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Analyst, weapons officer, and professor, but mostly just a proud girl and dog dad. Not an official account.
This is so embarrassing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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A tale of two Chinas: Tech industry booms as workers face dim prospects

www.npr.org/2025/11/24/n...
A tale of two Chinas: Tech industry booms as workers face dim prospects
In China, two economic realities exist side of by side. The country's fast-growing technology sector is now leading the world in some aspects. Yet prospects for the average Chinese worker remain dim.
www.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is a great article. While the PLA is extremely capable, the invasion of Taiwan would be the most difficult landing operation ever attempted. There has never been an amphibious landing in the face of CDCMs. For comparison, Taiwan has hundreds of missiles and the PLAN as eight LPDs.
Taiwan highlighted its efforts in developing area denial capabilities, including anti-ship missiles, attack drones and new coastal defense forces, to counter a potential Chinese invasion of the island in its 2025 National Defense Report 🇹🇼

www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Taiwan Defense Report Highlights Area Denial Progress - Naval News
Taiwan's latest defense report highlighted the development of area denial capabilities that could defeat a Chinese invasion of the island.
www.navalnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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1) @washingtonpost.com reported Thursday on a controversial policy downgrading how nooses and swastikas are labeled in the Coast Guard.

2) Admin officials attacked The Post, falsely alleging the reporting of "fake crap."

3) The CG said it would review policy language.

4) The CG reversed course.
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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TEN MONTHS IN:

The national debt is higher.

The trade deficit is wider.

The inflation rate has worsened.

The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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#History #Books
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Beijing doing its part to boost Japanese defense spending
November 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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My @navalnews.com write-up on Type 076 LHA Sichuan (31) going to sea for the first time today. The large amphibious carrier, equipped with an EM catapult as a world first, came together in a notably short time and follows commissioning of Fujian a week ago.
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Chinese Type 076 Amphibious Carrier Sichuan Starts Sea Trials
The Chinese Type 076 amphibious carrier Sichuan, equipped with an electromagnetic catapult, has today left Shanghai for her first sea trial.
www.navalnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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International stocks are outperforming the S&P 500 by the widest margin in 16 years.

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Notes from Central Taiwan: Willing to fight for the homeland – Michael Turton for Taipei Times
Notes from Central Taiwan: Willing to fight for the homeland - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
www.taipeitimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”

@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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ulysses s grant
who won virginia
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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We have reached peak "NATO expansion propaganda". Jeffrey Sachs claims he was personally told by someone he didn't meet that there was a broken promise to a person who says it wasn't made.
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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November 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
An annual shout out to everyone with grown kids or no kids who still invest in making Halloween awesome. A true test of character.
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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“.. states with mid-to-high single digit percentage increases in grocery prices over past year ..”

(via Liz Ann Sonders) #CPI 🇺🇸
October 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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They had Hugo Boss uniforms because the Nazis were a bunch of failed artists and fascism is an aesthetic ideology.
October 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Excellent analysis
In my view, there is a strong case that instead of spending the $125–200 million European governments would likely need to pay to the US for 50 or so Tomahawks, they should invest that money directly into Ukraine’s missile industrial sector to scale up domestic production.

6/6
October 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Opinion | I never personally had a Nazi-curious phase. But as a fair minded journalist, it’s my job to pretend this is a normal rite of passage for American men who might later go into politics.
October 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Please pay attention Taiwan
Ukraine introduced a new generation of its Sea Baby naval drones, developed by the Security Service

These upgraded platforms have already demonstrated their combat effectiveness during 2025 strike on the Crimean Bridge, symbol of Russian occupation euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/22/u...
Ukraine’s upgraded Sea Baby drones now can travel 1,500 km carrying two tons of explosives
Brig. Gen. “Hunter” Lukashevych confirms that Sea Baby units targeted the Crimean bridge supports, damaging the illegal crossing to the occupied peninsula.
euromaidanpress.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Editorial, The Vancouver Daily Province, May 17, 1933:
October 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I was looking for something else and stumbled on this. After giving it a quick read, I thought the section on air assault was wildly optimistic from the Chinese perspective and ignored the geographic challenges. Any thoughts from my Army friends? www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/t...
Target Taiwan: Prospects for a Chinese invasion - Defense Priorities
Key points In a scenario where China attempts an amphibious invasion of Taiwan and the United States does not fight, […]
www.defensepriorities.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
October 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“Well, you see your problem is…”
Hungarian MiG-21. Complete annihilation.
October 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM