Ryan Wadle
@rdwadle.bsky.social
Pronounced wad-lee
US naval history, OEF, and things that amuse me
Author of Selling Sea Power: Public Relations and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1941 from University of Oklahoma Press
US naval history, OEF, and things that amuse me
Author of Selling Sea Power: Public Relations and the U.S. Navy, 1917-1941 from University of Oklahoma Press
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How does Cargret Thatcher deal with the Cargentina invasion of the Falkland Islands?
A little known fact about the CARS universe, is that post-World War 2 many Volkswagens, BMWs and Mercedes fled to Cargentina to avoid the Nuremberg Time Trials
October 2, 2026 at 8:14 PM
How does Cargret Thatcher deal with the Cargentina invasion of the Falkland Islands?
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this is what the constitutional convention looked like:
October 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
this is what the constitutional convention looked like:
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My new book now has a cover - and I love it!
September 30, 2026 at 7:08 AM
My new book now has a cover - and I love it!
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the philosophy of the cat is to not think outside the box. it is to find a box, any box, and utterly own it no matter the state of the box itself
this laundry basket was empty for less than 30 seconds
September 30, 2026 at 11:41 AM
the philosophy of the cat is to not think outside the box. it is to find a box, any box, and utterly own it no matter the state of the box itself
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DoD: oh no, what about mah industrial base??
Also, DoD: oh you can definitely double down on your 6th gen fighters with one company
Also, DoD: oh you can definitely double down on your 6th gen fighters with one company
Boeing Picked to Build Navy’s F/A-XX Carrier Fighter in $20B Contract — USNI News
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September 29, 2026 at 11:55 PM
DoD: oh no, what about mah industrial base??
Also, DoD: oh you can definitely double down on your 6th gen fighters with one company
Also, DoD: oh you can definitely double down on your 6th gen fighters with one company
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In the end, the Rams offense was simply not as good as Iowa's offense.
September 28, 2026 at 3:57 AM
In the end, the Rams offense was simply not as good as Iowa's offense.
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it's weird because Nirvana is now old whereas I am exactly the same age I was in 1992
September 28, 2026 at 12:57 AM
it's weird because Nirvana is now old whereas I am exactly the same age I was in 1992
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27 Sept 1840 // A large fire broke out at Plymouth Dockyard and HMS Talavera (74 guns) and HMS Imogene (28 guns) were destroyed, happily with no lives lost. Image: Thomas Lyde Hornbrook, 'Dockyard Fire at Plymouth' 1840 (North East Lincolnshire Museum via Wikimedia Commons). #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
September 27, 2026 at 12:35 PM
27 Sept 1840 // A large fire broke out at Plymouth Dockyard and HMS Talavera (74 guns) and HMS Imogene (28 guns) were destroyed, happily with no lives lost. Image: Thomas Lyde Hornbrook, 'Dockyard Fire at Plymouth' 1840 (North East Lincolnshire Museum via Wikimedia Commons). #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
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im sorry put kirk ferentz in a home for that idc
September 26, 2026 at 10:47 PM
im sorry put kirk ferentz in a home for that idc
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IJN Aircraft carrier Ryūjō
Date: September 20, 1932
Location: Yokosuka Arsenal Quay
Photo: Yokosuka Arsenal
Situation: Hull section progress 67%
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Date: September 20, 1932
Location: Yokosuka Arsenal Quay
Photo: Yokosuka Arsenal
Situation: Hull section progress 67%
static.ow.ly/photos/origi...
September 20, 2026 at 3:12 AM
IJN Aircraft carrier Ryūjō
Date: September 20, 1932
Location: Yokosuka Arsenal Quay
Photo: Yokosuka Arsenal
Situation: Hull section progress 67%
static.ow.ly/photos/origi...
Date: September 20, 1932
Location: Yokosuka Arsenal Quay
Photo: Yokosuka Arsenal
Situation: Hull section progress 67%
static.ow.ly/photos/origi...
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"You don't have space for more books!"
What I don't have space for is your NEGATIVITY
What I don't have space for is your NEGATIVITY
September 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"You don't have space for more books!"
What I don't have space for is your NEGATIVITY
What I don't have space for is your NEGATIVITY
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17 Sept 1939 // Aircraft carrier HMS Courageous, sailing with two destroyer escorts in the Western Approaches, was torpedoed and sunk by U-boat U.29 with the loss of 519 lives: the first Royal Navy warship to be sunk by enemy action in the Second World War. (Imperial War Museum FL 6534 & HU 45268)
September 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM
17 Sept 1939 // Aircraft carrier HMS Courageous, sailing with two destroyer escorts in the Western Approaches, was torpedoed and sunk by U-boat U.29 with the loss of 519 lives: the first Royal Navy warship to be sunk by enemy action in the Second World War. (Imperial War Museum FL 6534 & HU 45268)
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Fun fact, the Wasp’s landing signal officer was none other than David McCampbell. After the sinking, he was sent back to the states to form Fighting Squadron 15, who would go on to destroy the most Japanese planes of any squadron in the war producing 26 aces. Quite the boomerang
September 15, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Fun fact, the Wasp’s landing signal officer was none other than David McCampbell. After the sinking, he was sent back to the states to form Fighting Squadron 15, who would go on to destroy the most Japanese planes of any squadron in the war producing 26 aces. Quite the boomerang
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IJN Aircraft carrier Kaga
Date: September 15, 1928
Location: Off Tateyama (Iwaibukuro - Ukishima Pillar)
Photo: Yokosuka Arsenal
Situation: Full-scale public Sea trial in progress
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Date: September 15, 1928
Location: Off Tateyama (Iwaibukuro - Ukishima Pillar)
Photo: Yokosuka Arsenal
Situation: Full-scale public Sea trial in progress
static.ow.ly/photos/origi...
September 15, 2026 at 3:03 AM
IJN Aircraft carrier Kaga
Date: September 15, 1928
Location: Off Tateyama (Iwaibukuro - Ukishima Pillar)
Photo: Yokosuka Arsenal
Situation: Full-scale public Sea trial in progress
static.ow.ly/photos/origi...
Date: September 15, 1928
Location: Off Tateyama (Iwaibukuro - Ukishima Pillar)
Photo: Yokosuka Arsenal
Situation: Full-scale public Sea trial in progress
static.ow.ly/photos/origi...
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Eric Bienemy is back so he and Andy are watching film from 1911 again
another Kenneth Walker TD from Patrick Mahomes who lined up in a 3 point stance
September 15, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Eric Bienemy is back so he and Andy are watching film from 1911 again
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2050 and Patrick Mahomes will still be running at 4.3 miles per hour past 11 flummoxed defenders for first downs and TDs
September 15, 2026 at 12:30 AM
2050 and Patrick Mahomes will still be running at 4.3 miles per hour past 11 flummoxed defenders for first downs and TDs
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The Cowboys convincing me they’d be better on defense this year
September 14, 2026 at 3:27 AM
The Cowboys convincing me they’d be better on defense this year
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Best bit of the Bayeux tapestry is the 1944 addendum
September 12, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Best bit of the Bayeux tapestry is the 1944 addendum
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I wrote for @brightwalldarkroom.com about MIAMI VICE, "a darkly sumptuous masterpiece of eroticism and romanticism, of action and abstraction, of fragmented flows of raw and overwhelming emotional information whose meanings only gain momentum with time."
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Michael Mann's Miami Vice at 20: Death of the Cool
Mann’s cinema is that of love and longing on a life-and-death scale—all that matters are the compressed moments we have in which to share it.
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September 3, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I wrote for @brightwalldarkroom.com about MIAMI VICE, "a darkly sumptuous masterpiece of eroticism and romanticism, of action and abstraction, of fragmented flows of raw and overwhelming emotional information whose meanings only gain momentum with time."
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2026/09/03/d...
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2026/09/03/d...
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Getting into the page proofs!
September 2, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Getting into the page proofs!