Gerry Doyle
@mgerrydoyle.bsky.social
Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6
Ad astra per aspera
Ad astra per aspera
"while we are more than what we wear, the clothes we choose are an expression of who we strive to be"
brb, buying a spacesuit
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
brb, buying a spacesuit
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
To Wear or Not to Wear PJs Is the Ultimate Air Travel Question
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s call for more civility in the skies comes down to a simple ask: Don’t wear pajamas in public.
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"while we are more than what we wear, the clothes we choose are an expression of who we strive to be"
brb, buying a spacesuit
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
brb, buying a spacesuit
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits
The three spirits
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits
The three spirits
official remarks from the president of the united states of america
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
official remarks from the president of the united states of america
as a corollary here I think the ukraine war has also gotten the eu thinking more along the lines of being a military alliance as well as an economic one
1 Can't emphasize this enough. EU is home to multiple "second-tier" great powers — who are only "second-tier" because they chose not to make large investments in military capabilities — and is itself an economic & diplomatic great power. NATO is the most powerful security confederation in history.
It sure seems like Vance leads a faction that is enamored of 🇷🇺's cultivated cultural conservative "soft power", reflexively anti-Atlanticist, and stupid enough to think that wedging 🇷🇺-🇨🇳 is a) realistic and b) worth trashing our relationship with the world's third largest economy.
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
as a corollary here I think the ukraine war has also gotten the eu thinking more along the lines of being a military alliance as well as an economic one
at a glance this looks like a crime but I'd be willing to try it based on faine's recommendation
Leaving Oslo today and I was finally able to find a hot dog on lefse (potato flatbread) with shrimp salad and crispy onions for breakfast at the airport.
Verdict: delicious
Verdict: delicious
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
at a glance this looks like a crime but I'd be willing to try it based on faine's recommendation
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Interesting exchange between @sulliview.bsky.social and James Risen over the NYT’s inexplicable and indefensible opacity regarding their (now former) reporter who was soliciting $ from Jeffrey Epstein.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly...
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly...
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Interesting exchange between @sulliview.bsky.social and James Risen over the NYT’s inexplicable and indefensible opacity regarding their (now former) reporter who was soliciting $ from Jeffrey Epstein.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly...
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/three-ugly...
this is just a bit more than the population of the entire state of california in a single city smaller in area than new york (the whole thing, not just manhattan)
Jakarta is now the world’s most populous city with 42 million, according to a new UN report. Dhaka is second with 37 million and Tokyo has slipped to third with 33 million.
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
this is just a bit more than the population of the entire state of california in a single city smaller in area than new york (the whole thing, not just manhattan)
what a picture. tyrone is a great photographer
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
what a picture. tyrone is a great photographer
metroid prime?
[exhales smoke, stubs out cigarette on bartop]
prime... there was something before prime, did you know that? some say it's just a myth. a pixelated dream, sidescrolling graphical glitches and unknowable secrets. but it was real. I was there. I pushed start button
[exhales smoke, stubs out cigarette on bartop]
prime... there was something before prime, did you know that? some say it's just a myth. a pixelated dream, sidescrolling graphical glitches and unknowable secrets. but it was real. I was there. I pushed start button
playing the OG metroid prime way back when is a top gaming memory for me
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
metroid prime?
[exhales smoke, stubs out cigarette on bartop]
prime... there was something before prime, did you know that? some say it's just a myth. a pixelated dream, sidescrolling graphical glitches and unknowable secrets. but it was real. I was there. I pushed start button
[exhales smoke, stubs out cigarette on bartop]
prime... there was something before prime, did you know that? some say it's just a myth. a pixelated dream, sidescrolling graphical glitches and unknowable secrets. but it was real. I was there. I pushed start button
on the one hand, sure
on the other hand, japan is actively buying and deploying more long-range strike, anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles
on the other hand, japan is actively buying and deploying more long-range strike, anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles
Takaichi hints that Taiwan remarks were off the cuff www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11...
