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And either there was no peere review or peer review was so rushed they might as well have not had the peer review--it was only symbolic. I see that a lot.

The amazing thing about the last few days is that people are not saying openly enough what has happened. The Chinese stared the US down and the US blinked. It could represent the end of an era and former US allies in Asia-Pacific had better watch out.

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Waiting for all the robot company CEO to proclaim that these robots will VERY soon make housekeepers, mechanics, barbers, and pilots obsolete while also claiming if we're not careful, those robots will take over and destroy the world...because "What have we done with our genius minds!?"

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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These reasons are why I think this is a fragile Band-aid--nothing close to a "peace deal".

A 4th option that didn't generate the most debate during the wargame is a blockade of Taiwan without firing a shot at Taiwain. Although an act of war, it would be even less likely to prompt a U.S. military response than a limited missile barrage.

How long could Taiwan survive a blockade?

A bit underplayed that the Homan sting didn't reportedly come out of a public corruption investigation, it was a counter-intelligence one. Which means they somehow made the not-very-far leap to him from initially targeting a foreign and almost certainly state actor.

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If a terrorist group is actually defeated, it can't launch attacks. And there's no need to continuously attack that terrorist group. Because it's defeated.

Perfect example of why we should be skeptical when politicians use maximalist/absolutist terms like "destroy", "defeat", "eliminate", etc.

🧵 In Dec 2018, Trump declared via tweet "We have defeated ISIS in Syria."

Days later, ISIS killed 91 civilians, anti-regime, anti-ISIS/al-Qaida rebels, Syrian regime soldiers, and Americans in Syria (see my infographic). Then more ISIS lethal attacks over the next 6+ years.

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Here are a few that are doing that:

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If Trump really wanted to sanction Putin, he could. It would be no problem. Congress would go for any sanction he wanted. So any time Trump puts a condition on sanctions, it’s just another piece of evidence that he is protecting Putin from sanctions and helping Russia in the war.

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Nice tango music.

Finally. It's like Bluesky finally hired UX person. Because a UX person would've/should've recommended this before even v1.

Before deploying National Guard troops to the nation's capitol or, god forbid, other states to fight crime (supposedly), some of these red-state governors better take a look in their own damn backyards. (CNN chart)

Norton has the dubious honor of being featured in my short thread on the "Department of Gerontocracy".

2 weeks ago I forecasted Trump's (and other elderly leaders') imminent/upcoming demise/incapacitation. Non-stop indicators with Trump, reminiscent of Biden's indicators that Biden's "Politburo" tried to hide.

the thing of it is that big cities almost uniformly have lower crime rates. chicago is barely in the top 100. little rock is no. 4

this stuff is not a secret either, the stats are all public

etc etc etc

For the love of god can tech companies stop shoving AI down our throats. I don’t want your annoying AI overview Google, give me a button to turn it off

With all these indicators, there's no credible foreign intel organization that would assess that he's in excellent health and that's he'll likely finish is term.

And:

1. *Light* daily schedules.

2. Doc's explanation for the hand discoloration is...weird (handshaking!?).

3. Doc's claim of "excellent health" despite his obesity.

4. Diminishing mental capacity caught on camera.

5. "I want to try and get to heaven if possible. I hear I'm not doing well."

Weeks or months left.

Interestingly, much/most of what Snowden disclosed wasn't illegal activity by the U.S. government. It was legal stuff that we should be doing per federal laws and funding, e.g., spying on the Chinese govt.

When a Hurricane Is Raging, Here’s What the Forecast Actually Means Hurricane forecasts feature a “cone of uncertainty,” but what is it actually showing? Scientific American breaks it down for you

There's often a lot of confusion over the "cone of uncertainty" in hurricane forecasts. I tried to break down here what it means--and perhaps more importantly, what it doesnt. 🧪

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Similar to security professionals, there are too many police officers who have no training on or even an awareness of behavioral threat assessment. Look at the ignored red flags with many active shooters.

Even basic awareness probably would've broken the blue wall in this NJ case.

North Korea's total troop deaths in Ukraine war revealed by South The figures comes after the first official acknowledgment by Pyongyang and Moscow of North Korean troops' involvement in the Ukraine war.

Paywall, so can't read the article. But exaggerating good stuff and undercounting bad stuff is a hallmark of autocracies and “electoral autocracies”.

It's clear which category this falls into.

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And I bet in the vast majority of those 3,203 "bomb threat incidents", an evacuation was ordered because of a knee jerk, autonomic-like reaction by the owners/operators of those facilities.

I didn't think this borderline criminal behavior by Microsoft could get any worse. But here we are.