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Jason "Red5" Lyall
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Prof @Dartmouth. Director, FieldLab. Carnegie Fellow. Diversity and military effectiveness, war, humanitarian aid, USAID, sci fi. Author, DIVIDED ARMIES (2020, http://amzn.to/2Y80f25). 🇨🇦 #FirstGen #VermontZen

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 2h
"The U.S. military has killed more than 80 people since the campaign began in early September. But it does not know who specifically is being killed, and the strikes were not designed to take out high-ranking cartel leaders."
Intelligence on U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Is Limited
www.nytimes.com

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Mike Eckel @mikeeckel.bsky.social · 6h
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
USCIS @USCIS X.com Effective immediately, processing of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals is stopped indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols. The protections and safety of our homeland and of the American people remains our singular focus and mission. 10:04 PM • 11/26/25 • 2.1K Views

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 22h
I contain multitudes

Oh

Oh shit

My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d
Moldova's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador to hand him a note of protest after six Russian drones flew into Moldova's airspace during the massive attack on Ukraine.

A Russian drone that fell down in Moldova was placed by the Foreign Ministry for the ambassador's visit.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 1d
No formal review. No transparency over funding. Nearly 2x the size of the White House (and Trump wants it bigger). Architect has never designed anything near this size. Insanely fast time to complete it. Trump as micromanager.

What could go wrong?
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
www.washingtonpost.com

Reposted by Jacob T. Levy, Samantha Brennan, Jason Lyall

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 1d
Pleased to share my new essay in @foreignaffairs.com on the broader implications of the Trump administration’s killing spree at sea.

www.foreignaffairs.com/central-amer...
America Unbound in the Caribbean
The real costs of Washington’s use of force.
www.foreignaffairs.com

Reposted by Tom Clark, Jason Lyall, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Women’s March @womensmarch.com · 1d
You can walk away. Before the shame follows you home. #StopICE

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 2d
Report (in English):

www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/30/a...
At Least 100 Russian Officers Have Executed Their Own Comrades in Ukraine – Vyorstka - The Moscow Times
Russian commanders have been torturing and executing their own soldiers in Ukraine since the first year of the full-scale invasion, according to an investigation by the exiled news outlet Vyorstka.
www.themoscowtimes.com

Reposted by Kori Schake

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 2d
I'm re-upping our new open access article on why armies shoot their own soldiers in light of recent reports that more than 100 Russian officers have been confirmed as ordering the execution of their own soldiers in more than 12,000 reported incidents

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Fratricidal Coercion in Modern War | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Fratricidal Coercion in Modern War - Volume 79 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org

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Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social · 2d
Super excited that a new edited volume, Bend But Do Not Break, is coming out, edited by Jaron Wharton, @klkuzminski.bsky.social @jkdemp.bsky.social @mzmargulies.bsky.social Keith Carter, and @carriealee.bsky.social
And it’s apparently doing well on the amazons

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 2d
"At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel Don't Create the Torment Nexus"

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 2d
Love the annual NPR book recommendations, but struggling with the inclusion of Alex Karp's book
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org

Reposted by David R. Miller, Jason Lyall

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov

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Brian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social · 3d
@jaylyall.bsky.social wrote a 500 page academic book demonstrating this point.

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Divided Armies: Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics): Lyall, Jason: 9780691192444: Amazon.com: Books
Divided Armies: Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics) [Lyall, Jason] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Divid...
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 3d
"At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel Don't Create the Torment Nexus"
The Strange and Totally Real Plan to Blot Out the Sun and Reverse Global Warming
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
www.politico.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”

Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.

Reposted by Juan Cole, Jason Lyall

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 4d
The headline is amazing. The foreign policy chaos that may sell out Ukraine is horrifying. The picture is of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, nominally the nation's top diplomat and also the National Security Advisor, who may or may not have called senators to disavow the plan he insists he co-wrote.

Reposted by Jason Lyall

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 4d
The MAGA White House is scrambling to contain backlash to a plan critics say would amount to Ukraine’s surrender after nearly four years of brutal war.
Trump Admin Caught Passing Russia’s Homework Off as Its Own
The MAGA White House is scrambling to contain backlash to a plan critics say would amount to Ukraine’s surrender after nearly four years of brutal war.
trib.al

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 4d
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 4d
"Who do I call in DC?"
rgoodlaw.bsky.social Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 4d
What a headline:

US Senators Say They Spoke With Rubio About Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Who Denied It Is a US Plan

(This as other US officials are still saying it is the US plan)

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Richard S.J. Tol, Jason Lyall

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 4d
What a headline:

US Senators Say They Spoke With Rubio About Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Who Denied It Is a US Plan

(This as other US officials are still saying it is the US plan)

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 4d
They're first in line

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 4d
Yes, very much looking forward to these guys serving long prison sentences for dismantling USAID illegally and the millions of preventable deaths that resulted from their actions

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 4d
"Trump and his top White House aides pushed for lethal strikes on Western Hemisphere drug traffickers almost as soon as they took office in January, and in the past 10 months have repeatedly steamrolled or sidestepped government lawyers who questioned whether the provocative policy was legal"
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com

Reposted by David R. Miller, Jason Lyall

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public health guy 🦃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 4d
sucks to suck. they’ve killed hundreds of thousands of children.

i won’t lose a second of sleep if they are sentenced to life in prison for violating every national security law in the book
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
bit.ly

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🦃 Seth Masket 🦃 @smotus.bsky.social · 6d
Good to see some backtracking on one of these anyway apnews.com/article/coas...
Coast Guard reverses course on policy to call swastikas and nooses 'potentially divisive'
The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as...
apnews.com

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 7d
we're definitely through the looking glass now

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 7d
Just a reminder that I'm happy to speak to any journalist, or to recommend other scholars to do so, about why prejudice and "potentially divisive symbols" like swastikas (!) are so harmful to morale and cohesion in militaries
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com