kierceldwen
@kierceldwen.bsky.social
- biol-/archaeologist, "Celtic Studies", "you should write"
- profile pic: postcard by Andreas Bloch, Norway, c. 1905, sometimes used to represent Aud/Unn the Deep-Minded
- background image by Joseph Farquharson of Scotland: "Sheep Feeding", c.1890, 1911
- profile pic: postcard by Andreas Bloch, Norway, c. 1905, sometimes used to represent Aud/Unn the Deep-Minded
- background image by Joseph Farquharson of Scotland: "Sheep Feeding", c.1890, 1911
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"a managing partner at the technology investment firm 8VC."
8VC "employs" two sons of different russian oligarchs, one of which, zhenya, even changed his name to jack to try to blend in better
8VC "employs" two sons of different russian oligarchs, one of which, zhenya, even changed his name to jack to try to blend in better
December 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"a managing partner at the technology investment firm 8VC."
8VC "employs" two sons of different russian oligarchs, one of which, zhenya, even changed his name to jack to try to blend in better
8VC "employs" two sons of different russian oligarchs, one of which, zhenya, even changed his name to jack to try to blend in better
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The very same day, offer every portco the ability to sell those firms’ stakes to the Pentagon for the fair market value of $1 on the secondary market pursuant to DPA Title III, after which operations continue as normal.
It doesn’t have to hurt for long.
Everybody wins.
Defense Tech Delenda Est
It doesn’t have to hurt for long.
Everybody wins.
Defense Tech Delenda Est
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The very same day, offer every portco the ability to sell those firms’ stakes to the Pentagon for the fair market value of $1 on the secondary market pursuant to DPA Title III, after which operations continue as normal.
It doesn’t have to hurt for long.
Everybody wins.
Defense Tech Delenda Est
It doesn’t have to hurt for long.
Everybody wins.
Defense Tech Delenda Est
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A future D Secretary of Defense - should one ever come - will need to suspend the clearance of every last person affiliated with a16z, 8VC, Founders, & Sequoia and pull clearances from every portfolio company pending comprehensive drug testing, financial review, & CI screening.
It’s going to hurt.
It’s going to hurt.
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A future D Secretary of Defense - should one ever come - will need to suspend the clearance of every last person affiliated with a16z, 8VC, Founders, & Sequoia and pull clearances from every portfolio company pending comprehensive drug testing, financial review, & CI screening.
It’s going to hurt.
It’s going to hurt.
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“Let’s validate the new Japanese PM’s entire disposition and make her job much easier”
Chinese jets directed fire-control radar at Japanese aircraft, Japan says reut.rs/44dlaBO
Chinese jets directed fire-control radar at Japanese aircraft, Japan says
Chinese fighter jets directed their fire-control radar at Japanese aircraft over international waters on Saturday close to Japan's Okinawan islands in two separate incidents that Japan's defence minister described as "dangerous acts".
reut.rs
December 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“Let’s validate the new Japanese PM’s entire disposition and make her job much easier”
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“And that’s why we spent 40 minutes debating whether to launch an additional strike!”
December 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“And that’s why we spent 40 minutes debating whether to launch an additional strike!”
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If they were “identified terrorists targets” why was Pete complaining about the “fog of war”??
Why are low level drug runners on a terrorist target list?
Why is this list coming out a whole week after this story broke?
Why are low level drug runners on a terrorist target list?
Why is this list coming out a whole week after this story broke?
December 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
If they were “identified terrorists targets” why was Pete complaining about the “fog of war”??
Why are low level drug runners on a terrorist target list?
Why is this list coming out a whole week after this story broke?
Why are low level drug runners on a terrorist target list?
Why is this list coming out a whole week after this story broke?
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Spending more and more time around Japanese defense industrial base issues and this tracks with every reflection I’ve heard:
Japanese companies reward reliability, not chaos
In Silicon Valley, heroes are people who:
broke rules
ignored procedures
gambled big
disrupted whole sectors
In Silicon Valley, heroes are people who:
broke rules
ignored procedures
gambled big
disrupted whole sectors
I have never encountered anyone with a disruptor mindset in 🇯🇵
Social legitimacy comes from harmony, not rebellion
In Japan, someone who loudly says:
“This entire structure should be destroyed!”
…is not seen as visionary.
They are seen as 危険人物 (a dangerous person) or simply unserious.
Social legitimacy comes from harmony, not rebellion
In Japan, someone who loudly says:
“This entire structure should be destroyed!”
…is not seen as visionary.
They are seen as 危険人物 (a dangerous person) or simply unserious.
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Spending more and more time around Japanese defense industrial base issues and this tracks with every reflection I’ve heard:
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41. ‘The Holly and the Ivy’ (More O’Ferrall, 1952)
“I suppose people who fall asleep in the snow feel like this. They know they’ve got to keep awake, but just for a moment they give up the struggle because the snow’s so warm and cozy.”
“Never heard yet of anyone freezing to death from a kiss.”
“I suppose people who fall asleep in the snow feel like this. They know they’ve got to keep awake, but just for a moment they give up the struggle because the snow’s so warm and cozy.”
“Never heard yet of anyone freezing to death from a kiss.”
December 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
41. ‘The Holly and the Ivy’ (More O’Ferrall, 1952)
“I suppose people who fall asleep in the snow feel like this. They know they’ve got to keep awake, but just for a moment they give up the struggle because the snow’s so warm and cozy.”
“Never heard yet of anyone freezing to death from a kiss.”
