Mike J
@mikejason.bsky.social
Once a Soldier; NATO and Allies matter. History, Food and Typos. CivMil & Professional Ethic. Government is Serious Business for Serious People. Tanks. Decency. St. Francis stan account. I delete and block liberally.
Not Stanley Tucci.
All views own.
Not Stanley Tucci.
All views own.
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Mike J
@mikejason.bsky.social
· Jan 23
I think the only reason I kept my Twitter account up was to save my leadership thread. I wrote it while still in the Army and was one of my favorite tweets. May be time to deactivate the account, so am going to rewrite the thread here.
I thought the impact of Covid lockdowns on kids' education was hype.
Not anymore.
OU student Samantha here writes with the skill of a 7th grader.
Not anymore.
OU student Samantha here writes with the skill of a 7th grader.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I thought the impact of Covid lockdowns on kids' education was hype.
Not anymore.
OU student Samantha here writes with the skill of a 7th grader.
Not anymore.
OU student Samantha here writes with the skill of a 7th grader.
Chef kiss.
25-26: "Putting a DC face on it."
Aka drive by, load an MPD dude in the truck and report it was a 'joint' and locally led patrol.
25-26: "Putting a DC face on it."
Aka drive by, load an MPD dude in the truck and report it was a 'joint' and locally led patrol.
> winter 25-26: joint patrols
> summer 2026: advisor teams
> fall 2026: “as MPD stands up, we stand down”
> 2027: The Year Of The Police
> FY2028 Posture Statement: “we are turning a corner in the DC AOR”
> summer 2026: advisor teams
> fall 2026: “as MPD stands up, we stand down”
> 2027: The Year Of The Police
> FY2028 Posture Statement: “we are turning a corner in the DC AOR”
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Chef kiss.
25-26: "Putting a DC face on it."
Aka drive by, load an MPD dude in the truck and report it was a 'joint' and locally led patrol.
25-26: "Putting a DC face on it."
Aka drive by, load an MPD dude in the truck and report it was a 'joint' and locally led patrol.
"What part of 'blessed are the merciful' did you not understand?"
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"What part of 'blessed are the merciful' did you not understand?"
"What part of 'what you do for the least among you, you do for me' do you not understand?"
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"What part of 'what you do for the least among you, you do for me' do you not understand?"
"What part of 'Love one another as I loved you' did you not understand?"
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"What part of 'Love one another as I loved you' did you not understand?"
Tank commanders have an additional net.
IYKYK
IYKYK
Just discovered an amazing photo. Pictured is Capt. Kevin Corcoran, CO C/1/5 1st Cav Div working his radios in South Vietnam at some point in the first half of 1968. Photo was taken by a fellow soldier, Dean Sharp. You can feel the weight of command on his face. Some may identify with that look.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Tank commanders have an additional net.
IYKYK
IYKYK
If I am ever a single issue voter, it's over war crimes.
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If I am ever a single issue voter, it's over war crimes.
It's a war crime if it comes from the province of War.
Otherwise, it's just murder.
Otherwise, it's just murder.
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It's a war crime if it comes from the province of War.
Otherwise, it's just murder.
Otherwise, it's just murder.
Nothing new here.
Pulling up the ladder behind you is as American as Apple pie.
Pulling up the ladder behind you is as American as Apple pie.
November 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Nothing new here.
Pulling up the ladder behind you is as American as Apple pie.
Pulling up the ladder behind you is as American as Apple pie.
“Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen”
U2
REM
Social Distortion
Farm Aid (David Matthews, Willie Nelson, John Cougar, Hootie & Blowfish)
Five Finger Death Punch
U2
REM
Social Distortion
Farm Aid (David Matthews, Willie Nelson, John Cougar, Hootie & Blowfish)
Five Finger Death Punch
“Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen”
I’m not really the concert going type…
Nine Inch Nails
Blue Oyster Cult
The Who
Petra
The BB King Blues Festival, w/ The Fabulous Thunderbirds, George Thorogood, and (of course) BB King.
I’m not really the concert going type…
Nine Inch Nails
Blue Oyster Cult
The Who
Petra
The BB King Blues Festival, w/ The Fabulous Thunderbirds, George Thorogood, and (of course) BB King.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
1. Tool
2. Tribe Called Quest/ Beastie Boys
3. Dinosaur Jr.
4. The Hives
5. Social Distortion
Honestly, I used to go to lots of concerts so it's all a mixed bag of music. Also, Social Distortion is the only show I've ever been kicked out of in my life
1. Tool
2. Tribe Called Quest/ Beastie Boys
3. Dinosaur Jr.
4. The Hives
5. Social Distortion
Honestly, I used to go to lots of concerts so it's all a mixed bag of music. Also, Social Distortion is the only show I've ever been kicked out of in my life
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen”
U2
REM
Social Distortion
Farm Aid (David Matthews, Willie Nelson, John Cougar, Hootie & Blowfish)
Five Finger Death Punch
U2
REM
Social Distortion
Farm Aid (David Matthews, Willie Nelson, John Cougar, Hootie & Blowfish)
Five Finger Death Punch
This is the perfect skeet.
Adding images for augmentation.
Adding images for augmentation.
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This is the perfect skeet.
Adding images for augmentation.
Adding images for augmentation.
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Just to understand the concept of a trillion.
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Just to understand the concept of a trillion.
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
Reposted by Mike J
Cannot stress strongly enough:
Zero of the people talking about it, including talking heads, and major news outlets, have any idea what vetting actually is or how any of it works.
Zero of the people talking about it, including talking heads, and major news outlets, have any idea what vetting actually is or how any of it works.
November 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Cannot stress strongly enough:
Zero of the people talking about it, including talking heads, and major news outlets, have any idea what vetting actually is or how any of it works.
Zero of the people talking about it, including talking heads, and major news outlets, have any idea what vetting actually is or how any of it works.
Reposted by Mike J
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
Reposted by Mike J
As a society we don't really care about journalism, or reading. We care about talking, making it emotionally engaging, and punditry. I don't see that changing but it would be cool if we could stop pretending otherwise.
As the ranks of news gathering journalists collapse, Fox has paid Maria Bartiromo over $70 million to do what she does over the last decade.
Bartiromo's pay since joining Fox Business: $70 million - Talking Biz News
Fox Business Network has paid news anchor Maria Bartiromo a massive $70 million since 2014, reports Martin Holmes of TV Insider. Holmes reports, “The revelation came in documents disclosed as part of ...
talkingbiznews.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
As a society we don't really care about journalism, or reading. We care about talking, making it emotionally engaging, and punditry. I don't see that changing but it would be cool if we could stop pretending otherwise.
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The gun humpers won't admit it, but there is absolutely nothing you can do to defend yourself against someone who comes at you with complete tactical surprise. In a society awash with guns, you will never be able to fully prevent someone getting the drop on you. You cannot be on 24/7.
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The gun humpers won't admit it, but there is absolutely nothing you can do to defend yourself against someone who comes at you with complete tactical surprise. In a society awash with guns, you will never be able to fully prevent someone getting the drop on you. You cannot be on 24/7.
Eventually I walked away from it all, realizing there was no political constituency for the maddeningly desperate and passionate work we were doing. Heartbreaking work.
But one side was determined in not letting any more brown people in and the other pretended the debacle never happened.
But one side was determined in not letting any more brown people in and the other pretended the debacle never happened.
It had to happen, and it was never going to be good, but the immediate partisan polarization of the issue while grassroots volunteers were desperately trying to get people out was so fucking maddening that it killed something inside me
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Eventually I walked away from it all, realizing there was no political constituency for the maddeningly desperate and passionate work we were doing. Heartbreaking work.
But one side was determined in not letting any more brown people in and the other pretended the debacle never happened.
But one side was determined in not letting any more brown people in and the other pretended the debacle never happened.
Delegation?
Span of control?
Information requirements?
Decision Points?
Wake up criteria?
Comms plan?
Chief of Staff?
Peter principle. Government is serious business for serious people.
This is a guy unprepared for organizational leadership.
Span of control?
Information requirements?
Decision Points?
Wake up criteria?
Comms plan?
Chief of Staff?
Peter principle. Government is serious business for serious people.
This is a guy unprepared for organizational leadership.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Delegation?
Span of control?
Information requirements?
Decision Points?
Wake up criteria?
Comms plan?
Chief of Staff?
Peter principle. Government is serious business for serious people.
This is a guy unprepared for organizational leadership.
Span of control?
Information requirements?
Decision Points?
Wake up criteria?
Comms plan?
Chief of Staff?
Peter principle. Government is serious business for serious people.
This is a guy unprepared for organizational leadership.
Reposted by Mike J
I'm a bit fucking angry with just about everyone right now about what happened in DC.
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'm a bit fucking angry with just about everyone right now about what happened in DC.
You know how the gun humpers are always like, "we don't need more laws, we need to enforce what we got."
Well, got news for you on government efficiency, it's been on the books for years and works just fine.
What agencies needed was resources.
Get smart on GPRA.
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm...
Well, got news for you on government efficiency, it's been on the books for years and works just fine.
What agencies needed was resources.
Get smart on GPRA.
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm...
Government Performance and Results Act - Wikipedia
it.wikipedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
You know how the gun humpers are always like, "we don't need more laws, we need to enforce what we got."
Well, got news for you on government efficiency, it's been on the books for years and works just fine.
What agencies needed was resources.
Get smart on GPRA.
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm...
Well, got news for you on government efficiency, it's been on the books for years and works just fine.
What agencies needed was resources.
Get smart on GPRA.
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm...
I took a journalist on a patrol with me in Iraq once.
Weeks later he wrote a piece where he described me as a "very intense officer."
Weeks later he wrote a piece where he described me as a "very intense officer."
Laurence Fishburne told me he liked my jacket when we were both waiting for a cab out front of The Plaza like 25 years ago
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I took a journalist on a patrol with me in Iraq once.
Weeks later he wrote a piece where he described me as a "very intense officer."
Weeks later he wrote a piece where he described me as a "very intense officer."
The most important thing you will read today.
Helps you understand the reality of today's economy as well as the rage in our politics.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Helps you understand the reality of today's economy as well as the rage in our politics.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The most important thing you will read today.
Helps you understand the reality of today's economy as well as the rage in our politics.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Helps you understand the reality of today's economy as well as the rage in our politics.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
While we are debating the theoretical illegal military orders, it would seem that federal courts recently determining that national guard deployments were in fact illegal, should play a larger part of this conversation.
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
While we are debating the theoretical illegal military orders, it would seem that federal courts recently determining that national guard deployments were in fact illegal, should play a larger part of this conversation.
We can greatly exaggerate their success but we should not underestimate the damage it did to real people and families.
DOGE has been a FLOP, now disbanded 8 months early. Greatly exaggerating their "success" Trump and Musk lied to the taxpayers, never delivering a cent back to them. The real impact: slashing research, endangering public health, removing competent public servants, & creating chaos.
DOGE Disbanded: Elon Musk’s Cost-Cutting Project Quietly Ended
Musk said the initiative would save at least $1 trillion. But its website claims to have reached only $214 billion.
time.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
We can greatly exaggerate their success but we should not underestimate the damage it did to real people and families.