Not Particularly Anonymous
@johnfromnearboston.bsky.social
Former molecular biologist. Recovering attorney. Something else now. Gaming, hen, and inner suburb enthusiast. Social Democrat. Battleship and Battlemech fan.
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So that's c. $6m worth of missiles fired at approximately nothing.
Or we could have spent that money on something like 2,000 basic, dumb-as-bricks 155mm shells (~$3k a piece) which the Ukrainians would have used to kill Russian invaders and preserve their freedom.
Or we could have spent that money on something like 2,000 basic, dumb-as-bricks 155mm shells (~$3k a piece) which the Ukrainians would have used to kill Russian invaders and preserve their freedom.
"tell me we didn't just fire a dozen $500,000 missiles at a $200 camel"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
"sir, no evidence of any camel present, sir!"
December 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
So that's c. $6m worth of missiles fired at approximately nothing.
Or we could have spent that money on something like 2,000 basic, dumb-as-bricks 155mm shells (~$3k a piece) which the Ukrainians would have used to kill Russian invaders and preserve their freedom.
Or we could have spent that money on something like 2,000 basic, dumb-as-bricks 155mm shells (~$3k a piece) which the Ukrainians would have used to kill Russian invaders and preserve their freedom.
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the Falklands war was an act of imperialism by a European country (Argentina, 97% white) against the indigenous people (the English) of the Falklands and their suzerain, a country with substantial populations from the Global South (the UK, 86% white)
December 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
the Falklands war was an act of imperialism by a European country (Argentina, 97% white) against the indigenous people (the English) of the Falklands and their suzerain, a country with substantial populations from the Global South (the UK, 86% white)
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Happy Shooting Ceaucescu in the Face Day to everyone
December 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Happy Shooting Ceaucescu in the Face Day to everyone
Blue Book discourse is irritating. I write much faster, and can edit much easier by typing.
Also, in law school and the bar exam over a decade ago there were programs that simply locked you into only a basic text editor. Is that no longer an option for some reason?
Also, in law school and the bar exam over a decade ago there were programs that simply locked you into only a basic text editor. Is that no longer an option for some reason?
December 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Blue Book discourse is irritating. I write much faster, and can edit much easier by typing.
Also, in law school and the bar exam over a decade ago there were programs that simply locked you into only a basic text editor. Is that no longer an option for some reason?
Also, in law school and the bar exam over a decade ago there were programs that simply locked you into only a basic text editor. Is that no longer an option for some reason?
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for the new year, you must understand that charlie brown actually had hoes.
December 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
for the new year, you must understand that charlie brown actually had hoes.
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elites in the most powerful country in human history: We should end democracy because I found “She Hulk” on Disney Plus mildly annoying.
average homeless trans person with three dollars and an internet connection: Really, Stephanie? The 1987 Brookings translation? For shame.
average homeless trans person with three dollars and an internet connection: Really, Stephanie? The 1987 Brookings translation? For shame.
December 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
elites in the most powerful country in human history: We should end democracy because I found “She Hulk” on Disney Plus mildly annoying.
average homeless trans person with three dollars and an internet connection: Really, Stephanie? The 1987 Brookings translation? For shame.
average homeless trans person with three dollars and an internet connection: Really, Stephanie? The 1987 Brookings translation? For shame.
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My objection to Trutherism was that it downplayed the horrible conditions in our jails.
The Fed jails in NYC are terrible. They closed the one Epstein was in after his suicide, and they may never reopen it again.
The lack of care + lack of supervision was unsurprising.
The Fed jails in NYC are terrible. They closed the one Epstein was in after his suicide, and they may never reopen it again.
The lack of care + lack of supervision was unsurprising.
December 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My objection to Trutherism was that it downplayed the horrible conditions in our jails.
The Fed jails in NYC are terrible. They closed the one Epstein was in after his suicide, and they may never reopen it again.
The lack of care + lack of supervision was unsurprising.
The Fed jails in NYC are terrible. They closed the one Epstein was in after his suicide, and they may never reopen it again.
The lack of care + lack of supervision was unsurprising.
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Just looked at the design brief for USS Bone Spurs here, and with 30+ knots, the biggest weapons available and absolutely fuck all armour...
Is, er, Jackie Fisher in the room with us now?
Is, er, Jackie Fisher in the room with us now?
December 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Just looked at the design brief for USS Bone Spurs here, and with 30+ knots, the biggest weapons available and absolutely fuck all armour...
Is, er, Jackie Fisher in the room with us now?
Is, er, Jackie Fisher in the room with us now?
I guess HMS Dreadnought went from design to commissioning in a little under 2 years.
Trump clearly aiming to build a fleet to intimidate the Kaiser and the Tzar!
Trump clearly aiming to build a fleet to intimidate the Kaiser and the Tzar!
TRUMP: 2.5-YEAR TIMELINE FOR NEW BATTLESHIPS
December 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I guess HMS Dreadnought went from design to commissioning in a little under 2 years.
Trump clearly aiming to build a fleet to intimidate the Kaiser and the Tzar!
Trump clearly aiming to build a fleet to intimidate the Kaiser and the Tzar!
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“The key to strategic competition with the CCP is to adopt the Democratic Party’s core principles. As a country based on creed and law, not blood and soil, America cannot ever be beaten.”
I’m with Palmer Luckey on this.
I’m with Palmer Luckey on this.
So I know it’s sometimes difficult to understand why knowledgeable people in the defense world think Anduril is full of shit. But I now have a great way to explain how you should view their pitches. This was a recent… idea(*) of Palmer Luckey’s. Basically leverage American soft power and immigration
December 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“The key to strategic competition with the CCP is to adopt the Democratic Party’s core principles. As a country based on creed and law, not blood and soil, America cannot ever be beaten.”
I’m with Palmer Luckey on this.
I’m with Palmer Luckey on this.
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Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
Tossing an overripe pear into the chicken pen like Eris at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis.
December 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Tossing an overripe pear into the chicken pen like Eris at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis.
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
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You believe surveys over peoples lived experience?
Lived experience is so important we asked thousands of people about that experience! In a way that mathematically ensured a broad and diverse range of experiences! Asking about peoples' lived experience along dozens of different dimensions!
Lived experience is so important we asked thousands of people about that experience! In a way that mathematically ensured a broad and diverse range of experiences! Asking about peoples' lived experience along dozens of different dimensions!
December 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
You believe surveys over peoples lived experience?
Lived experience is so important we asked thousands of people about that experience! In a way that mathematically ensured a broad and diverse range of experiences! Asking about peoples' lived experience along dozens of different dimensions!
Lived experience is so important we asked thousands of people about that experience! In a way that mathematically ensured a broad and diverse range of experiences! Asking about peoples' lived experience along dozens of different dimensions!
Not the most important thing given all the "Hitler is great" and "Jews are evil" stuff, but can people learn how any health insurance system will work!
December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Not the most important thing given all the "Hitler is great" and "Jews are evil" stuff, but can people learn how any health insurance system will work!
I want the yacht with a VLS capable of handling space shuttles.
December 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I want the yacht with a VLS capable of handling space shuttles.
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Anyway, liberalism and socialism are not enemies, and to the extent that you insist that they are, you are clinging to Ego. You have failed to apprehend the true meaning of "Form is Emptiness. Emptiness is Form." I will now give you a firm thwack with the keisaku.
December 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Anyway, liberalism and socialism are not enemies, and to the extent that you insist that they are, you are clinging to Ego. You have failed to apprehend the true meaning of "Form is Emptiness. Emptiness is Form." I will now give you a firm thwack with the keisaku.
In fairness, Cathie Wood is a fucking moron and anyone who gives her money is the same. Her funds are horribly performing, routinely underperform index funds, and are only really good for burning your capital in some right-wing equivalent of virtue signaling.
founder and CEO of $20 billion asset manager is falling for AI slop
December 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
In fairness, Cathie Wood is a fucking moron and anyone who gives her money is the same. Her funds are horribly performing, routinely underperform index funds, and are only really good for burning your capital in some right-wing equivalent of virtue signaling.
"When we gonna torch the restaurant?"
McLusky asking the important questions on To Hell With Good Intentions.
McLusky asking the important questions on To Hell With Good Intentions.
Name your fav song lyric.
December 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"When we gonna torch the restaurant?"
McLusky asking the important questions on To Hell With Good Intentions.
McLusky asking the important questions on To Hell With Good Intentions.
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Always good to remember how much they hate America
December 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Always good to remember how much they hate America
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Oh they’re gonna do something really fucking stupid
December 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Oh they’re gonna do something really fucking stupid
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Every single person involved in implementing the illegal dismantling of USAID needs to be prosecuted for this, and preferably sentenced in a way that pardons won't be an option.
NEW: Here's the searing tale of one woman's struggle to feed her family after the Trump Administration imposed a man-made food crisis.
Beautifully written by Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Beautifully written by Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Every single person involved in implementing the illegal dismantling of USAID needs to be prosecuted for this, and preferably sentenced in a way that pardons won't be an option.
The oil and land they stole from us? Did I miss Venezuela annexing part of the US, or is this just a dumb way of referring to nationalizing oil/mineral fields?
It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression.
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
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Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The oil and land they stole from us? Did I miss Venezuela annexing part of the US, or is this just a dumb way of referring to nationalizing oil/mineral fields?