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All posts featuring ordnance are inert/training items or are just random pics from net. Effects not so special. Characters and events depicted are entirely fictitious. Any similarity to the real world is coincidental, consider the real world is far crazier than anything I say. Your mileage may vary.
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A few years ago found a boxcutter in a sink at work that'd been there for months.
Having a flatbed printer designed to print on solid objects and 5 minutes...
Having a flatbed printer designed to print on solid objects and 5 minutes...
December 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A few years ago found a boxcutter in a sink at work that'd been there for months.
Having a flatbed printer designed to print on solid objects and 5 minutes...
Having a flatbed printer designed to print on solid objects and 5 minutes...
You get an insurance discount for having a fire alarm.
But who pays for all the false alarms? I think on average I hear two or three a day in PuCo.
Of course an interesting economic calculation; lots of questions. I rarely hear a response to an "alarm" call that's an actual fire.
But who pays for all the false alarms? I think on average I hear two or three a day in PuCo.
Of course an interesting economic calculation; lots of questions. I rarely hear a response to an "alarm" call that's an actual fire.
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
You get an insurance discount for having a fire alarm.
But who pays for all the false alarms? I think on average I hear two or three a day in PuCo.
Of course an interesting economic calculation; lots of questions. I rarely hear a response to an "alarm" call that's an actual fire.
But who pays for all the false alarms? I think on average I hear two or three a day in PuCo.
Of course an interesting economic calculation; lots of questions. I rarely hear a response to an "alarm" call that's an actual fire.
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People think Little Rock is dangerous when we have this many homicides in a year.
The LA County jails just posted their 43rd in custody death for this year, and the second in under a week
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
People think Little Rock is dangerous when we have this many homicides in a year.
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Mark Ames uses the opportunity of the 1 year anniversary of the overthrow of Assad to lie about chemical weapons in Syria, so at least he's consistent. The OPCW is still working in Syria, has identified 100 sites of interest, and found signs of nerve agents
press.un.org/en/2025/sc16...
press.un.org/en/2025/sc16...
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Mark Ames uses the opportunity of the 1 year anniversary of the overthrow of Assad to lie about chemical weapons in Syria, so at least he's consistent. The OPCW is still working in Syria, has identified 100 sites of interest, and found signs of nerve agents
press.un.org/en/2025/sc16...
press.un.org/en/2025/sc16...
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In the sculpture, a man on horseback slays a dragon (as in the allegory of St. George and the Dragon). But here, the dragon—representing nuclear war—is made from and lies amid pieces of actual SS-20 and Pershing II intermediate-range ballistic missiles, which were destroyed under the INF Treaty.
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In the sculpture, a man on horseback slays a dragon (as in the allegory of St. George and the Dragon). But here, the dragon—representing nuclear war—is made from and lies amid pieces of actual SS-20 and Pershing II intermediate-range ballistic missiles, which were destroyed under the INF Treaty.
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The Earth Rover Program is currently using geophysics to provide farmers with usable soil data via affordable tools that do not disturb soil health. 👀
Gardeners and farmers stay tuned! 🌱🌸🚪
Gardeners and farmers stay tuned! 🌱🌸🚪
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Earth Rover Program is currently using geophysics to provide farmers with usable soil data via affordable tools that do not disturb soil health. 👀
Gardeners and farmers stay tuned! 🌱🌸🚪
Gardeners and farmers stay tuned! 🌱🌸🚪
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Public display of bigotry seems to be on the rise these days. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
Neo-Nazi group rallies at Central High, is cited by LR police for traffic violations - Arkansas Times
After rallying at the Arkansas Capitol, the group of masked protesters walked to Central High and unfurled a banner that read “race mixing is communism,” punctuated with two Stars of David.
arktimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Public display of bigotry seems to be on the rise these days. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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The thing about laws and legality is once you reach the tipping point, the fascists rewrite the laws. The Holocaust was strictly legal under German law.
similarly "torturing prisoners" is the kind of thing that you'd assume is an illegal order...except these freaks made sure to create a legal justification for it. not illegal now!
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The thing about laws and legality is once you reach the tipping point, the fascists rewrite the laws. The Holocaust was strictly legal under German law.
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Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
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likelihood of survival & lower-injury especially with only one weapon involved can be greatly increased for people outside the high-probability-kill area by shelter in place (get under desks, stay away from windows, get off streets, etc) efforts.
Yes tell people if a nuke is in-bound.
likelihood of survival & lower-injury especially with only one weapon involved can be greatly increased for people outside the high-probability-kill area by shelter in place (get under desks, stay away from windows, get off streets, etc) efforts.
Yes tell people if a nuke is in-bound.
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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likelihood of survival & lower-injury especially with only one weapon involved can be greatly increased for people outside the high-probability-kill area by shelter in place (get under desks, stay away from windows, get off streets, etc) efforts.
