Angry Staff Officer
@pptsapper.bsky.social
History person, Army officer, transplanted Buckeye, not really that angry anymore. Writes stuff. Some Star Wars. Refugee from Twitter. Views do not reflect or represent the DoD's. He/him/his. angrystaffofficer.com
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She had a senior non-commissioned officer buy her lingerie, passing it off as a joke. I didn’t know. She was mentally broken down and denigrated, day after day, by a male officer who was her comman…
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This was my pinned tweet over on Twitter. It will remain my pinned tweet here. Because the issue of sexual harassment and assault in the Army still persists. We must do better.
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Maybe don’t name a thing for a sword that breaks, I dunno
US defense firm Anduril faces setbacks from drone crashes, including in a recent Air Force test, reported here for the first time reut.rs/3XFSBtb
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Maybe don’t name a thing for a sword that breaks, I dunno
I don’t wanna make anyone jealous but
It’s lightly snowing here in Ohio and the smell of woodsmoke on the crisp breeze is causing something heartening in my midwestern soul to unlock
It’s lightly snowing here in Ohio and the smell of woodsmoke on the crisp breeze is causing something heartening in my midwestern soul to unlock
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I don’t wanna make anyone jealous but
It’s lightly snowing here in Ohio and the smell of woodsmoke on the crisp breeze is causing something heartening in my midwestern soul to unlock
It’s lightly snowing here in Ohio and the smell of woodsmoke on the crisp breeze is causing something heartening in my midwestern soul to unlock
Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!
Uncomfortable with the First Thanksgiving Narrative? Good News, it’s Actually a Civil War Holiday
Take heart, all you who grow unsettled at the time of year where the narrative of friendly Pilgrims and American Indians is spread around to make us feel good about a brief moment in American histo…
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November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!
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went to look at the @themerl.bsky.social shop due to a post about it earlier today
they have a dedicated bsky hog merch section 🥹
they have a dedicated bsky hog merch section 🥹
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
went to look at the @themerl.bsky.social shop due to a post about it earlier today
they have a dedicated bsky hog merch section 🥹
they have a dedicated bsky hog merch section 🥹
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Scrolling through November 1863 newspapers looking at reactions to Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation and what’s notable is how whiny the conservative Dem papers are about how Thanksgiving proclamations should be the state prerogative and not the federal government’s
plus ça change, I guess
plus ça change, I guess
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Scrolling through November 1863 newspapers looking at reactions to Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation and what’s notable is how whiny the conservative Dem papers are about how Thanksgiving proclamations should be the state prerogative and not the federal government’s
plus ça change, I guess
plus ça change, I guess
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“Joseph Yesurun Pinto, a 31 year-old Anglo-Dutch émigré in the autumn of 1760, had led New York’s Shearith Israel synagogue for barely a year when the second notice appeared in the papers...” From Junto #archives: I wrote about early fast & #Thanksgiving days 🗃️ earlyamericanists.com/2014/11/27/c...
Contested Rites
Today, enjoy a moveable feast: the story of fasts and thanksgivings in early America.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“Joseph Yesurun Pinto, a 31 year-old Anglo-Dutch émigré in the autumn of 1760, had led New York’s Shearith Israel synagogue for barely a year when the second notice appeared in the papers...” From Junto #archives: I wrote about early fast & #Thanksgiving days 🗃️ earlyamericanists.com/2014/11/27/c...
All I want for Christmas is a William Howard Taft documentary
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
All I want for Christmas is a William Howard Taft documentary
“The National Reserve in the Jungle”
-Emory Upton Sinclair
This might be the most niche nerd thing I’ve ever posted
-Emory Upton Sinclair
This might be the most niche nerd thing I’ve ever posted
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“The National Reserve in the Jungle”
-Emory Upton Sinclair
This might be the most niche nerd thing I’ve ever posted
-Emory Upton Sinclair
This might be the most niche nerd thing I’ve ever posted
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I'm hardly the only one, but I've been warning against the 'warrior' language and symbolism for years (foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/19/u...)
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I'm hardly the only one, but I've been warning against the 'warrior' language and symbolism for years (foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/19/u...)
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Though the online ur-text for this that remains Undefeated is probably @pptsapper.bsky.social 's "Stop Calling Us Warriors."
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Stop Calling Us Warriors
If you’ve been in the Army longer than five minutes, you’ve probably been called “warrior” already. Or maybe “hero,” usually used sarcastically when referring to…
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November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Though the online ur-text for this that remains Undefeated is probably @pptsapper.bsky.social 's "Stop Calling Us Warriors."
angrystaffofficer.com/2016/12/14/s...
angrystaffofficer.com/2016/12/14/s...
The amount of palantir and other crap military industrial complex advertising around DC right now is outta control
We’re like one minor financial crisis away from us wearing their patches and branding like gd nascar
We’re like one minor financial crisis away from us wearing their patches and branding like gd nascar
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The amount of palantir and other crap military industrial complex advertising around DC right now is outta control
We’re like one minor financial crisis away from us wearing their patches and branding like gd nascar
We’re like one minor financial crisis away from us wearing their patches and branding like gd nascar
Coming out of just seeing Wicked 2, and I gotta say, it made me feel a hell of a lot more revolutionary than Ken Burns’ “American Revolution” did
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Coming out of just seeing Wicked 2, and I gotta say, it made me feel a hell of a lot more revolutionary than Ken Burns’ “American Revolution” did
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it is happening again theonion.com/this-war-wil...
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
it is happening again theonion.com/this-war-wil...
Tempted to write a parody of all the genre in the ilk of “A Court of Thorns and Roses” called “A Story of Stuff and Things”
Most of it will be variations on a theme of how much larger fae junk can be
“He entered the room, a bulge the size of a 55-gallon drum artfully decorating his trousers…”
Most of it will be variations on a theme of how much larger fae junk can be
“He entered the room, a bulge the size of a 55-gallon drum artfully decorating his trousers…”
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Tempted to write a parody of all the genre in the ilk of “A Court of Thorns and Roses” called “A Story of Stuff and Things”
Most of it will be variations on a theme of how much larger fae junk can be
“He entered the room, a bulge the size of a 55-gallon drum artfully decorating his trousers…”
Most of it will be variations on a theme of how much larger fae junk can be
“He entered the room, a bulge the size of a 55-gallon drum artfully decorating his trousers…”
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Regardless of the outcomes of peace negotiations, Russian war criminals must face justice. This has not been ‘a few bad apples’; it has been a systemic approach to barbarity endorsed from the top. There can be no ‘get out of jail free’ card for them.
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Russian military reportedly executes 5 Ukrainian POWs
Five Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) were executed by Russian soldiers, Ukrainian mapping and analytical organization DeepState reported on Nov. 22.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Regardless of the outcomes of peace negotiations, Russian war criminals must face justice. This has not been ‘a few bad apples’; it has been a systemic approach to barbarity endorsed from the top. There can be no ‘get out of jail free’ card for them.
kyivindependent.com/russian-mili...
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Whoa whoa whoa whoa
What do you mean “too many books”
I’m not familiar with this unit of measurement
What do you mean “too many books”
I’m not familiar with this unit of measurement
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
What do you mean “too many books”
I’m not familiar with this unit of measurement
What do you mean “too many books”
I’m not familiar with this unit of measurement
Excellent post - and this is how I begin every discussion with a potential Lost Causer, because once you separate their Southern culture (family ties, geographic roots, etc) from the argument, you can actually have a discussion without the “I have to defend the South” walls coming up.
The South Didn't Lose the Civil War. The Confederacy Did.
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The South Didn't Lose the Civil War. The Confederacy Did.
Some thoughts about how language can lead us astray.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Excellent post - and this is how I begin every discussion with a potential Lost Causer, because once you separate their Southern culture (family ties, geographic roots, etc) from the argument, you can actually have a discussion without the “I have to defend the South” walls coming up.
Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment
“Bein’ a soldier is not hard! If it was, soldiers would not be able to do it! There is only three things you need to remember, which are, viz: one obey orders two give it to the enemy good and hard three don’t die.”
“Bein’ a soldier is not hard! If it was, soldiers would not be able to do it! There is only three things you need to remember, which are, viz: one obey orders two give it to the enemy good and hard three don’t die.”
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Anyone want some good news? The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is nearly done and it’s pretty awesome
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Officials celebrate construction of revolutionary structure over major US freeway: 'This was an impossible dream' — The Cool Down
A team of engineers, biologists, scientists, and mycologists all contributed. Nov 22, 2025 The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is one step closer to its completion with its first official native pl...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Anyone want some good news? The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is nearly done and it’s pretty awesome
apple.news/A7yad9o6US72...
apple.news/A7yad9o6US72...
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this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
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Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Seen in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854.