.
Thread.

1. Man with a--yes, you guessed it--flintlock rifle. I'm willing to bet it works, too.

Why am I so, so not surprised?

Very good thread. I think that if we are doing automation right then HQ sizes will come down. If it's the reverse then we'll be doing it wrong.

Among the most promising military applications of AI is staff work. Tons of routine products—intel summaries, orders, etc.—can be generated much faster by machine. Does this mean staffs will reverse the historic trend and begin to shrink?

No: they’re about to explode in size.🧵

Love Fred Dibnah.

Britain 2024

So you recently expressed anger at the terror related incident in Australia, we’re here about that…

Axis of evil, FFS. If you fall for this garbage again there’s just no helping you.

Boris is quite right. It’s not if, however. The strategic stupidity of the West on the matter of Russia beggars belief. They were credibly warned as far back as 96.

I get my boots repaired at Timpson. Glad to do business with a good company like it.