Timothy Choi
@timdocchoi.bsky.social
Ship modeler, all-around Canadian boat guy (and gov't goon, so usual caveats apply). PhD'd in Norwegian, Danish, and Canadian naval forces: book version coming Soon™️.
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I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
Newsom: "It was remarkably boring. It was remarkably insignificant. He was never going invade Greenland. It was never real."
January 21, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
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Sweden’s Prime Minister, in a new statement on Greenland:
“We will not let ourselves be blackmailed… Sweden is now having intensive discussions with other EU countries, Norway, and the United Kingdom for a coordinated response.”
“We will not let ourselves be blackmailed… Sweden is now having intensive discussions with other EU countries, Norway, and the United Kingdom for a coordinated response.”
January 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Sweden’s Prime Minister, in a new statement on Greenland:
“We will not let ourselves be blackmailed… Sweden is now having intensive discussions with other EU countries, Norway, and the United Kingdom for a coordinated response.”
“We will not let ourselves be blackmailed… Sweden is now having intensive discussions with other EU countries, Norway, and the United Kingdom for a coordinated response.”
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The rabid feral animals in question:
January 16, 2026 at 3:35 AM
The rabid feral animals in question:
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Quick explainer for those not used to how naval cost estimates (when done well) work in a “cost-by-weight” model (which has issues I’ll get to).
Before I get into it, I’ll preface that these numbers look reasonable, especially for how immature DEFIANT’s detailed design definitely is.
Before I get into it, I’ll preface that these numbers look reasonable, especially for how immature DEFIANT’s detailed design definitely is.
Some eye-popping cost estimates for the battleship, courtesy of Eric Labs of the Congressional Budget Office. 1 BBG could buy up to 7 DDGs (which, btw is 128 VLS cells and 12 CPS cells vs 672 VLS cells). In the words of the immortal Ron O’Rourke, which came first: the program or the analysis?
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Quick explainer for those not used to how naval cost estimates (when done well) work in a “cost-by-weight” model (which has issues I’ll get to).
Before I get into it, I’ll preface that these numbers look reasonable, especially for how immature DEFIANT’s detailed design definitely is.
Before I get into it, I’ll preface that these numbers look reasonable, especially for how immature DEFIANT’s detailed design definitely is.
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J'aurais kiffé être à la réunion brainstorming chez les peintures Farrow & Ball quand ils ont choisi le nom de couleur "dead salmon"(!?) et qu'ils se sont dits que ça allait être vendeur
January 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
J'aurais kiffé être à la réunion brainstorming chez les peintures Farrow & Ball quand ils ont choisi le nom de couleur "dead salmon"(!?) et qu'ils se sont dits que ça allait être vendeur
Assume the challenge of gravity is overcome: the biggest obstacle is doctrinal. It'd go against decades of thinking on addressing the threat as far out as possible. It'd mean "we COULD tackle it way out there, but no, we'd purposely let it get REALLY CLOSE". French did this in Red Sea it seems.
“The Navy should explore using high-powered water cannons—also known as firefighting monitors—as ship-based counter-UAS (cUAS) weapons.”
That is actually quite clever and I must admit I haven’t seen this before, is anyone aware of existing systems?
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
That is actually quite clever and I must admit I haven’t seen this before, is anyone aware of existing systems?
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
Wash the Sky Clean of Drones
Firefighting monitors would be a simple weapon that could operate as long as the ship has power.
www.usni.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Assume the challenge of gravity is overcome: the biggest obstacle is doctrinal. It'd go against decades of thinking on addressing the threat as far out as possible. It'd mean "we COULD tackle it way out there, but no, we'd purposely let it get REALLY CLOSE". French did this in Red Sea it seems.
This should be fun. A very unusual kit with lots of interior options (hangars), to be inserted as modules through the bottom of the hull and into the superstructure.
December 31, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This should be fun. A very unusual kit with lots of interior options (hangars), to be inserted as modules through the bottom of the hull and into the superstructure.
