@nickkapur.bsky.social
Historian of Japan and East Asia. I only post extremely interesting things. Author of "Japan at the Crossroads," out now from Harvard University Press. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674984424
We went to a museum in Athens a few years back that had recreations of the Mycenaean armor that kings in the era of the Odyssey would have worn:
Finally a use of AI that I can somewhat get behind: making Hollywood movies MORE historically accurate!
In fairness, loudly declaring "Mission Accomplished" when the exact opposite is true is becoming a venerable American tradition at this point
reading “Gods of New York” about NYC in the 80s and sometimes you gotta just laugh at the screenwriters of history to stop from screaming
Thrilled to have been awarded a Vandervort prize for my recent article "The Invention of the Kamikaze: Dissent and Resistance in the Japanese Military" by the Society for Military History, as one of the two best articles last year in the Journal of Military History!
This is some tin-pot dictator stuff.
Trump buys his cabinet members cheap shoes and checks to see if they are wearing them in his presence.
His cabinet members are too afraid to stop wearing them, for fear of his wrath.
Idiot plot
Unfortunately, not at this time.
Thanks, Donvan!
Thrilled to have been awarded a Vandervort prize for my recent article "The Invention of the Kamikaze: Dissent and Resistance in the Japanese Military" by the Society for Military History, as one of the two best articles last year in the Journal of Military History!
"The Chevy contract was given to a prominent Republican donor, Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports in North Carolina. "
This is not surprising, and is primarily a symptom of the outsized baby boomer generation constantly flexing its political might to systematically screw over younger generations to feather their beds even further.
Why would anyone younger than 50 want to retain the status quo?
That is the logic of anti-dei reactionary colorblindness. Acknowledging discrimination against a particular group is inherently discriminatory. bsky.app/profile/bren...
It's why he always goes bankrupt in the deepest sense. A few rounds of "Why has no one ever thought of this!?" followed by reality explaining why and him ignoring it.
Like clockwork.
Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.
records from three additional interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexual assault were "incorrectly coded as duplicative"? oh for sure, definitely passes the smell test
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been reportedly inundated with hundreds of complaints of US military commanders telling the troops that the bombing of Iran is all part of God's plan to bring about immediate Armageddon
It's been said before, but Trump and the GOP are ruling like they'll never have to face an election again.
Disturbing story in the Atlantic about the unprecedented, all-out war waged by the Trump admin to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
For the first time ever more Americans say the support the Palestinians than say they support Israel, according to Gallup.
This is a tectonic shift.
Today!!!
Grateful to @newrepublic.com who asked for my immediate thoughts in Trump’s attack on Iran.
In short, the demand for nuclear weapons is about to go way up. If you do not have nuclear weapons, you are vulnerable.
newrepublic.com/article/2071...
"An AI agent published a hit piece on me"
