Silverhand 🇮🇳 No one reads anymore, they all stare at their phones, watching the latest insane nonsense from their favorite ideological idiotic grifter.

America’s like a young kid—think Elvis—with unbelievable talent he can hardly comprehend. But somewhere along the way, near the top, he gets hooked on some nasty foreign drugs that punish his mind & body and almost bury him. But he still has that pure soul, if only he’d remember.

Paradox of modernity 1. Unlimited exposure to unlimited violence (online) 2. Limited exposure to limited violence (offline) Endless snuff in the feed; and no fistfights - that’s how you breed chickenhawks.

This guy also wrote a great book about u-boats off the coast of New Jersey during WWII. I’d recommend picking up a copy

Profoundly stupid.

People still don't seem to realize that Russia doesn't care whether you're right leaning or left leaning; they’re playing both sides. For years, they've skillfully manipulated whichever part of the political spectrum serves their interests. And sadly, it’s working, because too

Currently working on a longform Substack response to the Cooper/Churchill nonsense that relies primarily on AH’s own words. Completion TBD.

This is the nub of it: If the West is crumbling today, there must have been something wrong with it from the outset. This is the right-wing version of the 1619 Project: Cancel everything noble and heroic in Western history to explain our present misery.

I’d never heard of currywurst until my first-ever visit to Germany this past June. I ended up eating it for 5 consecutive meals.

Chinese shipyards coming out of retirement, while US Shipyards have capacity, but lack the contracts to expand.

Mail day 👀 K.A. Nelson – History Author

Increasingly convinced this dude is genuinely not that smart.

Men used to fight wars.

#localsummer Beach reading, K.A. Nelson – History Author’s “Killing Shore.” Gateway Natl Rec Area #sandyhook

#OTD in 2001, the German destroyer Lütjens rendered honors to USS Winston S. Churchill to demonstrate support in the wake of the terrorist attacks on 11 September. While flying the American flag, the German crew manned the rails and held a banner reading "We Stand By You".

you called?

it's weird that AI art is almost indistinguishable from what a human would produce and yet everything i've seen so far has the aesthetic value of one of those paintings where a dolphin is jumping with a moon in the background

Was it something I said?