How 4 engineers changed naval history - the story of Ukraine’s Magura naval drones New material see next post #Ukraine #Russia

The only reason these are “extraordinary times” is because people won’t shut up about how they’re “extraordinary times” that require radicalism. Then other lunatics are like “I too reluctantly now must be radical to counter those radicals!” Everything is fine. Calm down.

Neat. I argued for a national network of remote / autonomous counter-drone systems several years ago. Glad to see it's becoming quite possible. defenseone.com/ideas/2020/07/…

June 2022. was I right? thedailybeast.com/vladimir-putin…

In the aftermath of Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb, thousands of trucks from China are stranded at borders in countries like Kazakhstan, awaiting searches before entering Russia, most are now waiting over 3 weeks. Putin's hellscape is falling apart

"2025 marks the first time in more than 30 years that left-wing attacks outnumber those from the far right." A must-read from Daniel Byman & Riley McCabe in The Atlantic theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

The Stochastic Terrorism Experts are very quiet, once again. It’s almost as if the concept was always cynical, partisan nonsense.

#TechNews from Asia-Pacific A consortium backed by Meta will build an 8,000-km subsea cable linking Japan, Singapore, and key SE Asian hubs. The “Candle” system aims to boost regional bandwidth and resilience as demand surges with 5G and generative AI: developingtelecoms.com/telecom-techno…

Interesting and not surprising. One clear effect of Spiderweb is degrading trust in Russian supply chains, causing significant continued effects.

Today, some reflections on work and life within the White House.

Back when I lived in Jordan, I rode one of the few remaining operational sections of the Hijaz Railway. Have never been happier A proper rail link between Syria, Jordan, Saudi, and Turkiye would bring significant economic benefits, and symbolically it could bring the region

AI will definitely replace all jobs. See how after Big Blue beat Kasparov in 1997, everyone stopped playing chess. No one has played chess for 28 years all because AI was proved unequivocally better. Beware: the end is coming.

great post from Logan (anthropic red team lead) on sonnet 4.5's cyber offense and defense capabilities. this stuff is getting real, and could be disruptive soon. my guess is that this will be the first genuine frontier risk the average American feels personally. if we are to

Don't Sweat the AGI Race: Why Concerns about Catastrophic Instability are Overblown rand.org/pubs/perspecti…

China’s New ‘Drone Light Show In A Box’ Massive Swarm Launcher Speaks To Evolving Threats The ability to rapidly launch many hundreds of drones from a single container is great for light shows, but it also has serious military implications. Story: twz.com/news-features/…

Trump’s Drone Deal With Ukraine to Give U.S. Access to Battlefield Tech The Wall Street Journal wsj.com/world/europe/t… A Ukrainian team is in Washington this week to craft a landmark agreement with the Trump administration that would involve Kyiv sharing its battle-tested drone technology with