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Nick Kodama 🌲👻

@nickkodama.bsky.social

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Fellow at MTA | PhD candidate at Georgetown | Researching nukes, IR, Japan, East Asia | Also posting photos of my cat and food.

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 13d

spooky season

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1m

a cartoon of a man standing next to a car that says nerrrrrrrdd !!!

Alt: a cartoon of a man standing next to a car that says nerrrrrrrdd !!!

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 4m

You nerds with your accounting and acronyms and fancy words, this is why we lose to China. Just pay The Troops with my new NFT LethalityCoin.

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 51m

POTUS really just said "skill issue"

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 55m

...what

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 5h

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1h

is this because the nyt put peas in guac?

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10/10

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 8h

Was in a decommissioned nuclear silo when @winkie.bsky.social turned to me and said: "Hey, have you read this report about the guy who uploaded 30 years worth of porn to a government computer?"

Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. As part of ...

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 8h

Showing up to No Kings with a sign reading “monarchy is an affront to human dignity but, when incorporated into a liberal democratic system, may nevertheless be a useful safety valve for nationalist and/or authoritarian impulses” and then getting clobbered by a Buttigieg-supporting grandmother

Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 8h

Incidentally, I’ve been chafing a bit at the “No Kings” thing, because there are loads of monarchies that have more limits on executive power than the US does, but it has the great advantage that it makes Americans who want to oppose it sound, well, unamerican….

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 10h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 20h

I mean, calling it a naval vessel at all is being generous

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Deucalion @deucalion-osint.bsky.social · 20h

Not a naval vessel of the USA.

Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 21h

The secret to living until you're 101 years old is to live for 101 years.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21h

Si Liberman, 101, has been married for 76 years. He’s picked up a few hard-earned tips about how to live a long, meaningful life.

He shared seven with The Post: https://wapo.st/3J9BqfG

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Birthday to the US Navy. With the help of the Department of Energy we are UNLEASHING the FOSSIL FUEL REVOLUTION.

Boat that is definitely not admiral kuznetsov

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Birthday to the US Navy

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1d

🙃

Happy 250th birthday, United States Navy!

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Lulu and Emerson’s Dad @lulusdad.bsky.social · 1d

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1d

BLUESKY HAS THE JUICE

(Spanish Navy?)

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Michigan Department of State @michigansos.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 250th birthday to the U.S. Navy!

Thank you to all those who have served or are serving to protect our freedoms.

United States Navy ship out in the water

Official Secretary of State seal

Text: 250th anniversary
United States Navy

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1d

Russian ship has entered the chat

Happy 250th birthday to the U.S. Navy! Today we honor the brave soldiers past and present who defend our freedom at sea. 🇺🇸

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Government workers 👇🏾

Lunch is on the house:

Being in the heart of downtown DC, we love that so many of our Federal employees stop by during lunch for a Donburi at China Chilcano or a Fútbol Club at Jaleo. And just because the government is shut down doesn't mean you have to miss out on your favorite lunch spot- because this time, its on us!
Join us for lunch from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM at any of our participating restaurants and enjoy a free lunch item when you present your government ID-you heard that right! Dine in with us Monday through Friday and choose your favorite: a sandwich at Jaleo, a donburi at China Chilcano, a wrap or pita at Zaytinya, or a torta at Oyamel.
We've always believed in serving our community with open arms and good food-no shutdown can stop that.

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1d

Indian Navy getting recognized more and more

From wooden warships to cutting-edge carriers, the U.S. Navy has evolved into the world’s most powerful maritime force. On its birthday, we salute the Sailors, past and present, who have stood watch for our nation.

It’s not just Sailors who serve—military families do, too. On the Navy’s birthday, we recognize the strength of Navy spouses, children, and parents. Your sacrifices matter.

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1d

lol they're doing the thing again

Serving in the U.S. Navy was one of the greatest honors of my life.
Happy 250th Birthday to the United States Navy.

INS Godavari (F20)+INS Brahmaputra (F31)+INS Beas (F39).jpg

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1d

Hey wake up, new nobel prize diagrams just dropped

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/econo...

Diagram showing an arrow spiraling upward toward "growth" at the base of the arrow are two boxes labeled "prescriptive knowledge" and "propositional knowledge." There is a drawing on the left of someone building a wooden tub and a guy on the right sitting in the tub with his arms raised yelling "EUREKA!"

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1d

discourse today is gonna be extra cursed

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Al Mauroni @progmil.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't realize until last week that Tulsi Gabbard killed the NCPC - not a good thing for the counter-WMD community

almauroni.substack.com/p/tulsi-gabb...

Tulsi Gabbard Disestablished the National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center

Because countering WMD isn't a priority anymore

almauroni.substack.com

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1d

Takaichi? more like takazero

Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1d

Got hit with a space laser and reverse-fettermaned