Reposted by Michael YoungerKing Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 3h[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never met with known Communists? [JACK SMITH]: No [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain why you texted that you were going to see the REDS in Cincinnati? [SMITH]: Uhhh 111527
Reposted by Michael YoungerMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 23hWore this tshirt yesterday and someone tried to explain it to me 3455062
Reposted by Michael YoungerSerendipity @evewrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Share an actor who nailed a role so hard that nobody else will ever be able to live up to it…youtube.comWillkommen - Cabaret (1972)YouTube video by anatomy 151
Reposted by Michael Youngerjuliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Iran war wasn’t lost in the Strait of Hormuz. It was lost in Washington: empty threats, self-dealing, purges. The administration went to war with the “Deep State” and won. Now we’re paying for that victory. On Lawfare Daily, I break it down with Natalie Orpett and @atabatabai.bsky.social.lawfaremedia.orgLawfare Daily: Iran War Update—and How We Got HereHow has the gutting of the national security apparatus in Washington affected the way the Iran war is being waged? 3215
Michael Younger @makizdat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Something dramatic but apt for the times www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKpz...youtube.comPsycho Killer - The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - BBC PromsYouTube video by UkuleleOrchestra 000
Michael Younger @makizdat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Fin de siècle America (footage taken 8 months ago) 000
Michael Younger @makizdat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026North Korea testing swarm attacks with drones and missiles. (gift article) www.wsj.com/world/north-...wsj.comNorth Korea Is Testing Swarm Attacks Mixing Drones and MissilesKim Jong Un’s regime is incorporating tactics proving successful against Western air defenses in Europe and the Middle East. 044
Michael Younger @makizdat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Interesting... wapo.st/4xLT0K2wapo.stDogs use a surprising method to understand human language, new study suggestsIn a brain activity study, dogs seemed to listen for consonants to figure out when one word ends and another begins. 000
Michael Younger @makizdat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026CNN doesn't count? Or working the problem by taking unwanted media outlets out one at a time? 000
Michael Younger @makizdat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Literally dissecting one of Russia's newest drones. Fascinating. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYaj...youtube.comWhat You Need To Know About Russia's New Geran-4 DroneYouTube video by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 001
Michael Younger @makizdat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Very interesting conversation with Robert D. Kaplan on China and America, misunderstandings, conflict, and so on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=liOP...youtube.comRobert Kaplan: Can America and China Avoid a Catastrophic Conflict?YouTube video by Charlie Rose 000
Reposted by Michael YoungerKevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 25/09/2026the biggest confession i hope ever to share on social media 9353
Reposted by Michael Youngerjuliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Also, did I mention my essay in the October edition of The Atlantic?theatlantic.comThe Wrong Kind of AmericanThe Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public. 1224
Reposted by Michael Youngerjuliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The UN: will it survive the week? My object lesson: Trump’s A.I. Force needs a logo, merch, and a motto. Semper Hallucinatus? With @scottanderson.bsky.social and Natalie Orpett:youtu.beRational Security: “The Right Kind of American for Rational Security” EditionYouTube video by Lawfare 2141
Reposted by Michael Youngerjuliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Xi comes to Washington: honor guard, state dinner, and the meds I’m on as I pray Trump doesn’t trade Taiwan for soybeans. Greenland: after months of invasion threats, a deal! We got everything we already had under a 1951 treaty, for the low low price of alienating a close ally. 2123
Reposted by Michael YoungerStars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026U.S. combat operations against Iran have reinforced the Pentagon’s appreciation for its network of bases in Europe, the American envoy to NATO said.stripes.comDOD has growing awareness that assets in Europe offer US ‘a lot,’ ambassador saysU.S. combat operations against Iran have reinforced the Pentagon’s appreciation for its network of bases in Europe, the American envoy to NATO said. 217815
Michael Younger @makizdat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is a fascinating interview, of Steve Jobs in 1981. In 1981 I was a young adult. IBM Selectrics were fancy technology. Calculators were not new but new-ish. We'd heard of PCs but they weren't widespread, and they didn't do that much. So ... wow... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbfe...youtube.comSteve Jobs Interview - 2/18/1981YouTube video by Sir Mix-A-Lot Rare Music 000
