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Sebastian Bae

@sebastianbae.bsky.social

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Senior Game Designer at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). Adjunct Professor at Georgetown. Former US Marine. Opinions own.

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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · Mar 12

This represents why I designed "Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific" -- to enable educational #wargaming at the tactical level. We need more #wargames to enable enlisted and officer leaders to engage with a range of problems. The mind is the first and foremost weapon of any leader.

US Marines playing "Littoral Commander Indo-Pacific" on the USNS Guam

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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 2d

Haha assuming I am in the building... Or country ...

Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 2d

I love my job as a professional wargame designer for DoD. But I do not get to play as many games as I would like during the day as I am usually running said games. But it is pretty freaking awesome

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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 2d

🤣 🤣 🤣 what could go wrong

Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 2d

Haha 😆 he can join future Sebastian

Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 2d

mario and luigi standing next to each other on a street

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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 2d

Haha 😂 how is future Fred doing

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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 2d

Every goddamn time....

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David Thompson @djackthompson.bsky.social · 3d

Had a great 2p game day with my local gaming buddy yesterday. @ospreygames.bsky.social @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social A couple of classics (A Few Acres of Snow and Targi), my new hotness (Toy Battle), and one my co-designs (General Orders: Sengoku Jidai).

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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 3d

Shrimp miso ramen. 10/10 recommend. Ebisoba Ichigen Shinjuku.

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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 3d

I love Angola ! Such an excellent game haha 😂 beware my doom stack

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 5d

“No self-respecting university could ever accept something like this,” said Lee Bollinger, a First Amendment scholar and former Columbia University president. “Trying to protect conservative ideas against being ‘belittled’ — that’s about as violative of the First Amendment interests as you can get.”

Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits

A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.

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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 4d

Good to know !

Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 5d

Yes it does 😆

Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 5d

What crazy nonsense is this

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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 5d

Haha 😂 as a former NCO myself I may have said similar things

Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 5d

As a game designer I have designed entire games on this idea alone 😜

Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 5d

two boys are dancing in a park with the words lets goooo !!!

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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 5d

I would also like to know

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 5d

A leaked US Army memo warns the Next Generation Command and Control system built by Anduril, Palantir, Microsoft and others—is riddled with cybersecurity flaws and “very high risk” due to severe cybersecurity flaws.

The flaws could give US adversaries undetectable access to battlefield data.