Tony Stark
@tonystark.bsky.social
Author of the novel, EX SUPRA. Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/Ex-Supra-Tony-Stark/dp/B0B6L9TD6J/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=f9e567ed-9cbb-4a51-9ebe-37646193cff5
Sequel: Project Duality, coming soon.
Substack: www.BreakingBeijing.com
Natsec. Tech. China.
Sequel: Project Duality, coming soon.
Substack: www.BreakingBeijing.com
Natsec. Tech. China.
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Tony Stark
@tonystark.bsky.social
· Jan 3
Ex Supra
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. This is the story of the war after the next war. In 2035, an AI-driven disinformation campaign turned us on ourselves. We became the enemy's first strike we...
www.audible.com
The fall of Taiwan ✅
AI-enabled disinformation attacks ✅
An unending war in orbit ✅
82nd Airborne jump into Malaysia ✅
Marines fighting for their lives on Guadalcanal (again) ✅
Helljumpers on Mars ✅
The Rosatom Blonde ✅
Welcome to World War III, as read by me.
www.audible.com/pd/B0DH5VLVJ...
AI-enabled disinformation attacks ✅
An unending war in orbit ✅
82nd Airborne jump into Malaysia ✅
Marines fighting for their lives on Guadalcanal (again) ✅
Helljumpers on Mars ✅
The Rosatom Blonde ✅
Welcome to World War III, as read by me.
www.audible.com/pd/B0DH5VLVJ...
I am in awe every time I am reminded that Chris Berman is still alive
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I am in awe every time I am reminded that Chris Berman is still alive
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My one regret and piece of advice for young service members is; don’t think that you’re too cool to pose for a photo. You’re doing some pretty incredible things and you’re going to want to remember it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
My one regret and piece of advice for young service members is; don’t think that you’re too cool to pose for a photo. You’re doing some pretty incredible things and you’re going to want to remember it.
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The US Trump Administration is reportedly working on 15 year car loans.
US President Donald Trump also posted yesterday regarding allowing 50 year mortgages.
US President Donald Trump also posted yesterday regarding allowing 50 year mortgages.
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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You spend approximately a quarter of what your ancestors spend on food in 1947 and the food quality is far superior and more varied. cepr.net/publications...
In the Good Old Days, One Fourth of Income Went to Food
cepr.net
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
You spend approximately a quarter of what your ancestors spend on food in 1947 and the food quality is far superior and more varied. cepr.net/publications...
Trading for conditional draft picks.
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Trading for conditional draft picks.
I mean at this point if I lived in a viable district I’d run. This is pathetic.
And I say that as a former staffer who looked at his boss’ schedule and said “NOPE.”
And I say that as a former staffer who looked at his boss’ schedule and said “NOPE.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I mean at this point if I lived in a viable district I’d run. This is pathetic.
And I say that as a former staffer who looked at his boss’ schedule and said “NOPE.”
And I say that as a former staffer who looked at his boss’ schedule and said “NOPE.”
Why would you take back a job that is only protected until January 30th when you were illegally RIF’d in the first place.
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Why would you take back a job that is only protected until January 30th when you were illegally RIF’d in the first place.
Writing an article on Congressional reform, think I’m going to make it a series on governmental reforms leading into the 2026 midterms.
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Writing an article on Congressional reform, think I’m going to make it a series on governmental reforms leading into the 2026 midterms.
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this is because there isn’t a deal yet
Hickenlooper walking this back now
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
this is because there isn’t a deal yet
Pretty sure this is an effort to force the House to re-open by the senate crafting its own solution (the merits of the solution are a sep discussion). Which would be interesting given it hasn’t been in session since September and any new bill would have to go through the house as well.
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Pretty sure this is an effort to force the House to re-open by the senate crafting its own solution (the merits of the solution are a sep discussion). Which would be interesting given it hasn’t been in session since September and any new bill would have to go through the house as well.
The NFL game rigging scheme is so close I can taste it. And that will probably be the day the republic collapses.
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The NFL game rigging scheme is so close I can taste it. And that will probably be the day the republic collapses.
It’s 2025 and 3OH!3 has a new single and regret to inform it’s a bop.
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 AM
It’s 2025 and 3OH!3 has a new single and regret to inform it’s a bop.
“Don’t worry, Athena. You haven’t lost our mind.”
Her blonde variant smirked as she wiped the cherry red blood from her chin with her thumb and smeared a smiley face on the fractured mirror.
“You can have it back when I’m done.”
DUALITY coming 2026.
Her blonde variant smirked as she wiped the cherry red blood from her chin with her thumb and smeared a smiley face on the fractured mirror.
“You can have it back when I’m done.”
DUALITY coming 2026.
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“Don’t worry, Athena. You haven’t lost our mind.”
Her blonde variant smirked as she wiped the cherry red blood from her chin with her thumb and smeared a smiley face on the fractured mirror.
“You can have it back when I’m done.”
DUALITY coming 2026.
Her blonde variant smirked as she wiped the cherry red blood from her chin with her thumb and smeared a smiley face on the fractured mirror.
“You can have it back when I’m done.”
DUALITY coming 2026.
This week on Second Breakfast:
Eric explains how a famous GO cheated NTC, Justin and I talk shotguns and microwaves to fight drones, and we all debate where to hang out in DC if you want gossip.
open.spotify.com/episode/7B70...
