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Dave Kearn

@davekearnjr.bsky.social
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Son, brother, uncle. Teacher, retired bartender, (slowly) improving golfer. RIP E.B. “It’s a fragile thing, this life we lead…”

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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 18h
I’m sorry - what country is this?! During a Friday night college football game?? The post-Trump anti-corruption reforms will need to be painfully comprehensive, but ESPN and any network that air this toxic fascist garbage should be punished harshly. Not just fines - jail for enablers!
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hi all! So crazily enough - academic publishing takes time - my Taiwan article was just published in the print version of the Journal of Strategic Studies. There’s fifty free downloads of anyone is interested. I think it may actually be more relevant now. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/H6RJT...
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Limited nuclear war and the defense of Taiwan
This article assesses proposals to address the challenge of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan with the threat of first use of tactical nuclear weapons by the United States. While it is not clear that a ...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Be sure to read the subtitles
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
JFC…
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🤢🤮 @joestieb.bsky.social
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Umm… No Shit!
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh. Well in that case…
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Wellman For MO @wellmanformo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
📺 We’re on the air! Check out our new TV ad running across #MO02 now. Watch, share, and help us spread the word today. #TeamWellman
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Authentic demented “presidential” gibberish…
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Which - again, for the five hundredth time - WAS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN!
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Bonnie Glaser @bglaser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My assessment of the Trump-Xi summit: "The verdict on Trump’s success is mixed. He secured some concrete economic commitments, but Xi came away with a larger diplomatic and strategic win." www.gmfus.org/news/trump-x...
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A Trump-Xi Summit Scorecard
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Matthew Bunn @matthew-bunn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A YouTube version of my talk on reducing the risk of nuclear war for Long Now Boston is now available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfe6...
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Long Now Boston: Reducing the Risk of Nuclear War: The Long View, with Matthew Bunn
YouTube video by Long Now Boston
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yikes!
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There’s so much wrong with this. Obviously, this type of “contribution” is obscene and undermines any sense of equality and fairness. But it’s also an example of how far these types identify with an authoritarian, anti-democratic movement. If the country survives, there should be a reckoning.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'll be live-posting through part of today's General Debate at the United Nations General Assembly--at least through the first few speeches (UN Secretary General, Brazil, US, etc)
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Spokesperson for a generation” makes ridiculous statement…
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Share a television show that raised you.
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Dr Who Tom Baker: Hello there!
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Monumental Obsession
The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself.
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Бонжур Большой куш: Man on Phone in Car
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
JFC… 🙈
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Investigations on day one of the next Congress…
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Except, ya know, Iran didn’t, doesn’t, and wasn’t going to…. So…
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wow! This is pretty amazing!
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/09/2026
Sen. Booker on Kash Patel: “We don't have an FBI director. We have a lackey here…He's like an 18-year-old kid who wants to join a fraternity that he could never be a member of…He's an embarrassment to the agency and wouldn't qualify even to be an FBI agent.”
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Cannot agree more.
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is an excellent thread (on a thoughtful and important piece) from @joecirin.bsky.social.
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social - hate to distract from the normally programmed ravings of this lunatic asylum, but any chance of a Sarge pic getting ready for the Chiefs game?
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yikes, you make one crack and all of a sudden the BlueSky Chapter of “The Friends of Hezbollah” just pounce!
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Ron Burgundy: Boy, That Escalated Quickly
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Apparently on BlueSky you can “speak over” people. And it’s very much frowned upon. But Americans aren’t allowed to criticize anyone - even other Americans. Jeez… rough joint.
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lina seems to have an grossly inflated opinion of herself.
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Oh dear.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
God god! Change the channel!
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Onyx The Fortuitous Stand Corrected
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ooh, Ohio State at Texas! That should be a great game, especially in Austin after OSU has had their number…
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Baby's Funny Walk
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
And, here we go!!😂🔥🔥🔥
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I love Dublin!🇮🇪
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 was traumatic for all Americans. But the U.S. and other governments panicked, and took their eyes off a lot of other threats for a while. We’re still living with the consequences of that panic. My look back at that day and what it brought: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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A Quarter Century of Panic
After 9/11, the U.S. government was over-focused on fighting terrorism, losing sight of other threats. Americans are still living with the consequences.
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This was an excellent piece by @joestieb.bsky.social. It’s so hard to believe how much time has passed…
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Nothing says confidence like trying to bribe people for votes.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“.. The market has priced Hormuz for 7 months. It has not priced losing the Red Sea too.” - The Merchant’s News
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
1. This is bullshit. 2. It is cause to shut down all the AI companies NOW. 3. Those companies might think about their pitch that "AI will take all your jobs and then kill you." 4. Those companies need new leadership. 5. Congress needs to act NOW.
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Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons (Gift Article)
In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine if the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down the work.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
WTI: $100 Brent: $105.50
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Chamberlain was the elected Prime Minister. He did not use diplomacy with Nazi Germany to solicit bribes and “business deals” for himself. Britain wasn’t ready for war at the time Chamberlain appeased Hitler. If any Nazi-era analogy fits Kushner, Witkoff, and the Kremlin, it’s Molotov-Ribbentrop.
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Al Mauroni @progmil.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Noting two excellent articles on nuclear issues - Amy Woolf on "nuclear norms" and Erin Dumbacher on nuclear stockpile sizes almauroni.substack.com/p/good-point...
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Good Points on Nuclear Issues
I don’t always criticize people. I like identifying good articles.
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
She is awful.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
One of my college buds texted today saying he was struggling with the “25 years from 9/11” coverage starting and I couldn’t agree more. Time absolutely does fly by - something I feel more and more - but the memories of that day never soften or dull…
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
PTSD from sophomore year HS typing class! Yes, I’m old.
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