John Carl Baker
@johncarlbaker.bsky.social
nuclear weapons, foreign policy, Korea, the left - occasional antiquity and cocktail posts
Words: Nation, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, NK News, US Institute of Peace, Jacobin, New Republic, elsewhere
seniores tollunt omnia
Words: Nation, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, NK News, US Institute of Peace, Jacobin, New Republic, elsewhere
seniores tollunt omnia
They quote multiple Republicans who voted for Spanberger in this article
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
They quote multiple Republicans who voted for Spanberger in this article
I suspect this is a common voter sentiment when it comes to Jay Jones www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I suspect this is a common voter sentiment when it comes to Jay Jones www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Trump says communism has “been tested for over a thousand years” - confirmed opponent of peasant revolts
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Trump says communism has “been tested for over a thousand years” - confirmed opponent of peasant revolts
This is a wild misrepresentation. It's true that the State Dept. assessed that Russia may have conducted testing that does not uphold a zero-yield standard, but that is not at all the same as undertaking full-scale explosive tests. They've called out China for lack of transparency, but not testing.
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is a wild misrepresentation. It's true that the State Dept. assessed that Russia may have conducted testing that does not uphold a zero-yield standard, but that is not at all the same as undertaking full-scale explosive tests. They've called out China for lack of transparency, but not testing.
Night and day www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Night and day www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in many American cities
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in many American cities
Sure, it will undermine global security and push our adversaries to test their own nuclear weapons - but great news! It will also send “a shockwave of government funding to companies in test site construction and engineering support”
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Sure, it will undermine global security and push our adversaries to test their own nuclear weapons - but great news! It will also send “a shockwave of government funding to companies in test site construction and engineering support”
Things are going great!
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Things are going great!
Yes - the conservative party of quote-unquote small government is far more federally assertive than its liberal counterpart
October 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Yes - the conservative party of quote-unquote small government is far more federally assertive than its liberal counterpart
This tracks with my own annoyances about Dem governance - instead of just carrying out policy, they have to go through a needless bureaucratic dance that wastes time.
October 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This tracks with my own annoyances about Dem governance - instead of just carrying out policy, they have to go through a needless bureaucratic dance that wastes time.
Like this is a funny passage about lightning
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Like this is a funny passage about lightning
Not sure how this works as a case study given that the guy ran as an independent - and still lost, by the way
October 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Not sure how this works as a case study given that the guy ran as an independent - and still lost, by the way
Incredible to claim that “abolish the police” is in any way a Democratic policy
October 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Incredible to claim that “abolish the police” is in any way a Democratic policy
I really do not get the appeal of Bruce Springsteen.
October 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I really do not get the appeal of Bruce Springsteen.
Today in “isolationism”
October 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Today in “isolationism”
Appreciated this explanation of the circular financing at the heart of the AI boom
October 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Appreciated this explanation of the circular financing at the heart of the AI boom