Air Force Intel Officer | Author | Star Wars Podcaster, Emeritus Watchtower Intel (Substack) + @geekystoics (Views my own, not DOW Endorsed)

Maxwell AFB, AL
Joined November 2015
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Finishing Friday strong…Shakespeare Mando Version, Mando Lore (& the return of Riley Blanton), & back to a 10pm panel with some Controversial #StarWars Hot Takes! #DragonCon2026 #DragonCon #Shakespeare #ByFansForFans
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Chapter 395 w @Ryfun and @therileyguy talking #StarWars Also go check out Scott daily at 7am youtube.com/@scottryfun?si=b… Go buy the new book by Riley and @StephenKentX at Www.greatescapebook.com and use code RuleTheGalaxy podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Met today with one of the illustrators for my new book, Kearstin Safford. I gave her the task of creating images that feel like they're out of 1940s children's book—and love what she did. GREAT ESCAPE comes out this December and is now up for pre-order. amazon.com/Great-Escape-Refl…
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Hey friends of Rule the Galaxy We will have @THEDanMadsen on soon but this week we have two of our favorite guests: @Ryfun and @therileyguy Memories of @mystarwarsstory and @StarWarsReport Can’t wait!!! Next two weeks are going to be epic w guests as we get to 400!
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I have a new book! Great Escape: 30 Reflections on Stoicism, Faith and the Wisdom of Great Stories is a challenge to disenchanted times and suggests that it isn't "self-help" you need, no, just a life filled with better stories. Up for Pre-Order now! geekystoics.com/
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Open Source Intel
@Osint613Jul 30
BREAKING: CENTCOM announces a new round of U.S. strikes on Iran has begun.
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Raising a glass with @MiddleearthMixr @therileyguy to King Elessar Telcontar, 26th King of Arnor, 35th King of Gondor, High King of the Reunited Kingdom, Envinyatar—The Renewer! Long may he reign.
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if you happen to follow my work with @GeekyStoics and @therileyguy, we're doing a meetup this Friday.... you in @MiddleearthMixr ?
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Mexico vs. England
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Maybe the greatest American video ever filmed
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One more weekend of proofreading. My second book, co-authored with my friend @therileyguy, is coming this December from @PostHillPress. Can't wait to share it with you.
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When people roll their eyes at you for taking fairytales and stories really seriously, they’re neglecting how reality shapes fiction, and then fiction enters reality in a cyclical fashion. Man motivated by Catholicism, writes fantasy, future Pope cites in church canon 🔄 so cool
the Pope quoting The Lord of the Rings!!!!!!! I feel so alive!!!!
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As @therileyguy and I finished our new book for @GeekyStoics we felt lost searching for the ultimate conclusion. @JeremyDBoreing pretty much said the words today. Identity matters. Who and what are you? Imago Dei. Your answer will shape your life. Douglas Steere used to say: "Who am I?" leads inevitably to the equally important question… "Whose am I?"...for there is no selfhood outside of relationship.
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Yes because planes can be replaced. “I will never leave a fallen comrade” is fundamental to the warrior ethos. It’s part of what should be an unbreakable bond between a warrior and the nation he or she serves.
Lose all this to rescue 1 pilot and call it your greatest military success of all time.
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לא יכולתי להתאפק... 😉
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Yesterday on @CosmicSkeptic, author Philip Pullman continued his long, losing battle against C.S. Lewis and Narnia (A filthy lie!) A quick @GeekyStoics rebuttal to some nonsense about The Magician's Nephew.
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Ryan Grim
@ryangrimApr 3
Obviously what these downed pilots need to do is find an old, abandoned fighter jet in an unguarded hanger and steal it
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