@j-jeffcoat.bsky.social
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One problem with calling X a "CSAM generator" is that normal people have no idea what CSAM is. However, they might stop using it if everyone described what it really is: A free, on-demand, deepfake generator of child sexual abuse material.
January 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM
One problem with calling X a "CSAM generator" is that normal people have no idea what CSAM is. However, they might stop using it if everyone described what it really is: A free, on-demand, deepfake generator of child sexual abuse material.
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With Trump, we see American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain. American imperialism is not just morally wrong. It is strategically disastrous.
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
snyder.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
With Trump, we see American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain. American imperialism is not just morally wrong. It is strategically disastrous.
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
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“Swapping American dominance of the western hemisphere for Chinese dominance of east Asia would be the deal of the century. For China.”
www.ft.com/content/dcd8... Venezuela and the trouble with the Donroe doctrine
www.ft.com/content/dcd8... Venezuela and the trouble with the Donroe doctrine
Venezuela and the trouble with the Donroe doctrine
A world order built around great power spheres of influence is a recipe for instability and conflict
www.ft.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 PM
“Swapping American dominance of the western hemisphere for Chinese dominance of east Asia would be the deal of the century. For China.”
www.ft.com/content/dcd8... Venezuela and the trouble with the Donroe doctrine
www.ft.com/content/dcd8... Venezuela and the trouble with the Donroe doctrine
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Present at the Destruction
January 5, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Present at the Destruction
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he's just gonna keep doing illegal shit as long as everyone keeps letting him
January 4, 2026 at 12:08 AM
he's just gonna keep doing illegal shit as long as everyone keeps letting him
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Very useful explainer on what's going on.
This by @ecfr.eu’s Majda Ruge is a good guide to Trump’s calculus on Venezuela. Rival factions (primacists, prioritisers, restrainers) have been counseling different courses of action, but “the answers depend on what the president decides will bring him the biggest ‘win’.”
ecfr.eu/article/maga...
ecfr.eu/article/maga...
MAGA goes south: Trump’s plan for Venezuela – European Council on Foreign Relations
Speculation is swirling that the US could use military force to pursue regime change in Venezuela. The country’s fate may depend on which faction in the Trump a
ecfr.eu
January 3, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Very useful explainer on what's going on.
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The US public supported most, if not all major US military interventions - at the moment of intervention - since WWII, including Vietnam and invading Iraq.
If, as suspected, the Trump admin has launched attacks on Caracas, this would be the first such intervention they overwhelmingly opposed.
If, as suspected, the Trump admin has launched attacks on Caracas, this would be the first such intervention they overwhelmingly opposed.
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 AM
The US public supported most, if not all major US military interventions - at the moment of intervention - since WWII, including Vietnam and invading Iraq.
If, as suspected, the Trump admin has launched attacks on Caracas, this would be the first such intervention they overwhelmingly opposed.
If, as suspected, the Trump admin has launched attacks on Caracas, this would be the first such intervention they overwhelmingly opposed.
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Trump 🔽
This is hysterical and sad at the same time.
This is hysterical and sad at the same time.
December 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump 🔽
This is hysterical and sad at the same time.
This is hysterical and sad at the same time.
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trump has a billion terrible qualities but his worst may be his simpleminded gullibility and the ease with which he can be manipulated
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
trump has a billion terrible qualities but his worst may be his simpleminded gullibility and the ease with which he can be manipulated
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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Remember, too, that Hegseth would have been rejected if a single additional Republican senator — or, JD Vance — had joined Sen. Collins, McConnell, and Murkowski in voting no with the Democrats. See: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Remember, too, that Hegseth would have been rejected if a single additional Republican senator — or, JD Vance — had joined Sen. Collins, McConnell, and Murkowski in voting no with the Democrats. See: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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What do you do with unlawful orders?
The critical - and topical - issue of when the military and security services can refuse to do what they are told
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...
What do you do with unlawful orders?
The critical - and topical - issue of when the military and security services can refuse to do what they are told
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...
What do you do with unlawful orders?
The critical - and topical - issue of when the military and security services can refuse to do what they are told
emptycity.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
NEW
What do you do with unlawful orders?
The critical - and topical - issue of when the military and security services can refuse to do what they are told
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...
What do you do with unlawful orders?
The critical - and topical - issue of when the military and security services can refuse to do what they are told
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...
