Ghoul Hand Luke
@oldsquid.bsky.social
Old USN dude, OEF & Desert-Sx; now middle management. Geek, writer, cynic, interracial adoptive father. Member of the Pact Act club. Appalachian in exile. Erudite shitkicker, always looking for suspects.
Got one of those notorious “informal” bro-net tasking this week to incorporate AI. When we pushed back on how that’s waaaay outside our lane and how they determined we should do this, the bosses just shrugged and said they were tasking everyone with the same thing.
The Land of Make-Believe.
The Land of Make-Believe.
Seeing this plus someone I worked with on the hill who I had a lot of respect for announcing they’re joining a vaporware company focused on “technological lethality” and “innovation”…it’s really bleak out there ngl
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Got one of those notorious “informal” bro-net tasking this week to incorporate AI. When we pushed back on how that’s waaaay outside our lane and how they determined we should do this, the bosses just shrugged and said they were tasking everyone with the same thing.
The Land of Make-Believe.
The Land of Make-Believe.
Lane Kiffin, the town bicycle of SEC football.
Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin will announce his next move — likely Florida or LSU — after the Egg Bowl against Mississippi State.
Florida or LSU? Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin's coaching decision will be revealed after the Egg Bowl
Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin will announce his next move — likely Florida or LSU — after the Egg Bowl against Mississippi State.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Lane Kiffin, the town bicycle of SEC football.
The Mamdani-Trump meeting reaffirms that if you show even a micron of backbone against him, Trump immediately folds. He has bully instincts which is to punish anyone who goes along with him and cower in the presence of anyone else.
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Mamdani-Trump meeting reaffirms that if you show even a micron of backbone against him, Trump immediately folds. He has bully instincts which is to punish anyone who goes along with him and cower in the presence of anyone else.
One unfailing constant in Trump’s life is his never ending need for approval from Manhattan. He’ll always be the outlier from Queens.
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One unfailing constant in Trump’s life is his never ending need for approval from Manhattan. He’ll always be the outlier from Queens.
I assume that they’re going to cut off his head, stuff it with garlic and wolfsbane, and bury it at a crossroads?
Former president Joe Biden will attend Thursday’s memorial service for former vice president Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral.
Joe Biden to attend Dick Cheney’s funeral, as Donald Trump continues to remain silent on his death
Former president Joe Biden plans to attend Thursday’s memorial service for former vice president Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral.
www.wifr.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I assume that they’re going to cut off his head, stuff it with garlic and wolfsbane, and bury it at a crossroads?
@xoofxos.bsky.social is ready for his close-up.
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
@xoofxos.bsky.social is ready for his close-up.
Potential Thanksgiving themes:
- Dark Zen
- The “Gullet Till Ya Pullet” All-American Artery-Shitter, 40 Platters to make Your Carotid Splatter, Infarction Holiday Seam-Ripper
- A Very DSM-5 (309.81) Thanksgiving
- Ennui & Taters
- A paper plate full of Chili Fritos, while watching “Goodfellas”
- Dark Zen
- The “Gullet Till Ya Pullet” All-American Artery-Shitter, 40 Platters to make Your Carotid Splatter, Infarction Holiday Seam-Ripper
- A Very DSM-5 (309.81) Thanksgiving
- Ennui & Taters
- A paper plate full of Chili Fritos, while watching “Goodfellas”
November 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Potential Thanksgiving themes:
- Dark Zen
- The “Gullet Till Ya Pullet” All-American Artery-Shitter, 40 Platters to make Your Carotid Splatter, Infarction Holiday Seam-Ripper
- A Very DSM-5 (309.81) Thanksgiving
- Ennui & Taters
- A paper plate full of Chili Fritos, while watching “Goodfellas”
- Dark Zen
- The “Gullet Till Ya Pullet” All-American Artery-Shitter, 40 Platters to make Your Carotid Splatter, Infarction Holiday Seam-Ripper
- A Very DSM-5 (309.81) Thanksgiving
- Ennui & Taters
- A paper plate full of Chili Fritos, while watching “Goodfellas”
Hey Dan Caine, if you’re reading this during one of your daily briefs, please know that you’re a disgrace who should take the same route Mike Boorda chose.
I've now heard two briefs where someone from the Joint Staff has lauded CJCS Dan Caine for starting his day with 1) PT, and 2) a briefing on what "low-level social media accounts" are saying about DoD and our adversaries, and I kind of think that could be an issue down the road.
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Hey Dan Caine, if you’re reading this during one of your daily briefs, please know that you’re a disgrace who should take the same route Mike Boorda chose.
D&D rock groups:
Dwarf Leppard
Cleric & the Dominos
Bay City Roguers
Night Ranger
Blue Orcster Cult
Soundgolem
Weezerd
Dwarf Leppard
Cleric & the Dominos
Bay City Roguers
Night Ranger
Blue Orcster Cult
Soundgolem
Weezerd
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
D&D rock groups:
Dwarf Leppard
Cleric & the Dominos
Bay City Roguers
Night Ranger
Blue Orcster Cult
Soundgolem
Weezerd
Dwarf Leppard
Cleric & the Dominos
Bay City Roguers
Night Ranger
Blue Orcster Cult
Soundgolem
Weezerd
While I have every expectation that these people would throw service members under the bus if there was scrap of political advantage to be made, I was willing to give the video the benefit of doubt right until they said DGUTS at the end.
I have an ingrained distrust of anyone saying that shit.
I have an ingrained distrust of anyone saying that shit.
This hits like a commanding officer asking me to fly a broken aircraft to save their career.
Especially from an Intel Agent who was all up in the enhanced interrogation world.
Pretty tone deaf from civilian leadership.
Especially from an Intel Agent who was all up in the enhanced interrogation world.
