Jeremiah Cushman
@jdcushman45.bsky.social
Defense journalist, Europeanist (🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇫🇮🇸🇪), metalhead, not necessarily in that order...
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It’s the longest dark of the year tonight, on the eve of St Thomas and the Winter Solstice, the Raunächte, rough nights, begin, all sinister things put in an extra effort and the Wild Hunt rides for the first time in the old year.
🎨 Johan Egerkrans
#folklore #wintersolstice
🎨 Johan Egerkrans
#folklore #wintersolstice
December 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It’s the longest dark of the year tonight, on the eve of St Thomas and the Winter Solstice, the Raunächte, rough nights, begin, all sinister things put in an extra effort and the Wild Hunt rides for the first time in the old year.
🎨 Johan Egerkrans
#folklore #wintersolstice
🎨 Johan Egerkrans
#folklore #wintersolstice
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Sweden announced $200 million in direct budget support for Ukraine in 2026, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Sweden announced $200 million in direct budget support for Ukraine in 2026, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
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Now the craziness of Sen. Mike Lee about enlisting "privateers" to get a "letter of marque" and go after drug traffickers themselves makes more sense.
It's not national interest, even if misguided. It's an effort to get already-existing mercenaries—sorry, sorry, PMCs—to get money from the US govt.
It's not national interest, even if misguided. It's an effort to get already-existing mercenaries—sorry, sorry, PMCs—to get money from the US govt.
Early this year, Erik Prince told Breitbart that he had helped put the “Letter of Marque” idea in Senator Mike Lee’s head. Lee has now introduced a bill to make the idea a reality... www.breitbart.com/politics/202...
December 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Now the craziness of Sen. Mike Lee about enlisting "privateers" to get a "letter of marque" and go after drug traffickers themselves makes more sense.
It's not national interest, even if misguided. It's an effort to get already-existing mercenaries—sorry, sorry, PMCs—to get money from the US govt.
It's not national interest, even if misguided. It's an effort to get already-existing mercenaries—sorry, sorry, PMCs—to get money from the US govt.
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What if — and stick with me here for a sec — there have always been some young white men in America who are right-wing, and the reason is because they agree with right-wing stances, and therefore we don't need a novel "look what you made me do" explanation for why some today were "forced" into it.
December 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
What if — and stick with me here for a sec — there have always been some young white men in America who are right-wing, and the reason is because they agree with right-wing stances, and therefore we don't need a novel "look what you made me do" explanation for why some today were "forced" into it.
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U.S. military planes are henceforth obliged to turn on their civilian transponder when inside the Curaçao FIR (Flight Information Region). This was announced Saturday on X by the caretaker Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, David van Weel. The measure comes after two near misses off Curaçao.
December 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
U.S. military planes are henceforth obliged to turn on their civilian transponder when inside the Curaçao FIR (Flight Information Region). This was announced Saturday on X by the caretaker Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, David van Weel. The measure comes after two near misses off Curaçao.
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Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?
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Happy Winter Solstice!
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Happy Winter Solstice!
The raccoons are bailing on the Leafs for the Senators
Coyotes are going to steal Toronto from the raccoons.
It should be fun to watch.
It should be fun to watch.
Calling all triangles! ⚠️ Toronto is the new Mecca for coyotes! ⚠️
December 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The raccoons are bailing on the Leafs for the Senators
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the most consistent driver of radicalization on a mechanical level -- and its really not anything close to a scientific field -- is immersion in a community that is already radicalized
it would be interesting to explore what motivates this because i think these people genuinely believe they were “radicalized” by a single event when a look through their profiles indicates they’ve been posting extreme and violent content for a very, very long time
December 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
the most consistent driver of radicalization on a mechanical level -- and its really not anything close to a scientific field -- is immersion in a community that is already radicalized
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Constantly rehiring and retraining people every 18 months due to churn is a way bigger resource sink than building a high retention culture, but there’s a certain kind of brain which is incapable of viewing employees as nonfungible
December 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Constantly rehiring and retraining people every 18 months due to churn is a way bigger resource sink than building a high retention culture, but there’s a certain kind of brain which is incapable of viewing employees as nonfungible
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There are many horrible things about the USAID cuts, but what sticks with me is how little providing this aid required of us as Americans.
The official death count in South Sudan is nearly 1,600, making it the worst cholera epidemic in the country’s history.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:41 AM
There are many horrible things about the USAID cuts, but what sticks with me is how little providing this aid required of us as Americans.
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CENTCOM finds a way
December 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
CENTCOM finds a way
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South Korean defense techn firm Hanwha Systems will supply advanced cockpit displays for the U.S. Air Force's new F-15EX Eagle II fighter jet under a new deal with Boeing, the first contract under an agreement to expand cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea. (from @brianmcelhiney.bsky.social)
South Korean firm to supply advanced displays for Air Force’s new F-15EX fighters
Hanwha Systems’ contract for advanced cockpit displays is the first under an agreement to expand cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea.
www.stripes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
South Korean defense techn firm Hanwha Systems will supply advanced cockpit displays for the U.S. Air Force's new F-15EX Eagle II fighter jet under a new deal with Boeing, the first contract under an agreement to expand cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea. (from @brianmcelhiney.bsky.social)
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the thing is, these guys don’t have any fixed principles or loyalties, they’re going to go where their audiences go, and their audiences fucking hate this shit.
