My latest on rebooting Dem foreign policy, academia, and practice: open.substack.com/pub/breaking...

Feel like I’m screaming into the void regarding PRC activity in the SIC and Compact of Free Association states. America is absolutely asleep at the wheel in the region and it’s going to cost us dearly. Kilcullen’s “liminal envelopment” seems more applicable than ever.

This is Woleai. It’s an island in the Federated States of Micronesia with a population of just over 1,000 and land area of less than 2 sq miles. The highest point is just 7 feet above sea level. Yet, this tiny island is the future of US-PRC competition in the Pacific.

Trying to predict his response to something based on stated principles is an exercise in futility. Every day is a new adventure.

Oh

Ok, I know the world is scary right now, but manufacturing engineering is forever (I noted to someone they would be much more useful to the revolution as their day job then with a fire arm recently) I had never thought of the oil crisis as a major driver in production shifts in the Japan.

Supposedly IAF did a bunch of strikes earlier today and yesterday focused on hampering Iran's ability to generate BM raids (by striking launchers). The most recent wave launched from Iran compromised about 10~ BMs. While early, it seems that the IAF's efforts might have been successful.

I want to Kurilla myself

Guys it’s never been more INDOPACOVER

INDOPACOM:

I'm no radical - at least I have never thought of myself that way - but paying attention to current events and history *has* radicalized me on the question of how unsalvageably violent the American right is, as a movement and a culture. It is unsustainable to keep ignoring it.

In many ways the Colorado Rockies are America’s team in that we just had a year where things seemed historically bad with the White Sox, and we said “well at least it can’t get any worse”, and then it definitely did

Maoist Standard English Expanded Popular Front Edition is COOKING

(copy pasting my rant)I have come to conclusion most people have no idea what's going with the FFG program. First getting the basics out of the way , modifications are necessary you can't expect a USN ship to be operating on Italian equipment like USN have different radars , VLS , missiles etc (1/n)

Local media reporting that the victims appear to be two Democratic state lawmakers and a spouse. No word on injuries. This is really, really dark news to wake up to.

This video was absolutely insane to see the first time and now we have at least a dozen of these

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no kings except the fellas in the group chat

Me: “Hm I wonder where the major titanium deposits are” CIA: “would you also like to know the ore processing capacity and alloy technology status for each country as well as the financial health of the major firms and the extramarital affairs of their directors?”

I am actually doing this, it’s a great idea

Treat yourself to Aoko Aozaki antics this is so good I promise

You’d think Iran would have decided to place at least one guy in their chain of command somewhere safe after this attack started being telegraphed days ago.

This is the first time I think I've seen disinfo initiate and spread in situ like this. A random statement from a random idiot kid in a Discord server gets attributed up and up with more "official" acclaim, being reposted by bigger accounts. This claim has *no evidence whatsoever*.

oh,

A YEAR OR LESS THAN A YEAR

I hope missile city is ok that place is cool as fuck

THEY STARTED THIS BULLSHIT BECAUSE IRAN IS SUPPOSEDLY “A YEAR” FROM A NUKE?????? YOU ABSOLUTE RAT BASTARD NETANYAHU BURN IN HELL

WHERES THAT RAT FUCK TYLER AUSTIN HARPER AT?????

I guess someone has to make the joke first Sky king sky king sky king do not answer.

On this day in 1942, a young girl received a diary for her birthday. On this day in 1967, a young couple learned their marriage was legal and not unconstitutional. “In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”

Ol’ Jimmy Phelon is straight up the worst SECNAV in history and now this, I’m at my fucking limit y’all

Yeah this is actually the big one

Oh they’re actually going after the nuclear facilities

As the Middle East devolves into regional war, remember, this is literally Trump's fault. He's the single person who decided to end the Iran Nuclear deal and if he hadn't there wouldn't be war.

Oh boy here we go again (also reported by other sources)

I often feel like a rube for believing that we would (provide the support necessary to) save Ukraine too

We gave them hope and I don't blame them if they never forgive us for that

Ah yes, another SIB article featuring things that are incorrect, like one good recommendation that everyone keeps making but will never be implemented, and a complete misunderstanding of what makes SSNs different from conventional subs

I am not going to hand it to Vova here but the Russians actually did modernize their nuclear forces after the Cold War while we didn’t (our modernization is in progress but not completed)

It’s fair to say that the events of the last week have proven that the Huntington bargain, the separation of military and civilian-political spheres, is essentially dead. The military is going to be involved in domestic politics, whether it can handle that, we’re going to find out soon. My latest⬇️

This has to be the stupidest thing I have ever heard a SECNAV say. There is no fucking competition in the nuclear submarine industry because it is too fucking niche and important to play these games. There is a reason the US is the only country with TWO relatively healthy SSN building shipyards.

Considering navy leadership doesn’t seem to know what a spine or a rudder is I really shouldn’t be surprised

Shut up John and buy some goddamn ships