@CIA case officer turned defense tech exec, writing about an America that can still win | @FuseEnergyTech | @Infleqtion | deeptech & natsec
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“The bro presents with some combination of operator beard, Grunt Style t-shirt, “infidel” tattoo, “tactical pants,” a veteran-owned coffee roaster mug, and Spartan Race participation medals. These are all meant as badges of the bearer’s credibility as a warrior, but they usually hide a lack of competence or knowledge of organized warfare and its demands.”
The Marine Corps should revive its traditional ethos, emphasizing professional competence, readiness, honor, courage, and commitment for the demands of modern warfare. usni.org/magazines/proceedin…
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Laura Thomas retweeted
Powerful essay from Omer Rafiq, a Marine who led the men and women under his command during the evacuation of Kabul. A must read
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The Gestapo circulated her description across occupied France and never found her.
To escape, she climbed a 5,000 ft Pyrenees pass in the snow. On one leg. (The other was a prosthetic she nicknamed "Cuthbert.")
In October we're hiking her route!
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It’s 11pm and I’m in a safe house across from a woman I’ve been handling for a year.
I have to tell her that her family has 3 days to get out of the country, or they’ll be arrested and likely executed.
And she has to convince them without saying goodbye to anyone else.
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Full story and where to donate:
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Nobody sat us down as CIA trainees and told us what she did. I found the real story years after I left.
I wish I’d had her in mind during my own exfiltration work.
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Laura Thomas retweeted
In case you're wondering, the background is real. Listen in to the conversation with @AtomsNotBits. Brief but efficient way to learn more about our technology progress at @FuseEnergyTech
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: American nuclear fusion history has just been made.
Fuse Energy has achieved the highest fusion neutron yield ever reported by a commercial company, generating 1.27 trillion neutrons in a single shot.
The startup is targeting a fusion pilot by 2030. We sat down with CEO @jc_btaiche to discuss America’s critical fusion race with China, the path toward commercialization, and Fuse’s unique position as one of the few fusion companies already generating revenue through its Radiation as a Service business.
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Hosted @SenatorHeinrich at our Albuquerque facility. Our machines are operational and serving customers now. Fusion is where we’re headed & radiation testing is how we get there. Thanks to the Senator and his team for their support!
Last week @SenatorHeinrich visited our Albuquerque facility and met with the Fuse team.
The facility is operational and will begin accepting customers this month for radiation survivability testing.
Thank you, @SenatorHeinrich, for the visit and for your continued support of fusion in New Mexico.
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Laura Thomas retweeted
🚀 We're delighted to extend our partnership with NASA on the Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder mission!
NASA has awarded Infleqtion a $20 million follow-on contract for the Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder mission, bringing NASA’s total investment in Infleqtion's work for this program to $40 million.
Working with @NASAJPL, Infleqtion will design, build, and test key components for the world’s first space-based quantum gravity sensor, including testing the system in microgravity at the Einstein Elevator (@hitec_elevator) in Germany. The @NASA-led mission is expected to launch in 2030 and could help enable future tools for monitoring water, ice, and natural resources from low Earth orbit.
Learn more: ow.ly/LYaI50ZFSHa
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Laura Thomas retweeted
As a Retired US Army paratrooper, pictures like these hit hard. Trump never had the courage to pick up a rifle and man a post when he was called to serve.
Yet he has the nerve to promote AI pictures like this showing him wearing things like Parachutist badges, and rows of ribbons he never had to courage to obtain. Anyone who has ever served should be pissed at garbage like this.
His father paid a doctor’s note so he wouldn't have to serve. But remember that for every one of the draft deferments, someone else had to go in his place.
A pure disgrace.
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Laura Thomas retweeted
STOP comparing Afghan women in burqas and Iranian women under compulsory hijab with Christian nuns.
This really isn’t complicated.
A nun chooses to become a nun. Her vow applies to her. She doesn’t take the vow and suddenly every woman in Italy has to cover her hair.
And if she removes her veil, the morality police don’t show up to beat her, arrest her, or throw her in prison.
That’s the difference.
In Iran and Afghanistan, the rules don’t care whether you’re religious, secular, Muslim, atheist, or just want to be left alone. You’re a woman? Congratulations. The authorities have a dress code for you.
And please stop pointing at little girls in hijab and calling it “choice.” Some of these children can’t even read yet. They’re old enough to choose a religious obligation for life, but apparently not old enough to choose what they want for lunch?
Here’s the test nobody seems to want to take:
What happens when a woman says NO?
If the answer is guns and bullets, prison, beatings, losing your education, or being erased from public life, congratulations, you’ve discovered the difference between choice and coercion.
And if you still think the Taliban model is somehow “liberating,” try it yourself. Cover up. Obey. Let religious authorities decide how you dress, where you go, whether you work, and when you’re allowed to speak. Then explain to Afghan women how empowered you feel.
Is this really that difficult to understand?
#LetUsTalk
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