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
I follow a YouTube account that posts WWII combat reels and the Garands are like 2/3 the length of the guys carrying them
“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...
The library stacks would be useful for a Get Smart-like opening
“And that’s how I read Phillip Jose Farmer’s Image of the Beast…” 😉
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
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...
Good! Those assholes can walk
This was my wife and I’s revelation
ADSB Exchange has it’s limits
The irony of using Sky Cards to check the airspace over conflict zones is not lost to me
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"
Damn straight!
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.
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.
Midnight Express 2, but with small bags of Fritos strapped to your body
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.
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
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
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
Making Americans Unsafe Again
"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'"
Ours were repurposed as tsunami warnings first Friday of every month. But the sounds still sends my lizard brain into a scramble
L’ILE LONGUE, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announces France will increase its number of nuclear warheads for 1st time in decades.
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...
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
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.
Great pics!
diagram of LOAC
the CAF has a nice diagram of how LOAC works:
> @jimlaporta.bsky.social
