Dr Emma Salisbury
@salisbot.bsky.social
Naval Iconoclast, Military-Industrial Expert
Foreign Policy Research Institute, Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre, War on the Rocks
Foreign Policy Research Institute, Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre, War on the Rocks
Found my USNA football hoodie, which once led to my only instance of stolen valo(u)r.
I wore it for a flight and the dude at the cash register in the Baltimore airport bookstore insisted - despite my most embarrassed "oh gosh, no, I'm British" - on giving me the veteran discount.
I wore it for a flight and the dude at the cash register in the Baltimore airport bookstore insisted - despite my most embarrassed "oh gosh, no, I'm British" - on giving me the veteran discount.
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Found my USNA football hoodie, which once led to my only instance of stolen valo(u)r.
I wore it for a flight and the dude at the cash register in the Baltimore airport bookstore insisted - despite my most embarrassed "oh gosh, no, I'm British" - on giving me the veteran discount.
I wore it for a flight and the dude at the cash register in the Baltimore airport bookstore insisted - despite my most embarrassed "oh gosh, no, I'm British" - on giving me the veteran discount.
I don't know whether ordering too much Indian food and watching a D20 campaign after work will solve all of my problems but there's sure as heck only one way to find out
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I don't know whether ordering too much Indian food and watching a D20 campaign after work will solve all of my problems but there's sure as heck only one way to find out
I cannot express how glad I am to see this and simultaneously how horrified I remain that it's necessary.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I cannot express how glad I am to see this and simultaneously how horrified I remain that it's necessary.
This is a really excellent book and I want to share with you his list of 12 warnings:
1. Spreading conspiracy theories
2. Using "them and us"
3. Leading as a hero
4. Corrupting youth
5. Conniving with the elite
6. Attacking human rights
7. Exploiting faith
8. Valuing enemies
1. Spreading conspiracy theories
2. Using "them and us"
3. Leading as a hero
4. Corrupting youth
5. Conniving with the elite
6. Attacking human rights
7. Exploiting faith
8. Valuing enemies
It's new audiobook day, with a completely apropos of nothing choice
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This is a really excellent book and I want to share with you his list of 12 warnings:
1. Spreading conspiracy theories
2. Using "them and us"
3. Leading as a hero
4. Corrupting youth
5. Conniving with the elite
6. Attacking human rights
7. Exploiting faith
8. Valuing enemies
1. Spreading conspiracy theories
2. Using "them and us"
3. Leading as a hero
4. Corrupting youth
5. Conniving with the elite
6. Attacking human rights
7. Exploiting faith
8. Valuing enemies
The Cloudflare outage has meant I can't do only ~25% of my job and I would like to submit a complaint
a man is holding a plate of pizza and wearing a shirt that says schitts creek
ALT: a man is holding a plate of pizza and wearing a shirt that says schitts creek
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Cloudflare outage has meant I can't do only ~25% of my job and I would like to submit a complaint
Me: "Better catch up with what's going on in the world!"
*opens phone*
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November 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Me: "Better catch up with what's going on in the world!"
*opens phone*
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Reading about USS Halibut today, what a queen
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Reading about USS Halibut today, what a queen
It's new audiobook day, with a completely apropos of nothing choice
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It's new audiobook day, with a completely apropos of nothing choice
If you want more lethality, you actually need more Nordic Pagans with beards you could use to punch through a wall
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If you want more lethality, you actually need more Nordic Pagans with beards you could use to punch through a wall
This is exciting, will be keeping an eye on our hive!
The Royal Navy has launched market engagement for Project Beehive, a fleet of 20 uncrewed surface vessels intended to advance its hybrid force by supporting tactics and warfare development while serving as an experimental platform for autonomous systems.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-look...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-look...
Britain looking to buy 20 new naval drone vessels
The Royal Navy has launched market engagement for Project Beehive, a fleet of 20 uncrewed surface vessels intended to advance its hybrid force by supporting tactics and warfare development while serving as an experimental platform for autonomous systems.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This is exciting, will be keeping an eye on our hive!
