Frank O'Donnell
@frank11285
Senior Research Adviser, @apln.network Adjunct Fellow, @eastwestcenter.bsky.social Opinions my own, reposts ≠ endorsement.
Rubio all-but-admits he was entirely in the dark about the US-Saudi nuclear agreement - hard to read this response any differently. www.state.gov/releases/off...
Yeah, people trying to avoid accountability sure do hate when this happens to them. This could easily have been a subordinate who took extensive hand notes during the call because…it’s the CEO speaking…and words matter. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
Great, hard-fought #RIFC game against Orange County SC last night, followed by fireworks!
Meanwhile in…*checks notes*…Richmond, VA (seen elsewhere on here) -
Looking forward to catching up on this heartwarming comedy about coming-of-age in Scotland -
Oh, so now we’re just shopping him for no reason? Why not trade Brad Stevens instead?
Caption contest: What has Starmer actually written here? I think it's: "The damage inward migration has done to our country is incalculable" (from www.gov.uk/government/p...)
UK “service chiefs had informal discussions last week about whether they should all quit” over the gap between defense policy and the actual defense budget. spectator.com/article/as-s...
A bad decision on almost every conceivable level by 🇫🇷. It’s especially disheartening that no other G7 member - or even the non-G7 attendees - appeared willing to successfully lobby for 🇿🇦 to be there. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Breathtakingly metal / 40k NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day today - apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26060...
This also neatly unpicks how Weiss/Ellison talk a big game about the necessary upheaval caused by the internet and social media only as a device for the real upheaval they want to pursue: ideological compliance with Trump. There is no actual new social media strategy, etc, but we do have Dokoupil.
The whole interview is superb, but this part shows how perfectly balanced Weiss is on the edge of Hanlon’s Razor. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...