Mike J
@mikejason.bsky.social
Once a Soldier; NATO and Allies matter. History, Food and Typos. CivMil & Professional Ethic. Government is Serious Business for Serious People. Tanks. Decency. St. Francis stan account. I delete and block liberally.
Not Stanley Tucci.
All views own.
Not Stanley Tucci.
All views own.
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Mike J
@mikejason.bsky.social
· Jan 23
I think the only reason I kept my Twitter account up was to save my leadership thread. I wrote it while still in the Army and was one of my favorite tweets. May be time to deactivate the account, so am going to rewrite the thread here.
The most important thing you will read today.
Helps you understand the reality of today's economy as well as the rage in our politics.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Helps you understand the reality of today's economy as well as the rage in our politics.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The most important thing you will read today.
Helps you understand the reality of today's economy as well as the rage in our politics.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Helps you understand the reality of today's economy as well as the rage in our politics.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
While we are debating the theoretical illegal military orders, it would seem that federal courts recently determining that national guard deployments were in fact illegal, should play a larger part of this conversation.
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
While we are debating the theoretical illegal military orders, it would seem that federal courts recently determining that national guard deployments were in fact illegal, should play a larger part of this conversation.
We can greatly exaggerate their success but we should not underestimate the damage it did to real people and families.
DOGE has been a FLOP, now disbanded 8 months early. Greatly exaggerating their "success" Trump and Musk lied to the taxpayers, never delivering a cent back to them. The real impact: slashing research, endangering public health, removing competent public servants, & creating chaos.
DOGE Disbanded: Elon Musk’s Cost-Cutting Project Quietly Ended
Musk said the initiative would save at least $1 trillion. But its website claims to have reached only $214 billion.
time.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
We can greatly exaggerate their success but we should not underestimate the damage it did to real people and families.
Why do you think the EPA go eviscerated?
Government is serious business for serious people.
Government is serious business for serious people.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Why do you think the EPA go eviscerated?
Government is serious business for serious people.
Government is serious business for serious people.
This is enshittification.
Or, just me trying to order two pairs of Socks.
[narrator: Mike is implying he is nowhere near fucking Azerbaijan]
Or, just me trying to order two pairs of Socks.
[narrator: Mike is implying he is nowhere near fucking Azerbaijan]
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is enshittification.
Or, just me trying to order two pairs of Socks.
[narrator: Mike is implying he is nowhere near fucking Azerbaijan]
Or, just me trying to order two pairs of Socks.
[narrator: Mike is implying he is nowhere near fucking Azerbaijan]
In 2003, I bought my first house as a 30 year old O-3 in Arlington, VA. It was slightly uncomfortable and a little over BAH, but it was reachable.
My daughter and I visited the house we lived in when she was a baby, and she was shocked a 29-year-old Navy guy could afford a nice house in a safe neighborhood.
That wasn’t crazy in 1996 — but today, a nice house is out of reach for so many young people. That has to change.
That wasn’t crazy in 1996 — but today, a nice house is out of reach for so many young people. That has to change.
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In 2003, I bought my first house as a 30 year old O-3 in Arlington, VA. It was slightly uncomfortable and a little over BAH, but it was reachable.
As a proud Eagle Scout, Army veteran and girl dad, I was ecstatic to see BSA expand to allow girls in the troops. I did co-ed scouting in Europe; it wasn't weird, it was great. We learned early on that we were peers and teammates and not to be toxic DBags.
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
As a proud Eagle Scout, Army veteran and girl dad, I was ecstatic to see BSA expand to allow girls in the troops. I did co-ed scouting in Europe; it wasn't weird, it was great. We learned early on that we were peers and teammates and not to be toxic DBags.
I was an Eagle Scout.
I learned more about military planning than any course by supporting the USMA camporee that I ran my senior year---a tradition of over 60 years.
Scouting was my path to three decades in the Army.
This is a self own. And it will cost us.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
I learned more about military planning than any course by supporting the USMA camporee that I ran my senior year---a tradition of over 60 years.
Scouting was my path to three decades in the Army.
This is a self own. And it will cost us.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I was an Eagle Scout.
I learned more about military planning than any course by supporting the USMA camporee that I ran my senior year---a tradition of over 60 years.
Scouting was my path to three decades in the Army.
This is a self own. And it will cost us.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
I learned more about military planning than any course by supporting the USMA camporee that I ran my senior year---a tradition of over 60 years.
Scouting was my path to three decades in the Army.
This is a self own. And it will cost us.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
Imagine being a LTC with DC area BAH (nearly $53,000 tax free stipend) and VA loan benefits on top of your salary and you "can't have that sh*t."
GTFO
GTFO
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Imagine being a LTC with DC area BAH (nearly $53,000 tax free stipend) and VA loan benefits on top of your salary and you "can't have that sh*t."
GTFO
GTFO
Isn't this guy credibly linked to Epstein?
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Isn't this guy credibly linked to Epstein?
Reposted by Mike J
"Don't yield to those who will have you believe that it makes sense to live a life against others or without others, against peoples or without them. Those who claim this pretend to be strong, but they are weak. They may seem wise, but they are mad." #PopeFrancis #Hope
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"Don't yield to those who will have you believe that it makes sense to live a life against others or without others, against peoples or without them. Those who claim this pretend to be strong, but they are weak. They may seem wise, but they are mad." #PopeFrancis #Hope
This is the face of a guy under "Mean" Gene "Ayatollah" Kamena.
The purest most toxic officer I have ever served with.
The purest most toxic officer I have ever served with.
The look on your face really conveys it
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This is the face of a guy under "Mean" Gene "Ayatollah" Kamena.
The purest most toxic officer I have ever served with.
The purest most toxic officer I have ever served with.
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Or tanks are irrelevant.
If you don't understand the tools in the toolbox, stop suggesting what to throw away.
If you don't understand the tools in the toolbox, stop suggesting what to throw away.
Like “Physical Prowess is Overrated” I’d take “SOF isn’t important” off the national security discussion right this very moment.
It’s amateurish. It’s like saying submarines are ungentlemanly infernal machines in 1912.
Just quit it and figure out what reform requires, then reengage.
It’s amateurish. It’s like saying submarines are ungentlemanly infernal machines in 1912.
Just quit it and figure out what reform requires, then reengage.
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Or tanks are irrelevant.
If you don't understand the tools in the toolbox, stop suggesting what to throw away.
If you don't understand the tools in the toolbox, stop suggesting what to throw away.
Loved loved being a captain.
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Loved loved being a captain.
The best professional advice you will see this year.
when emailing
it is important
to always assume
some moron
some blundering dipshit
is going to forward the email
you meant for them
to people you didn’t want to have it
it is important
to always assume
some moron
some blundering dipshit
is going to forward the email
you meant for them
to people you didn’t want to have it
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The best professional advice you will see this year.
Reposted by Mike J
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
In all fairness, telling my 9 year old that Ariana Grande got COVID tipped the scales on her not having a meltdown when she got hers.
The headline they used for this story is interesting. So if a celebrity gets Covid they are concerned, Yet the majority of the public thinks Covid is over. You can not have it both ways, Covid is not Over.
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
In all fairness, telling my 9 year old that Ariana Grande got COVID tipped the scales on her not having a meltdown when she got hers.
Reposted by Mike J
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
Reposted by Mike J
Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
American expat in Europe in the 1970s. Everywhere I went as a little boy I was thanked for my nation. WWII was yesterday.
Everyone had a GI story.
First chocolate, liberation of camps etc.
The US GI was my superhero.
From my earliest memories, all I ever wanted to be was an American Soldier.
Everyone had a GI story.
First chocolate, liberation of camps etc.
The US GI was my superhero.
From my earliest memories, all I ever wanted to be was an American Soldier.
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
American expat in Europe in the 1970s. Everywhere I went as a little boy I was thanked for my nation. WWII was yesterday.
Everyone had a GI story.
First chocolate, liberation of camps etc.
The US GI was my superhero.
From my earliest memories, all I ever wanted to be was an American Soldier.
Everyone had a GI story.
First chocolate, liberation of camps etc.
The US GI was my superhero.
From my earliest memories, all I ever wanted to be was an American Soldier.
Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train going anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train going anywhere
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train going anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train going anywhere
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train going anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train going anywhere
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train going anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train going anywhere
Sure, make sexual assault harder to report and investigate.
Whatever could happen?
You may think SA is woke and not care about it, but it will
absolutely grind an entire institution into dust.
Whatever progress was made, it's gone. This is unforgivable.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/p...
Whatever could happen?
You may think SA is woke and not care about it, but it will
absolutely grind an entire institution into dust.
Whatever progress was made, it's gone. This is unforgivable.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/p...
Exclusive: What led the Army to investigate gynecologist described in lawsuit as a ‘predator in uniform’ | CNN Politics
The combat veteran had been an infantryman in Afghanistan – a job where you keep your head on a swivel and constantly take inventory of your surroundings. And so he was paying close attention as an Ar...
www.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Sure, make sexual assault harder to report and investigate.
Whatever could happen?
You may think SA is woke and not care about it, but it will
absolutely grind an entire institution into dust.
Whatever progress was made, it's gone. This is unforgivable.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/p...
Whatever could happen?
You may think SA is woke and not care about it, but it will
absolutely grind an entire institution into dust.
Whatever progress was made, it's gone. This is unforgivable.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/p...
LinkedIn remains undefeated.
I don't really know what this is...but it's hilarious.
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
LinkedIn remains undefeated.
When brigade calls and they tell you to write your own PCS award.
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
When brigade calls and they tell you to write your own PCS award.