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31 Days of Oscar: TCM Memorial Tribute to Robert Duvall March 10 | 3 Movies

APOCALYPSE NOW (1979) — 12:15 am ET — 2h 33m
(31 Days of Oscar: TCM Memorial Tribute to Robert Duvall)

Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall; directed by Francis Ford Coppola

An Army captain travels to Cambodia during the Vietnam War to terminate a renegade officer.

#TCM #TCMParty

11.03.2026 03:45 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

I follow a YouTube account that posts WWII combat reels and the Garands are like 2/3 the length of the guys carrying them

11.03.2026 01:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran may be activating sleeper cells outside the country, alert says The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as “an operational trigger” for “sleeper assets."

“The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as "an operational trigger" for "sleeper assets" according to alert sent to law enforcement agencies.”

I was called an alarmist when I mentioned sleeper cells. 🤷‍♂️

abcnews.com/US/iran-acti...

09.03.2026 16:20 👍 3851 🔁 1357 💬 423 📌 114

The library stacks would be useful for a Get Smart-like opening

08.03.2026 15:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“And that’s how I read Phillip Jose Farmer’s Image of the Beast…” 😉

08.03.2026 00:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yep, just roll it up like a burrito and tuck in the openings and roll it back out. It was a game changer to learn this

07.03.2026 14:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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From the Dick Buchanan Files: Bill Mauldin's World War Three Cartoons I'm handing things over to Dick Buchanan who reminds us about this fascinating "What If" story about a possible World War Three from a 1951 ...

More appropriate than not. Bill Mauldin's "Willie and Joe" fight WWIII, in a feature that ran in Colliers.

mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2019/12/from...

07.03.2026 02:14 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Good! Those assholes can walk

07.03.2026 01:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How to Put on a Duvet Cover Hack * The Roll Method *
How to Put on a Duvet Cover Hack * The Roll Method * YouTube video by Newsflare

This was my wife and I’s revelation

07.03.2026 00:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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a man in a suit and tie is standing with his hands folded Alt: a man in a suit and tie is standing with his hands folded
06.03.2026 21:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ADSB Exchange has it’s limits

05.03.2026 13:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The irony of using Sky Cards to check the airspace over conflict zones is not lost to me

05.03.2026 13:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Blumenthal: "I have emerged from classified briefings deeply concerned and very fearful that we're on the precipice not only of an escalating conflict that in region, but also putting troops on the ground b/c that is almost inevitably the path the admin has chosen by its current tactical approach"

05.03.2026 13:11 👍 4557 🔁 1639 💬 215 📌 95

Damn straight!

05.03.2026 03:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cartoon. A woman in a company conference room is looking at her phone and saying, "Says here that Greece is sending ships to defend Cyprus from the Persians."

In the foreground, a man is peeling Mber 2026 from the calendar and finding January 499BC behind it.

Cartoon. A woman in a company conference room is looking at her phone and saying, "Says here that Greece is sending ships to defend Cyprus from the Persians." In the foreground, a man is peeling Mber 2026 from the calendar and finding January 499BC behind it.

News item.

Al Stewart, "Nostradamus":

Oh, the more it changes, the more it stays the same,
And the hand just rearranges the players in the game.

03.03.2026 23:46 👍 98 🔁 20 💬 6 📌 0
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GPSJAM GPS/GNSS Interference Map Maps showing daily possible GPS interference.

Via a friend in the know: gpsjam.org A free site with data from airline pilots showing where GPS jamming (a good sign of other types of electronic warfare as well) is occurring in semi-real time.

03.03.2026 19:40 👍 232 🔁 96 💬 12 📌 2

Midnight Express 2, but with small bags of Fritos strapped to your body

03.03.2026 20:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

As someone who, until quite recently, followed national security issues for my day job, I’ve found it hard not to stay plugged into what’s going on. With that said, everyone should remember to take a step back and not fall into the abyss of doomscrolling. Be aware/involved but self care first.

03.03.2026 17:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
CNN: Three US fighter jets accidentally shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, military says
By Haley Britzky
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Helen Regan
Helen Regan
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Eyad Kourdi
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Isaac Yee
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Teele Rebane
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Lucas Lilieholm
Updated 13 hr ago

CNN: Three US fighter jets accidentally shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, military says By Haley Britzky , Helen Regan Helen Regan , Eyad Kourdi , Isaac Yee , Teele Rebane , Lucas Lilieholm Updated 13 hr ago

Reuters: Fire at US embassy complex in Riyadh after blast heard, sources say
By Reuters
March 2, 20266:23 PM CSTUpdated 13 mins ago

Reuters: Fire at US embassy complex in Riyadh after blast heard, sources say By Reuters March 2, 20266:23 PM CSTUpdated 13 mins ago

New York Times: U.S. military death toll rises to 6

New York Times: U.S. military death toll rises to 6

CNN: State Dept urges US citizens to "DEPART NOW" from countries throughout Middle East

CNN: State Dept urges US citizens to "DEPART NOW" from countries throughout Middle East

Two days into the war:

- three F-15s shot down

- U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia in flames

- six U.S. service members confirmed dead; more wounded

- State Department tells Americans to flee the entire Middle East

03.03.2026 00:49 👍 5176 🔁 2036 💬 328 📌 279
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Making Americans Unsafe Again

02.03.2026 23:31 👍 768 🔁 228 💬 55 📌 15

"We have a question submitted online...A Mr. Carl von C, from Germany and/or Poland would like to know specifically what you mean by 'win'"

02.03.2026 18:18 👍 95 🔁 20 💬 5 📌 0

Ours were repurposed as tsunami warnings first Friday of every month. But the sounds still sends my lizard brain into a scramble

02.03.2026 17:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

L’ILE LONGUE, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announces France will increase its number of nuclear warheads for 1st time in decades.

02.03.2026 14:35 👍 708 🔁 231 💬 42 📌 66
Satellite images provide view inside Iran at war Satellite images from commercial companies show the extent of U.S. and Israeli strikes, and how Iran is responding.

NEW: a round up of some of the overhead imagery we’ve had of Iran (and what it tells us).

Satellite images provide view inside Iran at war

www.npr.org/2026/03/01/n...

02.03.2026 00:58 👍 19 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
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All That Jazz (1979)

ALL THAT JAZZ (1979) — 10:45 pm ET — 2h 3m
(31 Days of Oscar: Oscar Goes Dancing)

Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking; directed by Bob Fosse

Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid life of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.

#TCM #TCMParty

02.03.2026 03:15 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 5

Eh. Again, ~90% of the reason it's all politics all the time is <gestures at the daily onslaught of lawless authoritarianism>. This is not a Bluesky problem. It's a society/polity problem. We will all go back to sh*tposting about TV, cocktails, sports, music, food, & puppies in the after-times.

01.03.2026 20:58 👍 743 🔁 100 💬 24 📌 11

Great pics!

01.03.2026 20:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
diagram of LOAC

diagram of LOAC

the CAF has a nice diagram of how LOAC works:

01.03.2026 14:28 👍 57 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
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> @jimlaporta.bsky.social

01.03.2026 00:33 👍 11000 🔁 2854 💬 747 📌 242
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What to know about names such as 'Operation Epic Fury' The Defense Department teased the name "Operation Epic Fury" to describe U.S. and Israeli airstrikes against Iran.

The Defense Department teased the name "Operation Epic Fury" to describe U.S. and Israeli airstrikes against Iran.

28.02.2026 17:11 👍 199 🔁 50 💬 122 📌 48