Dr Rupert Barrett-Taylor
@rbarretttaylor.bsky.social
Turing Institute Research Fellow. PhD critical of targeting processes, intelligence production and the software they rely on from Sussex University. Bowel cancer survivor. All views my own.
Saw this and thought of @killjamesbond.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Saw this and thought of @killjamesbond.bsky.social
He’s back! He’s still got a PhD!
September 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
He’s back! He’s still got a PhD!
The old landing field at the old HQ ISAF in Kabul. I think we can safely assume that the site has been thoroughly examined for whatever was left behind!
For context this is taken from Google Maps and used to be where helicopters set down.
For context this is taken from Google Maps and used to be where helicopters set down.
August 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The old landing field at the old HQ ISAF in Kabul. I think we can safely assume that the site has been thoroughly examined for whatever was left behind!
For context this is taken from Google Maps and used to be where helicopters set down.
For context this is taken from Google Maps and used to be where helicopters set down.
A decade ago today I came home from my second deployment to Afghanistan. A little group of us flew home civilian and I got the tube back from Heathrow stinking and lugging my day sack. I cried for about 3 hours when I got home then went back to work a couple days later. I couldn’t stand the silence.
July 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A decade ago today I came home from my second deployment to Afghanistan. A little group of us flew home civilian and I got the tube back from Heathrow stinking and lugging my day sack. I cried for about 3 hours when I got home then went back to work a couple days later. I couldn’t stand the silence.
A decade ago today, New Kabul Compound. Six days until the end of my tour. #dropbeatsnotbombs
July 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A decade ago today, New Kabul Compound. Six days until the end of my tour. #dropbeatsnotbombs
Great to be at the book launch for War in the Smartphone Age @warmatters.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Great to be at the book launch for War in the Smartphone Age @warmatters.bsky.social
The first Mars colony is going to be a barrel of laughs with Musk doing a great impression of Cohaagan from Total Recall.
December 20, 2024 at 12:56 PM
The first Mars colony is going to be a barrel of laughs with Musk doing a great impression of Cohaagan from Total Recall.
I’m amazed this hasn’t happened before. But in many ways this is representative of the trajectory we are on of privatising warfare! @elkeschwarz.bsky.social @warmatters.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 10:32 PM
I’m amazed this hasn’t happened before. But in many ways this is representative of the trajectory we are on of privatising warfare! @elkeschwarz.bsky.social @warmatters.bsky.social
I don’t understand the quantification of decision making at all. Especially statements like this which strikes me as madness. Who goes through life trying to discern statistical rules? This is taken from Tversky and Kahneman 1974
November 29, 2024 at 12:26 PM
I don’t understand the quantification of decision making at all. Especially statements like this which strikes me as madness. Who goes through life trying to discern statistical rules? This is taken from Tversky and Kahneman 1974
I stand by this hot take.
November 25, 2024 at 7:22 PM
I stand by this hot take.
Post a photo of you from a different era.
Early 1980s; 3 years old!
Early 1980s; 3 years old!
November 20, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Post a photo of you from a different era.
Early 1980s; 3 years old!
Early 1980s; 3 years old!
This is the shit we should be buying right here.
November 17, 2024 at 10:56 PM
This is the shit we should be buying right here.
Seb GORKA. The man the legend. Sound security policy to counterbalance the new SecDef.
November 15, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Seb GORKA. The man the legend. Sound security policy to counterbalance the new SecDef.
Those invested in AI need a polarised debate so they can avoid a nuanced discussion of the thousand different small ways it is shit
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November 10, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Those invested in AI need a polarised debate so they can avoid a nuanced discussion of the thousand different small ways it is shit
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I’m talking next week at the #asserinstitute arguing the datafication has broken any relationship between tactics and strategy in war.
November 7, 2024 at 8:05 PM
I’m talking next week at the #asserinstitute arguing the datafication has broken any relationship between tactics and strategy in war.
Don’t worry everyone I’ve found the official definition of hyperbole.
August 14, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Don’t worry everyone I’ve found the official definition of hyperbole.
I find the weird move by the right towards dystopian cyberpunk and Roman Empire weird. Why would you WANT a dystopian future?
August 13, 2024 at 9:15 AM
I find the weird move by the right towards dystopian cyberpunk and Roman Empire weird. Why would you WANT a dystopian future?