Robert Farley
@drfarls.bsky.social
Co-founder Lawyers, Guns and Money. Works at Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky
Available for DOD and friends from CGSC!! #wargaming is #PDlikeyouPT
Sebastian Bae@sebastianbae.bsky.social · 7h agoIt's absolutely surreal to see my students' game turned into an official boxed US Army educational #wargame! This is perfect timing as I'm about to start teaching with a new cohort of student designers at Georgetown. 😁 📚 🎲
as noted yesterday, Trump has now come around to treating an Iranian toll system covering the Strait of Hormuz as a given. Hard to overstate the level of strategic failure. US started the war purely as a war of choice and ends up dramatically empowering Iran and given the Iranian govt big wins.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4h agoReuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be unlikely to risk transit without paying."
The US Military Is Running Out of Missiles. Iran Isn’t Running Out of Resolve - www.19fortyfive.com/2026/08/the-...
The US Military Is Running Out of Missiles. Iran Isn't Running Out of Resolve
Reuters reports the United States has used virtually all its long-range precision missiles during the Iran war. CSIS does not expect most categories to recover before 2029.
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honestly, the fact that we have made it through the atomic age *without* another use of nuclear weapons since 1945 is a miracle we don't fully appreciate
Rebecca R Helm@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 21h agoToday is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:
Watching Usual Suspects. Forgot that both Suzy Amis and Giancarlo Esposito were in it. Such a great movie qua movie.
All great families should follow this progression.
Zebulon Vitruvius Pike@vitruviuspike.bsky.social · 21h ago
Look all I’m saying is that if that A-Wing hadn’t killed Admiral Piett we’d be looking at a much different post-Imperial galaxy.
X post sharing this still going viral about a “cover up” of McConnell’s dead body in Louisville even though he issued a retraction and deleted it today.
German Defense Giant Rheinmetall Enters The Frigate Market www.twz.com/sea/german-d...
German Defense Giant Rheinmetall Enters The Frigate Market
The warship design appears tailored to sit between the capabilities of a lower-end frigate and a guided-missile destroyer, with an eye on the North American market. The warship design appears tailored...
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Stretched Virginia Class Recategorized As Guided Missile Submarines (SSGNs) www.twz.com/sea/stretche...
Stretched Virginia Class Recategorized As Guided Missile Submarines (SSGNs)
The Navy will no longer categorize enlarged Virginia Block V and VI types as attack submarines ahead of Ohio class guided missile boats' retirements.
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On this day in 1790, Congress authorized the first 10 revenue cutters—the beginning of today's U.S. Coast Guard. Discover how Alexander Hamilton's vision helped build America's oldest continuous sea service. https://ow.ly/UHtE50Zvem8 #USCGBirthday #USCG
To Raise Revenue and Unify the Country
The Revenue Cutter Service, the original incarnation of the U.S. Coast Guard, was conceived and created by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton—but not without political pushback.
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"Meanwhile, we’re losing a war because folks with gender dysphoria forgot to order more Patriot missiles and forgot where the Strait of Hormuz is, or so I’m told."
Lawyers, Guns and Money@lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · yesterdayHegseth’s Catch
Iran has now gobbled up nearly all U.S. ATACMS and PrSM ballistic missiles, plus half of Tomahawk cruise missiles and a very considerable share of the THAAD and Patriot interceptors, sources tell @reuters.com’s Erin Banco, Jonathan Landay, and Michael Stone. www.reuters.com/world/us-has...
EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the...
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Plowing through Black Mirror s.7… people seem to hate Hotel Reverie but I’m absolutely fascinated.
The health woo is portable. Even if we woke up with a socialized single-payer healthcare system tomorrow, we’ll simply find a new way to explain away why Hospitals And Doctors Bad
Influencer idiots grabbed ahold of August 3, and people unfamiliar with Kentucky felt the need to go along.
olivia krauth@oliviakrauth.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW: I broke down, in writing, the mysterious August 3 deadline and how it means nothing in the Mitch McConnell saga. hellbendernewsroom.com/news/politic...
NEW: I broke down, in writing, the mysterious August 3 deadline and how it means nothing in the Mitch McConnell saga. hellbendernewsroom.com/news/politic...
Fact check: Is Aug. 3 the deadline to replace Mitch McConnell? - Hellbender Newsroom
Hellbender Newsroom dug into Kentucky law to fact-check if August 3 is actually the deadline to call a special election to fill Mitch McConnell’s seat ahead of the midterms.
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China has never test-fired an SLBM into open ocean before. On July 6, it did, and gave almost no warning. (Members Only) Listen here: warontherocks.com/episode/thin...
Unconventional Weapons www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/08/unco...
Unconventional Weapons - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Good news to start the week! We have a better way to talk about chemical and biological weapons than “weapons of mass destruction!” (WMD) Annie Jacobsen has another disaster porn book in which she man...
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