José Marichal

You're being much too reasonable for this topic 😁

We've entered a new phase of foreign policy where the affordances and incentives of the social media attention economy drive the norms of geo-politics. From realpolitik to "rant-politik"

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Talking s**t about the rest of the world is an interesting foreign policy appoach.. not "realpolitic" maybe "rant-politic"

This isn't "realist foreign policy" anymore... It's something else

How much could the war with Iran cost the United States? President Donald Trump described the strikes as a “major combat operation” inside Iran and said the objective was to “ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon”. He also said of Iran’s militar...

Not the worst part of all this, but worth noting....

"The first 24 hours of Operation Epic Fury cost approximately $779 million, according to estimates cited by officials. "

Stories are how we connect to one another....

Ok:

I see trees of green
red roses too
I see them bloom
for me and for you

Not loving "hold my beer' foreign policy

To everyone just learning about Shahed threat, I suggest you see this video from Ukrainian drone pilot (me) about how and why Russian Shahed / Geran drones are so problematic.

Go watch it.

youtu.be/aZMQ5AMacXM

Something I haven't heard many folks talk about.. it takes a lot more money and time to build an defensive interceptor missile than it does to build a drone... and Iran can supposedly make hundreds of cheap drones a day. At some point soon, I imagine gulf states will burn through their arsenal?

ok but can the UAE keep up this pace.. it costs a lot more to intercept a drone than to launch a drone.. do they have enough interceptor missiles?

Why am I just learning now how good The Comeback was?

Strikes me that, in his mind, he thinks "those stupid politicians couldn't do regime change in the middle east.... But I can because I'm very smart"

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Finally read @thetattooedprof.bsky.social 's _Radical Hope_ a few weeks ago when I was feeling down, and it was all that I'd been wishing for and more.

Starting with a chapter called "Classrooms of Death" & ending with "I Don't Know… Yet", it's one of the best pedagogy books I've read in a while.

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We're about to find out if the practice of shaking down smaller subcontractors in business translates into foreign policy statecraft.

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I think this is just a paleo-con version of the Bush admin Straussians.... Use your might to remake the world, but abandon any pretense to international law or mutual benefit

This is what is wish I'd see more of -- what are the potential consequences of this brand of "offensive realism"?

I'd be worried that future administration are going to want to see receipts for a RICO case

Wow! I imagine her saying this with blue face paint on and a Scottish accent 😁

We should treat it for what it is.. an effort to dismantle intentional law and replace it with "might makes right"

Have to consider the possibility that the US has the size, power and leverage to "push (most of) the world around" with minimal short term consequences. Can it be the hated but feared global hegemon long term?

The amount of wasted energy picking language flights with allies in social media is staggering

Today is a real time test of whether Mearshimer's offensive realism succeed in foreign policy. I have my doubts.

The company behind the AI app, Sora, #OpenAI, promises guardrails to prevent violence and fraud — but many worry that the app could push misinformation into overdrive.

José Marichal, author of 'You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem' for CBC Listen:
https://ow.ly/wwAT50X9NIz

More books added to my ever growing to-read list: 1. Discontent by Beatriz Serrano (translated by Mara Faye Lethem) 2. Bitter Sweet by Hattie Williams 3. You Must Become An Algorithmic Problem: Renegotiating the Socio-Technical Contract by José Marichal #booksky #canadianlibrarymonth #beatrizserrano #hattiewilliams #josemarichal

A populist Republican will come along in 10 years and promise to keep us out of stupid wars

@news.dw.com and @en.france24.com are both doing great coverage RN

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Yeah but they have yellow cake.