William "Balloon Guy" Kim
@TheKimulation
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NatSec, memes, and NatSec memes. High-altitude balloon enthusiast and Air Power Metamorphosis enjoyer. Views/memes are my own
Washington, DC
Joined December 2021
I had no idea Alibaba's Qwen team was headed by the director of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
According to a Bloomberg report, Justin Lin, the head of Alibaba's Qwen team, estimated the probability of Chinese companies surpassing leading players like OpenAI and Anthropic through fundamental breakthroughs within the next 3 to 5 years to be less than 20%. His cautious
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The events in Iran started as a protest, became an uprising, and are turning into a revolt. With the regime’s pledge to crack down, and Trump’s commitment to attack if it does, something has to give - soon. No one knows yet how this ends. Look for key signals: ▶️ Open
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The current meta in the Middle East went from cripplingly slow forever wars to legendarily lightning quick collapses and it’s been funnier every single time
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Why Stealth Black Hawks Weren’t Used For Maduro Capture Mission While stealth helicopters, which may or may not still exist in an operational capacity, were central to the Bin Laden raid, the Venezuela operation was different in key ways. Story:
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Venezuelan security forces
Security forces near Miraflores explain they were shooting at a drone spotted near Miraflores palace. (Most likely their own) #Venezuela
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Boris Yeltsin in a Texas supermarket moment
JUST IN: Maduro reportedly “surprised” by how many rights America grants its prisoners.
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It would be incredibly fun to be Maduro's defense attorney.
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[black SUVs pull up to a ski chalet in Vermont] "You're a hard man to find...Mr. Bremer." "Apparently not hard enough." "We need you. One last job."
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"Russia will use this as a justification to go after Zelenskyy"
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The United States capturing Maduro has got me thinking about how you captured my heart
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I’m taking a break from social media for a bit for professional reasons but rest assured that I shall return.
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In my first game of Littoral Commander: The Baltic, I inflicted a humiliating defeat on the Russians. I simply kept my forces far away and pummeled Red logistics and MLRS from long range with PrSMs, Tomahawks, and hypersonics. Blue won with zero casualties.
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North Korea appears to be attempting to lift up their destroyer with methods inspired by Pixar's hit 2009 film Up. Note the numerous balloons in the air above the destroyer.
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