Hey, I heard that one before!
December 4, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Hey, I heard that one before!
you can’t tell me what to do #auvergnat
December 3, 2024 at 8:27 PM
you can’t tell me what to do #auvergnat
Du coup, c’est bien, non ?
November 25, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Du coup, c’est bien, non ?
The close association with Matthew Kroenig is... not great news.
If you want to get a sense of what Trump’s national security adviser Michael Waltz thinks, this oped which he published just before the election is useful.
China is the big winner from Biden’s foreign policy, say Michael Waltz and Matthew Kroenig
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
from The Economist
China is the big winner from Biden’s foreign policy, say Michael Waltz and Matthew Kroenig
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
from The Economist
China is the big winner from Biden’s foreign policy, say Michael Waltz and Matthew Kroenig
A Republican congressman and a former Pentagon strategist say the next president must shift America’s focus
www.economist.com
November 14, 2024 at 1:01 PM
The close association with Matthew Kroenig is... not great news.
Finally got a chance to meet him, America’s founding daddy.
June 17, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Finally got a chance to meet him, America’s founding daddy.
also fun fact: some French officials also thought that helping Israel get the bomb would be useful because the powerful Jewish lobby in the US could then convince US officials to cooperate on atomic matters.
The moment I learned that there were people in the British Foreign Office who no joke thought that what became the Balfour Declaration was a good idea because it would convince the International Jewish Banking Conspiracy to intervene on their side in WW1 was when I became the Joker, for the record.
May 20, 2024 at 2:02 PM
also fun fact: some French officials also thought that helping Israel get the bomb would be useful because the powerful Jewish lobby in the US could then convince US officials to cooperate on atomic matters.
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I was polled. I said 3.5C by 2100, and I had company. Many said higher. A broken world, because of broken people and broken governments.
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target
Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2024 at 1:21 PM
I was polled. I said 3.5C by 2100, and I had company. Many said higher. A broken world, because of broken people and broken governments.
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Super interesting memo, uncharacteristically straightforward, in which LeMay explains, in summer 1950, how in the event of Washington being destroyed before atomic bombs being authorized for use by SAC, he'd just take it upon himself to get access to them.
March 14, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Super interesting memo, uncharacteristically straightforward, in which LeMay explains, in summer 1950, how in the event of Washington being destroyed before atomic bombs being authorized for use by SAC, he'd just take it upon himself to get access to them.
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The National Security Archive has a great Electronic Briefing Book on the Castle Bravo test/accident that went up today: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Castle BRAVO at 70: The Worst Nuclear Test in U.S. History
Heavy Fallout from Test Contaminated Marshall Island Atolls and Sickened Japanese Fishermen on Lucky Dragon. Blast Equivalent to 1,000 Hiroshimas Vaporized 10 Million Tons of Coral, Sand and Water. “N...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
February 29, 2024 at 9:44 PM
The National Security Archive has a great Electronic Briefing Book on the Castle Bravo test/accident that went up today: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
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There's a lot to suggest 2024 is going to be a pretty extraordinary year for Earth's climate. This graph is wild. After a record year for Global Sea Surface temperatures in 2023 (yellow line), just look how this year has started (red line)...
February 13, 2024 at 9:33 AM
There's a lot to suggest 2024 is going to be a pretty extraordinary year for Earth's climate. This graph is wild. After a record year for Global Sea Surface temperatures in 2023 (yellow line), just look how this year has started (red line)...
I mean, everything about this is wrong, but the idea that the US is a natural part of the middle east while Iran is merely a parasite is a whole new level of head-up-your-own-ass-ness
He's at the height of his powers. To perform at this level this late into the game -- it's unbelievable. At this age he could rest easy. Move into mentorship, watching up and comers pass him by. But no. He's taking his craft in radical new directions, even now. Even now, no one's doing it like him.
February 3, 2024 at 8:17 PM
I mean, everything about this is wrong, but the idea that the US is a natural part of the middle east while Iran is merely a parasite is a whole new level of head-up-your-own-ass-ness
This was incredibly cool.
February 1, 2024 at 4:18 AM
This was incredibly cool.
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Then what happened
January 31, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Then what happened
If one thinks that scientists do not have accent, it’s simply evidence that you do not know shit about academia and should not write about scientists.
OH GOD SOMEONE PLEASE HIRE HER TO PLAY A SCIENTIST
AND REMIND RACIST HOLLYWOOD THAT SOME SCIENTISTS HAVE ACCENTS
GAH #%*€£¥%#
AND REMIND RACIST HOLLYWOOD THAT SOME SCIENTISTS HAVE ACCENTS
GAH #%*€£¥%#
Sofia Vergara Says ‘My Acting Jobs Are Kind of Limited’ Because of ‘This Stupid Accent’: ‘...
Sofia Vergara says she can't play a scientist because of her accent.
variety.com
January 25, 2024 at 5:22 PM
If one thinks that scientists do not have accent, it’s simply evidence that you do not know shit about academia and should not write about scientists.
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To be fair the NYT has some special insight about what it's like to be "Inside The Anti-DEI Crusade"
January 21, 2024 at 1:45 PM
To be fair the NYT has some special insight about what it's like to be "Inside The Anti-DEI Crusade"
This was so cool. Wonderful book by @restingdinoface.bsky.social. It has been a while since I simply could not stop reading something.
January 16, 2024 at 11:21 PM
This was so cool. Wonderful book by @restingdinoface.bsky.social. It has been a while since I simply could not stop reading something.
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so many of these columns are like "i went to see the masterful scammer and emerged understanding better what his appeal is" and it's like no you got fucking scammed like everyone else you gullible quackwagon
What the fuck happened to Zeynep Tufekci
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/14/o...
January 14, 2024 at 9:48 PM
so many of these columns are like "i went to see the masterful scammer and emerged understanding better what his appeal is" and it's like no you got fucking scammed like everyone else you gullible quackwagon
Oh, that’s unfortunate.
January 13, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Oh, that’s unfortunate.
The UK MoD first vulnerability: pubs.
January 13, 2024 at 4:54 PM
The UK MoD first vulnerability: pubs.
What do you mean "ChatGPT - Ask Paul Nitze"
January 12, 2024 at 10:45 PM
What do you mean "ChatGPT - Ask Paul Nitze"
I struggle to believe that a guy who very seriously defines international politics as "the main activity of diplomats and the military, usually under the direction of their government" in his intro can be taken seriously by so many smart people.
January 12, 2024 at 7:01 PM
I struggle to believe that a guy who very seriously defines international politics as "the main activity of diplomats and the military, usually under the direction of their government" in his intro can be taken seriously by so many smart people.
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If you want a vision of the future,
January 12, 2024 at 4:39 PM
If you want a vision of the future,