D C
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Global security nerd | all about language, human or machine
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Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
Trump whispering has previously proved to be more like playing the slot machine than actual influencing and negotiation. Maybe time to remind Europeans that the EU was established out of nationalist interest to begin with. It's not a utopia but way better than everyone for themselves.
As Trump enters the fray, the danger is that a nationalist Europe will fragment, not stick together. My latest @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As Trump enters the fray, the danger is that a nationalist Europe will fragment, not stick together | Nathalie Tocci
Rightwing leaders such as Meloni and Orbán set themselves up as Trump whisperers – but they only want to preserve their own interests, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Trump whispering has previously proved to be more like playing the slot machine than actual influencing and negotiation. Maybe time to remind Europeans that the EU was established out of nationalist interest to begin with. It's not a utopia but way better than everyone for themselves.
Great article, offering some clear and straightforward ideas for why and how to actively defend our liberal democracies
My pre-accounced piece in @prospectmagazine.co.uk is out today. I returned to regular op-Ed writing for "Super Election Year 2024" and this is the Grand Finale. I am very proud of this piece, and hope it is read, but will return to (much) lower profile next year.
A quick thread on the key points. 🧵
A quick thread on the key points. 🧵
Democracy is in a doom spiral—but it isn’t dead yet
The far right thrived in 2024, and the erosion of liberal democracy is the story of the century so far. It didn’t have to be this way
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Great article, offering some clear and straightforward ideas for why and how to actively defend our liberal democracies
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in case you needed any more reasons to become a forensic linguist: the infinite magic of pragmatics
November 30, 2024 at 10:19 AM
in case you needed any more reasons to become a forensic linguist: the infinite magic of pragmatics
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Georgia is going full Euromaidan, and the pro-Kremlin bloc is doing what they do best - intimidate, imprison and beat up people.
Stay strong my Georgian friends, you will prevail! 🇬🇪
Stay strong my Georgian friends, you will prevail! 🇬🇪
November 30, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Georgia is going full Euromaidan, and the pro-Kremlin bloc is doing what they do best - intimidate, imprison and beat up people.
Stay strong my Georgian friends, you will prevail! 🇬🇪
Stay strong my Georgian friends, you will prevail! 🇬🇪
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you were all thinking it
November 26, 2024 at 9:28 PM
you were all thinking it
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BREAKING: President Salome Zourabichvili has walked to the special forces preparing to advance against protesters and is now talking to them. She asks them whether they had vowed to protect Georgia and Georgians or Russia, and demands they think of the future of their children!
November 28, 2024 at 7:35 PM
BREAKING: President Salome Zourabichvili has walked to the special forces preparing to advance against protesters and is now talking to them. She asks them whether they had vowed to protect Georgia and Georgians or Russia, and demands they think of the future of their children!
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This sticker from #cyberwarcon is on point.
November 24, 2024 at 2:24 AM
This sticker from #cyberwarcon is on point.
Love this fresh start. Especially knowing it's a fresh start for the majority this time round
November 22, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Love this fresh start. Especially knowing it's a fresh start for the majority this time round