David Brin
@davidbrin.bsky.social
Hugo-winning, best-selling sci-fiction author, NASA consultant, physicist, inventor - whose prediction scores offer a deluded sense of competence! When my real job is to speculate entertainingly... not necessarily to be right!
http://www.davidbrin.com
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I wondered why Ukraine doesn't declare Gambia and some other 'beard' flags for Russian tankers to be co-belligerents in the war and hence legit targets. This is a step. But ALL ships flying those flags should be seized and sold by Ukrainian corvettes on the high seas.
apnews.com/article/tank...
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Ukraine's naval drones strike Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea off the Turkish coast
Ukraine has used Sea Baby naval drones to strike two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea. An official from Ukraine’s security services told The Associated Press about the attack on Saturday.
apnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I wondered why Ukraine doesn't declare Gambia and some other 'beard' flags for Russian tankers to be co-belligerents in the war and hence legit targets. This is a step. But ALL ships flying those flags should be seized and sold by Ukrainian corvettes on the high seas.
apnews.com/article/tank...
apnews.com/article/tank...
Following my 3-part missive on 35+ important ideas and tactics for Democrats to put forward in '26, both to win and to keep promises. Now I'll appraise 'em, a few at a time. These four will make you go "Huh! We really need that!" And: "That's really do-able."
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/last...
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/last...
Four specific notions that could help to save us all
A blog about science, technology, science fiction, books, and the future.
davidbrin.blogspot.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Following my 3-part missive on 35+ important ideas and tactics for Democrats to put forward in '26, both to win and to keep promises. Now I'll appraise 'em, a few at a time. These four will make you go "Huh! We really need that!" And: "That's really do-able."
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/last...
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/last...
Look closely at this famous Rockwell. It's a selfie!
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Look closely at this famous Rockwell. It's a selfie!
"I want you to find me twelve thousand votes." Trump demanded from the honest Republican Georgia Secretary of State after Biden won the state in 2020. It's recorded. Public. Any MAGA who stayed with him after that and howled "Stop the steal" is beyond treason-insane.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ1k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ1k...
Trump calls it a 'witch hunt': Georgia 2020 election case dropped
YouTube video by The National Desk
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November 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
"I want you to find me twelve thousand votes." Trump demanded from the honest Republican Georgia Secretary of State after Biden won the state in 2020. It's recorded. Public. Any MAGA who stayed with him after that and howled "Stop the steal" is beyond treason-insane.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ1k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ1k...
Turkey prices up 40%. Happy Thanksgiving, MAGAs.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Turkey prices up 40%. Happy Thanksgiving, MAGAs.
See here how a new Congress might help brave officers who try to live up to their oaths. Starting with saving the JAGs and IGs and other professionals who can help officers etc to parse what's legal vs. illegal! Scroll down...
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
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The “Contract” – Part Three. Aggressive Agility requires fresh ideas!
A blog about science, technology, science fiction, books, and the future.
davidbrin.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
See here how a new Congress might help brave officers who try to live up to their oaths. Starting with saving the JAGs and IGs and other professionals who can help officers etc to parse what's legal vs. illegal! Scroll down...
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
A very cogent video about LLMs
lnkd.in/gj3UwGiX
There is increasing talk that this method may be approaching some limits. I explore all that in my new AI book.
lnkd.in/gj3UwGiX
There is increasing talk that this method may be approaching some limits. I explore all that in my new AI book.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
A very cogent video about LLMs
lnkd.in/gj3UwGiX
There is increasing talk that this method may be approaching some limits. I explore all that in my new AI book.
lnkd.in/gj3UwGiX
There is increasing talk that this method may be approaching some limits. I explore all that in my new AI book.
David Packman speculates that Gavin Newsom may have (via Prop 50) outmaneuvered the GOP to a prodigious degree, since Texas's extra 5 GOP seats have been thrown out by courts but CA's stay. It will not end up this way in 11 months time. But still...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrHM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrHM...
Do you realize what Gavin Newsom just did to Trump?
YouTube video by David Pakman Show
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November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
David Packman speculates that Gavin Newsom may have (via Prop 50) outmaneuvered the GOP to a prodigious degree, since Texas's extra 5 GOP seats have been thrown out by courts but CA's stay. It will not end up this way in 11 months time. But still...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrHM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrHM...
Now up: Part 3 of my New Deal notion - to study and exploit one of the tactics that was most effectively used against America and enlightenment, turning it into an effective means to display good ideas, both old and new. Some you've never seen before!
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The “Contract” – Part Three. Aggressive Agility requires fresh ideas!
A blog about science, technology, science fiction, books, and the future.
davidbrin.blogspot.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Now up: Part 3 of my New Deal notion - to study and exploit one of the tactics that was most effectively used against America and enlightenment, turning it into an effective means to display good ideas, both old and new. Some you've never seen before!
