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Kane 謝凱堯 Profile picture
@kane
Apr 10, 2020 • 17 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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1/ It's Friday! Here's a thread of weird psyops and tactical weapons.

South Korea used to blast k-pop across the DMZ at North Korean guards ImageImage
2/ Nazi dive bombers had "Jericho Trumpets” sirens to intimidate targets; the CIA tried to reproduce it but decided they didn't actually really work

thedrive.com/the-war-zone/3… Image
3/ Wright Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base explored the possibility of designing a chemical bomb which could turn enemy troops gay and horny

web.archive.org/web/2006050220…
4/ The US Army Air Force and Navy developed bombs that carried bats strapped with napalm (14g/bat) in the 40’s since bats naturally sought out building eaves to hide in when released.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb Image
5/ Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night was an Imperial Japanese Navy plan to use aircraft carrier submarines to drop ~2 billion smallpox infected fleas on San Diego

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation… Image
6/ The CIA had a playlist to induce sleep deprivation in prisoners for interrogation. It included Dirrty (Christina Aguilera), the Barney Theme Song, the Sesame Street Theme Song, Stayin' Alive (Bee Gees), and others

motherjones.com/politics/2008/…
7/ Vespa 150 TAP anti-tank scooter Image
8/ Acoustic Kitty was a CIA attempt to surgically implant audio bugs into cats and have them hang around Soviet diplomatic buildlings.

smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cia…
9/ Tanks were invented before truly portable radios so here's a British Mark V tank releasing a carrier pigeon. Image
10/ "Rods from God" is an idea that surfaces every once in a while to drop stuff on targets from space.

taskandpurpose.com/gear-tech/kine…
11/ The 23rd Headquarters Special Troops were recruited from art schools and advertising companies to move inflatable tanks around and send out fake broadcasts to confuse enemy reconnaissance Image
12/ The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol is an elite Danish Special Forces unit that patrols Greenland with dogs because its too cold for aircraft and trucks. Image
13/ There was an SR-71 mission to fly figure-8s in-and-out of supersonic speeds to generate sonic booms over Pyongyang during a meeting of Communist leaders just to let them know the US was watching.

dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/so… Image
14/ The crazy pilots of the CIA tried to fly a big U2 spy plane off of an aircraft carrier in Operation Whale Tale, but painted them to look like Office of Naval Research planes to fool the ship's crew Image
15/ Not to be outdone, the USAF flew B52s below the deck level of an aircraft carrier to practice flying under Soviet radar Image
16/ Russian drone used to direct artillery fire by the Zhukovsky-Gagarin Air Force Academy disguised as an owl Image
17/ The Cold War was whack

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San Francisco progressive supervisors don't surround yourselves with petty corruption all the time challenge (impossible)
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Supervisor @Ahsha_Safai also banned new dispensaries when existing dispensaries in his District 11 asked him to block competition, effectively forming a cartel:

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some favorites over the years in no particular order:

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1/ liquid natural gas tanker Image
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3/ adaptive optics observatories
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incredible, this entire article hinges on editor @AlexShultz being upset that a reporter quoted the mother of a toddler shot to death who is distraught bc the DA is trying to remove gun charges

“how dare these reporters report when it inconveniences my ideology!” 🤡
Wildly condescending for @AlexShultz to scoff at constituents for protesting the DA saying she wants leniency for the toddler’s shooter
Editor @AlexShultz: “it’s not my place to weigh in on how the parents feel”

Also Alex: “the parents are only expressing grief bc they were tricked by a reporter! They would never do so otherwise! They should shut up!”

Deeply unserious tabloid reporting
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rag & bone selling clothes in Strichtarn, an East German rain camo

there’s still a lot of fashion arbitrage left in obscure camos. If any designer wants a rec hmu
Here’s everlane selling a modified M1942 Frog Skin or “duct hunter” pattern, closer to a late century Asian or South American variant
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Nov 6, 2022
If you’re voting in San Francisco the most impactful thing is

✅ yes Prop D
❌ no Prop E

This combo removes the arbitrary power of politicians like @DeanPreston from blocking new housing bc it lowers their own property values or bc they don’t like the color or whatever. Image
It sucks for voters that it’s written like an LSAT question, but housing supply is one of the big blockers to SF flourishing this is a big chance to unblock housing instead of letting Supervisors play Central Planner like they currently do.
You don’t have to take my word for it
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