if nobody knows how to use a semicolon then you can just use it whenever; who's gonna stop you?

'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance, well, they can be my friends in other contexts

This Plan Zed can't possibly fail

"Ukraine’s OWA drone campaign shows that key assumptions about the strategic impact of drones – that they are too vulnerable and too small to impose costs at the strategic level – do not apply across the entire spectrum of uncrewed systems." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I mean this is bad but we had the tide pod challenge like 8 years ago so

So kind of like a video essay but written down?

we shamed people for wearing socks and sandals and now we live with the consequences

it's not a political thing I'm just that bad at dancing

you can't make it through a paradox game without loading up a save 18 times but you're going to win money betting on actual politics suuuure

I feel that the Permanent Apportionment Act capping the number of House seats has become a hindrance

Who could've guessed that either being fired or watching friends and family get fired would upset Virginians

Edward Said's The Mummy

In Greece he's actually called Bruno Ares

Been watching an Adam Curtis series

It's been a stressful time let me unwind by trying some funny light comedies with zany premises

I'm hoping investment in VR for video games won't decline now that Facebook figured out that the metaverse/mass corporate adoption isn't happening

"For states that are economically dependent on the fossil fuel industry or similar industries with large and flammable facilities, an OWA drone campaign can threaten key revenue streams" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Any remake of Assassin's Creed 4 should retain the modern day sections

Weird amount of media citing a linkedin post I made months ago making fun of the Pentagon pizza index

In Dr. Ash Rossiter and my 2024 article "A one-way attack drone revolution? Affordable mass precision in modern conflict" we show that OWA drones like Iran's Shahed-136 are more successful than expected. You can read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

is there a reason we capped the number of congressional Representatives? seems like it causes a lot of problems

Not sure where this is going except to say ‘we are screwed’

This is an excellent opportunity to bring back the term Shanghaied

The Google Gemini marketing team trying to think of cool stuff to do with ai

A nice new years gift, my article "Precise Mass in Action: Assessing Ukraine’s One-Way Attack Drone Campaign" passed 5,000 views! thanks to everyone who gave it a look

"don't know much about Yemen, or where it is, or who runs it, but here's what the recent tension means for the internationa-"

yes I’m happy to clarify. when I do it it’s called discourse. when you do it it’s running off at the mouth all wild style and whatnot. these are just technical terms

The answer on Saudi’s willingness to use military force is, from what I’ve been hearing, a ‘yes’. The main barrier is the National Shield commander’s unwillingness. As long as the NS refuses the idea, they are the single most important obstacle to/prevention of, direct conflict with the STC.

Adam Curtis documentaries in like 15 years

just learned gamefly still exists. It hasn't failed us we failed it

The incitement against the Sana'a Center is atrocious

Airwars has done some great work over the past few years and this is no exception 👇

I was recently invited on Yemen Today TV's Third Dimension for an in-depth discussion of the impact of the Gaza ceasefire on Yemen youtu.be/PsQ8-BSqLmY?...

actually, I think you'll find that you have *fewer* reasons than ever to maintain our friendship

OWA drones are everyone's problem:

It's probably not more relevant today than when it came out

Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. After a longer-than-expected hiatus due to other obligations, Nick's Yemen Roundup is back with a rundown of the most important events in and around Yemen for the past month. Check it out!

June 2022, was I right? www.thedailybeast.com/vladimir-put...

slightly late to the party on this but I've been watching the sopranos and it's pretty good

I'm sure these aren't the only two examples, but in the case of "Almost Cut My Hair" by CSNY and "Going to Georgia" by the Mountain Goats the songwriters both said it was one of their more immature songs but nonetheless are pretty popular with their respective fanbases.

Don't lecture me about insurgencies if you haven't read the foundational literature

In a world obsessed with Israeli airstrikes, in this piece I argue that you're never going to contain the Houthis without a stronger IRG And that's going to require addressing deep obstacles to the flow and distribution of Yemen's hydrocarbon wealth

I like Alien Earth but I'm still confused by the headlines comparing it to Andor a few weeks ago. It's only like Andor in that it's pretty good. It's more like Blade Runner vs Akira vs Alien vs Predator

don't fall for the pizza index