Eric Everhart
@ericeverhart.bsky.social
Scholar, IR buff - currently based in Hawaii.
Ideas are my own, and reposts aren't endorsements of people or ideas.
Ideas are my own, and reposts aren't endorsements of people or ideas.
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🧵 A network of 100+ BlueSky accounts pretending to be legitimate news syndication, some impersonating BBC News, @EuroNews.com, and @Meduza.io.
Built upon ≥70 Mastodon instances, then bridged to BlueSky using @ap.brid.gy, it feels like a social-media reinvention of the Portal 🇷🇺Kombat concept.
Built upon ≥70 Mastodon instances, then bridged to BlueSky using @ap.brid.gy, it feels like a social-media reinvention of the Portal 🇷🇺Kombat concept.
September 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🧵 A network of 100+ BlueSky accounts pretending to be legitimate news syndication, some impersonating BBC News, @EuroNews.com, and @Meduza.io.
Built upon ≥70 Mastodon instances, then bridged to BlueSky using @ap.brid.gy, it feels like a social-media reinvention of the Portal 🇷🇺Kombat concept.
Built upon ≥70 Mastodon instances, then bridged to BlueSky using @ap.brid.gy, it feels like a social-media reinvention of the Portal 🇷🇺Kombat concept.
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MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
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Cities aren’t scary.
You are scared.
There’s a difference
You are scared.
There’s a difference
August 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Cities aren’t scary.
You are scared.
There’s a difference
You are scared.
There’s a difference
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August 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Hey @bdherzinger.bsky.social, how many times have you been sent this so far?
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July 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Hey @bdherzinger.bsky.social, how many times have you been sent this so far?
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This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
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"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law...And remember that we are not descended from fearful men." - Famous Murrow speech just got cheers on Bway
June 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law...And remember that we are not descended from fearful men." - Famous Murrow speech just got cheers on Bway
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"No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices."
Edward R. Murrow, who died on this day in 1965
Edward R. Murrow, who died on this day in 1965
April 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices."
Edward R. Murrow, who died on this day in 1965
Edward R. Murrow, who died on this day in 1965
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China admits its latest aggression around #Taiwan is a rehearsal for a blockade. This latest exercise is described as "stern warning and forceful deterrence" by an Eastern Theater Commander spokesman. A quick examination of the exercise and its purpose. 1/11 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
China admits its latest aggression around #Taiwan is a rehearsal for a blockade. This latest exercise is described as "stern warning and forceful deterrence" by an Eastern Theater Commander spokesman. A quick examination of the exercise and its purpose. 1/11 🧵
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The standout madness in the general madness are the enormous tariffs on South East Asia which, if these stick, is going to magnify China's sphere of influence. Geopolitical lunacy.
April 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The standout madness in the general madness are the enormous tariffs on South East Asia which, if these stick, is going to magnify China's sphere of influence. Geopolitical lunacy.
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In the last week alone, more than 5000 people have signed up with @runforsomething.net to consider a run for office.
We're up to over 32k new people in the pipeline since Election Day.
That's more than in all of 2017-2018 combined.
We're up to over 32k new people in the pipeline since Election Day.
That's more than in all of 2017-2018 combined.
March 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In the last week alone, more than 5000 people have signed up with @runforsomething.net to consider a run for office.
We're up to over 32k new people in the pipeline since Election Day.
That's more than in all of 2017-2018 combined.
We're up to over 32k new people in the pipeline since Election Day.
That's more than in all of 2017-2018 combined.
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If you think you might be part of the next generation of leaders, sign up at runforwhat.net
If you want to support this work, donate now. Every dollar helps. runforsomething.net/donate
If you want to support this work, donate now. Every dollar helps. runforsomething.net/donate
March 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you think you might be part of the next generation of leaders, sign up at runforwhat.net
If you want to support this work, donate now. Every dollar helps. runforsomething.net/donate
If you want to support this work, donate now. Every dollar helps. runforsomething.net/donate
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having bad nachos is worse than having no nachos at all
February 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
having bad nachos is worse than having no nachos at all
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During a ceremony In 1913, a tug carrying Army officials was attempting to become the first vessel to transit the locks of the Panama Canal. However, two Marines in a canoe appeared and then paddled furiously to pass the tug and take the unofficial honor.
#SeaStorySaturday
#SeaStorySaturday
January 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
During a ceremony In 1913, a tug carrying Army officials was attempting to become the first vessel to transit the locks of the Panama Canal. However, two Marines in a canoe appeared and then paddled furiously to pass the tug and take the unofficial honor.
#SeaStorySaturday
#SeaStorySaturday
My first publication in a big kid peer reviewed journal. An adaptation of my final independent study from Chiang Mai University.
so07.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/GR...
so07.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/GR...
The Effects of Great Power Competition on Thai Foreign Policy from 2001 to 2024
| Graduate Review of Political Science and Public Administration Journal
so07.tci-thaijo.org
December 14, 2024 at 8:20 PM
My first publication in a big kid peer reviewed journal. An adaptation of my final independent study from Chiang Mai University.
so07.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/GR...
so07.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/GR...
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Dammit, Margaret Atwood. Didn’t have to push the knife so deep
Cc all my fellow military historians 🗃️
(H/t to @joelhanes.bsky.social for making me aware of this poem)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47788/...
