I'm still upset nobody gave a shit about this joke

When life gives you crayons, draw a beam director

In today's edition of Laser Wars: Chariot Defense founder and CEO Adam Warmoth talks directed energy, expeditionary power, and what your Tesla has in common with a laser weapon www.laserwars.net/p/how-to-pow...

Rolling into Monday like

Must-read from @yappelbaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Free idea: The New York Review of Newsletters

The 30 Rockification of life continues unabated techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/f...

My wife: Jared, why is there a copy of 'The Wretched of the Earth' in our guest bathroom? Me: It's a reminder to visitors to ... (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) ... leave the Fanon

I just realized I have no idea who to text this to who will appreciate it and now I'm just sad

Using Foucault to test facial recognition tech is *so* funny and all, but using Las Meninas would have been a REAL deep cut

I am both most unqualified and most ridiculous, and I volunteer as tribute

Anyone have a Politico Europe Pro account and feeling generous?

My incredible wife got me the vanity license plate to match my Substack for my birthday 🥰

The only thing Facebook is good for now is resurfacing old photos from 20 years ago that definitely do NOT belong on Facebook

My incredible wife got me the vanity license plate to match my Substack for my birthday 🥰

Happy Pride!

The fact that diamonds are being used to cool AI data centers and NOT for laser weapons like 'Congo' promised is one of the most significant bummers of my lifetime

The funniest part of ‘Thunderbolts’ is the closing credits

Welcome to the Laser Wars

With the Vox Media and BuzzFeed sales I guess I should finally start shopping my memoir …

Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (1/95)

HELIOS RISING

NEW: Mark your calendars! “We now have a suite of directed energy products that go from low-end to high-end, and now we have to scale production of those, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)) Emil Michael told lawmakers last week. www.laserwars.net/p/us-militar...

It’s interesting how much time they spent pursuing laser weapons that were pure science fiction before settling on (and abandoning) using lasers to merely manufacture other weapons.

NEW: How the Aum Shinrikyo sect behind the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack undertook a years-long global quest to acquire laser technology www.laserwars.net/p/aum-shinri...

We've come a long way in 15 years

NEW: How the Aum Shinrikyo sect behind the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack undertook a years-long global quest to acquire laser technology www.laserwars.net/p/aum-shinri...

"'Lurking in the group chat' is the cuck chair of homosocial intimacy" - me, texting my bros just minutes ago

With the Vox Media and BuzzFeed sales I guess I should finally start shopping my memoir …

NEW: Operation Epic Fury may have strengthened the case for directed energy weapons, but the US Navy’s dream of putting “a laser on every ship” may take significantly longer than expected to realize www.laserwars.net/p/navy-battl...

I have MANY thoughts on this .... www.axios.com/2026/05/19/b...

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Thanks to @cathrinschaer.bsky.social for the interview and shoutout in her great @deutschewelle.dw.com story on laser weapons! www.dw.com/en/china-us-...

You guys are laughing at Trump but it turns out Xi was just trying to set up an all-time "Thuydideez Nuts" joke

lol. lmfao even

'Home Alone' but they forget Elon in Beijing

Sometime when I'm exhausted from work I like to log onto X as Laser Wars, search for "laser weapon," and quote tweet the dumbest directed energy analysis on the planet

Feeling cute, might blog about military exoskeletons

Just got served a core Facebook Memory from *20 years ago* and I have never felt older

1. Cut a hole in a box 2. Put your drones in that box www.twz.com/news-feature...

NEW: Three laser weapons. Two geopolitical blocs. One customer. I took a deep look at the United Arab Emirates's expanding laser weapon arsenal, the accelerating wave of adoption surrounding it, and what it all means for the global directed energy arms race www.laserwars.net/p/military-l...

"Before he ran moguls, he ran Mosul. And Ramadi, Tikrit and Baghdad" remains an all-time great line. From this 2018 @aarongell.bsky.social gem for @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/history/paul...

All hail @maxuf.bsky.social lexipandell.substack.com/p/the-other-...

I guess you could call this week's bonus edition of Laser Wars ... (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) ... explosive? www.laserwars.net/p/air-force-...

I guess you could call this week's bonus edition of Laser Wars ... (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) ... explosive? www.laserwars.net/p/air-force-...

'The X-ification of Y' is my least favorite Substack headline trend

That sound you hear is a subreddit of keyboard warriors gearing up for battle

Evergreen

NEW: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says that the Pentagon plans on buying “tens to hundreds” of directed energy weapons like high-energy laser systems in the coming years — the beginning of what we calls a “strong and consistent demand signal" www.laserwars.net/p/us-militar...

Reading old Economist laser weapon coverage and getting comma-induced vertigo