Bleddyn Bowen
@bleddb.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Astropolitics | Space warfare | Own views
Books: Original Sin http://bit.ly/3JYbcIe ; War in Space http://bit.ly/34Stplv 🏴🏳️🌈 🚀🛰
Web: https://tinyurl.com/p9pt8n9n
“He doesn’t see the stars - just the vast dark spaces in between.”
Books: Original Sin http://bit.ly/3JYbcIe ; War in Space http://bit.ly/34Stplv 🏴🏳️🌈 🚀🛰
Web: https://tinyurl.com/p9pt8n9n
“He doesn’t see the stars - just the vast dark spaces in between.”
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· Oct 11
Coming in 2026 in paperback - Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space! With @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
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Get all your international political space history and strategy at even greater value!
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It would have been the easiest thing for the Russians to say nothing and let Trump try to pressure Ukraine into accepting. Fortunately, they absolutely cannot help themselves.
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It would have been the easiest thing for the Russians to say nothing and let Trump try to pressure Ukraine into accepting. Fortunately, they absolutely cannot help themselves.
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Fighter jet purchases depend on confidence in future reliability. They need parts, maintenance, ongoing communication, trust that no measure will ever be electronically disabled, etc.
Telling Canada buy US jets or we’ll hurt your economy more is effectively communicating it’d be dumb to buy US jets.
Telling Canada buy US jets or we’ll hurt your economy more is effectively communicating it’d be dumb to buy US jets.
Hoekstra continues to be utterly terrible at his job as *checks notes* an ambassador of the United States.
Or, flipside: continues to be the living embodiment of why there is nation-wide contempt towards the US.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Or, flipside: continues to be the living embodiment of why there is nation-wide contempt towards the US.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Future of trade talks depends on Canada’s purchase of American fighter jets, U.S. ambassador says
Pete Hoekstra said it will not be easy to restart the now-stalled trade talks, and urged Canada to "harmonize" as much as possible with the U.S. on a range of
www.thestar.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Fighter jet purchases depend on confidence in future reliability. They need parts, maintenance, ongoing communication, trust that no measure will ever be electronically disabled, etc.
Telling Canada buy US jets or we’ll hurt your economy more is effectively communicating it’d be dumb to buy US jets.
Telling Canada buy US jets or we’ll hurt your economy more is effectively communicating it’d be dumb to buy US jets.
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I'm not a big fan of the Munich analogy, but this is real Munich stuff -- probably worse.
www.ft.com/content/f411...
www.ft.com/content/f411...
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I'm not a big fan of the Munich analogy, but this is real Munich stuff -- probably worse.
www.ft.com/content/f411...
www.ft.com/content/f411...
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🎙️In this episode, @omarhgallego.bsky.social discusses public opinion and perceptions of migration, the recent migration policies of UK parties, and the politics behind them.
open.spotify.com/episode/4NwR...
open.spotify.com/episode/4NwR...
UK Migration Policies 2025: Public Opinion, Politics, and Policy Alternatives
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🎙️In this episode, @omarhgallego.bsky.social discusses public opinion and perceptions of migration, the recent migration policies of UK parties, and the politics behind them.
open.spotify.com/episode/4NwR...
open.spotify.com/episode/4NwR...
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More left-leaning people need to think about national security.
Regardless of what you think about governments or militaries, you have to have them.
Because of this, the people who run them should agree with you on where violence should be used.
Is it Russian troops or Venezuelan fishermen?
Regardless of what you think about governments or militaries, you have to have them.
Because of this, the people who run them should agree with you on where violence should be used.
Is it Russian troops or Venezuelan fishermen?
I hate this sort of meme.
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
More left-leaning people need to think about national security.
Regardless of what you think about governments or militaries, you have to have them.
Because of this, the people who run them should agree with you on where violence should be used.
Is it Russian troops or Venezuelan fishermen?
Regardless of what you think about governments or militaries, you have to have them.
Because of this, the people who run them should agree with you on where violence should be used.
Is it Russian troops or Venezuelan fishermen?
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Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
This pithily sums up so much of what I don’t like about a lot of ‘strategy’ research in academia or think tank ‘analysis’ today.
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This pithily sums up so much of what I don’t like about a lot of ‘strategy’ research in academia or think tank ‘analysis’ today.
I've said it before and I'll say it again - being the UK Labour PM that 'lost Wales' is hugely underpriced as an existential party identity crisis.
"It will not matter after that who blames who for what - history will remember we lost Wales."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"It will not matter after that who blames who for what - history will remember we lost Wales."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Caerphilly by-election: Why Wales fell out of love with Labour
Now Labour faces its toughest task yet in Wales - convincing voters to keep believing, ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I've said it before and I'll say it again - being the UK Labour PM that 'lost Wales' is hugely underpriced as an existential party identity crisis.
