DoD already has reporters abiding by these rules- they’re called Public Affairs troops. VP would know something about it.

This point needs to be made again and again: There is a well-established body of domestic and international law regarding armed conflict, and those Navy officers who are in command of these operations should be quite concerned about the strong possibility of personal liability re these attacks.

Honestly it never went away

Call it out and codify it

Something the right has developed a message for that the left hasn’t (as witnessed by this post) is the quest for meaning and community. Perhaps the first time in human history that ~30% of us are irreligious, and the folks saying just to fucking figure it out won’t win any arguments.

Psalm 33:12’s inclusion is plain Christian nationalism

I've seen articles on the NDS that say China/INDOPACOM is still the priority and it's probably wishful thinking but I hope they're true because it's the last hope of having a disagree-with-but-within-normalish-bounds defense policy.

One could ask if freedom of navigation is also collapsing

Rumors of “spheres of influence” demise have been greatly exaggerated

1) I hope this factors into strategy i.e. Taiwan; ‘I am very patient and China is very patient’ 2) seems like an indicator of some real gilded age inequality that this is a reoccurring line of thinking among these people

William Wolfe, head of Center for Baptist Leadership (an American Reformer project), speaking now. “If we want to make America great again, we have to make America Christian again … and we must reawaken political Protestantism.”

US factory construction continues steadily declining as CHIPS & IRA projects either complete or cancel—in official data released today, overall US manufacturing construction activity is down 7% compared to last year & electronics/electrical manufacturing construction is down 14%

From my dissertation. "Extremism attracts people who abhor uncertainty, but if they stop feeling uncertainty, they will be less motivated to engage with extremism. For an extremist movement to endure over time, it must promise closure with one hand and take it away with the other."

This is how LLMs work- the title of the work and the webpage URL are completely fabricated. If they did, like, 4 more seconds of validating they would be able to find the work they were looking for; the content, reference article, and even the website it based its response on are all real.

I’ve been trying to think about Trump trade policy in a way that assesses what their end goal is for the global economic system. I’m now inclined to look at these moves as a retroactive justification of the corporate tax cuts, and an attempt to make it politically harder to reverse in the future.

Over/under on “heritage” being featured?

It seems the quest for freedom “from” (regulation, in this case) often leaves a vacuum that will be filled by entities who will inevitably stifle freedom “to”.

This is very close to a Teddy Roosevelt quote that I have been trying to remember the source for years

And it is imperative that military commanders involved in these actions, willingly or not, demand a contrast to this and make it clear to their subordinates the oath they swore

This comes in the midst of the US relaxing chip export controls as a part of trade negotiations, and not long after potential backdoors found in Chinese-produced solar equipment… oof

This is dispiriting because who else, if not a 4 star, is better positioned to press for strategic clarity when there is none?

Every educator in this reply section has students that use AI. If they’re not willing to see the utility it has and actively shape how their students use it, then their own interest in learning has passed. And who wants to learn from someone like that anyway?

“Some committed educators have chosen to reject generative AI for its ethical, environmental, and economic consequences, but ignoring this technology will neither halt its spread nor shield our discipline and students from its reach.” You can find “some committed educators” in the post below.

India is beginning to question the value of its strategic alignment with Washington – and the United States has only itself to blame.

UK academics studying topics sensitive to China face harassment, survey finds

In this incident, netizens expressed frustration over cultural mislabeling, responding with sarcasm and anger. It also raises deeper questions about Chinese cultural identity, showing how a simple food video can spark heated comments amplified by an algorithmic echo chamber. (6/6)

You can’t solve a broken childcare system with a few tax credits that don’t even reach those who need them most. @suzmkahn.bsky.social & @lbilik.bsky.social argue It’s time to treat childcare as the public good it is and build a system that works for everyone. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Do Markets Value Fed Independence? An Event Study.

How Britain privatised itself into failure Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong Review by John Cole @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Incredibly annoying, as the US-made boots (Belleville) fucking suck

Has the consumer experienced comparable gains in convenience or function as a result of these profits? (Nope)

This a-cappella rendition of a popular Ukrainian love song became an instant hit. In all my years on this earth I haven’t seen 🇺🇦 culture as vibrant as it is now. #StandWithUkraine

Their recent interview with Yascha Mounk touched on the importance of economies of scale to support living standards; the inference is applied to populations, but more convincing is that this movement is to support business’ reliance on current growth. Musk just paid them to dress up the messaging.

Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich

This article about rewilding is great until one realizes that these places are all private. A person has to pay - sometimes a lot - to visit them. Public lands in public hands. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

These comments as evidence the international order is toast; question is, will the ethnonationalists or the technocrats have dibs over what’s next

Sir, your pivot, it is very sick

Liberals have also shirked from this view the last ~20yrs; while not intended, moral relativism and intersectionality have left little room for social obligation and community. Even ‘abundance’ discourse lacks a social component.

“This proposal would effectively price most Americans out of their constitutional rights,” the letter says. “It threatens to shut the courthouse doors to nonprofits, small businesses, and indiv's unable to post potentially millions – or even billions – of $$ in bond just to stop gov't overreach.” /2

#civmilsky We've been in a civ-mil crisis for a long time, and we can't be lulled into complacency just because none of the previous incidents has ballooned into total catastrophe.

New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays. Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn. arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...

This is a habitat for humanity crew. Setting that aside, a bunch of bs users who’ve never stepped foot on a jobsite with their disparaging commentary on a 60 second clip should probably stay in their lane

"The Army of the future must find mechanisms for fine-tuning foundation models that will become ubiquitous across the force," writes CSIS's Benjamin Jensen. "The ideal location to this end already exists: military education." Read more:

John Locke on the "Right to Resist": If a government becomes tyrannical and violates the people's rights, they have the right to resist. Only the people can judge whether resistance is justified, not the authorities against which they are rebelling. #Booksky bsky.app/profile/germ...

🛞 Here comes the very serious explanation: the real reason Russia lost a large part of its strategic aviation is that, over the last three years, they got too lazy to properly cover their aircraft fuselages with tires.

In the same 24 hour period Russia broke its own record by blindly hurling 472 Shahed drones at Ukrainian cities for no tactical purpose beyond terror and pain, and Ukraine executed a carefully planned infiltration strike decimating Russian strategic aviation. Draw your own conclusions.

Ukrainian security service sources tell @financialtimes.com the agency is conducting "a large-scale special operation to destroy enemy bomber aircraft" deep inside Russia. "SBU drones are targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." Claims 40 aircraft have been hit.