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@ynnope.bsky.social
USN, USN/R UChicago, SAIS, here and there. Anti fascist. Striving to be and do good.
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Jesus christ dude. Come ON
December 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Jesus christ dude. Come ON
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I think the best parallel is the Iran-Iraq War. It’s a brutal slog between under equipped and exhausted conventional military forces that probably has no real bearing on how other contemporary conventional conflicts be will be fought.
Looking back through history, what war is most relevant for thinking about how the Ukraine war is going or a hypothetical Taiwan war? I’ve heard of people referring to the Ukraine War as “World War 1 with Blade Runner aesthetics” is that a fair characterization?
December 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I think the best parallel is the Iran-Iraq War. It’s a brutal slog between under equipped and exhausted conventional military forces that probably has no real bearing on how other contemporary conventional conflicts be will be fought.
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Every last one of them a bigoted ghoul, but also unimaginably petty, small, and insecure.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Every last one of them a bigoted ghoul, but also unimaginably petty, small, and insecure.
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>pilot watching super cool missile launch
>>realizes he’s the target
>>realizes he’s the target
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
>pilot watching super cool missile launch
>>realizes he’s the target
>>realizes he’s the target
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I'm reminded of this story from the Malayan campaign.
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I'm reminded of this story from the Malayan campaign.
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The third point, too. Cassidy owns this shanda because he & his GOP Senate colleagues, Thom Tillis, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski, were cowards.
Again, <10 people in Washington can end almost all of this today, & yet they are getting total free passes on a daily basis:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Again, <10 people in Washington can end almost all of this today, & yet they are getting total free passes on a daily basis:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
That last point. Cassidy really has enormous leverage if he wants to use it. He would win this fight. Worst case is he winds up losing a primary and spends his 70s (he's 68 now) as a hero to millions. He'll likely never have as much influence over anything again as he has over this right now.
ACIP may end universal Hep B vaccination today.
Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.
But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!
He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.
But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!
He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The third point, too. Cassidy owns this shanda because he & his GOP Senate colleagues, Thom Tillis, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski, were cowards.
Again, <10 people in Washington can end almost all of this today, & yet they are getting total free passes on a daily basis:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Again, <10 people in Washington can end almost all of this today, & yet they are getting total free passes on a daily basis:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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>spend a year berating our allies for not spending enough
>threaten their economies with tariffs and repeatedly claim we won’t honor our article 5 commitments
>they spend more on defense
>start berating them because they’re spending the money on their own defense industries
>threaten their economies with tariffs and repeatedly claim we won’t honor our article 5 commitments
>they spend more on defense
>start berating them because they’re spending the money on their own defense industries
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
>spend a year berating our allies for not spending enough
>threaten their economies with tariffs and repeatedly claim we won’t honor our article 5 commitments
>they spend more on defense
>start berating them because they’re spending the money on their own defense industries
>threaten their economies with tariffs and repeatedly claim we won’t honor our article 5 commitments
>they spend more on defense
>start berating them because they’re spending the money on their own defense industries
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what
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
what
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I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I mean, this is an execution
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You aren’t going to believe this. But there’s an important distinction between detaining someone as a law enforcement action in an interdiction and summarily killing them.
If the US Coast Guard stops a ship in international waters and seizes their cocaine, is that a war crime? The ship has not done anything illegal. Should we prosecute the Coast Guard Captain for piracy?
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
You aren’t going to believe this. But there’s an important distinction between detaining someone as a law enforcement action in an interdiction and summarily killing them.
