Blackbeardsghost

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥🎃𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ💀𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥@thoc.bsky.social

You will never find more fragile pieces of thin glass than the 1.4 billion 玻璃心 the CCP purports to speak for.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social

SKYDANCE IS ALSO INTRODUCING A MANDATORY FIVE-DAY IN-OFFICE POLICY - CNBC

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

Per Telegraph, Putin and Trump admin are discussing the “need” for NATO withdrawal back to its 1997 borders as part of the “peace plan”. That means withdrawal of NATO forces from Poland, Baltics and Finland.

Tony Stark@tonystark.bsky.social

My latest: on the history and future of the tank on the battlefield. “Survivability, like attritability, is in the eye of the commander, after all. It’s all about what it buys you in your engagement, battle, and campaign in the aggregate.” open.substack.com/pub/breaking...

open.substack.comTanks for the MemoriesKilling the Myth of the Invincible and Obsolete Tank

Amy Feldman@amyfeldman7.bsky.social

*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

forbes.comBillionaires Palmer Luckey And Ben Lamm Spin Up Startup To Genetically Engineer Military DogsBen Lamm of de-extinction startup Colossal has teamed up with Palmer Luckey’s team at Anduril to create a dog that’s optimized for military use. The new “warhounds” will be cloned and gene edited.

Mike Black@mikeblack114.bsky.social

To-do list for SD Mayor Pete and DSD Uncle Frank (and the transition team): - at 1201 rip down the stupid fucking sign, regardless of whether Congress has officially changed the name (not looking good for the 27 NDAA lol) - at 1202 issue orders to rename all the confederate bases back*

Defense News@defensenews.bsky.social

The Royal Navy has a “serious anti-submarine warfare gap” that weakens the U.K.'s ability to respond to Russia’s submarine and underwater sabotage threats. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham.bsky.social

Chokepoint-maxxing "ASML may not enjoy having US' hands around their throat but appear to have little choice. We live in a world where all govs seem capable of seeing are necks they should either grasp & wring themselves, or encase in gorgets lest they be wrung by adversaries"

Baltic Takes@baltictakes.com

More of that great Wolf Warrior Diplomacy™. This started with a cross-party group of Estonian MPs celebrating Taiwan's National Day. In response, China tried to explain their job as MPs is to never appear to contradict state policy …which, er, of course is not at all how our democracies function.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Netanyahu: “I invited Palmer Luckey here. “Palmer Luckey heads a company called Anduril, which I believe is the leading weapons manufacturing company in the United States. “He talks about the possibility of underground penetration. “He talks about unmanned systems underground.

Defense News@defensenews.bsky.social

U.S. defense firm Anduril could eventually manufacture its newly unveiled Steelfin interceptor missiles in Europe, a company executive said. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Foreign Policy Research Institute@fpri.bsky.social

Dominic Tierney underscores the United Kingdom's approach to foreign policy under Andy Burnham as one of balancing values and interests. No clearer example of this has been shown than UK efforts to support Ukraine and help mend its relationship with a key ally, the United States.

Dean Hochlaf@dhochlaf.bsky.social

Was throwing a senior civil servant under the bus a wise thing to do? No But did it demonstrate a ruthless political shrewdness and save the political career of Keir Starmer? Also no

Christopher Ramsay 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦🌻🇬🇱@iotechris.bsky.social

Interesting comparison with the Google Maps image of the same apron - I rotated it to align with the post-strike image.

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com

⚡️ BREAKING: Satellite imagery shows the aftermath of a Ukrainian strike on Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia’s Voronezh region. The attack hit six Russian Su-34M bombers stationed at the site.

Mujtaba Rahman@mijrahman.bsky.social

It is madness The US (and Europe) are weakening Ukraine’s position at the very moment Russia’s own capacity to sustain the war is coming under increasing strain This is now the greatest danger for Ukraine. And it is happening just as Putin is running out of options of his own

NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com

The EU is working on alternatives to Starlink for Ukraine. From early 2027, the European Commission plans to integrate commercial satellite capacity into GOVSATCOM, including for Ukrainian needs. The EU’s own IRIS² satellite constellation is scheduled to become fully operational in 2029. #Ukraine

Mike Black@mikeblack114.bsky.social

like this is straight up impossible, but anduril legit doesn't think that, they think this is something they can actually do (with appropriate graft built in ofc) Anduril Unveils Steelfin Family Of Modular Surface-To-Air Missiles share.google/h2Z9JmS9Xu5j...

share.googleAnduril Unveils Steelfin Family Of Modular Surface-To-Air MissilesAnduril aims to produce Steelfin interceptors at scale by leveraging common components that can be configured for different threats.

Defense News@defensenews.bsky.social

The interceptor family was built to address threats across the air-and-missile defense spectrum, while aiming to come at a fraction of the cost of others. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Chris Jones@chrisjones1.bsky.social

Christ alive, that US deficit

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social

A Midge Too Far

FriendAtArms@friendatarms.bsky.social

But "a lot of Americans on here" have real lives, with real problems. They can't be bothered with paranoid and irrelevant rubbish about "the rise of pro-China factions". That's for think-tanks pushing "Operation Hellscape" nonsense, for the sake of enriching their patrons. bsky.app/profile/frie...

Sathnam Sanghera@sathnam.bsky.social

Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played

The Economist@economist.com

DOGE was a huge missed opportunity

bit.lyHow Donald Trump made America’s government dumberDOGE was a huge missed opportunity

Sathnam Sanghera@sathnam.bsky.social

Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Big deal for Anduril, funnily enough shortly after CEO Palmer Luckey joined Hegseth’s new weapons group.

cnbc.comAnduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after CEO joins Pentagon weapons groupDefense tech leaders are gaining sway in Washington in President Donald Trump's military reindustrialization push

Steve Baty (He/him)@docbaty.bsky.social

The new Melbourne Metro station at Town Hall has been named the World's Most Beautiful Station (2026) - www.railexpress.com.au/town-hall-st... I'm curious to hear from people who've used it - especially neurodivergent folks - as to what they think of it.

railexpress.com.auTown Hall Station named one of the most beautiful in the worldMelbourne’s Town Hall Station has been named one of the world’s most beautiful stations by the Prix Versailles.

Reuters@reuters.com

Trump picks John Coale as special presidential envoy for hostage affairs reut.rs/4zflPzH

reut.rsTrump picks John Coale as special presidential envoy for hostage affairsU.S. ​President Donald ‌Trump on ​Sunday ​posted on ⁠social ​media that ​he has chosen ​lawyer ​John Coale ‌for ⁠the post of ​special ​presidential ⁠envoy for ​hostage ​affairs.

Peter Sketch@petersketch.bsky.social

In case anyone was getting optimistic about the next election, Kemi Badenoch is realistically now favourite to win it, purely by wrecking the Tories less successfully than the other parties are wrecking their own prospects.

Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social

Rare opportunity to invest in no future.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social

Axios reporter: 'Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command, traveled to Saudi Arabia on Thursday for urgent coordination meetings over the Houthi advance in Yemen, two sources with knowledge of the matter said'