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A few days ago, the Pentagon hosted a drone demonstration, where we saw SpektreWorks' "Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Aerial System" (LUCAS) for the first time. It looks suspiciously like a Shahed-136/Geran-2. The silhouette is pure déjà-vu.
The LUCAS also closely resembles another SpektreWorks product, the FLM-136 (note the designation - same as the Shahed-136). The FLM-136 is literally just a reverse-engineered Shahed, used for "threat emulation" (target practice), that is, a mock-up to train American air defence systems how to fight Shaheds/Gerans.
It appears that SpektreWorks simply bolted on a guidance kit and a warhead, gave it a new name and now the US military will be using Shahed-136s.
On the one hand, it's funny. On the other hand, admitting that the Iranians are very good at the drone game and copying their designs is the smartest thing the American military-industrial complex has done in 30 years or so.
Also, I wonder what "LUCAS" looks like from the inside. The Geran-2, the Russian variant, has very little in common with the original Shahed-136 nowadays. There have been 5 or 6 generations of major improvements, including various models with AI guidance, jet engines, etc. Basically it's just the shape that's still the same.
The LUCAS also closely resembles another SpektreWorks product, the FLM-136 (note the designation - same as the Shahed-136). The FLM-136 is literally just a reverse-engineered Shahed, used for "threat emulation" (target practice), that is, a mock-up to train American air defence systems how to fight Shaheds/Gerans.
It appears that SpektreWorks simply bolted on a guidance kit and a warhead, gave it a new name and now the US military will be using Shahed-136s.
On the one hand, it's funny. On the other hand, admitting that the Iranians are very good at the drone game and copying their designs is the smartest thing the American military-industrial complex has done in 30 years or so.
Also, I wonder what "LUCAS" looks like from the inside. The Geran-2, the Russian variant, has very little in common with the original Shahed-136 nowadays. There have been 5 or 6 generations of major improvements, including various models with AI guidance, jet engines, etc. Basically it's just the shape that's still the same.
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This is a good summary... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viUdnvBhnWM
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"William M Briggs, the statistician who dared challenge climate orthodoxy, sees this same pattern across modern "Science." As he told me in our interview, "We have to let it play out to its logical conclusion and then rebuild from the ashes." He identifies Equality—that sacred feminist principle—as the poison destroying science itself. "Because these ladies get into science, discover that they aren't as good at it as the people there, and then start whining and carping about being Victims." The annual conferences—Women in Physics, Women in Statistics—exist not to advance knowledge but to advance grievance.
"Briggs' point cuts deep: "If they had anything worth saying about the world, and could prove it, then nobody would care if they were one-legged midget MAGA-hatted gypsies." But instead of producing better science, feminist scientists demand their poor work be accepted as good because of who did it. Equality, as Briggs warns, "infects and degrades and eventually destroys everything it touches.""
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"Briggs' point cuts deep: "If they had anything worth saying about the world, and could prove it, then nobody would care if they were one-legged midget MAGA-hatted gypsies." But instead of producing better science, feminist scientists demand their poor work be accepted as good because of who did it. Equality, as Briggs warns, "infects and degrades and eventually destroys everything it touches.""
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TIL rate of change in speed is "acceleration", but rate of change for acceleration is called a "jerk"
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🇰🇭🇹🇭 The Thailand–Cambodia war isn’t just about temples. It’s a geopolitical fault line and the target may be China’s Pan-Asian Railway.
Since July 24, artillery has fallen, airstrikes have escalated, and over 30 are dead. More than 170,000 have fled their homes. Thailand blames Cambodian incursions. Cambodia says it’s resisting Thai aggression. Trump has inserted himself as mediator, using trade threats and leverage, but the real stakes may lie beneath the tracks.
China’s Belt and Road megaproject, the 6,000+ km Pan-Asian Railway, is set to transform Southeast Asia. High-speed lines are underway from Kunming to Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. The China–Laos line is operational. The China–Thailand line is under rapid construction, with the Bangkok–Nakhon leg on pace for 2026 and full connection to Nong Khai by 2030. Cambodia’s lines are next, linking Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok, and ultimately to China.
But that junction, the Cambodia–Thailand border, is exactly where the war just broke out.
China’s vision is seamless connectivity: freight, tourism, multipolar trade. A physical alternative to maritime chokepoints and Western control. But every nation along this railway tells a deeper story. Cambodia is a Chinese ally. Thailand is a U.S. treaty partner with joint military drills and weapons contracts. Myanmar’s China rail is frozen in conflict. Vietnam’s China line was delayed by Japanese failures and is now quietly being restarted by Chinese firms.
