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Gentry Lane

@gentrylane.bsky.social

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Defense tech CEO & cyberpower strategist. Fellow at NSI & Democracy Resilience Center. NATO S&T panel member. More nerdy, less snarky irl. Occasional pug pix. I coined "Big MME" (mediocre man energy) & “JERP” (just everyday regular people).

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Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · Sep 12

Just dropped, an enthralling conversation with Andy Sauer. Click below & listen to us nerd out about cyberpower projection theory, strategy & why Napoléon was the greatest general in history.

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Gentry Lane on cyber weapons, national defense, and the race for global cyber power | The Watchers

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Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 8h

Xenophobia, Kardashians, unsolicited opinions, YouTube mediums, celebrity romance, “reality” shows, narcissism experts (who are narcissists themselves), TL;DRs, social media platforms & phone notifications.

It’s too much! No other country in the world has this much vapid, overstimulating input!

Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 8h

24-hr partisan news, inflation, work uncertainty, economic volatility, fear, cynicism, gaslighting liars, murder shows, shootings/explosions, Silicon Valley bros, artificially generated content, podcasters, truthers, conspiracies, influencers, distrust & entitlement, racism, misogyny, antisemitism,

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Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve been in Europe for just over a month now & It’s crystal clear that everyone in the US is out of their mind. And it’s just healthy to live with that much…everything.

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Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 10d

BUSINESS IDEA: The Kyiv Substantial Napkin Co. Makers of soft, high quality napkins, tissues & toilet paper.

I have thus far been consistently disappointed with current offerings. And that’s my only complaint about this incredible country.

(Except the hills. I don’t live the hills).

Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 11d

I have been out of the US for 2 weeks now, and even though I’m currently in a war zone, I feel like I have a whole new amygdala

Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 15d

I’ll just leave this right here…

Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 17d

!!!! Where is it from?

Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 19d

It’s almost jarring/disorienting when I order food, it’s a huge portion, half price of what I’d pay in the US & everyone in the restaurant is professional & friendly.

America used to be like this. We are not anymore.

(Poland is)

Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 19d

I’m inviting myself because I know more about correlations between civic sanitation & failing empires than any human should know.

Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 19d

DEAR LORD DO NOT TAKE DOLLY AWAY FROM US!

It would be just too much.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19d

Dolly Parton has postponed Las Vegas performances scheduled for December until September 2026, citing “health challenges.”

Dolly Parton’s ‘health challenges’ force delay of Vegas concerts till 2026

Dolly Parton, 79, rescheduled her performances at Las Vegas’s Caesars Palace until September 2026, saying doctors told her she would need “a few” procedures.

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Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 19d

So many tiny cute dogs in Warsaw! And the temp dropped so they’re now wearing sweaters & little ski jackets!

Lubie Warszawa!

Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 22d

Hallo auf Hamburg. Ich bin ein Hamburger. Participating in the Bundeswehr/NATO war game « Red Storm Bravo »

Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 24d

Not just surveillance, manipulation. If you know a person’s habits, you know how to change those habits at both individual & population scale. China isn’t surveilling their people to sell them targeted advertising. The PRC’s social credit system is for mass subjugation.

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Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 24d

Two pugs walk into a bar…

Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 26d

L’shana tova
(Please)

Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 27d

That is one fine looking boule.

Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 27d

“There are no shared truths in America. There are no laws, not ones that the Supreme Court cannot brush aside for movement convenience. There is no news, only an endless stream of chattering heads….”

Must read: substack.com/redirect/395...

After Kirk's death, allies choose conspiracies, opportunism, and hate

Charlie Kirk's allies have set themselves to defining his legacy, and their version looks darker by the hour.

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Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 29d

They’re all scared of being on the receiving end of a mean tweet.

Gentry Lane @gentrylane.bsky.social · 29d

Ich bin ein Hamburger.

Landed in Hamburg for a big week-long war game with my think tank DRC at Helmut Schmitt University, NATO and thé Bundeswehr.

As long as no one expects me to conjugate, it’s going to be a great week.