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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

like the republican campaign said she fucked her way to the top and she allowed immigrants to devour peoples pets and we’re debating whether she overused the phrase birthing person in her stump speech quoting angela davis, a thing that never happened

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Here, I wrote about how Trump's use of the National Guard and active duty military in American cities isn't primarily a problem of civil-military relations. othermeans.io/p/huntington...

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Huntington Won't Save Us

This isn't a Problem of Civil-Military Relations

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

A wonderful piece of writing in which Richard Warnica spoke to a senior ex-NASA engineer about the grief surrounding Trump's cuts to the agency and what it means for our capacity to wonder and look beyond ourselves. "Like witnessing a death of an ideal.” www.wired.com/story/the-de...

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The Destruction of NASA Would Be a Blow to Our Collective Imagination

As NASA grapples with major proposed budget cuts and losing some of its most brilliant minds, America’s willingness to look outward is also at risk.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

cryptonews.com/news/wyoming... Article 1 section 10 "No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debt..."

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Wyoming Launches First State-Issued Stablecoin

Wyoming has launched FRNT, the first U.S. state-backed stablecoin, fully collateralized with cash and Treasuries for digital transactions.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/08/2025

from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"

Nothing made slavery’s toxicity more obvious to Union troops than its effect on the fundamental unit of society, the family. For one thing, slave sales separated families. In the Upper South, where many Union soldiers were stationed in 1861, about one in three first marriages was broken by sale, and about half of all slave children were separated from at least one parent. 129 With their own eyes, soldiers saw slavery snap bonds between parents and children. The men of the Seventh Wisconsin were awakened by gunshots one November night. The following day, soldiers “learned, and saw the cause of the alarm in the form of two negro women—a mother and a daughter.” The pair had fled to Union lines to avoid the proposed sale of the “goodlooking” daughter into the so-called fancy trade, which soldiers viewed as a form of concubinage. Outraged by the plight and moved by the vulnerability of the mother and daughter, “every private in the ranks” cursed “that system which tramples on the honor of man, and makes merchandise of the virtue of women,” according to one member of the regiment. 130 When an Iowan encountered a young child about to be sold by her own father, who was also her master, he vowed, “By G–d I’ll fight till hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on.” 131

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I wrote a new thing about Bobby Kennedy's crusade against vaccines in the context of H5N1. He trashed Moderna, and if there's a pandemic, he'll cash in on that decision. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/great-week...

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Great Week for Pandemic Flu Enthusiasts

If you're feeling nostalgic for 2020, don't worry. The next pandemic will be bigger than COVID.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

SecState Rubio claims that no on has died because of USAID cuts and suggested that I had lied in my reporting. So here I show him photos of specific children who have died because of the Trump administration's reckless cancelation of aid: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...

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Tim Mathews @timmathews.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Tech bros: “Move fast and break things!” Observers: “Why are you breaking things? Now 300,000 people are dead.” Tech bros:

A screen shot of Elon Musk’s post on X, stating “Did my best.” This occurred as he reportedly stepped down from DOGE after he spent 5 months firing essential workers who had to be re-hired or replaced, firing others without replacement for no valid governmental purpose, lied about canceling contracts that were either not canceled or were already scheduled to expire, cut off food and medical aid to impoverished people in Africa who have life threatening diseases (likely causing 300k deaths), and employing unqualified kids who were security risks to conduct tasks that were patently unlawful and put critical infrastructure and sensitive personal data at risk.

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Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 24/05/2025

Deschutes’ white-ish label lager for Costco is outrageously good for the price ($14.99 for a 12pk). Really improves the math on filling a cooler for a cookout.

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

In 1963, Bernard Cohen wrote the press may not tell people what to think, but it does tell them what to think *about*. Similarly, in 1960s protests and media made civil rights salient. All to say, politicians may struggle to shape mass opinion, but they can influence which issues are salient.

Line graph titled "Public opinion on the 'Most Important Problem,' 1950 to 1979." The y-axis shows the percentage of respondents citing a given issue as the most important problem, ranging from 0% to over 60%. The x-axis spans years 1950 to 1980, with vertical dashed lines marking presidential elections from 1960 to 1972.

Four colored lines represent different issue categories:

Foreign Affairs (f): Dark blue line, dominant until mid-1960s, peaks around 1965, then declines steadily.
Economy (e): Yellow-green line, declines from 30% in 1950s to below 20% in 1960s, then spikes dramatically around 1974 to over 60%.
Civil Rights (c): Purple line, nearly flat at low levels until a sharp peak around 1963–1965, then falls sharply.
Social Control (s): Teal line, low and flat until a sharp rise in late 1960s, peaking around 1970–1972.
Two red arrows highlight peaks: one for "civil rights" around 1963–1965, and one for "social control" around 1970–1972. Scatterplot points with letters ("f", "e", "c", "s") show individual data points used to estimate trend lines. Source: Omar Wasow (@owasow), with URL to research: http://j.mp/agenda-seeding

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 24/05/2025

Highly recommend these great writers. Please let me know if you write on military affairs and I’ll add you to the list! go.bsky.app/7Ct4H4c

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

An actual tragedy is playing out in real time on the pages of the Telegraph. If you are the praying kind then please pray for them.

