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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Hey friendos, I’ll be on CNN tonight (March 5) with Laura Coates at 11:40 PM Eastern time to discuss drone warfare, how the US copied the Shahed drone, and how Ukraine might be able to help the Gulf states. 🇺🇦 I’d love to have you there for moral support. ❤️

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Can we get Rage Against the Machine out of retirement please? The country needs your services.

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We’re now a Substack community of more than 4,000 readers, thinkers, analysts, and curious folks who want to understand this messy world better. With another 50,000 on Medium and 116,000 on YouTube, we’ve built a small army together. I’m grateful for every single one of you. 🙏 #happythanksgiving

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I can’t describe how humbling this feels. 100k in a year is mind blowing 🙏 Thank you

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Stumbled on this old photo. What a handsome young man! Crack shot too. Could shoot the lips off a cockroach at 300 meters.

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I’ve heard some bad journalism lately on AI in warfare so I set out to write a primer that would clarify a few things. If you’re interested in this stuff, have a look: open.substack.com/pub/wesodonn...

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AI in Warfare: What You Need to Know in 2025

Let's get smarter about AI in warfare

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Have an exceptional Independence Day friends 🇺🇸🇺🇦

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I’m at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC today and I was “dad-splaining” to my son how during the last Ice Age there was a land bridge that connected continental Asia to Japan. A docent asked me if I was a geologist. Then my son just bumped into @neildegrassetyson.com in the elevator.

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

BAM! Juris Doctor! Euphoria of achieving a long-term goal realized.

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Kids, it’s true. In the early 2000s, text messages used to cost us 10 cents per text.

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Me on Day 1 of Spring Break trying to WRITE with 6 other humans in the house.

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Germany’s proposal of a drone wall around NATO, including through Ukraine, is more revolutionary than we might think. Imagine a flying, thinking, AI-powered minefield that attacks Russian tanks as soon as they roll across the border. #technology #ukraine #ukrainewar

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Germany Calls For a Drone Wall on NATO’s Eastern Flank

Including across Ukraine. But how would it work?

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Putin had a bad day. 😢 Russian losses in the last 24 hours: 1,280 men 8 tanks 16 AFVs 81 artillery (this seems like a lot. They must be counting mortars also) 5 MLRS 1 air defense system 4 (!) helicopters 1 Su-25 fighter 146 UAVs

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Whether Yeti planned this or not, I’m kind of digging their new seasonal colors 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 #ukraine #slavaukraini

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

The tree voted for the axe because its handle was made of wood.

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I just received this message from a YouTube subscriber and I agree with his sentiment 🇺🇦

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

A patriot is proud of his country because of what it does. A nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does.

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Who needs the Veteran Crisis Line to be staffed, anyway. Gotta save those precious federal dollars. [Sarcasm]

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

End the war within 24 hours? The Russians don’t seem to think so. #ukraine

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Just to be clear, what’s happening right now is illegal. A private citizen, who has not been appointed or elected, has your social security number, bank account number. We’re watching a coup like we’re in a daze. Where are the courts? Where is Congress? Why hasn’t this person been arrested?

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Canada and Mexico just announced retaliatory tariffs. Gas, cars and car parts, food, and clothing are about to get a lot more expensive in the US. Boy, we sure are making America great again, aren’t we?

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy Christmas, friends 🎄❤️

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Keep Ukraine 🇺🇦 top of mind please. This is our fight too. Watch the full video at my YT channel: youtube.com/@wesodonnellx @bsky.app #ukraine

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Wow, Daily Mail, that must be quite a blast.

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

30K in two months!? THANK YOU to my amazing YouTube subscribers stateside and international who hate authoritarians as much as I do. ❤️🇺🇦 Your support means more than you know.

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

My dog pets other dogs… and it kind of freaks them out. 😂

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I saw a hilarious post on Substack that said “Too bad Jeffrey Epstein is dead because he could have been attorney general.” 😂

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Just a final glance at the sun before it dips below the horizon for the last time this year (I’m in Michigan). This winter will be dark, cold, and for many… bitter. Especially in January. Shot on an iPhone 14 Pro. 📸

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I feel like @bsky.app is our little secret. Where my MAGA relatives can’t find me and I have the freedom to be myself.

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Wes O’Donnell @wesodonnell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I’m obsessed with the #Swedish “tradition” Fika. 🇸🇪 Sometimes spontaneous, sometimes scheduled, I like to do 10am and 3pm. Put the screens away, grab some friends, colleagues, or family. Make some dark coffee and grab a sugary pastry. And then celebrate living.

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