US leaders thinking they can blow up their alliance network and still contain China is both very funny and painfully stupid.
September 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
US leaders thinking they can blow up their alliance network and still contain China is both very funny and painfully stupid.
Hope is a lie, but it's a lie we have to choose to believe.
August 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Hope is a lie, but it's a lie we have to choose to believe.
While mulling over the state of politics in the US it occured to me that the main driver that is decoupling residential home prices from median incomes is investors looking to diversify assets. States and cities could implement rules to prevent institutional investors buying in residential zones.
July 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
While mulling over the state of politics in the US it occured to me that the main driver that is decoupling residential home prices from median incomes is investors looking to diversify assets. States and cities could implement rules to prevent institutional investors buying in residential zones.
The UK MOD needs to realize what European NATO wants from them and what E-NATO needs are not entirely the same thing. There is no land role that the French and Poles cannot do better. UK air and sea power are our central contributions.
June 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The UK MOD needs to realize what European NATO wants from them and what E-NATO needs are not entirely the same thing. There is no land role that the French and Poles cannot do better. UK air and sea power are our central contributions.
I have been wondering how long it would take Rolls Royce to integrate the EJ230 power plant into the Gripen-E. The answer apparent is "Not very long."
April 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I have been wondering how long it would take Rolls Royce to integrate the EJ230 power plant into the Gripen-E. The answer apparent is "Not very long."
I need to write but also to sleep.
April 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I need to write but also to sleep.
I get to write an 8.3b motion. It's not my first but I love the chance to really let 'em have it.
April 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I get to write an 8.3b motion. It's not my first but I love the chance to really let 'em have it.
Get angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
April 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Get angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
The Australian Government is prosecuting someone for purchasing the inner workings of a very old Russian smoke detector and I find this very confusing.
April 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Australian Government is prosecuting someone for purchasing the inner workings of a very old Russian smoke detector and I find this very confusing.
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I can no longer distinguish between parody and real news where American conservatives are involved.
I can no longer distinguish between parody and real news where American conservatives are involved.
Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in its water
The move has been criticised by experts, who say the mineral helps reduce oral cavities, especially in children.
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March 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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I can no longer distinguish between parody and real news where American conservatives are involved.
I can no longer distinguish between parody and real news where American conservatives are involved.
Looking back on former comrades is sometimes extremely sad.
March 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Looking back on former comrades is sometimes extremely sad.
Functioning as Europe's primary defense equipment provider and security guarantor has been critical in preventing the most technologically advanced potential adversary to the United States emerging.
The US economy is marginally larger than the combined total for the rest of NATO...
The US economy is marginally larger than the combined total for the rest of NATO...
March 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Functioning as Europe's primary defense equipment provider and security guarantor has been critical in preventing the most technologically advanced potential adversary to the United States emerging.
The US economy is marginally larger than the combined total for the rest of NATO...
The US economy is marginally larger than the combined total for the rest of NATO...
It takes about three years to build an SAMP-T battery, which is the only European weapon system that could replace Patriot. There aren't enough of these precious assets currently in European inventories to defend Ukrainian cities.
March 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It takes about three years to build an SAMP-T battery, which is the only European weapon system that could replace Patriot. There aren't enough of these precious assets currently in European inventories to defend Ukrainian cities.
Every four years this country has a violent personality shift. You can't count on us.
America is over. There is no coming back from this.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
March 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every four years this country has a violent personality shift. You can't count on us.
The explosive filling facility under construction on South Wales would increase UK shell production eight-fold, but won't be up and running until 2026.
As long as Europe can keep Ukraine supplied with surface to air missiles and artillery ammunition, the war is not lost.
As long as Europe can keep Ukraine supplied with surface to air missiles and artillery ammunition, the war is not lost.
March 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The explosive filling facility under construction on South Wales would increase UK shell production eight-fold, but won't be up and running until 2026.
As long as Europe can keep Ukraine supplied with surface to air missiles and artillery ammunition, the war is not lost.
As long as Europe can keep Ukraine supplied with surface to air missiles and artillery ammunition, the war is not lost.
As time goes on, my house looks more and more like someone set up a server farm in the middle of a jungle.
February 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
As time goes on, my house looks more and more like someone set up a server farm in the middle of a jungle.
Current shenanigans regarding Gripen sales to Colombia demonstrates that the incorporation of ANY US tech in your defense product is a bad idea.
I do wonder how quickly RR could repackage an engine for Gripen-E though.
I do wonder how quickly RR could repackage an engine for Gripen-E though.
February 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Current shenanigans regarding Gripen sales to Colombia demonstrates that the incorporation of ANY US tech in your defense product is a bad idea.
I do wonder how quickly RR could repackage an engine for Gripen-E though.
I do wonder how quickly RR could repackage an engine for Gripen-E though.
Most of the UK's defense budget increase will get eaten up filling the procurement black hole but if there was a will, the UK could easily afford to increase the Type 26 program to 12 boats.
February 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Most of the UK's defense budget increase will get eaten up filling the procurement black hole but if there was a will, the UK could easily afford to increase the Type 26 program to 12 boats.
One of the nice things about my old Twitter was that I could connect with three thousand people at a time. It wasn't easy to walk away. That said, there's someone I believe in that needs as much help as she can get. gofund.me/9836aa05
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February 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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The United States is demonstrating that we are deeply unreliable allies. Institutional inertia will carry us for some time but we will pay a painful price for our fecklessness.
February 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The United States is demonstrating that we are deeply unreliable allies. Institutional inertia will carry us for some time but we will pay a painful price for our fecklessness.
Inform on your colleagues or face consequences doesn't have authoritarian overtones at all.
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Email demands US government workers report DEI programmes
Government employees received emails threatening "consequences" if they did not report DEI work to the White House.
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January 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Inform on your colleagues or face consequences doesn't have authoritarian overtones at all.
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