Jason Reeder
@thejasonreeder.bsky.social
Asia-Pacific politics, military, and environmental security watcher | Strategic Studies JohnsHopkins | Asian Studies SDSU | US Navy vet | Jazz fusion guitar enthusiast
On point and entertaining piece highlighting the remarkable dumbness of the Season 2 of “The Apprentice: White House”.
Hat tip for the Mr. Bungle reference.
Hat tip for the Mr. Bungle reference.
June 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
On point and entertaining piece highlighting the remarkable dumbness of the Season 2 of “The Apprentice: White House”.
Hat tip for the Mr. Bungle reference.
Hat tip for the Mr. Bungle reference.
Doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.
Seems ‘America First-ism’ is not immune to foreign policy insanity in DC.
Seems ‘America First-ism’ is not immune to foreign policy insanity in DC.
If the United States joins Israel’s fight to try to finish Israel’s job, it will enter into a war of unknowable scope against a country of 90 million people in a region of marginal strategic significance.
My essay co-published this morning in the Guardian and The American Conservative:
My essay co-published this morning in the Guardian and The American Conservative:
June 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.
Seems ‘America First-ism’ is not immune to foreign policy insanity in DC.
Seems ‘America First-ism’ is not immune to foreign policy insanity in DC.
Ernst is amazingly bad at this PR stuff. This is the most cringe-worthy thing since Kristi Noem’s series of DHS officer cosplay stunts. This would’ve been hilarious as a bit in Veep or Parks and Rec.
Absolutely bonkers — Joni Ernst doubles down on her “we are all gonna die” defense of Medicaid cuts while walking through a cemetery
June 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ernst is amazingly bad at this PR stuff. This is the most cringe-worthy thing since Kristi Noem’s series of DHS officer cosplay stunts. This would’ve been hilarious as a bit in Veep or Parks and Rec.
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The biblical God is a sloppy manufacturer. He's not good at design, he's not good at execution. He'd be out of business, if there was any competition.
- Carl Sagan, Contact
- Carl Sagan, Contact
May 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The biblical God is a sloppy manufacturer. He's not good at design, he's not good at execution. He'd be out of business, if there was any competition.
- Carl Sagan, Contact
- Carl Sagan, Contact
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This post is beyond absolutely disgusting. Shame on whoever approved this crap, making NOAA into a gaslighting stooge for planet-destroying industries and billionaires.
Please report this NOAA post to bsky for spreading misinformation.
Please report this NOAA post to bsky for spreading misinformation.
April 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This post is beyond absolutely disgusting. Shame on whoever approved this crap, making NOAA into a gaslighting stooge for planet-destroying industries and billionaires.
Please report this NOAA post to bsky for spreading misinformation.
Please report this NOAA post to bsky for spreading misinformation.
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"If you’re younger than sixty, you have a good chance of witnessing the radical destabilization of life on earth—massive crop failures, apocalyptic fires, imploding economies, epic flooding, hundreds of millions of refugees..."
www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
"If you’re younger than sixty, you have a good chance of witnessing the radical destabilization of life on earth—massive crop failures, apocalyptic fires, imploding economies, epic flooding, hundreds of millions of refugees..."
www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped?
The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it.
www.newyorker.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"If you’re younger than sixty, you have a good chance of witnessing the radical destabilization of life on earth—massive crop failures, apocalyptic fires, imploding economies, epic flooding, hundreds of millions of refugees..."
www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
"If you’re younger than sixty, you have a good chance of witnessing the radical destabilization of life on earth—massive crop failures, apocalyptic fires, imploding economies, epic flooding, hundreds of millions of refugees..."
www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
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This speech, by a US Admiral, provides a fascinating perspective from over half a century ago. Unspoken yet hinted at is the inevitability of the collapse of civilization.
www.collapse2050.com/energy-resou...
www.collapse2050.com/energy-resou...
Energy Resources and Our Future
A fascinating perspective from over half a century ago
www.collapse2050.com
April 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This speech, by a US Admiral, provides a fascinating perspective from over half a century ago. Unspoken yet hinted at is the inevitability of the collapse of civilization.
www.collapse2050.com/energy-resou...
www.collapse2050.com/energy-resou...
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I used the Signal scandal as a gateway to answer a bigger question: why are so many people in positions of power both stupid and incompetent? www.forkingpaths.co/p/on-power-a...
On Power and Stupidity
Why do so many fools end up in positions of authority?
www.forkingpaths.co
March 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I used the Signal scandal as a gateway to answer a bigger question: why are so many people in positions of power both stupid and incompetent? www.forkingpaths.co/p/on-power-a...
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Pete Hegseth in 2016: "The people we rely on to do dangerous and difficult things for us rely on one thing from us: That we will not... be reckless with the dangerous things they are doing for us. That's the national security implications of a private server that's unsecured."
March 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Pete Hegseth in 2016: "The people we rely on to do dangerous and difficult things for us rely on one thing from us: That we will not... be reckless with the dangerous things they are doing for us. That's the national security implications of a private server that's unsecured."
Only thing missing from that shambolic meeting was these two yelling “say Uncle!”
March 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Only thing missing from that shambolic meeting was these two yelling “say Uncle!”
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I was dead-set against Hegseth's nomination. But here we are. My advice for the new SecDef:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
America Is Now Counting on You, Pete Hegseth
My advice for the incoming secretary of defense
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I was dead-set against Hegseth's nomination. But here we are. My advice for the new SecDef:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...