Note: Written in response to Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 16, 2026. Something unusual is happening in the Russian military's information environment. The bloggers and commentators who built their audiences by cheerleading the invasion — men whose professional identity is bound to Russian military success — are posting corrections. Gerasimov's headquarters claims a town has … Continue reading The Reports Were Always Going to Be Beautiful
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Cultural Containers: A Sketch
Cultural systems — religions, constitutions, philosophical traditions, ideological movements, scientific paradigms, informal cultural artifacts — share a structural property worth naming directly. Each maintains a relationship between a nominal core and an evolving operational practice. The relationship's stability depends not on preventing change, which is impossible, but on whether the system's authority structure can acknowledge … Continue reading Cultural Containers: A Sketch
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