
Harry C. Merritt
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Harry C. Merritt
@HarryMerritt
Historian working on the social history of war in 🇱🇻🇷🇺🇩🇪. Opinions my own, not those of my employer.





Crocodile Dundee was the breakout hit of 1986. Starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski, this $9M 'fish out of water' comedy earned $175M globally, making it the year's second biggest film. It’s still Australia’s highest-grossing movie ever.


still holding out hope this website is going to be reverted to “Twitter” and idc how delusional that makes me






This is pretty damning, actually. How much of our impression of China is based on a few officials mistranslating statements to make the country seem more threatening than it is?








the state of the AI investment bubble, in plain English: overcapacity projected at USD 2 trillion, higher energy prices, higher water wastage, for a technology we dont need at that scale



🚨 BREAKING: In a major announcement, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announces the RETURN to MALE-ONLY STANDARDS "Each service will ensure that every requirement for every Combat MOS, for every designated combat arms position, returns to the highest MALE STANDARD ONLY." "We are also adding a combat field test for combat arms units that must be executable in any environment at any time and with combat equipment. These tests that look familiar, they resemble the Army Expert Physical Fitness Assessment or the Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test." "I'm also directing that warfighters in combat jobs execute their service fitness test at a gender neutral, age normed male standard scored above 70%."

respect for people who raw dog flights. due to a Wi-Fi malfunction and a lack of onboard entertainment, I had absolutely nothing to do for the last 6 hours. I went completely insane after hour two of the dino game. I got so desperate that I considered speaking to the person sitting next to me














