Robert Rust
@rrucs.bsky.social
China Analyst, Union of Concerned Scientists Global Security Program.
US-China relations, especially on nukes, arms control and the like. Views my own, likes/RTs ≠ endorsements. I'm not here representing Hardbodies.
US-China relations, especially on nukes, arms control and the like. Views my own, likes/RTs ≠ endorsements. I'm not here representing Hardbodies.
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The question is not if I will taste the forbidden spam, the question is when
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The question is not if I will taste the forbidden spam, the question is when
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Europe’s antitrust chief Teresa Ribera has unleashed a blistering attack on Trump administration, accusing Washington of using “blackmail” to strong-arm the EU into watering down its tech rules
“It is blackmail,” the Spanish commissioner told POLITICO
“It is blackmail,” the Spanish commissioner told POLITICO
Top EU official accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks
Renewed U.S. pressure for the EU to recalibrate its digital rules is unacceptable, says Teresa Ribera.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Europe’s antitrust chief Teresa Ribera has unleashed a blistering attack on Trump administration, accusing Washington of using “blackmail” to strong-arm the EU into watering down its tech rules
“It is blackmail,” the Spanish commissioner told POLITICO
“It is blackmail,” the Spanish commissioner told POLITICO
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November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Happy Thanksgiving, China's State Council just dropped a white paper on "China's arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation in the new era." Will post more in this thread as I work through it: military.people.com.cn/n1/2025/1127...
国务院新闻办公室发布《新时代的中国军控、裁军与防扩散》白皮书--军事--人民网
新华社北京11月27日电国务院新闻办公室11月27日发布《新时代的中国军控、裁军与防扩散》白皮书。白皮书指出，进入新时代，在习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想指引下，中国坚定不移推进中国式现代化建设，积
military.people.com.cn
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Happy Thanksgiving, China's State Council just dropped a white paper on "China's arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation in the new era." Will post more in this thread as I work through it: military.people.com.cn/n1/2025/1127...
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The Trump admin will tear down the entire human rights system--and treat the most respected jurists like terrorists--to protect Israel's leaders from accountability for what essentially the whole world recognizes to be terrible crimes. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The Trump admin will tear down the entire human rights system--and treat the most respected jurists like terrorists--to protect Israel's leaders from accountability for what essentially the whole world recognizes to be terrible crimes. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Per the online conversation some months ago about the lying commies stealing the Nationalists’ thunder in war commemoration, here are a few pics from 上海四行仓库纪念馆, a Shanghai museum dedicated to a company of KMT soldiers who defended a warehouse from the Japanese during the battle of Shanghai in 1937.
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Per the online conversation some months ago about the lying commies stealing the Nationalists’ thunder in war commemoration, here are a few pics from 上海四行仓库纪念馆, a Shanghai museum dedicated to a company of KMT soldiers who defended a warehouse from the Japanese during the battle of Shanghai in 1937.
The Last Days of Hitler/The Hermit of Peking. Hugh Trevor-Roper had the juice.
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The Last Days of Hitler/The Hermit of Peking. Hugh Trevor-Roper had the juice.
“One more thing: price of the fish going down.”
Here we go - China has told Japan it will suspend imports of Japanese seafood, according to a Kyodo News report citing a government source.
This thing is spiralling big time
This thing is spiralling big time
Developing | Beijing tells Tokyo it will suspend Japanese seafood imports: Kyodo News
People’s Daily commentary says the withdrawal of Sanae Takaichi’s words and deeds is the ‘only correct approach’ for Japan.
www.scmp.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“One more thing: price of the fish going down.”
Value-brand Hermann Fegelein.
Bovino: "We're ratcheting operations up in Chicago. That's a very corrupt system in Chicago. Whether it's those elected leaders like Pritzker or those out of control judges, Chicago needs some attention. You're gonna see some very dynamic operations."
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Value-brand Hermann Fegelein.
Been enjoying the daily salaryman shuttle with my suited brethren on the Tokyo subway. Variety is the horseradish-mustard sauce of life.
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Been enjoying the daily salaryman shuttle with my suited brethren on the Tokyo subway. Variety is the horseradish-mustard sauce of life.
Alan Dershowitz the one person on here listed under a nickname
What do we make of this email, sent from Epstein to himself a week before he was arrested with the subject line “List for Bannon Steve” with just a list of names.
