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29 June - 25 August

Aug 25, 2023

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I got very busy with a thesis project and a protest, so weeks have gone by without a digest post. Expect a more regular pace of posting in the future.

29 June - I made an assessment of where the chips were falling in Russia.

Polemology Positions

The Wagner Mutiny Was An Inside Job

Sergey Surovikin, commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces (RAF), was arrested along with a deputy for his reputed role in the Wagner mutiny last weekend, The Moscow Times confirmed yesterday. Thirteen RAF aircrew were reportedly killed by Wagner air defense assets during the abortive munity…

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30 June - I posted a a recording of my Twitter/X space with Donovan Cleckley.

The Distance

Gender Critical Story Hour 2: Poetic Boogaloo

Listen now (55 mins) | Donovan Cleckley joined me on a Tiwtter space the other night to hold another edition of Gender Critical Story Hour. He read selections from the work of Shel Silverstein. We discussed the controversial poet’s biography, the themes of his work, and the value of the poetic form for dissecting genderwoo. I even recited a Silverstein poem I learned decades …

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a year ago · 12 likes · Matt Osborne

5 July - It was time to focus on the American Civil Lib…

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