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I've been thinking a lot about the difference between doing a "search" and doing "research" and how that works with conspiracy theory/lies to control our public sphere. Here's an old thread from 2023
June 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I've been thinking a lot about the difference between doing a "search" and doing "research" and how that works with conspiracy theory/lies to control our public sphere. Here's an old thread from 2023
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I'd really recommend listening to this episode of Posting Through It with J M Berger, explaining extremism in terms of In groups and Out groups. It has a very clear application to the current situation in the US, with very serious implications for democracy in the US
open.spotify.com/episode/5pVs...
open.spotify.com/episode/5pVs...
008: What's 'Extreme’ in 2025? feat. J.M. Berger
Posting Through It · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I'd really recommend listening to this episode of Posting Through It with J M Berger, explaining extremism in terms of In groups and Out groups. It has a very clear application to the current situation in the US, with very serious implications for democracy in the US
open.spotify.com/episode/5pVs...
open.spotify.com/episode/5pVs...
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This is great - and so well told. The story of a policy - including design, passing legislation, risks and some of the people/actors/places involved. If you’re interested in R&D and place based industrial strategy it’s essential reading…
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wien...
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wien...
The Untold, Behind the Scenes Story of the CHIPS and Science Act: Launching the NSF Regional Innovation Engines Program
www.hks.harvard.edu
June 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is great - and so well told. The story of a policy - including design, passing legislation, risks and some of the people/actors/places involved. If you’re interested in R&D and place based industrial strategy it’s essential reading…
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wien...
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wien...
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This kind of Party rhetoric full of creepy blood&soil undertones has been around for years. It's just harder for non-Sinophones to pick up on due to the language barrier.
Here's a post that breaks down & analyzes that rhetoric (in its original Chinese) word by word:
Here's a post that breaks down & analyzes that rhetoric (in its original Chinese) word by word:
Never Forget Chinese Nationalism’s Ethnocentrism
Saying that Chinese increasingly assertive nationalism has a rather ethnocentric streak is nothing new, at least not for those who follow China. However, only when you actually read the source materia...
sensehofstede.nl
March 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This kind of Party rhetoric full of creepy blood&soil undertones has been around for years. It's just harder for non-Sinophones to pick up on due to the language barrier.
Here's a post that breaks down & analyzes that rhetoric (in its original Chinese) word by word:
Here's a post that breaks down & analyzes that rhetoric (in its original Chinese) word by word:
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NHS England tells GPs to refuse blood tests to some trans children and refer parents to safeguarding 😲
via @wearequeeraf.com
www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-england-...
via @wearequeeraf.com
www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-england-...
NHS England tells GPs to refuse blood tests to some trans children and refer parents to safeguarding
NHS England guidance has instructed GPs to refuse any care that supports under 18s to receive gender affirming care like puberty blockers and hormones.
www.wearequeeraf.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
NHS England tells GPs to refuse blood tests to some trans children and refer parents to safeguarding 😲
via @wearequeeraf.com
www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-england-...
via @wearequeeraf.com
www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-england-...
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Absolutely vile shit from Streeting & the labour gov't.
Child abuse. Streeting should be arrested for endangering children's lifes. He clearly has no idea what harm reduction is.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/11/w...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/11/w...
GPs told they 'must refuse' to support trans youth taking hormones privately
Wes Streeting has recommitted to a puberty blockers ban despite an apology he made earlier this week on the matter.
www.thepinknews.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Absolutely vile shit from Streeting & the labour gov't.
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Intelligence is now saying that China will most likely invade Taiwan this year, most likely within the next few months.
www.19fortyfive.com/2025/04/chin...
www.19fortyfive.com/2025/04/chin...
China Will Launch an Invasion of Taiwan In Next Few Months: Intel Sources
Intelligence sources who have spoken to 19FortyFive now state that they believe an attempt by China to invade Taiwan is no less than six months away.
www.19fortyfive.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Intelligence is now saying that China will most likely invade Taiwan this year, most likely within the next few months.
www.19fortyfive.com/2025/04/chin...
www.19fortyfive.com/2025/04/chin...
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Good NYT article. While most analysts focus on the things China can do to boost consumption by enough that it can begin to lead economic growth, Bradsher again focuses on why this is easier said than done.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/b...
Good NYT article. While most analysts focus on the things China can do to boost consumption by enough that it can begin to lead economic growth, Bradsher again focuses on why this is easier said than done.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/b...
