Drake Long
@drmlong.bsky.social
Senior Associate, China Warfighting Initiative, Marine Corps War College.
Focuses: China’s territorial disputes, Taiwan, ASEAN. Writing a book on the seabed! Opinions my own.
Focuses: China’s territorial disputes, Taiwan, ASEAN. Writing a book on the seabed! Opinions my own.
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Drake Long
@drmlong.bsky.social
· Jul 10
FYI if you’re a researcher working on the seabed and have a new paper out, let me know! I am a non-science person trying to understand more and would love to cite for my silly piddly little book.
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When an ICE agent fired the tear gas canister, it hit 55-year-old nurse Vincent Hawkins in the face, shattering his glasses and concussing him.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When an ICE agent fired the tear gas canister, it hit 55-year-old nurse Vincent Hawkins in the face, shattering his glasses and concussing him.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
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"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
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I hope Europeans listen to @agathedemarais.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/24/t...
The U.S.-Russia Plan Gives Trump a $300 Billion Signing Bonus
If Europe moves fast to seize Russian assets, it may be able to sink this bad deal.
foreignpolicy.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I hope Europeans listen to @agathedemarais.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/24/t...
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A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
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Murder is an offense under Article 118 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. With respect to civilians, they have to contend with the federal criminal laws punishing murder on the high seas (18 U.S.C. § 1111) and conspiracy to commit murder outside the United States (18 U.S.C. § 956).
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Murder is an offense under Article 118 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. With respect to civilians, they have to contend with the federal criminal laws punishing murder on the high seas (18 U.S.C. § 1111) and conspiracy to commit murder outside the United States (18 U.S.C. § 956).
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"Kennedy’s vaccine conspiracism is not separate and apart from the logic that drives other aspects of Trumpism." (from August) www.liberalcurrents.com/degenerate-n...
Degenerate Nation: RFK Jr’s Far-Right Disease Prevention
RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda is of a piece with Trump's nativist, Darwinian politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"Kennedy’s vaccine conspiracism is not separate and apart from the logic that drives other aspects of Trumpism." (from August) www.liberalcurrents.com/degenerate-n...
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🌊 COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
The Maldivian government reopened gulper shark fishing, carving a species-level exemption that weakens both protections and reputations.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🌊 COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
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“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
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📢New publication:
The poor want redistribution regardless of whether they think society is meritocratic.
🎉 Big congrats to my former supervisees — now co-authors, @irenepaneda.bsky.social, @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social, and Bala Battu!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The poor want redistribution regardless of whether they think society is meritocratic.
🎉 Big congrats to my former supervisees — now co-authors, @irenepaneda.bsky.social, @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social, and Bala Battu!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The relevance of meritocratic beliefs for redistributive preferences increases with income
A leading explanation for why in democratic societies the rich are not taxed more is that meritocratic beliefs breed tolerance for inequality. We prob…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
📢New publication:
The poor want redistribution regardless of whether they think society is meritocratic.
🎉 Big congrats to my former supervisees — now co-authors, @irenepaneda.bsky.social, @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social, and Bala Battu!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The poor want redistribution regardless of whether they think society is meritocratic.
🎉 Big congrats to my former supervisees — now co-authors, @irenepaneda.bsky.social, @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social, and Bala Battu!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Huh weird, the statement makes absolutely no mention that they agreed to stop any and all gender affirming care at their medical school. Must have just been an oversight since otherwise “Northwestern runs northwestern” just seems dishonest.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Huh weird, the statement makes absolutely no mention that they agreed to stop any and all gender affirming care at their medical school. Must have just been an oversight since otherwise “Northwestern runs northwestern” just seems dishonest.
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Since the election of Trump in 2024, the influence of Liberal Currents has surged. Traffic to LiberalCurrents.com has grown by 600 percent. Social media follows have gone from four thousand to over thirty thousand.
Now let's build something that can't be ignored: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Now let's build something that can't be ignored: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Since the election of Trump in 2024, the influence of Liberal Currents has surged. Traffic to LiberalCurrents.com has grown by 600 percent. Social media follows have gone from four thousand to over thirty thousand.
