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Alex

@zerotense.bsky.social
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Native Texan. Cherokee half-breed. Pedant. I vow to post more interesting things.

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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.lonestarleft.com/p/columbus-d...
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Why is this being allowed to proceed??
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
lol Jesus Christ
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That was his last hurrah
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
The Strait of Hormuz has given Tehran a better trump card. It is far more useful for them than having a nuclear weapon. And I think this will have long-term strategic effects. After the revolution, Iran looked much more towards the Mediterranean, the Levant, the Syrian axis, the Hezbollah axis, Israel. Yet the two recent wars have shown the Iranian leadership that their real strength lies in the Gulf. By contrast, in the Levant they had to make a lot of sacrifices without much concrete success. So I think there is going to be a reorientation of their grand strategy, and this will have implications for Hezbollah, for Israel. Ironically, this is very reminiscent of the Shah. His primary interest was in becoming the big honcho in the Gulf, and maybe also the Indian Ocean. He was building up a large navy and taking over uninhabited islands in the Gulf. The current regime has basically ended up in the same position. I’m not sure how much this has been conceptualized, but that is the logic of what is unfolding.
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/why-ame...
But even as the country’s economic situation is getting worse, Iran’s leadership remains better able to resist the coercive effects of sanctions than it might appear. The state of the economy is not yet impinging on Iran’s ability to wage war. Stockpiles of various goods remain deep, thanks to years of sanctions experience. And the Iranian state, with its powerful repressive tools, has figured out how to offload much of the economic pain onto ordinary Iranians while making sure its own needs are met. Trump’s approach, in other words, can certainly immiserate most of the country’s people. But it cannot successfully strangle the Islamic Republic itself.
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
lol
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
lol what am I missing here
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I have been wondering for awhile now if the US military is at all ready for an enemy capable of fighting with sophisticated drone tactics. A couple of reports suggest that the answer may be no. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
At least two dead, who knows how many wounded, in this round alone, for a deal broken by a deluded and narcissistic moron and his groveling flunkies. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
okay but to be fair it should have stuck
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
FIFA's chip-o-meter showing the definitive touch of the ball by the Croatian player
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Facing Up to the Horrors of the Mỹ Lai Massacre - jacobin.com/2026/04/my-l...
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
This is incredible
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Incredible, but not at all surprising. www.cbsnews.com/news/lebanon...
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This?
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Interesting. Wonder where both parties got the "impression" that Lebanon was part of the ceasefire??
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I'm really enjoying how American media treats this like a he said she said when the Pakistanis have literally said we agreed to a cessation of hostilities in Lebanon.
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
No one should be misunderstanding Trump's base at this point.
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is a very funny quote from McKennie
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Literally all of your mentions about Sudan are in the context of arguing with people about Gaza. One might almost think that you care about that particular genocide only for it's usefulness as a rhetorical device.
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
How dearly we could use some of Sagan's wisdom right now.
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This seems bad.
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Embarrassing reply, just like this one
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
You used less big words here
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/why-esc...
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
amwaj.media/en/article/d...
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsesh...
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
You should read the whole thing:
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Does this sound like somebody who should be taken seriously anywhere, ever?
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
lol entirely unsurprising
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
It's interesting how *right now* it's very important to you for everyone to know how clever and well-informed you are
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I was going to read this 1998 piece by Anne Lamott after a recommendation by a blogger I follow but yeah, this ain't gonna do it
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
We've spent almost a week complaining about the unnatural heat for the holidays so of course, to punish us for our insolence, Mother Nature sends the strongest cold front she can muster.
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
lol omg
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Alex @zerotense.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
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