Katman Du
@katmandu.bsky.social
Former cop, SWAT team lead, bomb squad tech. Just another 'blogger late to the technology party. he/him, fuck Putin, Trump, Musk, et. al. Happily (legally, ffs) married to my husband since 2015. Long-form writing: http://katsden.net
I needed a job while going to college and the PD was hiring civilian Service Officers; and then, well... inertia.
After, what does ex-LE do? Corporate security.
After 11 years of THAT, veer hard into ANYTHING other than that
After, what does ex-LE do? Corporate security.
After 11 years of THAT, veer hard into ANYTHING other than that
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I needed a job while going to college and the PD was hiring civilian Service Officers; and then, well... inertia.
After, what does ex-LE do? Corporate security.
After 11 years of THAT, veer hard into ANYTHING other than that
After, what does ex-LE do? Corporate security.
After 11 years of THAT, veer hard into ANYTHING other than that
A couple of sleepy caturday cats
November 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A couple of sleepy caturday cats
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Nearly every day I find myself envious of the brilliance of others.
(make sure and unmute)
(make sure and unmute)
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Nearly every day I find myself envious of the brilliance of others.
(make sure and unmute)
(make sure and unmute)
Since Kerbal Space Program 2 went tits up, some other developers are building a new engine and new game... but this time, instead of Kerbals, they use cute kittens.
NOOOOOO now I'm gonna feel bad when my shoddy spaceship blows up and kills them!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_g...
NOOOOOO now I'm gonna feel bad when my shoddy spaceship blows up and kills them!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_g...
Could This Be The True Successor To Kerbal Space Program?
YouTube video by Scott Manley
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Since Kerbal Space Program 2 went tits up, some other developers are building a new engine and new game... but this time, instead of Kerbals, they use cute kittens.
NOOOOOO now I'm gonna feel bad when my shoddy spaceship blows up and kills them!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_g...
NOOOOOO now I'm gonna feel bad when my shoddy spaceship blows up and kills them!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_g...
Reposted by Katman Du
per A.P.
*Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns*
apnews.com/article/immi...
*Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns*
apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
per A.P.
*Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns*
apnews.com/article/immi...
*Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns*
apnews.com/article/immi...
TIL...
Breathalyzers, interestingly were made by the tear gas division of Smith and Wesson, the gun company
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
TIL...
Got around to the last emergency lights finally… think I might clean this up and put it in the shop
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Got around to the last emergency lights finally… think I might clean this up and put it in the shop
We all knew this would happen; that's why they were stalling.
But I'm betting they're really bad at covering their tracks; and that there's folks that have squirreled away unredacted copies.
But, of course, they've clouded the waters.
But I'm betting they're really bad at covering their tracks; and that there's folks that have squirreled away unredacted copies.
But, of course, they've clouded the waters.
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
We all knew this would happen; that's why they were stalling.
But I'm betting they're really bad at covering their tracks; and that there's folks that have squirreled away unredacted copies.
But, of course, they've clouded the waters.
But I'm betting they're really bad at covering their tracks; and that there's folks that have squirreled away unredacted copies.
But, of course, they've clouded the waters.
Of course, us instructors running the class would use our downtime to get ridiculous... one of the scenarios was a "it's better to retreat and wait for reinforcement" type of thing where you respond to the driveway of a house about a complaint and the subject is verbally combative... then-1/4
First agency we'd rent a machine for a couple of weeks for shoot/no shoot training; I think it was a FATS I, because the scenarios were on laserdiscs. Rented a more modern one at BCSO that included the shoot-back paintball gun (and believe me, us instructors were poised over that joystick-
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Of course, us instructors running the class would use our downtime to get ridiculous... one of the scenarios was a "it's better to retreat and wait for reinforcement" type of thing where you respond to the driveway of a house about a complaint and the subject is verbally combative... then-1/4
Find me a candidate who will stop robocalls and telemarketing scams, and I’ll raise hell to get them elected 🤬
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Find me a candidate who will stop robocalls and telemarketing scams, and I’ll raise hell to get them elected 🤬
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
What’s the criminal record of your agents, Mr. Bovino?
FOX: Here's a viral video of landscapers who were being addressed by a CBP agent. What do you say to people who say that falls outside the purview of getting criminals out?
GREG BOVINO: Martha, do we know the criminal records of those so-called landscapers?
GREG BOVINO: Martha, do we know the criminal records of those so-called landscapers?
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
What’s the criminal record of your agents, Mr. Bovino?
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I AM THE VERY MODEL OF A MODERN MAJOR TERMINAL
I'VE PREJUDICES SO BIGOTED RACIALLY AND SEXUAL
I KNOW THE HACKS OF FOX NEWS AND MY STRATEGY DEPLORABLE
I'M VERY WELL ACQUAINTED, TOO, WITH MATTERS ALCOHOLICAL
I UNDERSTAND HARASSMENTS BOTH THE GLARING AND DENIABLE
I'VE PREJUDICES SO BIGOTED RACIALLY AND SEXUAL
I KNOW THE HACKS OF FOX NEWS AND MY STRATEGY DEPLORABLE
I'M VERY WELL ACQUAINTED, TOO, WITH MATTERS ALCOHOLICAL
I UNDERSTAND HARASSMENTS BOTH THE GLARING AND DENIABLE
This book is like if you had Major who was separated from the Army for misconduct publish his memoirs on military strategic leadership.
