MWhite
@pjmatt.bsky.social
Senior Editor, Task & Purpose; former USAF & Alaska ANG Pararescueman. Cited in SCOTUS brief (Nieves v Bartlett). Agatha Christie reader. Teach @unchussman.
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· Mar 15
An Army general's final 'walk' at the Tomb of the Unknowns
William Zana, the only guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to reach the rank of general, took a final shift on his last day in the Army.
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Hello to New Followers from the Arlington Cemetery/Website purge story! Drop me a line to say hi!
If you need to restore your faith in Arlington and its people, I wrote this story last year about an Army general and the Tomb of the Unknown.
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If you need to restore your faith in Arlington and its people, I wrote this story last year about an Army general and the Tomb of the Unknown.
taskandpurpose.com/news/tomb-of...
Sam Darnold beat Penn State in the Rose Bowl to prevent that team from completing its post-Sandusky resurgence.
Now he can keep the most MAGA-adjacent professional sports team from being "back" in the Super Bowl.
Sam Darnold.. welcome to the resistance.
Now he can keep the most MAGA-adjacent professional sports team from being "back" in the Super Bowl.
Sam Darnold.. welcome to the resistance.
Sam Darnold reached the pinnacle of the NFL not as an obstacle or accessory but as the driving force of the best team in the NFL.
In two weeks, the top-seeded Seahawks will enter Super Bowl LX as a favorite over the New England Patriots.
In two weeks, the top-seeded Seahawks will enter Super Bowl LX as a favorite over the New England Patriots.
Sam Darnold, ghosts long behind him, takes Seahawks to Super Bowl
In a showdown of quarterbacking brilliance, Darnold outgunned Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC championship game, 31-27.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Sam Darnold beat Penn State in the Rose Bowl to prevent that team from completing its post-Sandusky resurgence.
Now he can keep the most MAGA-adjacent professional sports team from being "back" in the Super Bowl.
Sam Darnold.. welcome to the resistance.
Now he can keep the most MAGA-adjacent professional sports team from being "back" in the Super Bowl.
Sam Darnold.. welcome to the resistance.
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A story of Kipnuk, Alaska before and after Halong. #akwx #weather #AlaskaSky
www.propublica.org/article/kipn...
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Documenting an Alaska Village, Before and After the Storm That Destroyed It
The story of Typhoon Halong’s destruction in Kipnuk adds an exclamation point to long-simmering fears about the future of Alaska coastal villages facing down climate change.
www.propublica.org
January 26, 2026 at 4:14 PM
A story of Kipnuk, Alaska before and after Halong. #akwx #weather #AlaskaSky
www.propublica.org/article/kipn...
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NYTs literally pulled a Chernobyl-"not great, not terrible" on a football tv show because there is nothing else to write about out there in the world, I guess.
From @theathletic.com: CBS commentators Jim Nantz and Tony Romo weren’t particularly entertaining or insightful, but they weren’t terrible during Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. "Being unremarkable is a victory at this point," our columnist writes. nyti.ms/3NDkq3s
Tony Romo and Jim Nantz were unremarkable. That’s a win for CBS these days
No game-ending gaffes for the broadcast duo this year, but there was one notable first-half snafu.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 4:12 PM
NYTs literally pulled a Chernobyl-"not great, not terrible" on a football tv show because there is nothing else to write about out there in the world, I guess.
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[Prophecy unfolding] Look, this doesn’t make Cassandra right
January 26, 2026 at 7:14 AM
[Prophecy unfolding] Look, this doesn’t make Cassandra right
Hate to keep bumming everybody out, but very sad accident report on a hh-60 at kadena. Bad planning killed a 60-year-old school teacher with rotor wash.
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taskandpurpose.com/news/kadena-...
January 26, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Hate to keep bumming everybody out, but very sad accident report on a hh-60 at kadena. Bad planning killed a 60-year-old school teacher with rotor wash.
taskandpurpose.com/news/kadena-...
taskandpurpose.com/news/kadena-...