Eric explains how a famous GO cheated NTC, Justin and I talk shotguns and microwaves to fight drones, and we all debate where to hang out in DC if you want gossip.
open.spotify.com/episode/7B70...
Second Breakfast: Colby's Pigpen, Counter-UAS, Training, Eat like a Trumper (or Iranian Spy?)
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This week on Second Breakfast:
Eric explains how a famous GO cheated NTC, Justin and I talk shotguns and microwaves to fight drones, and we all debate where to hang out in DC if you want gossip.
open.spotify.com/episode/7B70...
Eric explains how a famous GO cheated NTC, Justin and I talk shotguns and microwaves to fight drones, and we all debate where to hang out in DC if you want gossip.
open.spotify.com/episode/7B70...
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This is a fucking good podcast. I've downloaded the back catalogue to listen through on some upcoming flights... including to DC where I now know all the best (and worst) spots! Thanks chaps
On this week’s Second Breakfast we talk about OSD-Congress relations, CUAS, training and national training centers, and why McClellan would’ve been a tyrant.
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is a fucking good podcast. I've downloaded the back catalogue to listen through on some upcoming flights... including to DC where I now know all the best (and worst) spots! Thanks chaps
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I know everyone thinks all feds are like GS-15s in NoVa with a consultant spouse pulling down six figures, but in reality land shit is starting to Get Bad even for those of us with decent financial resources
Hell yeah
Developing a fall back option of camping on Senator Foghorn Leghorn's front lawn when I get foreclosed on, I am a constituent after all
Developing a fall back option of camping on Senator Foghorn Leghorn's front lawn when I get foreclosed on, I am a constituent after all
GOP SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: It may be 2026 when we'll come out of the shutdown.
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I know everyone thinks all feds are like GS-15s in NoVa with a consultant spouse pulling down six figures, but in reality land shit is starting to Get Bad even for those of us with decent financial resources
We’ve got 7ish weeks til end of year and sooner until we throw ourselves into a recession even the best TACO posting can’t get us out of. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people without backpay, starting to hit consumer spending, businesses that depend on govt contracts, and so on.
GOP SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: It may be 2026 when we'll come out of the shutdown.
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 AM
We’ve got 7ish weeks til end of year and sooner until we throw ourselves into a recession even the best TACO posting can’t get us out of. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people without backpay, starting to hit consumer spending, businesses that depend on govt contracts, and so on.
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YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
Sounds like solving contested logistics is going to be a new DoD priority now under the just announced acquisitions reforms.
Rumor is that some of my suggestions below were taken seriously:
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
Rumor is that some of my suggestions below were taken seriously:
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
MacArthur's Ghost
Logistics and Sustainment for the Pacific Fight
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Sounds like solving contested logistics is going to be a new DoD priority now under the just announced acquisitions reforms.
Rumor is that some of my suggestions below were taken seriously:
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
Rumor is that some of my suggestions below were taken seriously:
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
New Second Breakfast is live:
SASC hearings and OSD, CUAS, national training centers and more. @uticaeric.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7B70...
SASC hearings and OSD, CUAS, national training centers and more. @uticaeric.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7B70...
Second Breakfast: Colby's Pigpen, Counter-UAS, Training, Eat like a Trumper (or Iranian Spy?)
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New Second Breakfast is live:
SASC hearings and OSD, CUAS, national training centers and more. @uticaeric.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7B70...
SASC hearings and OSD, CUAS, national training centers and more. @uticaeric.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7B70...
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@tonystark.bsky.social Someone's been reading Ex Supra: www.twz.com/space/arc-or...
Arc Orbital Supply Capsule Aims To Put Military Supplies Anywhere On Earth Within An Hour
Deorbiting small cargo-laden spacecraft on demand to troops in need is the vision of Inversion Space and its Arc spacecraft. The U.S. military has a longstanding interest in concepts for transporting ...
www.twz.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
@tonystark.bsky.social Someone's been reading Ex Supra: www.twz.com/space/arc-or...
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The “too close to Milley” cudgel is one that Hegseth can wield against a huge proportion of senior Army officers, since so many worked for him at one time or another
Here (first pic, no helmet) is Woke Pat Work on the hike in to the Turbine 33 crash site in the Korengal in 2005
Here (first pic, no helmet) is Woke Pat Work on the hike in to the Turbine 33 crash site in the Korengal in 2005
Recovering the 19 dead and 1 surviving SEAL was the biggest CSAR mission since Vietnam, pausing most other US ops in Afg and pulling in JSOC, CIA, CJSOTF, and conventional forces.
The first troops to reach the crash were Rangers. First pic shows C 2/75 CO (and now 82nd ABN CG) Pat Work (no helmet).
The first troops to reach the crash were Rangers. First pic shows C 2/75 CO (and now 82nd ABN CG) Pat Work (no helmet).
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The “too close to Milley” cudgel is one that Hegseth can wield against a huge proportion of senior Army officers, since so many worked for him at one time or another
Here (first pic, no helmet) is Woke Pat Work on the hike in to the Turbine 33 crash site in the Korengal in 2005
Here (first pic, no helmet) is Woke Pat Work on the hike in to the Turbine 33 crash site in the Korengal in 2005
I gotta be honest, none of us know what this podcast is but it’s scratching some sort of itch for a lot of people.
On this week’s Second Breakfast we talk about OSD-Congress relations, CUAS, training and national training centers, and why McClellan would’ve been a tyrant.
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I gotta be honest, none of us know what this podcast is but it’s scratching some sort of itch for a lot of people.