the US and Israel are trying to have a new military revolution based on AI and automation now that the last one’s tech has spread, the US calls it the “third offset.” It is apocalyptic and i hope it fails.
I think both Venezuela & this are in part the US trying to demonstrate it can still enforce its will on the world even if it can’t field ground forces. Doesn’t seem great so far
Invading Iran would be more like Ukraine than Iraq or Afghanistan. The US had a bubble of global monopoly on precision standoff fire and the information tech to have any idea what is happening on a battlefield under it, and it’s over. Drones & anti-tank missiles will kill Americans too
The stupid fucking face on this man
Olivier what aspect of how the Holocaust was perpetrated do you have in mind here?
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Examining APA’s Proposed Redesign of the DSM
Can the future DSM overcome the epistemic arrogance of its predecessors?
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He's putting up record job losses, driving the country into a war he can't even explain, and was credibly accused of raping a teenager in the Epstein files released yesterday - so of course it's time to try and ruin more trans people's lives
I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.
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Only three of these second-grade kids survived
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Ty
I support the guy with the big stick so much
For Iran, military logic is shaped by structural constraints. Tehran cannot strike the U.S. mainland. **It cannot match U.S. naval and air superiority on a global scale.** Its most viable retaliatory targets are Israel and U.S. assets in the region-bases, personnel, and infrastructure embedded in neighboring states. As a result, political neutrality is cast aside, and Arab territory becomes the practical theater of deterrence.
I have never been so informed of the fact that Iran is not a global superpower. I hear the news every day
If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kākāpō chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!
They are at war, currently being massively bombed, and are far more competitive on the ground. War does involve sending soldiers to their deaths, it is not nice.
God this bird is good
Yellow bird with black face and red eye, all puffed out and slightly damp.
Let me start a belated thread of Aotearoa New Zealand silvan birds.
To lead things off, a New Zealand Bellbird photographed on Kapiti Island.
#birdbot
Worldwide Threat Assessment Senate Armed Services Committee Vincent R. Stewart Director, Defense Intelligence Agency February 9, 2016 … IRAN: *Iran remains a threat to regional stability as its national interests often diverge from our own and those of our regional allies.* Iran's national security priorities are ensuring regime survival, expanding regional influence, and enhancing Tehran's military capabilities and deterrence posture. **Iran's security strategy is based on deterrence, withstanding an initial strike should deterrence fail, and retaliating to force a diplomatic resolution.** … We do not anticipate changes to this security posture in 2016. Iran will focus on defending allies … with its actions intended to increase regional influence at Western expense. In January, Iran fulfilled key commitments under the JCPOA, extending the timeline for Iran to gather enough fissile material to build a weapon to about a year.
Pretty good summary of the US and Iranian positions from the DIA, 2016
www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Ty this looks great
Lauren please be careful what you wish for
In the last decade, the Atlantic has not platformed a single trans person to speak about issues affecting them or the broader trans community. Not a single one. Yet, they have monthly screeds by Helen Lewis and endless money to pay random transphobic grifters to pump stuff like this out.
I think it means people should not interpret polls for a living
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I will say that is probably not a great sign that the alternative reading of Rubio's statement is that they are intentionally attempting to create an antisemitic backlash to cover for their bad foreign policy decisions
I remember how controlled the news flow was. Same news, literally, on US and French stations. You knew when it was lifted because the next day they diverged. Spoiler: the French became more accurate.
O.O wrt Rubio blaming them so explicitly
