Spaghetti
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Your key takeaway from the brilliant Ukraine attack with small drones into Russia shouldn’t be “wow, small drones make it so easy to score huge hits,” it should be “wow, Ukrainians are insanely good at covertly planning and executing extraordinarily difficult missions of which drones are one part”.
1. The FPV drone tech Ukraine used here has been around for a while, though it was used very ingeniously.
2. The Ukrainian attack using these drones relied upon what sounds like over a year of extraordinarily precise logistics, planning, and training. This is not something just anyone could do.
2. The Ukrainian attack using these drones relied upon what sounds like over a year of extraordinarily precise logistics, planning, and training. This is not something just anyone could do.
This is going to start a personal rant that may well not be popular, but here goes:
This analysis is good and correct and applies to nearly everything in the defense/intel space, including/especially Tier 1 SOF.
This analysis is good and correct and applies to nearly everything in the defense/intel space, including/especially Tier 1 SOF.
I might phrase this differently.
When we don't speak accurately on who is struggling and how, it makes it very easy for folks to say, "Why should I help the family who can't eat tonight, *I'M* the one who needs help?!"
When we don't speak accurately on who is struggling and how, it makes it very easy for folks to say, "Why should I help the family who can't eat tonight, *I'M* the one who needs help?!"
And of course there is no shortage of actual material need in America, but I would maintain that the aforementioned social/emotional defects that trick people into feeling poor also make it much HARDER to build the political coalitions to help the needy.
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I might phrase this differently.
When we don't speak accurately on who is struggling and how, it makes it very easy for folks to say, "Why should I help the family who can't eat tonight, *I'M* the one who needs help?!"
When we don't speak accurately on who is struggling and how, it makes it very easy for folks to say, "Why should I help the family who can't eat tonight, *I'M* the one who needs help?!"
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Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
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West Point is committing "a crime of serious proportion" then.
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
West Point is committing "a crime of serious proportion" then.
Every new batch of MBA grads recreates securities fraud and keeps my kids in braces and tuition
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Every new batch of MBA grads recreates securities fraud and keeps my kids in braces and tuition
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
Black hole sun, won’t you come
November 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Black hole sun, won’t you come
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Think we need a running list:
Special counsel for boat strikes
Special counsel for immigration abuses
Special counsel for Ukraine
Special counsel for gulf bribes
What else?
Special counsel for boat strikes
Special counsel for immigration abuses
Special counsel for Ukraine
Special counsel for gulf bribes
What else?
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Think we need a running list:
Special counsel for boat strikes
Special counsel for immigration abuses
Special counsel for Ukraine
Special counsel for gulf bribes
What else?
Special counsel for boat strikes
Special counsel for immigration abuses
Special counsel for Ukraine
Special counsel for gulf bribes
What else?
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The Tyrese Maxey Foundation turkey drive gave away 1,000 meals two years ago and 2,000 meals last year. This year, it's 3,000.
Tyrese Maxey's goal for the future?
"Just keep feeding families, man. Just keep making people happy."
Tyrese Maxey's goal for the future?
"Just keep feeding families, man. Just keep making people happy."
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Tyrese Maxey Foundation turkey drive gave away 1,000 meals two years ago and 2,000 meals last year. This year, it's 3,000.
Tyrese Maxey's goal for the future?
"Just keep feeding families, man. Just keep making people happy."
Tyrese Maxey's goal for the future?
"Just keep feeding families, man. Just keep making people happy."
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Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Looking around the court room, "well i'm not going to be nervous about losing to a bunch of nerds."
the key to overcoming imposter syndrome lies not in understanding that you're better than this but in accepting that everyone else is worse than this
November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Looking around the court room, "well i'm not going to be nervous about losing to a bunch of nerds."
I'd like to see some more coverage of this, to brighten the timeline:
Truth Social Owner DJT Stock Craters, Erasing $5 Billion in Trump Family Wealth
Trump Media stock has traded at all-time lows in recent days.
www.barrons.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I'd like to see some more coverage of this, to brighten the timeline:
Happy to see them standing together, and as a self-appointed Social Media Navalist (as we dethrone the previous batch), happy to see **Don't Give Up The Ship** as the call to action.
Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Happy to see them standing together, and as a self-appointed Social Media Navalist (as we dethrone the previous batch), happy to see **Don't Give Up The Ship** as the call to action.
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Don't give up the ship.
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Don't give up the ship.
Another one to add to the "Reverse on Day One" list:
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Another one to add to the "Reverse on Day One" list:
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
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The MSU helmet for this week is extremely good
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The MSU helmet for this week is extremely good
adding Nuzzi to the muted words list post haste
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
adding Nuzzi to the muted words list post haste
John Roberts, come collect your prize:
"Trump is therefore absolutely immune from prosecution for the alleged conduct involving his discussions with Justice Department officials." Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593, 621 (2024).
"Trump is therefore absolutely immune from prosecution for the alleged conduct involving his discussions with Justice Department officials." Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593, 621 (2024).
The settlement talks between the Trump administration and Michael Flynn and Stefan Passantino marked a change in position by DOJ, which previously had successfully argued in court to have both of their lawsuits tossed out
bit.ly/4hWdolc
bit.ly/4hWdolc
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
John Roberts, come collect your prize:
"Trump is therefore absolutely immune from prosecution for the alleged conduct involving his discussions with Justice Department officials." Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593, 621 (2024).
"Trump is therefore absolutely immune from prosecution for the alleged conduct involving his discussions with Justice Department officials." Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593, 621 (2024).
On the flip side, growing up like that leads to an adverse reaction to the sycophantic AI/LLM speak, keeps you safe.
“This robot is a loser and needs to get off my jock, ew delete”
“This robot is a loser and needs to get off my jock, ew delete”
Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
On the flip side, growing up like that leads to an adverse reaction to the sycophantic AI/LLM speak, keeps you safe.
“This robot is a loser and needs to get off my jock, ew delete”
“This robot is a loser and needs to get off my jock, ew delete”
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It is high past time for the Democrats to go full-send on a rampaging, ferocious, fire and brimstone anti-corruption push.
The people thirst for it.
The people thirst for it.
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It is high past time for the Democrats to go full-send on a rampaging, ferocious, fire and brimstone anti-corruption push.
The people thirst for it.
The people thirst for it.
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I am shooting my shot.
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I am shooting my shot.
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
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"When voters are read direct quotes from Platner’s since-deleted Reddit posts, he loses to Collins by double digits."
EMILYs List poll: Platner will lose Maine Senate race
The Maine Senate race is all but a must-win for Democrats looking to take back the Senate.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"When voters are read direct quotes from Platner’s since-deleted Reddit posts, he loses to Collins by double digits."