MTMcGurk
@mtmcgurk.bsky.social
IWI Fellow 2025. Views are my own and do not represent DoD or the Irregular Warfare Initiative.
Dad, Army Recruiter, aspiring historian, poet, #irregularwarfare, #poet. #cats #LetsGoPens 🐧 #library #milsky #zettelkasten
It’s a great day to recruit!
Dad, Army Recruiter, aspiring historian, poet, #irregularwarfare, #poet. #cats #LetsGoPens 🐧 #library #milsky #zettelkasten
It’s a great day to recruit!
It first leads to Sandor’s history of the Hundred Day Winter War published by @univpressofkansas.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It first leads to Sandor’s history of the Hundred Day Winter War published by @univpressofkansas.bsky.social
28/2025 Mannerheim: Marshal of Finland 🇫🇮 A life in geopolitics by Henrik Meinander.
Fascinating biography. I like how the author discussed the historiography, myth, memory of Mannerheim.
This leads to a Cold War focused biography of Urho Kekkonen by Gordon F Sandor
@cornellupress.bsky.social
Fascinating biography. I like how the author discussed the historiography, myth, memory of Mannerheim.
This leads to a Cold War focused biography of Urho Kekkonen by Gordon F Sandor
@cornellupress.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
28/2025 Mannerheim: Marshal of Finland 🇫🇮 A life in geopolitics by Henrik Meinander.
Fascinating biography. I like how the author discussed the historiography, myth, memory of Mannerheim.
This leads to a Cold War focused biography of Urho Kekkonen by Gordon F Sandor
@cornellupress.bsky.social
Fascinating biography. I like how the author discussed the historiography, myth, memory of Mannerheim.
This leads to a Cold War focused biography of Urho Kekkonen by Gordon F Sandor
@cornellupress.bsky.social
So @dienekes.bsky.social book “Splintered Empires” led me to Henrik Meinander’s “Mannerheim” biography.
Nearly done with it so I’ll start “THE HUNDRED DAY WINTER WAR” by Gordon F. Sandor over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Nearly done with it so I’ll start “THE HUNDRED DAY WINTER WAR” by Gordon F. Sandor over the Thanksgiving holiday.
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
So @dienekes.bsky.social book “Splintered Empires” led me to Henrik Meinander’s “Mannerheim” biography.
Nearly done with it so I’ll start “THE HUNDRED DAY WINTER WAR” by Gordon F. Sandor over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Nearly done with it so I’ll start “THE HUNDRED DAY WINTER WAR” by Gordon F. Sandor over the Thanksgiving holiday.
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Cats must have a sensor in their brains that alerts them anytime a human sits or lies down.
Me: lies down
**2 seconds later
Cat: occupies lap by force
Me: lies down
**2 seconds later
Cat: occupies lap by force
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Cats must have a sensor in their brains that alerts them anytime a human sits or lies down.
Me: lies down
**2 seconds later
Cat: occupies lap by force
Me: lies down
**2 seconds later
Cat: occupies lap by force
New cat house who dis?
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
New cat house who dis?
Salt Lake City your library system is a gem 💎
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Salt Lake City your library system is a gem 💎
This is a great one volume book on the war as well
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This is a great one volume book on the war as well
What’s everyone reading this weekend?
These, plus a couple chapters a day of Don Quixote. (Still peeved that book gets reduced to “chasing windmills”)
These, plus a couple chapters a day of Don Quixote. (Still peeved that book gets reduced to “chasing windmills”)
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What’s everyone reading this weekend?
These, plus a couple chapters a day of Don Quixote. (Still peeved that book gets reduced to “chasing windmills”)
These, plus a couple chapters a day of Don Quixote. (Still peeved that book gets reduced to “chasing windmills”)
PNW is amazing. Worth it.
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM
PNW is amazing. Worth it.
Yes I would watch a movie about the Czech Legion fighting across Siberia and the allies landing at Archangel. His style is a page turner
November 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Yes I would watch a movie about the Czech Legion fighting across Siberia and the allies landing at Archangel. His style is a page turner
A must on this list. Nearly 800 pages of “I can’t put it down.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A must on this list. Nearly 800 pages of “I can’t put it down.”
Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
Make it a 25 part mini series about his life and times please 🎥!
Make it a 25 part mini series about his life and times please 🎥!
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
Make it a 25 part mini series about his life and times please 🎥!
Make it a 25 part mini series about his life and times please 🎥!
River of Doubt by Candice Millard
Make it a movie already ! 🎥
Make it a movie already ! 🎥
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
River of Doubt by Candice Millard
Make it a movie already ! 🎥
Make it a movie already ! 🎥
This was a wild ride and I could not put it down.
House of cards by Williams D. Cohan
House of cards by Williams D. Cohan
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This was a wild ride and I could not put it down.
House of cards by Williams D. Cohan
House of cards by Williams D. Cohan
27/2025 The Holy Temple by Boyd Packer.
A colleague loaned me this to understand some of the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Grateful to understand a little bit more about the surrounding community, especially the importance of genealogy / family history for the temple.
A colleague loaned me this to understand some of the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Grateful to understand a little bit more about the surrounding community, especially the importance of genealogy / family history for the temple.
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
27/2025 The Holy Temple by Boyd Packer.
A colleague loaned me this to understand some of the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Grateful to understand a little bit more about the surrounding community, especially the importance of genealogy / family history for the temple.
A colleague loaned me this to understand some of the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Grateful to understand a little bit more about the surrounding community, especially the importance of genealogy / family history for the temple.
The @pittsburghpenguins.bsky.social app is great. Especially for the radio broadcast.
November 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The @pittsburghpenguins.bsky.social app is great. Especially for the radio broadcast.
Sevendust slaps and seems appropriate today.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Sevendust slaps and seems appropriate today.
Listening to Mastodon and thinking about Brent Hinds. 😢
What a wild concert (2014)!
What a wild concert (2014)!
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Listening to Mastodon and thinking about Brent Hinds. 😢
What a wild concert (2014)!
What a wild concert (2014)!
26/2025 Truth to Tell: Notes from my White House Education by Lanny J Davis.
This was a “read a book outside of your comfort zone” pick. No idea how this ended up in my family. I felt a lot of anger reading this.
The advice is sound: just tell the truth and don’t hide it.
This was a “read a book outside of your comfort zone” pick. No idea how this ended up in my family. I felt a lot of anger reading this.
The advice is sound: just tell the truth and don’t hide it.
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
26/2025 Truth to Tell: Notes from my White House Education by Lanny J Davis.
This was a “read a book outside of your comfort zone” pick. No idea how this ended up in my family. I felt a lot of anger reading this.
The advice is sound: just tell the truth and don’t hide it.
This was a “read a book outside of your comfort zone” pick. No idea how this ended up in my family. I felt a lot of anger reading this.
The advice is sound: just tell the truth and don’t hide it.
25/2025 How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens
Mind blown 🤯 Zettelkasten method seems the way to go for me. I’ve already made slip box 🗃️ notes for this book and am seeing connections already.
So many connections to other things I’ve read. (That’s the point.)
Mind blown 🤯 Zettelkasten method seems the way to go for me. I’ve already made slip box 🗃️ notes for this book and am seeing connections already.
So many connections to other things I’ve read. (That’s the point.)
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
25/2025 How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens
Mind blown 🤯 Zettelkasten method seems the way to go for me. I’ve already made slip box 🗃️ notes for this book and am seeing connections already.
So many connections to other things I’ve read. (That’s the point.)
Mind blown 🤯 Zettelkasten method seems the way to go for me. I’ve already made slip box 🗃️ notes for this book and am seeing connections already.
So many connections to other things I’ve read. (That’s the point.)
Christmas came early.
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Christmas came early.
Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
October 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.