Reposted by Jake HNick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026She's A-10 but her weakness is SAMs 0302
Reposted by Jake HReconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 02/08/2026i wonder if he realizes that the more he does these empty threats the weaker his position gets 823014
Reposted by Jake Hae @aelkus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026btw if your sci-fi universe assumes the ability to genetically engineer super soldiers i think it is frankly safe to say that there ends up being a way to biomod out male-female strength differences of individual troops 1216814
Jake H @jakehufstader.bsky.social · 26/07/2026This article is fascinating, (if true) I’m honestly surprised it was published. Admitting you’re low on missile defense in the NYT is a choice. There is nothing preventing 🇮🇷 from “going first” so to speak. The assumption is that 🇺🇸 acts and 🇮🇷 reacts is unquestioned. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/u...nytimes.comTrump Holds Off on Major War Escalation Against Iran as Advisers Raise Concerns (Gift Article)Among the worries is that expanded hostilities could dangerously drain the diminished stockpile of air defense munitions in the Middle East. 054
Reposted by Jake Hjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/06/2026miller and vance appear to genuinely want bodies in the streets — and are willing to pull the trigger, no pun intended — in a way that trump simply isn’t for whatever reason 671616171
Reposted by Jake HJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I mean using military force to impose your political terms is the exact definition of war. You can't have a ceasefire while also using military force to impose your will on an adversary. I can feel my brain bleeding 27957129
Reposted by Jake HDevlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 19/11/2025The important thing to understand about all of this is that all of the Third Reich's actions were undertaken *because* of their antisemitism. It was the core of their worldview. Their other genocidal projects existed *because* if their imagined war with an eternal Judeo-Bolshevik conspiracy. /1 13312
Reposted by Jake HLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 27/05/2026“It is a simple, factual claim, that since 1948, a defining feature of the Israeli state has been its rule over a large subject population, distinguished from the Jewish majority ethnically and religiously, and governed by military law outside the constraints of civil protection.”liberalcurrents.comIsrael Is a State Like Any Other, and Commits Atrocities Like Any Other WouldIsrael acts like any other apartheid ethno-dictatorship, but receives a level of deference from the American government and press and public quite unlike any other. 1135385
Reposted by Jake HFaytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 24/05/2026“US and Iran agree in principle to a deal, then disagree on every single clause.” a European official speaking to Faytuks Network says 115522
Reposted by Jake HFaytuks Network @faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 24/05/2026What a timeline. t.co/uehfUsxyWn 011425
Reposted by Jake HPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Whole generation got their brains pickled by the idea that politics is a process of patient triangulation and consensus-building instead of a knife fight that decides how pain, suffering, and resources are distributed throughout society 219735
Reposted by Jake H"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Oh, I forgot to add, even if you impose a hard blockade on Iran's coasts, they can bring in key weapons and components via land borders with Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, via the Caspian Sea, etc. Can they run all their trade that way? No. Import the chips for shaheds? Yeah, probably. 103269
Reposted by Jake H"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 08/04/2026So apparently the ceasefire deal includes Iran continuing to charge tolls (split with Oman) on transit through the Strait, as reported by the NYT, AP and others. If that's true, I have a hard time seeing this as anything other than a capitulation by Trump. Just abject surrender. 561144230
Reposted by Jake HWill Code For Pizza @markshatraw.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Netanyahu no more "manipulated" Trump into blowing things up than somebody walking into the kitchen and saying "who wants pizza" right now would "manipulate" me into eating pizza 0514
Reposted by Jake HAlex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Threatening the destruction of "a whole civilization" is just explicitly a threat of genocide. Even if it is just a bargaining tactic, even if it is just bluster, it is a threat of genocide. Everyone who has furthered, and continues to further, the aims of this regime is morally culpable. 726075
Reposted by Jake HRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The president of the United States is now threatening to commit genocide. 1222879
Reposted by Jake HJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026These are orders given "under a black flag," and US military personnel should refuse to carry them out. 291133331
Jake H @jakehufstader.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Any aircrew who are scheduled to participate in this operation, who maintain any sort of Conscience or morality should simply refuse to fly. Say no. 001
Reposted by Jake HMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Orders that are illegal to give but probably legal to follow continues to be a very large grey area that this place isn't great at parsing 1246178
Jake H @jakehufstader.bsky.social · 05/04/2026No disagreement with the quoted post, but even if every strike was on a dual use “war supporting” target it would be hard to see how the attacks Trump’s threatening could be considered in any way proportionate under LOAC: www.justsecurity.org/91319/the-pr...justsecurity.orgThe Principle of Proportionality in the DoD Law of War ManualTwo key issues in Department of Defense Law of War Manual on harm to non-combatants. 121
Reposted by Jake H"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 05/04/2026"But we've blown up so much stuff, how can you say we're losing?" Victory and defeat in war are judged by strategic outcomes, not by how much stuff exploded. The Iran now controls the strait; we haven't collapsed the regime, removed their HEU or stopped drone/missile strikes. 219618
