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Jared Keller

@jaredbkeller.bsky.social

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 18h

Also it just occurred to me that you and I should really do a lasers-in-fiction roundtable at some point

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 18h

One of the funniest movies ever made

Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 18h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Msh...

Who is Kafka

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 18h

The fact that diamonds are being used to cool AI data centers and NOT for laser weapons like 'Congo' promised is one of the most significant bummers of my lifetime

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 20h

Haven't seen a good tank name in awhile, and 'Divine Intervention' is pretty good!

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 21h

I went to Wesleyan so that’s accurate

Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 22h

The best part of running an independent newsletter is A) military public affairs and defense industry officials still field my questions and B) when I get terse non-answers in response, I can use footnotes to fill in the gaps 😂

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 22h

NEW: A (brief) Q&A with EOS CEO Dr. Andreas Schwer on Australia's new 'Apollo' laser weapon www.laserwars.net/p/apollo-las...

What We Know About ‘Apollo,' NATO’s New Australian-Made Laser Weapon

EOS CEO Dr. Andreas Schwer on the system that scored the world's first known laser weapon export contract.

www.laserwars.net

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 1d

Just wrapped. The subject was an optical engineer and he was not impressed by Teller et al

Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 1d

Forever turning a corner, just like Afghanistan!

Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 1d

I am interviewing a former engineer who worked on space-based lasers as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative in the 1980s later today

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 1d

I worked in ecommerce for two years and can say with authority that Amazon Prime’s Big Deal Days promotion is a fucking scam

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 2d

Read more here (and subscribe!) www.laserwars.net/p/applied-en...

The Case for Ultrashort Pulse Laser Weapons

Applied Energetics CEO Chris Donaghey talks directed energy, drone warfare, and weaponizing the lightning bolt.

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 2d

Because I'm not already busy enough, I'm starting an interview series for Laser Wars called 'In Focus'

First up: Applied Energetics CEO Chris Donaghey talks directed energy, drone warfare, and *weaponizing the lightning bolt*

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 2d

Why are you launching a military journalism fund when you just liquidated your entire award-winning newsroom???

Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 3d

MAP: The Geography of Military Laser Weapons

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 12d

Who wants a Laser Wars dog bandana?!?!?

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 5d

I keep coming back to this

Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 23d

Free idea: Out of the ashes of @militarydotcom.bsky.social’s newsroom, a worker-owned news collective covering the US military and veterans community.

A Defector. An Aftermath. A 404 Media.

I’d subscribe. Would you?

Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 5d

How 'Mean Girls' Explains the Media

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 5d

Right?

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 5d

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Disney challenge coins are real. Here's the story behind them

Turns out that Disney challenge coins are, in fact, a real thing.

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 5d

Tired: Kash Patel challenge coins

Wired: Disney challenge coins

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 5d

Sam I am SO upset right now

Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 5d

VALNET is still bragging about the incredible newsroom this team built after completely gutting it.

Fucking pathetic

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Jared Keller @jaredbkeller.bsky.social · 5d

Today I learned that the new owners of @militarydotcom.bsky.social axed @stevenbeynon.bsky.social *while he was on Guard duty*

I am going to burn this whole place down

www.npr.org/transcripts/...

Who will be left to cover the troops as the Pentagon limits journalists' access?

Smaller publications that cover the Pentagon are likely to be the most affected by a new press policy put into place by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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