Tim Fernholz
@timfernholz.com
journalist, author, internet participant
writing and reporting on space, technology, and finance
timfernholz.substack.com
www.timfernholz.com
Oakland, CA
writing and reporting on space, technology, and finance
timfernholz.substack.com
www.timfernholz.com
Oakland, CA
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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It goes like this, the rhymes, the quips
the red team fails, the access lifts
The baffled poet prompting, I once knew ya
the red team fails, the access lifts
The baffled poet prompting, I once knew ya
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It goes like this, the rhymes, the quips
the red team fails, the access lifts
The baffled poet prompting, I once knew ya
the red team fails, the access lifts
The baffled poet prompting, I once knew ya
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this is like watching children fight with scissors. it's not a good idea to be doing it and also they're doing it wrong
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
this is like watching children fight with scissors. it's not a good idea to be doing it and also they're doing it wrong
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November 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Since Louis CK is in the news again, it's worth restating that he never gave an honest accounting of his sexual misconduct—his initial "apology" and his subsequent statements have been contradicted by the testimony of his victims, and contained elisions and gaps intended to exonerate him.
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Since Louis CK is in the news again, it's worth restating that he never gave an honest accounting of his sexual misconduct—his initial "apology" and his subsequent statements have been contradicted by the testimony of his victims, and contained elisions and gaps intended to exonerate him.
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Yeah in other western hemisphere military news it hasn't exactly made the headlines but Marines at the embassy in Port-au-Prince have been swapping gunfire every couple of days for a while with random jabronis who decide to take a potshot at them
Additional U.S. Marines being sent to Haiti to defend the embassy from gang attacks face a grim reality: They're increasingly being targeted by American-made, military-grade firearms.
Gangs wielding American guns await US Marines heading to Haiti
www.stripes.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Yeah in other western hemisphere military news it hasn't exactly made the headlines but Marines at the embassy in Port-au-Prince have been swapping gunfire every couple of days for a while with random jabronis who decide to take a potshot at them
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This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.
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everything about this is obscene but here's the real tell:
"Witkoff, who hasn’t traveled to Ukraine this year, is set to visit Russia for the sixth time next week and will again meet Putin."
"Witkoff, who hasn’t traveled to Ukraine this year, is set to visit Russia for the sixth time next week and will again meet Putin."
Three powerful businessmen—two Americans and a Russian—hunched over a laptop in Miami Beach last month, ostensibly to draw up a plan to end Russia’s long and deadly war with Ukraine.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
everything about this is obscene but here's the real tell:
"Witkoff, who hasn’t traveled to Ukraine this year, is set to visit Russia for the sixth time next week and will again meet Putin."
"Witkoff, who hasn’t traveled to Ukraine this year, is set to visit Russia for the sixth time next week and will again meet Putin."
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Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents on Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials said, in the deadliest Israeli attack since its troops seized a swath of southern Syria a year ago.
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Israeli forces kill at least 13 people in southern Syria raid, officials and residents say
Israeli forces have raided a village in southern Syria, killing at least 13 people, according to Syrian officials.
apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents on Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials said, in the deadliest Israeli attack since its troops seized a swath of southern Syria a year ago.
apnews.com/article/isra...
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I find this sort of messaging so much better than insisting that the USA is somehow poor in aggregate.
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I find this sort of messaging so much better than insisting that the USA is somehow poor in aggregate.
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Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
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The first European to travel beyond low Earth orbit aboard an Artemis mission will be German. After the German astronaut, the other two flights to Gateway that have already been secured will go to a French and an Italian astronaut.
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The first European to travel beyond low Earth orbit aboard an Artemis mission will be German. After the German astronaut, the other two flights to Gateway that have already been secured will go to a French and an Italian astronaut.
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HSBC forecasts that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
HSBC forecasts that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030
why is the macy's parade broadcast not showing the parade at all?
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
why is the macy's parade broadcast not showing the parade at all?
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Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
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The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
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Lololololol
We, by which I mean, taxpayers, are going to end up bailing out Tether “ stable coin” holders and Dems should right now be preparing their political offensive for what they are going to do with that opportunity.
We, by which I mean, taxpayers, are going to end up bailing out Tether “ stable coin” holders and Dems should right now be preparing their political offensive for what they are going to do with that opportunity.
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Lololololol
We, by which I mean, taxpayers, are going to end up bailing out Tether “ stable coin” holders and Dems should right now be preparing their political offensive for what they are going to do with that opportunity.
We, by which I mean, taxpayers, are going to end up bailing out Tether “ stable coin” holders and Dems should right now be preparing their political offensive for what they are going to do with that opportunity.
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BROOKINGS: Our survey results lend themselves" to some conclusions:
".. professional AI use is far from ubiquitous and many respondents expressed skepticism that it would be as revolutionary as some experts expect."
@brookings.edu
www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
".. professional AI use is far from ubiquitous and many respondents expressed skepticism that it would be as revolutionary as some experts expect."
@brookings.edu
www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
How are Americans using AI? Evidence from a nationwide survey | Brookings
Brookings scholars Alikhani, Harris, and Patnaik break down the latest evidence on how Americans use AI, both personally and at work
www.brookings.edu
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
BROOKINGS: Our survey results lend themselves" to some conclusions:
".. professional AI use is far from ubiquitous and many respondents expressed skepticism that it would be as revolutionary as some experts expect."
@brookings.edu
www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
".. professional AI use is far from ubiquitous and many respondents expressed skepticism that it would be as revolutionary as some experts expect."
@brookings.edu
www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
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"Witkoff is telling his counterpart Ushakov how to do something he is surely very familiar with: he is telling him how to manage someone ruling like an autocrat."
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Leaked recordings prove Putin is making Trump his puppet
The Witkoff tape reveals how much the game has changed - US diplomacy now appears to centre around flattering and stroking the ego of Donald Trump
inews.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"Witkoff is telling his counterpart Ushakov how to do something he is surely very familiar with: he is telling him how to manage someone ruling like an autocrat."
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🤨"'The names of the contractors are currently not releasable as they are protected by enhanced security measures,' the spokesperson added, explaining that due to the nature of the contracts they do not need to be publicly recorded."
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Golden Dome: Space Force awards first space-based interceptor prototype contracts - Breaking Defense
The Space Force did not identify the winners, saying their names are "protected by enhanced security measures."
breakingdefense.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
🤨"'The names of the contractors are currently not releasable as they are protected by enhanced security measures,' the spokesperson added, explaining that due to the nature of the contracts they do not need to be publicly recorded."
breakingdefense.com/2025/11/gold...
breakingdefense.com/2025/11/gold...
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The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
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surely the vocally Catholic vice president will have something to say about this!
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Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
surely the vocally Catholic vice president will have something to say about this!
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