Brian

25 Oct 1812 // 38-gun frigate HMS Macedonian was captured off Madeira by American 44-gun frigate USS United States. During the battle the British frigate was overwhelmed by the more powerful and longer-range guns carried by her opponent. She was almost fully dismasted in the first exchange of fire.

"Ordinarily, moving historical items within the building is a deliberate process overseen by trained curators. Instead, Hegseth’s staff dispatched its own team to relocate an Eisenhower globe. They lost control of the artifact and dropped it..." wapo.st/3WF2YQo

I had not realized that D. H. Hill launched an earlier, Lost Cause friendly precursor to Garden and Gun magazine titled: The Land we Love: A monthly magazine devoted to Literature, Military History, and Agriculture (From Chris Hartley's fine bio of D. H. Hill) #Histbookchat

12 Words and Phrases from The Simpsons -taps sign -d'oh -say the quiet part out loud -old man yells at cloud And more! www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/wor...

Max Boot at the Southern Festival of Books - Reagan's time GE played a major role in his transition in politics from New Deal Democrat to Republican and his development as a public speaker. #SouthernFestivalofBooks

Author Lindsay Owens - market concentration increases the impact of the dynamic pricing, and also notes that AI can be used to coordinate pricing. #southernfestivalofbooks

Lindsay Owens - company patents offer insights into future trends. One example is a Walmart patent that would for instance raise the price of mayonnaise if a shopper has tuna in their cart. #Southernfestivalofbooks

Lindsay Owens at the Southern Festival of Books - the increasing use of dynamic pricing not only can raise prices, but also increase price volatility and reduce transparency. #SouthernFestivalofBpoks

I'm late posting, but adding some sports history for #PhotoFriday - the history of one of the most talented and interesting teams in NBA history... #Histbookchat

WAPO: “.. all the major donors to .. Trump’s White House ballroom project, including previously undisclosed contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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Outside of current events and the most intense years of the Korean Conflict, I have limited knowledge of history of modern divided Korea, so looking to learn a little more. #PhotoFriday #Histbookchat

George Kollitides, the behind-the scenes Pentagon powerbroker close to deputy defense secretary Steve Feinberg left Alvarez & Marsal Capital last week after ProPublica started looking into the deals. Read my first story for ProPublica! www.propublica.org/article/geor...

NEW: A private equity executive took a top Pentagon job last year. Then a consulting firm he’d kept ties to starting winning major defense contracts - including a no-bid, quarter-billion dollar deal to advise his office.

Learn about the first dogfight between the Hellcat and Zero, allegedly

“.. defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts since those investments were made, according to the government's official contract reporting. abcnews.com/Politics/tru...

Alaska: TOMORROW is the last day to register to vote in the general election! Don't wait. Register today, make sure your friends and family are registered too, and make a plan to vote in this important election. 🇺🇸

JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

Tossing open this week’s NFL Mailbag! 📪 Fire away with your questions, I’ll pose them to NFL Scouts, Coaches, Executives, Agents and sources across the league to include their insights in Friday’s column at Between The Hashmarks!

This was my first time reading one of Robert Stern's books. I thought it was pretty good - solid writing, good use of primary sources, good selection of secondary sources, perspective from both Japanese and US sides. #Histbookchat #PhotoFriday #navalhistory

How a Swiss mountain call crossed the Atlantic and helped define the sound of country music. Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/4rDuCIU

In this period of American history, I thought it would be particularly worthwhile to brush up on this topic. #Histbookchat #PhotoFriday

23 Sept 1779 // The Battle of Flamborough Head, off the Yorkshire coast: two Royal Navy ships, HMS Serapis (44 guns) and HMS Countess of Scarborough (22 guns) were captured when a squadron of four American warships under John Paul Jones attacked the convoy from the Baltic which they were escorting .

1/x Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama is taken hostage in a lifeboat, and US Navy SEALs end it after five days. The snipers dealt with the guys in the lifeboat. The Belgians dealt with the guy at the top of the whole trade. A thread.

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

The updated version of the Cade Cavalli extension story, with some financial details and quotes from Paul Toboni: natsjournal.com/p/source-nat...

Riley Cornelio will open for the Nationals today. Jake Irvin had previously been listed as the starter.

A little late for #PhotoFriday - I made it to the East Tennessee History Museum and picked up a couple of books from the museum bookstore. #Histbookchat

Interesting item for me in Chris Hartley's bio of D H Hill - I hadn't known about Hood's early ACW cavalry service or D. H. Hill's impact on his early career trajectory. #Histbookchat

I have been long overdue to read a book by Richard Overy, so starting with this one. #Histbookchat #PhotoFriday

Devin Fitz-Gerald is turning a corner in AA www.federalbaseball.com/washington-n...

Nice to have a history book that also aligns with your work - I'm enjoying gaining insight and background into the famous Kelo case. #Histbookchat #PhotoFriday

Largest export market for Maine, Michigan and Ohio: Canada.

Some sports history for #PhotoFriday I'm more of a casual football/soccer fan, but I heard an interview with the author and heard familiar names like Clint Mathis and Josh Wolff and decided to pick this up. I'm enjoying it. #Histbookchat

Well, @chriscardsfan.bsky.social - I hope you're proud of yourself. Between you, @hupplescat.bsky.social and @lwestwoodauthor.bsky.social Bluesky can be expensive for me, but at least I'm well provisioned with good books!