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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 17h

Truly AI is ushering in the new golden era of human transcendence

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 1d

Washington with a musket? I give this a 70% chance of being awful in the vein of Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.”

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Young Washington | Official Teaser | In Theaters July 3 | Angel & Wonder Project

YouTube video by Angel

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roninresearch.bsky.social @roninresearch.bsky.social · 2d

Child: “ I can make these bottle caps into money.”

Adult: “I can make these 1’s and 0’s into money.”

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks everyone who weighed in on this.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2d

Good Place:

Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 2d

What if China doesn’t invade Taiwan the way we expect?

A Wargame to Take Taiwan, from China’s Perspective

In August 2025, 25 international experts gathered at Syracuse University to do something unusual: plan China's invasion of Taiwan. For two days,

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 3d

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 3d

Agree. There’s the issue of recording the data but then how you make it useful. Watching and analyzing game film is a skill that has to be learned and honed. It’s one very few mil professionals currently have, but one I think we could quickly learn from sports professionals if we prioritize it.

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 3d

The question of time horizon is one I’m going to bring up, but we will delve further into it in a later seminar on force design and force development. For the limited predictions I’m making in this lecture (for the purpose of stimulating discussion), I’m focusing on the next five to ten years.

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 3d

YES! And augmented reality goggles have been around for years, yet we are not seeing them in widespread use at MCAGCC or the national training centers. Instead of the Coyote telling you the column is 3k out from your BP, why can’t you see it in your goggles?

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

2ndLt: In my experience…

Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"POTUS reads off biscuit"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 3d

A thought for journalists (looking at you, @nytimes.com):

If one source says it’s raining, & another source says it isn’t, you don’t report both uncritically. YOU GO THE HELL OUTSIDE & report how the assertions correspond to the evidence.

You’re reporters for fuck sake, not stenographers!

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ALT: a man with an umbrella is walking through a puddle

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 3d

I will be including all of these in the lecture with the caveat that I cannot answer any questions about them 😅

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 3d

I had one the other day, it was amazing and 340 calories, I regret nothing and refuse to elaborate

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 3d

@wesleymorgan.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @ericmmurphy.bsky.social @iantb.bsky.social @chrisgingram.bsky.social @sebastianbae.bsky.social

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 3d

I feel sure you made up spintronics

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 3d

That’s a good one. I think structural batteries will be a game changer.

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 3d

For sure. The first part of the lecture is going to talk about pitfalls of predicting future war, including “falling between two stools” and discounting continuities in warfare.

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 4d

@bafriedman.bsky.social @brasidas.bsky.social @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social @pptsapper.bsky.social @hupplescat.bsky.social

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 4d

I’m developing a lecture on future war for CSC and don’t want to spend too much time on tech that is already here, albeit not in its most mature forms.

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 4d

What are some emerging and disruptive technologies the military should be looking at besides the usual AI, autonomy, additive manufacturing? @marforbluesky.bsky.social

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 10d

Everyone on the internet went from being an expert in the federal budgetary process to being an expert on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship in the last 24 hours…

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 15d

Ummm… what?

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roninresearch.bsky.social @roninresearch.bsky.social · 15d

No machine can ever do what a human can... that is, be human. LLMs are designed to find statistically significant relationships between words to sound convincing...The are not designed to be accurate. Even hooking them to a data base doesn't change this. "AI"is just high speed iteration; not thought

Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 15d

'Caring professions, the value of which arguably comes from the belief that the carer has empathy, might provide endless work. But even this is uncertain. The boom in AI counselling already suggests it’s the outcome rather than the process that matters,' writes David Wroe.

Politics must reckon with the looming end of work under AI | The Strategist

Artificial intelligence and its ability to perform intellectual tasks previously the preserve of humans are improving at a stunning rate, and yet we are complacent or politically paralysed in the face...

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 15d

Latest and greatest from CAPT Tim Obvious, USN (ret), CPA

Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 15d

Analysts who excel at self-promotion on LinkedIn are worse at their jobs, but experience the highest rates of promotion. klementoninvesting.substack.com/p/self-promo...

Self-promotion works, especially if you are bad at your job

I have come across a recent paper that measures equity analysts self-representation on LinkedIn and the tone they use to describe their research and their views on LinkedIn and in the media.

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