Takaichi hints that Taiwan remarks were off the cuff
The PM has indicated that she didn’t initially intend to offer an example of what she could consider a “survival-threatening situation” that would allow the SDF to be deployed.
www.japantimes.co.jp
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
on the one hand, sure
on the other hand, japan is actively buying and deploying more long-range strike, anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles
on the other hand, japan is actively buying and deploying more long-range strike, anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles
he makes a lot of smart points and he's not a jerk
a keyboard warfighter
(I felt like working in "lethality" might be a bridge too far)
a keyboard warfighter
(I felt like working in "lethality" might be a bridge too far)
I think Stancil drives people particularly crazy because he breaks the way they expect social media to work. Like the way it's supposed to work is "you say something I don't like, I post a pithy dunk, my followers laugh, and you log off." But Will doesn't log off. He will never log off.
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
he makes a lot of smart points and he's not a jerk
a keyboard warfighter
(I felt like working in "lethality" might be a bridge too far)
a keyboard warfighter
(I felt like working in "lethality" might be a bridge too far)
can't shake the feeling that whoever leaked the witikoff call (and I don't know who it is, don't ask me) had two goals:
-to show the bad faith at work
-to flex that european intelligence is paying close attention, shall we say
-to show the bad faith at work
-to flex that european intelligence is paying close attention, shall we say
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
can't shake the feeling that whoever leaked the witikoff call (and I don't know who it is, don't ask me) had two goals:
-to show the bad faith at work
-to flex that european intelligence is paying close attention, shall we say
-to show the bad faith at work
-to flex that european intelligence is paying close attention, shall we say
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This is fine as a legal argument in formal terms but some questions you might ask yourself in writing a brief is “what are the odds this is the argument that does it” (essentially zero here) and “what are the odds this argument makes the judge or the public mad at me” (much higher!)
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is fine as a legal argument in formal terms but some questions you might ask yourself in writing a brief is “what are the odds this is the argument that does it” (essentially zero here) and “what are the odds this argument makes the judge or the public mad at me” (much higher!)
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Read a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president
Putin Advisers Discuss Plans for Dealing With Trump: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Read a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
"long-range, one-way, jet-powered dr--"
NO THAT IS A CRUISE MISSILE. STOP THIS RIGHT NOW
NO THAT IS A CRUISE MISSILE. STOP THIS RIGHT NOW
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"long-range, one-way, jet-powered dr--"
NO THAT IS A CRUISE MISSILE. STOP THIS RIGHT NOW
NO THAT IS A CRUISE MISSILE. STOP THIS RIGHT NOW
I'm glad someone did this because I don't have the brainpower to parse through all the rules
I know that this is the *least* relevant part of this petty attack, but, note to Whiskeyleaks: the medals are not out of order.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I'm glad someone did this because I don't have the brainpower to parse through all the rules
I'm sorry, no, the story is in fact too good to check so I reject this
The only thing better than dinner-party fun fact pedantry is being able to out-pedant someone else.
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'm sorry, no, the story is in fact too good to check so I reject this
I mean most (probably all) of the drones in question are in fact cruise missiles
It’s one of the war’s most overlooked dynamics: Russia and Ukraine are running two of the century’s fiercest strategic bombing campaigns at once. But do drones offer a new form of strategic bombing, or are they still trapped in the same dilemmas that stumped the bomber mafia? My latest⬇️
Strategic (Drone) Bombing: What Can It Do?
An Evolution or the Same Ol’ Dilemma?
secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I mean most (probably all) of the drones in question are in fact cruise missiles
I mean this is an extremely stupid element of The Discourse but if you wanted to the entire complicated set of navy uniform rules is right here www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/References/U...
www.mynavyhr.navy.mil
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I mean this is an extremely stupid element of The Discourse but if you wanted to the entire complicated set of navy uniform rules is right here www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/References/U...
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Perhaps this helps explain why, when my son’s den was writing letters to thank soldiers for their service (as they do every year), it was recommended that the messages begin “Dear Warrior.” www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Perhaps this helps explain why, when my son’s den was writing letters to thank soldiers for their service (as they do every year), it was recommended that the messages begin “Dear Warrior.” www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
wait hold on a second. what's inhumane about halal
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
wait hold on a second. what's inhumane about halal