The first ten on today’s playlist:

This comment is a great encapsulation of what it’s like to grow up a boy and into a man — how the world gradually turns into disdain, trepidation and hatred towards you not for who you are, but for what people believe you must be. Here it is in toto in case it gets disappeared:

Slightly concerning that our top officials are having to spell this out for China at this particular point in time https://t.co/5FlXI7Rc7x

— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) February 25, 2023

But China wouldn’t do it that way. Unlike Russia, they aren’t stupid, just belligerent. It’d be a long naval blockade and extended bombing campaign with a lot of pressure for Taiwan to concede. This might work. An amphibious assault, however, would not be successful.