@dcthings.bsky.social
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This is yet another reminder that Elbridge Colby believes in nothing so much as he believes in Elbridge Colby’s career, and it’s been okay to not take him seriously since January 6, 2021. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Pentagon plan prioritizes homeland over China threat
This marks a major departure from the first Trump administration, which emphasized deterring Beijing.
www.politico.com
September 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is yet another reminder that Elbridge Colby believes in nothing so much as he believes in Elbridge Colby’s career, and it’s been okay to not take him seriously since January 6, 2021. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
@sodrock.bsky.social @bafriedman.bsky.social @uticaeric.bsky.social @brasidas.bsky.social and others:
Looking for some people to speak on civ-mil relations to a group of young professionals. Any suggestions on someone good?
Looking for some people to speak on civ-mil relations to a group of young professionals. Any suggestions on someone good?
August 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
@sodrock.bsky.social @bafriedman.bsky.social @uticaeric.bsky.social @brasidas.bsky.social and others:
Looking for some people to speak on civ-mil relations to a group of young professionals. Any suggestions on someone good?
Looking for some people to speak on civ-mil relations to a group of young professionals. Any suggestions on someone good?
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George Patton when he ran out of tank crews:
July 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
George Patton when he ran out of tank crews:
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As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free
Patrick “Patty” O’Rorke, the top graduate of West Point’s class of 1861, was killed in action on July 2, 1863, while leading the 140th New York Infantry to save the Union position on Little Round Top. He was 26 years old.
July 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free
To the various defense posters around these parts: Is anyone out there writing (publicly) more sophisticated analysis of AI/autonomy and defense?
@sodrock.bsky.social
@giledpallaeon.bsky.social
@mikeblack114.bsky.social
@bafriedman.bsky.social
@uticaeric.bsky.social
etc etc etc
@sodrock.bsky.social
@giledpallaeon.bsky.social
@mikeblack114.bsky.social
@bafriedman.bsky.social
@uticaeric.bsky.social
etc etc etc
May 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
To the various defense posters around these parts: Is anyone out there writing (publicly) more sophisticated analysis of AI/autonomy and defense?
@sodrock.bsky.social
@giledpallaeon.bsky.social
@mikeblack114.bsky.social
@bafriedman.bsky.social
@uticaeric.bsky.social
etc etc etc
@sodrock.bsky.social
@giledpallaeon.bsky.social
@mikeblack114.bsky.social
@bafriedman.bsky.social
@uticaeric.bsky.social
etc etc etc
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Can we stop pretending that The Market is The Solution to all problems, please?
Most of the suggestions in here either don’t understand the problem, suggest a solution that will increase bureaucratic overhead, or both. About the only one I like is moving COCOM HQs to defense-wide, a simple idea.
Most of the suggestions in here either don’t understand the problem, suggest a solution that will increase bureaucratic overhead, or both. About the only one I like is moving COCOM HQs to defense-wide, a simple idea.
Central planning is killing innovation in defense. Let the people closest to the fight decide what they need. warontherocks.com/20...
Combatant Commands as Customers? - War on the Rocks
From Elon Musk to Sen. Bernie Sanders, there is widespread agreement that the Department of Defense is way too slow in how it develops, acquires, deploys,
warontherocks.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Can we stop pretending that The Market is The Solution to all problems, please?
Most of the suggestions in here either don’t understand the problem, suggest a solution that will increase bureaucratic overhead, or both. About the only one I like is moving COCOM HQs to defense-wide, a simple idea.
Most of the suggestions in here either don’t understand the problem, suggest a solution that will increase bureaucratic overhead, or both. About the only one I like is moving COCOM HQs to defense-wide, a simple idea.
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Ok but this could be a key ingredient (or the precursor to one) for solving our biggest challenge vis-a-vis revanchist powers: at the moment we’re a status quo power.
