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Every person who thinks it's just pedantry to argue about what constitutes "fascism" should think very hard about how much damage has been done to American life by the indiscriminate and incorrect usage of words like "terrorism," "war," "treason" and "communist", among many others.
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Every person who thinks it's just pedantry to argue about what constitutes "fascism" should think very hard about how much damage has been done to American life by the indiscriminate and incorrect usage of words like "terrorism," "war," "treason" and "communist", among many others.
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As the situation in Pokrovsk becomes critical, and AFU reinforces the pocket to stabilize the flanks, there's considerable attention now to how this battle is unfolding. A few thoughts on the situation. 1/ (DeepStateMap)
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
As the situation in Pokrovsk becomes critical, and AFU reinforces the pocket to stabilize the flanks, there's considerable attention now to how this battle is unfolding. A few thoughts on the situation. 1/ (DeepStateMap)
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Military medicine as a force multiplier. "A cross-national analysis of conventional wars since 1900 probes the plausibility of the argument and suggests a positive association between physician-to-population ratios and improved battlefield performance" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Military Medicine and Military Effectiveness
Despite extensive scholarship on military effectiveness, the role of military medicine remains largely untested. We argue that robust medical capabilities improve effectiveness by preserving manpow...
www.tandfonline.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Military medicine as a force multiplier. "A cross-national analysis of conventional wars since 1900 probes the plausibility of the argument and suggests a positive association between physician-to-population ratios and improved battlefield performance" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Looks like extraordinary cowardice. "...following pressure from the Chinese state and a separate defamation law suit against the university, Sheffield Hallam decided not to publish a final piece of research by Prof Murphy and her team into forced labour." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Looks like extraordinary cowardice. "...following pressure from the Chinese state and a separate defamation law suit against the university, Sheffield Hallam decided not to publish a final piece of research by Prof Murphy and her team into forced labour." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Submission no. 500 at the Journal of Scandinavian Military Studies (SJMS) landed this morning!
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Submission no. 500 at the Journal of Scandinavian Military Studies (SJMS) landed this morning!
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
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Curious about what China’s nuclear force is evolving into? Using Chinese primary sources, my latest publication from
@nbr.org maps out what China is building and the goals it intends to serve. 🧵 www.nbr.org/publication/...
@nbr.org maps out what China is building and the goals it intends to serve. 🧵 www.nbr.org/publication/...
October 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Curious about what China’s nuclear force is evolving into? Using Chinese primary sources, my latest publication from
@nbr.org maps out what China is building and the goals it intends to serve. 🧵 www.nbr.org/publication/...
@nbr.org maps out what China is building and the goals it intends to serve. 🧵 www.nbr.org/publication/...
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Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
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How did Iranian & Israeli air and missile defenses perform during the 12-Day War? Read all about it in my new piece
@fpri.bsky.social
TLDR: Poor Iranian AD enabled Israel's highly effective missile defeat strategy, BUT, even then, Israeli defenses were severely strained and almost broke down
@fpri.bsky.social
TLDR: Poor Iranian AD enabled Israel's highly effective missile defeat strategy, BUT, even then, Israeli defenses were severely strained and almost broke down
October 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
How did Iranian & Israeli air and missile defenses perform during the 12-Day War? Read all about it in my new piece
@fpri.bsky.social
TLDR: Poor Iranian AD enabled Israel's highly effective missile defeat strategy, BUT, even then, Israeli defenses were severely strained and almost broke down
@fpri.bsky.social
TLDR: Poor Iranian AD enabled Israel's highly effective missile defeat strategy, BUT, even then, Israeli defenses were severely strained and almost broke down
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Russia lost at least 100,000 troops killed since January 2025 while capturing only 0.4 percent of Ukrainian territory, with total losses reaching 984,000 to 1.4 million troops including 190,000 to 480,000 killed, The Economist reports.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
October 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Russia lost at least 100,000 troops killed since January 2025 while capturing only 0.4 percent of Ukrainian territory, with total losses reaching 984,000 to 1.4 million troops including 190,000 to 480,000 killed, The Economist reports.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
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China expels two top generals from Communist Party in anti-corruption purge reut.rs/3IPiSRZ
China expels two top generals from Communist Party in anti-corruption purge
Two top Chinese generals have been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and the military for "serious violations of discipline and law", the country's defence ministry said on Friday.
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October 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
China expels two top generals from Communist Party in anti-corruption purge reut.rs/3IPiSRZ
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🧵 This reporting confirms my suspicion on why, based on reporting last week, the CIA's Deputy Director, Michael Ellis, installed himself as the agency's general counsel. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🧵 This reporting confirms my suspicion on why, based on reporting last week, the CIA's Deputy Director, Michael Ellis, installed himself as the agency's general counsel. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
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Scale comparison: Shahed drone, STING anti-Shahed drone, and human. To date, STING, developed by @wildhornets.bsky.social, has intercepted over 600 Russian aerial targets.
October 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Scale comparison: Shahed drone, STING anti-Shahed drone, and human. To date, STING, developed by @wildhornets.bsky.social, has intercepted over 600 Russian aerial targets.
