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.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · 18h

Works on Instagram too. Average instagram user hates painted floors and painted bricks but loves Rhodesia and that government that invaded Poland in the 1939. It was before I was born but seems popular on that app.

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 2d

America didn’t win WWII through “inferior tech," it won through organization, integration, and strategy, as well as the myth that Nazi Germany’s “exquisite” weapons outclassed the Allies, and critiques how the media keeps misusing history to sound profound. My latest⬇️

The Myth of Allied Technological Inferiority

World War II, The Free Press, and the Problematic Use of History in Contemporary Media

secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com

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.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · 9d

5 more sent! Hope you are getting close!!

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.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · 20d

Unhinged president who cant tell real video from fake (this + Portland) and who is surrounded by yes men and dick riders 💀

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.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · 23d

North Vietnam was already independent when they invaded Laos and then South Vietnam. They were not "good guys" in that war 😭

Indochina and Cambodia yes though

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 27d

Hey! I did it! I wrote about national security! The thing I allegedly write about!

othermeans.substack.com/p/going-down...

Going Down in Flames

National Security in the Trump Era

othermeans.substack.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Sep 18

reading a book about china. apparently the government there has sent federal forces into cities, taken shares of major private enterprises, slapped tariffs on industries, and pressured media outlets to fire people they politically disagreed with. didn’t know this.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · Aug 25

>right wing nationalist government that’s cracking down on domestic opposition is implementing corporatist economics

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.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · Aug 16

"pursuing peace" (can I has nobel prize now?) 🫠

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · Aug 8

The Jacobin article structure:

1. BADASS RADICAL TITLE.
2. Author backs down from title, says he means something more nuanced.
3. Or does he? Author doubles down on badass title.
4. All obstacles waved away.
5. Socialist paradise achieved.

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.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · Aug 6

It didnt happen in Venezuela though. Hugo Chavez died 12 years ago and Maduro is not really that likeable (D tier compared to Vance's F tier), yet the true believers keep truly believing.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · Jul 25

You're all welcome. I know you were dying for me to write about deterrence in domestic politics.

othermeans.io/p/racing-to-...

Racing to the Bottom

Power, Competition, and Deterrence in American Politics

othermeans.io

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.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · Jul 17

Well it is done. Nobody is going to jail other than Maxwell. The worst that can (and hopefully does) happen is Trump gets "Prince Andrewed"

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.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · Jul 15

Sent 9 eurios! Stay brave everyone.

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.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · Jul 15

We are doubly fucked here in Aus. Our guys have to do the song and dance every time trump wants to tariff some random industry and then again when Colby opens his big fat stupid mouth about AUKUS.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · Jul 15

You can't spend your whole life worrying about your mistakes! You fucked up! You trusted Trump (in a negotiation)!

othermeans.io/p/you-fucked...

You Fucked Up! You Trusted Us!

Hey! Make the Best of it!

othermeans.io

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · Jul 4

I am once again reminding people that I do not like Elbridge Colby and I do not think his policies are smart.

othermeans.io/p/the-strate...

The Strategy of Myopia

Colby’s Vision of American Policy

othermeans.io

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.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · Jun 1

Russian bombers up in smoke.. the footage so far is incredible 🤩

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.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · May 5

Trump reopening Alcatraz and a 100% tariff on anime?

.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · May 5

I thought this was just poasting till I saw Reuters 🫠

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uncle Lem 🇺🇦 @unclelem.bsky.social · Apr 23

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.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · Apr 21

Its crazy because even the most dysfunctional, banana republic governments can go a full week without a major fuck up and/or scandal

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · Apr 14

I don’t really give a shit how much of a conservative this makes me sound like, but the United States has suffered an existential collapse in the civic virtue of our citizens necessary to sustain a liberal democracy.

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.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · Apr 14

10 euros sent! 🇦🇺 Exchange rate is so bad, I wish I could send more. Thank you for everything you do Oksii!

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.Chaotix @tehklute.bsky.social · Apr 13

Leeroy Jenkins school of economic theory

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