Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 3hNothing gets voters on board like bringing up the kinds of weapons their children and grandchildren will need in their lifetimes 1140
Reposted by Andrew FaciniGordon Gray @ambgordongray.bsky.social · 11h@dandrezner.bsky.social observes that "learning to write is integral to success in text-based spheres of activity. This is where... relying on AI becomes a concern. Studies suggest that outsourcing that task to AI comes with significant cognitive costs." danieldrezner.substack.com/p/im-a-colle...danieldrezner.substack.comI’m a College Professor. Writing is Pretty Damn Important.It’s hardly the only thing -- but it’s a very important thing! 23012
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 8hOkay they can install GMD 2 here but it has to be these old timey guns 010
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 8hUnfortunately it's probably going to go like the still-not-a-law "Dept of War" rebrand, where federal employees everywhere have to comply even though the rest of the world won't. Which will include some of the world's foremost AI workers in the national labs 1121
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 9hDamn sounds like they humans aren't reliable and they should automate that whole process or smth 0211
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 9hWhy do they budget a whopping 10 minutes between LCC and LF? It's not as if they need to be fueled? 100
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 9h"bombers safe" ah yeah better get them up just in case "missiles safe" wait... 050
Reposted by Andrew FaciniWNBA @wnba.com · 20h🗽 THE NEW YORK LIBERTY ARE SEMIFINALS BOUND 🗽 The Liberty advance after defeating the Lynx 2-0 in the First Round. 2026 WNBA Playoffs presented by Google Pixel 931761
Reposted by Andrew FaciniKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 21hNo one on his staff even once thought to check if there were any women's games being played that night. These are the people calling themselves defenders of women's sports. 71208122
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 29/09/2026Andy you can't mean LLMs are inherently antidemocra... let me stop you right there 051
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 29/09/2026Dumb responses + censorship aside, it's not actually *good* that a government would assert to have an answer for every question. Govt is a pact between people, bound by laws. Yeah any bureaucracy can be byzantine but building an "all-answers" machine and calling it America is just more dictator shit 1100
Reposted by Andrew FaciniCouncil on Strategic Risks @councilonstrategicrisks.org · 28/09/2026Join CSR's 2027 Ending #Bioweapons Fellowship to work towards creative solutions to help address #biothreats. Spend time with leading experts in threat reduction and biosecurity, connect with CSR mentors, and gain hands-on experience through interactive learning trips. ⬇️ Apply today:councilonstrategicrisks.orgCall for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons (2027) - The Council on Strategic RisksThe Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is announcing an open call for applications for our 2027 Ending Bioweapons Fellowship. 001
Reposted by Andrew FaciniWEATHER IS HAPPENING @weatherishappening.com · 27/09/2026/ PART OF MEYE JOURNEY THRU LAST NIGHT'S DEBILITATING NIGHT COFFEE SITUATION / WELL / EYE CREATED SUMTHING 4 U ♥ / U CULD GET UR *BIRTH RADAR* NOW / ONLY @ birthradar.weatherishappening.com / & DOWNLOAD A COMMEMORATIVE BIRTH RADAR CARD / APOLOGIES 4 THE OLDS / RADAR DATA B4 1996 IS UNRELIABLEbirthradar.weatherishappening.comBIRTH RADARBEHOLD THE RADAR OF UR OWN BIRTH. WAT WERE UR WEATHER LORDS DEWING WEN U BUBBLED UP UN2 THE SURFACE OF UR REALITY? 2155
Reposted by Andrew FaciniKung Hei FYat Choy!-Gigan @gigansprogress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Good time to sign up to be a poll worker for November (if you can spare the time) www.eac.gov/help-america...eac.govBecome a Poll Worker | U.S. Election Assistance CommissionThe EAC encourages those interested in becoming poll workers at the polls on Election Day to learn more about what is required and how to sign up to work with your local election office. 25726
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 26/09/2026councilonstrategicrisks.org/nolan/nuclea...councilonstrategicrisks.orgThe Nuclear Weapon Systems Project - The Council on Strategic RisksThe Nuclear Weapon Systems Project A Qualitative Approach to Nuclear Policy How states view the roles and relevance of nuclear weapons is changing. While these perspectives have been dynamic since the... 0103
