BSmitty
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Dad, runner (26.2 x 6), left-leaning moderate, sweatpants wearer, yard mower, walker of the dog, bit manipulator, #dukedad, #pennstatedad, #vt
Reading Nuclear War : A Scenario, and I have to say, I find the clockwork precision of nuclear Armageddon calming compared to the insanity and idiocy of the real one. ⚛️ www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-...
Nuclear War: A Scenario
Nuclear War: A Scenario [Jacobsen, Annie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Nuclear War: A Scenario
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September 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Reading Nuclear War : A Scenario, and I have to say, I find the clockwork precision of nuclear Armageddon calming compared to the insanity and idiocy of the real one. ⚛️ www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-...
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The administration has argued that the destruction of Iran's uranium metal production lines at Isfahan will set its nuclear-weapon program back by "years."
At Arms Control Wonk, I argue it may not even set Tehran back by months.
www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1220...
At Arms Control Wonk, I argue it may not even set Tehran back by months.
www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1220...
Guest Post: Sorry, Mr. Secretary, producing uranium metal isn’t particularly difficult
This guest post is by Dr. James M. Acton Central to the Trump administration’s case for the effectiveness of its air strikes on Iran is the destruction of [...]
www.armscontrolwonk.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The administration has argued that the destruction of Iran's uranium metal production lines at Isfahan will set its nuclear-weapon program back by "years."
At Arms Control Wonk, I argue it may not even set Tehran back by months.
www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1220...
At Arms Control Wonk, I argue it may not even set Tehran back by months.
www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1220...
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Amid the horror of the Holocaust and hiding from the Nazis, does Anne Frank's focus on angst, isolation, fear and loneliness resonate today?
June 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Amid the horror of the Holocaust and hiding from the Nazis, does Anne Frank's focus on angst, isolation, fear and loneliness resonate today?
Thousands of Americans moved their families abroad to work for USAID. They lived and worked in poor, undeveloped, and dangerous countries to improve people's lives.
MAGA called them evil and wanted to "put these people in trauma" (Russell Vought, OMB Director)
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
MAGA called them evil and wanted to "put these people in trauma" (Russell Vought, OMB Director)
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
USAID Kids "When you traumatize our parents you traumatize us too"
YouTube video by Friends of USAID
www.youtube.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Thousands of Americans moved their families abroad to work for USAID. They lived and worked in poor, undeveloped, and dangerous countries to improve people's lives.
MAGA called them evil and wanted to "put these people in trauma" (Russell Vought, OMB Director)
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
MAGA called them evil and wanted to "put these people in trauma" (Russell Vought, OMB Director)
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
I went down a brief reddit rabbit hole in r/spiders and now every other post in my feed is bug-related.
May 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I went down a brief reddit rabbit hole in r/spiders and now every other post in my feed is bug-related.
Mmmm galactic burrito.
April 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Mmmm galactic burrito.
AARP advising us to carry burner phones on vacation so US Customs can’t find anything to use against us on return.
That’s where we are, apparently.
That’s where we are, apparently.
Dystopia is the AARP advising older Americans about how to live in a police state
www.aarp.org/travel/trave...
www.aarp.org/travel/trave...
6 Things You Can Do to Secure Your Phone as You Reenter the Country After Traveling
In some instances, government agents can search your digital devices legally after an international trip
www.aarp.org
April 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
AARP advising us to carry burner phones on vacation so US Customs can’t find anything to use against us on return.
That’s where we are, apparently.
That’s where we are, apparently.
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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What can I do to fight this coup? “We will succeed because millions of people do a couple things well, not because one person does a million things.” [choosedemocracy.us]
What can I do to fight this coup?
If you look, there are people resisting at every level. Blockades of freeways. American Bar Association urging an end to…
choosedemocracy.us
February 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
What can I do to fight this coup? “We will succeed because millions of people do a couple things well, not because one person does a million things.” [choosedemocracy.us]
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The entire USAID website is down now.
February 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The entire USAID website is down now.
Achievement unlocked.
December 31, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Achievement unlocked.
I’d like to coin the term ‘follow tapper’, as in an account that follows you and then unfollows shortly after just to get in your notifications.
December 30, 2024 at 11:55 PM
I’d like to coin the term ‘follow tapper’, as in an account that follows you and then unfollows shortly after just to get in your notifications.
European starling. First sighting!
December 25, 2024 at 2:48 PM
European starling. First sighting!
A cardinal and a house finch scared off by a blue jay.
December 10, 2024 at 3:04 PM
A cardinal and a house finch scared off by a blue jay.
Ok, this is pretty funny. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction
The satirical newspaper plans to shutter Jones’ InfoWars and rebuild the website featuring well-known internet humor writers and content creators, according to a person with knowledge of the sale.
www.nbcnews.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Ok, this is pretty funny. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
You know he's saving MTG for something. FBI Director?
November 13, 2024 at 9:21 PM
You know he's saving MTG for something. FBI Director?
How do we think the Trump admin will affect the near term EV landscape? I'm in the market for a new car and am debating between ICE, EV, and hybrid. I suspect EV tax breaks will go away, but I don't qualify for them anyway. I'm not buying a Tesla.
November 13, 2024 at 1:28 PM
How do we think the Trump admin will affect the near term EV landscape? I'm in the market for a new car and am debating between ICE, EV, and hybrid. I suspect EV tax breaks will go away, but I don't qualify for them anyway. I'm not buying a Tesla.
So what do we think the chances are that Trump follows through with his blanket tariffs concept of a plan? Will business leaders change his mind?
Should I move up some big purchases?
Should I move up some big purchases?
November 13, 2024 at 1:19 PM
So what do we think the chances are that Trump follows through with his blanket tariffs concept of a plan? Will business leaders change his mind?
Should I move up some big purchases?
Should I move up some big purchases?