CyberOtters
@cyberotters.bsky.social
Perpetually semi-retired rugby player. Very retired Army NCO. Cyber operations professional. Christian anarchist(?) Guitar player. Views are mine, likes/RPs/quotes != endorsements
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CyberOtters
@cyberotters.bsky.social
· Feb 18
There's an axiom that we become an amalgam of the 5 people we spend the most time with. Their likes become our likes, their wants become our wants, and their blind spots become our blind spots. So who are the 5 people your AI engine is hanging out with the most? #/?
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"It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" was released as the second single from Document on this day in 1988. Here's the video for the single directed by James Herbert.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...
R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World
YouTube video by REMVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
"It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" was released as the second single from Document on this day in 1988. Here's the video for the single directed by James Herbert.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...
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im genuinely curious if this resonates with voters. this naked appeal to imperialism from a shrieking, shrill man
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 AM
im genuinely curious if this resonates with voters. this naked appeal to imperialism from a shrieking, shrill man
Look, even if you ignore western expansion/manifest destiny as expressions of imperialism...the Spanish American War was unalloyed imperial expansion. We literally went abroad looking for foreign dragons to slay.
KERNEN: Europeans are talking about it almost being like Vladimir Putin and Ukraine.
JEFF LANDRY: I disagree. When has the United States engaged in imperialism? Never. Europe has engaged in imperialism. The reason the Danish have Greenland is because of imperialism.
JEFF LANDRY: I disagree. When has the United States engaged in imperialism? Never. Europe has engaged in imperialism. The reason the Danish have Greenland is because of imperialism.
January 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Look, even if you ignore western expansion/manifest destiny as expressions of imperialism...the Spanish American War was unalloyed imperial expansion. We literally went abroad looking for foreign dragons to slay.
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“.. Chavez came to power in 1999 when audited reserves were about 75 billion barrels of reserves. The year he died in 2013, they magically jumped to 300 billion unaudited.” 🇻🇪
January 6, 2026 at 12:38 PM
“.. Chavez came to power in 1999 when audited reserves were about 75 billion barrels of reserves. The year he died in 2013, they magically jumped to 300 billion unaudited.” 🇻🇪
Donald Trump doesn't want you to forget this happened. He wants you to know it happened, he didn't get held to account for it, he got away with it, and he got to pardon everyone involved. He and his cabal wallows in knowing you know it happened.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump Wants You to Forget This Happened
January 6, five years later
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Donald Trump doesn't want you to forget this happened. He wants you to know it happened, he didn't get held to account for it, he got away with it, and he got to pardon everyone involved. He and his cabal wallows in knowing you know it happened.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
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Bias note: I would love for there to be some external bar on my kids joining so that I don't have to explain to them, "The life you enjoy is because of my career in uniform, and also, no, I absolutely do not want you to make a career in the military, it's not worth it." I'm a hypocrite.
My "being the child of a military officer (or a career military servicemember) should bar you from attending a service academy or receiving a commission in the same branch" theory is continuing to gain steam.
January 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Bias note: I would love for there to be some external bar on my kids joining so that I don't have to explain to them, "The life you enjoy is because of my career in uniform, and also, no, I absolutely do not want you to make a career in the military, it's not worth it." I'm a hypocrite.
Someone plainly took all the wrong lessons from The Once & Future King.
Here is the Trump Doctrine, as articulated by Stephen Miller in his truly frightening interview with Jake Tapper this afternoon. It is very much like the doctrine of the dictators we fought and defeated in World War II and of Putin today. It is un-American at its very core.
January 6, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Someone plainly took all the wrong lessons from The Once & Future King.
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remember when you could just buy things and use them without paying a subscription subject to increase by 30% for no reason
October 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
remember when you could just buy things and use them without paying a subscription subject to increase by 30% for no reason
Oh man maybe inducing a bunch of chaos in a place where you're worried about narco terrorists having a lot of power and control was a bad idea. Something about nature disliking a vacuum.
Heavy gunfire heard around Miraflores (presidential palace) in Caracas
January 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Oh man maybe inducing a bunch of chaos in a place where you're worried about narco terrorists having a lot of power and control was a bad idea. Something about nature disliking a vacuum.
Zercher squats are kinda breaking my concept of heavy
January 6, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Zercher squats are kinda breaking my concept of heavy
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WAKE UP FELLOW AMERICANS
THEY WANT TO TAKE YOUR TINY DESK CONCERTS FROM YOU
THEY WANT TO TAKE YOUR TINY DESK CONCERTS FROM YOU
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
WAKE UP FELLOW AMERICANS
THEY WANT TO TAKE YOUR TINY DESK CONCERTS FROM YOU
THEY WANT TO TAKE YOUR TINY DESK CONCERTS FROM YOU
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Blood Work Marketing 101
January 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Blood Work Marketing 101
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It hasn't been litigated because none of the recent prosecutions of retired servicemembers have relied upon Article 88. But we've raised it regularly as a reason why retirees *shouldn't* be subject to perpetual court-martial JX, and the 1A issues are ... severe:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-195-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-195-...
Bonus 195: The Mark Kelly Meshugas
Secretary Hegseth has threatened to court-martial a sitting U.S. Senator for a ... truthful video. Even though Kelly *is* subject to court-martial, such a prosecution would face insuperable obstacles.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
It hasn't been litigated because none of the recent prosecutions of retired servicemembers have relied upon Article 88. But we've raised it regularly as a reason why retirees *shouldn't* be subject to perpetual court-martial JX, and the 1A issues are ... severe:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-195-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-195-...
LaW eNfOrcEmEnT oPeRaTiOn where they forgot to Mirandize the target of the arrest.
Brilliant. @sodrock.bsky.social I need a Sicario meme or something
Brilliant. @sodrock.bsky.social I need a Sicario meme or something
Judge: Anything you say may be used against you. I see you have counsel, Mr. Pollack, here. If you cannot afford one the government will provide a lawyer free of charge. Did you know of these rights?
Maduro: I did not know of these rights, until now
Maduro: I did not know of these rights, until now
January 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM
LaW eNfOrcEmEnT oPeRaTiOn where they forgot to Mirandize the target of the arrest.
Brilliant. @sodrock.bsky.social I need a Sicario meme or something
Brilliant. @sodrock.bsky.social I need a Sicario meme or something
You should always be cautious about citing regulations, US Code, or doctrine...some weirdos actually read those things.
It's me.
I'm weirdos.
It's me.
I'm weirdos.
January 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
You should always be cautious about citing regulations, US Code, or doctrine...some weirdos actually read those things.
It's me.
I'm weirdos.
It's me.
I'm weirdos.
Reducing their retirement grade would require unearthing illegal/unethical conduct while the SM was in uniform. Nothing in 10USC1370(f) allows for reduction in retirement grade based on conduct which took place after the SM retires.
January 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Reducing their retirement grade would require unearthing illegal/unethical conduct while the SM was in uniform. Nothing in 10USC1370(f) allows for reduction in retirement grade based on conduct which took place after the SM retires.
Counterpoint: a real occupation will be a perpetual distraction from the Epstein files until everyone involved is dead of old age.
I hope he gets bored and pivots to something else be a real occupation would be a whole other level of bad
Q: There's about $17 billion of oil reserves in Venezuela
TRUMP: You mean trillion. Did you say billion or trillion?
Q: I said billion
TRUMP: It's much more than that
Q: So what is going to happen to those reserves?
TRUMP: We're going to run everything
TRUMP: You mean trillion. Did you say billion or trillion?
Q: I said billion
TRUMP: It's much more than that
Q: So what is going to happen to those reserves?
TRUMP: We're going to run everything
January 5, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Counterpoint: a real occupation will be a perpetual distraction from the Epstein files until everyone involved is dead of old age.
I remember teaching a class about impact versus intent, and it doesn't matter if you said it was law enforcement if the whole rest of the planet thinks is a military action, but the current administration probably wasn't paying attention during EO or SHARP training, either.
The notion that the US military incursion into Venezuela and seizure of its leader wasn't a use of force under int'l law b/c it was a "law enforcement operation" is absurd.
In prior US military-LE capture ops abroad, USG definitely viewed such actions as uses of force under int'l law.
From 2014.
In prior US military-LE capture ops abroad, USG definitely viewed such actions as uses of force under int'l law.
From 2014.
January 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I remember teaching a class about impact versus intent, and it doesn't matter if you said it was law enforcement if the whole rest of the planet thinks is a military action, but the current administration probably wasn't paying attention during EO or SHARP training, either.
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Damn. They actually did a Sicario from the movie Sicario
Two law-enforcement members said the FBI’s hostage rescue team were embedded with US military special operators in the operation to capture Maduro.-MS Now
January 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Damn. They actually did a Sicario from the movie Sicario
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"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
Wait til people find out what a decent watch costs these days.
January 1, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Wait til people find out what a decent watch costs these days.