Another great article by Amos Fox. Ground combat isn't obsolete, but is it becoming politically infeasible for the U.S. in anything but extreme circumstances? An underexamined legacy of the long GWOT.

Where is the lie?
But also, people like to think they are special, and what they are going through is special, and if there is anything historians can establish with tedious frequency it is that no, none of us are special and historical precedent echoes and coughs its way through the decades.

The Nimitz Graybook is an amazing historical resource.

"Strange even to the men who used them" "Atomic bombs" before the discovery of fission

On DOOMSDAY MACHINES, this week I dive into the idea of “atomic bombs” before the discovery of nuclear fission made them actually feasible. I’ve long thought it makes for an interesting case study — a fateful intersection of scientific fact and science fiction. doomsdaymachines.net/p/strange-ev...

Maven doesn't actually do most of what various boosters (in PLTR, DoD, and elsewhere) say it does; what it very much is not (and probably never will be) is some super-AI LLM doing minority report but for targeting

‘What is Military History and what is its Utility for the Military Profession?’

My chapter in Ann Marie Hagen and Kjetil Enstad (eds)

"Advancing Military Practice through Military Humanities" (Routledge 2026). Open access: lnkd.in/eiZY4-De

#MilitaryHistory #PME #History #WhatsHistory🗃️🪖

Cherry blossoms in Japan.

Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It. 40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.

Secret tricks to get much better results out of the very dreadful 'Google search' these days, plus other search engines for specific things. Statospherically useful for researchers. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...

The clouds of Hiroshima A look at what few photographs we have of the mushroom and smoke clouds from the first atomic bombing

I had meant to post this yesterday, but ended up running out of time. This is an attempt to round up most of the photos that exist of the mushroom and smoke clouds from Hiroshima, from above and below, and to give them some context and commentary. doomsdaymachines.net/p/the-clouds...

The Business of Military AI The Pentagon has been spending tens of billions of dollars to adopt new technologies at breakneck speed. Without oversight and safeguards, military applications of artificial intelligence could jeopar...

As @amostoh.bsky.social and I explain in our new report, the military has been ramping up its adoption of AI, while oversight and safeguards have failed to keep up.

But the Pentagon’s dispute with Anthropic has brought a grave threat into focus: using AI to pry into Americans’ private lives 🧵 1/

Is the modern American way of war still viable, or have adversaries adapted strategies for thwarting it? Insightful piece by Jacqueline Schneider.

10 volumes. 4,000+ pages. Every major Pacific operation from December 1941 to August 1945. The Nimitz Graybook is the most complete command-level record of the Pacific War ever published. #NimitzGraybook #WWII #NavalHistory

#NimitzGraybook #WWII #NavalHistory #PrimarySource

I'd be willing to bet that Payton wants to keep Webb as OC and hand off some, if not all, play-calling.

And with this bit of extra context: bsky.app/profile/mina...

Regarding the play calling, you might want to check Payton's quote from before the game: bsky.app/profile/avsb...

Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin' The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.

Hats off to the #Bills Mafia. Josh Allen is indeed a superhero. This is why Payton wanted the rematch in Denver. But you all probably should have beaten KC one of those times. Now you're looking at a decade of Maye and Nix.

For the #Broncos haters, enjoy a sad song. www.bbc.com/news/article...

And swinging

that's bo nix football

Some eye-popping cost estimates for the battleship, courtesy of Eric Labs of the Congressional Budget Office. 1 BBG could buy up to 7 DDGs (which, btw is 128 VLS cells and 12 CPS cells vs 672 VLS cells). In the words of the immortal Ron O’Rourke, which came first: the program or the analysis?

It would be tough on the Bills to schedule them on Saturday after a Sunday game.

Eat your hearts out, #Jagwads. Maybe next year.

Yes! Ruthless red teaming is even more urgent now with DoW YOLOing itself into the murk of AI.

Charger d-line outplaying Denver's o-line.

Broncos o-line is a mess today.

Sal’s great. Give this a look, too
@heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social

www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/...

"This is about a sort of learned helplessness that has somehow become socially acceptable, even quirky and endearing in some circles — a professional skill gap that wouldn’t be tolerated in any other field."

The history of Navy logistics is very relevant today. Sal Mercagliano will teach you.

An excellent review of an interesting new book.