Lynette Nusbacher
@nusbacher.bsky.social
Strategist, historian, veteran, leadership expert, health sector leader 🏴🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸🕍
The Russian and American talking heads gave the Putin line in fluent Arabic last night. Through my excellent interpreter I said that Zelenskiy has to engage with 🇺🇸 advocating for 🇷🇺, and needs to be held back by 🇬🇧/🇪🇺. The only peace Putin and Witkoff are offering 🇺🇦 is defeat.
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The Russian and American talking heads gave the Putin line in fluent Arabic last night. Through my excellent interpreter I said that Zelenskiy has to engage with 🇺🇸 advocating for 🇷🇺, and needs to be held back by 🇬🇧/🇪🇺. The only peace Putin and Witkoff are offering 🇺🇦 is defeat.
I offered a fairly grim bet with @benkentish.bsky.social last week: Russia wouldn't take a ceasefire offer, just in effect a surrender. Ben didn't take the bet, which was wise. VV Putin thinks he's winning: why would he stop?
December 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I offered a fairly grim bet with @benkentish.bsky.social last week: Russia wouldn't take a ceasefire offer, just in effect a surrender. Ben didn't take the bet, which was wise. VV Putin thinks he's winning: why would he stop?
Yes, I accused Russia’s cable-seeking spy ship of piracy on the high seas (if it cuts a cable), and I might have written at least one cheque that the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff couldn’t cash. Also, when my Russian oppo said Yantar conducts pure ocean research I couldn’t hold back giggles.
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Yes, I accused Russia’s cable-seeking spy ship of piracy on the high seas (if it cuts a cable), and I might have written at least one cheque that the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff couldn’t cash. Also, when my Russian oppo said Yantar conducts pure ocean research I couldn’t hold back giggles.
Last night I had a lot to say to @bbcmaryam.bsky.social about Chinese intelligence operations in the UK. The surrounding text suggested all sorts of other things the viewer could pay attention to if I was insufficiently engaging.
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Last night I had a lot to say to @bbcmaryam.bsky.social about Chinese intelligence operations in the UK. The surrounding text suggested all sorts of other things the viewer could pay attention to if I was insufficiently engaging.
11 years ago I had the honour of laying a wreath at Cenotaph. On 11 November we recall that remembrance is a duty.
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
11 years ago I had the honour of laying a wreath at Cenotaph. On 11 November we recall that remembrance is a duty.
Russian lady was — honest to gawd — threatening me (well all of NATO) with red war if we give the Ukrainians ‘long range capabilities’ (Tomahawks and more Storm Shadow). Me: nice airbase you’ve got in Saratov; shame if somebody broke it (not in exactly those words). @bbcarabic.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Russian lady was — honest to gawd — threatening me (well all of NATO) with red war if we give the Ukrainians ‘long range capabilities’ (Tomahawks and more Storm Shadow). Me: nice airbase you’ve got in Saratov; shame if somebody broke it (not in exactly those words). @bbcarabic.bsky.social
Just off a call with Carole Walker on Times Radio. I have to find a better way of saying Hamas are 'methodologically Maoist', but sure as shootin' they are going to ratchet back to a rebuilding phase. They're not giving up, and threats to kill leadership aren't bothering them.
October 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Just off a call with Carole Walker on Times Radio. I have to find a better way of saying Hamas are 'methodologically Maoist', but sure as shootin' they are going to ratchet back to a rebuilding phase. They're not giving up, and threats to kill leadership aren't bothering them.
Russia has forced NATO to think about Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty at just the moment when Hamas is thinking about whether to relocate more of their leadership to Turkey, protected from Israeli precision attack by…Article V. (All of Turkey counts as Europe, per Article VI.)
September 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Russia has forced NATO to think about Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty at just the moment when Hamas is thinking about whether to relocate more of their leadership to Turkey, protected from Israeli precision attack by…Article V. (All of Turkey counts as Europe, per Article VI.)
Why is Ali Khamenei alive & 🇮🇷 Supreme Leader?
AK is not so popular nor so effective that he couldn’t be quickly replaced. He’s 86, succession plans are mature, & a new SL could steady the regime.
Had there been a good case to add him to Friday’s 🎯 list, his replacement would already be in post.
AK is not so popular nor so effective that he couldn’t be quickly replaced. He’s 86, succession plans are mature, & a new SL could steady the regime.
Had there been a good case to add him to Friday’s 🎯 list, his replacement would already be in post.
June 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Why is Ali Khamenei alive & 🇮🇷 Supreme Leader?
AK is not so popular nor so effective that he couldn’t be quickly replaced. He’s 86, succession plans are mature, & a new SL could steady the regime.
Had there been a good case to add him to Friday’s 🎯 list, his replacement would already be in post.
AK is not so popular nor so effective that he couldn’t be quickly replaced. He’s 86, succession plans are mature, & a new SL could steady the regime.
Had there been a good case to add him to Friday’s 🎯 list, his replacement would already be in post.
Earlier today I went on @bloombergtv.bsky.social with Francine Lacqua to talk about Israel's ongoing operations against Iran. Events haven't proven me wrong yet, but I'm ready.
June 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Earlier today I went on @bloombergtv.bsky.social with Francine Lacqua to talk about Israel's ongoing operations against Iran. Events haven't proven me wrong yet, but I'm ready.
