When I am the commissar of doctrine, we will stop calling it a “running estimate,” because these colors don’t run. We will call it an “advancing estimate.”

I’m wondering if the judge opted to finally act in this manner specifically because the attorney is an Army judge advocate. If she fined an AUSA, then I assume the AUSA could just quit. The judge advocate can’t quit. He is there on orders.

Writing forces your brain to coordinate memory, reasoning, and meaning-making simultaneously. Every time you write, you rewire toward clearer thinking. Every time you let an LLM do it, you rewire toward consumption.

Ramadan begins on Ash Wednesday. Hopefully this reduces demand for groceries and brings prices down.

Am I going to be the only one to suggest that firing a public school teacher for speaking out on a matter of public concern raises profound First Amendment issues, and we should pause before cheering on such actions when that power can be weaponized against progressive teachers in red places? 1/3

It’s so frustrating to have to explain to field grade officers that telling people where planes WENT is a public affairs function. Telling them where they ARE GOING is a potential OPSEC violation. No “rando” on Twitter/reddit/etc is doing the latter.

Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding: Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere. samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...

As somebody who has worked on Wall Street for the last 19 years, I promise you that a lot of people who are insanely rich - not just average millionaires, people with true wealth - are dumb as dog shit, but just have no morals and know ways to make tons of money by not caring about hurting people.

Serious multitasking today, changing my saw blade while cooking lunch, while my daughter naps.

Now they’re safe in ICE concentration camps, or reunited with home countries that aren’t actually their homes.

Protecting America from good samaritans.

Reminder that there are streaming church services beginning pretty much anytime today that works for you. Here are a few with start times at 8:00, 8:55, 9:00, 9:15, 10:45, 11:00, 11:30, and 12:00 (all times eastern). (Updated times and links)

If by “wokeness,” we mean the tendency for my kids to wake me up at night, then I oppose it.

Imagine saying, “they have to obey the law“ when it comes to immigrants but not when it comes to the people holding the highest positions of power in the country yet still somehow expecting everyone to believe you take the law seriously.

“After years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I will sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship & bring back free speech to America. Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents.”

“… superintelligent systems may soon be capable of replacing most lawyers. But to supplant humans, the systems must… overcome lobbying by incumbent workers.“ I won’t argue if you think AI can replace my attorneys and paralegals. I’ll just watch and laugh. reader.foreignaffairs.com/2026/02/13/t...

Good news: DHS is shutdown. Bad news: not really. “During last fall’s government shutdown, more than 90 percent of the department’s employees were required to keep working.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

I got my wife one of those heart-shaped boxes of candy for Valentine’s Day. But she is on a dairy-free diet because our newborn might be allergic to dairy. So I removed the chocolates and replaced them with dairy-free protein bars. Now I need to do something with all of this chocolate.

“Why do men spend so much time in the bathroom?”

I just recently remarked that I cannot recall any fond memories of the times that my kids were under 6 months. It was just interrupted sleep, screaming, an incredibly messy house, and constantly having some logistical dilemma arise at the worst time.

I think this is a really good article. Any counterpoints? warontherocks.com/2026/02/is-t...

Great discussion on civ-mil relations and Kori Schake’s new book. Includes a mention of @queenofthinair.bsky.social ‘s “unprincipled principal” dilemma. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

It is unfortunate that so many immoral stooges are destroying the DoJ. But we are fortunate that they are also wildly incompetent. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

Keeping us safe from people picking tomatoes #mepolitics www.pressherald.com/2026/02/10/f...

In 2016, in the absence of evidence, far-right nuts were outraged because they thought Democrats in positions of power were imprisoning and abusing children. Today, right-wingers control our federal govt and use federal agents and resources to kidnap and imprison children, and nobody disputes this.

These two nails on the stairwell randomly popped up. Two other nails on the step below it are also starting to pop up. What causes this? This house was built 8 years ago. Why now? The photos are of the same two nails, each photo under different lighting.

I think I’m canceling all periodical subscriptions. I already get a new issue every day with my daughter. I don’t need more.

How many phones do Vanessa and Adriana have?

Wasn’t this the latest season of South Park?

SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?” @acyn.bsky.social

Upgraded my dripper to the Hario Immersion Dripper Switch (360mL). And my wife bought me a Niche grinder for my birthday. We are not messing around.

another year of us not running a super bowl ad

Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care. Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/

There’s a lot of bad stuff happening, and a lot to be pessimistic about. But I think we can all rejoice in seeing Bitcoin plummet 30% over the last year… especially those of us who bought shares of #$BITI

It seems like every O6+ in the Army has an opinion about PT derived entirely from personal preference, untethered by doctrine, science, or even measurable outcomes. I’ve heard it all - that it’s about morale, team building, toughness, leader training, esprit de corps, opportunity to lead by example…

“OPM is … rebranding career public servants as ‘policy’ employees, silencing whistleblowers, and replacing competent professionals with political flunkies without any neutral, independent protections against politicization and arbitrary use of power.”

Chatted with my parents tonight. They asked if ours kids’ elementary school was teaching kids to be transgender. They also claimed that a student at the local high school dressed as a cat and teachers gave her a litter box. This is a years-old, persistent hoax that get constantly gets debunked.

If there were ever a moment to cancel Amazon Prime and shift from Amazon Web Services to Microsoft Azure, this is the moment. www.wsj.com/business/med...

Huh. The guy who made a very significant, morally dubious deal, apparently made very significant, morally dubious decisions prior to that. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...

This is where we’re at. We’re bargaining in hopes that the gov’t will respect the 1st, 4th, and 5th amendments, that law enforcement agents will conduct themselves professionally, and crimes committed by gov’t agents might be investigated. Basically: Obey the law. What’s your counter offer?

The entire organization is a clown show and needs to be disbanded. This occurs because it is acquiesced to and even condoned. Nobody who wears a costume on the job understands the seriousness of the job or takes it seriously.

I am calling on @icegov.bsky.social Director Todd Lyons to immediately confirm or deny the existence of a “domestic terrorist” database. If true, you’re violating the Constitution. If not, maybe talk to your “border czar” to get your stories straight. This isn’t a game–it’s the Constitution.

So, one of the Epstein docs released was inexplicably a practice MBE exam. And yet, there were several redactions in it. Which suggests that perhaps the DOJ/FBI isn't taking care to redact properly. Guess they blindly redacted IM / AM (or PM) without context.

Just to be clear, the agents who are abducting children from schools, making arrests without probable cause, pepper spraying protesters without legal justification, conducting unlawful traffic pursuits, and murdering citizens… they’re hiring personal security? They should be hiring lawyers.

This is not a concession. Body cameras are only useful as evidence. Evidence helps to confirm or deny an individual’s guilt of a crime. We already have plenty of video evidence of likely crimes by ICE agents and no indication that they will be held accountable. (1/6) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

🥃 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/a...

They followed the lead of elected Republicans: they made their views clear, and when called on it they lied to gaslight everyone. They’re unconvincing liars, they know they are, they don’t care that they lied, don’t think most people will notice, and believe Republicans will applaud them for lying.

This is so stupid it hurts

Other than homemade, has anyone ever had a cinnamon roll or bun better than a Cinnabon? If so, where did you get it?

My daughter very kindly got a shovel and cleared the snow off my truck. It was a metal spade, but I guess it’s the thought that counts.