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The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
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One major difference between freedom and autocracy: Since 1990, the economies of former Soviet satellite nations that joined the EU have grown 9.5 times larger, more than twice the growth of Russia's economy, which is only 4.2 times larger. www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Essay | Why Putin Can’t Afford to Let Ukraine Prosper
A free and thriving Ukraine would make it undeniable that Putin’s rule has been an economic disaster for Russia.
www.wsj.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One major difference between freedom and autocracy: Since 1990, the economies of former Soviet satellite nations that joined the EU have grown 9.5 times larger, more than twice the growth of Russia's economy, which is only 4.2 times larger. www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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Withdrawing from the War on Cancer: an extraordinarily successful scientific research system that took decades to build, saved millions of lives and generated billions of dollars in profits is being dismantled in short order. @jonathanmahler.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Withdrawing from the War on Cancer: an extraordinarily successful scientific research system that took decades to build, saved millions of lives and generated billions of dollars in profits is being dismantled in short order. @jonathanmahler.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
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“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.”
Been thinking about this a lot lately, and today has made it especially relevant.
Been thinking about this a lot lately, and today has made it especially relevant.
September 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.”
Been thinking about this a lot lately, and today has made it especially relevant.
Been thinking about this a lot lately, and today has made it especially relevant.
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Xi Unleashes China’s Biggest Purge of Military Leaders Since Mao www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Xi Unleashes China’s Biggest Purge of Military Leaders Since Mao
He’s ousted almost a fifth of the generals whom he personally appointed, raising the question: Is it a sign of political strength, or of his weakness?
www.bloomberg.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Xi Unleashes China’s Biggest Purge of Military Leaders Since Mao www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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China has their own equivalents to military strategy academics like Michael Howard and Colin Gray, but because we don't bother translating anything beyond a few niche texts we continue to think everything about Chinese strategy can be gleaned from Sun Tzu, Mao, and Unrestricted Warfare …
August 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
China has their own equivalents to military strategy academics like Michael Howard and Colin Gray, but because we don't bother translating anything beyond a few niche texts we continue to think everything about Chinese strategy can be gleaned from Sun Tzu, Mao, and Unrestricted Warfare …
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Exclusive: Justice Department Erases Domestic Terror Unit
open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
Exclusive: Justice Department Erases Domestic Terror Unit
FBI unit is also drained of personnel while domestic threat level has risen to “red,” former senior DOJ lawyer tells SpyTalk in an exclusive interview. "So now we have no data," he says.
open.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Exclusive: Justice Department Erases Domestic Terror Unit
open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
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This is Putin’s true Achilles’ heel. We should continue to choke his economy until he comes to the negotiating table to end the conflict in Ukraine. gcaptain.com/russias-oil-...
Russia's Oil Shipments Have Quietly Slumped Over the Past Year
In the first seven months of 2025, Moscow exported 4% less crude than it did in the comparable period of 2024, with an even sharper drop from the same timespan in 2023, ship-tracking by Bloomberg show...
gcaptain.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This is Putin’s true Achilles’ heel. We should continue to choke his economy until he comes to the negotiating table to end the conflict in Ukraine. gcaptain.com/russias-oil-...
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In November of 2016, nearly 60 years after the paper was published internally, I had discovered the joke.
A few years later, I filed to have the paper declassified, and the NSA eventually agreed, and even put it up on their webpage:
media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/14/...
A few years later, I filed to have the paper declassified, and the NSA eventually agreed, and even put it up on their webpage:
media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/14/...
media.defense.gov
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
In November of 2016, nearly 60 years after the paper was published internally, I had discovered the joke.
A few years later, I filed to have the paper declassified, and the NSA eventually agreed, and even put it up on their webpage:
media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/14/...
A few years later, I filed to have the paper declassified, and the NSA eventually agreed, and even put it up on their webpage:
media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/14/...
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Between 1980 and 2024 the basket of 50 basic commodities become cheaper and more abundant. To be precise 70 per cent cheaper and 238 per cent more abundant. If we hadn’t messed up housing costs we’d be collectively very well off. Source: buff.ly/U8lZZkc
July 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Between 1980 and 2024 the basket of 50 basic commodities become cheaper and more abundant. To be precise 70 per cent cheaper and 238 per cent more abundant. If we hadn’t messed up housing costs we’d be collectively very well off. Source: buff.ly/U8lZZkc
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“a review of all of the available evidence incl new documents (some of which were subsequently removed from the online FRUS) on Able Archer 83 leads to the conclusion that the “crisis” was a mirage, albeit one that appeared in a genuinely tense time” strategicsimplicity.substack.com/p/able-arche...
Able Archer 83 (Re)-revisited
Reflections on a Complex Non-crisis
strategicsimplicity.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“a review of all of the available evidence incl new documents (some of which were subsequently removed from the online FRUS) on Able Archer 83 leads to the conclusion that the “crisis” was a mirage, albeit one that appeared in a genuinely tense time” strategicsimplicity.substack.com/p/able-arche...
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Lack Of Concrete Dinner Plans Leaves Power Vacuum Filled By Radical Pro-Tapas Fanatics theonion.com/lack-of...
July 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Lack Of Concrete Dinner Plans Leaves Power Vacuum Filled By Radical Pro-Tapas Fanatics theonion.com/lack-of...
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When Secor’s father later took over the business, he said he remembers in 1959 when one new-to-town woman tried to build a cabin along the river nearby. His father warned her not to, he said. Yet the woman didn’t listen:
July 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
When Secor’s father later took over the business, he said he remembers in 1959 when one new-to-town woman tried to build a cabin along the river nearby. His father warned her not to, he said. Yet the woman didn’t listen: