@j67n.bsky.social
Retired Engineer, ex-Army Res, science and critical thinking advocate.
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2/ Consequently Ukrainians die, and we will only have to face an emboldened Putin and Xi down the track at much, much greater cost. Shame on us.
July 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
2/ Consequently Ukrainians die, and we will only have to face an emboldened Putin and Xi down the track at much, much greater cost. Shame on us.
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American scientist?
Want to get out?
Come to Australia!
Safe. Peaceful. Democratic. Progressive government. Universal healthcare. Reproductive rights. Amazing restaurants. Welfare state. Economic opportunity. World’s oldest continuous culture.
See below! 👇
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
Want to get out?
Come to Australia!
Safe. Peaceful. Democratic. Progressive government. Universal healthcare. Reproductive rights. Amazing restaurants. Welfare state. Economic opportunity. World’s oldest continuous culture.
See below! 👇
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia?
www.science.org.au
July 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
American scientist?
Want to get out?
Come to Australia!
Safe. Peaceful. Democratic. Progressive government. Universal healthcare. Reproductive rights. Amazing restaurants. Welfare state. Economic opportunity. World’s oldest continuous culture.
See below! 👇
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
Want to get out?
Come to Australia!
Safe. Peaceful. Democratic. Progressive government. Universal healthcare. Reproductive rights. Amazing restaurants. Welfare state. Economic opportunity. World’s oldest continuous culture.
See below! 👇
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
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worth every second
April 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
worth every second
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“Putin is a cunning but evil actor. He will continue to employ ruses like this to pursue his cruel and unnecessary war against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people because he feels that he can still win it. We in the West must convince him otherwise.” mickryan.substack.com/p/putins-sur...
Putin’s Surprise Easter Truce
Putin’s cynical ploy to curry favour with the U.S. administration and keep them negotiating while Russian forces continue to seize or destroy as much of Ukraine as possible.
mickryan.substack.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Putin is a cunning but evil actor. He will continue to employ ruses like this to pursue his cruel and unnecessary war against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people because he feels that he can still win it. We in the West must convince him otherwise.” mickryan.substack.com/p/putins-sur...
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Peter Dutton is talking about “great gains” made in Indigenous communities that are all achievements of the Albanese Labor government and the strong Indigenous leadership within it, which Dutton would know if he spent an entire five seconds giving a shit. #leadersdebate25
April 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Peter Dutton is talking about “great gains” made in Indigenous communities that are all achievements of the Albanese Labor government and the strong Indigenous leadership within it, which Dutton would know if he spent an entire five seconds giving a shit. #leadersdebate25
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“Lulled by decades of multi-domain dominance, Western militaries have slumbered too long. Meeting adversaries armed with mass-deployed, attrition-optimized autonomous weapons they may end up as the proverbial victims of the German WW2 Blitzkrieg.” General Zaluzhnyi
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
How drones, data, and AI transformed our military—and why the US must follow suit
A former Ukrainian commander-in-chief describes Ukraine’s DELTA battlefield-management system and other adaptations.
www.defenseone.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“Lulled by decades of multi-domain dominance, Western militaries have slumbered too long. Meeting adversaries armed with mass-deployed, attrition-optimized autonomous weapons they may end up as the proverbial victims of the German WW2 Blitzkrieg.” General Zaluzhnyi
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
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“Washington would be particularly unwise to go it alone in a complex global competition. By retreating to a sphere of influence in the Western hemisphere, the United States would cede the rest of the world to a globally engaged China.”
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/undere...
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/undere...
Underestimating China
Success in great-power competition requires rigorous and unsentimental net assessment. Yet the American estimation of China has lurched from one extreme to the other. For decades, Americans registered...
www.foreignaffairs.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“Washington would be particularly unwise to go it alone in a complex global competition. By retreating to a sphere of influence in the Western hemisphere, the United States would cede the rest of the world to a globally engaged China.”
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/undere...
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/undere...
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War hero schools a chickenhawk.
April 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
War hero schools a chickenhawk.
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Let’s be clear. He sold $2.4 billion of his stock the day before he announced tariffs. He’s now crashing the stock market deliberately. He will then buy stock when it’s fallen through the floor. All this is is him stiffing everyone to get richer. That’s it.
