Brian Fishman

This data is reliable.

I know Bluesky is still not foreign policy / national security central, but for those of us involved in CT land, this is some mind-blowing stuff right here.

Lots of ISIS dudes rolling over in their graves right now.

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

Corruption.

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‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts Armed with a revolver, the 16-year-old shooter systematically reloaded and fired as he wandered the school, trying to find new targets, police say.

Awful and unacceptable.
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Political violence is unacceptable. Full stop.

#infosec

Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.

What a shitshow.

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I have deep respect for West Point, having taught there for four years. These days, they are not living up to their principles.

If you don't test your AI at the bar, does it even count?

Willpower, Not Manpower, is Europe’s Main Limitation for a Force in Ukraine - War on the Rocks Following a dramatic meeting in the White House, U.S. military support for Ukraine is perilously uncertain. Sustaining Ukraine in this war, and

Since security guarantees are back in discussion, for those interested in the requirements, tasks, and what a European deterrence force might look like - check out this piece from back in March with Jack Watling. warontherocks.com/2025/03/will...

Awful.

Yes and no. She’s on to something, but ‘Stop the Steal’ was more than an algorithm game (which is oversimplified in that article). You can’t overstate the impact of the President legitimizing an emotionally-resonant - we didn’t really lose!!! - conspiracy theory from the Oval.

I had the luck to edit this back in the day. Lots of really valuable information in here - definitely worth the read.

I appreciate journalists trying to cover the general trend here. But I suspect a misinformed public here is a function of the proliferation of media sources & coverage coupled w/ very old ‘if it bleeds it leads’ media dynamics. Hard to beat plethora of legit anecdotes w a few data-driven stories.

This undermines U.S. national security. I taught in SOSH & was always proud of USMA's willingness to stand up to political pressure. The institution protected our independence and thereby the quality of the education we provided cadets. Politicizing education and our military is garbage.

I don’t know if @jmberger.com will be right or wrong, but he’s thought about this as much as anyone.

Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia A previously unreported order by Elon Musk to cut satellite communications over a portion of Ukraine disrupted a counteroffensive by Kyiv in the autumn of 2022. Reuters investigated the billionaire's order and its implications for countries increasingly reliant on his Starlink internet service.

This is a critical story, with implications far beyond Ukraine.

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Volunteers Begin Delivering Disaster Relief for Texas Floods Veteran-led nonprofit Team Rubicon has begun deploying Greyshirts to Kerr and Tom Green counties for disaster relief for Texas floods.

In the wake of the Texas floods, some self-described veterans have seemingly lost their minds and are attacking weather radars. But a reminder that there are far more veterans continuing their service in this moment.

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Monarchies are authoritarian states with better branding.

Turns out AI Safety matters. Cinder's customers - you've heard of them - use our product to do stuff like: remove CSAM, identify nation-states, prevent customer service chatbots from going nazi on diverse customer bases, comply with sanctions law. Almost like its just good, basic business practice.

I have questions.

Also, are you sure you're going to have enough to talk about?

This better be good, Afshon.

Anyway, I think that’s the context here. And, fwiw, I give the model developers credit for highlighting risks. Sure, some of it is disaster porn that generates clicks. But it’s also a much better effort than social media in its early days. Perfect? No. But positive trend. 8/8

Think this model is too favorable to foundation model developers? Of course the model developers are going to come up w/ a vision of responsibility that aligns to their business interests. But I do think they are laying out that vision and I don’t hear a lot of thoughtful examination. 7/n

Fwiw, I’m not necessarily endorsing this breakdown of responsibility, though I agree that the foundation models have to address the catastrophic risks. But I do think this allocation of responsibility is the first key issue. 6/n

The app developers also don’t really have the focus or means (in many cases) to manage the security issues. But because they are close to the usecase and the user end users they do have relevant info that the model developers don’t necessarily have. 5/n

That doesn’t mean they aren’t working on other AI safety issues. They are. But it does mean that they are most aggressively accepting responsibility for the catastrophic risks. The issue here is that app developers do not really understand this breakdown of responsibility. 4/n

It’s not the cost of content moderation that they worry about most; it’s about honing a model that’s unlikely to produce harm but that is still applicable to a wide range of usecases. Might sound easy, but it isn’t. So you see companies focusing on catastrophic risks, like bioweapons. 3/n

This will push more responsibility on app developers to manage lesser (but more common and still highly problematic) risks. It’s fair to say that foundation model companies see this as financially useful, but that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily wrong. 2/n