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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part IIa: Mobilization without Administration
This is the second part (I, IIa) of our honestly-who-knows-how-many part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are recruited, raised, equipped and paid. While I hope this will be of great interest to the history nerds out there, I’ve opted to structure this specifically as a service for the worldbuilders out…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Fast Friday
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Beetle Bailey, 6/12/26 Whoa, looks like America’s foremost military-themed comic strip is going to take on the extremely…
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(xkcd.com) Plate Flip
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Best kind of abyss, right after James Cameron’s
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Heathcliff, 6/11/26 It’s true that California has higher gas prices than the rest of the country, but I…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Everything I want in a movie
New comic!Today’s News: You can now read Exorsisters on Pixie Trix Comix! Check the nav bar!Subscribe to the Spice Rack newsletter here!Want printed books or swag? Check out our store!https://tinyurl.com/yc56p4hwWe also have books available in bookstor…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Graham Platner and the Merchants of Mass Death by J’Accuse | Policy of Truth
[…] say that I was ever very invested in Platner’s candidacy. I only really took notice of it a few days ago, and only because it belatedly occurred to me that Platner’s popularity is a slap in the face […] LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) J’Accuse
Bret Stephens vs. Graham PlatnerGraham Platner just won the Maine Democratic primary. I’m glad. To be honest, I can’t say that I was all that invested in Platner’s candidacy. I only really took notice of it a few days ago, and only because it belatedly occurred to me that Platner’s popularity is a slap in…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Unpleasant whimsy
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Rex Morgan, M.D., 6/10/26 You know, maybe I’m sheltered, but I think that interpersonal violence happens a lot…
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(xkcd.com) Beam Pipe
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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