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this should just immediately write you a ticket when you turn it on
Love to share the road with cars programmed to blast past speed limits
Tesla brings back 'Mad Max' 'Full Self-Driving' mode that ignores speed limits
Tesla has brought back its 'Mad Max' mode for 'Full Self-Driving (Supervised) that ignores speed limits amid several investigations.
electrek.co
December 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
this should just immediately write you a ticket when you turn it on
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i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
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A former DEA agent called the release “devastating”: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”
Full pardon for the convicted drug trafficker who helped move 400 tons of cocaine. Death by airstrike for the guys on the boat www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Ex-Honduras president, convicted of drug trafficking, freed on Trump pardon
A former DEA agent called the release “devastating”: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
A former DEA agent called the release “devastating”: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”
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can’t believe Jared Kushner was unable to negotiate a meaningful and just peace with Putin
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
can’t believe Jared Kushner was unable to negotiate a meaningful and just peace with Putin
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Every day that passes is the best day that they'll have
a thing to ask yourself re: the GOP's electoral position is what could happen over the next year that could *improve* its position? and what could trump do, plausibly, that might *boost* his numbers with the public?
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Every day that passes is the best day that they'll have
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Buddy, I gotta tell you, if I was a GOP representative, my ass would not feel comfortable watching a 15-point swing in a deeply red district ahead of a midterm where the President has been behaving erratically while consistently growing more historically unpopular.
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Buddy, I gotta tell you, if I was a GOP representative, my ass would not feel comfortable watching a 15-point swing in a deeply red district ahead of a midterm where the President has been behaving erratically while consistently growing more historically unpopular.
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or even a warship. even during a hot war!
imagine china sinking a u.s. destroyer and then machinegunning everyone in a lifeboat. it's pretty cut and dried
imagine china sinking a u.s. destroyer and then machinegunning everyone in a lifeboat. it's pretty cut and dried
the law of armed conflict is, like all law, sort of dense to people who aren't trained to interpret it
but the easiest way imo for layfolks to unpack the boat strikes is to consider how the pentagon/state department would react if say china smoked a us "drug" boat, and then killed the survivors
but the easiest way imo for layfolks to unpack the boat strikes is to consider how the pentagon/state department would react if say china smoked a us "drug" boat, and then killed the survivors
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
or even a warship. even during a hot war!
imagine china sinking a u.s. destroyer and then machinegunning everyone in a lifeboat. it's pretty cut and dried
imagine china sinking a u.s. destroyer and then machinegunning everyone in a lifeboat. it's pretty cut and dried
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From the F-16 squadron commander’s Silver Star citation reported on here, it sounds like besides all the downed Reapers, the Air Force narrowly avoided losing one or more manned fighter jets to Houthi air defenses over Yemen during Operation Rough Rider last March
F-16 Pilot Awarded Silver Star for Harrowing Middle East Mission
An F-16 pilot was awarded a Silver Star for a mission in which he dodged surface-to-air missiles during an operation against Houthis in Yemen.
www.airandspaceforces.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
From the F-16 squadron commander’s Silver Star citation reported on here, it sounds like besides all the downed Reapers, the Air Force narrowly avoided losing one or more manned fighter jets to Houthi air defenses over Yemen during Operation Rough Rider last March
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One of the reasons servicemembers, from admirals and generals to the greenest private, should know “don’t follow illegal orders” is that this administration is a goulash of dishonorable character flaws like cowardice and dishonesty. There is no bus under which these pissants will not throw you.
NYT:
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
One of the reasons servicemembers, from admirals and generals to the greenest private, should know “don’t follow illegal orders” is that this administration is a goulash of dishonorable character flaws like cowardice and dishonesty. There is no bus under which these pissants will not throw you.
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A war criminal without a war is a murderer
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A war criminal without a war is a murderer
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They’re terrorizing latinos with ethnic pogroms and torturing them in camps, they’re executing random people in the ocean, they’re threatening to overthrow the entire government of a latin American country, and they’re openly collaborating with the Russian regime.
Before meeting Putin, Witkoff and Kushner took in the sights of central Moscow, escorted by Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev. (shopping at TsUM looks like)
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
They’re terrorizing latinos with ethnic pogroms and torturing them in camps, they’re executing random people in the ocean, they’re threatening to overthrow the entire government of a latin American country, and they’re openly collaborating with the Russian regime.