Cc all my fellow military historians 🗃️
(H/t to @joelhanes.bsky.social for making me aware of this poem)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47788/...
The Loneliness of the Military Historian
This is why few people ask me to dinner, though Lord knows I don’t go out of my way to be scary. If I roll my eyes and mutter, if I clutch at my heart and scream in horror like a third-rate actress ch...
www.poetryfoundation.org
December 6, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Dammit, Margaret Atwood. Didn’t have to push the knife so deep
Cc all my fellow military historians 🗃️
(H/t to @joelhanes.bsky.social for making me aware of this poem)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47788/...
Cc all my fellow military historians 🗃️
(H/t to @joelhanes.bsky.social for making me aware of this poem)
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47788/...
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The Smoker, by David Teniers the Younger, 1640, 📸 of @SnoopDogg by Marcus Brandt
July 26, 2024 at 3:35 PM
The Smoker, by David Teniers the Younger, 1640, 📸 of @SnoopDogg by Marcus Brandt
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look i'll be clear, I will be voting, and encouraging everyone I know to do the same, against donald trump and the end of democracy in this country in november. I do not care if that means i'm voting for a man who is literally dead.
July 1, 2024 at 3:19 PM
look i'll be clear, I will be voting, and encouraging everyone I know to do the same, against donald trump and the end of democracy in this country in november. I do not care if that means i'm voting for a man who is literally dead.
Does John Oliver finally get to hit his "we did it" button for real now?
May 31, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Does John Oliver finally get to hit his "we did it" button for real now?
The Fall Guy is a a straight up fun movie. It doesn't take itself too seriously, there are lots of things blowing up and cars crashing, and Gosling/Blunt have fun chemistry.
On top of that, it is an ode to the unsung heroes working behind the scenes, stunt performers, and who doesn't love that.
On top of that, it is an ode to the unsung heroes working behind the scenes, stunt performers, and who doesn't love that.
May 14, 2024 at 3:12 AM
The Fall Guy is a a straight up fun movie. It doesn't take itself too seriously, there are lots of things blowing up and cars crashing, and Gosling/Blunt have fun chemistry.
On top of that, it is an ode to the unsung heroes working behind the scenes, stunt performers, and who doesn't love that.
On top of that, it is an ode to the unsung heroes working behind the scenes, stunt performers, and who doesn't love that.
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The US government recognizing that Taylor Swift got the declassification date for human intelligence correct in "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived"
April 29, 2024 at 3:31 AM
The US government recognizing that Taylor Swift got the declassification date for human intelligence correct in "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived"
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firing up the meme machine:
April 19, 2024 at 2:31 AM
firing up the meme machine:
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“The Kim regime stands to benefit tremendously—financially, strategically, and technologically—from resurgent arms trade relationships. Urgent action is needed to stop this trade and its destabilizing effects.”
The Arsenal of Autocracy
How North Korean weapons fuel conflict—and how to stop the flow.
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 5, 2024 at 12:43 AM
“The Kim regime stands to benefit tremendously—financially, strategically, and technologically—from resurgent arms trade relationships. Urgent action is needed to stop this trade and its destabilizing effects.”
Recs needed!
I'm looking to fall down a logistics rabbit hole focusing on the Pacific. Open to history, maritime/ground, doctrine, and non-mil or business. Devel. concepts like uncrewed transport, etc are very welcome.
1st up: Contested Logistics in Pac War from Navy Hist CMD
Milsky logistics
I'm looking to fall down a logistics rabbit hole focusing on the Pacific. Open to history, maritime/ground, doctrine, and non-mil or business. Devel. concepts like uncrewed transport, etc are very welcome.
1st up: Contested Logistics in Pac War from Navy Hist CMD
Milsky logistics
February 18, 2024 at 5:06 AM
Recs needed!
I'm looking to fall down a logistics rabbit hole focusing on the Pacific. Open to history, maritime/ground, doctrine, and non-mil or business. Devel. concepts like uncrewed transport, etc are very welcome.
1st up: Contested Logistics in Pac War from Navy Hist CMD
Milsky logistics
I'm looking to fall down a logistics rabbit hole focusing on the Pacific. Open to history, maritime/ground, doctrine, and non-mil or business. Devel. concepts like uncrewed transport, etc are very welcome.
1st up: Contested Logistics in Pac War from Navy Hist CMD
Milsky logistics
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Iran now has >20x as much enriched uranium than it did when Trump cancelled the JCPOA. This outcome is 100% Trump's fault, and the whole Republican party loudly cheered him along as he did it, and still believe he was right to help Iran expand its nuclear capabilities in exchange for nothing.
Iran's Enriched Uranium Stockpile Over 22 Times Limit Of 2015 Deal: IAEA
The UN nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that Iran's estimated stockpile of enriched uranium had reached more than 22 times the limit set out in the 2015 accord between Tehran and world powers.
www.barrons.com
November 15, 2023 at 6:24 PM
Iran now has >20x as much enriched uranium than it did when Trump cancelled the JCPOA. This outcome is 100% Trump's fault, and the whole Republican party loudly cheered him along as he did it, and still believe he was right to help Iran expand its nuclear capabilities in exchange for nothing.