Finished reading this book by one of the foremost expert on Russian strategic thinking. Very useful introduction: those who follow the Rus military are less likely to learn new things, but it is an excellent presentation of the core topics debated in Russian military thought 1/

of Russia; a gap between the theory and the practice of war; Russian military thinking heavily borrows from and adapts Western military thinking; etc. And she identifies four enduring drivers of Russian international behavior: the army as a central component of the State; 3/

waging wars abroad to protect the Russian core; the constant drive for international status recognition; the nationality question. Small regret: the book is about strat debates, but does not address the military-operational discussions. I think that this comprehensive history 4/

Absolutely nailed it.

A fake prize from a highly corrupt organization is actually perfectly on brand for Trump

Onni Rostila Aika ontuva logiikka: jos on itse ollut sorrettu, ei omia virheitä tarvitse pyytää anteeksi. Sitä paitsi, ei tässä ole kenenkään henkilön anteeksipyynnöstä ole kyse, vaan instituution, Suomen valtion.

As always, a brilliant analysis from ⁦Eliot A Cohen⁩ theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/…

NEW: theatlantic.com/national-secur…

Strangely many US republicans think that the US still finances Ukraine. The US has not given any new funding to Ukraine since Putin's servant Trump became US president. Biden had secured some funding to continue. Trump's US supports Russia, not Ukraine.

At no point during the five-year span that Monty Python's Flying Circus aired on the BBC, from October 1969 to December 1974, could the greatest comedic minds of their time come up with a skit more grotesquely absurd than Trump placing a fake peace-prize medal over his own head.

23,000 books are currently banned in the US. Many of them are banned based on a single complaint from a parent of a school student who doesn’t like something in the book. But JD fucking Vance et al. are lecturing Europe about freedom of speech.

The strike on the two men clinging to a piece of wreakage left a bloody stain and made an observer vomit. Decide right from wrong, America. theatlantic.com/national-secur…

C'est peut-être ce qu'il y a de plus grave dans la politique de l'administration Trump: un assaut délibéré contre la science, et notamment contre la médecine et la recherche médicale (dernier exemple en date ci-dessous). M. Kennedy aura de nombreux morts sur la conscience.

The anti-vax movement is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre, and destructive social contagions of modern times.

ICE commits Grand Theft Auto...not the video game but IRL In LA, a man’s father was abducted & disappeared by ICE. While trying to find him using a GPS tracker in his car, they find his now stolen truck being driven around by an ICE Bounty Hunter while he is off-duty 12/3

The times I’ve done CPR on real women, it felt completely different because all our training mannequins basically have male chests.but the moment you say healthcare is built around the Caucasian male body, people start yelling “agenda” like it’s not a documented issue. Be serious

the entire argument from the right on immigration for years has been “if you do the right thing and play by the rules you’ll be fine, we’re just targeting the people who cheated” and now they’re going after people who are literally about to become citizens

Peter Cushing invites a 1956 film crew into his home (in Kensington, London) to show off his hobby. Painting miniature toy soldiers, and playing with them in the rules set down by a fellow hobbyist... science fiction writer H.G. Wells.

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