Measles at an elementary school in our district in NOVA. Fuck this timeline, fuck this administration, and fuck every idiot that put this administration into power.

I know I'm just going to be called a Luddite, but making me order through an AI will assure I actively avoid going to that restaurant. I already have to fight a computer whenever I call most businesses, I don't want to fight one when I want cheap, unhealthy food. Bye, Wendy's.

I offer a tool to help parse these kinds of conflicts in judgment: "It's never just one thing." Meaning you shouldn't make a judgment based on one piece of information, but should look for a pattern to determine your perception. A PhD is a good start, but is not the end-all indicator of expertise.

Introduce yourself with what almost killed you: Random AQ-fired mortar that hit the airfield near where I happened to be (thanks, T-wall!) Appendix that burst because a PRC-E7 decided he didn't believe me when I said I was in severe pain

There's a certain hilarity in the idea that nukes on balloons came from Sandia, of all places.

You really think we’re as shitty as you by daring us with the Bill Clinton photos. We give a fuck about laws, not leaders. If Clinton fucked a kid, arrest him. If Walter fucking Cronkite turns out to have done some shit, burn all the memorials to him. We are not the same as you.

I will feel absolutely no sympathy for the Admiral if he goes to jail over this. You want to wear officer rank, especially stars? They come with a price: you have a duty to say "No, Sir/Ma'am" to unlawful orders. If you don't have the intestinal fortitude to do that, you don't deserve the rank.

This. I nearly got an Article 15 as a SSG in AFG for kicking a WO1 out of my interrogation booth and the facility after he tried to pull some illegal as hell stupid shit. Fun fact, a WO1 doesn't outrank the JAG with A/V recordings. Don't break the law, kids!

Yesterday Trump signed an E.O. on AI (real machine learning, not the bullshit LLMs companies are insisting we use). Apparently not a single person in the administration has seen any of the Terminator movies beyond T2, because they decided to name their AI mission... Genesis. 🙄

Today I'm neutral. Go vote if you are able to do so legally.

When Usha Vance is mad at JD, she can't even make him sleep on the couch, lest he again fall victim to temptation

Picard management tip: Encourage extracurricular activities with your crew, especially if it involves wearing costumes.

bell riots bell riots bell riots www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

"Since 1945, the U.S. Army has been designed to defend Europe." What?

Sometimes I DIY okay-ish.

This is good

I wish I could articulate my feelings as well as this author. Luckily, he did it for me. Spot on.

🎶 Motherfucker, burn in hell You should be rotting in a cell Motherfucker, I long to be rid of you 🎶Motherfucker, go away My disdain for you is here to stay Eat a bullet is what I wish you would do

The biggest difference between the Stargate film and TV show is that Daniel in the movie smokes weed, and on the show he doesn't. Jack doesn't smoke weed in either version, but he won't narc on you for it in the TV version.

What do Texans and dogs have in common? . Kristi Noem will kill them.

In random order: • OutKast, Stankonia • Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster • Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP • Jay-Z, The Black Album • OutKast, Idlewild • The Killers, Hot Fuss • Green Day, American Idiot • My Chemical Romance, The Black Parade • Gorillaz, Demon Days • Foo Fighters, Greatest Hits 😉

I have directly (but unknowingly) contributed to the success of a military coup in a west African nation.

Tremendous work by Mike Nelson here. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

This is all I can think of when I see this level of self-delusion. "They're the same picture." Except, you know, Vader actually had strength.

You can tell Bluesky is a functioning Twitter alternative because everyone on here today is suddenly an expert in uranium enrichment, nuclear weapons, the Department of Energy, or all of the above.

Coincidentally “AUMF” is also the sound most foreign policy analysts make when discussing how the US uses its military.

No idea who the original artist is but now I want someone to go in and splice Madeline Khan over Ricardo Montalban for the entire movie. There's enough of her in film you should be able to make it at least somewhat make sense.

"For if liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost." Aristotle, Politics bk. 4, 1291b 35

Called it! www.axios.com/2025/06/04/t...

Courtesy of @paulleyticks on the app formerly known as Twitter.

At the grassroots, Americans are finding ways to resist Trump—much more so than has been apparent from media coverage, writes @philtinline.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

My brain is broken, so now I want to write 2000 words on the ethics of using Jedi mind tricks during interrogation of captured Imperial stormtroopers.

It finally happened. I finally watched an episode of Star Trek that I fully dislike. Star Trek: The Animated Series, S02E06, The Counterclock Incident Absolutely stupid, useless episode.

A few hours ago, a man of Middle Eastern origin was arrested, accused of sedition, railroaded through a barely legal hearing, and sentenced to death. I kid. That happened 2,000+ years ago. And as a result, people who claim to follow that guy's teachings are doing the same things done to Him.

Anyone on here a Disney planner? I'm looking to take the family to the CA parks in July.

Can't wait for tariffs to be lifted, only for corporations to decide to keep prices high and pocket it.

This is going to get me dragged by some corners of society if it's ever seen, but: Jerry Goldsmith was a better composer than John Williams. I'm not saying John Williams isn't great, I'm saying Jerry Goldsmith is that underrated.

Easily Star Trek or Stargate. Hell, I could probably do 12 hours just comparing Star Trek conflicts to real life ones.

This ends the debate over whether or not there was classified info in the chat. If a CIA officer working under cover or a clandestine source was named in the chat, it was classified, full stop.

New phone, Houthis

Not sure if I'm the only one thinking this way, but it seems to me Jeffrey Goldberg fucked up big time here. A short 🧵 >>

Free idea, to whomever wants it: a non-profit with the express mission of educating people on what the federal government does and how it operates. Not just 3 branches and stuff you learn in HS, I mean each separate agency and department and how they impact everyday Americans.

[If Chuck Schumer replaced Jonathan Frakes for ST:TNG The Best of Both Worlds] LOCUTUS: I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is futile. Your life as it has been is over. From this time forward, you will service... us. CHUCK SCHUMER: Seems reasonable. Mr. Worf, lower the shields.

The next Democratic fundraising text had better start with the name of the new Senate minority leader.

Shoot this directly into my veins.

Everyone should be screaming like this! More of this, now please!

It was never about illegals.

I want to revisit this and take the opportunity to say holy shit was I wrong. My apologies to @jlazarus.bsky.social for the snark; I really didn't think they would full-tilt into fascism.