April 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Let’s be clear. He sold $2.4 billion of his stock the day before he announced tariffs. He’s now crashing the stock market deliberately. He will then buy stock when it’s fallen through the floor. All this is is him stiffing everyone to get richer. That’s it.
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Wait until a couple hundred thousand with guns & booze return home & start wondering what they fought for. But, if you start an illegal invasion of your neighbour, nurture execution & abuse of POWs, as well as the murder, rape and kidnapping of civilians, there will be blow back on Russian society.
Russian government is concerned with an increasing amount of combat participants who have a technical and/or engineering backgrounds - therefore, the Kremlin launched a federal program to get these people into the job market as soon as possible after they return from the war. t.me/urga_74/4211
April 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Wait until a couple hundred thousand with guns & booze return home & start wondering what they fought for. But, if you start an illegal invasion of your neighbour, nurture execution & abuse of POWs, as well as the murder, rape and kidnapping of civilians, there will be blow back on Russian society.
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Let God get this straight:
- Trump admin deported a father of 3 to the Supermax prison
- They now admit he is an innocent person
- But they say he has to stay there now because they can’t get him out
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?
This is EVIL cannot be allowed to stand!!!
- Trump admin deported a father of 3 to the Supermax prison
- They now admit he is an innocent person
- But they say he has to stay there now because they can’t get him out
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?
This is EVIL cannot be allowed to stand!!!
April 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Let God get this straight:
- Trump admin deported a father of 3 to the Supermax prison
- They now admit he is an innocent person
- But they say he has to stay there now because they can’t get him out
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?
This is EVIL cannot be allowed to stand!!!
- Trump admin deported a father of 3 to the Supermax prison
- They now admit he is an innocent person
- But they say he has to stay there now because they can’t get him out
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?
This is EVIL cannot be allowed to stand!!!
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“Facts Matter,” says Stephen Fry. “Verifiable, testable, provable facts.”
Fact checking is vital in the fight against global misinformation. This #FactCheckingDay, show your support for accurate information. Tell the world why #FactsMatter.
Fact checking is vital in the fight against global misinformation. This #FactCheckingDay, show your support for accurate information. Tell the world why #FactsMatter.
April 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
“Facts Matter,” says Stephen Fry. “Verifiable, testable, provable facts.”
Fact checking is vital in the fight against global misinformation. This #FactCheckingDay, show your support for accurate information. Tell the world why #FactsMatter.
Fact checking is vital in the fight against global misinformation. This #FactCheckingDay, show your support for accurate information. Tell the world why #FactsMatter.
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America’s main negotiator with Russia appears to be completely captured by Russian propaganda. Witkoff: “there have been referendums where the overwhelming majority of the people have indicated … they want to be under Russian rule.” www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202... www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
March 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
America’s main negotiator with Russia appears to be completely captured by Russian propaganda. Witkoff: “there have been referendums where the overwhelming majority of the people have indicated … they want to be under Russian rule.” www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202... www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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The latest update from @thestudyofwar.bsky.social on #Ukraine, including amplification of Russian narratives and disinformation by U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East.
NEW: US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff uncritically amplified a number of Russian demands, claims, and justifications regarding the war in Ukraine during an interview on March 21. 🧵(1/6) isw.pub/UkrWar032225
March 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The latest update from @thestudyofwar.bsky.social on #Ukraine, including amplification of Russian narratives and disinformation by U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East.
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During my visit to Ukraine this week, I had the opportunity to have a discussion with General Budanov. We discussed his lessons from the war in #Ukraine, as well as the future of intelligence, strike operations and war.
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
What I learnt about the future of war in Ukraine this week
The head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, perhaps the best-known military intelligence leader in the world, has three lessons from this war.
www.afr.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:04 AM
During my visit to Ukraine this week, I had the opportunity to have a discussion with General Budanov. We discussed his lessons from the war in #Ukraine, as well as the future of intelligence, strike operations and war.
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
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He has just made it very likely that no military organisation will allow themselves to be placed in such a situation again. Why would Starlink ever be seen as an assured, trusted service?
⚡️Ukrainian front line 'would collapse' if Starlink is turned off, Musk claims.
