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Aeliskandar
@aeliskandar.bsky.social
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Voting Blue since the 1970s. Focused interest on US Defense and Military Policy. Former Senate staffer back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Proudly Antifa. Still actively engaged in the practice of law in in an AM LAW 200 law firm so limited personal info
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Naval News @navalnews.com · 20h
The UK’s newest Astute-class submarine, Agamemnon, has successfully submerged for the first time at BAE Systems in Barrow, Cumbria 🇬🇧
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Royal Navy's newest Astute-class submarine dives for the first time - Naval News
The UK's Astute-class submarine, Agamemnon, newest nuclear submarine has successfully submerged for the first time at BAE Systems in Barrow, Cumbria.
www.navalnews.com
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 15h
“Undersea fiber-optic cables, which stretch over 1.2 million kilometers (750,000 miles) across the ocean floor, are being used in a new way for anti-submarine warfare. A developing technology called Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) is making this possible.”

#ASW

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US, EU navies to use 750,000-mile cable network to track submarines
Undersea fiber-optic cables, which stretch over 750,000 miles across the ocean floor, are being used in a new way for anti-submarine warfare.
interestingengineering.com
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6h
The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.
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Aeliskandar @aeliskandar.bsky.social · 1d
Development of an AIP propulsion sub fleet should be a priority. However, maximizing commonality is an important but not a transcendent goal. Should there be separate hunter/killer attack variant and a ASuM/land attack versions? What loadouts? Optimal range?

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A Nonnuclear Future in the Pacific
A broader AUKUS-like partnership that did not focus on nuclear-powered submarines would hold China within a net of capable diesel subs.
www.usni.org
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suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 1d
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email
Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010
www.theguardian.com
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Aeliskandar @aeliskandar.bsky.social · 1d
Should be graphed against total income/wealth and the top 10% viewed in greater detail. If the market crashes, it will be another Great Recession or worse.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 1d
"The economy"
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
The economy is increasingly reliant on the wealthiest 10%.

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Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 1d
It’s perplexing how a country whose politics since 2008 has been shaped by the Iraq War is so easily falling for “if you don’t support a war in Venezuela then you’re defending Maduro” and “we have evidence he’s a cartel boss, just trust us”
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 1d
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Aeliskandar @aeliskandar.bsky.social · 1d
Karma

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Afghan Taliban, Pakistani soldiers fight along border after Kabul air strike
Afghan Taliban forces say they have captured Pakistani border posts, while Pakistani security officials say their military is responding "with full force" to the attack.
www.abc.net.au
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The Diplomat @thediplomat.com · 2d
The EU cybersecurity agency listed North Korean state-aligned cyber intrusions as the third most noteworthy threat to EU members, behind China and Russia. buff.ly/7ewaYjI
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Nightmarica @n1ghtmarica.bsky.social · 2d
#icenapper #protest - This dude is an ICE agent who pretends to be a protestor. There was a video where he gets picked up by his ICE buddies. Weird. Not sure what their objectives are.
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Aeliskandar @aeliskandar.bsky.social · 2d
From Gemini 9A
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Aeliskandar @aeliskandar.bsky.social · 2d
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
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Aeliskandar @aeliskandar.bsky.social · 2d
NYT and WaPo in a race to the bottom
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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 2d
Trump straight up murdering people in the Caribbean and the NYT writes this
The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home
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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d
Ukraine will receive at least a dozen Skyranger 35 mobile air defense cannons from Germany given the per unit cost is around €12–15 million.

The systems are highly effective at shooting down drones.
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Aeliskandar @aeliskandar.bsky.social · 2d
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The Story of Arya Stark - Chapter 8: Kill List | Game of Thrones#shorts
YouTube video by ScreenMusicSync
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d
Imagine that
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Aeliskandar @aeliskandar.bsky.social · 2d
Probably part of the U.S. assurances to Qatar driven by the Israeli attack on Hamas in Qatar. More extensive training so you can better defend against Zionist violations of Qatari sovereignty. Netanyahu making regional disengagement more difficult. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Why Qatar is building an air force training facility at a U.S. military base
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho will host Qatari pilots at the military facility. The base will remain under U.S. jurisdiction.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Aeliskandar @aeliskandar.bsky.social · 3d
www.democracynow.org/2025/10/10/c...
“Enshittification”: Cory Doctorow on Why Big Tech Sucks, Keeps Getting Worse & What to Do About It
Writer Cory Doctorow returns to Democracy Now! to discuss his new book Enshittification, which explores the term he coined in 2022 to describe how online platforms like Facebook degrade over time as c...
www.democracynow.org
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 3d
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Aeliskandar @aeliskandar.bsky.social · 3d
LMAO 😂😂😜😂
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Aeliskandar @aeliskandar.bsky.social · 3d
Also worth your time.

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Why the Current Wave of Nationalization in Russia is More Than Just a Redistribution of Assets
The Kremlin is shaping a new elite for whom the collapse of the regime would mean personal collapse, argues economist Andrei Yakovlev
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Aeliskandar @aeliskandar.bsky.social · 3d
Worth your time.

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The Russia–Ukraine war has entered a new phase
Recent policy choices by America, Europe and China, and domestic economic strains, are reshaping Russia’s calculus. Since time may no longer be on its side, it is challenging Western resolve in more risky and aggressive ways. This is certain to escalate unless Europe responds.
www.iiss.org
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Aeliskandar @aeliskandar.bsky.social · 3d
Bluesky won't let me say what should happen to this incel fascist.