Yeah i have to tell you:
any anecdotal evidence of "people i NEVER WOULD HAVE EXPCETED are posting anti-ICE on Facebook" are vastly overstated.
The Bad App is a churning ocean of "He brought a gun to a protest, game on!" and "why can't we find the source of all this funding!"
hasn't moved an inch
any anecdotal evidence of "people i NEVER WOULD HAVE EXPCETED are posting anti-ICE on Facebook" are vastly overstated.
The Bad App is a churning ocean of "He brought a gun to a protest, game on!" and "why can't we find the source of all this funding!"
hasn't moved an inch
these right wing clowns continuing to express absolute shock over the organizing of the left also reflects a deeply sexist ignorance of the fact that EXPERIENCED, INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT AND HARDWORKING VOLUNTEERS, PRIMARILY WOMEN, RUN THE FUCKING SHOW WITH ALMOST EVERYTHING GOOD IN THIS COUNTRY
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Yeah i have to tell you:
any anecdotal evidence of "people i NEVER WOULD HAVE EXPCETED are posting anti-ICE on Facebook" are vastly overstated.
The Bad App is a churning ocean of "He brought a gun to a protest, game on!" and "why can't we find the source of all this funding!"
hasn't moved an inch
any anecdotal evidence of "people i NEVER WOULD HAVE EXPCETED are posting anti-ICE on Facebook" are vastly overstated.
The Bad App is a churning ocean of "He brought a gun to a protest, game on!" and "why can't we find the source of all this funding!"
hasn't moved an inch
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Apparently this post over on the bad site has blown all the way up to the top of the News. X list, whatever that is. But that's definitely better than what I would expect on something called News x, so go click on it cuz it's fantastic
ROOMBA SNOWBLOWER!!!!
I take back all those words I said, A.I.
(seriously click through to Tom's post on the Bad App, its INSANE!)
x.com/tommolog/sta...
I take back all those words I said, A.I.
(seriously click through to Tom's post on the Bad App, its INSANE!)
x.com/tommolog/sta...
January 25, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Apparently this post over on the bad site has blown all the way up to the top of the News. X list, whatever that is. But that's definitely better than what I would expect on something called News x, so go click on it cuz it's fantastic
We need to talk seriously for a second:
IF Graham whats-his-name, the Maine candidate with the Nazi tattoos, steps up this week, well, are we going with words or deeds, ya know?
IF Graham whats-his-name, the Maine candidate with the Nazi tattoos, steps up this week, well, are we going with words or deeds, ya know?
🚫🧊 MAINE: Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has suspended the issuance of undercover license plates requested by the US Border Patrol. www.commondreams.org/news/maine-f...
As Communities Say 'ICE Not Welcome,' Maine Halts Undercover License Plates for Federal Agents | Common Dreams
"Maine is our home," said Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner, "and we’re not going to let ICE agents terrorize our communities without resistance."
www.commondreams.org
January 25, 2026 at 11:23 PM
We need to talk seriously for a second:
IF Graham whats-his-name, the Maine candidate with the Nazi tattoos, steps up this week, well, are we going with words or deeds, ya know?
IF Graham whats-his-name, the Maine candidate with the Nazi tattoos, steps up this week, well, are we going with words or deeds, ya know?
Apparently this post over on the bad site has blown all the way up to the top of the News. X list, whatever that is. But that's definitely better than what I would expect on something called News x, so go click on it cuz it's fantastic
ROOMBA SNOWBLOWER!!!!
I take back all those words I said, A.I.
(seriously click through to Tom's post on the Bad App, its INSANE!)
x.com/tommolog/sta...
I take back all those words I said, A.I.
(seriously click through to Tom's post on the Bad App, its INSANE!)
x.com/tommolog/sta...
