Mark Lottman

@bigdawggtjj Basketball camp’s hidden mission is spiritual awakening. They match you with a dude who hits windmills in warmups so you realize your destiny isn’t the NBA, isn't D1, not even JV, it’s peace, acceptance, and maybe accounting.

Victor Wembanyama randomly stopped by Washington Square Park in New York City today to play some chess. This is what the game should really be all about.

It's been a long year - but it's finally time. Announcing the Worst Tweets of 2024 Bracket! I've spent the entire year collecting hundreds of the most deranged posts on this website. Only the very worst were chosen. Now it's time to crown a champion.

@SashoTodorov1 This is one of the worst things I've seen.

trying to avoid sharing videos of Russian human suffering as a soldier bleeds out or drowns, isn't because I support Russia. I've been watching, researching, or actively covering conflicts for a decade plus now. It eats at your soul and I know better than to rejoice in suffering

The Atlas Lions conquer all Iberia!!!

me: ooh whered i go? whered i go?? peekaboo!!! rationalist baby: ok, clearly my priors were off but, given the data available at the time, if anything i was *under-estimating* the likelihood that your head disappeared behind your hands

1/ US National Security Strategy is finally published. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

being a fan of something without ever interacting with the fanbase

Employers don’t need to cater to employees’ every psychological need, and employees don’t need to be passionate about their employers. How about a simple contractual relationship of mutual respect and clearly defined obligations? I’m going to call it “work for grown-ups”.

Real men only want one thing

@jackiantonovich math is red. english is blue. science is green. history is yellow.

My thoughts on the @amnesty report on #Ukraine. These are my personal thoughts and not affiliated with any of the orgs I work for. They got the law wrong. Protocol 1 states militaries shall to the maximum extent feasible AVOID locating military objects near populated areas 1/

On August 9 I'm going to lock myself in my office and just read all of the amazing work on war and civ-mil published lately, esp from junior scholars addressing important gaps. So... If you've had an article published in the last 3 years, link here! (Also, pls retweet for distro)

This is one of the hardest but most important warnings of #Auschwitz for us today. Perpetrators were people who accepted & followed an ideology that convinced them that they are better than others, that rationalized and promoted hatred & evil. It became their everyday live.

This week we're previewing our new issue. The first article, by Nandhini Rangarajan @mlottman3 and @jrearp "Enhancing professional and practical experiences for MPA students: Lessons from a manager-in-residence program" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… 1/2

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY): “The countries that have been attacked, Georgia and Ukraine, were part of the Soviet Union ... since the 1920s.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken: “That does not give Russia the right to attack them.”

Open-source evidence should always be considered as something that supplements other forms of evidence, not as acting as a replacement. It shouldn't be considered an evidential magical wand that can be waved at any crime to make accountability happen, just a source of evidence.