A Major Turbonerd
@moist.dad
Formerly @overdesigned in various places. I contain multitudes; an old pilot trying to make more old pilots. Illinois! Very food motivated. Views not those of the DoD or US Gov't. He/him.
chat, is this good
DoD IG confirms the Secretary copied operational details from a SECRET//NOFORN CENTCOM brief into a 19-person Signal chat that included a journalist. This occurred 2–4 hours before U.S. strikes in Yemen.
December 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
chat, is this good
this is the mondayest monday I've had in a while. can we all agree to reconvene in 2026 yet
December 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
this is the mondayest monday I've had in a while. can we all agree to reconvene in 2026 yet
my new old man idea is getting a silverstone flp01 case, some basic PC guts, maybe a CRT monitor, and installing the eXoDOS/eXoWin3x/eXoWin9x libraries on it to make my kids live my PC childhood
(they will inevitably hate it because it is not 1997)
(they will inevitably hate it because it is not 1997)
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
my new old man idea is getting a silverstone flp01 case, some basic PC guts, maybe a CRT monitor, and installing the eXoDOS/eXoWin3x/eXoWin9x libraries on it to make my kids live my PC childhood
(they will inevitably hate it because it is not 1997)
(they will inevitably hate it because it is not 1997)
Way back when I was finishing OCS, they did one (1) lecture on ethics. The hypothetical posed was: You're an AH-1 pilot. You just hit a truck with an HVT in it, he lived but is injured & crawling away. You're sure he's the HVT, a bomb maker who has helped kill members of your unit.
What do you do?
What do you do?
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Way back when I was finishing OCS, they did one (1) lecture on ethics. The hypothetical posed was: You're an AH-1 pilot. You just hit a truck with an HVT in it, he lived but is injured & crawling away. You're sure he's the HVT, a bomb maker who has helped kill members of your unit.
What do you do?
What do you do?
Let me be clear: this is far too much of my precious brain to waste on Lane Kiffin.
but I hope that Ole Miss reporter that Kiffin threatened on camera gets the byline on his departure story somewhere and the editors just let him run wild
but I hope that Ole Miss reporter that Kiffin threatened on camera gets the byline on his departure story somewhere and the editors just let him run wild
November 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Let me be clear: this is far too much of my precious brain to waste on Lane Kiffin.
but I hope that Ole Miss reporter that Kiffin threatened on camera gets the byline on his departure story somewhere and the editors just let him run wild
but I hope that Ole Miss reporter that Kiffin threatened on camera gets the byline on his departure story somewhere and the editors just let him run wild
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This is wrong. All chimpanzees are Catholic and they go to hell by choice.
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is wrong. All chimpanzees are Catholic and they go to hell by choice.
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it is my eternal frustration that my KeePass database that syncs with my phone app via dropbox can't be modified and saved on my windows 11 laptop for Reasons.
I like to think I'm a reasonably smart computer toucher but I haven't made it work yet.
I like to think I'm a reasonably smart computer toucher but I haven't made it work yet.
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
it is my eternal frustration that my KeePass database that syncs with my phone app via dropbox can't be modified and saved on my windows 11 laptop for Reasons.
I like to think I'm a reasonably smart computer toucher but I haven't made it work yet.
I like to think I'm a reasonably smart computer toucher but I haven't made it work yet.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
hooray for home automation and chest freezer paranoia
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
hooray for home automation and chest freezer paranoia
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To be explicit, we executed a German U-Boat commander who said he had to sink lifesaving gear / “inadvertently” kill survivors because it might give away his position, thereby potentially resulting in the loss of his submarine.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
To be explicit, we executed a German U-Boat commander who said he had to sink lifesaving gear / “inadvertently” kill survivors because it might give away his position, thereby potentially resulting in the loss of his submarine.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
I cannot wait to move back to the Chicagozone
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I cannot wait to move back to the Chicagozone
fun arc raiders solo story of the day:
ran into a guy who offered to give me some rare grenades if I'd let him shoot me down, revive me, repeat 4x so he could get an achievement.
sure bud, F me up. and he held up his end of the bargain!
ran into a guy who offered to give me some rare grenades if I'd let him shoot me down, revive me, repeat 4x so he could get an achievement.
sure bud, F me up. and he held up his end of the bargain!
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
fun arc raiders solo story of the day:
ran into a guy who offered to give me some rare grenades if I'd let him shoot me down, revive me, repeat 4x so he could get an achievement.
sure bud, F me up. and he held up his end of the bargain!
ran into a guy who offered to give me some rare grenades if I'd let him shoot me down, revive me, repeat 4x so he could get an achievement.
sure bud, F me up. and he held up his end of the bargain!
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
Time for the first Leftovers Sandwich of the year
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Time for the first Leftovers Sandwich of the year
finally, time to use all the estate sale/antique store stuff I've collected
NOT HOARDED
NOT HOARDED
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
finally, time to use all the estate sale/antique store stuff I've collected
NOT HOARDED
NOT HOARDED
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got four blobs of pie crust into the fridge by 8am so the day is not off the rails yet
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
got four blobs of pie crust into the fridge by 8am so the day is not off the rails yet
algorithm really crushing it today
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
algorithm really crushing it today
what if, instead of doing two 12"cast iron pizzas, I did a triple batch of dough and just filled an entire high sided sheet pan?
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
what if, instead of doing two 12"cast iron pizzas, I did a triple batch of dough and just filled an entire high sided sheet pan?
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nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
probably not great that the pope is calling out the technology underpinning a solid 20% of the US stock market an affront to God but what do I know
(he's right)
(he's right)
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
probably not great that the pope is calling out the technology underpinning a solid 20% of the US stock market an affront to God but what do I know
(he's right)
(he's right)
Will the US Navy ever successfully procure a new class of surface combatant y/n
BREAKING: Navy Cancels Constellation-class Frigate Program, Considering New Small Surface Combatants — USNI News
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Navy Cancels Constellation-class Frigate Program - USNI News
The Navy is walking away from the Constellation-class frigate program to focus on new classes of warships the service can build faster, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan announced Tuesday on social me...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Will the US Navy ever successfully procure a new class of surface combatant y/n