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Gale force winds blow Navy ship off moorings in South Baltimore
Navy cargo ship blown off moorings in South Baltimore
Gale force winds blew a 950-foot U.S. Navy cargo ship off its moorings in South Baltimore on Monday afternoon.
buff.ly
December 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Gale force winds blow Navy ship off moorings in South Baltimore
It's kinda ridiculous that the actual Trumpship is *even longer* than Reconstructionist's (much better looking) design
is it EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE FEET OF FUCK OFF AND FUCK YOU
December 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
It's kinda ridiculous that the actual Trumpship is *even longer* than Reconstructionist's (much better looking) design
Make a Bond movie academic
Committee Royale
Committee Royale
Make a Bond movie academic
Do Another Day
Do Another Day
Make a Bond movie academic
For Reviewer 2’s Eyes Only
For Reviewer 2’s Eyes Only
December 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Make a Bond movie academic
Committee Royale
Committee Royale
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Speaking as someone who just wrote a book on the Manhattan Project, I can assure you that refugee immigrants were the *entire* reason the US mastered the atom first. The most chilling part of writing my book was reading about them fleeing fascism … abroad. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/fleeing-on...
December 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Speaking as someone who just wrote a book on the Manhattan Project, I can assure you that refugee immigrants were the *entire* reason the US mastered the atom first. The most chilling part of writing my book was reading about them fleeing fascism … abroad. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/fleeing-on...
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Academic research question. Can anyone point me towards to some literature on Italian shipyards during #WWII. Everything I’m finding is post war via google. Please and thank you 😊
December 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Academic research question. Can anyone point me towards to some literature on Italian shipyards during #WWII. Everything I’m finding is post war via google. Please and thank you 😊
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More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows
More than 20% of the videos that YouTube’s algorithm shows to new users are “AI slop” – low-quality AI-generated content designed to farm views, research has found.
The video-editing company Kapwing surveyed 15,000 of the world’s most popular YouTube channels – the top 100 in every country – and found that 278 of them contain only AI slop. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
At risk of losing my boat card
December 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
At risk of losing my boat card
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Why is this a question?
December 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Why is this a question?
ah, so that's what all those unsolicited instagram "Suggested" posts are blathering on about
This is the NYTimes story about the initially failed effort to install a Pu-238 RTG powered remote listening station to monitor Chinese missile launches in 1965.
That resulted in loss of said RTG.
Which NYTimes calls “plutonium packed” & a “nuclear device”:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
That resulted in loss of said RTG.
Which NYTimes calls “plutonium packed” & a “nuclear device”:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device?
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
ah, so that's what all those unsolicited instagram "Suggested" posts are blathering on about
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(but only from the various non-SPAM brand ones)
Spam (from a can) is great and I will always die on that hill
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
(but only from the various non-SPAM brand ones)
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One time at an Asian fusion restaurant in Canada, I was served spam and I looked at it quizzically because it looked different.
The server mistook my expression for worry and reassured me it wasn’t spam from a can.
They were probably even more confused by my subsequent bewildered reaction.
The server mistook my expression for worry and reassured me it wasn’t spam from a can.
They were probably even more confused by my subsequent bewildered reaction.
My unpopular opinion is that spam is good and you’re probably just a snob.
December 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
One time at an Asian fusion restaurant in Canada, I was served spam and I looked at it quizzically because it looked different.
The server mistook my expression for worry and reassured me it wasn’t spam from a can.
They were probably even more confused by my subsequent bewildered reaction.
The server mistook my expression for worry and reassured me it wasn’t spam from a can.
They were probably even more confused by my subsequent bewildered reaction.
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🚨 BREAKING: Explosion aboard oil tanker KAIROS near the SW Black Sea, close to the Bosporus entrance. Initial reports suggest a drifting mine or possibly a drone strike. Ship is drifting; crew reportedly rescued with injuries. #MaritimeEmergency #BlackSea
SOURCE:https://www.denizhaber.com/
SOURCE:https://www.denizhaber.com/
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Norwegian coast guard crew grinned cheekily at me as he looked at me taking a bite of brunost in the shared mess. "It's all right," I said, nodding.
brown cheese and cured salmon for breakfast in Oslo - I am a Brown Cheese Appreciator
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The Norwegian coast guard crew grinned cheekily at me as he looked at me taking a bite of brunost in the shared mess. "It's all right," I said, nodding.