Whether we like it or not, the PRC has a positive message, as in one that is forward-looking and forward-moving. Said vision…
Whether we like it or not, the PRC has a positive message, as in one that is forward-looking and forward-moving. Said vision…
move over one billion americans. we're doing ten billion americans now
Great episode! It strikes me that a good marker to place in anticipation of post-Trump constitutional battles would be a universal citizenship amendment - one granting every human being, without exception, full citizenship of the United States
April 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ok but this could be a key ingredient (or the precursor to one) for solving our biggest challenge vis-a-vis revanchist powers: at the moment we’re a status quo power.
Whether we like it or not, the PRC has a positive message, as in one that is forward-looking and forward-moving. Said vision…
Whether we like it or not, the PRC has a positive message, as in one that is forward-looking and forward-moving. Said vision…
@thrustwr.bsky.social Does the reconciliation $$$ for shipbuilding meaningfully move the needle on anything?
April 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@thrustwr.bsky.social Does the reconciliation $$$ for shipbuilding meaningfully move the needle on anything?
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Ok, so this WOTR piece ruined my evening, so some writing therapy/rant🧵:
As a personal rule of thumb, if someone sells you a magic tool able to completely solve a problem/revolutionize a field, he a) either has a really great tool (could be) or b) doesn't understand the problem/field (more likely).
As a personal rule of thumb, if someone sells you a magic tool able to completely solve a problem/revolutionize a field, he a) either has a really great tool (could be) or b) doesn't understand the problem/field (more likely).
April 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Ok, so this WOTR piece ruined my evening, so some writing therapy/rant🧵:
As a personal rule of thumb, if someone sells you a magic tool able to completely solve a problem/revolutionize a field, he a) either has a really great tool (could be) or b) doesn't understand the problem/field (more likely).
As a personal rule of thumb, if someone sells you a magic tool able to completely solve a problem/revolutionize a field, he a) either has a really great tool (could be) or b) doesn't understand the problem/field (more likely).
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The idea that you can
1. Get the DoD to fund you to build a satellite constellation
2. Make it pay you a subscription fee for using the thing you built with tax payer dollars and especially DoD funding
is beyond silly and peak VC bro brainrot
1. Get the DoD to fund you to build a satellite constellation
2. Make it pay you a subscription fee for using the thing you built with tax payer dollars and especially DoD funding
is beyond silly and peak VC bro brainrot
April 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The idea that you can
1. Get the DoD to fund you to build a satellite constellation
2. Make it pay you a subscription fee for using the thing you built with tax payer dollars and especially DoD funding
is beyond silly and peak VC bro brainrot
1. Get the DoD to fund you to build a satellite constellation
2. Make it pay you a subscription fee for using the thing you built with tax payer dollars and especially DoD funding
is beyond silly and peak VC bro brainrot
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I don’t really give a shit how much of a conservative this makes me sound like, but the United States has suffered an existential collapse in the civic virtue of our citizens necessary to sustain a liberal democracy.
April 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I don’t really give a shit how much of a conservative this makes me sound like, but the United States has suffered an existential collapse in the civic virtue of our citizens necessary to sustain a liberal democracy.
I truly believe this to be the case, and I have no fucking idea how to fix it. It's the thing that keeps me up at night more than any other. Where do we even start?
I don’t really give a shit how much of a conservative this makes me sound like, but the United States has suffered an existential collapse in the civic virtue of our citizens necessary to sustain a liberal democracy.
April 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I truly believe this to be the case, and I have no fucking idea how to fix it. It's the thing that keeps me up at night more than any other. Where do we even start?
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The absolute worst thing about this (which I was late to realize, as were a couple other who think about this stuff), worse than pseudo-PCs on signal, worse than TS on signal to Jeffery fuckin Goldberg, is we have ironclad undeniable proof there is no unified chain, not even a facade
March 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The absolute worst thing about this (which I was late to realize, as were a couple other who think about this stuff), worse than pseudo-PCs on signal, worse than TS on signal to Jeffery fuckin Goldberg, is we have ironclad undeniable proof there is no unified chain, not even a facade