Now let's build something that can't be ignored: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Now let's build something that can't be ignored: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
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I’m quoted in the Wall Street Journal discussing US ambiguity towards Taiwan.
Thank you kindly @joyuwang.bsky.social for reaching out!
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Thank you kindly @joyuwang.bsky.social for reaching out!
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Trump Is Silent on Taiwan After Talking to Xi—and That Is Fine With Taipei
Taiwan is making the most of the U.S.’s policy of “strategic ambiguity,” even as President Trump’s stance raises concern for some.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I’m quoted in the Wall Street Journal discussing US ambiguity towards Taiwan.
Thank you kindly @joyuwang.bsky.social for reaching out!
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Thank you kindly @joyuwang.bsky.social for reaching out!
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
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The first satellite of the FORMOSAT-8 array has been deployed on a ride-share mission upon Transporter-15!
It entered orbit at 5.04am, made contact with Earth via a comms center in Norway at 5.34am, and is expected to make its first rotation over #Taiwan at 10.42am.
www.tasa.org.tw/zh-TW/announ...
It entered orbit at 5.04am, made contact with Earth via a comms center in Norway at 5.34am, and is expected to make its first rotation over #Taiwan at 10.42am.
www.tasa.org.tw/zh-TW/announ...
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The first satellite of the FORMOSAT-8 array has been deployed on a ride-share mission upon Transporter-15!
It entered orbit at 5.04am, made contact with Earth via a comms center in Norway at 5.34am, and is expected to make its first rotation over #Taiwan at 10.42am.
www.tasa.org.tw/zh-TW/announ...
It entered orbit at 5.04am, made contact with Earth via a comms center in Norway at 5.34am, and is expected to make its first rotation over #Taiwan at 10.42am.
www.tasa.org.tw/zh-TW/announ...
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Starting to question the counter-narcotics rationale for the boat bombing scheme.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Starting to question the counter-narcotics rationale for the boat bombing scheme.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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Riley Gaines' campaign against trans people has done incalculable damage to trans rights the world over.
TWIBS brought to you by @alyssaur.bsky.social
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TWIBS: Riley Gaines Saga Explained by Mother Jones — Assigned
A new profile on the prolific anti-trans activist by Mother Jones sheds light on Gaines’ obsession.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Riley Gaines' campaign against trans people has done incalculable damage to trans rights the world over.
TWIBS brought to you by @alyssaur.bsky.social
TWIBS brought to you by @alyssaur.bsky.social
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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On operations is mandatory reading
If you’re shopping today @usni.org is running a big holiday sale with 50% most books, including On Tactics, On Operations, and 21st Century Ellis.
www.usni.org/press/books
www.usni.org/press/books
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
On operations is mandatory reading
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already have a subscription to the handbasket but want to spread the love? gift a subscription to a loved one (or enemy, either way.) make sure you select the "gift" option at the top! www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
already have a subscription to the handbasket but want to spread the love? gift a subscription to a loved one (or enemy, either way.) make sure you select the "gift" option at the top! www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade
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Sachs is not interested in historical accuracy or insight. He is simply shilling for Xi.
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Sachs is not interested in historical accuracy or insight. He is simply shilling for Xi.
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My family came to the U.S. before the Immigration Act of 1924 banned Japanese and cut Eastern European immigrants.
Since then, our family fought for our country in WWII, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
We are the land of the free and the home of the brave because of those who became Americans.
Since then, our family fought for our country in WWII, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
We are the land of the free and the home of the brave because of those who became Americans.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
My family came to the U.S. before the Immigration Act of 1924 banned Japanese and cut Eastern European immigrants.
Since then, our family fought for our country in WWII, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
We are the land of the free and the home of the brave because of those who became Americans.
Since then, our family fought for our country in WWII, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
We are the land of the free and the home of the brave because of those who became Americans.
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To be explicit, we executed a German U-Boat commander who said he had to sink lifesaving gear / “inadvertently” kill survivors because it might give away his position, thereby potentially resulting in the loss of his submarine.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
To be explicit, we executed a German U-Boat commander who said he had to sink lifesaving gear / “inadvertently” kill survivors because it might give away his position, thereby potentially resulting in the loss of his submarine.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
We executed multiple members of that crew.