#Attention

1/ Thanks to @militaryhistori, I went down a smallish rabbit hole on the state of military history education in America today, precipitated by this Max Hastings lamentation which might be
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The contemporary equivalent of the Military Industrial Complex is the nexus of state and private platform power. We need a catchy phrase for that, and it needs sustained scrutiny. Things
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Good night PatriotsThis is Part 9 of Extraterrestrials We finished up last night talking about demons.There is quite a bit of scholarly debate over what exactly a demon is.I am
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#RWBY8Spoilers tw // torture , blood / gore , deathHaving done prior research on a variety of injuries beforehand for my writing, it makes me have absolutely no hope that
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1. Five years ago today, a group of 3 protesters showed up at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts to protest a 6-week event called “Kimono Wednesdays” designed to celebrate the
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We all know that the sled dogs are super-athletes with a keen sense of adventure, family loyalty, and courage beyond belief. But did you know they’re also soft? I will
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Insurrection SurvivalDigital DefenseThe battlefield is more than just the streets. Today we will talk about how to protect ya neck, online. Some of the answers here are deeply unpalatable, but
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Good evening #Threadnought - It's time for Hellfiling II Episode 3: Revenge of the ____.(Otherwise known as the "Appellant's Sur-Reply Brief to Appellee Marchi's Brief")Before we start, I'd like to
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Sometimes I think there's this narrative out there in screenwriting guru land that if you just craft this perfectly structured screenplay, you'll sell that script and then, presto change-o, you're
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There is so much wrong with this article, it's hard to know where to begin. Lesbians are not extinct, nor are lesbians close to extinction. The L Word has never
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So a couple of requests asked me to give a list of my favorite Chinese shows & movies, I tried. I'm not including 正剧, but only recent ones that possibly
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THREADWith @TheRickWilson trending, I figured it would be a good time to take a trip down memory lane about his bad takes. You know about his Biden jabs (below) but
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So earlier this week Biden nominated Avril Haines for Director of National Intelligence. Here's why it's important to pay attention to this: 1/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/us/politics/biden-haines-national-intelligence.html So
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aqua - scorpio - capricorn - leo though you've managed to physically walk away from people and situations that brought you great pain in the past, you still remain to
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mdzs characters as coconuts a thread : wei wuxian lan wangji lan sizhui (my favorite little bean) jiang yanli lan jingyi wei ning jiang cheng jin guangyao jin zixuan will
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Some thoughts on basic etiquettes of entertainment, based on my experience as a diplomat.Lunch (or luncheon), dinner reception and refreshments are called entertainment in diplomatic circles. Entertainment is important for
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