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ms foil @msfoil.xyz · 17d

running the DoD like a Cold-Plunge Tank Kit MLM

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17d

Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals to travel on short notice from around the world to hear him make a short speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos.”

New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals for what is expected to be a short lecture on the “warrior ethos.” But top brass is bracing for possible firings or demotions.

www.washingtonpost.com

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ms foil @msfoil.xyz · 26d

reason, other: Disney is participating in fascism by firing Jimmy Kimmel.

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 27d

wonder if I can adjust my travel plans to be hit by this missile

Marco Langbroek @marcolangbroek.bsky.social · 27d

Navigational Warnings have appeared that point to a likely #Trident-III D5 #SLBM test launch in the Atlantic between Sept 17-22.

Screenshot of Navigational Warning HYDROLANT 1538/25 defining five hazard areas

Map of the Atlantic Ocean with the five hazard areas A-D from Navigational Warning HYDROLANT 1538/25 plotted, and a fitted ballistic trajectory

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ms foil @msfoil.xyz · 29d

because the patriarchy is about power more than sex

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ms foil @msfoil.xyz · Jul 19

my god. 1,000x worse with that context :(

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ms foil @msfoil.xyz · Jul 19

also the overwhelming majority of Palestinian Christians are Eastern Orthodox and not Catholic.

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ms foil @msfoil.xyz · Jul 16

Alexandra “Muad'Dib” Ocasio-Cortez

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ms foil @msfoil.xyz · Jul 16

i mean _manic pixie mechahitler_ is right there

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ms foil @msfoil.xyz · Jun 22

George W Bush in front of a chalkboard that says “Child Left Behind”

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ms foil @msfoil.xyz · Jun 18

everyone already has big licenses with Microsoft or Google Workspaces both of which bundle, and discount their AI products aggressively.

in Microsoft’s case they can literally say “it’s the same model as ChatGPT” very hard to compete

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ms foil @msfoil.xyz · Jun 18

just the “Enterprise” segment

screenshot from the Information:

Earlier this year, OpenAI told investors it had generated $100 million in revenue last year from ChatGPT Enterprise, which is geared toward larger companies with more than 100 employees. That's about 3% to 4% of its total revenue from ChatGPT. Earlier this
year, the company projected $400 million in revenue from the Enterprise product in 2025 with 2 million subscribers, $1 billion in revenue next year with 4 million subscribers, and $6.2 billion in revenue for 2030 with 16 million subscribers.

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ms foil @msfoil.xyz · Jun 16

this is what “cyber war” actually looks like: extremely close / exquisite sigint enabling real time targeting, and better planning to enhance the impact of kinetic effects.

(and because this is BlueSky: this is not an endorsement of Israel but commentary on what “cyber-war” actually looks like)

tweet from no_itsmyturn:

Initial report from @IranIntlbrk: According to a report from an eyewitness in Tehran, a building in northern Tehran where high-ranking regime officials were gathering was targeted.

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ms foil @msfoil.xyz · Jun 12

google switch to embedding based search as the primary method of finding data sometime around early 2023 and that has been the biggest step change for me

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