Craig Calcaterra

craigcalcaterra.bsky.social

23 October 2026 14:05

How many of us get the chance to die doing what we love? bsky.app/profile/redr...

OSINTRadar

osintradar.bsky.social

23 October 2026 03:41

🇫🇮🇺🇦 Finland will provide Ukraine with a new €300 million support package, Zelenskyy says. 📌 "Ukraine and Finland have signed seven cooperation documents, agreeing to expand the use of Finnish satellite capabilities and strengthen support for Ukraine’s logistics and energy sectors."

Jack Jenkins

jackjenkins.me

20 October 2026 04:12

I feel like an underrated aspect of Star Wars is that it was the first truly widely popular modern myth where democracy (and, especially, what happens when it’s undone) was a foundational concept of the fictional universe. That was a departure from LoTR, Narnia, etc., where monarchs were central.

Jack Jenkins

jackjenkins.me

20 October 2026 04:12

Power centralized in a single individual (a literal emperor) was cast as, you know, really bad, and results in bad stuff like dissolving a democratic Senate. In fact, even making oneself *like* the Emperor — pursuing selfish desires for power — was framed as turning to the Dark Side.