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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 15m

If I could do one thing to improve the DoD software environment, I would ban all SaaS. For what it costs, we can write our own software and run our own servers for pennies on the dollar.

War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 29m

A policy meant to streamline software procurement could instead grind innovation to a halt.

The Air Force is Kneecapping Software Innovation

The Department of the Air Force chief information officer announced a new policy change by sharing a post from a contractor, with the tag, “Strategic

warontherocks.com

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 2h

If a mayor ordered the city attorney to write him a check for $230 million, they would both be in jail by sundown.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 41m

I've thought about putting a force field over my house, but even setting aside the install costs I worry about what it would do to my utility bills.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1h

Found his quote: "Terrorism is about ideology, but it’s also about berks."

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1h

The study of extremism is only partly the study of ideologies. Another large part of it is the study of idiots. I think Chris Morris might have been the first person to articulate that while writing Four Lions.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1h

"New York Democrats must seize this opportunity to win over Republican voters by saying they also don't trust female or black pilots." -Some op-ed tomorrow, probably

Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1h

If we submit some minor, superficial ways this one has been different, will you print a correction?

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1h

I get that any change to the White House is controversial, and that's valuable historical context, but on the other hand coming up with ways this one has been different couldn't be turned into a challenging party game. It would be remarkable if someone couldn't come up with even ONE difference.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1h

I like Claire, just think it was a glaringly terrible way to phrase it. Like "You really can't think of ANY ways this time is different?"

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 1h

This one has been somewhat different.

Army Times @armytimes.bsky.social · 1h

The White House’s many reconstruction and remodeling efforts since 1792 have drawn media, congressional and public ire. This one has been no different.

The WWII origins of the (now demolished) East Wing of the White House

The White House’s many reconstruction and remodeling efforts since 1792 have drawn media, congressional and public ire. This one has been no different.

www.armytimes.com

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 2h

The Heritage Brief should have just been 50% stories like that.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 3h

One of my most Marine Corps memories was my first chief having the Marines crudely draw my corporal's planned sleeve tattoo onto his arm with markers to document it for grandfathering.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 3h

In the end it isn't about Pokemon, or Megatron, or an owl with huge tits, or a unicorn, or whatever the moto tat depicts. It's about honor, courage, and commitment. My attitude toward Marines without tattoos is like the opposite of "I will have no man in my boat who is not afraid of a whale."

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 3h

"Astoundingly" implies that our average impulse control is within a standard deviation of the mean for the rest of society, which I don't think anyone believes. You just cannot do this job and have TOO much impulse control. If anything I think we have fewer stupid tattoos than you'd expect.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 3h

Which now that I think about it is probably also what 1940 looked like for most of the French.

Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 3h

How it looked for most of the French: youtu.be/0wV9eaZUKIk

Imhotep Chant

YouTube video by Tom From Alaska

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 4h

I do think this entire shitshow is proof that real contested primaries are good and so is vetting

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 4h

The thing is, it absolutely is possible to stumble into Nazi/White Supremacist symbols unknowingly, but when you realize that you gotta own it and change things up immediately.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, the reaction always says as much or more than the thing itself. In 2025, if Otzi's tattoos took on white nationalist significance tomorrow, he would sit up in his case, write a statement disavowing Nazism and saying they had a different meaning 5000 years ago, then get them removed or covered.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 4h

Secretly Nazi moron or openly Nazi moron?

Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 4h

Warehouse 23 was so great. I think technically Cabin in the Woods is part of this same genre.

Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 5h

That's insane, not doing it is waaaay more of an affectation than doing it. I don't know any Marines anywhere on the political spectrum who don't capitalize it. The only exception are former Marine journalists forced not to by a style guide, and even they capitalize it outside articles.

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 5h

You don't need to know someone's stance on Ukraine or their religion to know not to listen to someone tossing out "basic facts" about the Marine Corps who doesn't capitalize Marines.

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