Craig Hooper
@craighooper.bsky.social
An occasional navalist, maritime geek and national security gadfly. Paying attention to overlooked things.
One of the cooler things about the WWII Navy was that the senior leadership committed to bringing younger officers up and giving them their shot!
October 4, 2026 at 5:23 AM
One of the cooler things about the WWII Navy was that the senior leadership committed to bringing younger officers up and giving them their shot!
Well it seems like the rollout of the SMART AI Air Traffic Control Tool for Washington DC’s aerospace is just fucking over every DC flyer today. Well done. Shut it down.
September 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Well it seems like the rollout of the SMART AI Air Traffic Control Tool for Washington DC’s aerospace is just fucking over every DC flyer today. Well done. Shut it down.
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Your feel-good story of the day: This 12-year-old kid who went viral at the 2021 Tour of Britain has signed for a Dutch grassroots club and development team that's a feeder partner of Team Visma-Lease a Bike (the team of the rider who gave him the bidon).
www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
September 19, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Your feel-good story of the day: This 12-year-old kid who went viral at the 2021 Tour of Britain has signed for a Dutch grassroots club and development team that's a feeder partner of Team Visma-Lease a Bike (the team of the rider who gave him the bidon).
www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
My bet for an “October Surprise“ is now….an Alberta Crisis
August 23, 2026 at 10:36 PM
My bet for an “October Surprise“ is now….an Alberta Crisis
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Popping up in my local paper with a piece on seabed mining on the Eastern Shore:
Andy Harris silent as seabed mining comes to Eastern Shore
www.stardem.com/opinion/colu...
Andy Harris silent as seabed mining comes to Eastern Shore
www.stardem.com/opinion/colu...
OPINION: Andy Harris silent as seabed mining comes to Eastern Shore
For the last 20 years, my work has focused on understanding the impacts of seabed mining on ocean health. For most of my career, that work has occurred far away
www.stardem.com
August 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Popping up in my local paper with a piece on seabed mining on the Eastern Shore:
Andy Harris silent as seabed mining comes to Eastern Shore
www.stardem.com/opinion/colu...
Andy Harris silent as seabed mining comes to Eastern Shore
www.stardem.com/opinion/colu...
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Japan’s latest annual Defence of Japan document has just been released. This is always a useful document on how Japan is thinking about the global security environment, regional security dynamics, insights from modern war, and Japan’s national response. www.mod.go.jp/en/publ/w_pa...
Japan Ministry of Defense
www.mod.go.jp
August 5, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Japan’s latest annual Defence of Japan document has just been released. This is always a useful document on how Japan is thinking about the global security environment, regional security dynamics, insights from modern war, and Japan’s national response. www.mod.go.jp/en/publ/w_pa...
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Remember my epic thread of films I nominated to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry last summer?
I'm making another one! This time more abbreviated: 25 posts, featuring two films per day, one pulled from last year's list and one I didn't nominated last year (or, in many cases, ever).
I'm making another one! This time more abbreviated: 25 posts, featuring two films per day, one pulled from last year's list and one I didn't nominated last year (or, in many cases, ever).
August 15 is the deadline to submit nominations to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry. I don’t know who will be making the selections this time around but I’ll be submitting as if it were Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress controversially fired in May. www.loc.gov/programs/nat...
How to Nominate Films | Film Registry | National Film Preservation Board | Programs | Library of Congress
We are accepting nominations for the 2025 National Film Registry. Deadline is August 15, 2025.
www.loc.gov
July 21, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Remember my epic thread of films I nominated to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry last summer?
I'm making another one! This time more abbreviated: 25 posts, featuring two films per day, one pulled from last year's list and one I didn't nominated last year (or, in many cases, ever).
I'm making another one! This time more abbreviated: 25 posts, featuring two films per day, one pulled from last year's list and one I didn't nominated last year (or, in many cases, ever).
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I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
August 2, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
The West Coast waterfront gets a bum rap from Washington all too often—when the West Coast should be sticking it to poor-performing shipyards in the East and Gulf Coasts
www.forbes.com/sites/craigh...
www.forbes.com/sites/craigh...
Pentagon Bias For East Coast Threatens U.S. Navy Needs In Pacific
As the U.S. Navy begins a search for a 5th Public Shipyard, the Department of War’s cozy “Warrior Accountants” are leaving the Pacific Fleet high and dry all over again.
www.forbes.com
July 20, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The West Coast waterfront gets a bum rap from Washington all too often—when the West Coast should be sticking it to poor-performing shipyards in the East and Gulf Coasts
www.forbes.com/sites/craigh...
www.forbes.com/sites/craigh...
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People think Silicon Valley is named that because of the programmers.
No they fucking built them there. They turned one of the factories into a Fry's Electronics store. Intel got workplace poisoning complaints there.
I bought a TV there. I bought a TV where they built Intel silicon.
No they fucking built them there. They turned one of the factories into a Fry's Electronics store. Intel got workplace poisoning complaints there.
I bought a TV there. I bought a TV where they built Intel silicon.
July 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
People think Silicon Valley is named that because of the programmers.
