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@aelkus.bsky.social
"A complex decision is like a great river, drawing from its many tributaries the innumerable premises of which it is constituted." - HA Simon
https://adamelkus.com/ + also @ aelkus on twitter
all opinions my own but also your cat's
https://adamelkus.com/ + also @ aelkus on twitter
all opinions my own but also your cat's
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And food for thought: if I have a class full of security cooperation planners and program managers, what should I be advising them on what the NSS or NDS means in reality? The admin is capricious and seemingly random!
Even EUCOM planners shouldn't change what they're doing (and they're not).
Even EUCOM planners shouldn't change what they're doing (and they're not).
February 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM
And food for thought: if I have a class full of security cooperation planners and program managers, what should I be advising them on what the NSS or NDS means in reality? The admin is capricious and seemingly random!
Even EUCOM planners shouldn't change what they're doing (and they're not).
Even EUCOM planners shouldn't change what they're doing (and they're not).
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
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This is true, every SRE is/was a smoker
SWE: <clutching pearls> but the code slop!
SRE: <exhaling smoke> you haven't seen what we have seen. slop is as old as time, maybe older. some of us believe slop is how the Universe began. we make your slop run, or a bot's slop run, it's all the same problems, different day
SRE: <exhaling smoke> you haven't seen what we have seen. slop is as old as time, maybe older. some of us believe slop is how the Universe began. we make your slop run, or a bot's slop run, it's all the same problems, different day
February 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This is true, every SRE is/was a smoker
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GET SALTMARSHED IDIOT 🧂
June 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
GET SALTMARSHED IDIOT 🧂
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no context
holy fucking shit did you literally just try to explain how saying slurs is okay using the logic of Jack Nicholson's famous villain monologue from his performance as Colonel Nathan R. Jessup in 1992 legal drama A Few Good Men?
This is the greatest day of my life!
This is the greatest day of my life!
February 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM
no context
this is eight months old but what
I am being dead serious. Judd Stone allegedly talked about this asteroid fantasy so often that the agency's No. 2, Brent Webster, discussed it with him and, later fearing for his and his family's safety, consulted with other top officials in the AG's office.
February 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
this is eight months old but what
classics you won’t hear on the radio: Usher’s “Love in this SCIF”
February 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
classics you won’t hear on the radio: Usher’s “Love in this SCIF”
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can confirm
I'd say nearly half the people I was friends with in 2008ish were on both 4chan and Tumblr every day
I have a theory that that 4chan and Tumblr have collided in spaces online and physical, and, as they are the matter and anti-matter of internet culture, they annihilate each other in a tremendous explosion.
This has the unfortunate effect of blasting the rest of us into smithereens as well.
This has the unfortunate effect of blasting the rest of us into smithereens as well.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
can confirm
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The NSS was an explicitly white nationalist document and no serious person can claim surprise when despicable actions are taken to advance its core themes.
"Messing with other countries sovereignty and internal politics" is supposed to be beyond the pale yet it was in a bunch of the national security strategy documents and everyone seems to think this is bluster rather than policy
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 PM
The NSS was an explicitly white nationalist document and no serious person can claim surprise when despicable actions are taken to advance its core themes.
just had someone’s doggo slip and fall on me bc this ice is so slick
February 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
just had someone’s doggo slip and fall on me bc this ice is so slick
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I wonder if people who don't play video games are aware of just how much incredible music is being created in this space? If John Williams or Jerry Goldsmith were getting started today, they would be composing for some epic RPGs, not film.
February 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I wonder if people who don't play video games are aware of just how much incredible music is being created in this space? If John Williams or Jerry Goldsmith were getting started today, they would be composing for some epic RPGs, not film.
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Glad they could come to an understanding with communication and understanding each other's perspective.
a cartoon of a superhero standing in front of a red background
ALT: a cartoon of a superhero standing in front of a red background
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Glad they could come to an understanding with communication and understanding each other's perspective.
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*DeDaffyDuck logs on*
*Elmer_Fudd_Hunter logs on*
*WileESuperGenius logs on*
*YoSamIAm logs on*
*Marvin46853 logs on*
*Elmer_Fudd_Hunter logs on*
*WileESuperGenius logs on*
*YoSamIAm logs on*
*Marvin46853 logs on*
i'm afraid to ask this but how can a bunny be bad
February 7, 2026 at 7:18 AM
*DeDaffyDuck logs on*
*Elmer_Fudd_Hunter logs on*
*WileESuperGenius logs on*
*YoSamIAm logs on*
*Marvin46853 logs on*
*Elmer_Fudd_Hunter logs on*
*WileESuperGenius logs on*
*YoSamIAm logs on*
*Marvin46853 logs on*
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Checked the alt text to make sure that hotdog had mustard on it
February 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Checked the alt text to make sure that hotdog had mustard on it
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80% of the political posts on this site are some variation of a combination of these two mutually exclusive tenets:
1. i would simply not be in the minority
2. i would simply not do anything necessary to achieving the majority
1. i would simply not be in the minority
2. i would simply not do anything necessary to achieving the majority
Saw someone say about Democrats that “I just don't accept "we don't have the votes" anymore. Get creative. Just do things. “
… I am not doing free PR for Dems but literally do people know what a minority is
… I am not doing free PR for Dems but literally do people know what a minority is
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM
80% of the political posts on this site are some variation of a combination of these two mutually exclusive tenets:
1. i would simply not be in the minority
2. i would simply not do anything necessary to achieving the majority
1. i would simply not be in the minority
2. i would simply not do anything necessary to achieving the majority
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Liberal breakout committees will never commit a procedural radicalism hold on I'm being handed a note
trump creating the incentive and permission structure for democrats to do insane 2010-era gerrymandering of their own may turn out to be one of the biggest self-owns of all time. dems are now pretty likely to emerge with an advantage from the 2025-26 redistricting wars
February 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Liberal breakout committees will never commit a procedural radicalism hold on I'm being handed a note
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"Based on your results, we assume this comes as a great relief to you. The bridge trolling field requires little formal education, none whatsoever to be precise. If you are reading this letter at school, you may leave at any moment and head straight for the nearest bridge." buff.ly/8VX7EQ9
Your Career Aptitude Tests Results Suggest Bridge Troll
This letter is to inform you that your career aptitude test evaluation is complete. Your recommended career: Bridge Troll. Here at the Career Aptit...
buff.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"Based on your results, we assume this comes as a great relief to you. The bridge trolling field requires little formal education, none whatsoever to be precise. If you are reading this letter at school, you may leave at any moment and head straight for the nearest bridge." buff.ly/8VX7EQ9
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bILU...
hey kid.....i don't have much time....you need to know that tazuna is actu-- *gunshot*
hey kid.....i don't have much time....you need to know that tazuna is actu-- *gunshot*
Tazuna's Secret
YouTube video by Lily Hanatsu
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:53 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bILU...
hey kid.....i don't have much time....you need to know that tazuna is actu-- *gunshot*
hey kid.....i don't have much time....you need to know that tazuna is actu-- *gunshot*
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It’s an extremely bad time in America, you can be precise and still capture the horror.
Exaggeration helps the opposition.
SASC could be asking “Would Vulcan / ReElement pass traditional federal credit underwriting or was there outside partisan pressure to authorize the loan?”
It’s bad enough.
Exaggeration helps the opposition.
SASC could be asking “Would Vulcan / ReElement pass traditional federal credit underwriting or was there outside partisan pressure to authorize the loan?”
It’s bad enough.
February 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
It’s an extremely bad time in America, you can be precise and still capture the horror.
Exaggeration helps the opposition.
SASC could be asking “Would Vulcan / ReElement pass traditional federal credit underwriting or was there outside partisan pressure to authorize the loan?”
It’s bad enough.
Exaggeration helps the opposition.
SASC could be asking “Would Vulcan / ReElement pass traditional federal credit underwriting or was there outside partisan pressure to authorize the loan?”
It’s bad enough.
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They’re the most corrupt administration in history, but DJT Jr. is a minority stockholder in Unusual Machines, a company that has received acquisitions contracts from the Pentagon.
1789 Capital is also a minority investor in Vulcan Elements, a company borrowing from the Office of Strategic Capital.
1789 Capital is also a minority investor in Vulcan Elements, a company borrowing from the Office of Strategic Capital.
Donald Trump Jr, who has exactly zero experience or competence in manufacturing or defense, has received more than $600,000,000 in contracts from Pete Hegseth's "Department of War."
February 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
They’re the most corrupt administration in history, but DJT Jr. is a minority stockholder in Unusual Machines, a company that has received acquisitions contracts from the Pentagon.
1789 Capital is also a minority investor in Vulcan Elements, a company borrowing from the Office of Strategic Capital.
1789 Capital is also a minority investor in Vulcan Elements, a company borrowing from the Office of Strategic Capital.
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trump creating the incentive and permission structure for democrats to do insane 2010-era gerrymandering of their own may turn out to be one of the biggest self-owns of all time. dems are now pretty likely to emerge with an advantage from the 2025-26 redistricting wars
February 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
trump creating the incentive and permission structure for democrats to do insane 2010-era gerrymandering of their own may turn out to be one of the biggest self-owns of all time. dems are now pretty likely to emerge with an advantage from the 2025-26 redistricting wars