Drake Long
@drmlong.bsky.social
Senior Associate, China Warfighting Initiative, Marine Corps War College.
Focuses: China’s territorial disputes, Taiwan, ASEAN. Writing a book on the seabed! Opinions my own.
Focuses: China’s territorial disputes, Taiwan, ASEAN. Writing a book on the seabed! Opinions my own.
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Drake Long
@drmlong.bsky.social
· Jul 10
FYI if you’re a researcher working on the seabed and have a new paper out, let me know! I am a non-science person trying to understand more and would love to cite for my silly piddly little book.
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Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
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there is absolutely no moral difference between what chomsky did here and denying the holocaust. none.
This is Noam Chomsky talking about Cambodian refugees accurately describing the horrors of the Khmer Rouge that they’d escaped from.
This line in particular is why I’ve hated Chomsky for so long.
This line in particular is why I’ve hated Chomsky for so long.
"refugees are frightened and defenseless, at the mercy of alien forces. They naturally tend to report what they believe their interlocuters wish to hear."
February 7, 2026 at 10:53 PM
there is absolutely no moral difference between what chomsky did here and denying the holocaust. none.
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“Under any other president, a UAE royal secretly paying $500 million to the Trump family’s crypto business would cause a political earthquake in Washington. There would be demands for an investigation by Congress, televised hearings, and months of damage control” — my latest @theguardian.com
Trump’s family is embroiled in a $500m UAE scandal. We’ve hardly noticed | Mohamad Bazzi
A crypto startup founded by Trump’s family signed a huge deal with the UAE president’s brother. Where’s the political fallout?
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
“Under any other president, a UAE royal secretly paying $500 million to the Trump family’s crypto business would cause a political earthquake in Washington. There would be demands for an investigation by Congress, televised hearings, and months of damage control” — my latest @theguardian.com
news.usni.org/2026/02/06/t... One of the best journalists covering naval affairs rn
Taiwan to Construct 10 Light Frigates for Air Defense, Anti-submarine Missions - USNI News
Taipei will construct 10 light frigates for air defense and anti-submarine missions between 2028 and 2040, according to recently released procurement documents. The procurement of the 2,500-ton warshi...
news.usni.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:33 PM
news.usni.org/2026/02/06/t... One of the best journalists covering naval affairs rn
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This is very similar to the AI videos my dad sends me thinking it's real.
There's a huge market for AI women giving testimonies that appeal to men/what they want hear, even further reducing the chance they will question if it's even real.
There's a huge market for AI women giving testimonies that appeal to men/what they want hear, even further reducing the chance they will question if it's even real.
Over on X, the Everything App, serious conservative thinker Dinesh D'Souza shared a video of an AI-generated woman on a fake podcast he seemingly thought was real, telling the audience that young women should get with older men. Dude, wtf?
February 6, 2026 at 1:48 AM
This is very similar to the AI videos my dad sends me thinking it's real.
There's a huge market for AI women giving testimonies that appeal to men/what they want hear, even further reducing the chance they will question if it's even real.
There's a huge market for AI women giving testimonies that appeal to men/what they want hear, even further reducing the chance they will question if it's even real.
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Just, in some deep way, the kinda people who sign up for this.
TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
February 6, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Just, in some deep way, the kinda people who sign up for this.
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"Separatist social media messaging aims not only at an Albertan or Canadian audience, but also at persuading a U.S. audience that Albertans are oppressed and really do want out."
@popovaprof.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
@popovaprof.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
ANALYSIS | U.S. interest in Alberta separatism raises red flags over what might come next | CBC News
Communications between the Trump administration and Alberta's separatist movement raised alarm at the highest levels in Canada last week. It also raised questions about Washington's possible intention...
www.cbc.ca
February 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
"Separatist social media messaging aims not only at an Albertan or Canadian audience, but also at persuading a U.S. audience that Albertans are oppressed and really do want out."
@popovaprof.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
@popovaprof.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Yes. The folks who study election rumors and conspiracy theories are worried that a forced (and false) confession by Maduro (of 2020 election fraud) is a real possibility, and we’ve already seen some (wink, wink) foreshadowing of such a move.
February 6, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Yes. The folks who study election rumors and conspiracy theories are worried that a forced (and false) confession by Maduro (of 2020 election fraud) is a real possibility, and we’ve already seen some (wink, wink) foreshadowing of such a move.
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All the complaints about her campaign are basically stupid nitpicks and the people convinced they’d have changed EVERYTHING by adjusting the words in her ads or whatever are out of their minds. Trump’s support was built out of years of irresponsible false nostalgia for his hellish first presidency
February 5, 2026 at 10:51 PM
All the complaints about her campaign are basically stupid nitpicks and the people convinced they’d have changed EVERYTHING by adjusting the words in her ads or whatever are out of their minds. Trump’s support was built out of years of irresponsible false nostalgia for his hellish first presidency
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For anyone still interested in submitting to the Happily Never After drabble anthology from @shackleboundbooks.bsky.social, I'll be closing submissions on Monday. If you still want to send something in, best send it in Sunday night, at the latest.
