Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @PhilKlay

Overview

Total number of tweets analysed

353

Earliest tweet was on

2023-03-21

Latest tweet was on

2023-03-30

Tweets covering

9 days

Average age of authors' accounts

9 years


Summarization

The tweets cover a range of topics related to military training, the legacy of the Iraq war, and book reviews. There is a discussion about the appropriateness of situational training exercises, with some arguing that it is a normal practice and others highlighting the limitations of such exercises. The author Phil Klay is also mentioned several times, with one tweet praising his writing as literary activism. Other topics discussed include America's privatization of war, the consequences of understaffing the State Department during the Iraq war, and the use of live ammunition in military training.

Topic Modeling

  1. Training exercises and simulations
  2. American government institutions and their role in war
  3. The legacy and consequences of the Iraq War
  4. Literary activism and military writing
  5. Critiques and discussions on the military experience

Emotional Analysis

The tweets express a variety of emotions and opinions. Some express confusion and skepticism towards a military training exercise, while others defend it as a normal activity. There are also tweets discussing topics such as the Iraq war, literary activism, and the privatization of war. Some tweets contain humor or playful banter, while others express frustration or disappointment with certain aspects of the military. Overall, the emotions expressed in these tweets include skepticism, defensiveness, humor, frustration, and contemplation.

Trend Analysis

  1. Discussion around military training exercises
  2. Critique of US government institutions' handling of war and its aftermath
  3. Gratitude for neighborly gestures and demonstrations
  4. Reviews and promotions of Phil Klay's works
  5. Comments on personal experiences and opinions related to the military

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Types of Tweets

Number of Retweets

57

Percentage of total tweets

16%

Number of Original tweets

15

Percentage of total tweets

4%

Number of tweets that contain Mentions

353

Percentage of total tweets

100%

Number of tweets that were Replies

280

Percentage of total tweets

79%

Number of tweets that were Quotes

13

Percentage of total tweets

3%

Number of tweets that contain Hashtags

5

Percentage of total tweets

1%


Top 5 devices used to tweet

Source Count
Twitter for iPhone 144
Twitter Web App 136
Twitter for Android 52
Twitter for iPad 13
Twitter for Mac 5

What devices were used to tweet


Top 10 accounts with highest followers count

Username Name Bio Followers count
alexanderchee Alexander Chee 2021 @USForArts + @GuggFellows Fellow. Author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Associate Prof of CW @dartmouth. Editor of Best American Essays 2022. 96,034
blgtylr Brandon REAL LIFE: a novel (2020) FILTHY ANIMALS: stories (June 2021) THE LATE AMERICANS: a novel (2023) newsletter: sweater weather, https://t.co/6PnsSjw3ZO 95,345
POLITICOMag POLITICO Magazine Hard-hitting reporting and original ideas about the stories that matter most. Sign up for our weekly email: https://t.co/Q96sj3ciSe 79,665
michaelbd Michael Brendan Dougherty author of My Father Left Me Ireland. Senior Writer @NRO. Visiting Fellow for the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies division at AEI. Yes, DMs. 66,596
KoriSchake Kori Schake 🌻🇺🇦 @korischake on post Director of foreign/defense @AEI, author of Safe Passage, contributing writer at The Atlantic and War on the Rocks. Californian. RT = said better than I could. 50,737
RobbieGramer Robbie Gramer National Security Reporter @ForeignPolicy | Send tips, hate mail to robbie.gramer(at)https://t.co/0VSvgqZl1G robbiegramer(at)https://t.co/YV6LSUL6z3 41,651
EmmaMAshford Emma Ashford Senior Fellow @Stimsoncenter. Columnist @ForeignPolicy. Adjunct @GeorgetownCSS. Views mine and mine alone. Out now! "Oil, The State, and War" @georgetown_up 34,443
ColinPClarke Colin P. Clarke Director of Research @TheSoufanGroup Senior Research Fellow @TheSoufanCenter Editorial board: Studies in Conflict & Terrorism @terpolv Long Beach NY 🇺🇸🇮🇪 29,750
AlbertoMiguelF5 Alberto Miguel Fernandez Retired US diplomat, Havana, Miami and the Middle East. Contributor, @EuroConOfficial. Tweets in English, Arabic and Spanish. Views my own. #KofC 27,247
TheAnnaGat Anna Gát 🧭 ✈️ Founder: @interintellect_ 🧭 Bio: https://t.co/h6zEGcDxdp • Writing: https://t.co/SIYDK2MdpB 24,550

