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This is worth reading.

As AI capabilities spread, the balance between states and small groups is shifting. The implications could challenge long-standing assumptions about security.

Increasingly autonomous weapons will not just be for nation states. Terrorists will use them as well - and will likely make use of opensource and open weight models to do so. warontherocks.com/2026/03/ai-a...

Click, click, click.

Absolutely worth a read.

New CNN polling: Most Americans see an immigration officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good as an inappropriate use of force. Roughly half view it as a sign of broader issues with the way ICE is operating, w/under 1/3 saying that ICE operations have made cities safer. www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/p...

More reporting about this please

This data is reliable.

I know Bluesky is still not foreign policy / national security central, but for those of us involved in CT land, this is some mind-blowing stuff right here. Lots of ISIS dudes rolling over in their graves right now.

Corruption. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Awful and unacceptable. www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...

Political violence is unacceptable. Full stop.

What a shitshow. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I have deep respect for West Point, having taught there for four years. These days, they are not living up to their principles.

If you don't test your AI at the bar, does it even count?

Since security guarantees are back in discussion, for those interested in the requirements, tasks, and what a European deterrence force might look like - check out this piece from back in March with Jack Watling. warontherocks.com/2025/03/will...

Awful.

I had the luck to edit this back in the day. Lots of really valuable information in here - definitely worth the read.

This undermines U.S. national security. I taught in SOSH & was always proud of USMA's willingness to stand up to political pressure. The institution protected our independence and thereby the quality of the education we provided cadets. Politicizing education and our military is garbage.

I don’t know if @jmberger.com will be right or wrong, but he’s thought about this as much as anyone.

This is a critical story, with implications far beyond Ukraine. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

In the wake of the Texas floods, some self-described veterans have seemingly lost their minds and are attacking weather radars. But a reminder that there are far more veterans continuing their service in this moment. teamrubiconusa.org/news-and-sto...

Monarchies are authoritarian states with better branding.

Turns out AI Safety matters. Cinder's customers - you've heard of them - use our product to do stuff like: remove CSAM, identify nation-states, prevent customer service chatbots from going nazi on diverse customer bases, comply with sanctions law. Almost like its just good, basic business practice.

I have questions.

The broader context here matters. Society writ large. Has not yet established who is ultimately responsible for mitigating different types of AI risk. Foundation model developers are offering an answer - that largely (but not completely) focuses on catastrophic risks. 1/n

This is a really important point.

The Los Angeles situation creates a prime opportunity for disinformation designed to increase tension and both incite and justify, violence. These messages will likely target both supporters and opponents of ICE raids and Trump. Beware your own confirmation bias; it will be used against you. 1/2

Trump / Elon split is entertaining I guess, but the entire thing reflects a travesty for our democracy and society more generally. It reifies undermining the rule-of-law and the notion that individuals rather than predictable systems drive value, contracting, and democracy. Watch, but don't cheer.

Bill Braniff is a dedicated public servant dedicated to preventing terrorism with means-tested tools that respect and protect the liberties of all Americans. He built a program that has delivered real results. I don't know anything about Fugate, but I know he could have learned a lot from Bill.

Good read, tho imo @jacobware.bsky.social & Zolyniak understate Mangione's intent to catalyze support for violence. May not meet "coerce" standard & perhaps reinforces that it is counterproductive to prosecute as terrorism, but places the attack in the frame under traditional terrorism definitions.

Yikes.

This is a journalism fail more than an AI fail. You have to think about AI as a smart 8th grader - capable of doing many useful things, but also prone to really bad decisions. Use, don't trust, and verify.

Bomb in Palm Springs. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/u...

Giving political donors “dedicated VIP experiences” with the US military is not only corrupt, it will damagingly make Americans think of our military as partisan. Congress should prevent this.

Makes me want to go back to school.

How long has TM been used? Who suggested it? Was this a DOGE efficiency play? What was the security vetting process like? Who did it? Did USG layer any additional security protocols on top that other users did not? www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

I’m working on a performance art LinkedIn post about this article. Please do not disturb me while I work. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/h...

This is a good read, but it is totally and completely unsurprising that these forums exist. If there is one lesson I learned following digital communities, it is that there is ALWAYS a private chat that is more important than its public reflections. www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

You can't make this up.

Satire is good. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...

This is worth reading. As a Professor at West Point, I assigned some of the most important & noxious jihadi propaganda as part of classes on terrorism & the Islamic State of Iraq. It would have been an educational and military failure if I didn’t. Will say more on this later.

Huh

This is a mistake that makes America weaker and gives our enemies open running lanes to undermine US interests.

Since 9/11, one of the great failures of public discourse has been allowing the word “terrorist” to be used as an amorphous derogatory slur that connotes unsavory violence rather than a word with a precise denotation.

And that was not a foul.

That was a clean block.

This is worth tracking.

Apparently 4chan was hacked. Could get interesting if (when) we find that Opsec was poor. news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4369...