The only act of these that is universally and manifestly “illegal” is drunk driving juveniles love to brag about “illegal” because they think it makes them sound like cool rule breakers and distinguishes them from what they imagine city types with all their rules and hang ups to be like

I feel worse today than j did yesterday.this is dumb.

The answer to the title is, guessing by the title, up their asses, alongside their heads

No, sub head, I do not think any continuing reflection is happening

"A lot of people who are worried about democracy in America want to relax the constraints on military subordination. [...] [but] the military can’t save us from the civilians we elect" Very interesting points from @kschake.bsky.social on civ-mil relations 👇, and it comes w/ some silver lining...

“Tilting at windmills” is just another part of the big lie by the Tilt Cabal, trying to push their radical inclined agenda. They will stop at nothing short of 23.4 degrees. It all goes back to Greeks. Archimedes made it no secret his intention was to weaponize leverage against the entire world.

Woodward & Bernstein's first Watergate scoop literally contains the sentence "The White House did not comment." Gift link: wapo.st/49d2tQr

“Tilting at windmills” is just another part of the big lie by the Tilt Cabal, trying to push their radical inclined agenda. They will stop at nothing short of 23.4 degrees. It all goes back to Greeks. Archimedes made it no secret his intention was to weaponize leverage against the entire world.

It’s pronounced like arbitrage. Heritage American. Hare i taaszh no idea what it means. Sounds French. And you know those people have no word for “entrepreneur” so I’ve never put much stock by them.

Daniel DiDonato, 19, has loved elections since he was in fourth grade. He also loves maps. “Three hundred thousand Alabamians will be voting under some new districting lines that I redrew in my college dorm room at 3 in the morning,” ... “It’s surreal.” Nerds rule. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...

the shit I care least in the whole world about is whether the story about the Earl of Sandwich is true. yes it fucking was. my man was playing cards and eating meat with his hands and then he said hold up check this out. you won't believe this shit. bring me some fucking bread & hold onto your hats

This 20 years ago: My then (and now) producer Mike Danforth and I were talking about “The Golden Compass,” and I wondered what my daemon would be. He said, “A small hairless dog that wishes it was Ira Glass’ daemon.”

Jesus what the fuck

Obi Wan was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever, about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Vader signed it; and Vader’s name was good upon anything he chose to put his hand to. Obi Wan was as dead as a door-nail.

"You there, boy! [slurpy inhale sound] What day is it?"

O come, O Wisdom from on high, who orders all things mightily; to us the path of knowledge show and teach us in its ways to go

chomas whatterton tilliams

every time I can recall from history that a group has centered a culture of martial virtue to the point of conflict, the "soft intellectuals" the warriors distinguish themselves from have learned war real quick, dominate because they pay attention to details, and then go back to art and nerdy stuff

war is a means by which history happens. its significance and distinction as one of many such means is that it is the least efficient, and rarely effective "more important" is an insanely arrogant and misguided admission of his own self-importance and small-mindedness

This is kind of the dream isn't it? You niche academic research area comes up in the national conversation, you write a full robust argument and send it off like "well if you want to know what I think" and then the Supreme Court listens and it changes the world www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...

I was told the billionaire conversion of all public goods to their private wealth was drunk, impertinent, and thoroughly debauched. You can imagine my disappointment at finding nothing but a browbeaten bookkeeper.

goddamn mother loving supreme court putting out an opinion mother effing two goddamn flipping days before Jesus H Christ's blasted birthday garbage fire jackassery and foolishness, of all the inconsiderate lead-brained numb-skulled cheesy scab picked pimple squeezing finger bandage things to do

an absolutely stunning, instant classic at the Ally Pally where Noppert and Hood battled into sudden death. 6 total ton plus checkouts. Hood had 7 match darts. In the end Hood, with the darts, takes out a 78 to win the final set in front of his home crowd. Just ridiculous (Noppert on the left)

Me to my phone when it’s going off with alerts while I’m trying to project and inhabit Christmas cheer:

Happy Festivus! I’ve got a lot of problems with you people. And now you are gonna hear about it. Let’s begin: I have to click thru and navigate way through so many screens and interfaces and it makes basic things take longer.

I think I would be an incredibly writer / spox for a former president. I can do congenial non partisan stately and dignified. And on the rare occasion it’s gloves off and they are allowed to throw heat, with a velvet glove, I think I could absolutely eat. If you know any former presidents.

General Tso outranks the KFC Colonel. Is that right? I don’t know. Everything after 0-5 is political. Especially in the chicken racket.

I thought all the concern was that the US has large, expensive, slow to build, outdated by the time they arrive ships, which are out-ranged by far cheaper, quicker to build anti ship missiles Going with giant elaborate expensive capital ships seems like it isn’t a solve. But I’m not a sailor.

I find Seth Moulton off-putting. So much so, I will go out of my way to mention it. Like just now. Was scrolling and saw this and thought “not really thing I have anything to comment on, add, react to here. Not really in my scope.” The only comment I can contribute is how cloying I find him.

A poem for Christmas (and for all seasons)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, perhaps the most well-known person sent to CECOT by the United States, is not Venezuelan.

maintaining the fiction that cbs news would remain relatively objective under her leadership was a *lot* more important — to the admin, to cbs news, to david ellison and to bari weiss — than killing this story was, and it’s incredibly funny she didn’t know that

in my feed: JD Vance saying the US is a Christian nation, white people don't have to apologize anymore, and that Soros (the Jews) is a secret puppet master vs a billboard ad by WI Dems saying tariffs are bad for farmers and that's the problem with the Dems comms / strategy firm grift complex

I’m reading Battle Cry of Freedom and one thing jumping out is how for the first time I’m recognizing characters in the story of the Civil War I know, that we all know, in the kind of shared ur-narrative of Our American Story.

Those new to Bsky need to be made aware of one of the greatest skeets ever, deleted long before its time.

There are certain people who landed in exactly the right role in the world. Good people who managed to get the right platform to spread more goodness. To be examples. Jon Stewart Dolly Parton Fred Rogers And Ken. They tried so hard to mess it up but in the end we got exactly the right guy.

guy who thought of "Wicked" watching Wizard of Oz as a kid: What if the witch and the scarecrow boned

Bolgiano imports the outputs of the post-9/11 system (combatant status + LOAC targeting) while skipping the inputs that made courts more willing to accept those outputs (Congressional authorization + armed conflict framing). His most deceptive move is flipping due process with authorization.

Electric. Love the darts. Stephen Bunting throwing now.

Huge news: after many years, my bipartisan bill with Senator Todd Young to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force against Iraq was signed into law. This is a historic win for Americans and allows us to close the book on this forever war.

oh no...

last time I got caught up with letters of marque, I ended up on the scummiest vessel you've ever seen - cracked four pounders, listed to port, just a sickening sight. believe me boys, don't believe tales about golden "assets" to seize - you'll end up like me, a broken man on a Halifax pier

I secretly also am a poster on Instagram, but only comments. I’m kind of obsessed with trying to get the top comment. It’s a disease. This is the one year anniversary of one of my top performers, and also one I’m most proud of. A hallmark Christmas movie pitch about a finance couple

We have worked the self-same gun, quarterdeck division.

LTC Christopher Day, wherever you are, and whoever you are, I salute you, and drink a toast to you and your courage and integrity www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

Schmidt's dad has really come such a long way.

this is basically why they teach you to write a line through the end of the amount portion of a check

Don’t forget the inflatable Hanukah menorah unicorn