Pretty tone deaf from civilian leadership.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
While I have every expectation that these people would throw service members under the bus if there was scrap of political advantage to be made, I was willing to give the video the benefit of doubt right until they said DGUTS at the end.
I have an ingrained distrust of anyone saying that shit.
I have an ingrained distrust of anyone saying that shit.
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missile motel sign, port hueneme, california, 1991
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 AM
missile motel sign, port hueneme, california, 1991
Mar-a-Lago Face strikes again.
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Mar-a-Lago Face strikes again.
Music of the moment. From one of Coltrane’s lost albums recovered from reels in Canada, the lead-off track to ‘Both Directions At Once’.
John Coltrane - Untitled Original 11383 (Visualizer)
YouTube video by JohnColtraneVEVO
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November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Music of the moment. From one of Coltrane’s lost albums recovered from reels in Canada, the lead-off track to ‘Both Directions At Once’.
Get yolk, go yoked
A zygote is the result of a sperm joining an egg.
‘Zygote’ comes from the Greek word for ‘yoke.’
A ‘yoke’ is a wooden beam that JOINS two animals together.
The ‘yolk’ of an egg is from the Old English word for “yellow.”
‘Yoke’ and ‘yolk’ have no relation to each other.
‘Zygote’ comes from the Greek word for ‘yoke.’
A ‘yoke’ is a wooden beam that JOINS two animals together.
The ‘yolk’ of an egg is from the Old English word for “yellow.”
‘Yoke’ and ‘yolk’ have no relation to each other.
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Get yolk, go yoked
On one hand I’m not nuts about the nascent resurrection of nationalism in Japan, but this statement is far preferable to the alternative.
Told the guys at work there’s a 80% chance they drop the self-defense clause of the JSDF in the next 24 months.
Told the guys at work there’s a 80% chance they drop the self-defense clause of the JSDF in the next 24 months.
Less than a month into her term, Japan’s conservative leader has stirred tensions with China by suggesting a Chinese move against Taiwan could prompt a Japanese military response.
A spat over Taiwan is threatening China-Japan ties
Japan's new conservative leader has stirred tensions with China, leading to a diplomatic rift. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks about Taiwan have angered Beijing.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
On one hand I’m not nuts about the nascent resurrection of nationalism in Japan, but this statement is far preferable to the alternative.
Told the guys at work there’s a 80% chance they drop the self-defense clause of the JSDF in the next 24 months.
Told the guys at work there’s a 80% chance they drop the self-defense clause of the JSDF in the next 24 months.
Thanksgiving isn’t until next week for Satan’s sake
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Thanksgiving isn’t until next week for Satan’s sake
Not the point of the movie but Sean Penn in OBAA is every terminal 0-5 who thought they deserved better because they thought they were a Clausewitzian warrior-poet. It’s a great send-up of a whole generation of GWOT guys who got high off their own supply right through the end.
a man in a military uniform is holding a piece of paper in his hand
ALT: a man in a military uniform is holding a piece of paper in his hand
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Not the point of the movie but Sean Penn in OBAA is every terminal 0-5 who thought they deserved better because they thought they were a Clausewitzian warrior-poet. It’s a great send-up of a whole generation of GWOT guys who got high off their own supply right through the end.
New media (June-October): Nothing new for you, watch the same ten stale things from last year, you crone
New media (Nov-January): Here are 25 prestige shows all at once and if you don’t consume them in the correct order you’ll be hopelessly adrift on the pop culture sea for a year
New media (Nov-January): Here are 25 prestige shows all at once and if you don’t consume them in the correct order you’ll be hopelessly adrift on the pop culture sea for a year
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
New media (June-October): Nothing new for you, watch the same ten stale things from last year, you crone
New media (Nov-January): Here are 25 prestige shows all at once and if you don’t consume them in the correct order you’ll be hopelessly adrift on the pop culture sea for a year
New media (Nov-January): Here are 25 prestige shows all at once and if you don’t consume them in the correct order you’ll be hopelessly adrift on the pop culture sea for a year
These go harddddd.
November 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
These go harddddd.
Down on my peninsula, we have officially shifted from “drunks drowning & jet ski collisions” season to “boats catching on fire while being winterized” season.
This immediately precedes the “spike in domestic assaults and suicides” season from Thanksgiving through January.
Fun times on the bay.
This immediately precedes the “spike in domestic assaults and suicides” season from Thanksgiving through January.
Fun times on the bay.
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Down on my peninsula, we have officially shifted from “drunks drowning & jet ski collisions” season to “boats catching on fire while being winterized” season.
This immediately precedes the “spike in domestic assaults and suicides” season from Thanksgiving through January.
Fun times on the bay.
This immediately precedes the “spike in domestic assaults and suicides” season from Thanksgiving through January.
Fun times on the bay.
The Human Centipede is a train movie.
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The Human Centipede is a train movie.
I know this seems blindingly obvious, but perhaps the perfect marriage of postmodernist writer & technical artistry to pop culture was letting Frank Quitely and Grant Morrison take a run at X-Men.
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I know this seems blindingly obvious, but perhaps the perfect marriage of postmodernist writer & technical artistry to pop culture was letting Frank Quitely and Grant Morrison take a run at X-Men.
Here’s the room where I keep all my things
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
As part of whatever latest thing I have, 4th day in a row with the most killer headache this year. And as usual when my immune system goes school shooter on my body, the fatigue is just *exquisite*.
a group of children are sitting in a classroom and one of them is saying it might be a tumor
ALT: a group of children are sitting in a classroom and one of them is saying it might be a tumor
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
As part of whatever latest thing I have, 4th day in a row with the most killer headache this year. And as usual when my immune system goes school shooter on my body, the fatigue is just *exquisite*.