Reposted by JamesIsaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 2hTheyre doing this for like 3 days of of US diesel exports every month 1421138
Reposted by JamesEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19h- Attacking the ICC - Palling around with Russia - Broadcasting executionsstatic.klipy.comAre We The Baddies? MemeALT: Are We The Baddies? Meme 351202343
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 2hWe’re already helping to fund the Russian war effort and we’ve basically ended all other aid to Ukraine. Why the fuck should the Ukrainians care about our threats anymore. 19776155
Reposted by JamesEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 23hSome ~personal~ news: After five years, I have been laid off from @the-independent.com. I am grateful for the time I have had there. With that in mind, I am absolutely looking for new work opportunities, especially ahead if the midterms. My email is EMGarcia2009@gmail.com. My signal is emgarcia.85 1691316415
Reposted by JamesMaria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 16h“WE WILL BURN THEIR REFINERIES.” 551793398
Reposted by James DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 19hThis is clearly not acceptable 72187112913
Reposted by JamesPaweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 21hI am fairly certain the September-October period has had the most brutal outcome in the seven years long war between Islamic State and al-Qaeda in the Sahel. No way it doesn't influence some JNIM's calculations and it's clear Islamic State inadvertantly helped Mali regime. 🧵 16012
Reposted by JamesKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 20hTrump announces importing diesel from Russia. 1 It will kill Ukrainians 2 What happened to the sanctions? 3 IT WILL KILL UKRAINIANS 79831296
Reposted by JamesRisa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · 23hIf you were looking for a way to polarize Americans' views abt the military, undermine its influence internationally & drive out service members appalled by its civilian leadership's barbarity, this is certainly a good way to do that. www.defensenews.com/video/2026/1...defensenews.comUS to livestream Army execution of Fort Hood shooterThe U.S. will livestream the Army’s upcoming firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in a 2009 shooting spree. 1028558
Reposted by Jamesdamniel spookradski @self.agency · 20hso the same day we're putting sanctions on the icc, we're lifting sanctions on russian oil? 318346
Reposted by JamesGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 21hhegseth made this shit up on his own 1233637
Reposted by JamesKori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My assessment of the State of the Force: "this Congress is overdue to protect the American military from a civilian leadership that is its greatest threat." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comReducing the Number of Generals Isn’t the ProblemHegseth is damaging the military and the public’s trust in it. 115144
Reposted by JamesGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026credit where credit is due, this is straight ahead factual and well written 261789431
Reposted by JamesTony Stark @tonystark.bsky.social · 09/10/2026My latest: WarTalk co-host Justin and I took some time to teach you the fundamentals of fighting drones. “Strong and consistent rehearsals are what separate “equipped” soldiers from “trained” soldiers.” open.substack.com/pub/breaking...open.substack.comDrones Hate UsThe Secret Guide to Fighting Metal Birds 15710
Reposted by JamesBattle Order @battleorder.org · 09/10/2026My interpretation of a New California Republic Rifle Squad from Fallout: New Vegas 613414
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Apple TV is single handedly keeping auteurism alive. Never saw that one coming ngl 0490
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The famous Socratic dictum of the Unexamined Life is entirely worth living. Preferable even. 0150
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026You know. I really wish people had clapped for Jeb 0150
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026You know what? We can, and we should. People have shit taste, and we need to say it more. Society went downhill when we stopped being elitist. 4683
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026We're a society that is becoming nothing but a collection of 5-year-olds. 81752
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026We've taken the death of the author too far. It's time to start stigmitizing again 150
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026How dull and lifeless of a person are you that you think like this. 1478628
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I genuinely mean this. I cannot imagine a more bleak dystopian notion than the idea of all art being turned into slop designed to coddle my exact perceived intentions. The point of literature, film, music, and art is to be exposed to the interior lives of others. Who are these people. 8544441033
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Tragically frustrated reformer who was right about everything, I think. 1130
Reposted by JamesSam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 09/10/2026They spent a Ukraine aid package worth of money on changing all the signs and letterheads and in 2029 we're gonna have to spend another pile of money on changing them back while the press (derogatory, slur) yells at us for wasting money 336757
Reposted by JamesBrad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026From "How the Army Fights" (Link in second post). Sounds familiar. Someone should write about this.... 🤔 1263
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I've been listening to some of this and the entire thing makes me want to shoot myself 1110
Reposted by JamesNathan 🎃 @never-say-die.bsky.social · 08/10/2026As a person who’s been semi-professionally thinking about drones since 2012ish at this point, it’s frustrating that people are baffled that drones are largely another layer of combined arms warfare. They‘re a challenge but not a full on insurmountable obstacle. 612615
Reposted by JamesPhil Klay @philklay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think Hegseth is fundamentally a broken human being. 1319315
Reposted by Jamesex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Beyond matters of taste and decency and whether or not you even believe in the death penalty due to moral reasons, livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan is a dumb idea because you're giving him his moment of public martyrdom. 22820122
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Bold of you to assume this DoD will even recognize mental health as a thing in a year’s time 1100
Reposted by JamesGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 08/10/2026fwiw if you want to make a strategic case for congressional democrats trying to impeach trump if they take majorities, i think the first step is impeaching hegseth, the bar is lower and the likelihood of success is probably much higher 682367387
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I guess this is just sort of the logical endpoint of this administration’s commitment to fulfilling their supporters’s desire to vicariously consume violence done to other people. 501453234
Reposted by JamesZach @thrustwr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026A drone cannot hold ground. Soldiers hold ground. But foot soldiers alone cannot break through defenses hundreds of meters thick and layered. Drones can't either. But with tanks, engineering equipment, and other support assets (drones, air defense, counter-drone assets), they can breakthrough. 325839
Reposted by JamesMatthew Palmer @so3brocktree.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Right, back from my week in Ukraine. 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 I'll have a few articles out soon on the air war, dynamics in Kyiv, and what long-term residents feel that western commentators often misunderstand about the war. In the meantime, here is a drone and rocket launcher displayed in a bar in Kyiv 💪: 3479
Reposted by JamesSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It is pretty remarkable that it took only 21 months for him to nearly hit 70% disproval 1131625
Reposted by JamesEmpty Bag of Ducks📎 @emptybagofducks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The woods are lovely, dark and deep But I have promised to keep And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep 1508
Reposted by JamesCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026so we're doing public executions now huh www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/p...cnn.comPete Hegseth vows to make first firing squad execution in decades ‘public’ | CNN PoliticsUS Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed in an interview this week that the execution of the man who killed 13 people in a mass shooting at Fort Hood in 2009 would be “public.” 2817520
Reposted by JamesAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 08/10/2026Trump's pushing the term "super intelligence" is stupid for many reasons (not least because "superintelligence" was already a term with a specific meaning in semi-technical and policy/philosophical discussions about AI). But now his bullying about it is reaching an Orwellian pitch. 3239291
Reposted by James"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Curious question: has anyone compiled a decently large sample somewhere of the white supremacist and Nazi imagery used in social media by official Trump administration accounts (esp. official department accounts, rather than individuals)? 1139242
Reposted by Jamesae @aelkus.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"The Flydubai co-pilot who tried to hijack a flight to Tel Aviv is a former cryptocurrency speculator who four years ago was living with his parents and calling women “rotten meat” on a now disabled social media account. " And guess where that account was 5399109
James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sorry. Let me be clearer. “I support the mass murder of civilians” is the view held by psychopaths you fucking loser 0607
Reposted by JamesWill Yale @wayale.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Excited to join @milwritersguild.bsky.social as a member! Looking forward to engaging with this unique community of writers and readers as I expand my published output. 1122