Evan Riggs
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America should create the allies it wants to see in the world, and do so in a way that advances its security at home. With manpower shortages hampering the effectiveness of DHS, ICE, and other vital orgs, I propose we call in our auxiliary forces to restore order in the West.
Border security is one of the biggest political, cultural, and security concerns of our time, but state capacity to make progress on it has remained frustratingly limited Today in DARC, @EvanRiggss proposes a novel visa scheme to address this issue, modeled on the Roman Auxilia
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I associate most with the bartender.
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America should create the allies it wants to see in the world, and do so in a way that advances its security at home. With manpower shortages hampering the effectiveness of DHS, ICE, and other vital orgs, I propose we call in our auxiliary forces to restore order in the West.
Border security is one of the biggest political, cultural, and security concerns of our time, but state capacity to make progress on it has remained frustratingly limited Today in DARC, @EvanRiggss proposes a novel visa scheme to address this issue, modeled on the Roman Auxilia
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Read the full proposal at DARC (@DefenseAnalyses) https://t.co/YR97zfXbUe
defenseanalyses.org
Accelerating border security through an ancient method.
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Border security is one of the biggest political, cultural, and security concerns of our time, but state capacity to make progress on it has remained frustratingly limited Today in DARC, @EvanRiggss proposes a novel visa scheme to address this issue, modeled on the Roman Auxilia
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It might have to come down to the Collison brothers to save Ireland. Remember, the Taoiseach has no term limits. Between the two of them, they could also serve for 28 years as the President. https://t.co/TbqdP8GRJL
irishtimes.com
The Stripe co-founder looks at how the State can get out of the government-by-agency corner into which it has painted itself
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Self-inflicted brain drain has become a dire situation for many countries. What happened to many Eastern European countries is now at risk of happening across Western Europe. But countries which are actively hostile against their best and brightest do deserve some real
Today I had lunch with twelve young Irish people -- a wonderful bunch in their early 20s working on rockets, biotech, software/AI, etc. I enquired about whether any were planning on leaving Ireland over the next 3 years. All hands but one went up. I asked the holdout why he was
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Underappreciated how innovative we've gotten in waging war against man's deadliest enemy - the mosquito. Biological warfare, cultivating super predators, lasers, drones, mineral guns, gene editing whole populations...
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Holy kino...
Australia’s most valuable listed defence company began as the brainchild of two American scientists who originally planned to create a mosquito-zapping laser system for bedrooms https://t.co/VNnbKkqcgo
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Right-wing progressivism https://t.co/8ohBzGaWrh
Pictured are the Carmelite monks of Wyoming. They have properly tonsured monks using CAD to build a gothic cathedral!
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A big problem for political and media organizations is that everyone you hire is a temporarily embarrassed internet celeb. Right, left, apolitical - doesn't matter. A non-trivial portion of staff is waiting for the struggle session moment that will launch them to superstardom.
The most brutally awkward thing you'll see today: Condé Nast staffers confront head of HR Stan Duncan over layoffs outside his 34th-floor office. Four of the employees featured in this exclusive video from the confrontation were then fired for "extreme misconduct." The whole
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Pretty much everyone I have ever met who says things like "there are many different types of intelligence" also habitually conflates disliking someone with thinking they are dumb
Typical psych profile of a tech oligarch: Born rich but with below average intelligence. Anxious, anhedonic, antisocial, disagreeable, humorless, disliked by others. Bland on the surface, but driven by an implacable mania and shrewd aptitude for making money. Entirely amoral.
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Excited to announce I'll be officially dropping out of real life to pursue being even more terminally online
I'm excited to announce the a16z New Media Fellowship. Or as many people are saying, the Thiel Fellowship for the terminally online. Finding highly functional people who are also very online is hard, so we are creating a fellowship to gather and train them in the art of New
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Deeply sad but not surprising that political violence is now pushing young, rising star members to retire from Congress
After much deliberation, I’ve decided not to seek reelection in 2026. I’m confident that were I to run again, I would win. But recent events have made me reconsider whether the good I can do in Congress still outweighs the cost to my family. I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished
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Wake up sheeple! The so-called "Foundation for American Innovation" (@joinfai) is an astroturf front group for Elon Musk/Peter Thiel/Charles Koch/Dustin Moskovitz/U.S. tech industry/Project 2025 and their clandestine shared political agenda.
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The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel it's warmth
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The wait is over. U.S. Secretary of Energy @SecretaryWright is the final speaker headlining our American Innovation Gala on 11/13 in DC! At our VIP reception, he’ll join @nukebarbarian for a fireside chat on energy dominance. 🔗👇 to full program details for the evening.
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One of the coolest things @JoinFAI is involved in at the moment. You should be reading Mrs. Ruiz
What do Starlink, the trad wife, and Marshall Mcluhan have in common? Introducing the Third Oikos, a new series about how technology is reshaping the household. https://t.co/WHwCqMaqw9
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The state of UK politics for the foreseeable future will be politicians begging people to not comment on the ongoing onslaught of atrocities, realising that no one will listen to them, then pivoting to demanding that American tech companies be regulated to prevent free speech.
UK citizens are also consistently urged by police and elected officials NOT to post information about terror attacks or share footage of these stabbings. Be grateful for 1A everyday.
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Loyalty is one of the most misunderstood concepts in America; a false idea of it is weaponized against unwitting people until it destroys their integrity little by little, and then completely.
I love the dual loyalty wedge question. Here are some more: Bible or the Constitution? The Pope Ex-Cathedra or POTUS? National Anthem or Lord’s Prayer? —— Did we just figure this out? Or is this a CCP bot campaign? This is how to weaken & unravel America. So knock it off.
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