Jon Lott 😷

@mcgillmd921 Yes, it's a fantastic book. The maps inside really bring Caesar's conquests to life.

Been wanting a copy of The Landmark Julius Caesar for a while now. Picked up a copy of it today. Has anyone read it?

Japanese engineers developed a “Sword Tip Visualization System” for the Fencing World Championships, and it makes fencing look absolutely incredible to watch.

Not sure who needs this random image of Athenian social classes (under the 594 BC constitution of Solon) that I designed last week. But here it is, for fans of #Athens.

Interesting development from the Ukraine War: "Robots captured Russian army positions for first time in history" archive.ph/VGTI8

@AaronBMacLean Name names!

The extent to which writing by *prominent* people, on social media—but also published in the oped pages of major newspapers!—is so obviously generated (or heavily assisted) by AI is stunning. There’s so little comment on it. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.

“If the spread of reading represented the greatest transfer of knowledge to ordinary men and women in history, the smartphone revolution represents the greatest theft of knowledge from ordinary people in history.” I compress @j_amesmarriott’s superb new book into a quote tweet.

How quaint. thehill.com/business/econo…

It’s finally here — the world’s most advanced, realtime China intelligence dashboard. A side project 2 years in the making. I’m calling it “Digital Embassy.” Now it’s yours, for free. Here’s how it works: 🧵 1/10 digitalembassy.net

In a sense, they are correct; for example, detailed satellite imagery can provide lots of information to a modern commander. But the proliferation of IT (and all the noise) has also greatly increased the number of questions, leverage/shatterpoints, and domains to consider—and each one of the has its own fog. Yes we have more sensors now, but the landscape of action is also much broader. The complex system that is War has become even more complex.

Teaching Clausewitz in my grand strategy class at Georgetown University tonight. My students say the "fog of war" has been greatly reduced by modern information technology. For example, weather is no longer a source of friction. Check your iphone before the war. Are they correct?

My Super Bowl LX predictions: New England Patriots: XXVII Seattle Seahawks: XXIII #SuperBowlLX

Great article on China's multidimensional Hybrid War, or "#allfare": warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/allfa…

Exciting & hopeful things happening in Iran. I'm surprised more people aren't talking about this.

Maduro has forgotten the #1 rule of geopolitics, recorded by Thucydides almost 2,500 years ago: " Rules exist between equals. The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

Happy Festivus (for the rest of us) youtu.be/53ykKagzYoU?si…

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants." –Epictetus

@chesscom chess

everyone who replies "chess" will be in our new twitter header next week

@RyanHoliday Thucydides

Don't just read books, re-read them. What is your favorite book to re-read?

The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.

@stats_feed Yes. It’s real and it’s spectacular. etsy.com/listing/441300…

Without googling, do you know what a Shakshouka is?

@ZLabe I wish you would still post on X, Dr. Labe. Come back!

Occasional reminder where you can still find my daily weather/climate posts and data viz: #ClimateChange #SciComm + (primary, daily updates) bsky.app/profile/zackla… + (website) zacklabe.com + linkedin.com/in/zacharylabe/ + @ZLabe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">fediscience.org/@ZLabe + buymeacoffee.com/zacklabe