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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Dissolving the Confusion About Memecoins
www.lesswrong.com/posts/igEogG...

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...

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...

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...

missilematters.substack.com/p/where-the-...

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-...

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...

giannisimone.substack.com/p/a-cute-app... Cute instructions on providing medical samples:)

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 🔽

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...

The historical misconceptions of turkey's origin :) tilscience.substack.com/p/your-thank...

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...

A fantastic essay by Philip Zelikow: an excellent example of applied history and reasoning through plausible scenarios. tnsr.org/2024/05/conf...

The mystery of stolen slippers :) japantoday.com/category/nat...?

Great explanation on what "life expectancy" means in practice www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/19-seven-t...