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Aaron Mehta

@aaronmehta.bsky.social
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Editor in chief of BreakingDefense.com, shameless Boston sports nerd.

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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 11h
"Automate the things I don't need to be around for." There are few things as enjoyable in life as reading to one's kids.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wild to see the video quality of LeBron then and LeBron now and realize its the same guy.
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New Mike Rogers ad (R in MI-Sen) has him saying “Canada is not our enemy. We need to end the tariff war, now.” (Doesn’t name Trump)
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026
[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!
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Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A goose saying "what adversity?"
the same goose chasing a man yelling "what adversity was Deshaun Watson dealing with?"
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Proud of the Breaking Defense team for being first on the Navy's next-gen fighter. Story will be updated. breakingdefense.com/2026/09/boei...
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Boeing wins Navy next-gen fighter F/A-XX competition - Breaking Defense
Boeing's win in the F/A-XX competition gives it control over America's sixth-generation fighter market for decades to come.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ball Knower Jack Smith, apparently.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There's a very good rundown in there about all the technical challenges orbital data centers face to just do the basics of what they're supposed to. It's a lot!
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our Theresa Hitchens did a deep dive into the defense implications of orbital data centers here. breakingdefense.com/2026/05/desp...
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Despite 'peak hype,' orbital data centers for AI not yet ready for NatSec prime time - Breaking Defense
One expert summed up the defense market viewpoint of AI data centers in space as: "If they build it, we might come."
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This has to be a Kawasaki reference with the Jays. It's too spot on.
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
am I the only one who interpreted this as all the texts and emails reading MARK HALPERIN
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Bedrock Comics. It's in Framingham on Route 9 now. If my mom was still with us she would have been over the moon about the idea of bringing my son in and getting him something.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My mom took me to the comic store when I was first reading them and would hang out talking with the clerk while I browsed. Eventually that guy bought the store. My mom delighted in going with me once in a while when I was in high school to catch up and bought him a gift when he had a kid.
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026
Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano
Picture of the streets of Pompeii, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompei_-_panoramio_(26).jpg. Taken by Tanya Dedyukhina, used under CC
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Things you never want to hear about a lefty relief specialist 😅
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I remain skeptical of Breslow overall, but I think it's a good thing he and Tracey are tied together for the next four years. Gives security to both, and they seem to be aligned on approach and collaboration.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Stringer Bell "is you taking notes" dot gif
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wrote about Feinberg's latest reform memo for the Pentagon, which is half "let's keep going" and half "please stop yelling at me I'm fixing it I'm fixing it." breakingdefense.com/2026/09/they...
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'They overreached': Amid industry worry, new Feinberg memo tweaks accounting regime - Breaking Defense
A Sept. 15 memo from Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg walks back some changes from a previous memo, while moving reforms forward, analysts tell Breaking Defense.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What does this mean for defense? We previewed this back in June. Biggest thing for the Euro defense nerds: HULTQVIST BACK. breakingdefense.com/2026/06/swed...
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Swedish opposition party, ahead in polls, could push for state ownership in Saab - Breaking Defense
"So I think state part-ownership in Saab would be natural, while at the same time signaling strong Swedish team-building in international contexts," said Peter Hultquist, whose party is poised to win ...
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Honestly this stance could win you elected office these days
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There's just no way that matches the American mindset. We'd never accept that there can be multiple winners in a sport.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"So the best team wins?" "Well no, sometimes bad teams get in and then get hot and win even though they were bad all year" "Wait, then why play the games?" Honestly after going over it a few times I'm coming fully to "play 162 games and crown the best record the winner."
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My son's been getting into baseball and my trying to explain the regular season and playoffs is confounding him. He really doesn't get why you play a regular season if the playoffs decide the winner.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
SCOOP: Northrop is dropping off its team-up with SNC on its navy trainer jet. breakingdefense.com/2026/09/nort... Yes I went to AFA and somehow came up with a Navy story, I feel dirty.
