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Episode 3: John Spencer on why Israel hasn’t yet won the war in Gaza — Ask Haviv Anything from overcast.fm
In our first interview episode, Haviv Rettig Gur sits down (virtually) with Prof. John Spencer of West Point, one of the foremost experts in urban warfare who has made a special study of Israeli warfighting tactics and strategy.Many subscribers to this podcast have asked us why Israel doesn’t seem to have won this war, why Hamas is still standing after 17 months of fighting and why Israel must still negotiate for its hostages.For answers we turned to Prof. Spencer. We learned about the IDF’s astonishing successes, such as its groundbreaking tactical innovations in tunnel warfare. And we learned about the gaping lacuna at the heart of Israel’s strategy in Gaza — the reason it still hasn’t won the war.Thank you to Joe and Shira Lieberman for sponsoring this episode in honor of those we lost on October 7th.Please join me on Patreon to support this project: https://www.patreon.com/AskHavivAnythingIf you would like to sponsor an episode please email haviv@askhavivanything.com
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OK Babkans, I have a question.

I've seen at least two posts referencing babka.social from outside the server this week, one saying something about how the hardware running Babka has worms and the other about how Babka users get excited thinking we're being mentioned when it's just Babka displaying a post.

Both of these were boosted by people who don't interact with or mention Babka at all, except if I'm in the conversation because it's my domain.

So the question is: Is babka.social really living rent-free in people's heads, and if so why?

Admittedly I've been intentionally under a rock for the last little bit, so did I miss another inflection point on the fediverse?

Like have large accounts managed to excavate a new bottom when it comes to antisemitism or something? It's not like they haven't had material to work with over the last month, culminating in yesterday.

Thanks in advance for answering, and please keep this not public. 👁

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OK Babkans, I have a question.

I've seen at least two posts referencing babka.social from outside the server this week, one saying something about how the hardware running Babka has worms and the other about how Babka users get excited thinking we're being mentioned when it's just Babka displaying a post.

Both of these were boosted by people who don't interact with or mention Babka at all, except if I'm in the conversation because it's my domain.

So the question is: Is babka.social really living rent-free in people's heads, and if so why?

Admittedly I've been intentionally under a rock for the last little bit, so did I miss another inflection point on the fediverse?

Like have large accounts managed to excavate a new bottom when it comes to antisemitism or something? It's not like they haven't had material to work with over the last month, culminating in yesterday.

Thanks in advance for answering, and please keep this not public. 👁

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OK Babkans, I have a question.

I've seen at least two posts referencing babka.social from outside the server this week, one saying something about how the hardware running Babka has worms and the other about how Babka users get excited thinking we're being mentioned when it's just Babka displaying a post.

Both of these were boosted by people who don't interact with or mention Babka at all, except if I'm in the conversation because it's my domain.

So the question is: Is babka.social really living rent-free in people's heads, and if so why?

Admittedly I've been intentionally under a rock for the last little bit, so did I miss another inflection point on the fediverse?

Like have large accounts managed to excavate a new bottom when it comes to antisemitism or something? It's not like they haven't had material to work with over the last month, culminating in yesterday.

Thanks in advance for answering, and please keep this not public. 👁

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Toot

So the back story here is that I really don't like having to rely on other people to do things for myself that I could otherwise do for myself if all things were equal and things like public transport didn't suck and Uber weren't cost prohibitive a lot of the time because college town. Sometimes I like a drink that isn't beer or wine. So I like to experiment with craft spirits along with the craft beer and local wine if available, and I've been trying to figure out how to do it on my own time.