China’s Tax Revenue Declines as Its Leaders Brace for Trump’s Tariffs
Tax revenues have fallen, leaving the government with less money to help consumers or exporters as Beijing braces for President Trump’s tariffs.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
1/7
Good NYT article. While most analysts focus on the things China can do to boost consumption by enough that it can begin to lead economic growth, Bradsher again focuses on why this is easier said than done.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/b...
Good NYT article. While most analysts focus on the things China can do to boost consumption by enough that it can begin to lead economic growth, Bradsher again focuses on why this is easier said than done.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/b...
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1/11
Good article by Keith Bradsher: "The Chinese government and the Communist Party jointly issued a lengthy list of planned initiatives on Sunday to get people to spend more, including larger pensions, better medical benefits and higher wages."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/b...
Good article by Keith Bradsher: "The Chinese government and the Communist Party jointly issued a lengthy list of planned initiatives on Sunday to get people to spend more, including larger pensions, better medical benefits and higher wages."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/b...
China Outlines Plan to Bolster Consumption in Face of Trump Tariffs
Beijing’s leaders are ordering fiscally strapped local governments to spend more to help workers, consumers and businesses.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
1/11
Good article by Keith Bradsher: "The Chinese government and the Communist Party jointly issued a lengthy list of planned initiatives on Sunday to get people to spend more, including larger pensions, better medical benefits and higher wages."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/b...
Good article by Keith Bradsher: "The Chinese government and the Communist Party jointly issued a lengthy list of planned initiatives on Sunday to get people to spend more, including larger pensions, better medical benefits and higher wages."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/b...
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Combat Liberalism
March 16, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Combat Liberalism
Was busy at the protest at Royal Mint Court yesterday. Missed the chance to have a placard saying Sic Semper Tyrannis
March 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Was busy at the protest at Royal Mint Court yesterday. Missed the chance to have a placard saying Sic Semper Tyrannis
I am saying here first. Ukraine may be the dominant prosperous democracy at the end of the century
March 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I am saying here first. Ukraine may be the dominant prosperous democracy at the end of the century
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The funniest folk etymology is for Macau, said to be "what the f*" (mat1 gau1 乜尻) in Cantonese.
The Portuguese asked a local "what place is this?"
The local went: "Nei 5 ngap1 mat1 gau1" 你噏乜尻？ ("wtf are you saying?"),
so the Portuguese thought Mat1 gau1 was the name 🤣 1/2
The Portuguese asked a local "what place is this?"
The local went: "Nei 5 ngap1 mat1 gau1" 你噏乜尻？ ("wtf are you saying?"),
so the Portuguese thought Mat1 gau1 was the name 🤣 1/2
March 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The funniest folk etymology is for Macau, said to be "what the f*" (mat1 gau1 乜尻) in Cantonese.
The Portuguese asked a local "what place is this?"
The local went: "Nei 5 ngap1 mat1 gau1" 你噏乜尻？ ("wtf are you saying?"),
so the Portuguese thought Mat1 gau1 was the name 🤣 1/2
The Portuguese asked a local "what place is this?"
The local went: "Nei 5 ngap1 mat1 gau1" 你噏乜尻？ ("wtf are you saying?"),
so the Portuguese thought Mat1 gau1 was the name 🤣 1/2
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You should read this. Rarely will you get to read a ground-truth AAR from a commander on the front lines.
open.substack.com/pub/secretar...
open.substack.com/pub/secretar...
Ukrainian Abwehrschlacht: Defense in Depth in Modern Warfare
Dispatches from the Frontline and Lessons Learned
open.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
You should read this. Rarely will you get to read a ground-truth AAR from a commander on the front lines.
open.substack.com/pub/secretar...
open.substack.com/pub/secretar...
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Whatever one might think individually of Sheinbaum, Trudeau and Zelensky, it is clear that America has failed to learn the lesson of the last two centuries: imperial aggression rallies the subaltern to the flag.
Posted by @ianbremmer.com on another platform:
“Mexico president Sheinbaum with 85% approval, strongest leader of a major democracy. Hell of a turnout in Mexico City today.”
“Mexico president Sheinbaum with 85% approval, strongest leader of a major democracy. Hell of a turnout in Mexico City today.”
March 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Whatever one might think individually of Sheinbaum, Trudeau and Zelensky, it is clear that America has failed to learn the lesson of the last two centuries: imperial aggression rallies the subaltern to the flag.
