Graham W. Jenkins

Graham W. Jenkins

@grahamj.bsky.social

Defense, space, intel | trains, cities, pugs, warhammer | learning 廣東話 | at least as tall as Fetterman but not nearly as shitty Old site: @grahamwjenkins, @lowheadways about.me/grahamjenkins LA via DC via Boston

2,114 Followers 1,612 Following 3,414 Posts Joined May 2023
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Death and Destruction From the Sky • EQUATOR Responses to the American-Israeli war on Iran Read the second part of this symposium here

"In their self-terminating Atlanticism, [Merz, Meloni] et al resemble an ant mill: separated from their colony and having lost their pheromone trail, they follow each other in a continuously rotating circle until they perish from exhaustion."

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10 hours ago

got people crayoning canals the length of the Persian Gulf like it's a new train extension into the suburbs

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17 hours ago

Whats the current meta on items? Worried my items may be outdated

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1 day ago

Got dang

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2 days ago

🤨

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2 days ago

Congratulations to @mobute.bsky.social, the new CEO of Bluesky

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2 days ago
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I see it's there at the bottom, ugh. That's what I get for reposting links my dad sends me

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Where was the "Shot Heard Round the World"?


Ralph Waldo Emerson coined the term "The Shot Heard Round The World" in his 1837 poem The Concord Hymn. Emerson used this poem to dedicate the 1836 obelisk monument at the North Bridge in Concord Massachusetts. This monument and it's inscription stated Concord was the scene of "the first forcible resistance to British aggression" and became a controversy between the town of Lexington and Concord. For decades, each town argued vehemently that the war began in their towns. 

Historically, the first gunfire of the day occurred on the Lexington Green near dawn. To this day, historians are unaware of who fired the first shot on the green, however the result was clear. British Regular soldiers opened fire on the Lexington Militia, killing 8 men and wounding 10 others. Per all historical accounts from the time period, the Lexington Militia swore they were never ordered to fire on the Lexington Green. This testimony was partially constructed to place blame on the British soldiers for commencing hostilities.

It was at Concord's North Bridge that Major John Buttrick gave the first order for Provincial Militia soldiers to fire at the British Regulars. This moment marked a severe escalation and crossed a line between resistance and treason.

When controversy emerged between the two towns they began publishing strongly worded newspaper articles aimed at revising historical narratives over 50 years later. Even Samuel Hartwell of Lincoln commented on the debate in 1827, saying" I have been acquainted with the inhabitants of Lexington, and particularly with many who were of Capt. Parker's company on the 19th of April, 1775, to the present time (1827), and for many years from said time had frequent conversations with people of Lexington concerning the events of the morning of that day, and do not recollect that any of the people of Lexington ever stated or pretended that there was any firing by Capt. Parker's company on the British, on …

As I'm always saying! Lexington may have been the first shots, but Concord was the first time we shot back:

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North Bridge Musket Ball Discovery - Minute Man National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)

Hell yeah, finally some good news www.nps.gov/mima/learn/h...

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3 days ago
Pat Blanchfield QT: Trump tells oil CEOs: each morning the true Samurai must visualize himself being torn apart by dogs, pierced by flaming arrows, cleaved in twain by a ōdachi. the path of Bushidō can be trod only by those who consider themselves already dead and thus free

Original tweet from ME_Observer_: ⚡️🚨 Trump in response to the rise in fuel prices: Ships must show courage and head to cross the Strait of Hormuz and there is nothing to fear

Mike Pence can cross the Strait of Hormuz if he has extreme courage

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3 days ago

NO NO NO YOU DON’T

GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA

federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL

tell everyone you know

www.freetaxusa.com

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3 days ago

👀

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3 days ago

You're telling me that a BBL is only $100? Where?

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3 days ago

Whan that apreel, etc etc, sure did

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4 days ago

Lmfao I was about to QT with this and saw your reply

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4 days ago

Dumbest Tom Clancy C plot ass

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4 days ago

If you keep going south, Country Touch Cafe has similar vibes (and is good!) maps.app.goo.gl/Eakd33wENc5j...

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7 months ago

usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”

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5 days ago

Me too, smdh

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5 days ago

Ah sorry lol should have finished your preview first! Is this a demotion for Carlos from sweetie?

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5 days ago

God no I'd honestly rather max again even. Who are this year's enemies? Only obvious candidates to me are George, Liam, and Lance

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A central bank that simultaneously watches the job market weaken and inflation risks re-emerge has few good options.

Hell yeah we're truly bringing back the 70s; it's stagflation time baby
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

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5 days ago
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U.S. was only country in a worldwide survey to say most fellow citizens are bad people A new Pew survey shows that other countries’ citizens tend to look more favorably on their neighbors.

I've been thinking about this Pew survey all week. It's incredibly depressing and makes me wonder what it would be like to live among people who didn't despise one another. washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/03/06/americans-immoral-unethical-survey/?itid=hp_more-top-stories_p002_f006

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6 days ago

I dunno if 40 years' worth of compiling target packages counts as "careful planning"

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6 days ago

Seeing what Republicans are saying about a War Powers Resolution just makes reinforces in my mind that we’re already living under an authoritarian regime.

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6 days ago

"The time is 6:13pm and we have reduced sunlight by 87%"

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6 days ago

feeling seen, feeling validated

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1 week ago

We're gonna unleash Chiang (lose a winnable war, leave the rump regime ruling over a territory that hates their guts, and cause unresolved geopolitical problems for the next half a century)

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