PowerPoint Ranger
@pptxranger.bsky.social
Briefer and griper. M.A. in International Relations. Focus on Russian application of non-traditional power in Europe and Africa. Left of center, right of left. Thoughts are of course my own. He/Him
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We are in an era of multipolar great power competition unprecedented since World War 2.
The winner will be whichever society is first to stop mutilating itself for no fucking reason.
The winner will be whichever society is first to stop mutilating itself for no fucking reason.
Truly, there has never been a historical tragicomedy quite like this one. If for no other reason, than for the sheer scale and detail of it.
I love the 21st century! I love the 21st century!
October 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
We are in an era of multipolar great power competition unprecedented since World War 2.
The winner will be whichever society is first to stop mutilating itself for no fucking reason.
The winner will be whichever society is first to stop mutilating itself for no fucking reason.
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I understand don quixote now
August 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I understand don quixote now
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Hegseth on when congressional leaders were notified about Trump's Iran strikes: "They were notified after the planes were safely out."
June 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Hegseth on when congressional leaders were notified about Trump's Iran strikes: "They were notified after the planes were safely out."
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The realist case for abandoning support for a war that was crippling your second largest strategic competitor so you can start a conflict that will consume an order of magnitude greater amount of resources and could have been solved through diplomatic means.
-by JD Vance
-by JD Vance
June 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The realist case for abandoning support for a war that was crippling your second largest strategic competitor so you can start a conflict that will consume an order of magnitude greater amount of resources and could have been solved through diplomatic means.
-by JD Vance
-by JD Vance
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My very apolitical friend just said to me ‘No one f*cks with North Korea. Why do you think that is?’
Yep. There’s a clear message for a lot of Global South and Middle Eastern countries tonight. Sadly. And it isn’t a nonproliferation message.
Yep. There’s a clear message for a lot of Global South and Middle Eastern countries tonight. Sadly. And it isn’t a nonproliferation message.
June 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My very apolitical friend just said to me ‘No one f*cks with North Korea. Why do you think that is?’
Yep. There’s a clear message for a lot of Global South and Middle Eastern countries tonight. Sadly. And it isn’t a nonproliferation message.
Yep. There’s a clear message for a lot of Global South and Middle Eastern countries tonight. Sadly. And it isn’t a nonproliferation message.
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"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
May 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
April 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
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ACCOUNTABILITY IS BACK
March 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
ACCOUNTABILITY IS BACK
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Circling back on this…
March 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Circling back on this…
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Wait wait wait he really said suka blyat
February 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Wait wait wait he really said suka blyat
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I don’t consider myself a good person by my own standards of conduct but it kinda bothers me how much it turns out nobody cares at all. Like, in the abstract, I feel like “you should keep your word when possible” should be a thing we agree on and it stains our honor when our country doesn’t do that.
February 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I don’t consider myself a good person by my own standards of conduct but it kinda bothers me how much it turns out nobody cares at all. Like, in the abstract, I feel like “you should keep your word when possible” should be a thing we agree on and it stains our honor when our country doesn’t do that.
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I think Vance may be the most evil person on the planet. Most evil men either think everyone’s like them and they’re just being savvy or say they’re doing things for The Greater Good. But I’m pretty sure JD just wakes up every day determined to make the world worse simply because he enjoys doing it.
February 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I think Vance may be the most evil person on the planet. Most evil men either think everyone’s like them and they’re just being savvy or say they’re doing things for The Greater Good. But I’m pretty sure JD just wakes up every day determined to make the world worse simply because he enjoys doing it.
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The foundational principle of contemporary American conservatism is that it is better to be unabashedly evil than to be a flawed human being trying to be good but always falling short of perfection. It is a fundamentally anti-human philosophy.
it is shocking the extent to which they openly sneer at morality
February 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The foundational principle of contemporary American conservatism is that it is better to be unabashedly evil than to be a flawed human being trying to be good but always falling short of perfection. It is a fundamentally anti-human philosophy.
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MARCO RUBIO IN 2017: "Foreign Aid is not charity. We must make sure it is well spent, but it is less than 1% of budget & critical to our national security.”
MARCO RUBIO IN 2025: "USAID is a global charity."
MARCO RUBIO IN 2025: "USAID is a global charity."
How Marco Rubio helped bury American soft power
This is why his boss once called him "Liddle Marco."
www.publicnotice.co
February 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
MARCO RUBIO IN 2017: "Foreign Aid is not charity. We must make sure it is well spent, but it is less than 1% of budget & critical to our national security.”
MARCO RUBIO IN 2025: "USAID is a global charity."
MARCO RUBIO IN 2025: "USAID is a global charity."
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People don't hear this enough, but SOF is vastly overemphasized. They're enablers that function to help provide advantageous conditions for line units in the same way intel does.
If people want to talk about the DOD focusing on core warfighting tasks, deemphasizing SOF is something to talk about.
If people want to talk about the DOD focusing on core warfighting tasks, deemphasizing SOF is something to talk about.
