Andrew
@alphawhiskey.bsky.social
My dream job is lighthouse keeper. 👬 ⛰ ✈️ 🌲
This is the thing that utterly vexes me. How do you engage with and counter people, organizations, systems that are so *willfully* stupid?
I just gave my 20yo a rundown of the day's news, and he said, "It's all so dumb, it's hard to take seriously and so it's hard to fight. We'd be better at fighting smarter authoritarians!"
"We'd be better at fighting smarter authoritarians" is going to stick with me.
"We'd be better at fighting smarter authoritarians" is going to stick with me.
December 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This is the thing that utterly vexes me. How do you engage with and counter people, organizations, systems that are so *willfully* stupid?
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I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
I have noticed a significant degradation in winds aloft accuracy recently, especially on transcons. I wondered if this was the reason and it seems to be. Not a huge deal by itself but the trend toward less atmospheric observation is disturbing. (gift link)
What we lose when weather balloons don’t fly
Meteorologists are launching fewer weather balloons across the United States as the National Weather Service loses staff. Some worry forecasts will suffer.
wapo.st
May 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I have noticed a significant degradation in winds aloft accuracy recently, especially on transcons. I wondered if this was the reason and it seems to be. Not a huge deal by itself but the trend toward less atmospheric observation is disturbing. (gift link)
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.