MWhite
@pjmatt.bsky.social
Senior Editor, Task & Purpose; former USAF & Alaska ANG Pararescueman. Cited in SCOTUS brief (Nieves v Bartlett). Agatha Christie reader. Teach @unchussman.
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MWhite
@pjmatt.bsky.social
· Mar 15
An Army general's final 'walk' at the Tomb of the Unknowns
William Zana, the only guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to reach the rank of general, took a final shift on his last day in the Army.
taskandpurpose.com
Hello to New Followers from the Arlington Cemetery/Website purge story! Drop me a line to say hi!
If you need to restore your faith in Arlington and its people, I wrote this story last year about an Army general and the Tomb of the Unknown.
taskandpurpose.com/news/tomb-of...
If you need to restore your faith in Arlington and its people, I wrote this story last year about an Army general and the Tomb of the Unknown.
taskandpurpose.com/news/tomb-of...
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we built the airfield to supply the base. we built the base to guard the airfield.
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
we built the airfield to supply the base. we built the base to guard the airfield.
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If American companies cannot supply a cheap weapon that consistently works in Ukraine, then the entire idea of mixing high and low capability weapons in the Pacific is dead on arrival. If you can't deal with Russian EW then you definitely aren't going to like Chinese EW.
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If American companies cannot supply a cheap weapon that consistently works in Ukraine, then the entire idea of mixing high and low capability weapons in the Pacific is dead on arrival. If you can't deal with Russian EW then you definitely aren't going to like Chinese EW.
Where have you gone, Amelia Nakamura
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you
Russia's Backfire Bombers Are Massing Closing To Ukraine
Russia's Backfire Bombers Are Massing Closing To Ukraine
The swing-wing bombers have been mostly out of action for a year
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Where have you gone, Amelia Nakamura
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you
literally been waiting on this since 2016.
i absolutley expect any D to throw themselves in front of this like an alien invasion, or you're off the team forever.
i absolutley expect any D to throw themselves in front of this like an alien invasion, or you're off the team forever.
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
literally been waiting on this since 2016.
i absolutley expect any D to throw themselves in front of this like an alien invasion, or you're off the team forever.
i absolutley expect any D to throw themselves in front of this like an alien invasion, or you're off the team forever.
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when you have a hammer everything looks like a nail especially watermelons
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
when you have a hammer everything looks like a nail especially watermelons
Notes on Michigan-Ohio State.
1 - everytime Dave Portnoy is onscreen, I turn on Miami-Pitt for 10 minutes. Right now sitting on a 20 minute pause. might now go back.
Its your ads I'm not watching, @foxsports.com.web.brid.gy.
1 - everytime Dave Portnoy is onscreen, I turn on Miami-Pitt for 10 minutes. Right now sitting on a 20 minute pause. might now go back.
Its your ads I'm not watching, @foxsports.com.web.brid.gy.
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Notes on Michigan-Ohio State.
1 - everytime Dave Portnoy is onscreen, I turn on Miami-Pitt for 10 minutes. Right now sitting on a 20 minute pause. might now go back.
Its your ads I'm not watching, @foxsports.com.web.brid.gy.
1 - everytime Dave Portnoy is onscreen, I turn on Miami-Pitt for 10 minutes. Right now sitting on a 20 minute pause. might now go back.
Its your ads I'm not watching, @foxsports.com.web.brid.gy.
so much more of this.
constant, endless This.
"if you take public money, you take the public."
constant, endless This.
"if you take public money, you take the public."
🎯 @robsandia.bsky.social on Private School Vouchers (for the wealthy) — “CALL THEIR BLUFF… if they want public dollars, they should have to follow the same rules as public schools… it’s not a ‘COMPETITION’ when not everyone is playing by the same rules.”
(cc: Speaker Sexton)
(cc: Speaker Sexton)
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
so much more of this.
constant, endless This.
"if you take public money, you take the public."
constant, endless This.
"if you take public money, you take the public."
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NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...
Trump Pauses All Asylum Applications and Halts Visas for Afghans
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...
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These Are The Best EV Chargers Of 2025. Our top picks after relentlessly testing, reviewing, and using dozens of chargers throughout the year. #ElectricVehicles insideevs.com/news/778363/...
These Are The Best EV Chargers Of 2025
After thoroughly testing dozens of chargers, these are InsideEVs' top picks for the best electric vehicle chargers of 2025.
insideevs.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
These Are The Best EV Chargers Of 2025. Our top picks after relentlessly testing, reviewing, and using dozens of chargers throughout the year. #ElectricVehicles insideevs.com/news/778363/...
What's so striking - pardon the pun - is that apparently JSOC/ST6 ran this hit
yet, when you hear Podcast SEALs drone - pardon again! - on and on and on about 'kinetic ops' in 2008-ish in Iraq - "10 hits a night" etc - the point, THE WHOLE POINT was rolling up LIVE prisoners for intel.
yet, when you hear Podcast SEALs drone - pardon again! - on and on and on about 'kinetic ops' in 2008-ish in Iraq - "10 hits a night" etc - the point, THE WHOLE POINT was rolling up LIVE prisoners for intel.
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
What's so striking - pardon the pun - is that apparently JSOC/ST6 ran this hit
yet, when you hear Podcast SEALs drone - pardon again! - on and on and on about 'kinetic ops' in 2008-ish in Iraq - "10 hits a night" etc - the point, THE WHOLE POINT was rolling up LIVE prisoners for intel.
yet, when you hear Podcast SEALs drone - pardon again! - on and on and on about 'kinetic ops' in 2008-ish in Iraq - "10 hits a night" etc - the point, THE WHOLE POINT was rolling up LIVE prisoners for intel.
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Merry Football Christmas to all who celebrate.
(and annual reminder that 'who has the best rivarlry?' is actually "who is the second best rivarlry?" until somebody else plays in home-vs-home jerseys every year.)
(and annual reminder that 'who has the best rivarlry?' is actually "who is the second best rivarlry?" until somebody else plays in home-vs-home jerseys every year.)
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Merry Football Christmas to all who celebrate.
(and annual reminder that 'who has the best rivarlry?' is actually "who is the second best rivarlry?" until somebody else plays in home-vs-home jerseys every year.)
(and annual reminder that 'who has the best rivarlry?' is actually "who is the second best rivarlry?" until somebody else plays in home-vs-home jerseys every year.)
Merry Football Christmas to all who celebrate.
(and annual reminder that 'who has the best rivarlry?' is actually "who is the second best rivarlry?" until somebody else plays in home-vs-home jerseys every year.)
(and annual reminder that 'who has the best rivarlry?' is actually "who is the second best rivarlry?" until somebody else plays in home-vs-home jerseys every year.)
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Merry Football Christmas to all who celebrate.
(and annual reminder that 'who has the best rivarlry?' is actually "who is the second best rivarlry?" until somebody else plays in home-vs-home jerseys every year.)
(and annual reminder that 'who has the best rivarlry?' is actually "who is the second best rivarlry?" until somebody else plays in home-vs-home jerseys every year.)
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Disturbingly similar fact pattern to Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, a German U-boat commander, who was tried, convicted, and executed after the war for ordering his crew to shoot the survivors of a Greek merchantman sunk by U-852.
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Disturbingly similar fact pattern to Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, a German U-boat commander, who was tried, convicted, and executed after the war for ordering his crew to shoot the survivors of a Greek merchantman sunk by U-852.
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
No*.
(*-except for dumb people, then 'yes')
(*-except for dumb people, then 'yes')
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
No*.
(*-except for dumb people, then 'yes')
(*-except for dumb people, then 'yes')
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Can't.
Stranger Things is on.
Stranger Things is on.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Can't.
Stranger Things is on.
Stranger Things is on.
Can't.
Stranger Things is on.
Stranger Things is on.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Can't.
Stranger Things is on.
Stranger Things is on.
Carly Simon's Coming Around Again is a Top 10 Now-I'm-Weeping-In-CVS bangers of all time.
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Carly Simon's Coming Around Again is a Top 10 Now-I'm-Weeping-In-CVS bangers of all time.
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Towers of Hanoi with 20 disks. This is real cool.
"Solving a Million-Step LLM Task with Zero Errors", from the inimitable Elliot Meyerson (et al.)
Solving a Million-Step LLM Task with Zero Errors
LLMs have achieved remarkable breakthroughs in reasoning, insights, and tool use, but chaining these abilities into extended processes at the scale of those routinely executed by humans, organizations...
arxiv.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Towers of Hanoi with 20 disks. This is real cool.
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Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
www.volts.wtf
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
300+ dead and missing!?!??!
Breaking news: At least 36 people were killed after a huge fire engulfed several high-rise buildings in an apartment complex in Hong Kong, the city’s top official said.
At least 279 people remain missing and 29 have been hospitalized.
At least 279 people remain missing and 29 have been hospitalized.
Fire engulfs high-rise buildings in Hong Kong, killing at least 36
The fire appeared to spread across bamboo scaffolding at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. At least 279 people remain missing, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
300+ dead and missing!?!??!
this is straight death-cult shit
A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data, TPS ends for thousands of Burmese war refugees, plus Kristi Noem explainer video.
migrantinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
this is straight death-cult shit
i got a spanish ad in a college football podcast today.
If you want to understand just how “smart” targeted advertising is, you just need to know that one of the big podcast conglomerates constantly serves me Spanish-language ads. I mostly find this amusing.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
i got a spanish ad in a college football podcast today.
Russia likely to reject Ukraine agreed peace deal, per WaPo.
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM