I am (not so) pleased to announce it has melted, gone above freezing, and is just raining non stop for the next 10 days or so.

Come with me to Jakarta someday! Proper Indonesian food there

For more Clausewitz check out my translation of Clausewitz's "Art and the Theory of Art" "One could say a theory of art, by Clausewitz’s definition, seeks to develop strategic thinking." My intro: classicsofstrategy.com/2023/09/27/c...classicsofstrategy.com/2023/09/28/o...

(Literally took the photo and text from my pinned twitter post).

One of my favorite photos. Swedish cavalry conducts an exercise combining horse-cav and helicopters, 1961. They were ultimately 'de-horsed' later in the 60s; their heritage lives on in the Army Ranger Battalion, which is currently being reformed as the 4th Cavalry Regiment.