Top 10 accounts with highest friends count

Username Name Bio Followers count
alexanderchee Alexander Chee 2021 @USForArts + @GuggFellows Fellow. Author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Associate Prof of CW @dartmouth. Editor of Best American Essays 2022. 15,577
RAKarl Robert A. Karl Colombia past + present; author of #ForgottenPeace/#LaPazOlvidada. Host, @research_craft. Prof @MinervaUni; frmly @Princeton, @the_IAS 9,862
matthew_petti Matthew Petti  Fulbright researcher in Jordan, 2023. Once and future journalist. Views are my own, not those of the Fulbright program or State Dept. https://t.co/qS8uwSxvl3 6,741
blgtylr Brandon REAL LIFE: a novel (2020) FILTHY ANIMALS: stories (June 2021) THE LATE AMERICANS: a novel (2023) newsletter: sweater weather, https://t.co/6PnsSjw3ZO 6,419
drnelk Dov All fire, no chill. Husband/Father. I philosoPHizeD about Ethics @ UVA, and ever true to Brown. @drnelk everywhere, incl. M***t*d___, IG, and reddit 6,169
amandarivkin Amanda Rivkin 🇺🇸🇱🇻🇪🇺 media + security 6,004
spawnofKahn Thucydides Traplord Laconic Strategist; Principal at @analyticacamil1 — The Serious Person’s Unserious Person 5,073
LFSchleusener Luke_F_Schleusener CEO @OutInNatSec | @CFR_org Term Mbr | Former @DeptofDefense @ObamaWhiteHouse | @UChicago @Wesleyan_U @ClarenceBuff alum | Views own 🏳️‍🌈 5,004
MydibaTh Count The VOTE🥑 - 4,991
Skye_Cleary Dr Skye Cleary Author How to Be Authentic / How to be You; How to Live a Good Life; Existentialism & Romantic Love. Existential DJ. 4,988

Most active users

Username Bio Number of tweets
AmericanGwyn Novelist & Professor: ALL GOD'S CHILDREN @EuropaEditions, WYNNE'S WAR @MarinerBooks, DOG ON THE CROSS @AlgonquinBooks. Repped by Peter Straus @RCWLitAgency. 12
TheAnnaGat Founder: @interintellect_ 🧭 Bio: https://t.co/h6zEGcDxdp • Writing: https://t.co/SIYDK2MdpB 11
truthisbest5 Fmr Army Officer/recovering lawyer. I don’t suffer fools lightly. Often irritating, only occasionally wrong. 6
nils_gilman Historian of the intelligentsia. Adored by little statesmen & philosophers & divines. SVP of Programs @berggrueninst, Deputy Editor @NoemaMag. Tweets are my own 6
polanskydj Research Fellow @Diplomacy_Peace. Bylines various. 5
michaelbd author of My Father Left Me Ireland. Senior Writer @NRO. Visiting Fellow for the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies division at AEI. Yes, DMs. 5
VankeJeff Truth and Sympathy. (Harvard History Ph.D., 1999. DE Math Teacher. Amazon author page.) 5
PnictogenHorses equine subsystem of the Pnictogen Wing (Seattle-based plurality, b. 1974) devoted to science and engineering. Alyx Woodward (she/her) principal investigator 4
wesleysmorgan Author of THE HARDEST PLACE (@randomhouse 2021). Next book on surrogate forces in America’s post-9/11 wars. 4
SamBuntz "Nature is a language." writer: Athwart, The Critic, The Symbolic World, Fare Forward, and https://t.co/cHsO2YBDL9 https://t.co/DVd4H12rvB 4

