surely no army in military history has ever been laid low by disease, a famously uncommon problem among people living in enforced close quarters

My 8yo daughter is home sick from school, and you guys know what that means.

Yes, that’s right: we’ve put “The Return of the King” extended edition on and she is engrossed.

For those unfamiliar, a “meat wave” is the colloquial term for the phenomenon which occurs when I unzip my pants.

Time and time again, we see cops cosplaying as soldiers but terrified to confront any sort of threat. They place their own safety above civilians’, the exact opposite of what soldiers do, the exact opposite of what we pay them for. They’re fakes, pretenders. They need their toys and budgets taken.

Very satisfying. Especially the crickets at the end.

Diogenes: “Behold!”

It’s such a fucking self own, man. Utter skill issue. Either make yourself better or whine harder as you call yourself an Alpha Viking or whatever other braindead bullshit you have to come up with to cover the inadequacy you wrestle with every time you look in the mirror.

He had the doinking coming.

I’ll have you know that Ovaltine is delicious. I had some with my spaghetti and meatballs LAST NIGHT, thank you very much.

Also, get off my lawn.

I hope you beat the brakes off that bastard

Oh, the A-10 can also do ISR with its ground-looking sensors.

On my worst day, we got service from AH-64s, A-10s, F-15s, and a B-1. They all have roles, can all do different things. I think the A-10 is still worth its juice.

A-10s are fast, survivable, come with an impressive comms suite, are an excellent CSAR response platform, and excellent CAS platform. They can go faster and higher than RW, and can carry different ordnance than RW does. Arguably more survivable, too. I love RW CAS. Adore it. The A-10 is still great.

🎶🎵🎶
Guess who just got back today
Them wild-eyed bees that had been away
Haven't changed, had much to say
But man, I still think them bees are crazy
They were askin' if you were around
How you was, where you could be found
Told them you were livin' downtown
Drivin' all the old men crazy
🎵🎶🎵

Me to my dog: “You are the goofiest pup I’ve ever known. The goofiest creature on the planet. If there were a worldwide goofy dog competition, you’d win gold, silver, and bronze.”

Someone else: “lol your dog’s kinda goofy.”
Me: “Prepare to die.”

Say that to my face, bitch

Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.

"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.

I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).

So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

"you don't hate mondays, you hate capitalism"

i can hate a lot of things actually. there is not a limit for me.

In like 66 months Israeli conduct in war and its partisan origins have completely shredded democratic support for Isarel such that I don't think its possible to win a Democratic primary anywhere in the country reflexively supporting Israel

I was already having a very “I hate my fellow men” morning and this just made me roll my eyes so hard my neck popped.

kinda says it all that this gets more scrutiny than killing tens of thousands of brown children

We’re defending Western Civilization by kicking Plato and Shakespeare out of university classes.

Thread on a fake story about Platner sieg heiling. He did NOT do this. Rightwingers drumming it up, tho, because Platner brings so much actual trash to the table that they know some will believe it. Which is a good reason not to support people w/ *any* Nazi trash. Not even just a li'l bit of Nazi!

“Dad, look! It’s mine!”

Weird, cool, funny, okay, and… violent.

12yo daughters are the universe’s greatest reward and also its greatest punishment

He inspired one of my all time favorite Letterboxd reviews, by our pal @bransonreese.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/bren...

Just took a reading comprehension test that said I scored higher than 92% of army war college attendees

Reader, I am hungover af and sleep deprived. This does not bode well for those we are selecting for higher command and responsibility.

I've gotten more emails from my kids' teachers, principals, etc. about last week's standardized tests (good night's sleep! good breakfast! spirit wear for the kindergartener to show support for the 3-5th graders!) than literally anything else all year.

It makes me really upset.

Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

Your phone will never take a good photo of the moon except for this one rare exception.