'We earn £345k, but
soaring private school
fees mean we can't go on
five holidays'
Labour's VAT raid forces six-figure
families to make lifestyle sacrifices

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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 25/05/2025

This is phenomenal. Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment. It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

>people stopped drinking in 2016 and became teetotaling nerds I have a revolutionary new theory of how everything went wrong if people are willing to hear me out

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

This post is the closest I’ve gotten to being able to put together a master theory for Why This Is All Happening: why Trump could get elected, why Biden never got any credit, and why certain stuff never seems to break through open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...

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Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Sobering report from CBO: Nuke modernization cost expected to reach nearly $1 Trillion the next decade, 25% more than projected last year. www.cbo.gov/system/files... This train wreck has been 15 years in the making as officials downplayed cost/risks of excessive modernization.

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28 Days Lehner 🪦 @danlehner.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Guys, you're still trying to replace FDR. I told you we can't do it, and we can't do it. Now, what we might be able to do is re-create him. Re-create him in the aggregate.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

So the Fort Belvoir campus is not all of the CGSC (which is actually centered in Leavenworth) but my understanding is it is a big part of it & if similar cuts are coming for all PME (professional military education), the results will be very bad for both military readiness & military history.

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o... Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security

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Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)

Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The Atlantic editors room hearing everyone claim under oath that there was nothing classified in that chat:

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The Onion summer writing fellowship is seeking applicants! It's six months, good salary and benefits. This year's applicants do NOT have to complete the Eating Challenge, as it turns out this does not adhere to Illinois labor law. We apologize to those who have died in the past.

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Writing Fellowship, Summer 2025 at The Onion

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

The thing about public opinion is that people can believe almost anything if it’s socially reinforced and communicated to them in ways that convince them it’s correct

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

My colleagues and our broadcasts, devoted to telling America’s story to the world — honestly, fairly and with an unwavering commitment to the truth, are being silenced this weekend. open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/...

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Requiem for the voice that carried a nation’s conscience

VOA's signal for 83 years crossed borders and ideologies—now its silence will speak volumes.

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Zach @thrustwr.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Don't think i agree with this. The industrial capacity of the US has waxed and waned over the CW. It wasn't always MEGA HUGE. In the late 60s - early 70s, it wasn't doing so great. Consistent investments that start in the late 70s to 80s resulted in it reaching peak during the end of this period.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Net Assessment is basically the Pentagon’s internal think tank. Works on grand strategy, long-term planning—including re: technology—and understanding socio-political dynamics of war. Very valuable. Closing it weakens America, but also removes some smart people, which is the Trump admin’s priority.

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Hegseth 'disestablishing' Office of Net Assessment, Pentagon's strategic analysis specialists - Breaking Defense

A March 13 memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, obtained by Breaking Defense, orders all employees of the Office of Net Assessment reassigned to different roles and cancels related contracts.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The institutions of the American economy depend on the institutions of American democracy; rule of law, consistent regulation, stability, and all the rest. That’s what’s being destroyed and that’s what risks the *entire economy. Saying that out loud shouldn’t (and can’t) be a risk

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

IT'S WHAT THEY SAY IN PRIVATE, OFF THE RECORD, THAT IS THE LIE. IT'S WHAT THEY SAY IN PUBLIC, TO THEIR VOTERS, THAT IS THE TRUTH. How many of our political problems could be solved if Democratic electeds and members of the press understood this, instead of always assuming it was the opposite?

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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...

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Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Jack Watling and I take a look at what the requirements might look like for a European force in Ukraine. We find that this not an insurmountable task, but will require proper resourcing and difficult political choices. @warontherocks.bsky.social warontherocks.com/2025/03/will...

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Willpower, Not Manpower, is Europe’s Main Limitation for a Force in Ukraine - War on the Rocks

Following a dramatic meeting in the White House, U.S. military support for Ukraine is perilously uncertain. Sustaining Ukraine in this war, and

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 02/03/2025

These sites might be useful: 1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org) 2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)

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Tony Stark @tonystark.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

There’s a key difference between understanding war and warfare and being a warmonger, and unfortunately that’s not a difference that a lot of folks who get into politics want to understand nor is it something instilled in the schoolhouses for foreign policy.

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