Yes tell people if a nuke is in-bound.
likelihood of survival & lower-injury especially with only one weapon involved can be greatly increased for people outside the high-probability-kill area by shelter in place (get under desks, stay away from windows, get off streets, etc) efforts.
Yes tell people if a nuke is in-bound.
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If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
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Two significant takeaways from this:
- done in broad daylight
- done out of range and relative safety of Russian Navy & air power
To compensate Russia would need to devote security teams to every tanker – which even then is no magic cure – at a time when they have manpower issues.
Smart tactics.
- done in broad daylight
- done out of range and relative safety of Russian Navy & air power
To compensate Russia would need to devote security teams to every tanker – which even then is no magic cure – at a time when they have manpower issues.
Smart tactics.
💥🚢 Sea Baby naval drones strike two sanctioned Russian “shadow fleet” tankers in the Black Sea.
Sea Baby naval drones operated by Ukraine’s Security Service (SSU) have struck two sanctioned tankers of Russia’s shadow fleet — KAIRO and VIRAT — in the Black Sea.
Sea Baby naval drones operated by Ukraine’s Security Service (SSU) have struck two sanctioned tankers of Russia’s shadow fleet — KAIRO and VIRAT — in the Black Sea.
November 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Two significant takeaways from this:
- done in broad daylight
- done out of range and relative safety of Russian Navy & air power
To compensate Russia would need to devote security teams to every tanker – which even then is no magic cure – at a time when they have manpower issues.
Smart tactics.
- done in broad daylight
- done out of range and relative safety of Russian Navy & air power
To compensate Russia would need to devote security teams to every tanker – which even then is no magic cure – at a time when they have manpower issues.
Smart tactics.
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It is worth remembering that these are people who loyally fought alongside us for 20 years while Miller was enduring the harrowing experience of writing press releases
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It is worth remembering that these are people who loyally fought alongside us for 20 years while Miller was enduring the harrowing experience of writing press releases
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"The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and all to lose—especially their lives."
- Eugene Debs, 1918 (this speech landed him in prison)
- Eugene Debs, 1918 (this speech landed him in prison)
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and all to lose—especially their lives."
- Eugene Debs, 1918 (this speech landed him in prison)
- Eugene Debs, 1918 (this speech landed him in prison)
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I wrote for @theintercept.com about how prosecuting transportation of these pamphlets is a danger to all writers, journalists, and Americans.
Possession of words is not a crime, even with intent to distribute.
Possession of words is not a crime, even with intent to distribute.
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I wrote for @theintercept.com about how prosecuting transportation of these pamphlets is a danger to all writers, journalists, and Americans.
Possession of words is not a crime, even with intent to distribute.
Possession of words is not a crime, even with intent to distribute.
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Me staring at AI. "Yes. That's wonderful, isn't it?"
February 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Me staring at AI. "Yes. That's wonderful, isn't it?"
"You will be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"You will be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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Wrote what is maybe my favorite story in a while: I wrote about the suburb of Berlin where Germans get together at Old Texas Town and pretend to live in a Wild West Texas. Now, it's going to be demolished for a data center: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Old Town Texas is a slice of Texas in Germany. It's about to be destroyed.
Here, Germans wear Stetsons and line dance. But their little slice of Texas may soon be no more.
www.chron.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Wrote what is maybe my favorite story in a while: I wrote about the suburb of Berlin where Germans get together at Old Texas Town and pretend to live in a Wild West Texas. Now, it's going to be demolished for a data center: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Pleidooi voor zelfstandige Unmanned Systems Forces. mwi.westpoint.edu/the-future-o...
The Future of Drones in the US Army: Learning from Germany’s Successful—and France’s Failed—Tank Integration in the Interwar Years - Modern War Institute
In the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, drones now define the conflict—from the ubiquitous small commercial reconnaissance quadcopter drones that give units down to the squad level persistent situational ...
mwi.westpoint.edu
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Pleidooi voor zelfstandige Unmanned Systems Forces. mwi.westpoint.edu/the-future-o...
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hey! if you're in the US and in a state that restricts gender affirming care, my friend flies for an amazing organization that will give you free flights to states/clinics that can help u get access. elevatedaccess.org
Elevated Access
elevatedaccess.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
hey! if you're in the US and in a state that restricts gender affirming care, my friend flies for an amazing organization that will give you free flights to states/clinics that can help u get access. elevatedaccess.org
Wow. Stumbling around NTSB reports it seems the best way to get rid of a rich asshole who thinks the rules don't apply to them is put 'em in a PC-12.
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Wow. Stumbling around NTSB reports it seems the best way to get rid of a rich asshole who thinks the rules don't apply to them is put 'em in a PC-12.
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My friends and I were featured in Wired magazine today! (cc @tacticoolgf.bsky.social @picatinnyrailed.bsky.social @inrange.tv etc etc)
www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My friends and I were featured in Wired magazine today! (cc @tacticoolgf.bsky.social @picatinnyrailed.bsky.social @inrange.tv etc etc)
www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
www.wired.com/story/the-ha...