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John Carl Baker
@johncarlbaker.bsky.social
nuclear weapons, foreign policy, the left - occasional antiquity and cocktail posts

Words: Nation, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, NK News, US Institute of Peace, New Republic, elsewhere

seniores tollunt omnia
the picture really makes it
January 26, 2026 at 6:56 PM
There are serious risks to perpetuating the mad king's delusions bsky.app/profile/john...
Three years from now they'll claim Golden Dome is operational and the only person who will believe it is Trump, the guy with his finger on the button - who now thinks he's protected from nuclear retaliation.
January 26, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Reposted by John Carl Baker
The left is excluded so much they exist only as a mental caricature to many of these guys. I will be open to them when they demonstrate being open to anybody but themselves
January 26, 2026 at 10:37 AM
He had Florida links and I think that’s the connection - this is all local lore but iirc she did sort of confirm it
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I feel bad for anyone who doesn’t have an influential teacher like this - shout out to Ms. Miller, my tough but inspiring middle school language arts teacher who may or may not have dated Jim Morrison
January 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Reposted by John Carl Baker
Which is why, out of all the horrible things happening in the world right now, I think ChatGPT might be one of the worst, because it will cut an entire generation off from any understanding of what language is & how it works, rendering it into 'prompts', weird Silicon Valley magic spells.
January 26, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Exactly - like I am a huge beach boys fan but I would never be one of those “Brian Wilson was a genius” people.

Prince, however, was absolutely a genius.
January 25, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I am very uncomfortable with people being like “this is genius” or “x is a genius” but I have absolutely no reservations about saying Prince was a genius
January 25, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I went to Paisley Park this fall and it was legit incredible
January 25, 2026 at 11:43 PM
This was the first one I’ve watched but yeah they all look great
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM