@smsaideman.bsky.social
#CivMil relations; Director, @CdsnRcds; saideman.blogspot.com; Co-host, Battle Rhythm podcast cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm, International Relations professor. Used to study nationalism/ethnic conflict.
@andycraig.bsky.socialReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.socialI know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards.
@bradduplessis.bsky.socialReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.socialSomeone should write a dissertation on the army’s broken lessons learned system.
@smsaideman.bsky.socialWhat I think about when folks blame a few bad apples: saideman.blogspot.com/2026/10/bad-...
@kevinmkruse.bsky.socialReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.socialBut look, even if you can somehow seal yourself off from all of that -- you don't care about racism, sexism, CSAM, Nazi shit, whatever -- that site *is* garbage. Engagement took a huge nosedive with the new algorithm. The blue check selloff made replies unreadable. It's flooded with bots and ads.
@deadcarl.bsky.socialReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.social
@degolierthomas.bsky.socialReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.socialOh my God, Kacey you icon
@emptywheel.bsky.socialReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.socialHuh. Apparently Katie Miller deleted this tweet that I had the foresight to screencap. Turns out I can TOO make things go viral on Xitter, even.
@jodyavirgan.comReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.socialShoutout to the sales rep in Oregon who sold the slot, didn’t say a word, and kept it moving.
@smotus.bsky.socialReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.social
@prisonculture.bsky.socialReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.socialNo one saw anything coming...
@chadstanton.blacksky.appReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.socialSo they’re torturing this guy.
@anneb.bsky.socialReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.social
@markjacob.bsky.socialReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.socialJudges whose orders are ignored by the Trump regime need to do more than complain from the bench. They need to throw people in jail.
@silvermansecurity.bsky.socialReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.socialI have little empathy for Green, Ernst, Tillis, Cassidy, Romney, & the other GOP officials being targeted & threatened by Trump, his aides, surrogates, & supporters. But the most pressing domestic security threat in the US right now comes from Trump, his aides, surrogates, & supporters. 10/
@donmoyn.bsky.socialReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.socialThe Omar story today and the Talarcio story yesterday are the same story of rat-fucking your opponents before an election. Except now the government does it, out in the open.
@adamjschwarz.bsky.socialReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.socialZelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations... It’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from."
@smsaideman.bsky.socialbut it speaks to a larger problem--yes, gerrymandering is bad for the House but irrelevant for the Senate. What matters for the Senate has been partisan-sorting.
@smsaideman.bsky.socialThe story does a last second transition of how the races this year will matter in 2028 but the summary in the skeet is very deceptive/wrong.
@smsaideman.bsky.socialHow does redistricting affect the Senate elections? Did someone shift state boundaries ahen I wasn't watching?
@needhibhalla.bsky.socialReposted by @smsaideman.bsky.social"El-Sayed and Ossoff show that there is also, right now, a backlash to the backlash...Democratic politicians are feeling impelled by their constituents to take a harder line not just against fascism, but against the broad politics of white reconciliation."
