Writer by day, reader by night, napper by afternoon.

US Army & US Air Force Veteran | Global Security Writer | Intel Forecaster | Law Student | TEDx Speaker | Pro Democracy | Pro Human | Hates Authoritarians

Author. Cat fanatic. Ally of Ukraine

Embarrassed citizen of the so-called United States wishing this dumbass country would get its shit together and fix all this crap broken since 2015. Good luck.

Research Scientist and volunteer for Ukraine living in Auckland, New Zealand.

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I want everyone to get paid, my work is available without attribution, can't imagine that being relevant to anything you're discussing