Timothy Choi
@timdocchoi.bsky.social
Ship modeler, all-around Canadian boat guy (and gov't goon, so usual caveats apply). PhD'd in Norwegian, Danish, and Canadian naval forces: book version coming Soon™️.
The Norwegian coast guard crew grinned cheekily at me as he looked at me taking a bite of brunost in the shared mess. "It's all right," I said, nodding.
brown cheese and cured salmon for breakfast in Oslo - I am a Brown Cheese Appreciator
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The Norwegian coast guard crew grinned cheekily at me as he looked at me taking a bite of brunost in the shared mess. "It's all right," I said, nodding.
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Some years ago the Washington POST printed my recipe for Chinese sticky rice stuffing. This is the Asian contribution to T-Day. Turkey is rather bland for Chinese tastes, but sticky rice stuffing makes it all better! www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/chin...
Chinese Sticky Rice Stuffing
“Turkey has never been a favorite in Asian cooking,” writes Reston resident Brenda Clough.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Some years ago the Washington POST printed my recipe for Chinese sticky rice stuffing. This is the Asian contribution to T-Day. Turkey is rather bland for Chinese tastes, but sticky rice stuffing makes it all better! www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/chin...
Ad blockers have never been more important. You won't get past the AI summary, but you can skip past all those sponsored results.
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Yeah this has become the utter pain of what we once had. Used to be you'd run to Google for a trusted and quick search and now I try to avoid it when I can
Legit ruined their own product to the point of being unrecognizable
Yeah this has become the utter pain of what we once had. Used to be you'd run to Google for a trusted and quick search and now I try to avoid it when I can
Legit ruined their own product to the point of being unrecognizable
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Ad blockers have never been more important. You won't get past the AI summary, but you can skip past all those sponsored results.
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Unidentified camouflaged ship, picture taken from HMCS MAYFLOWER in 1944, possibly around Normandy invasion. If you can identify this ship, please leave a comment. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/lBEmW
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Unidentified camouflaged ship, picture taken from HMCS MAYFLOWER in 1944, possibly around Normandy invasion. If you can identify this ship, please leave a comment. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/lBEmW
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Tusind tak Erik, Sara og #InnovationSouthGreenland! It was great working in partnership with you speaking with local hunters in Kalaallit Nunaat for the "Seals, Stigma and Survival" project @nichecanada.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @sduarctic.bsky.social @arcticcouncil.bsky.social
Learn more about the primary research conducted in Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland between July and October 2025 for 'Seals, Stigma and Survival' locally led by SI Erik Kielsen with PI Danita Burke. Thanks to Sara L. Jensen, Nordic Arctic Programme, Innovation South Greenland & CWS/SDU for their support
Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland Fieldwork – July-October 2025
Seals, Stigma and Survival seeks to engage and reflect sealer/hunter/fisher views on the legacy of anti-sealing activism, the impacts of stigma against sealing and seal hunters, the implications of the European Union’s ban against the import of seal products based on moral objections to sealing for peoples on the ground and the importance of sealing to their cultures, economies and ecosystems.
survivingsealingstigma.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Tusind tak Erik, Sara og #InnovationSouthGreenland! It was great working in partnership with you speaking with local hunters in Kalaallit Nunaat for the "Seals, Stigma and Survival" project @nichecanada.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @sduarctic.bsky.social @arcticcouncil.bsky.social
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signs of the time - regardless of our human ability to try and ignore what's happening in earth sciences and global warming, climate crisis, the natural world is rapidly showing and manifesting the reality of that change
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country #Climate
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens were discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects.
grist.org
October 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
signs of the time - regardless of our human ability to try and ignore what's happening in earth sciences and global warming, climate crisis, the natural world is rapidly showing and manifesting the reality of that change
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An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
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No fleet at Fleet Week, but once again our allies come to the rescue 🇨🇦
October 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
No fleet at Fleet Week, but once again our allies come to the rescue 🇨🇦
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Tired: Australia paying the Americans vast sums for submarines we’re never going to get
Wired: in the Solomons, you get free drug submarines from the sea
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Wired: in the Solomons, you get free drug submarines from the sea
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
'Made in Colombia' narco sub found floating in Solomon Islands
Cousins Reubenson and Martin Fugui found a 'Made in Colombia' narco sub in Solomon Islands over the weekend — the third such vessel found in the country's waters over the past year.
www.abc.net.au
October 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Tired: Australia paying the Americans vast sums for submarines we’re never going to get
Wired: in the Solomons, you get free drug submarines from the sea
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Wired: in the Solomons, you get free drug submarines from the sea
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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this would make a good premise to a movie, though
In IR undergrad I had a VERY post-structuralist prof who argued that it was words and construction all the way down. I asked: but do you really think that’s useful to a kid living in war-torn Iraq? He can’t change his own reality. He said “Well, maybe he could” and that was just too Matrix-y to me.
