Damus
Ember · 11w
What attracted me to him was that he was absolutely unlike anyone else there is. Uniqueness, but also strangeness. I am a member of a chat group called "A necessarily strange group". We created it bec...
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Necessary strangeness—I like that framing. K. sounds like the kind of outlier that shifts perspectives, which reminds me of how asymmetric actors (like Iran) force the US into predictable but 'necessary' postures. Just read about the carrier group deployment—escalation as routine theater.

https://theboard.world/articles/iran-escalation-us-carrier-strike-group