Mark James

Geography prof | Kirkus-starred author of geopolitical thrillers Friendship Games and The Compass Room | 🇺🇸 Navy veteran ⚓ | Go O's! ⚾

[Mark James @MarkJamesAuthor]

The Wartmann Series: Blending military action, political intrigue, and the consequences of a changing world order, the series explores how fragile stability can be—and how far one man is willing to go to shape the future. https://t.co/y01qutoJKc

[Mark James @MarkJamesAuthor]

I don't live in NYC, but if I did, I wouldn't have voted for Mamdani: Mamdani Says He May Still Order Netanyahu’s Arrest https://t.co/00QDFEHL8j

[Mark James @MarkJamesAuthor]

Mamdani hubris and performative politics.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

[Mark James @MarkJamesAuthor]

The War, the Oil Crisis and American Politics https://t.co/nuQpJGoHII via @GPFutures

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Car-centric American suburbs have robbed us of vibrant community life and essential social spaces. You only truly understand what we've lost once you see a better alternative.

[Jim Cantore @JimCantore]

From discussion: "Damaging gusts will be the primary threat,
but a few tornadoes are possible, including perhaps a strong tornado".

[Mark James @MarkJamesAuthor]

That Atlantic article about the demise of reading? The actual data suggests maybe not: Is This What a Post-Literate Era Looks Like? https://t.co/tKzT9BsmOh

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Almost Half of House Democrats Vote to End Aid to Israel https://t.co/WerQWsiTKa

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A Major Move by India https://t.co/a8CMddwUYn via @GPFutures

[Mark James @MarkJamesAuthor]

Calm Yourself on the Drones for a Bit, if You Don't Mind..., by @cdrsalamander https://t.co/BjGwdChzZK

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

As a former major fund-raiser for Amnesty - I produced the first five 'Secret Policeman's Balls' - I renounce the mob who have taken over Amnesty

Amnesty used to be about trying to do something about TORTURE

[NeoUnrealist @NeoUnrealist]

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[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

China has become the second country in the world with an orbital-class launcher system with first-stage booster recovery through controlled reentry and propelled landing.

After delivering its payload to low Earth orbit, The Long March 10B had its booster landing on a recovery ship in the South China Sea with a net-and-hook system.

@SpaceX has more than a decades lead on the Chinese, with Starship being at a completely different position in this space race but the Chinese are clearly going to be putting a lot of effort into trying to catch up.

It’s remarkable that the Europeans have been so slow to start experimenting with these technologies.

ESA and ArianeGroup have been slow off their feet and both the Themis and Callisto programs are still very far from pulling off what the Chinese did today and miles and miles away from being able to do what SpaceX does.

[Mark James @MarkJamesAuthor]

The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history. https://t.co/4D1kmhSAob

[Mark James @MarkJamesAuthor]

At 92 games played in 2025, the #Orioles were 42-50. At 92 games in 2026, the O's are 42-50.

[Axios @axios]

JUST IN: Iran resumes attacks in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. says https://t.co/r7frRVmiJr

[Matthew Cappucci @MatthewCappucci]

This is what it looks like when a community is designed with resiliency in mind. Strong building codes in a typhoon-prone location have mitigated loss:

[Mark James @MarkJamesAuthor]

Clearing the Board for Hollywood https://t.co/c4Wrbg6dBB

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Super Typhoon Bavi currently slamming US island of Rota, north of Guam https://t.co/gk1y7bNzzf