January 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
People don't hear this enough, but SOF is vastly overemphasized. They're enablers that function to help provide advantageous conditions for line units in the same way intel does.
If people want to talk about the DOD focusing on core warfighting tasks, deemphasizing SOF is something to talk about.
If people want to talk about the DOD focusing on core warfighting tasks, deemphasizing SOF is something to talk about.
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Excellent arguments by @michaelkofman.bsky.social, a MUST read! Democracies in Euro-Atlantic security community should understand that KGB lousily trained #Kremlin dictator thinks in zero sum terms. It is him or us, one must go, now! foreignaffairs.com/russia/putin... via
@foreignaffairs.com
@foreignaffairs.com
Putin’s Point of No Return
An unchecked Russia will challenge the West.
foreignaffairs.com
December 22, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Excellent arguments by @michaelkofman.bsky.social, a MUST read! Democracies in Euro-Atlantic security community should understand that KGB lousily trained #Kremlin dictator thinks in zero sum terms. It is him or us, one must go, now! foreignaffairs.com/russia/putin... via
@foreignaffairs.com
@foreignaffairs.com
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5th person to be cured of HIV
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV
Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.
abcnews.go.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:19 AM
5th person to be cured of HIV
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
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EU Defense and Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius is pushing for nearly €100B in defense funding in the EU's next 7-year budget—up from just €10B today. He calls it "ambitious," but it's a sign of how Russia's war on Ukraine is reshaping EU priorities.
www.politico.eu/article/kubi...
www.politico.eu/article/kubi...
Bracing for a Russian attack: EU defense chief wants €100B for weapons
Andrius Kubilius is the EU’s first defense and space commissioner.
www.politico.eu
December 9, 2024 at 5:50 AM
EU Defense and Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius is pushing for nearly €100B in defense funding in the EU's next 7-year budget—up from just €10B today. He calls it "ambitious," but it's a sign of how Russia's war on Ukraine is reshaping EU priorities.
www.politico.eu/article/kubi...
www.politico.eu/article/kubi...
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Last week the Russian Central Bank sold 1 trillion in bonds to the banks in order to raise money to cover the 2024 government deficit.
The banks lacked liquidity to buy, so now the CB is lending the banks money to buy its own bonds.
All while using the same bonds as collateral for the loan.
The banks lacked liquidity to buy, so now the CB is lending the banks money to buy its own bonds.
All while using the same bonds as collateral for the loan.
December 9, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Last week the Russian Central Bank sold 1 trillion in bonds to the banks in order to raise money to cover the 2024 government deficit.
The banks lacked liquidity to buy, so now the CB is lending the banks money to buy its own bonds.
All while using the same bonds as collateral for the loan.
The banks lacked liquidity to buy, so now the CB is lending the banks money to buy its own bonds.
All while using the same bonds as collateral for the loan.
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As we enter a post-Assad Syria in 2025, the international community should make sure it can do everything it can to help rebuild and stabilize the country, and to make sure the new government respects the rights of minorities and democratic conduct.
December 8, 2024 at 3:06 PM
As we enter a post-Assad Syria in 2025, the international community should make sure it can do everything it can to help rebuild and stabilize the country, and to make sure the new government respects the rights of minorities and democratic conduct.
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Another network cable, this time between Finland and Sweden, has been cut.
Finnish police are suspecting that this was a deliberate sabotage operation.
Finnish police are suspecting that this was a deliberate sabotage operation.
December 3, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Another network cable, this time between Finland and Sweden, has been cut.
Finnish police are suspecting that this was a deliberate sabotage operation.
Finnish police are suspecting that this was a deliberate sabotage operation.
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Studying the Army’s history, we see the exact same empty arguments against our trans comrades in arms that were used against people of color, against women, and against gay/lesbian service members. 250 years of bullshit claims with no underlying foundation other than personal prejudice.
But let me make this absolutely clear: these accusations are false. Trans service members have been serving openly for eight years without any measurable harm to unit cohesion or readiness. In fact, we have proven time and again that we meet the same rigorous standards as every other Soldier.
November 25, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Studying the Army’s history, we see the exact same empty arguments against our trans comrades in arms that were used against people of color, against women, and against gay/lesbian service members. 250 years of bullshit claims with no underlying foundation other than personal prejudice.
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Russian actors not only carry out cyberattacks on the Western defense industrial base but also hire criminals for physical sabotage against it. This year, the Kremlin plotted to assassinate the head of German arms maker Rheinmetall AG.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Warns American Defense Firms of Russian Sabotage Threat
American defense firms should be alert for Russian actors sabotaging their operations at home and abroad as Moscow seeks to undermine support for Ukraine, US intelligence and national security agencie...
www.bloomberg.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Russian actors not only carry out cyberattacks on the Western defense industrial base but also hire criminals for physical sabotage against it. This year, the Kremlin plotted to assassinate the head of German arms maker Rheinmetall AG.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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GLASS THE RUSSIAN AIRFIELDS
November 17, 2024 at 6:40 PM
GLASS THE RUSSIAN AIRFIELDS