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Lover of learning; Can’t resist a good argument. Still takes notes on pen & paper Co-Host of Elevated Thoughts Podcast A bipartisan podcast interviewing experts and making more informed citizens New Episode Every Wednesday!(www.elevatedthoughtspod.com)
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The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach. www.tsunami.gov

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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

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Disney just laid off the entire staff that makes National Geographic Kids books. Everyone. Gone. This hits home both as a parent and as an author of an NG kids book. Please RT if you care about these books. The CEO of Disney just received a 30% raise, bringing his pay to $41.1 million.

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Join us again on the 4th of March for another @icarehb.bsky.social Experimental Archaeology online seminar. Dr Anna Rufà will be talking about bird exploitation. Register for free here: www.icarehb.com/lexa

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Another need-to-read. Insights into the Kremlin’s foreign policy and decision making process

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A fantastic article from two guests, @radchenko.bsky.social @dmitri.silverado.org we had on @elevatedthoughts.bsky.social free gifted article! Trump can define his term by making peace on Korean Peninsula and allowing the US to marshall resources against China www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/o...

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

"Put simply, they’ve realized — billions of dollars and more than a few ill-conceived companies later — that there are surprisingly few places today where you can both cure a disease with gene editing and make money." -->great piece from @jasonmast.bsky.social on the current state of Crispr.

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Affordances are what the environment offers for good or ill…

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@dmitri.silverado.org , Dmitri Aperlovitch, co-founder of CrowdStrike & author of World on the Brink, joins us on @elevatedthoughts.bsky.social to exposes China’s cyber warfare, AI strategy, and military ambitions—plus what the U.S. must do to fight back. Watch now👇 youtu.be/u7F93aRkOcs?...

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@dmitri.silverado.org , Dmitri Aperlovitch, co-founder of CrowdStrike & author of World on the Brink, joins us on @elevatedthoughts.bsky.social to exposes China’s cyber warfare, AI strategy, and military ambitions—plus what the U.S. must do to fight back. Watch now👇 youtu.be/u7F93aRkOcs?...

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East: once about stability, now a cycle of ambition, intervention & unpredictability. Oil, Israel, Iran, shifting alliances—Trump, Biden, & beyond. What’s next in this high-stakes chess game? The End of Ambition w/ @stevenacook.bsky.social youtu.be/Jbm8IrPNK5c?...

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MORE: Iran and Russia are learning from each other’s respective conflicts—Russia’s war in Ukraine and Iran’s escalation cycle with Israel and its peripheral involvement in the Israel-Hamas war. 🧵(1/6) isw.pub/RussiaIranCo...

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

If you are considering downloading DeepSeek, please read this first and share with others You don’t owner your data. They keep it even if you delete and worse ..

submitted 34 days ago • 1754 comments

U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East: once about stability, now a cycle of ambition, intervention & unpredictability. Oil, Israel, Iran, shifting alliances—Trump, Biden, & beyond. What’s next in this high-stakes chess game? The End of Ambition w/ @stevenacook.bsky.social youtu.be/Jbm8IrPNK5c?...

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Very proud to have my #WorldOnTheBrink with @vermontgmg.bsky.social named as one of the best books of 2024 by the @economist.com! www.economist.com/culture/2024...

submitted 101 days ago • 16 comments

A lesson from the TikTok Affair should be that bipartisan efforts to preserve U.S. national security are vulnerable to the incoming president getting bought off and switching sides for his own personal and political benefit. Not great!

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