"It will not matter after that who blames who for what - history will remember we lost Wales."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"It will not matter after that who blames who for what - history will remember we lost Wales."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
So, a new Stargate series is in the works…
a picture of a bald man with the words things will not calm down below him
ALT: a picture of a bald man with the words things will not calm down below him
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
So, a new Stargate series is in the works…
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Zeitenwende: Space Edition 🚀
Germany has just published its first space security strategy.
Let’s take a look at 3 major points: Resilience, Partners and Freedom of Action
(link also leads to english PDF)
Germany has just published its first space security strategy.
Let’s take a look at 3 major points: Resilience, Partners and Freedom of Action
(link also leads to english PDF)
Verantwortung im All: Erste Weltraumsicherheitsstrategie der Bundesregierung
Freiheit und Sicherheit werden auch im Weltraum verteidigt. Pistorius und Wadephul stellen Weltraumsicherheitsstrategie vor.
www.bmvg.de
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Zeitenwende: Space Edition 🚀
Germany has just published its first space security strategy.
Let’s take a look at 3 major points: Resilience, Partners and Freedom of Action
(link also leads to english PDF)
Germany has just published its first space security strategy.
Let’s take a look at 3 major points: Resilience, Partners and Freedom of Action
(link also leads to english PDF)
Delusion without all caps loses all of its charm.
The bigger change is presentation, historically, these emails were visually chaotic: sudden colour changes, ALL CAPS, screenshots pasted at random. Classic signs of disordered thinking. Now they’re neat, structured, and grammatically consistent. The delusion hasn't changed, but the formatting has.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Delusion without all caps loses all of its charm.
Update from Durham
a person is walking through a snowy field with skis .
ALT: a person is walking through a snowy field with skis .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Update from Durham
“a credible, resourced and rehearsed national defence plan - something Britain maintained rigorously during the Cold War.” - Sky News
news.sky.com/story/uk-mov...
news.sky.com/story/uk-mov...
a man in a suit and tie is holding a banana and smiling .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a banana and smiling .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
“a credible, resourced and rehearsed national defence plan - something Britain maintained rigorously during the Cold War.” - Sky News
news.sky.com/story/uk-mov...
news.sky.com/story/uk-mov...
In other football news
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In other football news
I thought such planet names reflected the sheer number of accessible but sparsely populates planets in Star Trek, and only major planets with enough cultural, political, economic, and social importance got unique names, eg Earth, Vulcan, Bajor, Romulus. Sol III is correct, just not used.
One of the biggest things that bugs me about Star Trek is planet names. Rigel IV, Antares III, etc
but Earth is just...Earth. Should be Sol 3, no??
or maybe, ST has a human bias?? 😅
but Earth is just...Earth. Should be Sol 3, no??
or maybe, ST has a human bias?? 😅
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I thought such planet names reflected the sheer number of accessible but sparsely populates planets in Star Trek, and only major planets with enough cultural, political, economic, and social importance got unique names, eg Earth, Vulcan, Bajor, Romulus. Sol III is correct, just not used.
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The UK asylum/refugee system has been broken for over a decade and never explained by the government to the people so it is fundamentally both broken and misunderstood
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The UK asylum/refugee system has been broken for over a decade and never explained by the government to the people so it is fundamentally both broken and misunderstood
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This section of Gerald of Wales' The Conquest of Ireland in which he praises his own family is essentially the Theme from Shaft.
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This section of Gerald of Wales' The Conquest of Ireland in which he praises his own family is essentially the Theme from Shaft.
Should’ve asked Andy to write the abstract for our paper on AI and military command. Just replace ‘home’ with ‘military command systems’. Sums up the madness nicely @cameronhunter.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Should’ve asked Andy to write the abstract for our paper on AI and military command. Just replace ‘home’ with ‘military command systems’. Sums up the madness nicely @cameronhunter.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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We have forcibly installed the Stupid Machine in all of your homes but, of course, under no circumstances should you trust the Stupid Machine.
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We have forcibly installed the Stupid Machine in all of your homes but, of course, under no circumstances should you trust the Stupid Machine.
I don’t think that there’s such a thing as a ‘reverse Midas’ given the whole point of the Midas story.
Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $74bn - on.ft.com/4nZW5B6
My "a bubble that all the normies call a bubble can't pop" thesis is coming under serious pressure
My "a bubble that all the normies call a bubble can't pop" thesis is coming under serious pressure
Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $74bn
And suddenly, there may be a reverse Midas at the centre of AI’s circular economy
on.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I don’t think that there’s such a thing as a ‘reverse Midas’ given the whole point of the Midas story.
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Maybe don’t put it at the top of every search result then?
November 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Maybe don’t put it at the top of every search result then?
See also Labour in Wales…
“Polls suggest the most probable result is a loss for the party’s candidate, a former government minister understood to have been handpicked by the PM.
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
Well..
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
See also Labour in Wales…