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Daniel Svitek
@dasvitek.bsky.social
Space. Engineering. Science. Mechanical engineering in the aerospace sector.

Moralistic garbage. Currently clean on OPSEC. Hiding behind "due process"

dasvitek.substack.com
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The current mess in DC only signals to Beijing that the US lacks unity, organization, and strategic vision to handle an even larger conflict, as the Pacific region is likely to become. Bombing Iran after Israel's SEAD or running masculine army ads doesn’t compensate for it
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Winter Flowers.

🎨 Vivienne Cawson
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Flickr (May 16, 2023)

Two NASA engineers in clean room suits work inside a cylindrical metal structure, illuminated by bright overhead lights.

flic.kr/p/2oXxdMa
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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November 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Going to try to remember to post my history purchases
August 10, 2024 at 5:52 AM
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Beautiful color photo of Phoebus 1B Nuclear Rocket Engines developed by Los Alamos
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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NERVA Nuclear Rocket Engine
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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What should I read first?
November 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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This is a great visualization of the Chinese "shadow navy" threatening Taiwan.
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
Shadow navy: How China's civilian fleet could be a potent weapon in a Taiwan invasion
A Reuters visual investigation of China's annual naval exercises off the Chinese coast opposite Taiwan shows how Beijing's
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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My latest article on Substack, the third and final part on Operation Catapult and the neutralisation of the French fleet in 1940 by the Royal Navy, is available now.

open.substack.com/pub/danielkn...

#navy #History #free #article #WW2 #WWII #Britain #France #maritime
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Does anyone know any good near-future and/or cyberpunk fiction?
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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POV: Its 1988 and activity in the cold waters outside of Vladivostok have demanded the attention of people with more power than god. It is 2 am and you just started your shift.
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Ian W Toll's Pacific War Trilogy was like that for me.

And this box set (which I wish I had) is visually magnificent
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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The first review of my book is out!! 🎉 Many thanks to @latamrob.bsky.social for all the kind words! #History 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/latamrob...
Rocket men
Cuba’s nuclear brinkmanship contains lessons about imperialism and internationalism. Review: The Fate of the Americas, Renata Keller, by Gavin O'Toole
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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A Venetian canal

by Rubens Santoro

(Italian, 1859–1942)
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Mark Grantham (Canadian Artist, born 1966)
"Grey Day in Town", 2025.
Oil on Canvas
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Kaoru Yamada
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Cathedral Reflections.
Wells, Somerset
Thomas W. Schaller.
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Sunlit Meadow in a Forest
By Jeff Stanford, 2025
November 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Inge Schuster, Danish digital artist
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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This. And see Greg Fox's post on the way the "deal" would conflict with core principles of international law: www.linkedin.com/posts/gregor...
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM