Aaron Mehta
@aaronmehta.bsky.social
Editor in chief of BreakingDefense.com, shameless Boston sports nerd.
@chadfinn.bsky.social I just realized that the Sox season turnaround coincides almost exactly with the dismantling of the Citgo sign. I don't know what it means, but it feels important somehow. bsky.app/profile/bost...
The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 2mo agoRIP (for now). Over the next six months, Boston's iconic CITGO sign will be scooted just 30 feet higher and 120 feet east of its current home. trib.al/iQEZjry
Those of you eager to serve wealthy MLB owners as volunteer Pinkertons won’t like to read this, but as usual Joe Sheehan nails the real problem:
@redsoxstats.bsky.social Fully admitting I barely knew he existed before 24 hours ago, looking at Liam Hicks' page, he seems like a roughly league average bat with bad catcher defense? On a pitching-focused team that seems dangerous, but maybe I'm missing something.
It’s good news they repealed this policy, but it’s another sign that the people in charge of this technology are not up to the challenge that they introduced it in the first place. 
Geoff Brumfiel@gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 5d agoBREAKING: Google has rolled back its tool less than a day after it launched. Updated story coming soon.
A reminder that huge events which politicians and local boosters talk up as boons for local economies do nothing of the sort. They cannibalize other economic activity and cause locals to avoid the places where events are held. It's a big lie, it's always been a big lie, and the boosters know it.
J.C. Bradbury@jcbradbury.com · last wk."Of the 39 participants — representing 119 restaurant locations across the metro — 51.3% reported a decrease in both foot traffic and revenue. Meanwhile, 38.5% reported no significant change in customer traffic, and 10.3% reported an increase."
I have to share with you something that happened to me the other day. I was walking to the theater to see the Odyssey. Bright, sunny. The sea was on one side. And it struck me. Walking between the land and the sea? To achieve a goal? That's what all successful people do. Every Day. #strive
Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · last wk.LinkedIn posts about The Odyssey highlight a kind of business mentality where art cannot be enjoyed for art's sake or even provoke introspection, it has to be turned into some sort of inspiration content for how to be more productive, entrepreneurial, or a better leader.
"The arsenal of democracy has been reignited," he said, investing roughly 1/3 of a single F-35A.
CNBC@cnbc.com · 3w ago‘Arsenal of democracy’: Jamie Dimon announces $24 million effort to boost American shipbuilding
Don't need the context for this one, it's just evergreen.
Gerry Doyle@mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 3w agono one stops to think about this stuff before printing it and it drives me a tiny bit insane
A reminder Finland has its own baseball equivalent called Pesäpallo which is, uh, different.
Los Angeles: sports capital of the world@theamitie.bsky.social · 3w agoThe fabled double-riverball has finally happened
Automated voice systems have been around for years, and annoying, but three times today I've called and gotten one claiming to be "my AI assistant" and its so much worse than these systems have been.
Egypt wearing Falcons colors in Atlanta and holding a big lead in the fourth quarter makes me a bit nervous.
Every Belgian goal is going to be another % in defense spending demands, isn't it?
I can't help but admire that flyover states' revenge on the D.C. area included incessant flyovers
SCOOP: The Pentagon is creating a new czar that control procurement for almost all drone efforts in the building, per a memo obtained by Breaking Defense. breakingdefense.com/2026/07/hehe...
EXCLUSIVE: Hegseth creates autonomy czar to manage almost all drone efforts - Breaking Defense
An internal memo obtained by Breaking Defense shows Secretary Pete Hegseth creating a new drone czar for the Pentagon.
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You either die recruiting Carl Reiner at a sporting event or you live long enough to become Carl Reiner at a sporting event
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · last mo.Ed Norton & Brad Pitt
One thing I've noticed after more than a decade of living in Maryland is the frequency with which I see road signs that have been flattened or otherwise struck by vehicles. If anything people don't mock Maryland drivers enough.
@mgerrydoyle.bsky.social yo follow me so I can slide into your DMs
The first part of a four-month investigation by Breaking Defense into the T-7 Red Hawk trainer is now live. Please give it a read. breakingdefense.com/2026/06/t7-r...
Inside the secret struggles of the Air Force's T-7 Red Hawk
From a weather restriction to a "serious" airworthiness risk, the Air Force's newest training jet faces far more issues than previously reported, an investigation by Breaking Defense found.
breakingdefense.com
EXLCUSIVE: An analysis by two MIT researchers shows how Russia's nuclear-powered cruise missile actually works. And guys, it's not pretty. 🚀☢️🤢🧵 www.npr.org/2026/06/18/n...
Report: Russia's nuclear-powered 'Skyfall' missile is dirty and dangerous
MIT researchers think they've worked out exactly how Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile flies. "It's almost certainly a terrible idea," one analyst said. "But it's not an impossible idea."
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This isn't exactly shocking, but Hegseth saying the review is "designed to ensure" NATO becomes "irreversibly toward Europe-leading" and throwing in that it could be less than six months shows it's not a review so much as a "make it all official."
Literally cannot imagine anyone would be a better boss for someone starting their career out than Kori.
Kori Schake@kschake.bsky.social · 2mo agoI’m looking for a new Research Assistant 🙂 The job’s both research and administrative, come join a wonderful team!
Reminder that Trump's talk of the US "taking" Kharg island is nonsense. -The US could probably seize the island, but its troops and equipment would then be sitting ducks for Iranian drones and missiles (the island is small, flat, and very close to the Iranian coast).