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Jan 15, 2022

I am very excited that my policy analysis of U.S. Taiwan strategy has now been published by

@jqasociety

. I suspect this paper will be of use to anyone who seeks to better understand the obstacles and options the US has when it comes to Taiwan and China. jqas.org/victory-withou

Progressive shift in Allegheny County Democratic politics years in making, observers say

May 22

The days have gone down in the west.

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Three high-profile wins by progressive candidates in last week’s Democratic primary punctuated a shift in the party in Allegheny County that has been years in the making, political observers say. In...

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@weebsteve02

May 22

Bocchi the Rome

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I have gained 15 pounds since the end of October. Now after 2 weeks on thyroid replacement hormone I can barely stand the sight of food, let alone eat it. Please let me off this roller coaster.

Max Abrahms

@MaxAbrahms

May 18

What the Russia collusion hoax shows is that the establishment is sometimes the conspiracy theorist.

Gokul Sahni

@Gokul_Sahni

It’s interesting how the US invasion of Iraq can be termed as a one-off, a strategic blunder, an intelligence failure, hubris due to the unipolar era, etc & not as a great power willing to undermine the rules-based international order to pursue its perceived national interests.

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Van Jackson

@WonkVJ

Fukuyama: “the invasion of Ukraine was such a shock bc in our lifetimes we’ve never witnessed one country militarily invading another.” Chris Hayes: “Well, Iraq.” Fukuyama: “Yeah but…well, ok”

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Steven

@nonregemesse

This is the letter written by the Roman Emperor John VII to the English King Henry IV to ask him for assistance against the Turks in which he praises English troops for their aid in defending the city Translated into English for (I think) the first time by @Polyhistor13

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Taiwan-made landing platform dock to enter service in June: Source - Focus Taiwan

The blob wants Americans to die for Taiwan, while Taiwan goes and builds something completely useless like this.

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Taipei, May 15 (CNA) The Taiwan-made Yushan landing platform dock (LPD), a type of naval warship used to transport landing crafts such as amphibious vehicles is scheduled to enter into service in...

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We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are reluctant to hold it & then only under conditions that increase the reluctance

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The titans are coming. Prepare the 3D maneuver gear!

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Mack

@kenzietuff

Male testosterone levels are going down, estrogen is higher, people on average are getting slightly taller, a whole lot fatter. If I didn't know any better, I'd say someone or something is preparing to eat us.

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May 16

I must be looking more worse for the wear than I thought. Grandma and I went to vote and the lady said "Your signature is just as nice as your mother's". Grandma is 86...

Helen Andrews

@herandrews

May 15

The argument “how would the U.S. react if China put missiles in Mexico” may feel trite to you, but apparently to the geniuses who run our foreign policy it’s a revelation. “Damn, I never thought out what we’re doing to Russia in that light.”

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Taiwan is safe now.

Love is like a Cocktail is my kind of anime.

Zelensky, in private, plots bold attacks inside Russia, leak shows

May 13

Let the Ukrainians do these things if they want. Just let the US get off the train before it drives over the cliff.

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THE DISCORD LEAKS | Intercepts reveal Zelensky's aggressive instincts, a marked contrast to his image as the stoic statesman weathering Russia’s onslaught.

Dune Quotes

@DuneQuoteBot

May 12

Do not be trapped by the need to achieve anything. This way, you achieve everything.

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May 11

I am almost out of kombucha, so I guess I will have to leave my house this week.😭

May 11

I am under the impression that Hayek did not agree with praxeology as a method for conducting economic science. Is this true and if so where is a good place to read about his thoughts on the matter?

Navy Readiness: Additional Efforts Are Needed to Manage Fatigue, Reduce Crewing Shortfalls, and...

Dr S Maitra

@MrMaitra

May 11

What kind of imbecilic question is if Putin is a “war criminal”? The West sided with Stalin in WW2. Whether someone is bad or good is irrelevant to what foreign policy aims one is pursuing. We have Turkey in NATO for God’s sake.

Any conflict with China would be primarily a naval conflict, and our navy is a state of great unreadiness. Is anyone going to do anything about it? Or will we continue to be distracted by wars that have no bearing on our national interest?

The Navy issued a policy in 2017 for managing fatigue after finding that it was a contributing factor in fatal ship collisions earlier that year. But...

A GAO report from 2021 found the following:

Military Readiness: Improvement in Some Areas, but Sustainment and Other Challenges Persist

We testified that the Department of Defense faces several challenges as it works to rebuild and restore readiness across the military while also...

New GAO report finds that: "Although the readiness of ground forces—such as the Army and Marine Corps—has increased, the readiness of sea forces declined from FY 2017 through FY 2021. Readiness of aviation and space forces increased in some areas and declined in others."

Alert! Alert!

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Reuters

@Reuters

May 10

Finland prime minister divorces husband reut.rs/3VROB6S

May 10

Grayson Quay

@hemingquay

May 9

Remember like two months ago when this was a right-wing conspiracy theory?

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AG Brian Schwalb

@DCAttorneyGen

May 8

NEW: Today, I’m leading 11 AGs calling for federal action to address the health & safety risks of gas stoves, which emit pollutants that have a disparate negative impact on children & underserved communities and put DC residents at risk of asthma and other respiratory illnesses.

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According to the largest peer-reviewed analysis of any link between gas stoves and childhood asthma (500,000+ children sampled worldwide), there is “no evidence of an association between the use of gas as a cooking fuel and either asthma symptoms or asthma diagnosis.” pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24429203/

unsupervisedlearning.libsyn.com

May 10

This quote reminds me of some of the observations

@SamoBurja

makes in his interview with

@razibkhan

discussing the implications of potentially complex human societies existing and collapsing earlier than is commonly believed.

Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning: Samo Burja (again): finding "lost...

Romans stop ruining the coronation by restraining their compulsion to insult other Apostolic branches with their Papal Supremacy takes challenge (impossible).

Dune Quotes

@DuneQuoteBot

May 4

Is your religion real when it costs you nothing and carries no risk? Is your religion real when you fatten upon it?

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Mises Media

@mises_media

May 4

How dysfunctional is American foreign policy? Just how much contempt does the US regime have for its own allies?

@RyanMcMaken

What the Leaked Pentagon Docs Tell Us about the Ukraine War

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Ryan and Zack talk about some of the details from the recently leaked Pentagon documents. They reveal dysfunctional American foreign policy and just how much...

Dune: Part Two | Official Trailer

May 3

Princess Irulan is a a hottie. This is gonna be good.

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Long Live the Fighters. #DunePartTwo only in theaters November 3.-----------------https://www.instagram.com/dunemovie/https://www.facebook.com/dunehttps://tw...

What the Leaked Pentagon Docs Tell Us about the Ukraine War

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talk about the recently leaked Pentagon documents. They reveal dysfunctional American foreign policy and just how much contempt the US regime has for its own allies.

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Ned Donovan | فارس دونوفان

@Ned_Donovan

May 3

In March 1944, the Archbishop of Canterbury was repeatedly writing to the King's Private Secretary Tommy Lascelles with concerns that the forthcoming D-Day may clash with Palm Sunday.

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It is no use to try and make sense of blatant propaganda.

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Emma Ashford

@EmmaMAshford

One more thought: Zelensky relies on "Ukraine as Vietnam"-style domino theory. But there's a big logical inconsistency: If Ukraine must be admitted to NATO so Russia will be deterred from attacking it in future, why is Russia not deterred from attacking the Baltic states now?

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TFW no Indo-European cutie to dance around the Maypole with 😭😭

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