Who benefits if the network stalls?
In this context, the outbreak of war looks less like spontaneous escalation and more like disruption, a possible proxy move in the broader U.S.–China contest. Analysts have called it a “new Cold War flashpoint” in Southeast Asia. Western powers cannot match China’s infrastructure scale, but they can sabotage it. Stir conflict. Delay links. Keep ASEAN fragmented and dependent.
China blames “the colonial legacy.” The U.S. calls for restraint while signaling support for Thailand. And the railway, once a corridor for peace, may now run through a battlefield.
Peace here isn’t just about borders, it’s about who builds Asia’s future.
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Since July 24, artillery has fallen, airstrikes have escalated, and over 30 are dead. More than 170,000 have fled their homes. Thailand blames Cambodian incursions. Cambodia says it’s resisting Thai aggression. Trump has inserted himself as mediator, using trade threats and leverage, but the real stakes may lie beneath the tracks.
China’s Belt and Road megaproject, the 6,000+ km Pan-Asian Railway, is set to transform Southeast Asia. High-speed lines are underway from Kunming to Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. The China–Laos line is operational. The China–Thailand line is under rapid construction, with the Bangkok–Nakhon leg on pace for 2026 and full connection to Nong Khai by 2030. Cambodia’s lines are next, linking Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok, and ultimately to China.
But that junction, the Cambodia–Thailand border, is exactly where the war just broke out.
China’s vision is seamless connectivity: freight, tourism, multipolar trade. A physical alternative to maritime chokepoints and Western control. But every nation along this railway tells a deeper story. Cambodia is a Chinese ally. Thailand is a U.S. treaty partner with joint military drills and weapons contracts. Myanmar’s China rail is frozen in conflict. Vietnam’s China line was delayed by Japanese failures and is now quietly being restarted by Chinese firms.
Who benefits if the network stalls?
In this context, the outbreak of war looks less like spontaneous escalation and more like disruption, a possible proxy move in the broader U.S.–China contest. Analysts have called it a “new Cold War flashpoint” in Southeast Asia. Western powers cannot match China’s infrastructure scale, but they can sabotage it. Stir conflict. Delay links. Keep ASEAN fragmented and dependent.
China blames “the colonial legacy.” The U.S. calls for restraint while signaling support for Thailand. And the railway, once a corridor for peace, may now run through a battlefield.
Peace here isn’t just about borders, it’s about who builds Asia’s future.
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NOW - Trump on Europe: "You're not gonna have Europe anymore. You gotta get your act together... Stop this horrible invasion... Stop— this immigration is killing Europe."
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111 years ago today began the First World War, resulting in the deadliest war the world had ever seen. Lest we Forget. Each Flag represents ~10,000 soldiers
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TIL that the Mongol empire, being the largest land empire to exist, only lasted around 150 years.
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JUST IN - Netanyahu: "There is no starvation in Gaza, no policy of starvation in Gaza, and I assure you that we have a commitment to achieve our war goals."
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"The company brands itself as explicitly pro-American, but many of the projects also celebrate Israel. Founders’ proposed film slate also includes Roaring Lion, a movie about the recent attack against Iran, which depicts Israel as “striving for nuclear non-proliferation and exercising its right of self-defense against a crazed regime intent on destroying it.” The proposed projects also include When the Towers Fall, a film about Israel’s 2024 booby-trapped pager operation against Hezbollah.
While much of the content has a military bent, the company also said it hoped to produce unnoscripted documentaries about influential figures like Musk, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, and Admiral Hyman Rickover, who led the development of nuclear-powered submarines.
"Founders Films, if it succeeds in its fundraising efforts, would immediately be a major player among conservative media companies like the Daily Wire, which have also gotten into the noscripted and theatrical movie and TV business, and have sought to tap into right-leaning audiences while also challenging the cultural dominance of Hollywood."
https://www.semafor.com/article/07/20/2025/founders-films-aims-to-remake-hollywood-with-patriotism-palantir-and-ayn-rand
While much of the content has a military bent, the company also said it hoped to produce unnoscripted documentaries about influential figures like Musk, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, and Admiral Hyman Rickover, who led the development of nuclear-powered submarines.
"Founders Films, if it succeeds in its fundraising efforts, would immediately be a major player among conservative media companies like the Daily Wire, which have also gotten into the noscripted and theatrical movie and TV business, and have sought to tap into right-leaning audiences while also challenging the cultural dominance of Hollywood."
https://www.semafor.com/article/07/20/2025/founders-films-aims-to-remake-hollywood-with-patriotism-palantir-and-ayn-rand
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Exclusive / ‘Founders Films’ aims to remake Hollywood with patriotism, Palantir and Ayn Rand
The company’s proposed projects celebrate American military action, push for confrontation with China, and elevate heroes of the right from Ayn Rand to Elon Musk.
