Angry Staff Officer
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History person, Army officer, transplanted Buckeye, not really that angry anymore. Writes stuff. Some Star Wars. Refugee from Twitter. Views do not reflect or represent the DoD's. He/him/his. angrystaffofficer.com
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She had a senior non-commissioned officer buy her lingerie, passing it off as a joke. I didn’t know. She was mentally broken down and denigrated, day after day, by a male officer who was her comman…
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This was my pinned tweet over on Twitter. It will remain my pinned tweet here. Because the issue of sexual harassment and assault in the Army still persists. We must do better.
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Macbeth: SHIT
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Macbeth: SHIT
“Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him”
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
“Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him”
F-16s remain so damn cool
👏 A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 shoots down a Shahed-type drone over Ukraine.
February 9, 2026 at 3:26 AM
F-16s remain so damn cool
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Allow me to rush to say that economics columnist Adam Tooze knows nothing about Chinese military modernization. Being smart about one thing does not make you smart about everything.
Economics columnist Adam Tooze explores Xi Jinping’s military modernization campaign and Beijing’s yearslong purge of the top ranks of the People’s Liberation Army. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/30/c...
China Is Building a Better, More Modern Military
Xi’s purges are part of a generational reshuffling of generals.
foreignpolicy.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Allow me to rush to say that economics columnist Adam Tooze knows nothing about Chinese military modernization. Being smart about one thing does not make you smart about everything.
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Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.
Discworld QOTD, from Thud!
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
Discworld QOTD, from Making Money
"‘Even tyrants have to obey the law.’ He paused, looking thoughtful, and continued: ‘No, I tell a lie, tyrants do not have to obey the law, obviously, but they do have to observe the niceties.’"
"‘Even tyrants have to obey the law.’ He paused, looking thoughtful, and continued: ‘No, I tell a lie, tyrants do not have to obey the law, obviously, but they do have to observe the niceties.’"
January 29, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.
Since we can’t be the hegemon anymore, can we be the hedgehog?
January 21, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Since we can’t be the hegemon anymore, can we be the hedgehog?
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Shout this from the fucking rooftops
The Insurrection Act doesn't mean Soldiers have carte blanche to round people up for mass executions, it means the military is being called in to enforce the *existing laws on the books*
Congrats, PFC Slapdick, you're a crossing guard now.
The Insurrection Act doesn't mean Soldiers have carte blanche to round people up for mass executions, it means the military is being called in to enforce the *existing laws on the books*
Congrats, PFC Slapdick, you're a crossing guard now.
The Insurrection Act in no way whatsoever suspends, closes, or bypasses the courts. It is not a suspension of habeas corpus. It is not martial law. It does not authorize rule by decree. It allows using troops for law enforcement but that's it. It's not an instant dictatorship switch.
Trump on the Insurrection Act: "It does make life a lot easier. You don't through the court system. It's just a much easier thing to do."
January 21, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Shout this from the fucking rooftops
The Insurrection Act doesn't mean Soldiers have carte blanche to round people up for mass executions, it means the military is being called in to enforce the *existing laws on the books*
Congrats, PFC Slapdick, you're a crossing guard now.
The Insurrection Act doesn't mean Soldiers have carte blanche to round people up for mass executions, it means the military is being called in to enforce the *existing laws on the books*
Congrats, PFC Slapdick, you're a crossing guard now.
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Also, if you were wondering why the season finale of Leverage:Redemption last year was a refutation of the Melian Dialogue, "the strong do what they will", condemned systemic cruelty and offered illegal resistance is legitimate, as opposed to a fun heist, it's because WE'D DONE THE FUCKING READING.
January 20, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Also, if you were wondering why the season finale of Leverage:Redemption last year was a refutation of the Melian Dialogue, "the strong do what they will", condemned systemic cruelty and offered illegal resistance is legitimate, as opposed to a fun heist, it's because WE'D DONE THE FUCKING READING.
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"Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial 'outside agitator' idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."
www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...
www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...
January 19, 2026 at 4:34 PM
"Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial 'outside agitator' idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."
www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...
www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...
“Paid agitators” is a line that goes wayyyy back, to at least the 1930s if not before
Conservative papers stated that many of the Bonus Marchers of 1932 were paid to be fomenting unrest
The recycled bullshit is terribly translucent - save for those who choose to believe the nonsense
Conservative papers stated that many of the Bonus Marchers of 1932 were paid to be fomenting unrest
The recycled bullshit is terribly translucent - save for those who choose to believe the nonsense
Rep. Byron Donalds: "These agitators -- who by the way are paid, folks. America, they are paid to do this kind of mess."