My main point on the @bbcarabic.bsky.social news with Wafa Zaiane: the Mossad is publishing videos of their operation in order to demonstrate to Iranians that the regime and the country are utterly penetrated. Iran clamping down on the Internet is an attempt to stop it, and it's not going to work.
June 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
My main point on the @bbcarabic.bsky.social news with Wafa Zaiane: the Mossad is publishing videos of their operation in order to demonstrate to Iranians that the regime and the country are utterly penetrated. Iran clamping down on the Internet is an attempt to stop it, and it's not going to work.
Last night of teaching and testing fencing students last night; next week it'll be a joy to be a student again! ⚔️
May 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Last night of teaching and testing fencing students last night; next week it'll be a joy to be a student again! ⚔️
Fuelled largely by green tea, I spent my Friday talking, after a late night’s writing about the recent ransomware blitz on UK retailers.
May 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Fuelled largely by green tea, I spent my Friday talking, after a late night’s writing about the recent ransomware blitz on UK retailers.
As my Roman Catholic friends reflect on the life and work of Papa Bergoglio, and as their Church embarks on the process of choosing his successor, I wish you all the comfort in the World.
April 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
As my Roman Catholic friends reflect on the life and work of Papa Bergoglio, and as their Church embarks on the process of choosing his successor, I wish you all the comfort in the World.
A happy and proper Pesach to everyone in the world who enjoys freedom and who longs for freedom four ourselves and for all humankind!
April 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
A happy and proper Pesach to everyone in the world who enjoys freedom and who longs for freedom four ourselves and for all humankind!
Sweden, Denmark Norway and Finland! Scandi channels represent!
April 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Sweden, Denmark Norway and Finland! Scandi channels represent!
I just wish to make perfectly clear that when I use the thread emoji 🧵on social media it's not an empty gesture. I really do have that spool of thread.
April 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I just wish to make perfectly clear that when I use the thread emoji 🧵on social media it's not an empty gesture. I really do have that spool of thread.
Michael Crichton’s career as a novelist was based on writing lectures and wrapping them in fiction, like feeding a dog a tablet in a wad of peanut butter. My favourite was Airframe because it’s about systems thinking. He was enormously successful in getting people to read his lectures, and pay 🧵
April 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Michael Crichton’s career as a novelist was based on writing lectures and wrapping them in fiction, like feeding a dog a tablet in a wad of peanut butter. My favourite was Airframe because it’s about systems thinking. He was enormously successful in getting people to read his lectures, and pay 🧵
We shot this week’s episode of World War II Secrets from Above at Kummersdorf, which was for a while a Soviet Army base. Some fraternal Socialist art survives from the period, but only the very best.
April 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We shot this week’s episode of World War II Secrets from Above at Kummersdorf, which was for a while a Soviet Army base. Some fraternal Socialist art survives from the period, but only the very best.
We shot this on the Moltkebrücke in Berlin in the cold drizzly Berlin rain. Thankfully I did have my flask of freshly-brewed green tea just out of shot. The Battle of Berlin is going out this week on @natgeotv.bsky.social in the UK. #ww2sfa
March 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We shot this on the Moltkebrücke in Berlin in the cold drizzly Berlin rain. Thankfully I did have my flask of freshly-brewed green tea just out of shot. The Battle of Berlin is going out this week on @natgeotv.bsky.social in the UK. #ww2sfa
This week in the UK @natgeotv.bsky.social has got #ww2sfa the Battle of Berlin! What a cold, miserable shoot that was!
March 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This week in the UK @natgeotv.bsky.social has got #ww2sfa the Battle of Berlin! What a cold, miserable shoot that was!
There is no doubt in my mind that @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social was added to that Signal group chat by one of the Principals Group who thought it was stupid to conduct operations on their phones; a Principal or a staffer close enough to be using the phone for the boss.
March 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
There is no doubt in my mind that @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social was added to that Signal group chat by one of the Principals Group who thought it was stupid to conduct operations on their phones; a Principal or a staffer close enough to be using the phone for the boss.
Hitler's Bismarck: Tues 21:50, Wed 00:50 on National Geographic Israel
National Geographic NL, BE and about ½ of the rest of Europe:
Hitler's Bismarck: Mon 23:25, Tues 21:30
Battle of Kursk: Mon 22:30
Battle of Berlin: Tues 21:30
Battle for Norway: Wed 22:30
Battle of El Alamein: Fri 14:50
National Geographic NL, BE and about ½ of the rest of Europe:
Hitler's Bismarck: Mon 23:25, Tues 21:30
Battle of Kursk: Mon 22:30
Battle of Berlin: Tues 21:30
Battle for Norway: Wed 22:30
Battle of El Alamein: Fri 14:50
March 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hitler's Bismarck: Tues 21:50, Wed 00:50 on National Geographic Israel
National Geographic NL, BE and about ½ of the rest of Europe:
Hitler's Bismarck: Mon 23:25, Tues 21:30
Battle of Kursk: Mon 22:30
Battle of Berlin: Tues 21:30
Battle for Norway: Wed 22:30
Battle of El Alamein: Fri 14:50
National Geographic NL, BE and about ½ of the rest of Europe:
Hitler's Bismarck: Mon 23:25, Tues 21:30
Battle of Kursk: Mon 22:30
Battle of Berlin: Tues 21:30
Battle for Norway: Wed 22:30
Battle of El Alamein: Fri 14:50