I may be too cynical, but I can see what's at the end of all of this DoD shenanigans.

Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin. Scherzo N°3, Op. 39.

@dieworkwear.bsky.social You've seen this guy? His suit game is pretty strong:

My read is that SECDEF’s moves (and silences) were less about judgment and more about killing discernment and forcing people to prove they’re in the tribe. That’s the same dynamic wrecking politics: identity first, right vs wrong somewhere far behind.

Jean Sibelius. "The Spruce" Op. 75. N°5.

I am looking forward to the pretzels people are going to bend themselves into to explain this.

The Rach 3 cadenza: a few minutes of sound, a week of sore fingers, and a permanent structural issue somewhere south of the sternum.

Zero Unit, interpreters, fixers; those guys kept Americans alive. If the message to them is “you’re dangerous refugees,” don’t be surprised when the next generation of locals decides it’s not worth the risk to help.

When I grow up I want to play like Sokolov.

From years running COIN against cartels, this was drilled into us: once someone is out of the fight, they’re out. You secure, treat, or detain them — you don’t execute them. That’s not a “nice to have,” it’s the floor of Geneva and any professional force.

Me at my daughter’s Xmas festival.

This is absolute bullshit. Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...

No notes. 10/10.

When you are so excited that you can't keep the quiet part, well, quiet.

Ward Carroll does an in-depth look at the recent peace plan for #Ukraine with @justin-br0nk.bsky.social that it’s well worth a listen.

Pucker factor 10. @mfitzg.bsky.social @wardcarroll.bsky.social @fasteddiefd22.bsky.social @jeffhancockphoto.com @jeffskiver.bsky.social

Best case scenario, "Drugs from Venezuela" is the new "WMD's in Iraq." Because the alternative is egregious.

I’ll die on this hill — this is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. #Bach www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UZ5...

Anyone who thinks that Orthodox Christianity is a refuge for masculinity has obviously never stood in a Lavra and heard Lvovsky's cherubic hymn.

The recent South Park episodes are proof, among other things, that the US is not a fascist country. cc. @radiofreetom.bsky.social

I have a better title for this essay: "How to completely miss a film’s point and dress it up as analysis."

I did not know we needed a remake of “Wag the Dog.”

Paging James Clerk Maxwell.

@radiofreetom.bsky.social In how much trouble would we be if we got this for ourselves this x-mas? www.lego.com/en-us/aboutu...

Still, I've seen over-boiled pasta with more grit than Robert Barron.

Contrast: youtu.be/2X10yt_6JrA?...

LOL WUT?

Spoken like a true mob boss.

Great video by @wardcarroll.bsky.social My thoughts in the comments.

Did the @nytpitchbot.bsky.social take over the NYT?

Great piece. “Patron saint of the third string” belongs on a plaque; I nearly stood when I read it.

I’ll take “Because people are stupid” for 500, Alex.

Sirach 10:13 — “Pride is the beginning of sin, and he that hath it shall pour out abomination.”

With the distinction that Joffrey actually spoke English.

Debating fascism vs not-yet is like asking if the chainsaw guy is vegan or vegetarian.

In the future, historians will refer to our day and age as “The Dumb Ages”, and the philosophy that came out as “Moropragmatism” (Gk. mōros “foolish” + pragmatikos “concerned with action”) Truth and moral worth are whatever most effectively serve one’s preferred ignorance and immediate advantage.

Paging Abraham Lincoln.

Shut up!

C. S. Lewis wrote, “The doors of hell are locked on the inside.” If you think you can’t reach heaven aboard Air Force One, check who’s holding the keys on your side.

WUT?

Two bucks says they’ll mint a dollar-store medal and act like it’s the Nobel.

Pope Leo XIV placed the poor at the center of the Christian message in his first major document, which was released on Thursday, urging people to defend and protect the most vulnerable as Jesus did while carrying out acts of charity like almsgiving.

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Playing “Fascism or not” has the same vibes as arguing if the train coming to run you over is diesel or electric. What people should be arguing about is how to get off the tracks.

Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.

It would be a real loss to golf if Rory means this, but I get it. Decent Americans in the gallery (not to mention the U.S. team) should’ve done their part to stymie the abusive stuff instead of condoning it with silence and inaction.

Shut your mouth! Don’t even say that word!

Begging for applause in a room full of duty-bound statues. The silence says it all: we see you; we’re not moved.

This has Mary Kay convention vibes all over it