Quotulatiousness

The Canadian Army is re-organizing and the most visible sign of the new organization is the reconstitution of the 1st Canadian Division: Formation patch for the 1st Canadian Division during the First World War.

Imperial War Museums Published 2 Sep 2026 On 11th September 2001, photojournalist Bill Biggart headed to the World Trade Center to document the unfolding attacks.

Mark Steyn on the Neil Young song — yes, that Neil Young — that best captured the events on Flight 93 on the eleventh of September, 2001: “Plumes of smoke billow from the World Trade Center towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, after a Boeing 767 hits…

seangabb Published 1 Apr 2026 Greece: A Brief History, c.700 BC – 500 AD What happens when victory creates power?

Very few of the battles in which I have participated were fought as described in European text-books, viz., in great masses, in perfect order, manœuvring by corps, divisions, and brigades.

So … are we now okay with panicking over the threat of artificial intelligence?

On Substack Notes, Copernican linked to this article saying: While revoking the 19th wouldn’t fix EVERYTHING, it’d probably be a step in the direction of reestablishing a structural social frame for a lot of women.

When a valuable commodity isn’t directly owned by anyone, the incentives are for everyone to grab as much of the commodity as they can.

Tasting History with Max Miller Published 17 Mar 2026 Hash made from pulverized hardtack, salt pork, and vegetables, served with mashed potatoes City/Region: England Time Period: 1894 Third class, or steerage, on the Titanic was served breakfast, dinner,…

The Victorian workhouse did not feed its inmates badly by accident.

Yesterday, the Canadian counter-tariffs to the latest round of US tariffs kicked in.

The Korean War by Indy Neidell Published 8 Sep 2026 The “Outpost War” is in full swing this week as the fight rages for posts known simply by names like Bruce, Felix, and Gary, which are still worth dying over to both sides.

If there’s anything that offends a government, it’s a big investment fund sitting there useless (that is, useless to the government, not to the beneficiaries).

Forgotten Weapons Published 22 Apr 2026 The M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System (MASS) was designed by C-More Products company as a new shotgun option for the US military.

[B]efore we go any further, we need to clarify what we mean by this term “officer”.

On his Substack, Lorenzo Warby returns to the issue of how we describe the (theoretical) predominant economic system by which the west has risen to wealth and power using terms coined by the man who hated it more than any other: Title page of Das Kapital…

The Rest Is History Published 7 Sep 2026 What shocking, unprecedented act did Sulla commit with his legions after having his ambitions frustrated once more by his bitter rival, the tribune Marius?

I’m not really a “car guy” … I’ve generally driven pretty unexciting vehicles and don’t have a burning desire to own a “supercar” or even a “sports car”.

Real Time History Published 3 Apr 2026 In February 1989, the last Soviet combat troops leave Afghanistan after almost a decade of war.

[T]he revolution eagerly anticipated by Marx never materialized — at least, not where it was supposed to, in the advanced industrial countries.

Along with the earlier post on the recent steep decline in basic literacy, here’s Christopher Gage discussing the same phenomenon of younger Brits’ increased dependency on videos while also demonstrating reduced verbal skills.

Ed West reviews James Marriot’s The New Dark Ages, which covers issues that are certainly of deep concern to parents as GenZ and Gen Alpha appear to have almost completely abandoned literacy in any written form: I’m not the only parent who feels increasin…

World War Two Published 5 Sep 2026 The Panzer III was intended to become the backbone of Nazi Germany’s panzer divisions.

A few months back, there was a brief online reaction to the Liberal Party idea of imposing a ridiculously high “exit tax” on young Canadians taking jobs in other countries — and by “other countries” they really only meant the United States.

seangabb Published 31 Mar 2026 Greece: A Brief History, c.700 BC – 500 AD How was the Persian invasion finally defeated on land?

Some UK expressions just work better than their American equivalents.

A few years ago, it became clear that Scientific American had been captured by the woke gender warriors, but as ESR points out, the publication had been somewhat in the hands of propagandists for much longer than that: I was once a Scientific American sub…

Forgotten Weapons Published 15 Apr 2026 Henry Deringer Jr was born in Easton PA in 1786 to German parents.

90s music was all fake and gay.

Tim Worstall sings the “praises” for some of the worst taxation ideas in history: Aske Hall from Morris’s Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen (1880).

Feral Historian Published 4 Sep 2026 On September 8th 1966, Star Trek premiered and has since reflected shifts in American popular culture from the Vietnam era to today.

This Noahpinion piece is from last year, but I hadn’t seen it before and I think it outlines fairly accurately why “we” allowed Cancel Culture to temporarily take over social media and cause so much personal damage to disfavoured individuals.

Paul Sellers Published 24 Apr 2026 Sometimes we see planes and think that they are essential to our woodworking, but in reality, they might be more of a luxury than a necessity.

In 1152, King Stephen of England very nearly killed a five-year-old boy.

On the social media site formerly known as Twitter, John Ringo remembers when a friend of his accidentally discovered that “King Coal” is still a behind-the-scenes political factor that cannot be ignored: Soooo, guy I knew in of all places National Guard…

The Rest Is History Published 3 Sep 2026 What was the ancient city of Rome actually like in the first century BC?

On Substack Notes, John Carter discusses the old, stable Canada that the Liberals have spent sixty years trying to destroy, with great success, sadly.

Tasting History with Max Miller Published 10 Mar 2026 Minced beef filling covered in browned mashed potatoes City/Region: North Ayrshire, Scotland Time Period: 1894 Cottage pie is made with beef, and shepherd’s pie is made with lamb.

We talk a lot about generations and what defines them — Boomers and Xers and Millennials and Zs — but ultimately a generation is just a scene.

Chris Bray was in Stockbridge Massachusetts recently and discovered that the notorious arch-conservative artist Norman Rockwell … supported the New Deal and FDR … which is unquestionably extreme-right, yet somehow “got woke” in the 1960s: Stockbridge is in

On his Substack, Ted Gioia provides nine rules to measure technological innovation based on the work of the late Wendell Berry: (1) The new tool should be cheaper than the one it replaces.

Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 Having been peripherally involved in party politics in Canada since the mid 1970s, I hope you’ll forgive my occasional bout of cynicism about getting political change in this country through peaceful means … the long comforta…

I was in the army cadets from 1972-76.

The Tank Museum Published 24 Apr 2026 The war has raged for more than 5 years.

Combined Arms is the use of different kinds of combat arms in concert; typically this is the combined use of some mix of infantry, artillery, armor (tanks and other armored fighting vehicles or AFVs) and airpower (when analyzing much older armies, we often

Malevitus points out some of the sensible reasons most Americans don’t learn how to speak other languages … and why it makes perfect sense for this situation: There’s a common complaint about Americans online that goes something like this: “Americans are…

The Korean War by Indy Neidell Published 1 Sep 2026 The aftershocks of Typhoon Karen have dumped so much rain on Korea that it’s quiet in the field this week, so I turn my attention to Japan.

As I mentioned recently, I’ve been watching episodes of Clarkson’s Farm and thoroughly enjoying them.

seangabb Published 30 Mar 2026 Greece: A Brief History, c.700 BC – 500 AD How did a smaller Greek fleet destroy the naval power of Persia?

India is the great natural experiment in plant-based eating, and almost nobody wants to run the numbers on it.