In a new essay for @warontherocks.bsky.social, Andrew Reddie and I look at recent coverage of nuclear wargaming involving LLMs. We assess 1) what wargaming is best used for, 2) why LLMs are trigger-happy, and 3) how AI can fit into the wargaming stack. warontherocks.com/im-sorry-dav...
Hormone Hegseth with yet another reckless and incompetent step: removing mandatory flu vaccine from military. In his warped mind he thinks that is about freedom. 🤪
Swedish Air Force says it intercepted two Russian Tu-22M3 intermediate-range (not “strategic”) bombers over the Baltic today. One photo shows a nuclear-capable Kh-32 air-to-surface missile under the belly of one of the bombers.
Geolocation of possible DF-27 HGV missile launcher video to street corner in Zhuozhuo, China. DOD lists DF-27 among China's new conventional missiles but with nuke capability. If a range of 5000-8000 km, it would be an IRBM to shorter-range ICBM.
Video: x.com/xixi_2328857...
Stacked with Trump loyalist leadership, FBI and DNI are now actively campaigning to rewrite history to fit his false narratives and serve his political retribution agenda. Hard to see why allies would share sensitive intelligence with this corrupt gang.
Talk about religious hypocrisy! Trump taking food support from kids and poor families, slashing US humanitarian aid, slandering, name-calling, lying, that’s OK. But criticize the pope or tweet pix of yourself as Jesus, that goes too far. Get real! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A timely reminder about unhinged presidents in charge of nuclear weapons decisions. 👇
Vance says that stopping funding for Ukraine is one of his proudest achievements in this administration.
I’m watching this stunningly cruel speech from Ukraine, as Russia continues to kills us every day. Just today, they killed 8-year-old boy in Cherkasy and five people in Dnipro.
Putting nuclear reactors in military crosshairs: USAF says it selected a missile warning site and an ICBM base as the first to possibly get small nuclear reactors. www.af.mil/News/Article... The two sites, and many others expected to get reactors, would be prominent targets in war.
One year into the second Trump term, many of the guardrails that in 2020 prevented his coup attempt are gone. He has three years to try to remove the rest before the election in 2028. @jenafifield.bsky.social and @propublica.org article below. 👇
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
About the mental stability of the man with the authority to launch US nukes: “some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as “lunatic” and “clearly insane.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...
Congratulations the people of Hungary who kicked Orban out! A big day for democracy but a big defeat for Putin, Trump, and other authoritarians who saw Orban as a role model or tool.👏👏👏👏
Now comes the interesting part of how Magyar will govern. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...
Just hours ago, Trump was condemning Iran for blocking the Strait of Hormuz. Now rogue Trump has ordered the US Navy to begin “blockading any and all ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz.”
It’s like having been transported to a parallel universe. 🤪
As US-Iranian talks fail, setting the stage for more Trump/Hegseth fury and Iranian disruption of oil shipments, NYT editorial outlines how Trump’s incompetent and reckless decisions are weakening the United States. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/o...
We’re entering an era of Roman Empire here in the United States. Emperor Donald Nero has presented plans for a Triump(hal) arch with gold, eagles, and something about a god. This after he adorned his glorious name to several gov buildings. Next year: gladiator games. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/u...
Instead of declaring his support for the loosing black sheep of eastern NATO, a US president should declare support of and commitment to democratic values and the rule of law.
Oh, silly me, it’s Trump speaking. 🙄
NNSA has changed the nuclear stockpile stewardship program from a focus on life-extension of existing warheads to production of significantly altered or new warheads that require production of new plutonium pits. One of the effects of the growing strategic competition between the big nuke powers.
Splashdown of Artemis II after a picture-perfect (except the toilet) voyage around the moon. Congratulations to the crew, NASA and @esa.int on a historic mission to return humans to the moon. 👏👏👏👏
I gotta say that for all the trepidation about the stealth capabilities and threat from Russian submarines, NATO intelligence sure seems to know a lot about their operations.
Two investigative articles about how the Trump regime is undermining legal protection in the United States:
Supreme Court historic rulings against civil rights www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Coercing immigration judges to kick more people out www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...
The White House (which should really be called the Orange House because its acts represent Trump more than it represents the United States) pushes Trump’s misinforming and disgraceful
blabber about NATO.
After 40 days of Trump’s war on Iran, justified by bundle of erratic war aims, there’s no public uprising, regime change, elimination of military or nuke capability. All he has to show is rubble, economic chaos, US isolation and embarrassment. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
French MOD says they've kept the HEU and plutonium from the warheads dismantles after the Cold War and will use it for the increase of the nuclear arsenal recently announced by Macron. www.ledauphine.com/defense-guer...
Normally a US vice president would go to Europe to defend democratic values and warn against authoritarians. Not this one. Vance is out to undermine democracy, stoke fear and division, and empower authoritarians. What a disgrace!
Just a couple of headline from this former great nation: Orange authoritarian says bombing civilian targets is not war crime, that God supports his war, and journalists go to jail if they don’t reveal sources. And his dark prince goes to Hungary to support Europe’s black sheep.
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And Rubio also decides to misuse government public site to spread his personal beliefs. This one even comes with the official seal of the Department of State.
Here is Hegseth misusing a public government account to espouse his personal views. Many people in the military are not Christians, many don’t believe in such things at all. He’s supposed to be secretary for all.
The damage Trump and his Republican enablers have done to the United States and the international order is unprecedented. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social takes us inside some of the effects, including Danish military having to war game to defend against the US. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Sure sounds like an Ayatollah has moved into the White House.
Now imagine Trump in a tense crisis or early conventional war with a large nuclear-armed state and with the authority to threaten with or even order the launch of US nukes.
