John Graff

On the job training Investing and Fatherhood.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces commander Madyar:

First, NATO should build a buffer zone along every border.

Call it a drone work zone, not a kill zone. From 0 to 5 km, enemy movement must become impossible under a drone shield.

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[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

The new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, seen here in 2014 crashing his column through a barricade put up by Russian separatists in Mariupol.

[Brian Wesbury @wesbury]

So damn good. I’ve listened and watched this 10 times. You should too.

[John Graff @jegraff]

3/3 And if you feel moved to give, the mission he built is still running. ET Learns brings computer learning labs to Ethiopian schools and has reached over 100,000 students. Every dollar goes directly to the labs in the classroom: 👉 https://t.co/tgv6aF7b0a

[John Graff @jegraff]

I have my son Josh working on marketing for my Dad's book. My dad passed in September and we have finally got the book he was working on self published. His memoir — From Maple Mud to Ethiopian Miracles https://t.co/7EKU3PUgeu
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[John Graff @jegraff]

2/3 ^📖 If you'd like to read it, it's now Amazon. https://t.co/7EKU3PUgeu If you do read it — or even if you just want to support him — an honest Amazon review means the world. Even 2–3 sentences makes a huge difference in helping other readers find the book. ❤️

[Kristina Wong 🇺🇸 @Kristinawong]

101-year-old World War II veteran doing pull-ups in the center of Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France, on the anniversary of D-Day, as the crowd cheers. ☺️

[Rohoza (Дев'ятий) Mykhailo 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇨🇦 @Oct7NeverForget]

If Satan has a residence on Earth, it is in Russia: the story of former Kherson mayor Volodymyr Mykolayenko, who survived Russian captivity.

After seeing Russia from the inside, he described it as a moral void, completely incompatible with Ukraine.

In captivity, he survived purely through willpower—holding on by sheer determination. When he finally returned home on August 24, 2025, it felt as though he had grown wings.

What struck him most was the way Ukrainians welcomed the released prisoners. From the Belarusian border all the way to Chernihiv, crowds stood along the roads waving Ukrainian flags. For the first time in a long while, he felt genuine respect and love.

Mykolayenko neither hid nor fled, even though he had the opportunity. He joined the Territorial Defense Forces because he asked himself a simple question: who else would protect his family?

He was given an assault rifle, but quickly realized that rifles alone cannot stop tanks.

The Russians lured him to a meeting under false pretenses, threw him into a car trunk, and took him away.

In captivity, he was beaten almost daily and suffered a broken rib. The occupiers offered him the position of head of the occupation administration, but he refused.

They demanded that he publicly condemn Roman Shukhevych, yet Mykolayenko instead called him a Hero of Ukraine.

Later, he was transferred between detention facilities—first to occupied Crimea, then to Russia’s Voronezh region, where the beatings became even more severe.

He never received a single letter from his family. He even refused prisoner exchanges, insisting that wounded young soldiers should be released in his place.

In his view, this war did not happen because of abstract mistakes. It happened because of geography and irresponsibility.

Russians chose Putin twenty-five years ago, and many continue to support him today. At the same time, too many members of Ukraine’s elite behave as if they have a “backup country”—Paris, Prague, New York—places they can escape to while blaming the people who were left behind.

But most Ukrainians have no alternative. There is no second homeland. There is only Ukraine.

According to Mykolayenko, the true strength of the country lies in its people—those who have survived occupation, torture, and loss, yet continue to fight.

Victory rests on two pillars: the soldiers who destroy the occupiers every day, and the civilians who do everything they can each day to ensure that the army can keep fighting.

He himself endured for the sake of his family and his faith in victory. He is proud of his daughter, who has been fighting since the first day of the war, and hopes that his grandchildren will one day be proud of both him and their country.

[Christo Grozev @christogrozev]

Adding insult to injury, defined.

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

This roundabout to nowhere is now symbol of Orbán’s legacy. An EU funded project with delays, broken promises, and wasted taxpayer money. A perfect loop of corruption and incompetence that goes nowhere.

Locals call it ‘the circle of bullshit’

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Interesting

[The Mind Scourge @TheMindScourge]

Hormuz is a weapon that can only be fired once

No one should expect a quick resolution to the current crisis, but across the next decade, even the next 3-5 years, the choke point of Hormuz will be massively substituted for

The Gulf Arab states are all very rich, with high per capita GDP - the best single measure of relative state capacity - easy access to global markets, especially financial, and have the favorable backing of the US

Everyone has known about the Hormuz vulnerability for decades. The Iranians have continually hinted around closing it, but never did. Now they have, but Hormuz is a gun that cannot be reloaded.

Deterrents work only up to the point of use. Once used, they have failed. The purpose of a deterrent is to *not* be used

Many analysts have made this basic mistake. They think that Iran is now in a position of strength, having exercised its Hormuz option. But the opposite is true. A state is weakest after it has used its deterrent. The cost of that deterrence is now priced in. The worst having been done, the targets of the deterrent are now free to make other arrangements. Before, they were reluctant to do so because of the switching costs. Now, they have no choice; they will not allow themselves to be controlled in this way again

Hormuz may never reopen. But the importance of this is a depreciating asset.

[Daniel @danielgothits]

I have openclaw sending lowball offers on Zillow all day just to make boomers start panicking lol

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Bruce Springsteen sang his newly released song, “The Streets of Minneapolis” in a surprise appearance at a benefit show in Minneapolis Friday, to raise money for the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, who were fatally shot by federal immigration officers earlier this month.

“This is for the people of Minneapolis, people of Minnesota and people of our good country of the United States of America,” Springsteen said during his opening.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Kellogg: Zelenskyy's a tough son of a b*tch. He's stubborn. He has his opinion. He's unafraid to say that. He knows how to use media.

I said [to Trump] he was an embattled and courageous leader. We in the United States have not seen a leader like him since Abraham Lincoln. 1/

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Awesome!

[Dave Jones @eevblog]

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[Clash Report @clashreport]

NATO's Rutte:

Russia is not alone in its efforts to undermine global rules — it is working with China, North Korea, Iran, and others, strengthening defense industrial cooperation to unprecedented levels and preparing for long-term confrontation.

We cannot be naive; we must be prepared. As President Roosevelt said in 1942, powerful enemies must be outfought and out-produced.

[John Graff @jegraff]

@CaolanReports It’s great. Watch it with everyone you know.

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