Sam (ABeardedPanda)
@abeardedpanda.bsky.social
Paradox Interactive School of International Relations (ongoing)
I hate your favorite dictator. Spicy liberal.
(He/Him)
https://www.offensive-bias.com/
I hate your favorite dictator. Spicy liberal.
(He/Him)
https://www.offensive-bias.com/
Pinned
Greetings new arrivals. I'm Sam and for the most part I am but a humble shitposter.
I have a background in studying Nazi Germany, the late Russian Empire and the early USSR which I thought would be a neat party trick but then Timothy Snyder started appearing on MSNBC and now I hate everything
I have a background in studying Nazi Germany, the late Russian Empire and the early USSR which I thought would be a neat party trick but then Timothy Snyder started appearing on MSNBC and now I hate everything
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one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
It turns out that "running government like a business" means literally everything is for sale, including other countries sovereignty
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It turns out that "running government like a business" means literally everything is for sale, including other countries sovereignty
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Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
if I speak, [DATA EXPUNGED]
Putin's envoy Dmitriev boasted about receiving an American Chamber of Commerce award for fostering US-Russia dialogue from a chamber based in Moscow.
November 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
if I speak, [DATA EXPUNGED]
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Putin's envoy Dmitriev boasted about receiving an American Chamber of Commerce award for fostering US-Russia dialogue from a chamber based in Moscow.
November 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Putin's envoy Dmitriev boasted about receiving an American Chamber of Commerce award for fostering US-Russia dialogue from a chamber based in Moscow.
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During this week alone, the Russians used almost 1,400 strike drones, 1,100 guided aerial bombs and 66 missiles against our people.
Missiles and air defense systems are necessary, and we also need to actively work with partners for peace. We need real, reliable solutions that will help end the war
Missiles and air defense systems are necessary, and we also need to actively work with partners for peace. We need real, reliable solutions that will help end the war
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
During this week alone, the Russians used almost 1,400 strike drones, 1,100 guided aerial bombs and 66 missiles against our people.
Missiles and air defense systems are necessary, and we also need to actively work with partners for peace. We need real, reliable solutions that will help end the war
Missiles and air defense systems are necessary, and we also need to actively work with partners for peace. We need real, reliable solutions that will help end the war
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⚡️ Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 5, injure 38 over past day.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported intercepting 104 of the 122 drones launched by Russia overnight. Russia also launched two ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported intercepting 104 of the 122 drones launched by Russia overnight. Russia also launched two ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea.
Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 5, injure 38 over past day
The Ukrainian Air Force reported intercepting 104 of the 122 drones launched by Russia overnight. Russia also launched two ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea.
kyivindependent.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
⚡️ Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 5, injure 38 over past day.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported intercepting 104 of the 122 drones launched by Russia overnight. Russia also launched two ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported intercepting 104 of the 122 drones launched by Russia overnight. Russia also launched two ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea.
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😥 The State Emergency Service showed new footage of a damaged high-rise building in Vyshhorod.
More than 90 rescuers and 18 pieces of equipment are working at the scene.
More than 90 rescuers and 18 pieces of equipment are working at the scene.
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
😥 The State Emergency Service showed new footage of a damaged high-rise building in Vyshhorod.
More than 90 rescuers and 18 pieces of equipment are working at the scene.
More than 90 rescuers and 18 pieces of equipment are working at the scene.
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The Virgin “this is clearly a conspiracy cooked up by Them, you can tell by Following The Money (whatever that means lol I heard it in a movie or something”
vs.
The Chad “everyone is fucking insane now”
vs.
The Chad “everyone is fucking insane now”
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The Virgin “this is clearly a conspiracy cooked up by Them, you can tell by Following The Money (whatever that means lol I heard it in a movie or something”
vs.
The Chad “everyone is fucking insane now”
vs.
The Chad “everyone is fucking insane now”
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South Park gave Hegseth a russian medal and what looks like an Olympian Gold medal.
November 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
South Park gave Hegseth a russian medal and what looks like an Olympian Gold medal.
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People love the myth that the US went to war with technically inferior weapons and that's wildly incorrect. The viewpoint represents an over-fitting on weapons systems in isolation without an understanding of the system that makes such a weapon lethal and decisive.
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
People love the myth that the US went to war with technically inferior weapons and that's wildly incorrect. The viewpoint represents an over-fitting on weapons systems in isolation without an understanding of the system that makes such a weapon lethal and decisive.
"I don't like AI so we shouldn't use it to diagnose cancer" is a fundamentally identical mindset to an antivaxxer
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"I don't like AI so we shouldn't use it to diagnose cancer" is a fundamentally identical mindset to an antivaxxer
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The issue with the Trumpian direction towards Ukraine and what it means for Taiwan is that the administration is stock full of people who want to abandon both so they play pretend sicario at home.
November 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The issue with the Trumpian direction towards Ukraine and what it means for Taiwan is that the administration is stock full of people who want to abandon both so they play pretend sicario at home.
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Easy to ask for money, hard to summarize the work we've done to earn your trust over the past year (never mind the seven before that). A thread that highlights some of the essays that took off since Trump was reelected.
This will be a thread of the most widely read essays we've published since the 2024 election, by author. Hopefully this will give you a good view into the kind of publication we're asking you to support. gofund.me/9779a6cb8
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Easy to ask for money, hard to summarize the work we've done to earn your trust over the past year (never mind the seven before that). A thread that highlights some of the essays that took off since Trump was reelected.
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part of the reason i am genuinely irritated with the gAI/AGI cult is because there is real societal benefits in using ML techniques in medical care + weather analysis, and instead people get annoyed with anything that gets lumped in with the plagiarism machine
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
part of the reason i am genuinely irritated with the gAI/AGI cult is because there is real societal benefits in using ML techniques in medical care + weather analysis, and instead people get annoyed with anything that gets lumped in with the plagiarism machine
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CONCEIVED IN SIN,
BORN IN INIQUITY,
NURTURED BY TYRANNY,
DIED OF ACHRONIC ATTACK OF PUNCH
BORN IN INIQUITY,
NURTURED BY TYRANNY,
DIED OF ACHRONIC ATTACK OF PUNCH
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
CONCEIVED IN SIN,
BORN IN INIQUITY,
NURTURED BY TYRANNY,
DIED OF ACHRONIC ATTACK OF PUNCH
BORN IN INIQUITY,
NURTURED BY TYRANNY,
DIED OF ACHRONIC ATTACK OF PUNCH
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"Surely a quick, violent, successful war of aggression is just what the ruler needs to shore up his legitimacy," said just about every failed monarch in history shortly before invading Serbia.
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"Surely a quick, violent, successful war of aggression is just what the ruler needs to shore up his legitimacy," said just about every failed monarch in history shortly before invading Serbia.
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“That striped package with a blue flower,” says the Untappd description by a russian brewery
“That striped package” is a product by a Ukrainian salt manufacturer Artemsil in Soledar — a city your country has destroyed.
Business on blood as it is
“That striped package” is a product by a Ukrainian salt manufacturer Artemsil in Soledar — a city your country has destroyed.
Business on blood as it is
November 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“That striped package with a blue flower,” says the Untappd description by a russian brewery
“That striped package” is a product by a Ukrainian salt manufacturer Artemsil in Soledar — a city your country has destroyed.
Business on blood as it is
“That striped package” is a product by a Ukrainian salt manufacturer Artemsil in Soledar — a city your country has destroyed.
Business on blood as it is
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It’s one thing to believe in the abstract that authoritarian, fascist, or personalist regimes displace expertise for loyalty, it’s entirely a different thing to watch it happen all over the place in your country.
love how being 'Stephen Miller's wife' is like, a position of influence worthy of a TV spot
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It’s one thing to believe in the abstract that authoritarian, fascist, or personalist regimes displace expertise for loyalty, it’s entirely a different thing to watch it happen all over the place in your country.
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Pay attention, Gen Z: you are getting a self-licking ice cream cone of your very own.
So, troops were sent to DC to support law enforcement and now law enforcement is going to guard the troops sent to help them? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
D.C. police to begin patrolling with National Guard after fatal attack
If enacted on a long-term basis, the change would significantly shift the way National Guard troops have worked with law enforcement in the District since their arrival.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Pay attention, Gen Z: you are getting a self-licking ice cream cone of your very own.
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Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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If after seeing the lengths to which Ru goes to absorb Ukr and erase its national consciousness, some continue calling this security maximizing behaviour by Ru, the word security loses meaning. Expansionist conquest is not insecurity. Ukr, NATO, Europe, US have never shown any desire to conquer Ru
Also. Next time someone tells you Ru is invading Ukraine preemptively to stop it from joining NATO, show them this and laugh in their face. Blaming these genocidal politics on Ru feeling insecure is peak ignorance or gaslighting.
#UkrainianView
Next time any piece of shit politician tells you that "these are russian territories", "everyone speaks russian there" and so on - show them this. That is the "how" and the "why". It is called ethnocide and has been done numerous times by russia over the past centuries, to erase us.
Next time any piece of shit politician tells you that "these are russian territories", "everyone speaks russian there" and so on - show them this. That is the "how" and the "why". It is called ethnocide and has been done numerous times by russia over the past centuries, to erase us.
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If after seeing the lengths to which Ru goes to absorb Ukr and erase its national consciousness, some continue calling this security maximizing behaviour by Ru, the word security loses meaning. Expansionist conquest is not insecurity. Ukr, NATO, Europe, US have never shown any desire to conquer Ru
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If you’re shopping today @usni.org is running a big holiday sale with 50% most books, including On Tactics, On Operations, and 21st Century Ellis.
www.usni.org/press/books
www.usni.org/press/books
November 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you’re shopping today @usni.org is running a big holiday sale with 50% most books, including On Tactics, On Operations, and 21st Century Ellis.
www.usni.org/press/books
www.usni.org/press/books