Amb Pifer noted that 🇷🇺 committed “to respect Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence and not use or threaten to use force against Ukraine.” Why would anyone trust 🇷🇺 in new negotiations? What could 🇷🇺 possibly offer that 🇷🇺 hasn’t already breached ?

@anders_aslund Why is still holding rallies like they’re still running for election? I wonder if he’s already taken the corner window office, so to speak. That is, he’s the frontman in the admin, but they don’t let him do any of the work, other than showmanship tasks.

@ChrmnMAO69 @loafnw I like that one of them photobombed your shot.

@burkov I’m feeling pretty good, if after pulling two almost all-nighters for work, this was the weirdest thing I typed. Not too bad. Nothing damaging, no weird pics, mostly coherent.

@Haavepaja @burkov Good point. I was just looking for a way to inject noise, but you have a point, it’s still inside the learned latent space.

Augment your current ideas by also thinking about how/why the US dollar is the preferred premier reserve currency in the world. Think in terms of why other countries are still interested in having the US dollar as the premier reserve currency. Think about what happens to us, the US, if something drives the other countries away from using the dollar as their reserve currency. What would cause enough of the other countries to use something other than the US dollar ? What happens to the dollar ?

Biggest cause of delays I’ve seen is Scope Creep. SESer or GOs see new shiny objects: “Ooohh Shiny” is leader-speak for “2 yr delay” Or, sometimes … The Vocal Field User: Vocal Field User: we like our PalmPilots, there’s three of us, [ he holds up 3 fingers in a way that makes me think of that Brad Pitt movies ] Can we make sure it’s interoperable … Me: Let me put it in the queue, I got to put it in order, to be fair. Vocal Field User: what’s in front of it Me: Teletype [ without missing a beat ! 😎] Vocal Field User: [ Glares …. loudly ] Me: [ sensing he’s uncomfortable 😏 So, I’m all in. Now, pretending I have something written on my clipboard ]: Teletype, uh,oh then Smoke Signal, you’re after Smoke Signal… ooops, nope, I was wrong… not after Smoke Signal … [ gesture with my hands, implying there might be hope ] … oh, you’re after “Cave Painting” Vocal Field User: [ Glares … even more loudly ] Me: Well, this was a good meeting. ( But actually fearing that his SESer can beat up my SESer ) … which was true and PalmPilots made it into the “modernization plan” … aaand that’s why we have Elon running around, now.

@Aviation_Intel Completely agree, not just waste and abuse, but the process which drives a good chunk of the waste. PPBE in DoD is probably the most complex in the world. Gosh, if Musk could actually fix, it, ( not just say it’s fixed, but really fix it ), I think everyone would support that.

@TerribleMaps

Is it’s a variant of survivor’s guilt ? Is there a name for it ? That is, we know people who are in harms way. We’re far away, in comfy places to live, to eat, not in trenches, all the while the heroes are doing their genuinely heroic stuff, defending their loved ones and their country.

@saintjavelin In one of these reports, I wouldn’t be surprised to read : “… Upon arrival on the scene, the local investigators astutely noticed all of the 10th-floor apartment’s windows were closed and locked from the inside. Therefore, they were able to quickly rule it as an accident …”

@olddog100ua I just read that the vast majority of the so called evidence against USAID is either false or, interestingly, distributed by other US Gov entities, including Dept of State. Candidly, being lazy or being deceptive, and passing the lies to the Executive of the President is wrong.

@JeffFisch @HonzaStropek @Maks_NAFO_FELLA Hey @Maks_NAFO_FELLA - Can you help us for a second ? We want to know if you made, then deleted, the referenced tweet, shown above. If you did, I suspect it’s because you learned that even though the facts are true, Kellogg didn’t say it. Or, something else ?

@P_Kallioniemi I’m gonna’ guess that the alleged peace plan was created and pushed by 🇷🇺, the same country responsible for 61% of the world’s disinformation. Wow ! 3/5 of the world’s disinformation. [If I recall the video of your recent talk, correctly.]

@astraiaintel There is a part of me, well, almost all of me, that wants 🇷🇺 to refuse to negotiate, so that we crank up sanctions , with the ultimate outcome being 🇷🇺’s collapse. That, that alone, would be a new era of peace in the world.

I like it … but I like to split enforcement away from diplomacy. It’s a minor thing really , but if possible my preference is to have a separate group / org handle seizure of assets and have Dept of State sit above it, and handle diplomacy. However, I understand the admin may want to have Dep. of State handle pursuit and seizing assets now that they shut down DoJs KleptoCapture program to seize assets. I’m not sure what’s their plan, I just hope they’re not going to ignore the $ 300 B that needs to be seized. Oh, listen quietly, you’ll hear ‘Seize me, seize me’. That’s the $300B calling .

$20, but as a donation to a 501 c3 charity and I’ll take that bet. First we should define federal elections. I think you mean elected to our federal House, Senate, and US President If so, we’ll have them. 1. Too many legislative races are important and … 2. Federal elections are really managed at the state level. You can now donate to Ukraine House DC Foundation, a 501(c)3 registered nonprofit organization (EIN 872080907). 🤣😉😁

I’d like to believe he became aware of this from Twitter, from all of us, not because his team conducted their due diligence. He probably needs to add to his team, Ukrainians, so he doesn’t bump into any more embarrassing moments like this. Separately, eventually he’ll learn, there is no way around it, so the only way to address this is through, load Ukraine with all the capabilities they need.

Every person in the Executive branch ultimately reports to Trump and the vast majority of the information is already published by each executive branch agency, ultimately rolling up the White House It’s weird, but it kinda comes across as if Musk is trying to undermine Trump. Trump can easily just ask for this information and each agency has to perform. The more Musk “reveals”, the more incompetent it paints Trump as the leader of the executive branch. Is Musk trying to show that Trump does not know how to lead the executive Branch? Surely, Trump knows how to lead. So, why does Trump let Musk paint him like an incompetent fool who does not know how to run his branch of government.

@OlegKostour @L65094341 Correct. Also, because of your correct calculus, it’s another reason that smaller countries will pursue Nuclear capabilities to help balance that disparity against a larger foe.