Question: when can we start using “fin de siècle” to describe the end of the 20th century?
Eric M. Murphy
@ericmmurphy.bsky.social
Birds, Math, Literature, & Air Power. BoD Member @Strategy_Bridge, #Strategy, #Development, #NationalSecurity, #MilitaryAffairs. Repost is not endorsement. Nothing interesting to say.
Had a weird conversation today. Passed a foundational text to someone in a PhD program who was looking for advice. Someone overheard, asked why that title was important. It sounded like X, which was their research. It is X. It’s fundamental to X. You’re stupid. I know what your “PhD” is worth.
Drew Scanlon Blinking Eyes Meme Reaction
ALT: Drew Scanlon Blinking Eyes Meme Reaction
static.klipy.com
There is a thing about the military life, and the lives around it. When there are tragedies…we’re not there. The blame feels harder. What we “should” have done is easier to access…because we “should” have been there. Fucking heartbroken. Heart. Broken. Again. Fuck.
Angry Anakin Skywalker Crying in Star Wars
ALT: Angry Anakin Skywalker Crying in Star Wars
static.klipy.com
My suggestion? Don’t join them. This is self-serving snake-oil, with self-published nonsense in support.
“Never trust an observation unless it’s backed up by a theory.” —Neil deGrasse Tyson I keep trying to teach this idea, that the universe of observations and a causal logic matter more than the anecdotes we collect like Lenny thinking bunnies just, like, stop breathing.
I’ve been surprised and delighted. Of the 76 (yes, I’m counting) titles I’ve put out for students and faculty, they appear to be going to people who want them.
Eric M. Murphy@ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 3w agoFunny that beginning the cull of my shelves at work makes retirement (still months away!) feel more real than orders did. The first 50(ish) titles going on the “free to a good home” shelf.
I have a thought about @mls.bsky.social. The real difference between this & other leagues (with exceptions and on average) is not the players. It’s the officiating clown show, with @proreferees.bsky.social the lead clown. Many MLS players would survive in other leagues…none of our officials would.
Clown Makeup Transformation
ALT: Clown Makeup Transformation
static.klipy.com
Jumping Jesus Christ on a pogo stick. No reputable study shows “vaccine injury” to be anything but vanishingly small…and accommodated in the public health recommendations for vaccination schedules. He’s a crank, a conspiracist, and without any evidence to support his rejection of…well…science.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoRFK Jr: "We care about every child who dies from measles. They get headlines. We should care about the children who are dying or suffering or being injured by vaccine injuries."
Knowable & known problems w/well-defined requirements for decades prior to this imbroglio. The Army, Air Force, Navy, etc., could not at any point get out of their own way. I’ve said for years that we need our own Jena-Auerstedt. Maybe this is it, at lower cost than Prussia paid. Fools learning.
Task & Purpose@taskandpurpose.com · 3w agoThe Air Force wants a cannon to shoot down drones trib.al/kyBlZCP
Other than “use the Oxford comma and two spaces after a period,” I have one piece of consistent advice: If you can, call your Dad. “There’s a train leaving nightly called when all is said and done. Keep me in your heart for a while.” m.youtube.com/watch?v=RMTK...
Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart
YouTube video by MNRK Nashville
m.youtube.com
I’ve got $1 that says the admin does it anyway. The history here is one of general disregard for judicial orders.
Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 3w agoBREAKING: In a major win for voters, the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to reinstate its mail voting restrictions ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Funny that beginning the cull of my shelves at work makes retirement (still months away!) feel more real than orders did. The first 50(ish) titles going on the “free to a good home” shelf.
That’s just dust in my eye. I’m not crying. You’re crying, loser. Good on ya, @hoosierhomer.bsky.social.
Hoosier Homer is reading The Best & The Brightest by Halberstam@hoosierhomer.bsky.social · 4w agoTruly an incredible feeling when you call a client, say you have good news, & their response is to sigh heavily and say "Oh thank God." He is getting hundreds of thousands of medical bills paid for, future medical care, back pay & pay until he heals up. I feel so good after that conversation.
It’s annoying to have to point this out: 18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
All our prayers are answered. Sometimes the answer is, “No.” A think I feel compelled to remind people of with alarming frequency.
Gumichan the Laughing Bird Says No
ALT: Gumichan the Laughing Bird Says No
static.klipy.com
Every time some misguided chuckle-nut with a Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt license for leadership comes at me with a craptastic “manpower study,” I hear the ghost of Taylor wailing and go in search of an exorcist. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...
100 Objects #15: Bundy Clock
Podcast Episode · 99% Invisible · August 28 · Bonus · 38m
podcasts.apple.com
I did this first—a poem a day, working through a collection—a few years ago with Dickinson’s collected poems. (Embedded in the linked thread.) After that, I decided to take a run at something different. Now? C’est fini. Not sure what’s next.
Eric M. Murphy@ericmmurphy.bsky.social · last yr.I think I’ll start another little project. I have a marvelous anthology of modern poetry, the product of a misspent college degree. (I kid!) Maybe (a piece of) one poem from every featured poet.
I’m telling you. If you’re of an age, these pocket reviews are glorious. If you’re not of an age? Still glorious.
Jeremy Dauber@jeremydauber.bsky.social · 4w agoAnd we're off, with MOVIE NO. 78 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s; and this one's a keystone moment in yet another important channel of 80s comedy, both more and less than post-1st gen SNL. From July 1980, it's....CADDYSHACK!
Oh my. What a memory. I haven’t seen this film in decades—since before I commissioned—and I need to remedy that.
Jeremy Dauber@jeremydauber.bsky.social · last mo.And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 77 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s - this one another look back at World War II, courtesy of a man who was there - it's Sam Fuller's semi-autobiographical THE BIG RED ONE!
Heard a fun math idea today: “Averaging two numbers that disagree is not a calculation. It is a wish with a decimal point.” www.facebook.com/share/r/1DBW...
facebook.com
Start here: Senator Mitch McConnell is among the least principled Senator in the history of Senators…and that’s saying something. Neil Gorsuch is a child on the Supreme Court, and ALSO deeply unprincipled. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Becoming Justice Gorsuch | 1. Man With a Plan
Podcast Episode · Slow Burn · S11 E1 · 37m
podcasts.apple.com
Full discolsure: I’ve not yet tead the associated article, but I’m reminded of a thing I once wrote. I’m resisting the urge to say, “I told you so.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
S3E2 - Dr. Peter Layton and Heterogeneous Airpower
Podcast Episode · Books to Battles · August 5 · 34m
podcasts.apple.com
Just want to remind everyone that this appears to be monumentally stupid from West Point.
Eric M. Murphy@ericmmurphy.bsky.social · last mo.To: The United States Military Academy at West Point Fuck you, you fucking cowards. Feel free to quote me.
Sunday morning with some folks who have a common interest. 👹⚽️