Reposted by Jake HTravis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 03/04/2026So it seems in the last 24 hours: -F-15E shot down over Iran, 2 pilots ejected, 1 rescued and 1 TBD -Blackhawk rescue helicopter hit but safely escaped Iranian territory -A-10 shot down over Hormuz, pilot rescued Very little hard info thus far on any of these incidents. 59123
Reposted by Jake HAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026So what this describes is ethnic cleansing www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/w... 8556492134
Jake H @jakehufstader.bsky.social · 20/03/2026It’s interesting, we’ve been fairly lucky regarding the (relatively) small # of KIA’s so far, but the article mentions using a-10s and helos to clear the strait, which brings up the question of IRI Manpads. The war is already unpopular, and if Iran can take some larger bites out of us… 010
Reposted by Jake HRobert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Imagine if we had done this, consistently, from 1945 onward 71233
Reposted by Jake HRobert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Personally I think that America should make itself into a friend to democracy everywhere Yes even when that means getting a government that's less friendly to us personally than the dictators we're currently propping up 1236341
Reposted by Jake HCaitlin Talmadge @proftalmadge.bsky.social · 19/02/2026A few thoughts on possible US-Iran conflict (1/11): 612255
Reposted by Jake HDan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 15/02/2026OK folks, getting toward the end of my first mass public opinion survey on antisemitism (N=1,000) -- I showed Americans 100 pieces of real graffiti about Jews and/or Israel-Palestine, and asked them to rate the whether they were antisemitic (yes/no/unsure). Even a cursory look is interesting... 11610
Reposted by Jake Hfinrodsauronverynsfwprivatefolderdonotlook @yungdreyfusard.bsky.social · 15/02/2026 834642
Reposted by Jake HEric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 15/01/2026It's the end of an era for Lucasfilm and Star Wars, as Kathleen Kennedy turns over the reins to Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan. Kennedy's legacy is complex, but she undoubtedly made a lot of smart decisions that have helped revitalize the franchise. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/b... 3414
Reposted by Jake HMónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Asked about the possibility of bringing a knife to a gun fight, Schumer says "we hope that we can have support from the gun to put a brake on this long before it gets that far" 1124
Reposted by Jake H"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 02/01/2026But that's very literally looking at a plan which requires Nazis to not butcher their way through disfavored ethnic groups - it is a plan that could only have worked if Hitler had not been a Nazi and if he hadn't been a Nazi he wouldn't have started the war in the first place. 540222
Reposted by Jake HDead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 18/12/2025January 6th was the most dramatic part, but the real coup (and real treason) was in the fake electors scheme. The riot was only to create a sense of crisis, whereas the fake electors would directly nullify the election. 28215
Jake H @jakehufstader.bsky.social · 18/12/2025My guess on the Venezuela stuff is that the speech was an attempt at a fakeout(remember the switcharoo with the b-2s on the Iran bombing op) and that we’ll all wake up Friday morning to the news that strikes have started. But it’s trump, so who the hell knows. Gah! I hate this shit 020
Jake H @jakehufstader.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Why, oh why didn't I listen to the simpsons! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHp0...youtube.comThe Simpsons- Funniest ever about graduate studentsYouTube video by Messy 010
Reposted by Jake HRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 17/12/20252/2 "Any of the following acts, regardless of a declaration of war, shall ... qualify as an act of aggression: ... The blockade of the ports or coasts of a State by the armed forces of another State" - Definition of Aggression, United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3314 (XXIX). 11721211
Reposted by Jake HAngry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 06/12/2025*taps mic* Ahem THE US MILITARY IS NOT APOLITICAL, IT IS NONPARTISAN. BY ITS VERY EXISTENCE IT IS POLITICAL. Please disseminate to the highest levels because they still aren’t getting it That is all. Carry on. 655687
Reposted by Jake HMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Given the justification was in part because they might communicate with someone, pete could ask Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and his XO what the law of armed conflict says about that, except oops, the allies shot them dead in 1945 after a trial 432282
Reposted by Jake HRobert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 28/11/2025If domestic law wants to insist on an absolute duty of obedience, then if your commander orders you to do a war crime you are in a situation where you cannot comply with all your legal obligations (You should commit the offense of insubordination, in that situation. Not the war crime.) 1325
Reposted by Jake HMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 28/11/2025So I'm pretty sure a three star knows that an order to strike alleged combatants who are hors de combat is facially illegal, in case anyone's still having any hangups on whether Bradley needs to be in the dock after this 19938153
Reposted by Jake HJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 24/11/2025This is identical to Russia invading Ukraine. Illegally invading a country for their resources and likely killing thousands—if not more—is immoral and should not be supported by anyone with any shred of moral conscience. 683252929
Reposted by Jake Hsadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 21/11/2025TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that? We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to 5893121782
Reposted by Jake HNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 17/11/2025This is........contentious. Like, yes, there is absolutely a lot of continuity between the Roman Empire and the "Barbarian" successor states but that period of fragmentation was explicitly due to the Roman state losing its monopoly on violence and acceding to Foederati demands under duress. 716714
Reposted by Jake HCalliope @calliope5431.bsky.social · 27/10/2025No less a figure than Winston Churchill said that if Hitler had invaded Hell, he'd at least give the devil a favorable hearing in the House of Commons. 041