January 25, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Apparently this post over on the bad site has blown all the way up to the top of the News. X list, whatever that is. But that's definitely better than what I would expect on something called News x, so go click on it cuz it's fantastic
"We're Here! No NIIT for net earners about $250! Get Used to it!"
- Bessent's 'Billboard,' probably
- Bessent's 'Billboard,' probably
1. Wasn’t at a protest
2. Was disarmed when they shot him while he was face down
3. New gun rights rule: the second amendment is when conservatives can carry guns everywhere, but if anyone else has a gun we can kill him on sight
bsky.app/profile/atru...
2. Was disarmed when they shot him while he was face down
3. New gun rights rule: the second amendment is when conservatives can carry guns everywhere, but if anyone else has a gun we can kill him on sight
bsky.app/profile/atru...
KARL: He was an ICU use who worked for the VA and there's no evidence he brandished the gun whatsoever
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
January 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
"We're Here! No NIIT for net earners about $250! Get Used to it!"
- Bessent's 'Billboard,' probably
- Bessent's 'Billboard,' probably
Just saw a person i like very much on The Bad Site complaining that she can't get "news" about - YA KNOW, EVERYTHING! - without "subscribing or without ads."
YOU GOTTA DO THE ADS!!!!!!
otherwise you are just getting information from whoever can pay the most to put it in front of you.
YOU GOTTA DO THE ADS!!!!!!
otherwise you are just getting information from whoever can pay the most to put it in front of you.
January 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Just saw a person i like very much on The Bad Site complaining that she can't get "news" about - YA KNOW, EVERYTHING! - without "subscribing or without ads."
YOU GOTTA DO THE ADS!!!!!!
otherwise you are just getting information from whoever can pay the most to put it in front of you.
YOU GOTTA DO THE ADS!!!!!!
otherwise you are just getting information from whoever can pay the most to put it in front of you.
ROOMBA SNOWBLOWER!!!!
I take back all those words I said, A.I.
(seriously click through to Tom's post on the Bad App, its INSANE!)
x.com/tommolog/sta...
I take back all those words I said, A.I.
(seriously click through to Tom's post on the Bad App, its INSANE!)
x.com/tommolog/sta...
January 25, 2026 at 3:48 PM
ROOMBA SNOWBLOWER!!!!
I take back all those words I said, A.I.
(seriously click through to Tom's post on the Bad App, its INSANE!)
x.com/tommolog/sta...
I take back all those words I said, A.I.
(seriously click through to Tom's post on the Bad App, its INSANE!)
x.com/tommolog/sta...
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I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
these people are gonna be executed right? and we know that, right?
Iran said about 40 Iranian citizens will be returned from the United States to Iran on Sunday, after being held for months in US immigration detention centers.
iranintl.com/en/202601250247
iranintl.com/en/202601250247
Iran says 40 Iranians in ICE custody to be flown home
Iran said about 40 Iranian citizens will be returned from the United States to Iran on Sunday, after being held for months in US immigration detention centers.
iranintl.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:16 PM
these people are gonna be executed right? and we know that, right?
So far this AM on the Everything App:
- That Gun Was No Angel.
- Those Whistles Were No Angels.
- That Gun Was No Angel.
- Those Whistles Were No Angels.
January 25, 2026 at 2:49 PM
So far this AM on the Everything App:
- That Gun Was No Angel.
- Those Whistles Were No Angels.
- That Gun Was No Angel.
- Those Whistles Were No Angels.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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H.I. McDunnough’s Arizona license plate number has been officially ACQUIRED by Clue Heywood
January 25, 2026 at 12:57 AM
H.I. McDunnough’s Arizona license plate number has been officially ACQUIRED by Clue Heywood
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I remain absolutely furious that all this shit in Minneapolis started because a barely-literate homeschooled mormon made a video trying to run up in daycare centers trying to find people of Somalian descent doing fraud despite the ringleader (a white woman) being in jail since March. Demonic.
