@rbarretttaylor
Turing Institute Research Fellow. PhD critical of targeting processes, intelligence production and the software they rely on from Sussex University. Bowel cancer survivor. All views my own.
'Wes Bryant — who served until last year as the senior analyst and adviser on precision warfare, targeting, and civilian harm mitigation at the Pentagon’s Civilian Protection Center of Excellence — called the attack on the…school a “failure in fundamental targeting doctrine and standards.” ' /1
Iraq War- IED's & VBIED's
Iran War- mines & BBIED's(?)
Ships going through the Strait like Humvees running RTE Michigan
Fascinating turn of events
Put on your big boy shoes (ref shoegate) and sail that bad boy
@warmatters.bsky.social
This feels like MORE WORK
FOR MOTHER by Ruth Schwartz Cowan, which explored the irony that many of the technical advances in housework and the kitchen did nothing to ease the burden on women but instead increased it.
The war in Ukraine is a direct threat to the survival of Europe.
We simply cannot afford to focus our resources on the Middle East right now.
Our existence depends on securing our own continent first
By the end of the week the admin is gonna start saying it's woke and gay if you don't pilot tankers through Hormuz
WOW This guy is having his Tom Clancy fantasy
NEW: A recently developed Defense Department program was meant to reduce civilian harm during military operations.
But months before the Iran war, the mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority.
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
Crisps but Pot Noodle. Shame on you.
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Reach out if you have questions
indeed, Bluesky's inherent overall hostility to AI means that the AI enthusiasts still willing to hang out here are usually far smarter and more thoughtful than the absolute dribbling freakshow AI cultists who dominate Twitter/X
Is this good
Some are calling it the best war there has ever been
H Y P E R R E A L S I M U L A C R U M
I choose to apply this in everyday situations. Will bus drivers let me get away with it?
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You thought NFTs were bad?
Wake up, babe, new fresh horrors await.
What! With all those competent strategists in charge? Astonishing.
Trump bombs.
The Telegraph screams humiliation.
The Mail screams betrayal.
GB News screams weakness.
And all of a sudden a complex global crisis becomes yet another loyalty test to American power.
The UK deserves better than this performative war hysteria.
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Is everything sorted yet I haven’t checked?
Does FIFA do a prize for economics
And they say strategic bombing doesn’t work
I hate to say I told you so but I… *shut up*
“The war with Iran is little more than the joint targeting process unleashed. The Frankenstein’s monster that is the operational level of war, unsatiated after eating strategy, is now feasting on policy”. @bafriedman.bsky.social
What?
A special…military operation?
@bafriedman.bsky.social nails it
I’m still really angry about this