Tweets per day


Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count

ID Text Retweet count
1638906739847467009 “In Iraq we ‘learned’ the limits of the use of military power. In practice, we understaffed the State Department while developing the most sophisticated military targeting operation the world has ever seen.” ⁦@PhilKlay⁩ https://t.co/AXjMjwpFnY 8
1638899893824630784 “These days, America does not wage war, institutions w/i the American government wage war, along with external institutions propped up + financed by America.” A wise, non-histrionic piece on the legacy of the Iraq war + why it still matters. By @PhilKlay https://t.co/MkfLnJzWOQ 8
1639247265675001856 Liberal depression, talking about rape, America's wars, what we don't know about time and personal agency - plus Brando, Proust, microchips, Tyler Cowen's new dog... - Feat. @page88 @Musa_alGharbi @Skye_Cleary @PhilKlay @amiasrinivasan @sarahhepola https://t.co/hoAZITDoBS… https://t.co/n3tkSPMhuK 6
1638887216997888006 Fascinating piece from @PhilKlay on one of the costly, lesser-known offshoots of the Iraq war: a thriving global mercenary market https://t.co/QXobgPH4ZA 5
1638207185204264962 "I read Phil Klay’s National Book Award winning short story collection, #Redeployment, as a work of literary activism, just as I do #PermanentRecord, the memoir of Security State whistleblower, Edward Snowden." @PhilKlay @Snowden #Iraq #MilitaryWriting https://t.co/11NTZGEIrK 4
1638899872010063876 "In Iraq we 'learned' the limits of the use of military power. In practice, we understaffed the State Department while developing the most sophisticated military targeting operation the world has ever seen," writes Marine veteran and author @PhilKlay. https://t.co/mXo4A2AXoz 3
1638896861372387328 “I find myself thinking less about the familiar, though still-relevant debates, and more about offshoots of the war. Like a robust global mercenary market.” Excellent and frightening reflection from ⁦@PhilKlay⁩ https://t.co/TW9Ef20szm 3
1641130337173487647 Beyond-adjectives coolness is coming up on @interintellect_ !!!🔥🔥🔥 The great @PhilKlay is joining our community, friends, and audience worldwide to talk about the role of HUMOUR in writing about evil. Hosted by dear @seanphughes99 🙏🏻📚 Come: https://t.co/mcFVqOReVz 3
1639780740647858177 @PhilKlay @nils_gilman This was the NTC version of when a fire station has an open house day and drives a fire truck out of the garage for kids to see even though there isn’t a real fire and we all know the guys already know how to drive the truck 3
1638887061934731264 "What are the long-term implications of America privatizing and professionalizing war? ...America does not wage war, institutions within the American government wage war, along with external institutions propped up and financed by America." @philklay https://t.co/lYJKaYE2Rs 2

Top 10 tweets with highest Like count

ID Text Like count
1639780740647858177 @PhilKlay @nils_gilman This was the NTC version of when a fire station has an open house day and drives a fire truck out of the garage for kids to see even though there isn’t a real fire and we all know the guys already know how to drive the truck 264
1639783465267724292 @nils_gilman @PhilKlay Well, and if that was, in fact, how they train, and all the infrastructure already existed and roleplayers were already on payroll for exactly that training to occur all the time. You just saw a watered-down version of what they do all the time… 77
1639783670020993027 @nils_gilman @PhilKlay …it’s not like they hired people or built stuff that isn’t used for the training. I really don’t see what was weird about it. 51
1639805056961884160 @nils_gilman @wesleysmorgan @PhilKlay So, your expectations were misaligned with reality? Sounds like a you problem. 48
1639784047076409345 @nils_gilman @PhilKlay Would you rather they not be neighborly, and not do these kinds of demonstrations? 34
1639697885821321220 @PhilKlay @nils_gilman I read the entire thread and just shrugged. 34
1638899893824630784 “These days, America does not wage war, institutions w/i the American government wage war, along with external institutions propped up + financed by America.” A wise, non-histrionic piece on the legacy of the Iraq war + why it still matters. By @PhilKlay https://t.co/MkfLnJzWOQ 23
1638906739847467009 “In Iraq we ‘learned’ the limits of the use of military power. In practice, we understaffed the State Department while developing the most sophisticated military targeting operation the world has ever seen.” ⁦@PhilKlay⁩ https://t.co/AXjMjwpFnY 19
1639797174128234496 @nils_gilman @wesleysmorgan @PhilKlay Yeah, Fire Departments actually do that... Hey, sometimes they get old about-to-be-torn-down buildings and set them on fire for reals for training, but that's kind of rare, so there's lots of "fake" fires we fight for training, lots of "fake" victims to drag around, etc. 19
1639700434079055874 @PhilKlay @nils_gilman I recall in Quantico, simulating a helicopter insert with a 5-ton truck. My fellow Lts pounded their chests to make the “whop, whop” sound as we drove in. 17

Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets


Top 10 Hashtags used

Hashtag Count
#redeployment 2
#permanentrecord 2
#iraq 2
#militarywriting 2
#musilnerdzone 1
#derzoneohneeigenschaften 1
#godspeed 1
#popebars 1

Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions

Mention Count
@philklay 353
@nils_gilman 58
@wesleysmorgan 31
@michaelbd 10
@americangwyn 10
@truthisbest5 10
@jacob__siegel 8
@image_journal 8
@seanphughes99 7
@second_sailing 7

Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets


Emojis

Average number of emojis used per tweet

11

Emojis used in tweets

Emoji Count Emoji Text
😂 8 face_with_tears_of_joy
🔥 6 fire
🤣 5 rolling_on_the_floor_laughing
🤷‍♂️ 4 man_shrugging
👁️ 3 eye
🙏🏻 2 folded_hands_light_skin_tone
📚 2 books
🥲 1 smiling_face_with_tear
⚔️ 1 crossed_swords
😋 1 face_savoring_food

Emojis groups

Emoji Group Count
Smileys & Emotion 18
People & Body 12
Travel & Places 6
Objects 3