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shackleboundbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/
Submissions
OPEN CALLS Please read the guidelines very carefully. Stories submitted that do not conform to the guidelines will not be read. We are a small press. We hope to increase pay rates for all of our an…
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February 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
For anyone still interested in submitting to the Happily Never After drabble anthology from @shackleboundbooks.bsky.social, I'll be closing submissions on Monday. If you still want to send something in, best send it in Sunday night, at the latest.
shackleboundbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/
shackleboundbooks.wordpress.com/submissions/
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It's racism, pure and simple. And it seems to work. Look at the guy in the White House. He's gotten elected twice as a racist. So they have no fear of any stains.
In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
MAGA is a movement of America haters who despise this country and are conspiring to destroy it
February 4, 2026 at 6:37 PM
It's racism, pure and simple. And it seems to work. Look at the guy in the White House. He's gotten elected twice as a racist. So they have no fear of any stains.
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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At roughly $700 per base model, the HANX platform is the Marine Corps’ first 3D-printed drone that complies with laws prohibiting the U.S. military from acquiring and using unmanned aerial systems with parts from certain foreign entities, according to the service. defensescoop.com/2026/02/04/m...
Marine awarded for designing the Corps’ first fully NDAA-compliant 3D-printed drone at $700 a pop
A Marine sergeant is set receive an award for designing the Corps’ first fully NDAA-compliant 3D-printed drone at $700 per base unit.
defensescoop.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
At roughly $700 per base model, the HANX platform is the Marine Corps’ first 3D-printed drone that complies with laws prohibiting the U.S. military from acquiring and using unmanned aerial systems with parts from certain foreign entities, according to the service. defensescoop.com/2026/02/04/m...
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Elections have consequences: Virginia's new Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger, put an end to the state’s partnerships with this ICE program on Wednesday, fulfilling a campaign promise to roll back collaboration.
boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...
boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Elections have consequences: Virginia's new Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger, put an end to the state’s partnerships with this ICE program on Wednesday, fulfilling a campaign promise to roll back collaboration.
boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...
boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...
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So over on Twitter, they did a "$1 million article contest." This is the guy who won the million dollar prize: (1/2)
February 4, 2026 at 12:59 PM
So over on Twitter, they did a "$1 million article contest." This is the guy who won the million dollar prize: (1/2)
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I just have one question: when folks were cheering massive deportation during the summer of the election, what do they think it would look like?
And, yes, a massive media failure for not doing some policy work and figuring out it would mean large scale concentration camps and power to abusive feds.
And, yes, a massive media failure for not doing some policy work and figuring out it would mean large scale concentration camps and power to abusive feds.
Remarkable: Trump's planned migrant prison camps are hitting deep resistance in red areas. In Virginia's partly rural Hanover (+26 Trump) opposition is intense. GOP leaders in other states are opposed.
Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country
The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:13 PM
I just have one question: when folks were cheering massive deportation during the summer of the election, what do they think it would look like?
And, yes, a massive media failure for not doing some policy work and figuring out it would mean large scale concentration camps and power to abusive feds.
And, yes, a massive media failure for not doing some policy work and figuring out it would mean large scale concentration camps and power to abusive feds.
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CBP shot this woman and then defamed her using every means at their disposal. In a just world they would have to turn their whole yearly budget over to her for punitive damages
Martinez is recounting her harrowing experience: after being shot by CBP agents, she drove a mile to the safety of an auto shop where she called 911, got treatment at a hospital for 7 bullet wounds, then was immediately taken into custody by federal agents.
February 3, 2026 at 11:01 PM
CBP shot this woman and then defamed her using every means at their disposal. In a just world they would have to turn their whole yearly budget over to her for punitive damages
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I mean, all of these analyses present correlation as causation. The entire year of this has made me feel like I was taking crazy pills. Their response has been “ah you’re obsessed with complex academic minutiae like this ivory tower idea that ‘correlation is not causation’”
basically yglesias, jain, jentleson, WelcomePAC donors etc all base their prescriptions for Dems on a statistical model that nobody can replicate, and refuse to acknowledge (a) that uncertainty dwarfs the detectable effect of moderation & (b) that the last year has proved their views wrong!!
February 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I mean, all of these analyses present correlation as causation. The entire year of this has made me feel like I was taking crazy pills. Their response has been “ah you’re obsessed with complex academic minutiae like this ivory tower idea that ‘correlation is not causation’”
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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Alexander Hamilton Society at the University of Connecticut Speaker Event: Steady State’s Steven Cash and Marc Cardwell discuss the current threats facing our democracy. #holdfast
youtu.be/9411TlPkBrg
youtu.be/9411TlPkBrg
2026.02.03 Alexander Hamilton Society Live Speaker Event
YouTube video by The Steady State
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February 4, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Alexander Hamilton Society at the University of Connecticut Speaker Event: Steady State’s Steven Cash and Marc Cardwell discuss the current threats facing our democracy. #holdfast
youtu.be/9411TlPkBrg
youtu.be/9411TlPkBrg
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Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
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hey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt”
The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
hey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt”