David Priess

One of my favorites, too!

Ain't it funny how the night moves?

Lost it? Like, how? You grabbed it and … someone pushed you aside and stole it right out of your hands?!?

Go out and look tonight if your skies are clear tonight—as they are in the mid-Atlantic.

A 99% illuminated moon is gorgeous. And a reminder of the constants in life during turbulent times.

Wait wut?!?

Tensions between the US & Latin America are spiking—migration, cartels, military strikes, and political showdowns.

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Volcano Hayli Gubbi erupted today in Ethiopia for the first time.

I already have a counterproposal:

Russia pulls forces/proxies out of Ukraine—all of it—and removes offensive weapons from regions bordering Ukraine.

Pays for all war damage—and reconstruction.

All Russians engaged in war crimes stand trial.

And Ukraine can join any alliance it damn well pleases.

This is so great

“How soon?” asked Toad.

“Quite soon,” said Frog.

This would be great but it’s kinda funny that Germany would still have a small total force + reserve than Finland (wartime strength 280,000 and total reserve about 900,000)

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Indeed. I love the Fleetwood Mac version, but Santana just took it to a new level.

A few quickly come to mind:

Santana’s cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Black Magic Woman”

Manfred Mann’s cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Blinded by the Light”

Michael Andrews and Gary Jules’ cover of Tears For Fears’ “Mad World”

Excellent! If it’s only half as good as Catastrophic Diplomacy, it’ll still be twice as good as most books I read.

(And I strongly suspect it will be far better than half as good!)

Congratulations. I’m looking forward to it.

Twin lava fountains at Kīlauea in Hawai'i in November 9, 2025. Credit: USGS/HVO

This is quite a view as well, with twin lava fountains at Kīlauea right now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...

This is Valles Marineris, a Canion that if placed on Earth would extend all the way across the United States (4000km) and it reaches depths of up to 7 km (almost Mont Everest's height, 8.8 km). Hope/Emirates Mars Mission/EXI/AndreaLuck Data processed from Emirates Mars Mission Hope: Timetag 2021-03-16 15:15:38+00:00 Orbit number 25 Spacecraft altitude 12008.9134606894 km Spacecraft latitude 6.88673827724901° Spacecraft longitude 276.240430639358° Sub-spacecraft local solar time 06:38:15 Mars season 18.0576359759254° Subsolar latitude 7.58074386549014° Subsolar longitude 356.675457377474° Hope/Emirates Mars Mission/EXI/AndreaLuck Feel free to share, giving the appropriate credit and providing a link to the original image or tweet: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Mars - Valles Marineris - Orbit 25 - Hope Mission - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2mzhnbG

The CCP is doubling down on decoupling. Western business leaders must abandon the illusion: meaningful access to China’s market is ephemeral.

Any corporate strategy that depends on China for primary growth and profits is destined to fail.

The New US Sanctions Move Actually Protects Russia For Now Think Four Weeks, Not Two

As usual, @phillipspobrien.bsky.social cuts through the BS:

“In the short term the Trump administration has actually helped Russia. It has provided a four week grace period for foreign companies to buy as much Russian oil as they possibly can.“

phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-new-us...

For context on how big a sale this is for Sweden:

Ukraine will purchase about 1.5x the size of the entire Swedish Gripen fleet.

~95 Gripen currently in the 🇸🇪 Air Force:
60 New Swedish orders of Gripen E to phase out older C/D (just started being delivered).

120-150 Gripen E to Ukraine

Want.

How to Make Putin Pay: The $2 Billion-a-Day Plan That Could End the War By using Russia’s own frozen assets to arm Ukraine, the free world could force Putin to calculate every new day of war as another billion-dollar loss — in both money and men.

“Vladimir Putin’s war is already costing Russia thousands of lives a day. It’s time it also costs him billions,” @adamkinzinger.substack.com writes.

“If the free world has the courage to act, the math will do the talking.”
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/how-to-mak...

The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom.

Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. n.pr/48AUON2

The best of dogs

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War and Power A bold, revisionist study of modern warfare, showing that military victory is rooted not in large armies and decisive battles, but in the full spectrum of ec...

Hi All, my latest book, War and Power: Who Wins Wars and Why, is being released in North America in two weeks. The Publisher, Basic Books/Hatchette, has just released a discount code for 20% if you buy through them. Code is WAR&POWER (not case sensitive). www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/phill...

The man Russia tried to break - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com Explore the story of the man Russia tried to break, revealing the truth behind labels and media narratives in conflict.

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Ukraine hit Russian energy sites with US help Trump administration has supported Kyiv’s operations since summer in a co-ordinated push to weaken Moscow

”US intelligence helps Kyiv shape route planning, altitude, timing and mission decisions, enabling Ukraine’s long-range, one-way attack drones to evade Russian air defences”
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on.ft.com/3KMwsWG Ukraine hit Russian energy sites with US help