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Northrop drops off SNC-led Navy trainer team - Breaking Defense
SNC will continue moving forward with its Freedom trainer offering for the Undergraduate Jet Training System program.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
"Was it really this dumb in 2003" guys they renamed french fries
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Well, now I know that Australia's national anthem sounds like a Christmas pop song.
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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10/09/2026
The fact we have an executive class that doesn't know what to do with the Looney Tunes or The Muppets really sums up what a joyless, barren world they inhabit.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I think at the start of podcasting there was a lot of "wait what is this, bad public radio" and people using bad mics, not knowing how to cut, etc. There was a lot of trash. But "slop" as we use it now? To your point, those bad podcasts were, if nothing else, maybe TOO human and personal.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
oh my god I have been googling to try and recover this tweet for literally years. I was starting to think I had dreamt it.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I do so love taking a wander through Getty creative images when I don't know what to use for a story. UK has a new space investment plan? Let's see....
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
amazing
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I don't have the fangraphs skills to figure this out but this has to be the worst (by war, average, probably other metrics) 20/20 season anyone's ever had, right? Really strange, but a hot week in the playoffs could erase all the bad.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
My heart goes out to the millions of people struggling to remember how to write "Thanks! Sounds great!" in an email.
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
bunch of billionaires sitting around grumbling "TORRE" the way characters on Bosch grumble "BOSCH"
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Want to know the current state of European airpower, but filtered through Scottish, Irish and Quebecois accents? Make sure to click here for part one of our new video roundtable: breakingdefense.com/2026/09/euro...
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Europe's airpower future is evolving. Here's what to know. - Breaking Defense
Breaking Defense kicks off a new video series focused on how Europe is modernizing its manned and unmanned aircraft.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
yessssssssssssssssss been thinking of this all day
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Truly, a late season blessing.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"Frankie Pulitzer" sounds like a name someone rejected in the What We Do In The Shadows writers room as too ridiculous, before settling on Jackie Daytona.
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Jackie Daytona Reveals His New Name
ALT: Jackie Daytona Reveals His New Name
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Today is the day I learned Tom Hardy has a secret rap alias of "Frankie Pulitzer" and dropped an album where he recites Shakespeare in the Bane voice @briancgrubb.bsky.social au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/tom-hardy-de...
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Tom Hardy’s debut rap album has officially dropped — and yes, he does the Bane voice
The “MobLand” actor moonlights as a rapper under the name Frankie Pulitzer.
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John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Days since USS Abraham Lincoln deployed: 284 Iran war began: 185 USS George HW Bush deployed: 154 SecDef briefed reporters on the war: 119 USS George Washington deployed: 101 2nd naval blockade: 50 USS George Washington arrived in C5F: 13 Last known US strike on Iran: 1
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Jimmy Two Heads 💀🎃 @jimmytwohands.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I know exactly why, poindexter. It’s because it looks cool as fuck
This 11,000-Year-Old Statue from Turkey Shows a Man Riding a Leopard.
Archaeologists Aren't Sure
Why
The strange sculpture reverses a recurring Stone Age motif of humans confronting dangerous predators.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Classic.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
An absolute legend, but let's not let the funny (admittedly, very funny) stuff overlook the excellent work Jeff has done for years, often in support for those with the least power inside the military.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Brian I have never been prouder to be a subscriber
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Learning that Vin was a Dolly fan has raised the reality that at one point there was absolutely a discission about casting her in a Fast film, which means we were robbed of a scene with Helen Mirren and her grody brit accent and Dolly with her southern accent trash talked during a drag race.
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John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Days since USS Abraham Lincoln deployed: 278 Iran war began: 179 USS George HW Bush deployed: 148 SecDef briefed reporters on the war: 113 USS George Washington deployed: 95 2nd naval blockade: 44 Last known US strike on Iran: 28 USS George Washington arrived in C5F: 7
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Used to be 5 guys and now its 1 hitter and 1 pitcher, right? That was fun!
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
One of the greatest line reads of all time. Tim Curry for Command And Conquer, clearly it was a one and done and he could barely stop laughing at the ridiculousness of the line. Perfection
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