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
In 1999 I wrote to TIME Magazine that no one on Earth deserved Person of the Century honors like George Marshall, my hero just after Ben Franklin. The Marshall Plan is just 5% of what he accomplished, or enabled others to accomplish.
www.marshallfoundation.org/marshall/ess...
www.marshallfoundation.org/marshall/ess...
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
In 1999 I wrote to TIME Magazine that no one on Earth deserved Person of the Century honors like George Marshall, my hero just after Ben Franklin. The Marshall Plan is just 5% of what he accomplished, or enabled others to accomplish.
www.marshallfoundation.org/marshall/ess...
www.marshallfoundation.org/marshall/ess...
Did I predict this when Trump said Tomahawks for Ukraine? It'll never happen. A shyster lures you with hope then shows you are trapped. Desperate, Putin is likely turning screws on the Murdochs & Trump and everyone he has KGB kompromat on. "Save me! Or else!"
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
U.S. pushing Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thanksgiving or lose support
The U.S. is sending “signals” that everything could be off the table if Kyiv does not quickly sign a proposal, which was drawn up by special envoy Steve Witkoff.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Did I predict this when Trump said Tomahawks for Ukraine? It'll never happen. A shyster lures you with hope then shows you are trapped. Desperate, Putin is likely turning screws on the Murdochs & Trump and everyone he has KGB kompromat on. "Save me! Or else!"
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
A cogent look at Russian regimes, from czars thru Soviet-modernism, thru a botched 90s 'transition', to rule by VPutin + 5000 lenin-raised "ex" commissars. As deTocqueville assessed in 1830, the deep culture supports absolutism. But there's a problem re succession.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miw6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miw6...
Who Comes After Putin? Russia’s Unwritten Succession Code
YouTube video by Elvira Bary
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November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A cogent look at Russian regimes, from czars thru Soviet-modernism, thru a botched 90s 'transition', to rule by VPutin + 5000 lenin-raised "ex" commissars. As deTocqueville assessed in 1830, the deep culture supports absolutism. But there's a problem re succession.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miw6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miw6...
Asked re the "orgies" that GOPRep Cawthorn+others call 'routine' in the DC GOP (& resulting blackmail*), Nancy Mace evaded with "I don't get invited to parties. I have no friends. I live all alone with my dog." Say…what!? Not a denial!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Asked re the "orgies" that GOPRep Cawthorn+others call 'routine' in the DC GOP (& resulting blackmail*), Nancy Mace evaded with "I don't get invited to parties. I have no friends. I live all alone with my dog." Say…what!? Not a denial!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Cheney funeral? See 1st image below from Bush Sr. funeral. Carters, Clintons, Obamas &Bidens all recite Apostle's Creed mostly by heart while Trumps stare into space. 2nd pic is Carter's funeral. See respects +shared laughter at a eulogy anecdote. All except... The faces in both say it all.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Cheney funeral? See 1st image below from Bush Sr. funeral. Carters, Clintons, Obamas &Bidens all recite Apostle's Creed mostly by heart while Trumps stare into space. 2nd pic is Carter's funeral. See respects +shared laughter at a eulogy anecdote. All except... The faces in both say it all.
Under Truman&Ike we pushed for Nuremberg rules that military officers can't claim "I was following orders!" as a defense vs crimes against humanity or the Geneva Conventions. Officers are hiring private attys, since Trump fired most Judge Advocate Generals (JAGs).
www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
Trump says Democratic lawmakers' video is 'seditious behavior, punishable by death'
The Democratic lawmakers said that members of the military can and must refuse illegal orders by their superiors.
www.npr.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Under Truman&Ike we pushed for Nuremberg rules that military officers can't claim "I was following orders!" as a defense vs crimes against humanity or the Geneva Conventions. Officers are hiring private attys, since Trump fired most Judge Advocate Generals (JAGs).
www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
Part2 on why some GOP tactics worked with swing voters in the 90s. Scream at the "Contract With America?" Sure. But refusing to suss why and HOW your adversary's tactics worked is just lazy treason against reason. Come examine how to turn the tables.
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/part...
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/part...
Part 2 of Agressive Agility: Learn from your opponents' cleverest tactic! And turn it on them.
A blog about science, technology, science fiction, books, and the future.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Part2 on why some GOP tactics worked with swing voters in the 90s. Scream at the "Contract With America?" Sure. But refusing to suss why and HOW your adversary's tactics worked is just lazy treason against reason. Come examine how to turn the tables.
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/part...
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/part...
Watch this through to see what Putin fears. With the irony that it's crypto Bolshevik-heretics like him - and his 5000 fellow, Lenin-raised, "ex" commissars supported by the U.S. GOP - who the soldiers will turn against. Bets, anyone?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9ed...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9ed...
