Koyama
Koyama
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Hi all,

I published my latest newsletter post earlier today, highlighting some new developments in the missile domain, most notably the emergence of a new category of "mini" cruise missiles.

You can access the post here:

missilematters.substack.com/p/shifting-p...

Short summary below.

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Shifting Priorities in the Missile Domain
The emergence of low-cost "mini" cruise missiles.
missilematters.substack.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Entertaining and educational rant from Adam Mastroianni about how to fix science funding.
tl;dr
1. Understand why you're paying for science
2. Fix scientific publishing
3. Fix grant system
www.experimental-history.com/p/funding-sc...
Funding science is actually a badass thing to do
OR: The Three Sirens of Entropy
www.experimental-history.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Excellent and detailed paper in EuromaidanPress on the current state of the Ukrainian army, honest and somewhat gloomy in its assessment but the author also offers concrete solutions after flagging the problems euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/03/w...
Why is Ukraine losing ground? Deep analysis of military problems in 2025
Ukraine's military problems can no longer be ignored as mobilization failures and systemic issues lead to mounting territorial losses
euromaidanpress.com
January 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Hi All, sent out my weekend update, free as always. It examines the global war--how it continues to suck in more of the world and as a result is affecting more of the world. From the Baltic, to North Korea, to Central Asia and the Middle East, things are changing. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #113: This War is Truly Global
Four global events in one week. Also the Samuel Charap Peace Plan
open.substack.com
December 29, 2024 at 10:39 AM
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I spoke with @marceldirsus.bsky.social about the recent events in Syria, the Assad regime’s reign of terror, HTS, and the implications for Islamist and jihadist groups, as well as the future of the illegal Captagon trade. #Syria #Assad #HTS #Captagon thehundred.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview: The End of Assad
#82: With Caspar Schliephack
thehundred.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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This is one of the most well-written explanations of certain kinds of AI errors I’ve seen to date. (The whole article is great too.)

www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
December 5, 2024 at 3:50 AM
giannisimone.substack.com/p/a-cute-app... Cute instructions on providing medical samples:)
A cute approach to life and death
Medical checkup in Japan
giannisimone.substack.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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What Happened in South Korea? 🇰🇷 (12/7 edition)

Failed #impeachment vote in #SouthKorea #MartialLaw

Updated timeline with updates from today's failed impeachment motion.

Live version with @yejichung.bsky.social 🔽
December 7, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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Procrastination is cleaning the house instead of writing, and self-control isn’t going to save you. My latest Substack post is about why setting specific, time-bound goals actually works—and how I’ve used it to keep the mop at bay (most of the time). Check it out!

open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...
How to (Actually) Get Stuff Done (Part I)
Or: How to Write More
open.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:04 PM
The historical misconceptions of turkey's origin :) tilscience.substack.com/p/your-thank...
Your Thanksgiving Turkey Isn't Called A Turkey
How Every Culture Got the Turkey's Origins Completely Wrong, Including the Country of Turkey
tilscience.substack.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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Read about the travails and triumphs of the Japanese diaspora in Peru in our new essay, "The Story of the Japanese Peruvians."
unseen-japan.com/the-story-of...
The Story of the Japanese Peruvians - Unseen Japan
They're one of the world's most important Japanese diaspora groups. Meet the Japanese-Peruvians, and learn their dramatic history.
unseen-japan.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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A fantastic essay by Philip Zelikow: an excellent example of applied history and reasoning through plausible scenarios. tnsr.org/2024/05/conf...
Confronting Another Axis? History, Humility, and Wishful Thinking - Texas National Security Review
Drawing on his extensive experience as a historian and diplomat, Philip Zelikow warns that the United States faces an exceptionally volatile time in global politics and that the period of maximum dang...
tnsr.org
May 17, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Great explanation on what "life expectancy" means in practice www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/19-seven-t...
January 6, 2024 at 6:46 PM