War, robots, & bad futures but imagining better. I edit @cipolicy.bsky.social's International Policy Journal, opinions my own. Unitarian Universalist. He/him. Husband to @alymay.bsky.social & father of 2. Front takes towards enemies.https://bsky.app/profile/atherton.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/atherton.bsky.social/post/3mkbye5jqmk2qshouting this to Rockapella as I hide my red hat and duster [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:6vxkf3dayl4uyc77vv6deraj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbye5jqmk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/atherton.bsky.social/post/3mkbxem5p2k2qRusty's dad, returned as a trainer from Dog Afghanistan, writing letters encouraging the resettlement of those able to escape, then having a pint when he thinks of all they were unable to rescue. Lucky's dad sits with him in silence, then turns on cricket. Most days that's enough.25 Apr 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:6vxkf3dayl4uyc77vv6deraj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbxem5p2k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/atherton.bsky.social/post/3mkbvdocaik2qIt's well known that Thomas Chatteron Williams cannot write but evidence accumulates revealing he can't read, either.25 Apr 2026 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:6vxkf3dayl4uyc77vv6deraj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbvdocaik2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/atherton.bsky.social/post/3mkbqoz2rbc2qLocal restaurant eliminated its pandemic-era outdoor seating (4-5 patio tables) to make functionally one parking spot. Building cities for parking is so so so so stupid.25 Apr 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:6vxkf3dayl4uyc77vv6deraj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbqoz2rbc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/atherton.bsky.social/post/3mkbjvpww5k2eV-22 Gallipoli onto Kharg Island [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:6vxkf3dayl4uyc77vv6deraj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbjvpww5k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/atherton.bsky.social/post/3mkbh6kiers2eHard to know what she would be doing differently if she was deliberately trying to have the establishment candidate lose the primary. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:6vxkf3dayl4uyc77vv6deraj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbh6kiers2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/atherton.bsky.social/post/3mkazksez4c27Watching discourse weathervane Matt Yglesias grow skeptical of Israel's role in US foreign policy like "I would have supported a third intifada if I could've"24 Apr 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:6vxkf3dayl4uyc77vv6deraj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkazksez4c27https://bsky.app/profile/atherton.bsky.social/post/3mkawplv43s2cMe and the Huscarls at Hastings being a little cheeky with it [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:6vxkf3dayl4uyc77vv6deraj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkawplv43s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/atherton.bsky.social/post/3mkawe2zahk2cAh, the Harrowing of the Heavens [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:6vxkf3dayl4uyc77vv6deraj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkawe2zahk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/atherton.bsky.social/post/3mkan33plm22sThis issue of Popular Science came out in April 1943, three years and two months before the President was born. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:6vxkf3dayl4uyc77vv6deraj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkan33plm22s