Ed Leland
@edleland3.bsky.social
Avid Wargamer, amateur historian and aspiring figure painter. Great Patriotic War and CBI are my current interests.
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I find Sherman fascinating because he's a war criminal by any modern definition and you can pretty much drawn a line from Sherman-Total-War to Nukes.
BUT... he did it to Confederates and literally freed one of my direct ancestors so... I'm cool with it. 10/10 would march to the sea again.
BUT... he did it to Confederates and literally freed one of my direct ancestors so... I'm cool with it. 10/10 would march to the sea again.
December 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I find Sherman fascinating because he's a war criminal by any modern definition and you can pretty much drawn a line from Sherman-Total-War to Nukes.
BUT... he did it to Confederates and literally freed one of my direct ancestors so... I'm cool with it. 10/10 would march to the sea again.
BUT... he did it to Confederates and literally freed one of my direct ancestors so... I'm cool with it. 10/10 would march to the sea again.
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“Of course that's your contention. You're a first-year roleplayer; you just got finished reading some heartbreaker, Dungeon Crawl Classics, probably. You're gonna be convinced of that 'till next month when you get to Greg Stafford.”
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“Of course that's your contention. You're a first-year roleplayer; you just got finished reading some heartbreaker, Dungeon Crawl Classics, probably. You're gonna be convinced of that 'till next month when you get to Greg Stafford.”
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Having given talks and published work about why this is a TERRIBLE idea, I gotta say, I’m not enjoying having to look on in horror as they actually do it. 🤦🏻♀️
Pete Hegseth: "The future of American warfare is here, and it's spelled AI."
He says the military has launched a new platform that "puts the world's most powerful frontier AI models, starting with Google Gemini, directly into the hands of every American warrior."
He says the military has launched a new platform that "puts the world's most powerful frontier AI models, starting with Google Gemini, directly into the hands of every American warrior."
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Having given talks and published work about why this is a TERRIBLE idea, I gotta say, I’m not enjoying having to look on in horror as they actually do it. 🤦🏻♀️
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The problem with AI is it moves people from bottom left to bottom right by drastically increasing their output.
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The problem with AI is it moves people from bottom left to bottom right by drastically increasing their output.
@stalledgamer.bsky.social This might give you a start on the minefield that is 1:72.
Once again I am amazed by the level of fidelity Meng has crammed into their 1/72 scale kits. I'd written the scale off for armor because the few Trumpeter 72nd stuff is built in the past came out much too like those badly proportioned diecast models sold in the toy aisle. #histscalemodels
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
@stalledgamer.bsky.social This might give you a start on the minefield that is 1:72.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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*scrambling to get anything done at 4:30pm* hurry, please we must hurry, the darkness is upon us, the darkness takes all and ends all, it is coming, it is almost here. we can not fight it, we can not fight the ruinous dark.
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
*scrambling to get anything done at 4:30pm* hurry, please we must hurry, the darkness is upon us, the darkness takes all and ends all, it is coming, it is almost here. we can not fight it, we can not fight the ruinous dark.
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this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
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It’s still remarkable that Disney produced - and released - this segment in 1940. A horror short that should rank with its Universal monster movie contemporaries… The animation is lush and experimental, and really shows off the Disney special animated effects team…
October 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
It’s still remarkable that Disney produced - and released - this segment in 1940. A horror short that should rank with its Universal monster movie contemporaries… The animation is lush and experimental, and really shows off the Disney special animated effects team…
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A fellow furloughed coworker posted this. Laugh so you don’t cry.
October 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A fellow furloughed coworker posted this. Laugh so you don’t cry.
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ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
October 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
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Although I like miniatures, I've never bought or painted any.
Yet here I am, buying a whole kickstarter set.
I need this one so badly; I've always been fascinated with the subject of women in the World War II resistance, I even knew a few in person.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bad...
Yet here I am, buying a whole kickstarter set.
I need this one so badly; I've always been fascinated with the subject of women in the World War II resistance, I even knew a few in person.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bad...
Women of WW2: Resistance (Hand Sculpted & Cast)
Top Quality 28mm Pewter Miniatures for WW2 Historical & Pulp Gaming & Painting - with Hand Painted Backdrop Book
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September 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Although I like miniatures, I've never bought or painted any.
Yet here I am, buying a whole kickstarter set.
I need this one so badly; I've always been fascinated with the subject of women in the World War II resistance, I even knew a few in person.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bad...
Yet here I am, buying a whole kickstarter set.
I need this one so badly; I've always been fascinated with the subject of women in the World War II resistance, I even knew a few in person.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bad...
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Interesting NYT article on how tanks have evolved in Ukraine combat to counter drones. nytimes.com/interactive/...
September 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Interesting NYT article on how tanks have evolved in Ukraine combat to counter drones. nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:
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August 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:
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Did my morning rounds of reading online news and now my creative spirit has crawled back up inside me like a prey animal terrified of being eaten. Excited to try to write now!
August 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Did my morning rounds of reading online news and now my creative spirit has crawled back up inside me like a prey animal terrified of being eaten. Excited to try to write now!
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I *love* pulp era gaming, which means I need pulp minis. There is a notable dearth of women minis. Bad Squiddo is fixing that bullshit. (Also just noticed that she has a Virginia Hall mini, that’s gonna be an add-on. Imagine if Hall and Jim Gavin had kids. It’d by Cap America squared).
Women of WW2: Resistance (Hand Sculpted & Cast)
Top Quality 28mm Pewter Miniatures for WW2 Historical & Pulp Gaming & Painting
www.kickstarter.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I *love* pulp era gaming, which means I need pulp minis. There is a notable dearth of women minis. Bad Squiddo is fixing that bullshit. (Also just noticed that she has a Virginia Hall mini, that’s gonna be an add-on. Imagine if Hall and Jim Gavin had kids. It’d by Cap America squared).
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This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read
August 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read
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i think about this tweet every single day
August 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
i think about this tweet every single day
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beck really was prescient when he said
"forces of evil in a bozo nightmare"
"forces of evil in a bozo nightmare"
August 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
beck really was prescient when he said
"forces of evil in a bozo nightmare"
"forces of evil in a bozo nightmare"
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As rhetorical questions go, this is a reliable one
What really annoys me about the Wehrmacht admiration both institutionally and individually is the American army executed operations, offensively and defensively, at a pretty goddamn high level from 1944-1945, why not really admire that?
You really don’t have to hand it to the German officer corps on WWII but they really did pull one of the all time historiographical Houdinis in their telling of the war
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
As rhetorical questions go, this is a reliable one
How did I not know about this?
The Toronto Circus Riot broke out on this day 170 years ago — sparked by a brawl between angry clowns and firefighters at a Victorian brothel.
Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
July 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
How did I not know about this?
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RT if you have a copy of this library 🙋♂️
The Graphics Library is an object of great mystery and power.
July 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
RT if you have a copy of this library 🙋♂️