Ghoul Hand Luke
@oldsquid.bsky.social
Old USN dude, OEF & Desert-Sx; now middle management. Geek, writer, cynic, interracial adoptive father. Member of the Pact Act club. Appalachian in exile. Erudite shitkicker, always looking for suspects.
"Ah, but the strawberries! That's - that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond a shadow of a doubt and with geometric logic that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox DID exist!"
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"Ah, but the strawberries! That's - that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond a shadow of a doubt and with geometric logic that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox DID exist!"
happy 250th birthday to all the marines out there, and congrats to the team of monkeys who spent all week teaching the marines to count that high
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
happy 250th birthday to all the marines out there, and congrats to the team of monkeys who spent all week teaching the marines to count that high
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My pettiest military opinion is that 90% of personnel insist on saluting wrong, either because they were taught wrong or as some form of personal expression. You’re not Maverick in Top Gun; get that goddamn elbow up.
NEW: True patriot: Hegseth maintains BAC of .1776 at all times www.duffelblog.com/true-patriot...
True patriot: Hegseth maintains BAC of .1776 at all times
"Being perpetually blitzed isn’t medically advisable,” said a Navy doctor. “But behaviorally? It tracks.”
www.duffelblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My pettiest military opinion is that 90% of personnel insist on saluting wrong, either because they were taught wrong or as some form of personal expression. You’re not Maverick in Top Gun; get that goddamn elbow up.
A change in the UK’s default sharing posture from the 5E to individual EU nations/NATO-Less US is becoming a clearer possibility as they realize that the U.S. has ceded EUCOM under “burden sharing”. Add that to more NATO partners slowing sharing because the U.S. is pipelining info to Russia…..
NYT - Kash Patel's inexperience, his dismissals of top FBI officials and his shift of resources from thwarting spies and terrorism have heightened concerns among the other Five Eyes nations that the bureau is adrift. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/wo...
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
The episode has contributed to concerns among intelligence allies that Kash Patel, brash and partisan, is also unpredictable and even unreliable.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A change in the UK’s default sharing posture from the 5E to individual EU nations/NATO-Less US is becoming a clearer possibility as they realize that the U.S. has ceded EUCOM under “burden sharing”. Add that to more NATO partners slowing sharing because the U.S. is pipelining info to Russia…..
Meaningless blather as the people in the article were convicted under state charges. Those pardons are worth the Truth Social platform they were posted on.
BREAKING: Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others involved in efforts to overturn 2020 election, Justice Department official says.
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says
A Justice Department official says President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Meaningless blather as the people in the article were convicted under state charges. Those pardons are worth the Truth Social platform they were posted on.
Hey gurrrl, are you a Veteran’s Day profile picture? Because you’re 20 years younger and 30 pounds lighter than reality, and cruising for free drinks at chain restaurants.
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Hey gurrrl, are you a Veteran’s Day profile picture? Because you’re 20 years younger and 30 pounds lighter than reality, and cruising for free drinks at chain restaurants.
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So many graves to piss on, so little time
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
So many graves to piss on, so little time
@alsobrooks.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov Hope you realize that if this deal goes through, ALL YALL are getting primaried. No one will have cover in this. Better call your boys and get them back in line.
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
@alsobrooks.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov Hope you realize that if this deal goes through, ALL YALL are getting primaried. No one will have cover in this. Better call your boys and get them back in line.
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Senate Democrats asked for a year of ACA subsidies and were told to fuck off.
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
From what I have seen so far this does not seem like a good deal:
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Senate Democrats asked for a year of ACA subsidies and were told to fuck off.
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
BTW, if you’re a fan of BB/Better Call Saul, the creator has a new show on Apple+ that is superb. “Pluribus” has a lot of weighty ideas below its surface about individualism, but for now it’s just a well-written, well-made show.
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
BTW, if you’re a fan of BB/Better Call Saul, the creator has a new show on Apple+ that is superb. “Pluribus” has a lot of weighty ideas below its surface about individualism, but for now it’s just a well-written, well-made show.