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Alan Dershowitz the one person on here listed under a nickname
Completely useless
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Completely useless
If we do get a return to a somwhat pragmatic China policy in coming years (emphasis on "somewhat" and "years"), I wonder what the Centrist Hawk Industrial Complex in media, think tanks etc will turn into?
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If we do get a return to a somwhat pragmatic China policy in coming years (emphasis on "somewhat" and "years"), I wonder what the Centrist Hawk Industrial Complex in media, think tanks etc will turn into?
Me when Big Serious News Organizations are too big and serious to link to the official statements they report on
a black and white drawing of a man sitting down with his fist in his hand .
ALT: a black and white drawing of a man sitting down with his fist in his hand .
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Me when Big Serious News Organizations are too big and serious to link to the official statements they report on
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In his latest blog, my colleague @ucsdave.bsky.social clarifies how much the trucking industry damages our roadways, and how the public subsidizes them by around $88 billion a year to do so (not to mention over $170 billion/year in health and climate costs)
blog.ucs.org/dave-cooke/t...
blog.ucs.org/dave-cooke/t...
Trucks Cause the Lion’s Share of Road Damage—and Their Industry Wants You to Keep Paying for It
There is no reason for US taxpayers to foot the bill for a trillion-dollar per year industry.
blog.ucs.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In his latest blog, my colleague @ucsdave.bsky.social clarifies how much the trucking industry damages our roadways, and how the public subsidizes them by around $88 billion a year to do so (not to mention over $170 billion/year in health and climate costs)
blog.ucs.org/dave-cooke/t...
blog.ucs.org/dave-cooke/t...
"...and actually, the website told me, and actually this is pretty big and I'm hearing pretty unprecedented, it said "Donald, you're on a roll!" And you know, just the other week it told me I appeared in, it must have been dozens of searches, dozens, it's really something."
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"...and actually, the website told me, and actually this is pretty big and I'm hearing pretty unprecedented, it said "Donald, you're on a roll!" And you know, just the other week it told me I appeared in, it must have been dozens of searches, dozens, it's really something."
It’s me!
UCS staff had the opportunity to see A House of Dynamite in theaters and attend a talk-back with director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Noah Oppenheim. Hear their reactions and learn more about the real-life implications of the film:
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October 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It’s me!
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However, Trump could quite easily be referring to testing US nuclear-armed missiles, rather than testing nuclear weapons. He would be responding to Russia's recent test of a nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable cruise missile, a significant development made in response to US missile defenses
Russia tested new nuclear-powered cruise missile, top general says
Russia has tested a new nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered cruise missile named the Burevestnik, Russia's top general told President Vladimir Putin in remarks released on Sunday.
www.reuters.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:34 AM
However, Trump could quite easily be referring to testing US nuclear-armed missiles, rather than testing nuclear weapons. He would be responding to Russia's recent test of a nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable cruise missile, a significant development made in response to US missile defenses
Just cracked this open. No spoilers, please.
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Just cracked this open. No spoilers, please.
Recent comments by Bessent suggesting that rare earth export controls could lead to a Jenga-style collapse of the Chinese economy are yet another example of this:
Key point from a Baiguan newsletter a few weeks back: listening to people who have been talking about China's economic slowdown like a collapse (and many of them have been proclaiming this "collapse" for over a decade) leads to policy own-goals like the recent tariff escalation.
October 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Recent comments by Bessent suggesting that rare earth export controls could lead to a Jenga-style collapse of the Chinese economy are yet another example of this:
China's MOFCOM statement on rare earths export controls, emphasizing they're retaliatory in nature (specifically to US expanding entity list to cover subsidiaries.) "If the U.S. wants to fight, we will fight to the end; if it wants to talk, the door is always open." www.mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/xwfyrth...
商务部新闻发言人就近期美方宣布对华加征关税等限制措施答记者问
www.mofcom.gov.cn
October 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
China's MOFCOM statement on rare earths export controls, emphasizing they're retaliatory in nature (specifically to US expanding entity list to cover subsidiaries.) "If the U.S. wants to fight, we will fight to the end; if it wants to talk, the door is always open." www.mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/xwfyrth...
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The Uncanny Valet
our economy is currently being propped up by the promise of billions of fully autonomous robot butlers coming in a year or so
October 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Uncanny Valet