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In the end, we no longer operate in a marketplace of ideas.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In the end, we no longer operate in a marketplace of ideas.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
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It's a testament to how much the Republican Party has changed that Dick Cheney's final vote was for the Democrats.
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It's a testament to how much the Republican Party has changed that Dick Cheney's final vote was for the Democrats.
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The selection of Garland as AG and his failure to act was about ten bajillion times more consequential than any campaign strategy decision
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The selection of Garland as AG and his failure to act was about ten bajillion times more consequential than any campaign strategy decision
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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Exactly what we need: careful, considered, funny intelligence squaring up to our catastrophic, deadly, age of stupid (with Arendt's help).
Excellent piece @will-davies.bsky.social
Excellent piece @will-davies.bsky.social
My essay on stupidology (originally published in N+1) is in today's Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Exactly what we need: careful, considered, funny intelligence squaring up to our catastrophic, deadly, age of stupid (with Arendt's help).
Excellent piece @will-davies.bsky.social
Excellent piece @will-davies.bsky.social
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That’s a fair TL:DR of the Brit version of what happened at Pristina airport (heavily influenced by the well-publicised reminiscences of the two individuals you mentioned). Watching it in real time from Moscow led me to a different conclusion though.
www.chathamhouse.org/sites/defaul...
www.chathamhouse.org/sites/defaul...
September 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
That’s a fair TL:DR of the Brit version of what happened at Pristina airport (heavily influenced by the well-publicised reminiscences of the two individuals you mentioned). Watching it in real time from Moscow led me to a different conclusion though.
www.chathamhouse.org/sites/defaul...
www.chathamhouse.org/sites/defaul...
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It is impossible to overstate the centrality of social media to our political collapse. Policy is being set in order to provide content for the MAGA social media hordes, who then spiral into greater radicalism, which then results in more extreme policy. Complete disregard for any other goal.
In a suit filed earlier today by three fired FBI officials, Patel and Bongino are portrayed as being so obsessed with social media that it could “risk outweighing more deliberate analyses of investigations."
September 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It is impossible to overstate the centrality of social media to our political collapse. Policy is being set in order to provide content for the MAGA social media hordes, who then spiral into greater radicalism, which then results in more extreme policy. Complete disregard for any other goal.
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"Restoring the ‘Department of War’ will sharpen the focus of this Department." I have worked alongside U.S. military personnel for many years - they have always had a sharp focus on the security of America & its people. The name change won't change this.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump to rebrand Defense Department as War Department
Trump is expected to sign an executive order Friday, though it is unclear if he can permanently change the agency’s title without legislation from Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"Restoring the ‘Department of War’ will sharpen the focus of this Department." I have worked alongside U.S. military personnel for many years - they have always had a sharp focus on the security of America & its people. The name change won't change this.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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I endorse this message. Well said @markfergusonmp.bsky.social on why the fabric of the flag should be something to unite, not divide
August 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I endorse this message. Well said @markfergusonmp.bsky.social on why the fabric of the flag should be something to unite, not divide
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Almost four years out from an election & paying *the actual fucking Taliban* to torture & murder people who risked their lives to escape them is getting the full ‘both sides’ treatment in Brexit Britain.
August 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Almost four years out from an election & paying *the actual fucking Taliban* to torture & murder people who risked their lives to escape them is getting the full ‘both sides’ treatment in Brexit Britain.
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Right? Why is no one exploring the near-total failure of these protests, despite having pretty much the most generous political and media environment imaginable?
August 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Right? Why is no one exploring the near-total failure of these protests, despite having pretty much the most generous political and media environment imaginable?
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I can't shake the feeling that we are at a very unpleasant turning point where a lot of the Trump administration members are starting to get their bearings and realize just what an impossible position they have put themselves in.
There isn't a clear next phase of this. And he will die before them.
There isn't a clear next phase of this. And he will die before them.
August 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I can't shake the feeling that we are at a very unpleasant turning point where a lot of the Trump administration members are starting to get their bearings and realize just what an impossible position they have put themselves in.
There isn't a clear next phase of this. And he will die before them.
There isn't a clear next phase of this. And he will die before them.
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My sense is that we are at an incredibly unstable moment in history--almost no outcome should be written off as impossible. We're in the middle of a tech bubble and democracy failure. Things are looking flakey around the edges, to put it mildly. 3/x
August 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
My sense is that we are at an incredibly unstable moment in history--almost no outcome should be written off as impossible. We're in the middle of a tech bubble and democracy failure. Things are looking flakey around the edges, to put it mildly. 3/x