Bruce R
@flitbrucer.bsky.social
Personal account of a recovering Afghan vet, gamer and gadabout. Asst. Editor of a peer-reviewed military journal in my spare time, which I may mention here once in a while
Previously on Twitter as Flit_BruceR, and a blogger of little consequence long ago
Previously on Twitter as Flit_BruceR, and a blogger of little consequence long ago
What's concerning is that yesterday in the confession interview he REPEATED the allegation, despite dozens of people correcting him and community notes since the first time. Showing he doesn't really have either people who will tell him about those corrections or abilty to process new info himself.
January 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
What's concerning is that yesterday in the confession interview he REPEATED the allegation, despite dozens of people correcting him and community notes since the first time. Showing he doesn't really have either people who will tell him about those corrections or abilty to process new info himself.
People have said this is petulant and childish to argue with a critic, which it is... they've said it was dishonest since he WAS cheating (now admitted). They've said it was proof that Musk was old, like paper-newspapers old, because he couldn't get that your "editor" was your STAFF, not your boss:
January 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
People have said this is petulant and childish to argue with a critic, which it is... they've said it was dishonest since he WAS cheating (now admitted). They've said it was proof that Musk was old, like paper-newspapers old, because he couldn't get that your "editor" was your STAFF, not your boss:
...claiming they established Hoyt was "not his own man." (since deleted)
January 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
...claiming they established Hoyt was "not his own man." (since deleted)
In the 1982 season 10 episode "Pressure Points", surgical hospital commander Col Potter (Harry Morgan) uncharacteristically explodes in a briefing about the "new" and uniquely awful WP injuries and how it means war is just getting more horrible. /5
December 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM
In the 1982 season 10 episode "Pressure Points", surgical hospital commander Col Potter (Harry Morgan) uncharacteristically explodes in a briefing about the "new" and uniquely awful WP injuries and how it means war is just getting more horrible. /5
M*A*S*H was a very popular TV show in the 1970s. Mostly a situational comedy about a Korean War surgical hospital, subtextually was very much about the recent U.S. military loss in Vietnam and how as a country to move on from and contextualize that. /2 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
December 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM
M*A*S*H was a very popular TV show in the 1970s. Mostly a situational comedy about a Korean War surgical hospital, subtextually was very much about the recent U.S. military loss in Vietnam and how as a country to move on from and contextualize that. /2 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Westside Tyler reposted our WP discussion, which gives me an excuse to offer a last thought on artistic license and games. Also White Phosphorus, and how a 1970s sitcom and a 2012 computer game do the same thing here. /1 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en... upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...
December 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Westside Tyler reposted our WP discussion, which gives me an excuse to offer a last thought on artistic license and games. Also White Phosphorus, and how a 1970s sitcom and a 2012 computer game do the same thing here. /1 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en... upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...
As an example, every military operation has been pronounced a success in every military press release, ever, for both sides. (I've written a few of them.) Judge their evidentiary value accordingly. /19
December 9, 2024 at 2:29 PM
As an example, every military operation has been pronounced a success in every military press release, ever, for both sides. (I've written a few of them.) Judge their evidentiary value accordingly. /19
What would it take for me to accept, say, that Moses was a real person (random example)? If I can find some level of evidence that would tilt the balance of probabilities in that direction in my own mind, I still have a falsifiable belief and so it's acceptable continuing to hold it for now. /17
December 9, 2024 at 2:29 PM
What would it take for me to accept, say, that Moses was a real person (random example)? If I can find some level of evidence that would tilt the balance of probabilities in that direction in my own mind, I still have a falsifiable belief and so it's acceptable continuing to hold it for now. /17
From later advanced training through the military, the thing that helped me the most was probably the formal training in Bayes' Theorem. It's an oversimplification to say every logical fallacy can be mathematically expressed in Bayes terminology, but it's not totally wrong either. /13
December 9, 2024 at 2:29 PM
From later advanced training through the military, the thing that helped me the most was probably the formal training in Bayes' Theorem. It's an oversimplification to say every logical fallacy can be mathematically expressed in Bayes terminology, but it's not totally wrong either. /13
To capture the destruction of HE on camera you need to be too close for comfort in most cases. But WP shelling leaves a visible signature that the HE shells that were fired along with it in the classic "shake and bake" mixed HE/WP shelling mostly do not. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
December 9, 2024 at 2:29 PM
To capture the destruction of HE on camera you need to be too close for comfort in most cases. But WP shelling leaves a visible signature that the HE shells that were fired along with it in the classic "shake and bake" mixed HE/WP shelling mostly do not. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
One thought I had later: one thing I didn't talk about on BlueSky or on stream is that WP's rep is in part because it's MORE apparent to news photography. The unique "smoke jellyfish" of WP is persistent. It lasts long enough to be caught on film. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co... /5
December 9, 2024 at 2:29 PM
One thought I had later: one thing I didn't talk about on BlueSky or on stream is that WP's rep is in part because it's MORE apparent to news photography. The unique "smoke jellyfish" of WP is persistent. It lasts long enough to be caught on film. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co... /5
52:45 re suggesting Israelis stop. Just a reminder the WP rounds being used in Gaza are generally made in America and given to Israel as part of military aid... note the mix below of US HE and WP shells at an Israeli artillery position /50 static.nrc.nl/2023/fosfor_...