I am genuinely fascinated how the Trump administration's handling of Epstein punctured his image among bro voters and UFC type dudes. Folks like Theo Von and Rogan began to turn on him almost immediately after that. (Von also criticized Trump on Gaza and Rogan on immigration).
STRICKLAND: Participate in the UFC White House event?
"Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."
"Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."
December 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
the thing is, these guys don’t have any fixed principles or loyalties, they’re going to go where their audiences go, and their audiences fucking hate this shit.
Kessler syndrome
Before satellite mega-constellations began taking off in 2019, satellites used to go months without risking a collision in orbit.
Now they have less than a week to take evasive maneuvers, and the window keeps shrinking. My @sciam.bsky.social story below.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/sate...
Now they have less than a week to take evasive maneuvers, and the window keeps shrinking. My @sciam.bsky.social story below.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/sate...
Satellites Used to Have Months to Avoid Collisions—Now They Have Days
In the era of mega constellations, spacecraft typically have less than a week to avoid crashes
www.scientificamerican.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Kessler syndrome
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this is the news tonight. No need to frame it otherwise. zeteo.com/p/trump-epst...
New tonight for @zeteo.com
New tonight for @zeteo.com
Trump Drags Out His Epstein Files Cover-Up
The Trump administration published heavily redacted Epstein records and many photos of Bill Clinton, while failing to comply with the law from Congress.
zeteo.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
this is the news tonight. No need to frame it otherwise. zeteo.com/p/trump-epst...
New tonight for @zeteo.com
New tonight for @zeteo.com
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imo the actual threat to capital-A America is not the Trump administration but that the Trump administration's behaviors will not be disincentivized enough
flip-flopping back and forth between breaking things and fixing things every 4-8 years means eventually it'll stay broken
flip-flopping back and forth between breaking things and fixing things every 4-8 years means eventually it'll stay broken
Stuff like this will obviously be very easy to undo and clearly will be undone, like it would be totally non-controversial even with the most milquetoast new Dem POTUS you could imagine, but it is genuinely just Not Good when even the basic names of institutions start ping ponging every 4-8 years
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
December 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
imo the actual threat to capital-A America is not the Trump administration but that the Trump administration's behaviors will not be disincentivized enough
flip-flopping back and forth between breaking things and fixing things every 4-8 years means eventually it'll stay broken
flip-flopping back and forth between breaking things and fixing things every 4-8 years means eventually it'll stay broken
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"I know they killed him"
Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.
I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.
I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
Exclusive: She survived ICE custody; her husband died during detention
Guatemalan widow shared a hug, a tickle and these words with her husband: "Cheer up." It was the last time she saw him alive while they were in ICE custody.
www.elpasotimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"I know they killed him"
Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.
I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.
I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
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Well I am suddenly pretty concerned about what doctors employed by the Federal government (e.g., the doctors in the Defense Health Agency, who provide primary care for a lot of children of military service members and retirees) are going to be recommending.
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Well I am suddenly pretty concerned about what doctors employed by the Federal government (e.g., the doctors in the Defense Health Agency, who provide primary care for a lot of children of military service members and retirees) are going to be recommending.
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This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
December 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
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Often a movement's success can subsequently obscure its impact.
We had a children's book in our home that was basically about encouraging my sister to believe she could do any profession she wanted to, no matter what others say. Things like doctor, lawyer, firefighter.
This was the early 1970s.
We had a children's book in our home that was basically about encouraging my sister to believe she could do any profession she wanted to, no matter what others say. Things like doctor, lawyer, firefighter.
This was the early 1970s.
I love to be told that feminism has failed women by women whose careers and ability to flourish in public life, let alone have a credit card, only exist because of feminism
December 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Often a movement's success can subsequently obscure its impact.
We had a children's book in our home that was basically about encouraging my sister to believe she could do any profession she wanted to, no matter what others say. Things like doctor, lawyer, firefighter.
This was the early 1970s.
We had a children's book in our home that was basically about encouraging my sister to believe she could do any profession she wanted to, no matter what others say. Things like doctor, lawyer, firefighter.
This was the early 1970s.
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no one asked but just so everyone who follows me knows, real psychrolutes (blobfish) look like this normally
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
no one asked but just so everyone who follows me knows, real psychrolutes (blobfish) look like this normally
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BYU's helmets have sprinkles too.
December 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
BYU's helmets have sprinkles too.
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I always point out that a single queer kid feeling slightly more accepted after seeing cheap Pride merch at a Target in Buttcracksville, Idaho is more important than every radical queer theorists’ entire body of work combined, and I will hopefully never budge on that statement
December 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I always point out that a single queer kid feeling slightly more accepted after seeing cheap Pride merch at a Target in Buttcracksville, Idaho is more important than every radical queer theorists’ entire body of work combined, and I will hopefully never budge on that statement