"My Starlink system is the backbone of the Ukrainian army. Their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off," tech billionaire Elon Musk claimed on X.
"My Starlink system is the backbone of the Ukrainian army. Their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off," tech billionaire Elon Musk claimed on X.
Ukrainian front line 'would collapse' if Starlink is turned off, Musk claims
"My Starlink system is the backbone of the Ukrainian army. Their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off," tech billionaire Elon Musk claimed on X.
kyivindependent.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
He has just made it very likely that no military organisation will allow themselves to be placed in such a situation again. Why would Starlink ever be seen as an assured, trusted service?
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This timeline is absurd
WIRED spoke to federal staffers across agencies about how Elon Musk's $1 spending limit is crippling their research, resources and more. In many cases, employees are already unable to carry out the basic functions of their job.
Elon Musk’s $1 Spending Limit Is Paralyzing Federal Agencies
The DOGE-mandated credit card freeze is delaying shipments of critical supplies, stalling travel, and stopping employees from doing their jobs.
wrd.cm
March 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This timeline is absurd
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JD Vance is crying again. This time, he claims he and his daughter were “confronted” by pro-Ukraine protesters while walking near his home. Sounds dramatic, right? Except the video tells a different story. Let’s smite his lies.
JD Vance Says He And His Daughter Confronted by Pro-Ukrainian Protesters
Dear Humans,
www.thegodpodcast.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
JD Vance is crying again. This time, he claims he and his daughter were “confronted” by pro-Ukraine protesters while walking near his home. Sounds dramatic, right? Except the video tells a different story. Let’s smite his lies.
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“The opening phase on a U.S.-China contingency could set the stage for protraction. New technologies could enable novel kinds of protracted war qualitatively dissimilar to historical conflicts, such as World War II.” @RANDCorporation
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
Thinking Through Protracted War with China
Competition between the United States and China could lead to wars that endure longer than recent force planning has envisioned. Neither country possesses overwhelming conventional military power or s...
www.rand.org
March 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
“The opening phase on a U.S.-China contingency could set the stage for protraction. New technologies could enable novel kinds of protracted war qualitatively dissimilar to historical conflicts, such as World War II.” @RANDCorporation
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
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Donold backtracks on tariffs on Canada and Mexico again LOL
March 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Donold backtracks on tariffs on Canada and Mexico again LOL
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A new low bar for morally delinquent behaviour.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
www.reuters.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A new low bar for morally delinquent behaviour.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Vitamin A doesn’t prevent or cure measles.
RFK Jr is overstating its impact and legitimizing wellness pseudoscience while undermining the single most important measure to control measles: vaccination.
Read more in this article I was quoted in:
publicgoodnews.com/2025/03/06/v...
RFK Jr is overstating its impact and legitimizing wellness pseudoscience while undermining the single most important measure to control measles: vaccination.
Read more in this article I was quoted in:
publicgoodnews.com/2025/03/06/v...
No, vitamin A does not prevent measles
While Vitamin A is sometimes used in a hospital setting to treat measles, it does not replace vaccination to prevent the disease.
publicgoodnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Vitamin A doesn’t prevent or cure measles.
RFK Jr is overstating its impact and legitimizing wellness pseudoscience while undermining the single most important measure to control measles: vaccination.
Read more in this article I was quoted in:
publicgoodnews.com/2025/03/06/v...
RFK Jr is overstating its impact and legitimizing wellness pseudoscience while undermining the single most important measure to control measles: vaccination.
Read more in this article I was quoted in:
publicgoodnews.com/2025/03/06/v...
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If you only watch one video today, let it be this one.
And since Little Marco doesn’t want us to remember this, please repost it so others can see what a raging hypocrite he is.
@calltoactivism.bsky.social
And since Little Marco doesn’t want us to remember this, please repost it so others can see what a raging hypocrite he is.
@calltoactivism.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
If you only watch one video today, let it be this one.
And since Little Marco doesn’t want us to remember this, please repost it so others can see what a raging hypocrite he is.
@calltoactivism.bsky.social
And since Little Marco doesn’t want us to remember this, please repost it so others can see what a raging hypocrite he is.
@calltoactivism.bsky.social
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