Reposted by Michael Youngerjuliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I never expected to be describing my own country. About trans people. About myself. I joined my friend Bree Fram @breefram.bsky.social on British TV to tell our stories, and warn: if you think this stops with trans people, you haven’t been paying attention.youtu.beFired trans officers warn of chaos under TrumpYouTube video by Channel 4 News 2233
Reposted by Michael YoungerKing Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Too soon www.ms.now/news/trump-f...ms.nowTrump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s TheatreThe playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW. 3113
Reposted by Michael YoungerSerendipity @evewrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In honor of the first day of fall, my favorite cover of Autumn Leaves. Eva Cassidy. ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0_EdYD1m_0youtube.comEva Cassidy - Autumn LeavesYouTube video by toekneetogo 121
Michael Younger @makizdat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I can foresee absolutely no problem arising from this technology. 000
Reposted by Michael Youngerjuliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Jake Sullivan asked what keeps me up at night. Not any single purge. It's that we're dismantling the apparatus that lets us see clearly — mid-war, and mid-competition with China. China is building capacity. We're purging the officers who spent decades watching them. 24910
Reposted by Michael YoungerBree Fram @breefram.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A Trump PAC cast me as Cyclops. They got the franchise wrong. So I fixed it. X-Men is about being hated for what you are. Trek is a future that got over it. Geordi inspired me to be an engineer and imagine a future where everyone belongs. Apparently that last part is what makes this an attack ad. 0111
Reposted by Michael Youngerjuliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The window of greatest risk runs from November 3 to January 3 — especially if the margins are close enough that the White House believes it can overturn them. I led The Steady State's latest warning assessment, and forewarned is forearmed. Proud to be a member of @thesteadystate.org.steadystate1.substack.comAccelerating Authoritarianism: A Warning Assessment Through the 2026 Midterm ElectionsEstimative Assessment — 17 September 2026 (Baseline: June 1, 2026 SITREP) 24814
Reposted by Michael Youngerjuliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yes, it can happen here. We applied the same tradecraft CIA uses to assess a foreign government. American democracy is deteriorating faster than it was in June — the shift this summer is from punishing individuals to intervening in the machinery of the November midterms. 23211
Reposted by Michael YoungerChris Hind @hindchristopher.bsky.social · 20/09/2026315 AD. The Emperor Constantine secures overwatch positions for snipers to control the streets of Rome. 062
Reposted by Michael YoungerBree Fram @breefram.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Fifteen years ago, the person on the left could barely conceive of the person in the middle. Five years ago, the person in the middle could not have imagined the panel on the right. Or that she would be considered a liability to be purged. breefram.substack.com/p/hold-the-d...breefram.substack.comHold the DoorFifteen years after the DADT repeal, I’m writing from the other side. 1144
Reposted by Michael YoungerCaroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026According to data from July, about half of Texas’s rural hospitals are at risk of closure. Meanwhile Texas is building ~300 data centers to add to the 300 it already has. One would be forgiven for feeling like we’re not quite pouring our energy and capital into solving the problems in front of us. 12211
Michael Younger @makizdat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Take a moment from this crazy day to enjoy this lovely story: (gift article) wapo.st/4roaN8rwapo.stScientists heard a knock at the door. It was a pelican in need of help.“This is kind of just a once-in a-lifetime experience,” said marine researcher Annsli Hilton. 055
Reposted by Michael YoungerGilly @gillyarcht.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I had no idea people had survived. ‘passengers and crew leapt from the flaming wreckage, some from parts of the ship that were still around 30 feet from the ground. Astonishingly, 62 of the 97 on board survived’ www.wsj.com/arts-culture...wsj.com‘Shadow Before the Flame’ Review: When the Airship ExplodedThe Hindenburg catastrophe marked the end of Zeppelins’ mastery of the sky. 1107
Reposted by Michael YoungerSerendipity @evewrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026People are putting their canceling energy in the wrong place. Ed Sheeran is an easy target with little clout in the grand scheme. I want to see the same vitriol directed at members of the House, Senate and Supreme Court who are passively supporting suffering, injustice and harm to the environment. 051
Michael Younger @makizdat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Beyond parody: This is a screen capture directly from Trump’s TruthSocial page — 000
Michael Younger @makizdat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Photo seen on FB. Seems like an apt response to today’s apocal— um, news. 010
Michael Younger @makizdat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026By the way, if you happen to have a million F-35 spare parts laying around in your garage, you might want to let the contractor know: 100
