Puck the Puddle Pilot
@puckthepilot.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Geek, Nerd, former Army WO IP (60s), current Coastie. Personal account.
He/Him, White, Cisgender, Allosexual, Heteromantic, unmedicated Introverted Neurotypical.
He/Him, White, Cisgender, Allosexual, Heteromantic, unmedicated Introverted Neurotypical.
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"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Would be hilarious in a movie.
Is terrifying in real life retrospective.
While the investigation is hidden behind a paywall. Voters have to pay to be aware of what the Government is doing while the DOJ says the government can do no wrong because the NASDAQ is up.
Is terrifying in real life retrospective.
While the investigation is hidden behind a paywall. Voters have to pay to be aware of what the Government is doing while the DOJ says the government can do no wrong because the NASDAQ is up.
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Would be hilarious in a movie.
Is terrifying in real life retrospective.
While the investigation is hidden behind a paywall. Voters have to pay to be aware of what the Government is doing while the DOJ says the government can do no wrong because the NASDAQ is up.
Is terrifying in real life retrospective.
While the investigation is hidden behind a paywall. Voters have to pay to be aware of what the Government is doing while the DOJ says the government can do no wrong because the NASDAQ is up.
Arrested for what? Handing out succulent golden doubloons?
February 14, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Arrested for what? Handing out succulent golden doubloons?
Article 88 is such a pain in the butt.
Really just adding salt to the wound with a two tiered justice system.
Really just adding salt to the wound with a two tiered justice system.
Trump tells soldiers to vote GOP in campaign-style rally at Fort Bragg
Army policy prohibits partisan displays, and most service members refrained from cheering.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Article 88 is such a pain in the butt.
Really just adding salt to the wound with a two tiered justice system.
Really just adding salt to the wound with a two tiered justice system.
There is a class of veteran that goes incandescent with rage if you accuse them of an honor violation over something as low stakes as a paper.
I remember a former ranger getting quickly ushered out of a room by coworkers when a customer accused him of lying.
I remember a former ranger getting quickly ushered out of a room by coworkers when a customer accused him of lying.
For the first time in my life I got accused of using ChatGPT for schoolwork by a professor and I am blind with rage
February 14, 2026 at 3:54 PM
There is a class of veteran that goes incandescent with rage if you accuse them of an honor violation over something as low stakes as a paper.
I remember a former ranger getting quickly ushered out of a room by coworkers when a customer accused him of lying.
I remember a former ranger getting quickly ushered out of a room by coworkers when a customer accused him of lying.
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So the policy is to make it easier for unmarried women and women who kept their last name than women who changed their name after getting married...did I get that right?
The SAVE act will disenfranchise millions, mostly women
It requires ID that matches your birth certificate or passport
If you’ve had a name change, your birth certificate won’t match
The State Dept is banning libraries from processing passport applications
They don’t want certain people to vote
It requires ID that matches your birth certificate or passport
If you’ve had a name change, your birth certificate won’t match
The State Dept is banning libraries from processing passport applications
They don’t want certain people to vote
State Dept. orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications
Pennsylvania Reps. Madeleine Dean and John Joyce have proposed bipartisan legislation that would allow nonprofit public libraries to continue to serve as passport acceptance.
whyy.org
February 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM
So the policy is to make it easier for unmarried women and women who kept their last name than women who changed their name after getting married...did I get that right?
This story becoming common knowledge is not gonna end well for the CG. Especially as we roll into a DHS shutdown where ICE is sitting has a gigantic pot of BBB money and the USCG doesn't.
Swalwell: ICE agents shot Alex Pretti and Renee Good. And the only person in the world who has been held accountable by DHS is the pilot who somehow forgot to move Kristi Noem’s blankie.
February 14, 2026 at 3:47 AM
This story becoming common knowledge is not gonna end well for the CG. Especially as we roll into a DHS shutdown where ICE is sitting has a gigantic pot of BBB money and the USCG doesn't.
Let's start with CEOs.
"Microslop AI chief, said in an interview with the Financial Times that he predicts most, if not every, task in white-collar fields will be automated by AI within the next year or year and a half."
Microsoft AI CEO: 'Most, if not all' white-collar tasks can be replaced by AI within 12-18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Let's start with CEOs.
For all the Sturm and Drang about Ukraine using the loaned weapons systems intelligently and safeguarding them and UKR citizens from missteps.
We sure don't seem to care domestically.
We sure don't seem to care domestically.
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
For all the Sturm and Drang about Ukraine using the loaned weapons systems intelligently and safeguarding them and UKR citizens from missteps.
We sure don't seem to care domestically.
We sure don't seem to care domestically.
Same shit the Navy said after Fat Leonard.
Shouldn't have mattered then and it damn sure shouldn't matter now.
Shouldn't have mattered then and it damn sure shouldn't matter now.
February 11, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Same shit the Navy said after Fat Leonard.
Shouldn't have mattered then and it damn sure shouldn't matter now.
Shouldn't have mattered then and it damn sure shouldn't matter now.
Always has and always will.
gavin newsom will lose. this isn't that complicated
February 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Always has and always will.
Can anyone give me One example of AI replacing a worker (and actually doing the work well enough) currently?
Not Machine learning. Not "calls out to a Filipino data center when confused." Not work is checked by/made easier for a human. But a full on replacement of human.
Not Machine learning. Not "calls out to a Filipino data center when confused." Not work is checked by/made easier for a human. But a full on replacement of human.
What I mean by "hype being true" is that the models actually *are* able to replace millions of workers - which is the core economic promise that tech oligarchs are making.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Can anyone give me One example of AI replacing a worker (and actually doing the work well enough) currently?
Not Machine learning. Not "calls out to a Filipino data center when confused." Not work is checked by/made easier for a human. But a full on replacement of human.
Not Machine learning. Not "calls out to a Filipino data center when confused." Not work is checked by/made easier for a human. But a full on replacement of human.
What a craven, bootlicking, useless move.
He will never like data. Because data doesn't necessarily fit his worldview.
He will never like data. Because data doesn't necessarily fit his worldview.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
What a craven, bootlicking, useless move.
He will never like data. Because data doesn't necessarily fit his worldview.
He will never like data. Because data doesn't necessarily fit his worldview.
Hey, article 1. Buddy. Listen.
These officials work to enact the laws YOU pass. YOU put them in office. YOU have the power to remove them when they talk to you like that. Or ignore you.
You have the power in this relationship even if they act like you don't.
These officials work to enact the laws YOU pass. YOU put them in office. YOU have the power to remove them when they talk to you like that. Or ignore you.
You have the power in this relationship even if they act like you don't.
holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes
February 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Hey, article 1. Buddy. Listen.
These officials work to enact the laws YOU pass. YOU put them in office. YOU have the power to remove them when they talk to you like that. Or ignore you.
You have the power in this relationship even if they act like you don't.
These officials work to enact the laws YOU pass. YOU put them in office. YOU have the power to remove them when they talk to you like that. Or ignore you.
You have the power in this relationship even if they act like you don't.
The clear directive from donors is "suck less".
Democratic donors have spent a year frozen, largely out of justified anger at the consultant class, the spammy texts, and lack of leadership from some elected leaders.
That anger, however, is also hurting outside groups doing critical work — and that could hurt us in November.
THREAD 🧵
That anger, however, is also hurting outside groups doing critical work — and that could hurt us in November.
THREAD 🧵
February 11, 2026 at 4:37 PM
The clear directive from donors is "suck less".
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Non-lawyers: I cannot express just how abnormal it is for the DOJ to get no-billed repeatedly on these cases. Like tripping on a single blade of grass.
I have heard of a no bill but zero votes is new to me
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
February 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Non-lawyers: I cannot express just how abnormal it is for the DOJ to get no-billed repeatedly on these cases. Like tripping on a single blade of grass.
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Apropos of nothing much, a reminder that Nixon’s Attorney General served 19 months in prison.
February 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Apropos of nothing much, a reminder that Nixon’s Attorney General served 19 months in prison.
It is not the FAAs job to validate threat information coming in from other government agencies.
Just like it's not the Judiciary's job to validate evidence submitted by the DOJ.
The fact that both now have to is bad. And inefficient but mostly bad.
Just like it's not the Judiciary's job to validate evidence submitted by the DOJ.
The fact that both now have to is bad. And inefficient but mostly bad.
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
It is not the FAAs job to validate threat information coming in from other government agencies.
Just like it's not the Judiciary's job to validate evidence submitted by the DOJ.
The fact that both now have to is bad. And inefficient but mostly bad.
Just like it's not the Judiciary's job to validate evidence submitted by the DOJ.