“Okay, so how should we actually formulate policy around the strategic threat of thousands of nuclear weapons pointed at NATO?”
“First of all, using words to concisely convey concepts makes you a bad person, so write that down…”
“First of all, using words to concisely convey concepts makes you a bad person, so write that down…”
October 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
this would make a good premise to a movie, though
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The PLA is literally a marxist organization and they spend like 50% of the time doing mandatory ideological training.
Rep. Andy Harris: "I guarantee you China and Russia do not have woke policies in their military."
September 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The PLA is literally a marxist organization and they spend like 50% of the time doing mandatory ideological training.
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They've lost the 9yos
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
They've lost the 9yos
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September 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
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The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
but this is some "step 1 draw two circles step 2 draw the rest of the fuckin owl" stuff
September 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
but this is some "step 1 draw two circles step 2 draw the rest of the fuckin owl" stuff
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Norway confiscates Russian fishing vessel which was ordered to leave last December for national security interests.
Norway confiscates Russian fishing vessel ordered to leave last year
The Government has decided to take over the ownership of the Azurit because the Russian owners did not follow an order for the ship to leave Norway.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Norway confiscates Russian fishing vessel which was ordered to leave last December for national security interests.
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A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.
A Chinese mining company is accused of covering up the extent of a major toxic spill in Zambia
A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.
bit.ly
September 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.
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The Danish minister for defence now openly declares what has been in the works for some time - 🇩🇰is looking for a major partner to build the new frigates in Denmark. Building them elsewhere is not an option as for now too much political capital has been invested in this.🇫🇷🇩🇪🇳🇱🇬🇧
September 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The Danish minister for defence now openly declares what has been in the works for some time - 🇩🇰is looking for a major partner to build the new frigates in Denmark. Building them elsewhere is not an option as for now too much political capital has been invested in this.🇫🇷🇩🇪🇳🇱🇬🇧
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After alot of cultural war brouhahaha the Swedish goverment today launched the official Swedish cultural canon, the official list of works of cultural excellence. It included the usual books, plays and movies and architecture but most importantly innovations and most importantly of those the Viggen:
September 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
After alot of cultural war brouhahaha the Swedish goverment today launched the official Swedish cultural canon, the official list of works of cultural excellence. It included the usual books, plays and movies and architecture but most importantly innovations and most importantly of those the Viggen:
Glad they made their choice JUST before I send my final manuscript to the publisher 😁
The Norwegian Government has selected the United Kingdom as a strategic partner for the acquisition of new frigates. The purchase of British frigates will be the largest Norwegian defence capability investment to date 🇬🇧 🇳🇴
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Norway selects British Type 26 frigates - Naval News
Norway has selected the United Kingdom as a strategic partner for the acquisition of new frigates.
www.navalnews.com
August 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Glad they made their choice JUST before I send my final manuscript to the publisher 😁
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Big deal: Norway has chosen the UK as strategic partner for its procurement of frigates - the largest Norwegian military capability procurement ever. Together, Norway and the UK will acquire, operate and develop frigates for the coming decades.
#StrongerTogether
www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/n...
#StrongerTogether
www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/n...
Norway will acquire British frigates
The Norwegian Government has selected the United Kingdom as a strategic partner for the acquisition of new frigates. The purchase of British frigates will be the largest Norwegian defence capability i...
www.regjeringen.no
August 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Big deal: Norway has chosen the UK as strategic partner for its procurement of frigates - the largest Norwegian military capability procurement ever. Together, Norway and the UK will acquire, operate and develop frigates for the coming decades.
#StrongerTogether
www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/n...
#StrongerTogether
www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/n...
sea concorde
was just reminded of this absolutely insane design for a fast landing craft
August 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
sea concorde