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Pentagon chief orders removal of gay icon Harvey Milk’s name from US Navy ship, report says. The decision comes during LGBTQ WorldPride month u.afp.com/SGN2

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I wrote about the 23-year-old crypto bro with effectively no relevant work experience, who @alondra.bsky.social revealed is sitting in meetings, not paying attention, and then giving the thumbs up/thumbs down on whether they can get their NSF grants...

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I understand everyone has a lot on their social catastrophe plates, I do too. But the colonial evisceration of Tibet is proceeding apace and it deserves more attention

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Good piece of analysis here. Pakistan “fired a significant number of PL-15 air-to-air missiles from either J-10CE and/or potentially JF-17 fighters, as well as a number of HQ-9 long range [SAMs]…Indian Air Force was consistently able to penetrate Pakistani air defences” www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

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The U.S. Department of Energy is poised to lose thousands of employees this year through early buyouts and other mechanisms, but the cuts are heavier in certain offices. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/Rz1L50W2izG Writer: James Downing

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Philippines and EU to set up security and defence dialogue, foreign minister Enrique Manalo says – Reuters: ‘during the visit to Manila of EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas’

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Just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has ever been captured by photo or video images, a new study finds. Experts say global policymakers should bear the study’s findings in mind, including those governing high seas fisheries, deep-sea mining, and the use of marine carbon dioxide sequestration systems.

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“To deny the reality of dying children not only insults the memory of children starving to death in Sudan and Yemen and Afghanistan; it also insults the intelligence of Americans.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...

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striking how many people are committed to a totally zero sum view of the world

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Feature your indie press opportunities monthly for £3 and give back—33% of fees support our #BrokenSpineAward Fundraiser, raising £5000 for a poetry award next year: thebrokenspine.co.uk...

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If even a fraction of this is true, it’s a remarkable achievement & a mark of how far Ukr deep strike has come. ‘An operation by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has hit ‘more than 40" Russian bombers at air bases “in the rear of the Russian Federation”…’ kyivindependent.com/enemy-bomber...

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Chinese government sets up international mediation body in Hong Kong – Reuters: ‘leader John Lee said earlier this week, […] that it’s status would be on par with the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration of the United Nations in The Hague.’

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One of Ukraine’s most successful strikes deep inside Russia might be happening right now. New footage reportedly shows Olenya Air Base with Russian Tu-bombers burning after drone hits. More visuals are surfacing—this looks really big.

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✈️🔥👀 More from Olenya Air Base

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We are never fixing shipbuilding

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What the cuts in foreign aid have accomplished. There’s no upside. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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My third book. All published by Oxford University Press.

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"Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year."

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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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caught between "all cops are bastards" and "kidnapping a crypto bro is pretty funny tho"

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Another reminder to never fall for the Whig history trap.

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@ospreypublishing.bsky.social currently have a fantastic sale running until June 8th with 30% off books and games. #histbookchat

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Last month I boarded a US Air Force C-130 at Clark Air Base outside of Manila and flew to the Batanes. After a low ingress through emerald valleys, we landed on a short, gently sloping runway at Basco, halfway between Luzon and Taiwan. I was there to see US Marines deploy a new missile system.

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You know I never miss a chance to talk about #Boyd or #maneuverwarfare, so my thanks to fellow former naval aviator Patrick Huey for the chance to talk about my book “A New Conception of War” on the “History Lessons for the Modern Investor” show: youtu.be/7Zg6S7dUsrw?...

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A reminder why it's a great idea to flag #OpenAccess scholarship, either as sponsored by publishers themselves or on authors' personal webpages. This is the amount that a commercial publisher, Taylor & Francis, is charging for a TWO-PAGE book review!

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This is really important - the GENIUS Act is, foreseeably, going to fill the whole American financial system with exposures to incredibly run-prone liability structures. slate.com/technology/2...

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This detailed account of how the Qing administered Taiwan repeatedly makes that point that the Qing never ruled all of Taiwan. Instead, Qing territory in Taiwan expanded gradually as Han settlers forced their way into indigenous lowlands. Cool maps too! www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

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More Malaysians choosing skills over degrees; vocational training gets boost from Beijing – The Straits Times: ‘Malaysia has sent a total of 2,621 trainees to China as at May 1, 2025, according to Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.’

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Hi all, I published my latest newsletter post earlier today discussing some financial, political, and strategic aspects related to Trump's "Golden Dome" project. You can access the post via this link. missilematters.substack.com/p/missile-de... Short summary below. 1/5

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Exactly this. The idea of Chinese manufacturing as inherently cheap or poor quality is wildly out of date. World leading in many areas. Still plenty of bad product and practice but that’s a minority.

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Good to see we're draining the swamp and keeping a tight hold on the PRC espionage front

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Another big FU from Harvard… free online courses on the US government, the US constitution, civic engagement, and more. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

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Had a nice night at the Mongolian Embassy last week courtesy of YCAPS and FP4A. Lovely place; embassy staff super chill too.

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🚨 New working paper alert 🚨 We study IRS officials' personal investments in stocks, their profitability, and relation to future tax enforcement. We use disclosure forms made public by @wsj.com and construct a transaction-level dataset, matching 5,249 transactions across five years to databases. 🧵 ->

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The Swedish Defence University advertises a postdoc focused on ”narrative geopolitics” - or how widespread and emotionally charged narratives influence international security, great power relations, and geostrategic rivalry. Deadline August 31: fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Predictable.

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Since 1965, the NEH has awarded over $6 billion to support museums, historic sites, universities, teachers, libraries, documentary filmmakers, public TV and radio stations, research institutions, scholars, and local humanities programming. Now its funding is under threat. (1/5)

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This guy is like one of 4 Americans who actually went and got their REAL ID and immediately they said it was a fake. Just so everyone knows when they toss your ass in a truck it won't matter what passport or identification you have they'll throw it in the street and you're gone

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This is an insane, wildly counterproductive policy change that will do nothing but harm the national interest. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

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At the film’s Cannes premiere, Farsi told the audience she now had proof that the photojournalist had indeed been targeted. Farsi cited an investigation by Forensic Architecture, that has previously investigated the killing of reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. www.france24.com/en/culture/2...

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It’s all snake oil unfortunately but may as well see how this blows up in their face.

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Out now 🎉 'Melanesia' by Hamish McDonald is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the south-western Pacific. ‘We are the original people of the region … This is a black region, it’s not a white region.’ — @rregenvanu.bsky.social Get 25% off w/code MELANESIA25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3c7af2tb

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Jake has a new project out now, when it's absolutely unique, vital reporting. Link to the videos below or you can listen to it in podcast form on our network right here: open.spotify.com/episode/2UNV...

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Great news! I'm told a few moments ago US Institute of Peace Board Chair Amb. George Moose went to the USIP building where he and legal counsel were able to retake possession after the recent court decision. They were accompanied by a small team securing the building and assessing maintenance needs.

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I repeated the search for possible aircraft carrying detainees to South Sudan via Djibouti and eliminated all but 1 of 65 potential aircraft over 24+ hour period, leaving only 🇺🇸 N588AT #A793B2, as identified by Gillian, that left Texas in the right window of time. globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=a793b2

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RAMAPHOSA: I am sorry I don't have a plane to give you TRUMP: I wish you did. I'd take it. If your country offered the US Air Force a plane, I would take it RAMAPHOSA: Okay

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uh boy uh boy

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