Chad Briggs
@chadmbriggs.bsky.social
Disaster risk & crisis management professor at AIM in Manila, hybrid warfare & disinfo researcher, purveyor of climate security and undesirable futures. RPG writer. Past lives in Alaska, Kosovo, Ukraine, Hungary, Ireland and elsewhere 🇨🇦
The storm blew across Luzon fairly quickly last night, which was fortunate for Metro Manila - had it stalled over the mountains, flooding would be much worse. We're still getting the tail end of things here
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The storm blew across Luzon fairly quickly last night, which was fortunate for Metro Manila - had it stalled over the mountains, flooding would be much worse. We're still getting the tail end of things here
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Most of the Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Campus is planned to be demolished by March 2026, if not sooner.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
November 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Most of the Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Campus is planned to be demolished by March 2026, if not sooner.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
I'm old enough to remember people chiding me that the East Antarctic would remain inviolate until at least the end of the 21st century
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I'm old enough to remember people chiding me that the East Antarctic would remain inviolate until at least the end of the 21st century
To paraphrase..."The price of the stock keeps going up, who cares about fundamentals?"
November 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
To paraphrase..."The price of the stock keeps going up, who cares about fundamentals?"
I saw Lindsey Graham at Dulles back in 2018. Everyone was glaring at him
October 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I saw Lindsey Graham at Dulles back in 2018. Everyone was glaring at him
As someone who specializes in postwar reconstruction, the best advice is-- just don't
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
As someone who specializes in postwar reconstruction, the best advice is-- just don't
I love this idea. Thisis why i ask @amandasmith.bsky.social to talk to my grad students
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I love this idea. Thisis why i ask @amandasmith.bsky.social to talk to my grad students
That was my introduction to Canada in 1996 under Mike Harris's Ontario. Agreed
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
That was my introduction to Canada in 1996 under Mike Harris's Ontario. Agreed
But that means Vance takes over?
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
But that means Vance takes over?
Hegseth is precisely the kind of guy who doesn't believe in checklists, and has ordered others to ignore them (though pretty fundamental to aviation safety)
October 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Hegseth is precisely the kind of guy who doesn't believe in checklists, and has ordered others to ignore them (though pretty fundamental to aviation safety)
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Václav Havel, the Czech statesman and human rights defender, who deeply shaped Eastern Europe’s democratic awakening, captured this dynamic in his 1978 essay “The Power of the Powerless.” He argued that authoritarian systemts exist not only through coercion, but 5/11
October 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Václav Havel, the Czech statesman and human rights defender, who deeply shaped Eastern Europe’s democratic awakening, captured this dynamic in his 1978 essay “The Power of the Powerless.” He argued that authoritarian systemts exist not only through coercion, but 5/11
Beyond the money, of course, this is a 21st century Numerus Clausus Law. Or worse than, considering the "provost"-level powers they give themselves
October 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Beyond the money, of course, this is a 21st century Numerus Clausus Law. Or worse than, considering the "provost"-level powers they give themselves
Gotta love the Austin-Powers style random number of $1 billion
October 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Gotta love the Austin-Powers style random number of $1 billion
Our Filipina rescue cat Daisy
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Our Filipina rescue cat Daisy
So now I finally need to break down and buy a PS5, is what you're telling me
October 24, 2025 at 4:26 AM
So now I finally need to break down and buy a PS5, is what you're telling me
Thanks, I've shared with my business admin doctoral students
October 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Thanks, I've shared with my business admin doctoral students
Or mst3k Time Chasers... "Go to hell, officials and citizens of Rutland, Vermont!"
October 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Or mst3k Time Chasers... "Go to hell, officials and citizens of Rutland, Vermont!"
Use the subjunctive, you rube!
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Use the subjunctive, you rube!