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I remain absolutely furious that all this shit in Minneapolis started because a barely-literate homeschooled mormon made a video trying to run up in daycare centers trying to find people of Somalian descent doing fraud despite the ringleader (a white woman) being in jail since March. Demonic.
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I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
you don't become a martyr because you were a saint, you become a saint because you were martyred
I agree that we can’t make Alex Pretti a Benedictine monk because that’s a trap, but we can talk about the good things we did because people will see and hear them and think “I do those things too”
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
At the very least, its the EQUIV of if the cops had killed Kyle Rittenhouse when he parked his car.
like, it's AT LEAST THAT.
like, it's AT LEAST THAT.
January 25, 2026 at 12:07 AM
At the very least, its the EQUIV of if the cops had killed Kyle Rittenhouse when he parked his car.
like, it's AT LEAST THAT.
like, it's AT LEAST THAT.
at least somebody is rising to the moment
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026
January 24, 2026 at 11:05 PM
at least somebody is rising to the moment
@kibblesmith.com im glad you nuked it but that duck one was a good one
January 24, 2026 at 10:52 PM
@kibblesmith.com im glad you nuked it but that duck one was a good one
Holy shit.
his name is Keaton Wagner. Freshman. Most points scored in the road game by a freshman in the Big 10 since 2009.
They just interviewed him.
I CANNOT EXPRESS STRONGLY ENOUGH HOW MUCH HE LOOKS 11 YEARS OLD.
46 on the road vs Purdue. Yikes.
his name is Keaton Wagner. Freshman. Most points scored in the road game by a freshman in the Big 10 since 2009.
They just interviewed him.
I CANNOT EXPRESS STRONGLY ENOUGH HOW MUCH HE LOOKS 11 YEARS OLD.
46 on the road vs Purdue. Yikes.
just tuned in to see end of Illinois beating Purdue 88-82 (was 2pt game late but Ill made free throws to pull away).
One Ill kid scored 46.
idk, that's no fun, right? "he's super good, and nothing else is gonna matter tonight..." its the youth sports trap. nothing 'wrong' with it, but lame
One Ill kid scored 46.
idk, that's no fun, right? "he's super good, and nothing else is gonna matter tonight..." its the youth sports trap. nothing 'wrong' with it, but lame
January 24, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Holy shit.
his name is Keaton Wagner. Freshman. Most points scored in the road game by a freshman in the Big 10 since 2009.
They just interviewed him.
I CANNOT EXPRESS STRONGLY ENOUGH HOW MUCH HE LOOKS 11 YEARS OLD.
46 on the road vs Purdue. Yikes.
his name is Keaton Wagner. Freshman. Most points scored in the road game by a freshman in the Big 10 since 2009.
They just interviewed him.
I CANNOT EXPRESS STRONGLY ENOUGH HOW MUCH HE LOOKS 11 YEARS OLD.
46 on the road vs Purdue. Yikes.
just tuned in to see end of Illinois beating Purdue 88-82 (was 2pt game late but Ill made free throws to pull away).
One Ill kid scored 46.
idk, that's no fun, right? "he's super good, and nothing else is gonna matter tonight..." its the youth sports trap. nothing 'wrong' with it, but lame
One Ill kid scored 46.
idk, that's no fun, right? "he's super good, and nothing else is gonna matter tonight..." its the youth sports trap. nothing 'wrong' with it, but lame
January 24, 2026 at 10:12 PM
just tuned in to see end of Illinois beating Purdue 88-82 (was 2pt game late but Ill made free throws to pull away).
One Ill kid scored 46.
idk, that's no fun, right? "he's super good, and nothing else is gonna matter tonight..." its the youth sports trap. nothing 'wrong' with it, but lame
One Ill kid scored 46.
idk, that's no fun, right? "he's super good, and nothing else is gonna matter tonight..." its the youth sports trap. nothing 'wrong' with it, but lame