Luke
@loadsabot.bsky.social
Engages tanks and tank-like targets. Recon and Security enthusiast, Dad, and Packers Owner
We've made improvements, especially with the Future Soldier Preparatory course....but are we sure this isn't just a blinking red economic indicator? I would bet a weaker civ job market has a lot more to do with improved recruiting than lethality vs wokeness
www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-...
www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-...
The Military’s Recruiting Surge | National Review
For a few years, the all-volunteer military construct was failing. Fresh thinking, financial resources, and untold amounts of effort have turned things around.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We've made improvements, especially with the Future Soldier Preparatory course....but are we sure this isn't just a blinking red economic indicator? I would bet a weaker civ job market has a lot more to do with improved recruiting than lethality vs wokeness
www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-...
www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-...
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Before there was Veterans Day, there was Armistice Day. We shouldn't have changed it. When we rattle sabers and hold human life cheaply, I think about this dedication from my Great Grandfather's WWI unit history. Armistice Day was as much of a warning as it was a celebration.
Lest we forget.
Lest we forget.
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Before there was Veterans Day, there was Armistice Day. We shouldn't have changed it. When we rattle sabers and hold human life cheaply, I think about this dedication from my Great Grandfather's WWI unit history. Armistice Day was as much of a warning as it was a celebration.
Lest we forget.
Lest we forget.
What a dumb way to end that game. MLF should've at least given Love a chance at the Hail Mary
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
What a dumb way to end that game. MLF should've at least given Love a chance at the Hail Mary
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Hi folks! A few thoughts on this essay, and the questions that we *should* be asking, rather than the ones this Army officer seems inclined to answer. I haven’t done a CMR thread in a while so I’m overdue. 🧵
Hard to imagine a more sinister & dangerous argument, couched in euphemism & high-minded language. "This essay does not argue liberalism will collapse, only that [US] military officers should be intellectually (and spiritually) prepared for alternatives." warontherocks.com/2025/10/the-...
The American Military Officer After Liberalism
Across academia, government, and Silicon Valley, on social media, and in leading journals, intellectuals and political leaders are openly debating what
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October 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hi folks! A few thoughts on this essay, and the questions that we *should* be asking, rather than the ones this Army officer seems inclined to answer. I haven’t done a CMR thread in a while so I’m overdue. 🧵
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HE DOES THIS 😤
📺: NBC
📺: NBC
October 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
HE DOES THIS 😤
📺: NBC
📺: NBC
You're telling me the high-stakes underground mafia poker game wasn't on the up-and-up?
Authorities say an indicted poker cheating ring involving pro sports figures and the mafia used a series of high-tech tactics in the scam.
How cheaters rigged high-stakes poker games with the mob and sports pros, according to authorities
Authorities say an indicted poker cheating ring involving pro sports figures and the mafia used a series of high-tech tactics in the scam.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
You're telling me the high-stakes underground mafia poker game wasn't on the up-and-up?
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As usual for Jack Watling, this is a fabulously data & evidence-rich paper on what the Ukrainian battlefield looks like today. A pivotal role for drones & ground robots—but also for tanks, armour & artillery, each coming into its own at different moments in an assault www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
October 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
As usual for Jack Watling, this is a fabulously data & evidence-rich paper on what the Ukrainian battlefield looks like today. A pivotal role for drones & ground robots—but also for tanks, armour & artillery, each coming into its own at different moments in an assault www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
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Anyone use or have examples of a leader book style product for BN XOs?
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Anyone use or have examples of a leader book style product for BN XOs?
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"what the fuck just happened"
October 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"what the fuck just happened"
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what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee
October 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee
At least they came away with the field goal, but why did LaFleuer have them throw on 3rd and 2, in side 2 minutes? Worst case, run is stuffed and the bengals have to burn their last time out
October 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
At least they came away with the field goal, but why did LaFleuer have them throw on 3rd and 2, in side 2 minutes? Worst case, run is stuffed and the bengals have to burn their last time out
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basically the issue with sun tzu is that most people don't think china is real
October 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
basically the issue with sun tzu is that most people don't think china is real
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My latest on Sora, disinformation, and how I was right years ago about all of this.