January 19, 2026 at 4:38 PM
“Paid agitators” is a line that goes wayyyy back, to at least the 1930s if not before
Conservative papers stated that many of the Bonus Marchers of 1932 were paid to be fomenting unrest
The recycled bullshit is terribly translucent - save for those who choose to believe the nonsense
Conservative papers stated that many of the Bonus Marchers of 1932 were paid to be fomenting unrest
The recycled bullshit is terribly translucent - save for those who choose to believe the nonsense
Ah, MLK Day, where Army public affairs officers search for equivocal Dr King quotes to post on the official pages to offer a pablum nod to the battle for civil rights and equality that got the namesake of today’s holiday murdered for it
January 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Ah, MLK Day, where Army public affairs officers search for equivocal Dr King quotes to post on the official pages to offer a pablum nod to the battle for civil rights and equality that got the namesake of today’s holiday murdered for it
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"An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself.” Letter from the Birmingham Jail
www.learningforjustice.org
January 19, 2026 at 3:47 PM
"An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself.” Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Anyone ever read “The Trumpeter of Krakow?” Great young adult book written in 1928. One plot point was the mythical Philosopher’s Stone - but instead of showing all knowledge, it just reflected the viewer’s desires back at them. this caused a dude to burn half of Krakow down.
That’s basically AI
That’s basically AI
once again this just reads like a horror story
January 18, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Anyone ever read “The Trumpeter of Krakow?” Great young adult book written in 1928. One plot point was the mythical Philosopher’s Stone - but instead of showing all knowledge, it just reflected the viewer’s desires back at them. this caused a dude to burn half of Krakow down.
That’s basically AI
That’s basically AI
Another reason to laugh bitterly anytime a dumbass retiree says “aren’t you glad this administration has strengthen national security”
This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
January 18, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Another reason to laugh bitterly anytime a dumbass retiree says “aren’t you glad this administration has strengthen national security”
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Some Choices sure were Made in this translation of Paul's letter to the Romans.
![For if, because of thy meat, thy brother be grieved, thou walkest not now according to charity. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
Si enim propter cibum frater tuus constristatur, jam non secundum caritatem ambulas. Noli cibo tuo illum perdere, pro quo Christus mortuus est. [Romans 14:15]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xkn7cc6syz3pz56mzfn4zpp7/bafkreie7oej7vtq2mqte4bhqlxvoqjuky742biqt4hjlrthql32eq47isu@jpeg)
January 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Some Choices sure were Made in this translation of Paul's letter to the Romans.
Forget Netflix and chill
It’s PBS and pasta era
It’s PBS and pasta era
January 16, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Forget Netflix and chill
It’s PBS and pasta era
It’s PBS and pasta era
Lotta these countries have security cooperation agreements with the US and are state partners with state NGs…getting real messy, real fast
January 14, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Lotta these countries have security cooperation agreements with the US and are state partners with state NGs…getting real messy, real fast
“The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise - with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.”
- Abraham Lincoln, 1862
- Abraham Lincoln, 1862
January 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
“The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise - with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.”
- Abraham Lincoln, 1862
- Abraham Lincoln, 1862
That testimony also revealed that alongside klan activity, ex-confederate units had reorganized, armed, and marched to polling places and political rallies to intimidate Black and White Republicans and moderates.
over the course of 1871, congress held seven months of hearings on ku klux klan and other white vigilante violence in the south, they took detailed testimony from hundreds of black men and women attesting to klan terror. (1/?)
January 14, 2026 at 2:53 AM
That testimony also revealed that alongside klan activity, ex-confederate units had reorganized, armed, and marched to polling places and political rallies to intimidate Black and White Republicans and moderates.
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After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
April 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
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WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
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Looking to understand the long history behind the US attack on Venezuela? Here are a few introductory-level reading recommendations from a professor and historian of US-Latin American Relations: (1/5)
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Looking to understand the long history behind the US attack on Venezuela? Here are a few introductory-level reading recommendations from a professor and historian of US-Latin American Relations: (1/5)
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
Army strategists exist to fill this void but funnily enough, they have to be listened to in order to be efficacious. Most 3 and 4 star headquarters wall them off from actual decision-making and have them manage processes, while the Army chief of staff wants to get rid of them entirely
this is basically ricks' argument in THE GENERALS: that the structure of the american military (and political leadership) has generated an enormously competent professional force... that consistently generates useless results because of a void of strategic thinking at the top
January 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Army strategists exist to fill this void but funnily enough, they have to be listened to in order to be efficacious. Most 3 and 4 star headquarters wall them off from actual decision-making and have them manage processes, while the Army chief of staff wants to get rid of them entirely
*Taps the sign*
January 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
*Taps the sign*