Misleading story @reuters.com. Holsey announced his early retirement and stepped down from his position before the first boat murder event. The guy who should be retiring early, as an E-1 with forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and prosecuted is Bradley.

The Justice Department has waged an unprecedented campaign to intimidate states into handing over voters’ private information. The goal, as @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social report, could result in the unprecedented harassment of individual citizens like you and me.

Late night dog walk

I've come to the realization that I share nothing in common with people who "believe" things. To paraphrase the little green guy, "Know or know not. There is no believe".

For a fine to be effective as deterrent, it must be sufficiently consequential to force a change in behavior. This fine, as huge as it may seem to any random person on the street, is - in context of who will pay it - is equivalent to a 1 cent speeding ticket.

Two observations: True since the birth of aviation, and Not me!

So, people who couldn't be bothered to get a real id in the past 5 years or so get a cash penalty, but the rest of us will all get a time penalty when these lazy bastards throw a wrench in the already questionable works. Great. How about just trying then what was promised: no id, no plane ride?

"winner" 🤔 🤣

Sleepy twinsies

"What trillion-dollar problem is Al trying to solve?" Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.

Today's moment of Zen. Planned to do a couple approaches, but saw this sunset on climb out and had no choice but to chase it and watch for a half hour or so until it outran me.

"They're going to regret not giving me that Peace Prize ..." -Trump (probably)

One of the biggest errors made by the DoD during GWOT was to start calling Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airmen - "Warfighters". What we are seeing today is the inevitable, toxic result of an entire generation being told they are Warfighters, rather than professionals of their chosen Branch.

"kind of"?

Usually was crimes happen as individual events within a war. We're about to see a war that is a crime in it's entirety. Trump says airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety -

Super easy boycott. Last time I went to LA, a single 20-minute Uber ride was $42 plus tip. A rental car would have been $48. Uber was a ripoff, now this...

Corporate Overseer with thoughts about worker quality of life. Probably best for her to brush up on the old adage about "Better to keep your mouth shut and thought an idiot..."

Why would any sane person choose to trust a for-profit entertainment industry to do anything other than shape their entertainment product to maximize profit? See: WWE, Hollywood, FIFA, et al

Foggy lacrosse morning in Georgia

Seen today in El Paso!

This is, by far, the funniest piece I’ve ever read in The Atlantic. Yet it also contains a more serious turn about how little thought is given by this Admin. to the effects of major decisions. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

McDonald's gotta be loving having their logo as backdrop for this ... whatever this is

My backyard tonight

This needs to be a constitutional amendment, together with term limits for all positions (looking at you, SCOTUS), dark money, and more

I will donate to every candidate who moves to primary anyone who votes yes to a putative senate deal.

omg

Equally unsat is this @groundnews.bsky.social aggregator service with their "bias indicator" that, itself, exhibits explicit bias. "Hegseth purging military leaders with little explanation" - which is true: he has offered no reasons/justifications - are flagged as "left leaning".

Magical thinking by unqualified buffoons. The future of mil aviation will quite certainly swing UAS heavy, but not "...as a way to reduce long-term personnel requirements, lower training and sustainment costs" A UAS that can do a Black Hawk or Apache's job is more complex than what it's replacing.

If only there was a historical precedent showing why this is Bad Idea... 1/2

Catered by the local middle school kitchen?

The last time I got one of these emails at work was when I had a trip to sub-Saharan Africa. Good to know that USG is now on the same list of warning triggers as Boko Haram these days.

you are missing incredible things on X

For anyone concerned about the relevance of organized religion in the modern world, look no further.

I think the knowledge that NYC is going to elect a Muslim mayor today is in the running for COD.

Is anyone surprised? He dropped the plan out loud during an interview with Zelensky back in mid-August.

Why?

Somewhere, in a DC bunker littered with empty food wrappers, beer cans, and whiskey bottles, people are discussing whether using a nuke on a boat full of narco-terrorists can be written off as a "test".

Funny. I consider most days I show up to work as an exercise in futility, but - ya know what? - I take The Man's money, I do The Man's work.

The last US-Russian arms control treaty expires in just 100 days. Yet, as the excellent ‘House of Dynamite’ makes clear, arms reductions buy us better protection than unreliable missile defenses. As I write on @msnbc.com, “The real answer is not more technology, but fewer weapons.”

Biased take on what Gates said. Other articles say he listed: Climate Change Hunger Disease as the 3 greatest threats to humanity, but based upon the immediacy of each, Climate Change may not be #1 anymore. He said carbon reduction should continue, but the others might need more attention.

Say it often, say it loud: "Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."

They're already prohibited from discussing/disclosing any information designated CUI or higher. This means they're not allowed to discuss even unclassified information. Absurd, and likely means some truly criminal shit is going on behind the curtain. Shame on anyone who signs.

"This year has been a particularly lethal one for America’s death-row prisoners. Together, Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas have executed a total of 40 people in the past 10 months" Christian Values

Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.

Bet this "expert" thinks that AI is actually Intelligent, too. Probably not the dumbest take ever, but close. People take, hold, and control ground. Equipment is an enabler, not a solution. You'd think a guy that spent most of his life in college and working DC thinktanks would know that... /jk /s

Every single picture of this guy: snarling anger. He's like a chihuahua, trying to make up for inadequacies with attitude. And, like a chihuahua, he can never really pull it off.

Interesting statistics. For every person deported in a given time period, there are 3-4 in detention. Why all the detention? It's not like these people are awaiting trial... It's almost like the real goal was a get-rich-quick scheme running private mass detention centers, not mass deportation.

Seems like a matter/antimatter situation.