John Carl Baker
@johncarlbaker.bsky.social
nuclear weapons, foreign policy, Korea, the left - occasional antiquity and cocktail posts
Words: Nation, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, NK News, US Institute of Peace, Jacobin, New Republic, elsewhere
seniores tollunt omnia
Words: Nation, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, NK News, US Institute of Peace, Jacobin, New Republic, elsewhere
seniores tollunt omnia
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Uh huh - sure.
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Uh huh - sure.
Uh huh - and how's that going? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Uh huh - and how's that going? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
incredible breakingdefense.com/2025/11/guam...
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
incredible breakingdefense.com/2025/11/guam...
Trump II writers don’t do subtlety www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Trump II writers don’t do subtlety www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Caspar Weinberger used to do this sort of thing with Reagan www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Caspar Weinberger used to do this sort of thing with Reagan www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
They quote multiple Republicans who voted for Spanberger in this article
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
They quote multiple Republicans who voted for Spanberger in this article
I suspect this is a common voter sentiment when it comes to Jay Jones www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I suspect this is a common voter sentiment when it comes to Jay Jones www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Trump says communism has “been tested for over a thousand years” - confirmed opponent of peasant revolts
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Trump says communism has “been tested for over a thousand years” - confirmed opponent of peasant revolts
This is a wild misrepresentation. It's true that the State Dept. assessed that Russia may have conducted testing that does not uphold a zero-yield standard, but that is not at all the same as undertaking full-scale explosive tests. They've called out China for lack of transparency, but not testing.
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is a wild misrepresentation. It's true that the State Dept. assessed that Russia may have conducted testing that does not uphold a zero-yield standard, but that is not at all the same as undertaking full-scale explosive tests. They've called out China for lack of transparency, but not testing.
Night and day www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Night and day www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in many American cities
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in many American cities
Sure, it will undermine global security and push our adversaries to test their own nuclear weapons - but great news! It will also send “a shockwave of government funding to companies in test site construction and engineering support”
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Sure, it will undermine global security and push our adversaries to test their own nuclear weapons - but great news! It will also send “a shockwave of government funding to companies in test site construction and engineering support”
Things are going great!
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Things are going great!