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"You are as beautiful as Draghi's Whatever it takes" 🇪🇺 Almost historian, full-time podcast listener🎙️ Writing on military history, US and EU politics, and videogames while preaching the defeat of Putin's regime🇺🇦
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It’s time to remake foreign policy by putting America first. I’ll start by putting American power behind Russia’s negotiating position. by Pete Hegseth

submitted 14 days ago • 10 comments

Bureaucracy, famously not important in war

submitted 15 days ago • 735 comments

Full comic here: smbc-comics.com/comic/strong-3

submitted 17 days ago • 14 comments

NBC: “Trump is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education… he cannot unilaterally abolish a federal agency without the approval of Congress.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

submitted 22 days ago • 117 comments

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

submitted 24 days ago • 355 comments

Just a reminder that diversity is, in fact, a source of strength, that diverse and inclusive armies outperform exclusionary ones on modern battlefields, and that this anti-DEI witch hunt will actually harm cohesion in the US military I'm gonna send Pete a copy of my book

submitted 27 days ago • 10 comments

⚡️ US and German intel thwarted a Russian plot to assassinate Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger. The scheme was part of Russia’s broader efforts to target defense leaders in Europe and disrupt support for Ukraine.

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

This guy is tough to compete with

submitted 29 days ago • 209 comments

“Birth tourism: you’ve got to hand it to the fascists, they have a point” “Lebensraum: how could we cut a deal on this good fiscal policy?” “Pete Hegseth: he may be an alcoholic abusive Nazi, but his ties are on point” “Canada: sovereignty is for losers, eh?” What a couple of weeks for the NYT 🤦‍♂️

submitted 30 days ago • 11 comments

Looking at the first week of the new administration, it certainly seems like the theme of this new administration is going to be "there is a reason you don't do that." There's a reason you don't appoint violent alcoholics to run the department of defense...

submitted 31 days ago • 15 comments

This is a big deal: "crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds" #CrimesAgainstHumanity #GenderPersecution

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Obligatory self-plug, I wrote about this back in 2021 (foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/19/u...). The distinction is not artificial, it occurs along the same lines in many languages. What matters in this moment is that the warrior is, by his very nature, authoritarian; only the soldier protects freedom.

submitted 36 days ago • 18 comments

🟠 While American influencers are in shock of deleting #TikTok Texty.org.ua wants to remind you about why TikTok is a AI and disinformation dump. See our research on how #TikTok — one of the biggest social media now — become a part of big disinformation companies of Russia during the war.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

submitted 48 days ago • 458 comments

well, if this is real, I think we're seeing how collective delusion interacts with individual mental illness in tragic ways. which is one reason why media shouldn't fuel collective delusions

submitted 54 days ago • 13 comments

Being too high and mighty for propaganda has been a disaster for liberalism

submitted 61 days ago • 38 comments

You would never guess from Nigel Biggar being ennobled, and Niall Ferguson being knighted, that there has been a revolution in how imperial historians actually talk about British imperial history. Christmas sympathy to the hundreds of historians out there doing actual nuanced work. Don't give up.

submitted 64 days ago • 15 comments

The UN must finally act decisively and send a peacekeeping mission of psychiatrists to Russia

submitted 69 days ago • 5 comments

Yeap we might have missiles flying all over the place and yet check out how pretty the new day is starting over Kyiv

submitted 75 days ago • 8 comments

"Someone who decided to vote my rival is going to be in danger, so let's shit on her and any other person who is going to be in the same danger" What a perfect strategy

submitted 79 days ago • 2 comments

Former Syrian President Bashar Al Assad ruled ruthlessly for over two decades. With the help of Russian and Iranian forces, he also carried out some of the most vicious acts of the country’s 13-year civil war. We have documented many of these, from chemical attacks to the bombing of hospitals 🧵

submitted 79 days ago • 77 comments

One of the biggest lessons from Syria is that, just a month ago, almost no one could have predicted the Assad regime would fall today. The "realities on the ground" crowd would have denied such a possibility. A reminder of why people in Ukraine fight rather than surrender.

submitted 80 days ago • 46 comments

Ever wondered why walking around museums is weirdly tiring? At normal speed our legs act like pendulums, swinging forward from the hip & saving us a huge amount of energy. In "museum shuffle" our muscles must do ALL the work of constant readjustment. So cake in the cafe is scientifically justified 🥳

submitted 80 days ago • 759 comments

With the loss of Syria, Russia's slow motion conquest of Africa is likely doomed. kyivinsider.com/the-reality-...

submitted 80 days ago • 12 comments