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W. W. S. Hsieh - Sometimes Satirical!

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Military historian. Once a temp diplomat. Opinions expressed are my own personal thoughts. RTs & links ≠ endorsements. Fully Hatch Act compliant.

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Peacock Angel of History (@lapsuslima) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It depends on the axis of transformation, but I’d say covid. 9/11 was a singular, televisual act that reoriented geopolitical perception while preserving a binary moral architecture. Unlike 9/11, which was a spectacle, Covid was a regime. It produced no singular image and no

Aaron Y. Zelin (@azelin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In light of the conference in the NE too, greater chance that Syria falls back into civil conflict now than we’ve seen since the fall of the regime. Hope not. But the current trajectories aren’t headed in a good direction.

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Massive Russian breach north of Myrnohrad, according to DeepState UA. 13 km km in two days on foot, because Ukraine is not manning its defense lines sufficiently anymore …

Massive Russian breach north of Myrnohrad, according to <a href="/Deepstate_UA/">DeepState UA</a>.
13 km km in two days on foot, because Ukraine is not manning its defense lines sufficiently anymore …
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This is one of the most beautiful and exact descriptions of liberal education I have ever read. It was written by Leo Strauss.

This is one of the most beautiful and exact descriptions of liberal education I have ever read. It was written by Leo Strauss.
W. W. S. Hsieh - Sometimes Satirical! (@whsieh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The situation looks so bad for the AFU on the ground that it’s hard to believe Putin would make any sort of deal right now, when he has good reason to believe his leverage will increase.

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Shohei Ohtani is awesome because he’s one of the greatest athletes of all time and is also always getting into bizarre real world Kramer B-plots from Seinfeld

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It's true that too many humanities PhDs are being produced, but wealthy schools like Chicago are the ones that should be retaining their programs. There still needs to be a critical mass of trained scholars, and that's what those endowments were supposed to preserve.