D Adstutia
@davidadstutia.bsky.social
Former USMC now working in foreign affairs. New dad.
Motorcycle. Books. Music. Food&Spirits Goofiness.
Motorcycle. Books. Music. Food&Spirits Goofiness.
2026 NATO exercises:
Operation Eiffel Tower: Exercising large scale single envelopment attack
Operation One Cup: Effectuating burden shifting and exercising use of limited air defenses to respond to saturation strikes
Operation Eiffel Tower: Exercising large scale single envelopment attack
Operation One Cup: Effectuating burden shifting and exercising use of limited air defenses to respond to saturation strikes
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
2026 NATO exercises:
Operation Eiffel Tower: Exercising large scale single envelopment attack
Operation One Cup: Effectuating burden shifting and exercising use of limited air defenses to respond to saturation strikes
Operation Eiffel Tower: Exercising large scale single envelopment attack
Operation One Cup: Effectuating burden shifting and exercising use of limited air defenses to respond to saturation strikes
Article 4 is *not* a requirement for invoking Article 5. It's just that they are in sequential articles in the Washington Treaty. I know it was in the NYT article; it's just not accurate. Article 4 still very important though - only invoked 8 times prior.
September 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Article 4 is *not* a requirement for invoking Article 5. It's just that they are in sequential articles in the Washington Treaty. I know it was in the NYT article; it's just not accurate. Article 4 still very important though - only invoked 8 times prior.
Cosplaying for the war he literally lied to get out of....
September 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Cosplaying for the war he literally lied to get out of....
So automated "death panels". Just lovely.
August 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So automated "death panels". Just lovely.
Similar tho the baby's bottle situation has taken over most of the space. The first moka, no long gone was a gift from colocated Italians in Afghanistan and is now mostly for camping/ road trips. The French press is the faster day-to-day for morning coffee for us...Chemex for wkends
August 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Similar tho the baby's bottle situation has taken over most of the space. The first moka, no long gone was a gift from colocated Italians in Afghanistan and is now mostly for camping/ road trips. The French press is the faster day-to-day for morning coffee for us...Chemex for wkends
There are certainly different ways to measure wealth even if not "rich" :)
August 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There are certainly different ways to measure wealth even if not "rich" :)
What does it say that I have all of these except the first and the last one? 😬☕
August 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
What does it say that I have all of these except the first and the last one? 😬☕
From someone who has regularly had to explain common funding vs. national defense investment pledges...
a group of men are sitting around a table in a conference room .
ALT: a group of men are sitting around a table in a conference room .
media.tenor.com
August 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
From someone who has regularly had to explain common funding vs. national defense investment pledges...
It's not farming — it's valid AF to the point of being singularly illustrative of how completely fucked their "process" was/is.
July 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It's not farming — it's valid AF to the point of being singularly illustrative of how completely fucked their "process" was/is.
Rather than surgical or smart, most
who experienced it would say "slapdash, chaotic, arbitrary, or ill-advised. And as for coordination with under secretaries... What under secretaries?? They were all in acting capacity (temp) and they RIF'd one of them too!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
who experienced it would say "slapdash, chaotic, arbitrary, or ill-advised. And as for coordination with under secretaries... What under secretaries?? They were all in acting capacity (temp) and they RIF'd one of them too!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘It’s a madhouse’: US state department workers reeling after Trump’s firings
About 3,000 workers have left the agency through firings and buyouts in a move Democrats and staff call ‘unlawful’
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Rather than surgical or smart, most
who experienced it would say "slapdash, chaotic, arbitrary, or ill-advised. And as for coordination with under secretaries... What under secretaries?? They were all in acting capacity (temp) and they RIF'd one of them too!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
who experienced it would say "slapdash, chaotic, arbitrary, or ill-advised. And as for coordination with under secretaries... What under secretaries?? They were all in acting capacity (temp) and they RIF'd one of them too!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Holding aside that many of those fired served faithfully under multiple administrations, including Trump 1 - massive cuts in areas of critical expertise like visa fraud and nuclear arms control don't even match supposed admin priorities.
July 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Holding aside that many of those fired served faithfully under multiple administrations, including Trump 1 - massive cuts in areas of critical expertise like visa fraud and nuclear arms control don't even match supposed admin priorities.
July 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This whole mess was ill advised and does nothing to improve national security or economic gain.
State STILL suffers from hiring freezes in '17 & unfilled positions all over the Department.
Needs process reform, sure... ut anyone who suggests it's a bloated workforce with too many people can gtfoh
State STILL suffers from hiring freezes in '17 & unfilled positions all over the Department.
Needs process reform, sure... ut anyone who suggests it's a bloated workforce with too many people can gtfoh
July 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This whole mess was ill advised and does nothing to improve national security or economic gain.
State STILL suffers from hiring freezes in '17 & unfilled positions all over the Department.
Needs process reform, sure... ut anyone who suggests it's a bloated workforce with too many people can gtfoh
State STILL suffers from hiring freezes in '17 & unfilled positions all over the Department.
Needs process reform, sure... ut anyone who suggests it's a bloated workforce with too many people can gtfoh
UGH. Fuck. I'm sorry, Russ.
You earned a lot better... mostly Everyone here does... Than to go out under a blanket of malevolence tempered only by incompetence.
You earned a lot better... mostly Everyone here does... Than to go out under a blanket of malevolence tempered only by incompetence.
July 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
UGH. Fuck. I'm sorry, Russ.
You earned a lot better... mostly Everyone here does... Than to go out under a blanket of malevolence tempered only by incompetence.
You earned a lot better... mostly Everyone here does... Than to go out under a blanket of malevolence tempered only by incompetence.