Mia Jankowicz

Here is a very quick way of ending the war in Ukraine : Russian gets the fck out of Ukraine and stops fckng bombing us

Just had possibly the most astonishing interaction of my life: someone responding pleasantly on the train when I asked them not to have their speakerphone on.

Hallelujah, it can be done!

Beginning 2026 personal organisation as I mean to go on by not actually checking the dimensions of the week-to-view desk planner I ordered

I tried the VR ​used to prep new Ukrainian army recruits – it was brutal First Fight aims to expose trainee soldiers to the stresses of the battlefield before they get there

From me, for @theipaper.com: I tried out Ukraine's Virtual Reality training headset.

VR has long been a part of military training. But here, it's about exposing large numbers of new recruits to what may lie ahead of them. It was unsettling viewing to say the least.

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What with the Women’s Institute’s and the Girl Guides’ despicable decision to exclude trans women, it appears that the anti-trans movement’s singular achievement has been the dismantling of meaningfully feminist historical institutions.

Klaus Hommels Steps Down As Chair of NIF Dame Fiona Murray steps into the top role as the founding chairman moves into a new position heading up a new outside advisory council

Meanwhile, a new strategic advisory council to be led by Hommels looks to help the fund accelerate the adoption of new tech into the defence ecosystem.

Read on at @resiliencemedia.bsky.social: www.resiliencemedia.co/p/klaus-homm...

The move may also help distance NIF from conflict-of-interest qus that had followed leading VC Hommels, whose famed Lakestar fund has investments in some of NIF's own portfolio companies. (For its part, NIF has pointed to policies that it says recused Hommels from decisionmaking on those calls.)

Created to jump-start defence and security tech investment among Alliance countries, the €1 billion fund has been closely scrutinised. Klaus Hommels passing the chairmanship to Prof Dame Fiona Murray brings her expertise in the commercialisation of science & deep tech to the fore.

Klaus Hommels Steps Down As Chair of NIF Dame Fiona Murray steps into the top role as the founding chairman moves into a new position heading up a new outside advisory council

New from me and Ingrid Lunden out of the Resilience Conference: almost four years into its mission, the NATO Innovation Fund has new leadership.

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Absolutely wonderful news that Alaa Abd El Fattah, the Egyptian-British political prisoner, has been pardoned. What a painful and brutal path it has been for him, his family, and justice. I’m overjoyed.

This tech CEO quit to redesign the 155mm shell — and upend how the West buys its weapons Defense procurement in the West is sluggish, expensive, and stifles innovation. Tiberius Aerospace and its CEO plans a Silicon Valley-style makeover.

Tiberius Aerospace advertises a transformational weapon — inexpensive artillery shells that accurately hit targets at 95 miles. Its subscription-style business model is even more revolutionary via @miajankowicz.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/meet-tech-ce...

I just aged about 74 years watching the Lionesses beat Sweden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇸🇪 🙌🏻

I find the Barents Observer an indispensable source. Journalism is not a crime.

Yes! ‘Early career’ does the same job without ageism.

Inside America's Only Giant Gun Barrel Factory Arming Ukraine | Big Business | Business Insider YouTube video by Business Insider

I was featured in this @businessinsider.com video about the production of artillery barrels. I did a bunch of research on bore wear & tear, which caught me up from my days as a US Navy ordnance officer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWOC...

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5 ways Ukraine's audacious 'Spiderweb' drone attack marks a new threat for top militaries Ukraine's new drone tactics to strike bombers and fighters at airfields across Russia are what a leading airpower expert called "a stunning success."

"This attack is a window to future war." @miajankowicz.bsky.social breaks down why: www.businessinsider.com/operation-sp...

The 4 North Korean officials arrested over a botched destroyer launch are in mortal danger Four North Korean officials have been arrested after a Choe Hyon-class destroyer was damaged during launch. Their fates look grim, experts said.

I know the botched North Korean Choe Hyon-class destroyer launch is but a distant memory given *waves hands vaguely at everything*.

But I wondered about the fate of the four officials who have been named and shamed in regime media.

Warning: it's bleak.

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Only a matter of hours till my editor wearily deletes the Spice Girls reference from my draft article on British defence industrial strategy

Russia's new drone-launched cruise missile is crammed with parts from Kyiv's allies, Ukraine says Parts from South Korea, Japan, and the US were found in Russia's new "Banderol" drone-launched cruise missile, according to Ukrainian intelligence.

Defence Intelligence of Ukraine stripped down a "Banderol," Russia's new drone-launched cruise missile, and say they found parts in there from allied countries like the US, South Korea and Japan.
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Russia's new drone-launched cruise missile is crammed with parts from Kyiv's allies, Ukraine says Parts from South Korea, Japan, and the US were found in Russia's new "Banderol" drone-launched cruise missile, according to Ukrainian intelligence.

GUR said that up to 20 microchips originating from the US, Switzerland, Japan, and South Korea were found inside a new Russian cruise missile via @miajankowicz.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/russia-new-c...

Resignation or Realignment? The Strategic Gamble of Kadyrov’s Kremlin Plea” - Robert Lansing Institute Ramzan Kadyrov asking the Kremlin to resign him (or signaling desire to step down)—if true—is likely driven by a combination of personal

A bit puzzling to see a think tank offering up what appears to be a 100% AI-generated analysis today (check out the "would you like a short timeline" and general ChatGPT type formatting): lansinginstitute.org/2025/05/07/r...

Renaming the EU, Dismantling the Commission: Polish, Hungarian Illiberals Seek U.S. Backing - VSquare.org The Trump administration's most influential think tank, The Heritage Foundation, is receiving proposals from illiberal forces in Poland and Hungary on how to shape the future of the European Union. Th...

two major thinktanks— Hungary’s Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) and Poland’s Ordo Iuris Institute— are developing a plan to weaken, rename and dismantle EU. They are discussing it with the US Heritage Foundation, and they are laundering the Russian oil vsquare.org/heritage-fou...

The UK simulated an attack on its own air defenses based on the first night of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It wasn't pretty. The UK ran a simulation of Russia's attack on Ukraine as if it had been an attack on the UK. Air Commodore Blythe Crawford said the result was bad.

Ukraine is a wake-up call for the UK's air defenses @miajankowicz.bsky.social reports www.businessinsider.com/uk-simulated...

BAE Systems says it's nailed a way to meet the UK's need for a lot of ammunition — and fast The UK defense giant BAE Systems says it's using new methods to drastically increase its ability to make 155 mm shells, amid global supply uncertainty.

It essentially means that shells are made in an uninterrupted process at a smaller scale via @miajankowicz.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/bae-systems-...

The UK simulated an attack on its own air defenses based on the first night of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It wasn't pretty. The UK ran a simulation of Russia's attack on Ukraine as if it had been an attack on the UK. Air Commodore Blythe Crawford said the result was bad.

In 2022, the UK wargamed the air defense of "Night 1 of Ukraine" on home soil in its advanced simulator.

The results "were not a pretty picture," Air Commodore Blythe Crawford, who formerly headed up the Air Battlespace Training Centre, told RUSI today.

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Trump, asked what concessions Putin has offered Ukraine in peace negotiations so far:

"Stopping the war, stopping taking the whole country. Pretty big concessions."

The good, the bad, and the 'screamers': A Brit who fought for Ukraine reveals how international fighters make their mark Macer Gifford, who fought in Ukraine for two years, told BI about the inspiring — and sometimes troubled — international volunteers he'd seen there.

"Ordinary Ukrainians just love the fact that they're not alone," said international volunteer Macer Gifford via @miajankowicz.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/brit-fought-...