Dr Andrew Salerno-Garthwaite

@DeadlyLampshade
0 Followers
341 Following
35 Posts
Journalist covering the arms trade, geopolitics and conflict. Good at drawing.
Indo-pacific wave of defence trade for Malaysia and South Korea

As Malaysia’s military modernises and South Korea redefines arms exports, the rising tide of defence spending continues in the Indo-Pacific.

Army Technology
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
Taiwan counts on military conscription reform to deter China invasion

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

Financial Times
Santa Claus undaunted by arctic blast, U.S. military says

U.S. military officials have assured anxious children the arctic blast and snowstorm that wreaked havoc on U.S. airline traffic this week will not prevent Santa Claus from making his annual Christmas Eve flight.

Reuters

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.

https://www.airforce-technology.com/features/patriot-missiles-to-ukraine-us-regaining-escalation-dominance/

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.

Airforce Technology
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

Predictive maintenance keeps more platforms combat ready, but the GAO has found the services to be lagging on this 20 year old policy.

Army Technology

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.”

https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/london-underground-pollution?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=london_underground

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.

University of Cambridge
Huh.

Books 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