I regret to inform you that Olivia Nuzzi's book appears to be Perfect
insane, stupid, comically overwritten, dishy, politically indefensible I cannot wait to get my hands on it I must accept this is who I am as a person at some deep level whether I like it or not www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
insane, stupid, comically overwritten, dishy, politically indefensible I cannot wait to get my hands on it I must accept this is who I am as a person at some deep level whether I like it or not www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I AM THE VERY MODEL OF A MODERN MAJOR TERMINAL
I'VE PREJUDICES SO BIGOTED RACIALLY AND SEXUAL
I KNOW THE HACKS OF FOX NEWS AND MY STRATEGY DEPLORABLE
I'M VERY WELL ACQUAINTED, TOO, WITH MATTERS ALCOHOLICAL
I UNDERSTAND HARASSMENTS BOTH THE GLARING AND DENIABLE
I'VE PREJUDICES SO BIGOTED RACIALLY AND SEXUAL
I KNOW THE HACKS OF FOX NEWS AND MY STRATEGY DEPLORABLE
I'M VERY WELL ACQUAINTED, TOO, WITH MATTERS ALCOHOLICAL
I UNDERSTAND HARASSMENTS BOTH THE GLARING AND DENIABLE
Ummm… is it weird to have a fetish for a weapons system you were once good at? Asking for a friend
I only fired the UMP once; but at the time I was in it was all MP5.40 for the first agency; 9mm for the 2nd.
I was *surgical* with the .40 MP5; would kill to have another one with the navy trigger group. *wavy lines* memorieeees
I was *surgical* with the .40 MP5; would kill to have another one with the navy trigger group. *wavy lines* memorieeees
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Ummm… is it weird to have a fetish for a weapons system you were once good at? Asking for a friend
Awright glubdammit, I'm gonna get into this. It's as meaningless as the "9mm vs 45" discourse; but I'm tired of the .40S&W getting poo-poo'd as useless. 9mm was poo-poo'd at the time it came out as well.
So much of the debate comes down to "perceived recoil"; and my answer to that is "skill issue"
So much of the debate comes down to "perceived recoil"; and my answer to that is "skill issue"
I mean; it's a cool round, but I wouldn't go out of my way to buy one... I like obscure rounds (like the .338 Win Mag or... as some internet wags would like to say, the .40 Short and Weak); but that's just probably because I own one
.30 Carbine enters chat...
.30 Carbine enters chat...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Awright glubdammit, I'm gonna get into this. It's as meaningless as the "9mm vs 45" discourse; but I'm tired of the .40S&W getting poo-poo'd as useless. 9mm was poo-poo'd at the time it came out as well.
So much of the debate comes down to "perceived recoil"; and my answer to that is "skill issue"
So much of the debate comes down to "perceived recoil"; and my answer to that is "skill issue"
I do so love Ian. No bias, just "hey, look at this cool weapons system!" vibe that I used to vibe with. Shot many a round through Glocks and MP5s; and knew the reasons the 5.7 was designed, but had never heard of this round.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=90EC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=90EC...
6.5x25mm CBJ: Shooting Through an APC with a Glock?
YouTube video by Forgotten Weapons
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I do so love Ian. No bias, just "hey, look at this cool weapons system!" vibe that I used to vibe with. Shot many a round through Glocks and MP5s; and knew the reasons the 5.7 was designed, but had never heard of this round.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=90EC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=90EC...
Random grab off the bookshelf… not the hardest class I ever took at GPSTC; but they sure scared the shit out of about liability. Zoom in on the right side of the pics with my notes…
November 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Random grab off the bookshelf… not the hardest class I ever took at GPSTC; but they sure scared the shit out of about liability. Zoom in on the right side of the pics with my notes…
This deserves a Pulitzer.
Rev. Michael Woolf, a faith leader and minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, detained by Illinois State Police while protesting immigration policies outside the Broadview facility in Chicago.
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This deserves a Pulitzer.
Science Fiction has always had "science" at the beginning of it's name.
(yeah yeah speculative fiction and all that...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agWW...
(yeah yeah speculative fiction and all that...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agWW...
How The 1930s Imagined Space Combat
YouTube video by Spacedock
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Science Fiction has always had "science" at the beginning of it's name.
(yeah yeah speculative fiction and all that...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agWW...
(yeah yeah speculative fiction and all that...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agWW...
There were 3 police agencies that worked UGA home games... UGAPD (the bulk inside the stadium and at the gates; the rest trying swim upstream outside the stadium), ACCPD (they weren't in the stadium, but they had enough to do directing traffic and dealing with downtown), and Ga State Patrol. 1/
Even GSP (it seems like *every* Trooper in the state shows up for game day) knows better than to do that shit (in view of everyone)
November 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
There were 3 police agencies that worked UGA home games... UGAPD (the bulk inside the stadium and at the gates; the rest trying swim upstream outside the stadium), ACCPD (they weren't in the stadium, but they had enough to do directing traffic and dealing with downtown), and Ga State Patrol. 1/
One picture, 1000 words; but most of them are swear words
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
One picture, 1000 words; but most of them are swear words
Game day wrecks have started! Yuge pickup center punched a power pole on Gaines School road at noon. (Waiting to lose power and/or internet)
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Game day wrecks have started! Yuge pickup center punched a power pole on Gaines School road at noon. (Waiting to lose power and/or internet)
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"Look at my big, beautiful Bill."
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"Look at my big, beautiful Bill."