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 26/09/2026and I was doing this for free 🥲defence-blog.comPentagon pays $16.6 million to keep nuke inventory onlineThe Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology a $16.6 million contract to keep running the computer systems the U.S. military uses to track every nuclear weap... 1203
Reposted by Andrew FaciniWEATHER IS HAPPENING @weatherishappening.com · 26/09/2026/ UR NOR'EASTER IS UPON U BOSTON / AS U SLIP DEEPER & DEEPER IN2 UR NOR'EASTER / DEEPER & DEEPER IN2 UR DEATH SPIRAL / DEEPER & DEEPER IN2 DEATH SPIRAL FASCISM / 1 THING IS 4 CERTAIN / WEATHER IS HAPPENING / & ITS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND 46429
Reposted by Andrew FaciniAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026a president planning military operations based entirely on election cycles is actually a giant scandal 412452577
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 25/09/2026It brings me no joy to report that Carly Rae's music could not survive her getting married 150
Reposted by Andrew FaciniMatthew Bunn @matthew-bunn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Important story on discussions underway on the Trump team’s charges that China and Russia have violated the testing moratorium. New concepts for confirming that activities at test sites do not produce nuclear yield are the way to go.wsj.comExclusive | Trump Administration Presses China on Suspected Nuclear Tests in Confidential TalksThe discussions have occurred on the sidelines of multilateral meetings in Geneva, New York and Casablanca, Morocco. 1115
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 25/09/2026Yeah I mean that's just what a warhead bus looks like - it doesn't need to be up there for long, and the warheads themselves are well insulated. Here's sort of a photo of a last-gen Trident bus (the blunt middle part is the third stage and would not come with afaik) 260
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 25/09/2026It was longer than a few months ago but I think GTA had an audience with Xi at some point and brought it up, and that's been going around for a while 120
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 25/09/2026This one hits hard. For me and my sister, it was Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine lol - same general idea, she was about 9 probably, but for some reason it just worked for her and she could whup me most of the time. She loved it - we loved playing together. I miss her 110
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 25/09/2026Asking 250 is a bit out of range for something I will absolutely not be able to display lol www.facebook.com/marketplace/...facebook.comFacebook 230
Reposted by Andrew FaciniNick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Also in attendance, this guy: 5183
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 24/09/2026"Synergistic Demonstrator Initiative 1988" - so right around the time we were pivoting from lasers to "brilliant pebbles." This was probably from OTA which for a time looked at a "synergistic mix" of KEW and DEW. www.princeton.edu/~ota/disk2/1...princeton.edu 030
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 24/09/2026Ah yes classic decorous Trump, always considering the sensitivities and potential translation intricacies for a foreign language audience 200
Reposted by Andrew FaciniLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 23/09/2026France agrees to open talks with Latvia on nuclear deterrencelemonde.frFrance agrees to open talks with Latvia on nuclear deterrenceIn March, the French president announced his 'advanced' deterrence initiative, aimed at involving willing European countries, without any sharing of the decision to use nuclear weapons. 37022
Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 22/09/2026This is what we were able to count up in 2022 - i.e. a lot of "topical" connections, but often they weren't much more than a phone number. There has been a lot said about Chinese officials' hesitance to wield authority, making official-to-official connections seem more workable 131
Reposted by Andrew FaciniJames Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"The proposed channel, which Chinese officials have not publicly agreed to, would allow Bessent and He to contact one another in the event of an artificial intelligence related incident with national security implications." So not a proper hotline like the Washington-Moscow messaging system, then.politico.com‘The scientific, technical term is BS’: Inside the new Bessent-China AI hotlineIt is not, at least for now, a broader formal system for the two governments to report or jointly respond to AI threats. 1147