I am thinking of my grandfathers, my great-grandfather, my friends, and my beloved today.
"We sense it was love
you gave your world for; the town squares silent,
awaiting their cenotaphs. What happened next?
War. And after that? War. And now? War. War."
"We sense it was love
you gave your world for; the town squares silent,
awaiting their cenotaphs. What happened next?
War. And after that? War. And now? War. War."
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I am thinking of my grandfathers, my great-grandfather, my friends, and my beloved today.
"We sense it was love
you gave your world for; the town squares silent,
awaiting their cenotaphs. What happened next?
War. And after that? War. And now? War. War."
"We sense it was love
you gave your world for; the town squares silent,
awaiting their cenotaphs. What happened next?
War. And after that? War. And now? War. War."
Need some analysis of the new NATO Maritime Strategy?
You're in luck, I wrote some just for you.
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
You're in luck, I wrote some just for you.
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
Collective Seapower: NATO’s New Maritime Strategy - Foreign Policy Research Institute
NATO has finally unveiled its new Alliance Maritime Strategy, refreshing a document that had not been publicly updated since 2011. While high-level strategy
www.fpri.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Need some analysis of the new NATO Maritime Strategy?
You're in luck, I wrote some just for you.
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
You're in luck, I wrote some just for you.
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
Happy birthday and Semper Fi, US Marine Corps!
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Happy birthday and Semper Fi, US Marine Corps!
"One ping only, R2."
what star wars really need is a HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER style submarine thriller
November 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"One ping only, R2."
The American national security establishment heading into another no-boots-on-the-ground regime change
a person is holding a brown paper bag that says dead dove do not eat
ALT: a person is holding a brown paper bag that says dead dove do not eat
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The American national security establishment heading into another no-boots-on-the-ground regime change
These people have the memory and reasoning skills of an anaemic goldfish
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
These people have the memory and reasoning skills of an anaemic goldfish
I see we're on the content moderation discourse again - luckily the kind of content that counts as filth for a navalist is rarely included
(USS Idaho, 1945)
(USS Idaho, 1945)
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I see we're on the content moderation discourse again - luckily the kind of content that counts as filth for a navalist is rarely included
(USS Idaho, 1945)
(USS Idaho, 1945)
Girl dinner, army edition
November 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Girl dinner, army edition
Discovered a new professional niche - explaining European defence to Americans who haven't had to understand it before.
Questions have thus far included "why are the Poles so on it" (you would be too if your country kept getting invaded) and "why are the French like that" (Gallic shrug).
Questions have thus far included "why are the Poles so on it" (you would be too if your country kept getting invaded) and "why are the French like that" (Gallic shrug).
two women are sitting at a table and talking to each other . one of the women is wearing a white hat .
ALT: two women are sitting at a table and talking to each other . one of the women is wearing a white hat .
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Discovered a new professional niche - explaining European defence to Americans who haven't had to understand it before.
Questions have thus far included "why are the Poles so on it" (you would be too if your country kept getting invaded) and "why are the French like that" (Gallic shrug).
Questions have thus far included "why are the Poles so on it" (you would be too if your country kept getting invaded) and "why are the French like that" (Gallic shrug).
I'm probably too immersed in American domestic politics for my own sanity as a Brit but gosh it's nice to see some good news for once.
(I do also enjoy the Overton window case study that ~90% of Mamdani's policies would be viewed as middling centrist in much of my own continent.)
(I do also enjoy the Overton window case study that ~90% of Mamdani's policies would be viewed as middling centrist in much of my own continent.)
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I'm probably too immersed in American domestic politics for my own sanity as a Brit but gosh it's nice to see some good news for once.
(I do also enjoy the Overton window case study that ~90% of Mamdani's policies would be viewed as middling centrist in much of my own continent.)
(I do also enjoy the Overton window case study that ~90% of Mamdani's policies would be viewed as middling centrist in much of my own continent.)
I guess he should have mustard his courage
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I guess he should have mustard his courage
This was how I found out, 14/10 recommended
November 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This was how I found out, 14/10 recommended