Chalkie Davies

@rwilliams1947 Nice words

A Blue Moment celebration of the life of Keith Altham, probably the best of all the music journalists who became rock PRs (in his case for the Who, the Stones, the Police and many others), and who has died, aged 84: thebluemoment.com/2026/04/10/kei…

@MickPuck Nice to see my photo used

By some distance the most popular character / image thus far in my #ChurchOfRockAndRoll alternative history. I am glad. He was so great.

@shawnblanc Einstein did it first

A practical rule: if it’s inconsequential, standardize it. (Jobs repeated outfits; Obama limited suit colors.) Less decisions = more energy.

@tonyschwartz Must be a Tesla

Goodbye, and good riddance.

@vtchakarova Hi Velina, long time no see

And the announced 800 billion won’t help in this case even if you buy yourself mercenaries as we’ve seen in other countries.

@sfrantzman @SpencerGuard Again from the man who defines Genocide by definition

Israel began new operations in Gaza overnight. The IDF made the announcement of what it says are “extensive strikes” three hours ago. Israel has cancelled school in communities in the Gaza border. IDF: Following a situational assessment, changes will be made to the IDF Home Front Command's defensive guidelines as of 02:00 today (Tuesday). As part of the changes, the areas of the communities near the Gaza Strip will change from Full Activity to Limited activity, meaning educational activity will not be allowed. The areas of the Western Negev and Western Lachish remains unchanged - Full Activity.

@JANUSZCZAK Reading, as in books or Reading, as in football, I know you favor them, long time since I’ve lived in uk, can’t remember their nickname

.. the Chinese! So they would mine the precious minerals etc. It would break up the fledgling Russia-China alliance. Chinese troops would protect Ukraine. Europe would align itself with China. We could isolate Putin and Trump. Rather brilliant, no? #URRRZZZ

1/ I bumped into ex-MP Damian Green at the football. Like me, he’s Reading through and through. Anyway, he came up with an interesting idea about Ukraine. Why doesn’t Zelenskyy make a deal with…..

@EliotACohen @PhillipsPOBrien @TheAtlantic Fantastic, so well written, thank you, my wife is Canadian.

The Trump administration has many peculiar national security ideas. Among the many bad ones, this is one of the worst. @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

@SpencerGuard @RCDefense The man who proclaims it isn’t genocide, why, because of wording

“The Battle for Legitimacy in Urban Warfare” my latest @RCDefense w/Professor Geoffrey Corn. Despite this significant change in strategic imperatives (understanding the implications of changing from counterterrorism to a large-scale combined arms maneuver campaign), an interactive report by The New York Times report, “Israel Loosened Its Rules to Bomb Hamas Fighters, Killing Many More Civilians,” failed on two levels. First, the article did not clearly explain the difference between altering the civilian casualty threshold and the ultimate proportionality decision required within that threshold. Second, the article failed to acknowledge how a radical shift in operational context justified this change. Exacerbating the misleading nature of the NYT article was the way it addressed modifications of other IDF precautionary measures, such as protocols for observing potential enemy targets and warning tactics such as roof knocks: dropping low-yield explosive on top of buildings as warning shots that give civilians time to flee an imminent attack. But again, it failed to explain why extensive strike precautions taken by Israel in pre-October 7th counterterrorism campaign logically be ill-suited to a high-intensity war against Hamas where military requirements might preclude such measures. By not distinguishing between the operational adjustments to civilian risk mitigation procedures, the New York Times report contributed to a distorted understanding of how context impacts LOAC implementation. This oversight underscores the vital importance of nuanced reporting that distinguishes between temporary policy adaptations and enduring legal principles. realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/…

@JaneMayerNYer @sbg1 Great, any what a lovely voice you have, been reading you for years

What do Elon Musk & Silicon Valley’s self-proclaimed “Cognitive Elite” really want? Fascinating -chilling- podcast - tune in! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

@arthistorynews I agree

Wouldn’t be surprised if the EU bashing is softening up US public opinion for a wider withdrawal from Europe. To get the deal with Putin.

@TimInHonolulu And Trump is away in mar a logo, perfect timing

Why not just hold a secure call? Because there are no secure calls with the Trump White House?

@SpencerGuard You must be the only person on the planet who doesn’t think it’s genocide. How can you justify such a statement?

There is no genocide in Gaza. It is perverse to use the term IMO.

@SethAbramson No President is not allowed to drive after being in office!

Also, imagine what MAGAs would have said if Joe Biden had staged a KIA commercial at the White House. The level of anger and indignation and vitriol about disgracing the presidency...my God, we would have heard about it for months and months. Possibly for literal years and years.

COMMUNITY NOTE: Not only does Trump not know how to drive a car—and doesn’t drive himself, ever—this car was paid for by Elon Musk. How do we know? Because Trump is $290M in the hole to Musk, so anything he buys that Musk sells Musk has already bought him thousands of times over.

@SubBeck @KBAndersen It was a tactical threat, try and scare people, it didn’t work.

@KBAndersen London wasn't a threat to Germany.

Reading about the 1940-41 Blitz, I learned the Nazis dropped 13,000 tons of bombs on 8.5 million Londoners, killing 30,000, or one in 280. Israel in 2023-24 dropped 6 times the tonnage for twice as long on an area a fifth as big with 1/4 as many people, killing 47,000––one in 45.

@NiranjanShan13 @SpencerGuard Did he not previously say that Hamas had more left. I remember it was about three months ago.

@SpencerGuard @Newsweek Do you think a small tactical Nuke might work, then its neither Russia or the US is the first to use it.

"Yes, Hamas can be destroyed militarily. The constraints that once limited Israel's ability to achieve this objective are changing, and with the right approach, Israel can dismantle Hamas's military and political apparatus." my latest @Newsweek newsweek.com/how-hamas-can-…

@OlegKostour @PhillipsPOBrien Yes, Biden/Obama was checked out for legality.

@PhillipsPOBrien Is that legal?

Btw, all the talk you hear about Trump going for a third term is absolutely right. One plan you will hear about more and more is Trump to run as VP in 2028. He this would not be elected to a third term. It would end up in the Supreme Court…

@PhillipsPOBrien They proposed this with Biden, that there was a BIDEN/OBAMA ticket, I don’t think it’s illegal at all.

whether he could become president again if the elected president (think Don Jr or JD Vance) resigned. I bet you hear more and more about such schemes.

@arthistorynews Close the Sky! I remember Zelensky using this phrase three years ago.

Planes in the sky probably better than boots on the ground?