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worth remembering that there is not *one* plan. musk, vought, trump, congressional republicans are all working towards different goals, some of these are compatible, many of them are not, but because trump is weak and disinterested in his own admin, everyone's pulling in different directions
have come around to the idea that the plan, insofar as there even is a plan, is a permanently weakened federal government, with an assumption that this will increase corporate profits and power. i think that's a very bad assumption, but i can't make heads or tails of it otherwise.
lmao what are these lunatics doing?!
I mean, ffs, this is just raw, unhinged insanity. Its not starve the beast w/e. It's a ketamine addled rampage through the American economy.
There is no "strong America" on the other side! It's a flaming wreck! What are we doing!
I mean, ffs, this is just raw, unhinged insanity. Its not starve the beast w/e. It's a ketamine addled rampage through the American economy.
There is no "strong America" on the other side! It's a flaming wreck! What are we doing!
March 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
worth remembering that there is not *one* plan. musk, vought, trump, congressional republicans are all working towards different goals, some of these are compatible, many of them are not, but because trump is weak and disinterested in his own admin, everyone's pulling in different directions
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The main problem with Clausewitz is that people won't read the book. As @bafriedman.bsky.social aptly writes: "Clausewitz is cited in strategic studies; not read."
This applies to military doctrine and professional military education, too.
#PME #CivMilSky
See also: bsky.app/profile/sore...
This applies to military doctrine and professional military education, too.
#PME #CivMilSky
See also: bsky.app/profile/sore...
“On War holds a unique place in strategic studies because it’s not about strategy, it’s about defining war as a social phenomenon. It’s the part that nearly every other theorist just skips and moves right onto Violence + Reason = Victory.” A superb essay.
open.substack.com/pub/bafriedm...
open.substack.com/pub/bafriedm...
What to do about "Clausewitz"
The Strategic Studies Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone
open.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The main problem with Clausewitz is that people won't read the book. As @bafriedman.bsky.social aptly writes: "Clausewitz is cited in strategic studies; not read."
This applies to military doctrine and professional military education, too.
#PME #CivMilSky
See also: bsky.app/profile/sore...
This applies to military doctrine and professional military education, too.
#PME #CivMilSky
See also: bsky.app/profile/sore...
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Anyone used Laser Clinics UK? Do you rate them? 🙂
December 14, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Anyone used Laser Clinics UK? Do you rate them? 🙂
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We have a few bugs to iron out, but we're delighted to announce The Trans Dimension now covers #Manchester as well as #London. Distressed by the news and looking for trans community near you? Check it out:
transdimension.uk
transdimension.uk
The Trans Dimension | The Trans Dimension
An online community hub which will connect trans communities across the UK by collating news, events and services by and for trans people in one easy-to-reach place. A collaboration between Gendered I...
transdimension.uk
December 11, 2024 at 5:24 PM
We have a few bugs to iron out, but we're delighted to announce The Trans Dimension now covers #Manchester as well as #London. Distressed by the news and looking for trans community near you? Check it out:
transdimension.uk
transdimension.uk
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Military #doctrine is not a substitute for the theory.
If you want to discuss Clausewitz (and you should), please read Clausewitz. Particularly in #PME
PS: I love doctrine, and US Marine Corps Warfighting (MCDP 1) is a prime example of a beautifully written doctrine.
#MilSky #CivMilSky
If you want to discuss Clausewitz (and you should), please read Clausewitz. Particularly in #PME
PS: I love doctrine, and US Marine Corps Warfighting (MCDP 1) is a prime example of a beautifully written doctrine.
#MilSky #CivMilSky
December 7, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Military #doctrine is not a substitute for the theory.
If you want to discuss Clausewitz (and you should), please read Clausewitz. Particularly in #PME
PS: I love doctrine, and US Marine Corps Warfighting (MCDP 1) is a prime example of a beautifully written doctrine.
#MilSky #CivMilSky
If you want to discuss Clausewitz (and you should), please read Clausewitz. Particularly in #PME
PS: I love doctrine, and US Marine Corps Warfighting (MCDP 1) is a prime example of a beautifully written doctrine.
#MilSky #CivMilSky
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If you’re applying for PIP, the charity Turn2Us has launched The PIP Tool: a free guide to navigate the benefits process.
Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.”
Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.uk
Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.”
Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.uk
Turn2us PIP Helper
Use the Turn2us PIP Helper to learn how to manage each stage of your PIP (personal independence payment) application process.
pip.turn2us.org.uk
December 9, 2024 at 10:10 AM
If you’re applying for PIP, the charity Turn2Us has launched The PIP Tool: a free guide to navigate the benefits process.
Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.”
Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.uk
Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.”
Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.uk