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The reserve bank is quietly helping to build a world in which money could expire or be geographically restricted by jumping feet first into the world of “programmable money.”
https://www.skynews.com.au/insights-and-analysis/money-that-can-expire-rba-laying-groundwork-for-a-dystopian-financial-reality-where-money-is-given-a-brain-and-then-the-switch-is-handed-to-someone-else/news-story/540f4ddbd02fdb7c7436970dbec81c81?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLrIQ1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhQ4pNTfSvCnSUU6wplLZs-avYzi2MKKowNZJ3n1tu2mvd-owIWuq25fie-h_aem_pnmFVFqDbiRKOYclUgv9lQ
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TIL when Marquis de Sade died in 1814, his son burned all of his unpublished manunoscripts, and his descendants tried to suppress his work for over a century.
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I had a marvelous conversation with William Ramsey earlier today.
Francis Bacon was not the father of modern science, but rather the architect of scientism: a worldview that enthrones scientific knowledge as the supreme authority over all human affairs. His fame followed not from his work on the methods of science (which was a continuation of pre-existing developments in medieval philosophy and science) but rather from his vision of science as a tool for power and control. In New Atlantis, Bacon presented a vision of society governed by a secretive scientific elite, laying the philosophical groundwork for the technocratic systems that dominate the modern world. Bacon redefined knowledge as power. In reclaiming the meaning of science, we must confront Bacon’s legacy and challenge the dehumanizing program he set in motion.
https://rumble.com/v6wv06m-sir-francis-bacon-is-he-the-father-of-scientism-with-author-hans-schantz..html?e9s=src_v1_cmd%2Csrc_v1_upp_a
Francis Bacon was not the father of modern science, but rather the architect of scientism: a worldview that enthrones scientific knowledge as the supreme authority over all human affairs. His fame followed not from his work on the methods of science (which was a continuation of pre-existing developments in medieval philosophy and science) but rather from his vision of science as a tool for power and control. In New Atlantis, Bacon presented a vision of society governed by a secretive scientific elite, laying the philosophical groundwork for the technocratic systems that dominate the modern world. Bacon redefined knowledge as power. In reclaiming the meaning of science, we must confront Bacon’s legacy and challenge the dehumanizing program he set in motion.
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Col. Doniphan marched 800 Missouri Volunteers 5,000 miles in the Mexican War. They marched to Chihuahua and faced a Mexican army of 4,000. They lost one man and inflicted +300 casualties and routed the Mexicans.
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This is what the Ukrainian reusable FPV drone interceptor looks like in action.
The footage captures the moment it successfully shoots down a Russian Lancet drone.
The footage captures the moment it successfully shoots down a Russian Lancet drone.
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☕️MR. FIXIT ☙ Tuesday, July 29, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠
Trump ends another war, and Kennedy declares war on behalf of vaccine-injured people. Lots of things getting fixed this week, including, possibly, the culture itself, if my yard sign test holds up.
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/mr-fixit-tuesday-july-29-2025-c-and
Trump ends another war, and Kennedy declares war on behalf of vaccine-injured people. Lots of things getting fixed this week, including, possibly, the culture itself, if my yard sign test holds up.
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/mr-fixit-tuesday-july-29-2025-c-and
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☕️ MR. FIXIT ☙ Tuesday, July 29, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠
Missing yard signs hint at cultural healing; Kennedy targets vaccine court reform; DOJ files on Boasberg; Trump hushes another war—just another morning in post-normal America; more.
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"This is something to keep in mind if you are a Gamma, or even if you’re a Delta or a Bravo with an occasionally tendency to slip into Gamma-style behaviors from time to time: do not let your public persona depart too far from your private persona.
"Remember, your ever-so-artful management of others’ perceptions of you is far less adroit, and far more obvious, than you can possibly imagine. You’re not fooling anyone, most especially your children."
https://open.substack.com/pub/sigmagame/p/a-tale-of-two-gamma-dads?r=lp6h7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
"Remember, your ever-so-artful management of others’ perceptions of you is far less adroit, and far more obvious, than you can possibly imagine. You’re not fooling anyone, most especially your children."
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Age is evidently no cure for SSH patterns
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Black September: When Palestinians Attempted to Overthrow the Hashemite Dynasty
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