Not Joe Dirt
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Omnivorous Consumer of Content. Prodigal Gem Stater, now home. Estophile and Francophile. Former Sea Captain & Prof. No Kings but the Burger King.
Christopher Nolan Bullitt remake
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Christopher Nolan Bullitt remake
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I see a lot of people saying ham is for Easter dinner but you are all incorrect and should be doing lamb for Easter dinner. It's relatively easy, delicious, and has connections all the way back to Passover traditions that Christ would have been partaking in around that time of year.
Try the lamb.
Try the lamb.
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I see a lot of people saying ham is for Easter dinner but you are all incorrect and should be doing lamb for Easter dinner. It's relatively easy, delicious, and has connections all the way back to Passover traditions that Christ would have been partaking in around that time of year.
Try the lamb.
Try the lamb.
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BOOKMARKED!!
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
BOOKMARKED!!
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happy slightly belated 22nd birthday to one of the best movies ever made
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November 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
happy slightly belated 22nd birthday to one of the best movies ever made
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Cold wind from the north.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Cold wind from the north.
In other news, I have a Kalshi position I'm feeling slightly better about this morning.
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
In other news, I have a Kalshi position I'm feeling slightly better about this morning.
I feel like JD's about to have his "Ned Stark as Robert lays dying" opportunity to shoot his shot and consolidate power before the 2028 MAGA succession wars.
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I feel like JD's about to have his "Ned Stark as Robert lays dying" opportunity to shoot his shot and consolidate power before the 2028 MAGA succession wars.
As both a former SOUTHCOM staffer and GFMer (but not at the same time), "SOUTHCOM won this round" are not words I ever expected to see conjoined.
SOUTHCOM won this round, they got the Iwo Jima ARG, the ARG needed to rotate out for maintenance etc, they pulled in the Ford on its way back from High North. And they’ll get bored again and then another crisis will happen and we go to the big board to spin the wheel on SDOBarama again
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
As both a former SOUTHCOM staffer and GFMer (but not at the same time), "SOUTHCOM won this round" are not words I ever expected to see conjoined.
MAGA is about to discover and embrace Article 37.
BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
MAGA is about to discover and embrace Article 37.
Recent events have led me to conclude that SecDef and the rest of the administration have a very poor understanding of Naval force generation.
November 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Recent events have led me to conclude that SecDef and the rest of the administration have a very poor understanding of Naval force generation.
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INDOPACOM when SOUTHCOM and AFRICOM both get carrier groups:
November 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
INDOPACOM when SOUTHCOM and AFRICOM both get carrier groups:
I think about all the times Palmer Luckey came to speak and was warmly received at the Eisenhower School, and I'll file this under "Be Careful What You Wish For, DoD".
Not unrelated to the federal government's (and especially the military's) large AI push but the 2026 military funding bill will put technology/software buying and deploying at the whim of the Secretary of Defense and bypasses traditional testing/effectiveness/cost efficiency bench marking.
The Department of Defense Wants Less Proof its Software Works
When Congress eventually reopens, the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will be moving toward a vote. This gives us a chance to see the priorities of the Secretary of Defense and his Cong...
www.eff.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I think about all the times Palmer Luckey came to speak and was warmly received at the Eisenhower School, and I'll file this under "Be Careful What You Wish For, DoD".
This one has it all... Ship name, geographic name, and classic naval negligence. 10/10; no notes.
29 Oct 1808 // 24-gun 6th-rate HMS Banterer was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River off Point Mille Vache due to negligence by the officer of the watch, who had left the deck in order to drink grog in the gunroom, and the acting master, who had failed to use the lead-line. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
October 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This one has it all... Ship name, geographic name, and classic naval negligence. 10/10; no notes.
Also, did you know your Aunt Amy had foot surgery a week and a half ago?
October 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Also, did you know your Aunt Amy had foot surgery a week and a half ago?
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pleased to note that I can operate my bed without *either* AWS or GitHub
The AWS outage bricked people's $2,700 smartbeds, leaving them in a reclining position or with the heat up. People were unable to use them, basically. A GitHub repo exists that lets people operate their beds without reliance on the normal infrastructure
www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...
www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...
The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds
When Amazon Web Services went offline, people lost control of their cloud-connected smart beds, getting stuck in reclined positions or roasting with the heat turned all the way up.
www.404media.co
October 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
pleased to note that I can operate my bed without *either* AWS or GitHub
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Big Macs are fucking disgusting and won't exist under fundamentalism
October 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Big Macs are fucking disgusting and won't exist under fundamentalism
I agree with this, and I would also argue this is true(-ish) for American Civics education at the scholastic level. For various reasons, there's been a tendency to embrace the complexity of the American experiment prior to introducing the foundational model.
But I think, "have no foundational model, embrace complexity" doesn't work in an intro world history survey: these are deeply foreign social structures to students, they need to have their intuition about them 'reset' and you have to start on the ground floor with a simple model and then build up.
October 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I agree with this, and I would also argue this is true(-ish) for American Civics education at the scholastic level. For various reasons, there's been a tendency to embrace the complexity of the American experiment prior to introducing the foundational model.
I was off on the details, but directionally correct when I posted this:
October 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I was off on the details, but directionally correct when I posted this:
There's still a need for the pardon & commutation power, but it really needs amending so that Congress has some role.
JUST IN: Trump has commuted the sentence of former Congressman George SANTOS.
October 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
There's still a need for the pardon & commutation power, but it really needs amending so that Congress has some role.
This redirection is rather elegantly done. Take it in video form to FB and TikTok. Dangle the pop-culture bait and then set the hook hard.
Prince Andrew losing his royal titles is just one step toward justice in the Epstein case.
By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, the 218th vote to release the Epstein files, the Speaker is blocking the next step.
Stop protecting the powerful, Speaker Johnson. Seat her now.
By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, the 218th vote to release the Epstein files, the Speaker is blocking the next step.
Stop protecting the powerful, Speaker Johnson. Seat her now.
Prince Andrew Surrenders Duke of York Title
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This redirection is rather elegantly done. Take it in video form to FB and TikTok. Dangle the pop-culture bait and then set the hook hard.
Denmark getting to experience the first law of SWO thermodynamics: Heat on Thee is Heat off Me
Unfortunately we’re invading Norway www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Norway on Edge Over Trump Ahead of Nobel Peace Prize Verdict
Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday as the Nordic nation has faced increasing pressure from Donald Trump and his administration to award it to the US le...
www.bloomberg.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Denmark getting to experience the first law of SWO thermodynamics: Heat on Thee is Heat off Me
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One more waning gibbous moon setting behind San Ysidro Mountain this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).
October 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
One more waning gibbous moon setting behind San Ysidro Mountain this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).
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in the deep Jim Crow South and raised by two veterans who taught him that racism was profoundly wrong and that all Americans should be treated equally.
If you don't want me to take pride in that legacy, f--k all the way off.
If you don't want me to take pride in that legacy, f--k all the way off.
October 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
in the deep Jim Crow South and raised by two veterans who taught him that racism was profoundly wrong and that all Americans should be treated equally.
If you don't want me to take pride in that legacy, f--k all the way off.
If you don't want me to take pride in that legacy, f--k all the way off.
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anyways I think "World War II soldiers sucked, actually" is bad history and really bad activism.
It pisses me off, frankly. My grandad was a Marine in Saipan and Okinawa. He came back to Georgia and raised 4 kids, including my Dad, who all became deeply liberal on race.
My Dad was born in 1957/
It pisses me off, frankly. My grandad was a Marine in Saipan and Okinawa. He came back to Georgia and raised 4 kids, including my Dad, who all became deeply liberal on race.
My Dad was born in 1957/
October 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
anyways I think "World War II soldiers sucked, actually" is bad history and really bad activism.
It pisses me off, frankly. My grandad was a Marine in Saipan and Okinawa. He came back to Georgia and raised 4 kids, including my Dad, who all became deeply liberal on race.
My Dad was born in 1957/
It pisses me off, frankly. My grandad was a Marine in Saipan and Okinawa. He came back to Georgia and raised 4 kids, including my Dad, who all became deeply liberal on race.
My Dad was born in 1957/