“No longer is fake content the exception to our feeds; it’s the default. Humanity has taken up residency inside the uncanny valley.”
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
“No longer is fake content the exception to our feeds; it’s the default. Humanity has taken up residency inside the uncanny valley.”
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
When Reality Bends Back
AI-Generated Disinformation for Profit and War
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October 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
My latest on Sora, disinformation, and how I was right years ago about all of this.
“No longer is fake content the exception to our feeds; it’s the default. Humanity has taken up residency inside the uncanny valley.”
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
“No longer is fake content the exception to our feeds; it’s the default. Humanity has taken up residency inside the uncanny valley.”
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
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A few followers saying baby fingernails are like bird talons as if we've never been picked up by large birds off a volcano after completing a life-altering quest that required great personal resilience and sacrifice and while it was happening thought wow these talons are really dangerous.
September 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A few followers saying baby fingernails are like bird talons as if we've never been picked up by large birds off a volcano after completing a life-altering quest that required great personal resilience and sacrifice and while it was happening thought wow these talons are really dangerous.
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The inside of his brain at least once a series
September 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The inside of his brain at least once a series
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So what does it all mean?
– Denuclearization is dead. Beijing now hosts Kim without nuclear caveats.
– Russia-DPRK ties are deepening, with China tolerating it.
– Seoul is sidelined.
– Trump faces a harder negotiating landscape than in 2018.
– Denuclearization is dead. Beijing now hosts Kim without nuclear caveats.
– Russia-DPRK ties are deepening, with China tolerating it.
– Seoul is sidelined.
– Trump faces a harder negotiating landscape than in 2018.
September 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
So what does it all mean?
– Denuclearization is dead. Beijing now hosts Kim without nuclear caveats.
– Russia-DPRK ties are deepening, with China tolerating it.
– Seoul is sidelined.
– Trump faces a harder negotiating landscape than in 2018.
– Denuclearization is dead. Beijing now hosts Kim without nuclear caveats.
– Russia-DPRK ties are deepening, with China tolerating it.
– Seoul is sidelined.
– Trump faces a harder negotiating landscape than in 2018.
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Why doesn’t West Point have a better kickers, the Army has so many Specialists
August 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Why doesn’t West Point have a better kickers, the Army has so many Specialists
Which part of the "fast, cheap, good" triangle do you think a defense contractor would give up?
The United States has to fund legacy munitions, modern systems, and next-gen tech at once. The only way to reconcile that tension? Speed.
Listen here: pod.link/682478916/e...
Listen here: pod.link/682478916/e...
August 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Which part of the "fast, cheap, good" triangle do you think a defense contractor would give up?
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armor division looking at battle plans and realizing "my job is just breach"
August 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
armor division looking at battle plans and realizing "my job is just breach"
Once again, "The future of war is here, and, conveniently, I have it for sale"
warontherocks.com/2025/08/dron...
warontherocks.com/2025/08/dron...
August 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Once again, "The future of war is here, and, conveniently, I have it for sale"
warontherocks.com/2025/08/dron...
warontherocks.com/2025/08/dron...
The whole article is wild, but this quote was the most revealing to me. The man has no reason to exist beyond just existing. A society organized around merely existing as "the highest virtue" sounds incredibly shallow and dystopic.
July 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The whole article is wild, but this quote was the most revealing to me. The man has no reason to exist beyond just existing. A society organized around merely existing as "the highest virtue" sounds incredibly shallow and dystopic.
Just watched the movie Warfare. While I think it was shot well, and feels very intense, the writing and plotting left a lot to be desired. With only the context of the film, the SEAL's mission has no purpose or logic.
July 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Just watched the movie Warfare. While I think it was shot well, and feels very intense, the writing and plotting left a lot to be desired. With only the context of the film, the SEAL's mission has no purpose or logic.