No they fucking built them there. They turned one of the factories into a Fry's Electronics store. Intel got workplace poisoning complaints there.
I bought a TV there. I bought a TV where they built Intel silicon.
No they fucking built them there. They turned one of the factories into a Fry's Electronics store. Intel got workplace poisoning complaints there.
I bought a TV there. I bought a TV where they built Intel silicon.
Discovered that we have a family of at least six red foxes in our backyard, and the kits are in the happy-go-lucky, bound out from the underbrush, ask ”who are you?” and then disappear again phase of life.
July 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Discovered that we have a family of at least six red foxes in our backyard, and the kits are in the happy-go-lucky, bound out from the underbrush, ask ”who are you?” and then disappear again phase of life.
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If you use Gmail, you need to read this.
Google’s AI, Gemini, can read your emails, attachments, bank statements, etc.
For many, this feature was switched on without consent.
Here's how to turn it off 🧵
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Google’s AI, Gemini, can read your emails, attachments, bank statements, etc.
For many, this feature was switched on without consent.
Here's how to turn it off 🧵
1/
June 29, 2026 at 1:14 PM
If you use Gmail, you need to read this.
Google’s AI, Gemini, can read your emails, attachments, bank statements, etc.
For many, this feature was switched on without consent.
Here's how to turn it off 🧵
1/
Google’s AI, Gemini, can read your emails, attachments, bank statements, etc.
For many, this feature was switched on without consent.
Here's how to turn it off 🧵
1/
Weekend Warriors:
June 29, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Weekend Warriors:
This taxpayer wants to read the text of our Iranian Agreement. Go get it.
June 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
This taxpayer wants to read the text of our Iranian Agreement. Go get it.
Gosh there sure are a lot of hotel rooms available in DC right now.
June 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Gosh there sure are a lot of hotel rooms available in DC right now.
Gotta get Cuba before the midterms
"Today we settled up with Iran. We made a great deal," US President Donald Trump said during a tele-rally in support of Alabama Senate candidate Barry Moore.
June 12, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Gotta get Cuba before the midterms
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"Today we settled up with Iran. We made a great deal," US President Donald Trump said during a tele-rally in support of Alabama Senate candidate Barry Moore.
June 12, 2026 at 1:22 AM
"Today we settled up with Iran. We made a great deal," US President Donald Trump said during a tele-rally in support of Alabama Senate candidate Barry Moore.
Ukraine is showing us that big maritime industrial base investments within 100 miles of the border are at a real risk. America needs to move big Navy assets away from San Diego and elsewhere. Here’s why:
www.forbes.com/sites/craigh...
www.forbes.com/sites/craigh...
FPV Drone Attack Risk Sinks Future Navy Infrastructure At U.S. Border
FPV Drones pose a real risk to all military facilities within 100 miles of the U.S. border. It is time to pull big U.S. Navy investments back to safer areas.
www.forbes.com
June 8, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Ukraine is showing us that big maritime industrial base investments within 100 miles of the border are at a real risk. America needs to move big Navy assets away from San Diego and elsewhere. Here’s why:
www.forbes.com/sites/craigh...
www.forbes.com/sites/craigh...
Feels like somebody didn’t take a call from someone somewhere.
Trump is currently calling and texting every single Israeli reporter on his speed dial (and there are quite a few) to tell them he’s not going to let Netanyahu retaliate. He’s not leaving any room for error here.
Again, I doubt Israeli actions were a surprise to DC given degree of mil to mil cooperation and coordination. But Trump very clearly looking to shut it down.
June 7, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Feels like somebody didn’t take a call from someone somewhere.
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I’ve intentionally led a stressful life, because I guess I do well trying to help others in terrible situations, from Coast Guard search & rescue to CIA case officer to police detective work. Now law school & eventually ADA or PD. But increasingly I want to tend to my own garden
May 31, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I’ve intentionally led a stressful life, because I guess I do well trying to help others in terrible situations, from Coast Guard search & rescue to CIA case officer to police detective work. Now law school & eventually ADA or PD. But increasingly I want to tend to my own garden
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I am very glad that Watch Duty exists, and is holding the line on providing accurate, freely available disaster information to the public, outside of the locked down and intentionally confusing confines of X and Meta.
app.watchduty.org
app.watchduty.org
Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts
Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby
app.watchduty.org
May 23, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I am very glad that Watch Duty exists, and is holding the line on providing accurate, freely available disaster information to the public, outside of the locked down and intentionally confusing confines of X and Meta.
app.watchduty.org
app.watchduty.org
Unless Markwayne wants to go down as another victim of Stephen Miller's excesses, then he should lean into Coast Guard shipbuilding and make it a signature DHS issue.
www.forbes.com/sites/craigh...
www.forbes.com/sites/craigh...
How The U.S. Coast Guard Can Make DHS Secretary Mullin A Success
The Trump Administration has given Secretary Mullin a tough task. Only the U.S. Coast Guard can save him. Here’s how:
www.forbes.com
May 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Unless Markwayne wants to go down as another victim of Stephen Miller's excesses, then he should lean into Coast Guard shipbuilding and make it a signature DHS issue.
www.forbes.com/sites/craigh...
www.forbes.com/sites/craigh...