I really loved interviewing @edsbs.bsky.social about being too niche for Vox Media and casually raising $1 million and counting to support refugees, and I REALLY love this illustration. @newap-georgia.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social

I love Tokyo's trains but it really is a superb walking city and I will walk rather than train whenever time permits.

We are Virginia Tech Ut Prosim

Okay CTA. This is a good sign.

Did you know our very own Virginia Tech Helmet Lab has helped set the safety standards for over 12 different sports by developing helmet ratings? Whether you ski, play football, or ride a bike, the STAR rating system protects your head while you do it. ⭐️

Alliance drift can be just as strategically valuable as alliance collapse. China is playing the long game.

Here is what is up

This is why I love college sports. The Indiana marching band playing the LOTR Isengard theme on defense is cooler than anything you'll get on a stadium PA. Elevates the moment.

Reinventing Construction Safety: Dr. Barry Miller on the Virginia Tech Helmet Ratings Could a simple helmet upgrade reduce your skull fracture risk by 66%? In this episode of Talk the TAUC, host Kirk Westwood sits down with Dr. Barry Miller, Senior Director of Outreach and Business Development at

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Dang this city has the best light shows in the world. Busan pulls off one of these fully-animated drone shows every single week.

JR East on Saturday started operating trains decorated with designs of two past Yamanote Line models, ahead of the 100th anniversary of the line's circular operation on Nov. 1.

Watching this VT-South Carolina game and imagining how cool it would be at either of these teams’ home stadiums

I guess that's why you don't wear a tunic as a jersey

I've only just started this, but it's interesting. "AN ANALYSIS OF THE SYSTEMIC SECURITY WEAKNESSES OF THE U.S. NAVY FLEET BROADCASTING SYSTEM, 1967-1974, AS EXPLOITED BY CWO JOHN WALKER" irp.fas.org/eprint/heath...

“It takes the women in the refugee camps anywhere from two to six months to embroider a single obi,” says Maki Yamamoto, a Tokyo native who spearheaded a project to combine Japanese kimono with Palestinian artistry.

🆕 Planning for the Unthinkable: the targeting strategies of nuclear-armed states Intense secrecy around nuclear targeting means that most individuals—including lawmakers—do not have much understanding of how fateful decisions about what to target during wartime are made.

As the U.S. and others struggle to confront AI-driven disinformation, Taiwan’s resilience has become its latest key export.

With climate change having a detrimental effect on mikan production, some Japanese farmers are turning to an unlikely alternative: avocados.

Leaders keep calling for America to rebuild its arsenal of democracy. But how can it actually be done? warontherocks.com/20...

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This account just posts food at British football stadiums and it's the most upsetting shit I've ever seen

🏈 TONIGHT IN BLACKSBURG 🏈 Lane Stadium This one’s been a long time coming, and we guarantee you can probably predict at least one song in tonight’s setlist. 😉 A warm welcome to Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies, who will take the field first. #M72VirginiaTech is tonight’s tag. #M72 #MetOnTour

Is there anything Trump can offer Kim Jong-un that Putin can't? @csis.org @sydseiler.bsky.social

South Korea's templestay programmes are a must-do when visiting the country. I stayed at Baekyangsa last night, and my goodness, was it beautiful.

What do you do when your city sits in the path of a predicted 31-meter tsunami? For the city of Shimoda, it's not a question of "if," but "when."

Now THIS is a movie poster.

Thirty Years Ago: Oral History of Pro Wrestling’s 1995 Excursion into North Korea - Sports Illustrated (Muhammad Ali was there) www.si.com/extra-mustar...

With their 10th and final pick of the weekend, the Eagles selected Virginia Tech edge rusher Antwaun Powell-Ryland. ⬇️

Dorian Strong NFL Draft 2025 Scouting Report for Buffalo Bills CB https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/2066/ The Buffalo Bills selected Virginia Tech CB Dorian Strong with the No. 177 overall pick in the 2025…

Commanders got a Hokie! Jaylin Lane should be a nice depth addition to the slot.

The pick is in: #Jaguars select Bhayshul Tuten, RB, Virginia Tech at 104th overall in the 2025 NFL Draft (via @guslogue.bsky.social)

Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival. www.ourhealthroi.com

⚡️ Japan to provide Ukraine with geospatial intelligence, media reports. Japan's Kyushu University Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS) has agreed to provide Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, Intelligence Online magazine reported.

Outstanding new @joelivre.bsky.social @apln.network report out today on evolving 🇰🇷 & 🇯🇵 perspectives toward deterrence and extended deterrence! We will be planning events around this report - stay tuned! cc @nktpnd.bsky.social @jennytown.bsky.social @kellygrieco.bsky.social @andrewfutter.bsky.social

Your 2025 EDSBS Charity Bowl grand total is $1,370,251. #CharitibundiBowl

The second major meteor shower of the year starts today and peaks on the night of April 21–22. Here’s everything you need to know to watch it and the many other showers that will appear in 2025.

In our magazine: As a gun-loving generation passes, we’re facing a wave of unwanted weapons. For some, there are just too many to house. For others, there’s simply no interest.

Sounds like healthcare. Despite nearly doubling its shipbuilding budget over the last 2 decades, the U.S. Navy hasn’t increased its number of ships. U.S. Navy Shipbuilding Is Consistently Over Budget and Delayed Despite Billions Invested in Industry www.gao.gov/blog/u.s.-na...

Actually, flip the headline. It's really "How the Federal Government Became so Dependent on Universities." These competitively awarded, peer reviewed research grants produce tremendous returns on investment. New tech, health, science that benefit all people & businesses in the USA & world.

Nando's has a 32,000 piece collection of South African art that it displays in its restaurants around the world. It's rare to find such a positive corporate story, but the artists I spoke to who sell work every few months to the chain said it was a big reason they could be full-time artists

Fun data point, we didn’t use Twitter once and raised more money than ever this year

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I've had to talk in public about AI recently, for reasons I barely understand. I always ask, "raise your hand if you've read something funny created by AI?" No one does. That's because AI is inherently a mediocrity machine. It tries to find the middle of everything. It might be fine but never good.