Jill Sargent Russell, PhD

@jsargentr.bsky.social

Military Historian -NatSec & Strategy -Logistics -Geopol Risk -Urban Warfare -LOGPOWER -Rapid Analysis Ukraine Adventure: https://www.patreon.com/TheAdventurousHistorian?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator At the Junction: https://jsargentr.substack.com/

"I _may_ have saved time" while risking introducing scores of possible mistakes into the work isn't the strongest argument for AI use in history. After reading that article, I'm further convinced LLMs aren't ready for use as research assistants.

Russia killed Oleksii Yukov, the head of the Platsdarm body recovery group. Oleksii repatriated over 10,000 bodies in more than 25 years of his work. Born and raised in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Oleksii was initially recovering the remains of soldiers from World War II.

They should have this sorted by now. Which means there are serious stresses and shortages in sustainment capacity, likely owing to the unprogrammed nature of this campaign, as well as the increased op-tempo on this side of the Atlantic.

MS NOW@ms.now · 5h ago

Moldy showers. Food shortages. A lack of toothpaste, deodorant and soap. Military families are sounding the alarm about rapidly worsening conditions on the USS Lincoln. From Priya Sridhar:

Halfway through the swinging maneuver, my engine decided to fail. Instead of 10 stop/starts, I could only manage 2. So I had to choose strategically when to give a kick astern or ahead. Landed a bit heavy, but all good in the end.