The fact that both now have to is bad. And inefficient but mostly bad.
Appears to be over with the TFRs gone. And now the finger pointing starts.
Government is serious business for serious people.
These are not the decisions of serious people.
My hope is that breaking the cardinal rule of capitalism (don't fuck with the money) will be enough to motivate senators.
Government is serious business for serious people.
These are not the decisions of serious people.
My hope is that breaking the cardinal rule of capitalism (don't fuck with the money) will be enough to motivate senators.
Others have said everything I could say.
It's weird. Very very very weird. It's very restrictive with no notice. It's shaped like one you would use for a danger to aircraft. But written like an administrative stop.
If medevac don't fly, people die. And that's on whomever put the TFR up.
It's weird. Very very very weird. It's very restrictive with no notice. It's shaped like one you would use for a danger to aircraft. But written like an administrative stop.
If medevac don't fly, people die. And that's on whomever put the TFR up.
Puck, any thoughts on the air space around El Paso being shut down? Seems less than ideal!
February 11, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Appears to be over with the TFRs gone. And now the finger pointing starts.
Government is serious business for serious people.
These are not the decisions of serious people.
My hope is that breaking the cardinal rule of capitalism (don't fuck with the money) will be enough to motivate senators.
Government is serious business for serious people.
These are not the decisions of serious people.
My hope is that breaking the cardinal rule of capitalism (don't fuck with the money) will be enough to motivate senators.
Others have said everything I could say.
It's weird. Very very very weird. It's very restrictive with no notice. It's shaped like one you would use for a danger to aircraft. But written like an administrative stop.
If medevac don't fly, people die. And that's on whomever put the TFR up.
It's weird. Very very very weird. It's very restrictive with no notice. It's shaped like one you would use for a danger to aircraft. But written like an administrative stop.
If medevac don't fly, people die. And that's on whomever put the TFR up.
Puck, any thoughts on the air space around El Paso being shut down? Seems less than ideal!
February 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Others have said everything I could say.
It's weird. Very very very weird. It's very restrictive with no notice. It's shaped like one you would use for a danger to aircraft. But written like an administrative stop.
If medevac don't fly, people die. And that's on whomever put the TFR up.
It's weird. Very very very weird. It's very restrictive with no notice. It's shaped like one you would use for a danger to aircraft. But written like an administrative stop.
If medevac don't fly, people die. And that's on whomever put the TFR up.
Jade Helm was never about government overreach. It was about it not being right government overreaching.
As Republicans tout domestic troop deployments, ‘Jade Helm’ is relevant anew
In 2015, the right feared active-duty troops in local communities. In 2025, some Republicans can’t wait to send active-duty troops into local communities.
www.ms.now
February 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Jade Helm was never about government overreach. It was about it not being right government overreaching.
Who else finds it kinda funny that I spent my youth lying on the internet that I was older than 18 only to grow up to lie to discord that I am younger than 14 so discord can't leak my PII.
(Stolen but too good not to share)
(Stolen but too good not to share)
February 10, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Who else finds it kinda funny that I spent my youth lying on the internet that I was older than 18 only to grow up to lie to discord that I am younger than 14 so discord can't leak my PII.
(Stolen but too good not to share)
(Stolen but too good not to share)
Perhaps by being forced to view the show more than once. To read the production notes, blocking, staging and correspondence. Potentially a translated transcript. They will start to underst.....hahahhahahahahah
Sorry I couldn't finish it.
Sorry I couldn't finish it.
TN Congressman calls for investigation into Bad Bunny Super Bowl performance, citing 'widespread twerking'
Congressman Andy Ogles described the performance as "pure smut" and wants an investigation. Millions of viewers worldwide tuned in to the 13-minute set on Sunday.
www.wbir.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Perhaps by being forced to view the show more than once. To read the production notes, blocking, staging and correspondence. Potentially a translated transcript. They will start to underst.....hahahhahahahahah
Sorry I couldn't finish it.
Sorry I couldn't finish it.
I know it's a broken record. But in any other administration this would be a huge deal with heads rolling.
Some Army civilians worked during the shutdown—and were told to say they didn’t
What started as confusion became a coverup, employees and emails say.
www.defenseone.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I know it's a broken record. But in any other administration this would be a huge deal with heads rolling.
Wait. They are (or were maybe) actually checking backgrounds?
Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."
February 10, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Wait. They are (or were maybe) actually checking backgrounds?