I’m sure seeing this at a drive-in in rural Tennessee when I was a kid had absolutely no effect on my psyche or interests.
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I’m sure seeing this at a drive-in in rural Tennessee when I was a kid had absolutely no effect on my psyche or interests.
@oasisob1.bsky.social - life is timing; this was the first thing that popped up on my feed today.
“How far does our responsibility go in all of this?”
For decades Sinaloa has lived under a “pax narca”. Now it is suffering the consequences. “The Weekend Intelligence” reports from Culiacán, a city in the middle of a narco-war
For decades Sinaloa has lived under a “pax narca”. Now it is suffering the consequences. “The Weekend Intelligence” reports from Culiacán, a city in the middle of a narco-war
Welcome to Culiacán
The Sinaloa cartel is tearing itself apart— and dragging a city down with it
econ.st
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
@oasisob1.bsky.social - life is timing; this was the first thing that popped up on my feed today.
….Aaaaaaaand they cancelled tomorrow’s race due to “inclement weather”- rain in the 50’s. Pussies. Fucking Americans are softer than baby shit.
Gonna go out and run it on my own.
Gonna go out and run it on my own.
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
….Aaaaaaaand they cancelled tomorrow’s race due to “inclement weather”- rain in the 50’s. Pussies. Fucking Americans are softer than baby shit.
Gonna go out and run it on my own.
Gonna go out and run it on my own.
A good gauge of a commander’s seriousness is their willingness to actually shoulder accountability. “Assuming risk” in cost, performance, safety- I’d wager none of their tolerances are committed to paper.
Institutionalized recklessness.
Institutionalized recklessness.
Can't learn. Too busy going fast.
A valuable fund of British knowledge helped to lay the foundations for the United States’ post-World War II technological edge, writes Christian Caryl. Policymakers in Washington would be well-advised to learn from the past when it comes to Ukraine.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A good gauge of a commander’s seriousness is their willingness to actually shoulder accountability. “Assuming risk” in cost, performance, safety- I’d wager none of their tolerances are committed to paper.
Institutionalized recklessness.
Institutionalized recklessness.
Caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.
se hace camino al andar.
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.
se hace camino al andar.
She smiles and say “I will always love you.”
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
She smiles and say “I will always love you.”
troops gonna get paid again in 2028
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
troops gonna get paid again in 2028
That’s nothing. Back in Oxford, David Cameron inserted a human organ into a pig.
“Everybody clapped.” Leonardo Riella tells “Babbage” about the first time his team transplanted a pig organ into a human
Part man, part pig: how animal organs could save human lives
Our podcast on science and technology. Will transplanting animal organs into people become a norm of modern medicine?
econ.st
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
That’s nothing. Back in Oxford, David Cameron inserted a human organ into a pig.
“Could the Jamaicans not repel the hurricane by the power of reggaeton, mon?”
That's a prosperous looking home with that vehicle and all. How many Jamaicans can afford to put up panels? Do they have to own their homes to do so? Do their homes need to be very sturdy, not shacks?
November 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“Could the Jamaicans not repel the hurricane by the power of reggaeton, mon?”
this looks like a picture of four jaded rich outdoorsmen and the homeless they’ve chosen to hunt for sport
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
this looks like a picture of four jaded rich outdoorsmen and the homeless they’ve chosen to hunt for sport
Losing your agency’s reptile fund by poor investments into luxury fashion brands is the most French thing g I’ve heard in my life. Next we’ll hear the DGSE blew their ops budget on frommage.
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Losing your agency’s reptile fund by poor investments into luxury fashion brands is the most French thing g I’ve heard in my life. Next we’ll hear the DGSE blew their ops budget on frommage.
Monetization and commercialization of all aspects of American life means that there’s at least one person out there who has an unhealthy emotional attachment to the leprechaun from Lucky Charms
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Monetization and commercialization of all aspects of American life means that there’s at least one person out there who has an unhealthy emotional attachment to the leprechaun from Lucky Charms