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Senior Research Adviser, @apln.network Nonresident Fellow, South Asia Program @stimsoncenter.bsky.social Opinions my own, reposts ≠ endorsement. https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-o-donnell-b84675158
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · Aug 13
Nuclear failsafe reviews - as conducted by 🇺🇸 in 1990-1992 and 2022-2024 - are important measures to safeguard against accidental or inadvertent nuclear use. Today, @apln.network, @nti.org & @theeln.bsky.social co-publish summaries from 🇨🇳 🇮🇳 🇵🇰 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 Track-II failsafe workshops over the last year.
Advancing Nuclear Fail-Safe in the Asia-Pacific | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network
APLN has worked with partners in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the United States to highlight the benefits of independent, internal “fail-safe” reviews in nuclear-armed states. Fail-safe reviews are...
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 7h
It's a testament to the Dodgers' industry-leading depth that when one of their accomplished-but-washed chud pitchers duffs a game out of reach they actually have another accomplished-but-washed chud with even worse politics to bring in to mop it up. Most teams don't even have one guy that odious.
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 8h
UN to slash a quarter of peacekeepers globally over lack of funds -
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 1d
“In 2023, Indian state refiners made some payments for Russian oil in yuan, but they stopped due to displeasure from the Indian government during a period of heightened tensions with Beijing, though private refiners continued to use the Chinese currency”
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 1d
“Western sanctions imposed on Russia after its 2022 invasion of Ukraine have accelerated usage of alternative currencies, including the yuan and the UAE dirham to settle oil trades, which have long been dominated by the dollar”
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 1d
“Traders offering Russian oil have begun asking Indian state refiners to pay in Chinese yuan, taking recent signs of improving relations between New Delhi and Beijing as a chance to simplify deals with Indian buyers”
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 1d
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 1d
“A Japanese diplomat said that while U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is relatively unenthusiastic about multilateral groupings, the Squad seems to be an exception, mainly because of the importance of keeping the Philippines in the American camp vis-a-vis China.”
Will Takaichi's Japan engage with Quad, Squad or new 'Asian Quad'?
Defense chiefs of US, Japan, Australia and Philippines to meet soon
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 2d
Beautiful harvest moon tonight in Port Aransas, TX:
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Phelim Kine @phelimkine.bsky.social · 2d
The White House is conditioning Trump’s attendance at the Oct. 26-28 ASEAN meeting on allowing Trump to preside over a ceremonial signing of a peace deal between Cambodia and Thailand. And ensuring that Chinese officials don't crash that party. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Trump seeks peace ceremony spotlight at ASEAN summit
Trump wants to preside over a Thailand-Cambodia peace deal ceremony — and Chinese officials aren’t welcome.
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 2d
Outstanding @jamellebouie.net column - gift link - www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Opinion | ‘The Most Epic Political Victory Our Country Has Ever Seen’ Is Nothing of the Kind
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 2d
Internalize “I am enough”
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essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d
Is the irony of the president’s friend buying something called “the free press” and immediately installing a government truth compliance officer lost on everybody?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d
Breaking News: Paramount is buying The Free Press for $150 million and appointing Bari Weiss, the news site's co-founder, as the editor in chief of CBS News. nyti.ms/4gUnu5D
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d
China’s charm offensive in India’s backyard on.ft.com/4hglkxH
China’s charm offensive in India’s backyard
Beijing’s new diplomatic forays in south Asia have stoked New Delhi fears of being ‘encircled’
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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 3d
MARS - From Jacint Roger (landru79.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2paZ3C4
#NASA's #Mars #Perseverance rover Left Navigation Camera (Navcam). Oct. 19, 2023 (Sol 947) 05:20:17. >> 05:25:38. mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/NLF_0947_075... Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/j. Roger
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d
Among other things, it remains extremely weird that the [checks notes] director of the FBI uses phrases like “ass clown factory” in public statements posted on his official account
FBI Director Kash Patel * ® @FBIDirectorKash X.com BREAKING: MSNBC still an ass clown factory of disinformation. Same circus animals that slobbered all over perp walks of Stone, Navarro, Bannon... MSNBC has no facts and no audience In this @fbi, follow the chain of command or get relieved. & Barb McQuade @ @BarbMcQuade • 15h DOJ policy prohibits "perp walks," in which arrestees are paraded before the cameras.
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 4d
Pakistan courts US with pitch for new Arabian Sea port
Audacious plan would give Washington a mineral gateway near China’s flank
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 5d
Friday!
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5d
Americans may note such unusual features as 'the reporter calling the politician out when they say something untrue' and 'follow-up questions.'
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 6d
no excuse for being this bad
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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 5d
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 5d
"In a study published in The Lancet in September, UC Davis researchers surveyed over 9,300 people. They found that those who hold racist, xenophobic, and transphobic beliefs and negative attitudes toward gay people are more likely to support political violence and be inclined to commit lethal acts."
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The Trace @thetrace.org · 5d
Two recent studies from the Centers for Violence Prevention at the University of California, Davis, aim to understand how political acts of violence are linked to certain beliefs and support of specific organizations. Their findings are striking.

Read more: thetr.ac/GUM7t
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Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 5d
Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d
“‘We cannot control who sees what, we cannot see what users are doing, and we cannot verify that the software itself is secure,’ the memo says.”
Anduril and Palantir battlefield communication system has deep flaws, Army memo says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The much-needed modernization of the U.S. Army's battlefield communications network being undertaken by Anduril, Palantir and others is rife with "fundamental security" problems ...
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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 6d
Lunar Occultation of Saturn 9/17/2024 - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qh5d47
Saturn passing behind the Moon on the morning of Sept 17, 2024. Also resolved are Saturn's moons Titan (left) and Tethys (right). Imaged with 14" LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope at f/10 from La Crescenta, California. Note that Saturn detail was enhanced by blending a sharpened stack of images captured immediately prior to the occultation.
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 6d
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India-China Direct Air Links Will Return Later This Month After Five Years
IndiGo became the first carrier to announce services, saying it will resume daily non-stop flights between Kolkata and Guangzhou from October 26.
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 6d
India mulls next step in wake of US sanctions on its port project in Iran
Experts say Washington's move could rein in Delhi's ambitions in Central Asia, aid China
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