Luke
@loadsabot.bsky.social
Engages tanks and tank-like targets. Recon and Security enthusiast, Dad, and Packers Owner
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Paul delivers another magnum opus, this one about the insane state of the NFL in 2025
December 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Paul delivers another magnum opus, this one about the insane state of the NFL in 2025
"2500 Americans are killed daily by cardiovascular disease. By properly classifying the precursors as WMDs, we can fight a Clausewitzian Active Defensec against the transnational organizations destroying American lives..."
December 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"2500 Americans are killed daily by cardiovascular disease. By properly classifying the precursors as WMDs, we can fight a Clausewitzian Active Defensec against the transnational organizations destroying American lives..."
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Right, so based on what POTUS is apparently planning to announce later this afternoon, have a thread on why surface combatants *might* want to be large. (Capital scale artillery is out. Go invent a Time Machine if that’s what you want.)
This comes down to requirements, as all engineering does /1
This comes down to requirements, as all engineering does /1
December 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Right, so based on what POTUS is apparently planning to announce later this afternoon, have a thread on why surface combatants *might* want to be large. (Capital scale artillery is out. Go invent a Time Machine if that’s what you want.)
This comes down to requirements, as all engineering does /1
This comes down to requirements, as all engineering does /1
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Drawing force wide conclusions from a single, undefined wargame is....not the best way to make your point?
The author has some interesting points, but they seem like staff or commander problems vs "all the joint force is bad at this"
warontherocks.com/2025/12/decl...
The author has some interesting points, but they seem like staff or commander problems vs "all the joint force is bad at this"
warontherocks.com/2025/12/decl...
Decline of Operational Art: The Story of A Strategic China Wargame
Planners today struggle to properly apply operational art in large scale war — and they don’t fully realize why. It takes something like firsthand
warontherocks.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Drawing force wide conclusions from a single, undefined wargame is....not the best way to make your point?
The author has some interesting points, but they seem like staff or commander problems vs "all the joint force is bad at this"
warontherocks.com/2025/12/decl...
The author has some interesting points, but they seem like staff or commander problems vs "all the joint force is bad at this"
warontherocks.com/2025/12/decl...
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NIXON WAS ASS ALL GAME BUT HE MADE UP FOR IT
GO PACK GOOOOO
GO PACK GOOOOO
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
NIXON WAS ASS ALL GAME BUT HE MADE UP FOR IT
GO PACK GOOOOO
GO PACK GOOOOO
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NIXON I NEVER DOUBTED YOU ACCEPT FOR WHEN I DOUBTED YOU
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
NIXON I NEVER DOUBTED YOU ACCEPT FOR WHEN I DOUBTED YOU
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The Bears have 11 net passing yards so far.
December 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The Bears have 11 net passing yards so far.
Honestly, this is kind of good. Any gambling service that accepts bets on the lines on a map controlled by an intern deserves to lose every penny, along with the degenerates trying to gamble on a war zone
If someone at ISW actually did what’s being alleged here, they deserve to be named and shamed
Smedley Butler is screaming, crying, throwing up
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Honestly, this is kind of good. Any gambling service that accepts bets on the lines on a map controlled by an intern deserves to lose every penny, along with the degenerates trying to gamble on a war zone
We've made improvements, especially with the Future Soldier Preparatory course....but are we sure this isn't just a blinking red economic indicator? I would bet a weaker civ job market has a lot more to do with improved recruiting than lethality vs wokeness
www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-...
www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-...
The Military’s Recruiting Surge | National Review
For a few years, the all-volunteer military construct was failing. Fresh thinking, financial resources, and untold amounts of effort have turned things around.
www.nationalreview.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We've made improvements, especially with the Future Soldier Preparatory course....but are we sure this isn't just a blinking red economic indicator? I would bet a weaker civ job market has a lot more to do with improved recruiting than lethality vs wokeness
www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-...
www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-...
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Before there was Veterans Day, there was Armistice Day. We shouldn't have changed it. When we rattle sabers and hold human life cheaply, I think about this dedication from my Great Grandfather's WWI unit history. Armistice Day was as much of a warning as it was a celebration.
Lest we forget.
Lest we forget.
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Before there was Veterans Day, there was Armistice Day. We shouldn't have changed it. When we rattle sabers and hold human life cheaply, I think about this dedication from my Great Grandfather's WWI unit history. Armistice Day was as much of a warning as it was a celebration.
Lest we forget.
Lest we forget.
