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Editor in chief of BreakingDefense.com, shameless Boston sports nerd.

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Could def do it with a drone

06.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s amazing that we’ve all just had to accept that our top military leaders in time of was will only take questions from wildly partisan media outlets. LindellTV, Daily Caller, Daily Wire get called on, but no legitimate general audience or defense press outlets.

04.03.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 576 πŸ” 163 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 6

George W. Bush, Sept. 25, 2001: β€œWe’re not into nationbuilding. We’re into justice.”

02.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Watch Reggie's face when Tirico says it πŸ˜…

02.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tirico is always solid but he earned his money from the network there jumping in with a "no free ads"

02.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
β€œI will be your lawyer”

β€œI will be your lawyer”

LinkedIn: the World’s Funniest Website

02.03.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As Dems push for briefing on El Paso incident, experts warn it could be the β€˜tip of the iceberg’ - Breaking Defense β€œI think coordination has been lacking, and you're seeing a lot more sort of cowboy behavior, which could be problematic,” Stacie Pettyjohn, a senior fellow and director of the defense program at the ...

For the second time within a month, El Paso airspace has been closed due to a miscommunication between DoD, DHS and the FAA. Analysts predicted earlier this month that the first incident wouldn't be the last. breakingdefense.com/2026/02/as-d...

27.02.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good thing they blew this up for the Process, which has gotten them exactly as far in the playoffs (2nd round) as this group did.

26.02.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

[watching hundreds of guests get maimed and eaten by some of history's most efficient predators] ok but i'm different tho

25.02.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1

I feel like every other GM (except maybe Presti) is looking at the Celtics bench and going "they can't keep getting away with this!"

25.02.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Celtics are nearing Dodgers level of "just pull up a rando who will throw 99 mph," except its "find athletic wings and turn them into legit rotation pieces."

This is not a complaint.

25.02.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

A MASK comic is honestly the ultimate flex. Absolutely wild. I thought I was the only one who remembered that show existed. (Theme song slaps.)

20.02.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As Dems push for briefing on El Paso incident, experts warn it could be the β€˜tip of the iceberg’ - Breaking Defense β€œI think coordination has been lacking, and you're seeing a lot more sort of cowboy behavior, which could be problematic,” Stacie Pettyjohn, a senior fellow and director of the defense program at the ...

New from @breakingdefense.com by Michael Marrow & Val Insinna.

The El Paso shootdown highlights the hard work ahead to safely implement new counter-drone authorities for DoD, DHS, & local agencies.

breakingdefense.com/2026/02/as-d...

20.02.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Would you ever consider going back and updating/redoing the Fall of Rome episodes? It would be interesting to hear them now with your podcast experience and various new topical focuses.

20.02.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

actual lol from me

20.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Akazawa two thumbs up

Akazawa two thumbs up

tfw you spent the last year constantly flying to DC to negotiate tariffs

20.02.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Within the first 10 minutes a character literally says "Somehow, Palpatine's returned" and it was then that I knew we were screwed.

19.02.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am here to support you in this time of crisis.

19.02.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I felt kinda meh about it but it had fun stuff in it and I was optimistic about what was to come.

I left Rise of Skywalker infuriated.

18.02.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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'SCAF is Dead:' Sixth-gen Franco-German fighter is all but over, officials and analysts say - Breaking Defense New comments from Germany's chancellor seem to spell the end of the next-gen fighter jet for Germany, France and Spain.

NEW: It's not official yet, but the Franco-German-Spanish next-gen fighter? Sure seems dead now, with Merz signaling it doesn't meet Germany's needs and Belgium saying they're looking elsewhere.

breakingdefense.com/2026/02/scaf...

18.02.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

These world class athletes are barely alive crossing the line here and the dog is just running around having an absolute blast with them. Inspiring, really.

18.02.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Staff Writer The Atlantic is hiring a Staff Writer to cover extreme weather and natural disasters. This is a position for a journalist of the highest ambition who is eager to report from the ground on the realitie...

Come work with me

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13.02.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Germany joins Sweden in openly stating it is talking with non-American nuclear powers about deterrent options. breakingdefense.com/2026/01/swed...

13.02.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"When he takes off, he's safe"

well, except for in the world series....

10.02.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, this was..... quite something.

10.02.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Only one Olympic pair, the Czech brother-sister pair of Daniel MrΓ‘zek and Katerina MrΓ‘zekovΓ‘, skated to AI music. But they ran into a problem β€” the first time they asked AI to spit out a 1990s song, it plagiarized the lyrics to an actual awesome 1990s song, β€œYou Get What You Give” by the New Radicals. (A true banger, maybe my favorite 1990s song, tbh.) The video is STUNNING, I have no idea how they thought they could get away with it. For the Olympics, they swapped that one out for a new AI song, which also sucks but isn’t directly stolen from anybody.

Only one Olympic pair, the Czech brother-sister pair of Daniel MrΓ‘zek and Katerina MrΓ‘zekovΓ‘, skated to AI music. But they ran into a problem β€” the first time they asked AI to spit out a 1990s song, it plagiarized the lyrics to an actual awesome 1990s song, β€œYou Get What You Give” by the New Radicals. (A true banger, maybe my favorite 1990s song, tbh.) The video is STUNNING, I have no idea how they thought they could get away with it. For the Olympics, they swapped that one out for a new AI song, which also sucks but isn’t directly stolen from anybody.

wild AI story from the Olympics
ice dancers were told to use songs "in the style of the 1990s." One Czech pair tried using AI to pump out a song to skate to, but their AI bot fully plagiarized "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals and they had to change it
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...

10.02.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 1393 πŸ” 334 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 58

This was fascinating.

06.02.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The worst way a flight can go. Extending a super long flight AND knowing it'll mess up your connection. Sorry dude.

06.02.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I actually lol'd when I opened the Athletic yesterday afternoon and it served me a "Why the trade deadline will be a bust" story at the top

04.02.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Post's coverage of this is gonna be li- ah, shit.

04.02.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0