“I suppose people who fall asleep in the snow feel like this. They know they’ve got to keep awake, but just for a moment they give up the struggle because the snow’s so warm and cozy.”
“Never heard yet of anyone freezing to death from a kiss.”
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December 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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The Sixth Window. The Feast of Saint Nicholas. Well-wrapped up in an enormous rose-coloured muffler, carrying a sturdy wicker basket in paw, Babcia had taken the early bus into Dorchester to do some Christmas shopping on her own.
December 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Sixth Window. The Feast of Saint Nicholas. Well-wrapped up in an enormous rose-coloured muffler, carrying a sturdy wicker basket in paw, Babcia had taken the early bus into Dorchester to do some Christmas shopping on her own.
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The Sixth Window. The Morning of the Feast of Saint Nicholas. The turret clock in St Thomas's had just rung five, and everyone in Watercress Lane was still asleep, apart from a young mouse in Medewort Cottage.
December 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The Sixth Window. The Morning of the Feast of Saint Nicholas. The turret clock in St Thomas's had just rung five, and everyone in Watercress Lane was still asleep, apart from a young mouse in Medewort Cottage.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Begins Process to Align U.S. Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations with Best Practices from Peer, Developed Countries
ALIGNING THE CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE WITH INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to begin the
www.whitehouse.gov
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
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On left:
President Trump Statement Sept. 2, 2025:
"The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States."
On right:
(Under penalty of law) military leaders told Congress headed to Suriname.
President Trump Statement Sept. 2, 2025:
"The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States."
On right:
(Under penalty of law) military leaders told Congress headed to Suriname.
December 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
On left:
President Trump Statement Sept. 2, 2025:
"The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States."
On right:
(Under penalty of law) military leaders told Congress headed to Suriname.
President Trump Statement Sept. 2, 2025:
"The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States."
On right:
(Under penalty of law) military leaders told Congress headed to Suriname.
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This could be any masked men chasing her. How scary!
I can’t believe this is America now.
I can’t believe this is America now.
A 22-year-old woman was chased back to her home by 6 masked ICE agents in Louisiana but backed down after being confronted by her stepfather.
Chickenshits…
#Pinks #ProudBlue #ICE #FuckICE
Chickenshits…
#Pinks #ProudBlue #ICE #FuckICE
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This could be any masked men chasing her. How scary!
I can’t believe this is America now.
I can’t believe this is America now.
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People better start going to prison for this and by people I mean ICE.
Witnesses, video: ICE vehicle ran over legs of man detained in Vancouver
Videos are circulating that appear to show a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement SUV running over a man’s legs as agents detained him Thursday in Vancouver.
www.columbian.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
People better start going to prison for this and by people I mean ICE.
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In their confirmation hearings, RFK Jr pledged he would not be anti-vax, Hegseth said he respected women serving in leadership positions in the military, and Bondi said she would not weaponize DOJ against Trump’s political enemies.
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
In their confirmation hearings, RFK Jr pledged he would not be anti-vax, Hegseth said he respected women serving in leadership positions in the military, and Bondi said she would not weaponize DOJ against Trump’s political enemies.
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
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This is how my local paper in the swing state of Nevada covered it: Huge picture, AP story with nary a hint that this was weird or corrupt.
As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is how my local paper in the swing state of Nevada covered it: Huge picture, AP story with nary a hint that this was weird or corrupt.
As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
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. @ejeancarroll.bsky.social wrote a fabulous book and the audio version is great!
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
. @ejeancarroll.bsky.social wrote a fabulous book and the audio version is great!
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Next week, the court will hear the most important campaign finance case since Citizens United. Here’s what you need to know, from one of the lawyers who’s been working on the case. substack.com/home/post/p-...
December 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Next week, the court will hear the most important campaign finance case since Citizens United. Here’s what you need to know, from one of the lawyers who’s been working on the case. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Has to be intentional by the artist . Rotting hands claw greedily at planet Earth to honour Trump and give him a Fake News peace prize
ALT-Text: Schauerliche Hände von Untoten krallen nach einer halbzerfetzten Erdkugel;
Würmer fressen Handstumpen;
überall sind Finger, einfach sehr viele gierige Finger, die grabbelig aalig nach einem dreckigen Klumpen schnappen.
(Unter allen hässlichen Preisen ist das wohl der hässlichste)
Würmer fressen Handstumpen;
überall sind Finger, einfach sehr viele gierige Finger, die grabbelig aalig nach einem dreckigen Klumpen schnappen.
(Unter allen hässlichen Preisen ist das wohl der hässlichste)
December 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Has to be intentional by the artist . Rotting hands claw greedily at planet Earth to honour Trump and give him a Fake News peace prize
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The c.3800 BC open-cast copper mine of Curak, Serbia #NationalMinersDay
After a surge in Balkan copper-ore mining during the 6th and 5th millennia BC, evidence for metal production dwindles in the 4th. This discovery questions the apparent downturn.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
After a surge in Balkan copper-ore mining during the 6th and 5th millennia BC, evidence for metal production dwindles in the 4th. This discovery questions the apparent downturn.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The c.3800 BC open-cast copper mine of Curak, Serbia #NationalMinersDay
After a surge in Balkan copper-ore mining during the 6th and 5th millennia BC, evidence for metal production dwindles in the 4th. This discovery questions the apparent downturn.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
After a surge in Balkan copper-ore mining during the 6th and 5th millennia BC, evidence for metal production dwindles in the 4th. This discovery questions the apparent downturn.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology