Indo-pacific sees new wave of defence trade for Malaysia and South Korea
Dr Andrew Salerno-Garthwaite
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Journalist covering the arms trade, geopolitics and conflict. Good at drawing.
Could you adapt Terry Pratchett's Discworld to a TV series using a whole bunch of the books happening at the same time, and shift from, say, the Nightwatch, to the Witches, to the Wizards within an episode, like how The Wire or Game of Thrones worked, where there were multiple plot-lines and for much of the time it felt like there was no central protagonist?
Taiwan counts on military conscription reform to deter China invasion https://on.ft.com/3Ih2UNy
Santa Claus undaunted by arctic blast, U.S. military says https://www.reuters.com/world/us/santa-claus-undaunted-by-arctic-blast-us-military-says-2022-12-24/
Patriot missiles to Ukraine: US regaining escalation dominance?
What the transfer of Patriot missiles to Ukraine signifies for the delicate balancing act shaping the war with Russia.
I’ve been watching the TraumaZone documentary by Adam Curtis, documenting Russia through the final years of communism and democracy with BBC archival footage. It’s hard to describe it without using the word ‘bleak’, but it is a powerful series.
Predictive maintenance in US military needs action: GAO
https://www.army-technology.com/features/predictive-maintenance-in-us-military-needs-action-gao/
London Underground polluted with metallic particles small enough to enter human bloodstream
“The researchers suggest … magnetic filters in ventilation, cleaning of the tracks and tunnel walls, or placing screen doors between platforms and trains.”
London Underground polluted with metallic particles small enough to enter human bloodstrem
The London Underground is polluted with ultrafine metallic particles small enough to end up in the human bloodstream, according to University of Cambridge researchers. These particles are so small that they are likely being underestimated in surveys of pollution in the world’s oldest metro system.
Omar MooreBooks by James Baldwin, one of America’s greatest intellectuals, humanists and activists (he was also a film critic* and historian) that I highly recommend. Well, I highly recommend all of them including the one in my photo. Here are just a few of the other Baldwin books you must read:
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Notes Of A Native Son
No Name In The Street
The Devil Finds Work*
Another Country
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Evidence Of Things Not Seen
#jamesbaldwin #bookstodon #reading #books