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Vincent van Gogh.
Café Terrace at Night, 1888.
Oil on canvas.

The ghost of Robert McNamara needs to drop in on the white house and explain a few things about unintended consequences, things not working as planned, joysticks snapping off, stuff spiraling out of control, the myth that you can solve problems by blowing stuff up, etc.

How I arrived on Bluesky...

Heavy rain.

Trump's Operation Epic Fury could turn out to be an epic failure What is the White House's justification for authorising US military strikes on Iran? Right now, the answer changes every day.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Jasmine El-Gamal, a former Middle East adviser to the Pentagon, argued Trump had no clear goal and was "retroactively trying to justify his decision to go to war".
"I think what we've seen … is the scene being set for uncontrolled escalation," she told British broadcaster Sky News this week.

"Tilting at Windmills." Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (1605, 1615). Artwork showing Three Windmills and a man on a horse with a spear in his hand. (Yzixulet Brand via Amazon.)

"Tilting at Windmills!"

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A winding road cuts through golden grasslands under a dramatic sky with clouds, leading towards distant mountains.

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A stop at my favorite spot on my way into town this past Thursday. I waited five minutes for a car to come by... I got impatient and left!

I hope your Monday has been tolerable!

#EastCoastKin #photography #BlueSkyMonday #Montana

Ironic these days that those with no morals at all attempt to take the moral high ground.

Issues in Political Theory issues in political theory ROBERT JUBB | PATRICK TOMLIN Fifth Edition Robert Jubb and Patrick Tomlin 27 February 2026

If you loved the fourth edition you’re be thrilled to know the fifth is here! (Includes updated version of my chapter on Equality and Social Justice but check the contents page at link below - very impressive line up of authors and chapters.)

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Farcical and deliberately insulting.

Trump and his administration have made a huge tactical error, by underestimating the Iranian regime so badly.

The plan is there is no plan!

Brian Brake, Temple in Autumn, Kyoto, 1963.

Ah, I love that Paula. 💙

That it does. More nonsense from the marketers; you're in need of self improvement. 😅

That's what I thought. You can't manufacture 'interesting'. 🤗

So very true, in the midst of such chaos and uncertainty, it's easy to lose sight of the good things in our lives. 💙

Monumental hypocrites walk among us!

The New York Times says...

"Listening to even one episode of 'Cold War Conversations' will make this sprawling, potentially intimidating period of history feel vivid and compelling."

coldwarconversations.com

#coldwar #oralhistory #history

'The Third Man' (1949) film noir classic, directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, Cinematography by
Robert Krasker. 🎬

#FilmSky

Ashton Canal, Ancoats, Manchester, 1978.

I know the feeling.

An advertisement for How to be "Come and Interesting Person." In the New York Times. 😂

I'm really struggling with this concept. 😂

Gold cover with green border, green lettering, Hope and Rest, E Wetherell, The Lily Series, decoration of foliage and white flowers, scene at bottom of book of shore and landscape.

Book Cover of the Day:

"Your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars and brought in matter that should feed this fire; And now ’tis far too huge to be blown out with that same weak wind which enkindled it."

King John,
(Act 5, Scene 2)

#ShakespeareSunday

Dogs make you feel so good with their love and total acceptance. 💙

It's other people's sons, and now daughters that die for these megalomaniacs! 💔

jeanett kovets
#seaside #dog #birds #nonochrome