The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense force working on railguns instead of modular gold-plated hulls.

Wow he actually followed through

Yeah I mean who the fuck needed to compete with China and Russia in Africa anyways

The popular commentary on drones is too focused on "wow, cool drones!" rather than "why did the U.S. and partners fail to secure other, more effective forms of long-range fires for Ukraine?"

i loathe the term 'warfighter'

You guys are all dunking on this, but this is the most elite example of turning in an essay without having done the reading I've ever seen. Oh, I didn't cite anything? My arguments are muddled and incoherent? My paper has no structure?

Yeah well, I'm being oppressed. Checkmate nerd.

How it started / How it’s going

I'm hardly the only one, but I've been warning against the 'warrior' language and symbolism for years (foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/19/u...)

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

Turns out you don't have to throw trans people under the bus to win. Eat shit Yglesias & Co.

this is what machiavelli called "public morality" vs "private morality." private morality judges interpersonal conduct and it is the language we are familiar with. public morality is about whether republics survive. machiavelli was an italian patriot. are you an american patriot?

hahahahahahha we're in danger
www.csis.org/analysis/sev...

"Some Taiwanese people prefer unification, while others prefer independence. What is your preference?"

Overall:
Independence: 44.3%
Status Quo: 24.6%
Unification: 13.9%

DPP:
I: 77%
SQ: 14%
U: 3.7%

KMT:
I: 18%
SQ: 32%
U: 37%

TPP:
I: 28%
SQ: 37%
U: 17%

TPOF / October 13-15, 2025
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