Dr. Zhivago – Petrov's account of the Great War (Alec Guinness)
YouTube video by grubernitsch [kroo-baah-neech]
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November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Watch this through to see what Putin fears. With the irony that it's crypto Bolshevik-heretics like him - and his 5000 fellow, Lenin-raised, "ex" commissars supported by the U.S. GOP - who the soldiers will turn against. Bets, anyone?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9ed...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9ed...
Foxite shills call Democrats "communists" HA! This pic is from the Kremlin today. Putin called the fall of the USSR "history's worst tragedy." His 5000 Lenin-raised "ex" commissars & relabeled KGB are rebuilding it with help from our suborned GOP. THE anti-Stalinists in USA? The AFL-CIO!
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Foxite shills call Democrats "communists" HA! This pic is from the Kremlin today. Putin called the fall of the USSR "history's worst tragedy." His 5000 Lenin-raised "ex" commissars & relabeled KGB are rebuilding it with help from our suborned GOP. THE anti-Stalinists in USA? The AFL-CIO!
You've seen capsule summaries of What's Happening. Why 1/3 of Americans desperately suckle lies from the Fox teat, even after all the insanity we've seen? Here's mine.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
You've seen capsule summaries of What's Happening. Why 1/3 of Americans desperately suckle lies from the Fox teat, even after all the insanity we've seen? Here's mine.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Today only - a perfect gift for friends who love adventure sagas with amazing characters plus super-cosmic science, dolphins and so many aliens! The Uplift STORM TRILOGY e-book is just #3.99 for all three vols on Amazon Goldbox. And other e-books as well!
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Suppose a majority call a plenary of the National Governors' Association to discuss national & state-level problems outside DC and offer a glimmer of light in the darkness. Maybe 1/3 of GOP governors appear to be somewhat sane adults from an older era of somewhat sane Republicans. www.nga.org
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Through NGA, governors share best practices, speak with a collective voice on national policy and develop innovative solutions that improve state government and support the principles of federalism.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Suppose a majority call a plenary of the National Governors' Association to discuss national & state-level problems outside DC and offer a glimmer of light in the darkness. Maybe 1/3 of GOP governors appear to be somewhat sane adults from an older era of somewhat sane Republicans. www.nga.org
My new three-parter merits old-style reading and contemplation, about how to fix the Democrats' greatest disadvantage. Let's dissect the most aggressively successful tactical-political ploy of the last 40 years. And see what we can learn from it.
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/aggr...
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/aggr...
Aggressive Agility: Turn the GOP's Most Successful Political Ploy Against Them
A blog about science, technology, science fiction, books, and the future.
davidbrin.blogspot.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My new three-parter merits old-style reading and contemplation, about how to fix the Democrats' greatest disadvantage. Let's dissect the most aggressively successful tactical-political ploy of the last 40 years. And see what we can learn from it.
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/aggr...
davidbrin.blogspot.com/2025/11/aggr...
Trump saber rattling Venezuela is getting Putin to send air defense assets there. Just when VladP desperately needs them at home. Probly his worst crap. Or best anti-ship missiles? A lot of people might die on account of three of the worst human beings. davidbrin.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-...
How Democrats and Republicans Wage War
A blog about science, technology, science fiction, books, and the future.
davidbrin.blogspot.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Trump saber rattling Venezuela is getting Putin to send air defense assets there. Just when VladP desperately needs them at home. Probly his worst crap. Or best anti-ship missiles? A lot of people might die on account of three of the worst human beings. davidbrin.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-...
TransAstra developed and tested a Capture Bag intended to catch anything from small rocks to house-sized boulders.based upon grants that we awarded the company at NASA’s Innovative & Advanced Concepts program – (NIAC) – www.nasa.gov/niac-funded-...
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
TransAstra developed and tested a Capture Bag intended to catch anything from small rocks to house-sized boulders.based upon grants that we awarded the company at NASA’s Innovative & Advanced Concepts program – (NIAC) – www.nasa.gov/niac-funded-...
Korean astronomers had found that all type 1a supernovae are not the same, depending on the ages of the original star when it blew. And hence the ‘standard candle ‘ of cosmology needed correction. And lo, it seems the Hubble Tension disappears. Decelerating!
scitechdaily.com/is-the-unive...
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Is the Universe Slowing Down? Stunning New Evidence Says Yes
Evidence suggests the universe’s expansion has started to slow, not accelerate. The results imply dark energy is weakening and evolving faster than previously believed.
scitechdaily.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Korean astronomers had found that all type 1a supernovae are not the same, depending on the ages of the original star when it blew. And hence the ‘standard candle ‘ of cosmology needed correction. And lo, it seems the Hubble Tension disappears. Decelerating!
scitechdaily.com/is-the-unive...
scitechdaily.com/is-the-unive...