When the "agentic" Q got asked I said to the col. THIS is the security threat, people describing AI itself as a problem.

Sure, AI changes the landscape, but only providers, deployers & users can be held to account, not their tech, we must focus legal agency on them.
#globsec2025

access to low earth orbit just came up. also #Samarium

can't rely on private companies to make offensive (or defensive offensive reply) strikes, risks escalation, yet no one else can do it.
#cybersecurity #cyberwar

I'm not an atomic scientist but I thought I knew all the element names well enough to recognize them [0], so today's news about #Samarium (h/t/ @j2bryson) is extra weirdly ominous because I *don't* recognize the name

it's oddly made-up-sounding, and makes me think of the Appointment in Samarra, which is... not an auspicious story, when we're talking about a global war

[0] Tom Lehrer, I have failed you and your legacy; I used to know the whole song

https://mastodon.social/@j2bryson/114665440529581813

Okay, not excellent #Samarium
Excellent — let’s hope this is all China has to do to make war obviously stupid. #Samarium

#RareMetals

Considering the info in the following article, it's curious why #China would negotiate with the #US about anything & why they wouldn't bloc the availability of #samarium to any country who needs/wants it unless they kiss China's a$$. 🤷‍♂️

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/business/china-rare-earth-samarium-fighter-jets.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Nk8.DBj-.T5Eba9hVDOvY&smid=url-share

While oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen make up 96% of most human bodies, my body is composed of sulfur, argon, calcium, and samarium.

#science #oxygen #carbon #hydrogen #nitrogen #sulfur #argon #calcium #samarium #sarcasm #funny #humor