Captain Stringbean
@captainstringbean.bsky.social
Student of public administration.
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Going specifically after a Spanish speaking country surrounded by mostly Spanish speaking countries is one of the absolute worst options for overall strategy.
Iraq, you can argue, was relatively isolated. Venezuela, culturally and geographically is not...in the world, not just in South America.
Iraq, you can argue, was relatively isolated. Venezuela, culturally and geographically is not...in the world, not just in South America.
January 3, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Going specifically after a Spanish speaking country surrounded by mostly Spanish speaking countries is one of the absolute worst options for overall strategy.
Iraq, you can argue, was relatively isolated. Venezuela, culturally and geographically is not...in the world, not just in South America.
Iraq, you can argue, was relatively isolated. Venezuela, culturally and geographically is not...in the world, not just in South America.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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oscar the grouch, the curious green creature who makes a trash can his home and positively revels in his life among the filth, has made of me a cuckold
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
oscar the grouch, the curious green creature who makes a trash can his home and positively revels in his life among the filth, has made of me a cuckold
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Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
September 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
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i am tired of reading critiques of chatgpt that could have been written by chatgpt.
July 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
i am tired of reading critiques of chatgpt that could have been written by chatgpt.
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I've been saying since the beginning that a lot of what we attribute to AI are actually about long-term developments we we have yet to historicize or even understand. This is especially true of changes that happened during or were accelerated by the pandemic.
This isn’t even an AI post as much as it is another anecdote in how social relations in America have been put through a blender of extreme market extraction at the same time that govt/charitable support for 3rd spaces, extracurriculars, social clubs, etc have fallen to their lowest point in decades.
Seems bad.
July 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I've been saying since the beginning that a lot of what we attribute to AI are actually about long-term developments we we have yet to historicize or even understand. This is especially true of changes that happened during or were accelerated by the pandemic.
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Leavitt without a trace of irony: "When you have a totalitarian regime, you have to save face. I think any common sense, open-minded person knows the truth about the precision strikes on Saturday night. They were wildly successful."
June 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Leavitt without a trace of irony: "When you have a totalitarian regime, you have to save face. I think any common sense, open-minded person knows the truth about the precision strikes on Saturday night. They were wildly successful."
Huh. It is almost as if the people who work in government aren't subhuman idiots incapable of doing efficient work, and that there is reason why they do things the way that they do.
“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
www.npr.org
June 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Huh. It is almost as if the people who work in government aren't subhuman idiots incapable of doing efficient work, and that there is reason why they do things the way that they do.
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Some interviews and shots of protests in Kanab, down in Southern Utah with a population of about 4700 people
June 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Some interviews and shots of protests in Kanab, down in Southern Utah with a population of about 4700 people
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So I don't have the energy to redo the entire thread about the papal conclave but I will redo the part about the Latin nerdery: the announcement of a new pope is always in Latin, and uses a very traditional form.
May 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
So I don't have the energy to redo the entire thread about the papal conclave but I will redo the part about the Latin nerdery: the announcement of a new pope is always in Latin, and uses a very traditional form.
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it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
April 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
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this is a literal attack ad running in Australia right now lol
April 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
this is a literal attack ad running in Australia right now lol
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Everyone watching Pierre Poilievre eat absolute shit in Carleton and respecting Canada's bilingual culture.
April 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Everyone watching Pierre Poilievre eat absolute shit in Carleton and respecting Canada's bilingual culture.
Describe what is uniquely American about Walt Whitman's poetry in 500-1000 words. Consider both substance and style.
WHITE HOUSE: TRUMP WILL SIGN ORDER ON ENGLISH LITERARY TESTS FOR TRUCKERS IN U.S.
April 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Describe what is uniquely American about Walt Whitman's poetry in 500-1000 words. Consider both substance and style.
Without downloading any pics, where are you mentally?
April 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Without downloading any pics, where are you mentally?
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*Laudato Si* was a crucial factor in getting Georgetown to divest from fossil fuels and is, on its own, a document of humane generosity that focuses on the power of the poor to determine the just course of the world. RIP Francis. A terrible loss. 🌿
Laudato si' (24 May 2015) | Francis
Encyclical Letter Laudato si' of the Holy Father Francis on care for our common home (24 May 2015)
www.vatican.va
April 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
*Laudato Si* was a crucial factor in getting Georgetown to divest from fossil fuels and is, on its own, a document of humane generosity that focuses on the power of the poor to determine the just course of the world. RIP Francis. A terrible loss. 🌿
Jesus Christ JD you killed the pope!
April 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Jesus Christ JD you killed the pope!
watch this space
There’s a tornado warning for the Texas town with the world’s largest knife, and baby, I wanna see some results
April 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
watch this space
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"We have nothing to lose but our chains."
-- David Brooks, 2025
-- David Brooks, 2025
April 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"We have nothing to lose but our chains."
-- David Brooks, 2025
-- David Brooks, 2025
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As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.
April 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.
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What a fucking timeline man
April 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
What a fucking timeline man