What a dumb way to end that game. MLF should've at least given Love a chance at the Hail Mary
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
What a dumb way to end that game. MLF should've at least given Love a chance at the Hail Mary
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Hi folks! A few thoughts on this essay, and the questions that we *should* be asking, rather than the ones this Army officer seems inclined to answer. I haven’t done a CMR thread in a while so I’m overdue. 🧵
Hard to imagine a more sinister & dangerous argument, couched in euphemism & high-minded language. "This essay does not argue liberalism will collapse, only that [US] military officers should be intellectually (and spiritually) prepared for alternatives." warontherocks.com/2025/10/the-...
The American Military Officer After Liberalism
Across academia, government, and Silicon Valley, on social media, and in leading journals, intellectuals and political leaders are openly debating what
warontherocks.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hi folks! A few thoughts on this essay, and the questions that we *should* be asking, rather than the ones this Army officer seems inclined to answer. I haven’t done a CMR thread in a while so I’m overdue. 🧵
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HE DOES THIS 😤
📺: NBC
📺: NBC
October 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
HE DOES THIS 😤
📺: NBC
📺: NBC
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It rules. Nothing better than a ship with a small nuclear reactor under a banner that looks like it’s announcing a regional haunted corn maze
October 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It rules. Nothing better than a ship with a small nuclear reactor under a banner that looks like it’s announcing a regional haunted corn maze
You're telling me the high-stakes underground mafia poker game wasn't on the up-and-up?
Authorities say an indicted poker cheating ring involving pro sports figures and the mafia used a series of high-tech tactics in the scam.
How cheaters rigged high-stakes poker games with the mob and sports pros, according to authorities
Authorities say an indicted poker cheating ring involving pro sports figures and the mafia used a series of high-tech tactics in the scam.
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
You're telling me the high-stakes underground mafia poker game wasn't on the up-and-up?
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As usual for Jack Watling, this is a fabulously data & evidence-rich paper on what the Ukrainian battlefield looks like today. A pivotal role for drones & ground robots—but also for tanks, armour & artillery, each coming into its own at different moments in an assault www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
October 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
As usual for Jack Watling, this is a fabulously data & evidence-rich paper on what the Ukrainian battlefield looks like today. A pivotal role for drones & ground robots—but also for tanks, armour & artillery, each coming into its own at different moments in an assault www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
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Anyone use or have examples of a leader book style product for BN XOs?
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Anyone use or have examples of a leader book style product for BN XOs?
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"what the fuck just happened"
October 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"what the fuck just happened"
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what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee
October 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee
At least they came away with the field goal, but why did LaFleuer have them throw on 3rd and 2, in side 2 minutes? Worst case, run is stuffed and the bengals have to burn their last time out
October 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
At least they came away with the field goal, but why did LaFleuer have them throw on 3rd and 2, in side 2 minutes? Worst case, run is stuffed and the bengals have to burn their last time out
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basically the issue with sun tzu is that most people don't think china is real
October 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
basically the issue with sun tzu is that most people don't think china is real
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My latest on Sora, disinformation, and how I was right years ago about all of this.
“No longer is fake content the exception to our feeds; it’s the default. Humanity has taken up residency inside the uncanny valley.”
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
“No longer is fake content the exception to our feeds; it’s the default. Humanity has taken up residency inside the uncanny valley.”
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
When Reality Bends Back
AI-Generated Disinformation for Profit and War
open.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
My latest on Sora, disinformation, and how I was right years ago about all of this.
“No longer is fake content the exception to our feeds; it’s the default. Humanity has taken up residency inside the uncanny valley.”
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
“No longer is fake content the exception to our feeds; it’s the default. Humanity has taken up residency inside the uncanny valley.”
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
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Nice GAO report on weapons system sustainment just dropped
www.gao.gov/assets/gao-2...
www.gao.gov/assets/gao-2...
www.gao.gov
September 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Nice GAO report on weapons system sustainment just dropped
www.gao.gov/assets/gao-2...
www.gao.gov/assets/gao-2...
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A few followers saying baby fingernails are like bird talons as if we've never been picked up by large birds off a volcano after completing a life-altering quest that required great personal resilience and sacrifice and while it was happening thought wow these talons are really dangerous.
September 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A few followers saying baby fingernails are like bird talons as if we've never been picked up by large birds off a volcano after completing a life-altering quest that required great personal resilience and sacrifice and while it was happening thought wow these talons are really dangerous.