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
52:45 re suggesting Israelis stop. Just a reminder the WP rounds being used in Gaza are generally made in America and given to Israel as part of military aid... note the mix below of US HE and WP shells at an Israeli artillery position /50 static.nrc.nl/2023/fosfor_...
18:40 re "Shake and Bake" in Iraq not a thing outside video games. This term for the tactic of using a mixed artillery barrage of WP and HE has seen print, among other places, in the US Army's Field Artillery magazine. Not really that hard to find. /31 www.lineofdeparture.army.mil/portals/144/...
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
18:40 re "Shake and Bake" in Iraq not a thing outside video games. This term for the tactic of using a mixed artillery barrage of WP and HE has seen print, among other places, in the US Army's Field Artillery magazine. Not really that hard to find. /31 www.lineofdeparture.army.mil/portals/144/...
5:30 He says you can "color" WP. You can't. It's always white. Again, he's confusing non-toxic smoke agents with WP here. The two look VERY different, there's really no mistaking the burning on contact kind. /15 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
5:30 He says you can "color" WP. You can't. It's always white. Again, he's confusing non-toxic smoke agents with WP here. The two look VERY different, there's really no mistaking the burning on contact kind. /15 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Most vehicle smoke grenades today, as you see on tanks, are also WP-based. This is for the first two reasons. The smoke cloud forms nearly instantly, as opposed to non-WP smoke which takes a little while. The heat adds to the masking of your vehicle. /12 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Most vehicle smoke grenades today, as you see on tanks, are also WP-based. This is for the first two reasons. The smoke cloud forms nearly instantly, as opposed to non-WP smoke which takes a little while. The heat adds to the masking of your vehicle. /12 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
HC and the other agents that followed it are what are used for all colored smoke you see armies use. Their signature look is very different. They do stay "in the can." They don't hurt friendly troops so they can be used quite close up. /9 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
HC and the other agents that followed it are what are used for all colored smoke you see armies use. Their signature look is very different. They do stay "in the can." They don't hurt friendly troops so they can be used quite close up. /9 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
5:00 But here he talks about using WP "in cans" to avoid collateral damage from use as smoke. This is just wrong. WP needs to be scattered to be effective, hence the unmistakable starburst signature, the tell of every WP munition detonation since WW1. /7 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
5:00 But here he talks about using WP "in cans" to avoid collateral damage from use as smoke. This is just wrong. WP needs to be scattered to be effective, hence the unmistakable starburst signature, the tell of every WP munition detonation since WW1. /7 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Also pretty much agree that Spec Ops doesn't do "White Phosphorus effects on the human body" right. Yup. No question. I think there's a good reason for this, which I'll get to later. /6 static1.thegamerimages.com/wordpress/wp...
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Also pretty much agree that Spec Ops doesn't do "White Phosphorus effects on the human body" right. Yup. No question. I think there's a good reason for this, which I'll get to later. /6 static1.thegamerimages.com/wordpress/wp...
So I was interested to hear his thoughts on Spec Ops: The Line and the use of White Phosphorus in war. I was disappointed. Here, I'll explain why. 3/ upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
So I was interested to hear his thoughts on Spec Ops: The Line and the use of White Phosphorus in war. I was disappointed. Here, I'll explain why. 3/ upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...