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Rest in Peace - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa September 1950 - December 2025

Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, known for his roles as Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat (1995), Nobusuke Tagomi in The Man in the High Castle, and Chang in The Last Emperor (1987), has passed away at 75.

I’ve known this one guy in Ireland 🇮🇪 for about four years now but I sent him a book with a handwritten note. He sent me back a letter. I mailed him a letter today. I’ve got a penpal now and that feels great. ✉️📫📮📬

Sinead O’Conner playing at the post office. Hits 💯 every time

Incredible and moving.

B Co, 3d Bn, 187th Inf, 101st Abn Div, 1967-1968, from 1LT David Swope. Captured in one photo, the best of who are as an Army and as a nation. Tell me otherwise.

Love this job.

Three officers on the promotion list! One to Captain (Monday) and two to Major (next year).

The up and coming officers are top notch. #GoArmy

An extraordinary account of how one man defied the most powerful ruler of his age and in doing so helped change the course of european history

In January 2026 we publish The Man Who Stopped the Sultan: Gabriele Tadino and the Defence of Europe.

This is a fascinating history of crusading knights and gunpowder and of spies and tunnels.

UK: 29/01/2026
US: 27/01/2026

Pre-order: https://bit.ly/3X5rZBe

Going to check what might be in the US Army Green Book series tomorrow.

"During 326 days of continuous combat, his IV Corps, composed of US, UK, Indian, Brazilian, South African and Italian troops, freed [over] 600 cities & towns, captured remnants of 23 German divisions & closed the Alpine passes so that enemy troops could not join the main German armies in Europe." 😮

Tonight's internet rabbit hole has led me to the US IV Corps during the SWW and its commander, Maj. Gen. Willis D. Crittenberger.

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That is awesome. 👏🏽

I need to get this book soon.

Image: a fortune cookie slip Text: SILENCE THE CRITIC WITHIN. PANDA EXPRESS

Damn why you gotta go so hard on a Wednesday?

Military Strategy: A general theory of power control, by JC Wylie. Image: a paperback book in black with a photo of Naval student around a map board

(Am I doing this right?)

READ THEORY
“It all comes down to the man on the ground with a gun.” - Admiral JC Wylie

Love this job. I interviewed a soldier for a green to gold scholarship. We’re going to give his application the best shot. Talent management takes work and that is why it matters! @mikejason.bsky.social @jkdemp.bsky.social @craigwhiteside.bsky.social any stories on changing a soldier’s life? #GoArmy

The Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War Annual Lecture 2025 @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
this evening was delivered by Dr Halik Kochanski, author of Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939–1945.

Yeah nm. Something different.

The sci-fi channel adaptations of Dune are not great but William Hurt as Leto Atreides was great and the first films stayed generally true to the books. Generally 🤷🏽‍♂️

Street Fighter was bad. Raul Julia in Street Fighter as M. Bison is 💯

Beautiful!

Don Quixote 💯 for a month long vacation. Read about 30-40 pages a day, chapters are like mini short stories and the buffoonery is hilarious.

Retirement goals. Just a homestead and family and if I’m fortunate enough, the phone calls and visits from folks I’ve served with. 💯

I think it leads into a wider discussion about the importance of IMET. Some of the most skilled artillerymen I’ve met were in *checks notes* the Lebanese Armed Forces. Their GOs and Colonel level commanders had all been to US schools, often graduating #1 in their class.

💯 percent. What we may think of as “obsolete” or “second rate equipment” still kills. Skill of unit operators and commanders is a #thing. I remember reading a thread about the F117 shoot down over Serbia.

Good-Bye Atlanticism, Hello Darkness | Gordon F. Sander, Chandler Fritz President Donald Trump’s threat to annex Greenland has by now been buried under dozens of new headlines about the depraved exploits of his second

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An author interview in NYRB

What kind of keyboard is that? 👀

Congratulations 🎊🎉🎈

A man on a mission #87 #letsGopens #NHL #hockey

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