Travis Klempan
@travisklempan.bsky.social
Author of HAVE SNAKES, NEED BIRDS (Koehler Books) and HILLS HIDE MOUNTAINS (MilSpeak Books)
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Travis Klempan
@travisklempan.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Here’s a list of my writing and associated work…enjoy!
My second novel HILLS HIDE MOUNTAINS
My second novel HILLS HIDE MOUNTAINS
Nature Valley certainly stumbled on a money maker when they retooled from a drywall company to a granola company without having to change any manufacturing processes.
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Nature Valley certainly stumbled on a money maker when they retooled from a drywall company to a granola company without having to change any manufacturing processes.
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maybe we can replace executives with AI
Id be okay with that.
Id be okay with that.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
maybe we can replace executives with AI
Id be okay with that.
Id be okay with that.
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📍 Havre, Montana
🛣️ Valier Jct I-15 MP 347.0
🛣️ Valier Jct I-15 MP 347.0
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
📍 Havre, Montana
🛣️ Valier Jct I-15 MP 347.0
🛣️ Valier Jct I-15 MP 347.0
“Two peanuts vere valking down der strasse, und one vas a salted…peanut. Ja.”
"You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. "
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Two peanuts vere valking down der strasse, und one vas a salted…peanut. Ja.”
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
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“There are certain sections of New York that I wouldn’t advise you to try to invade.”
— Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), CASABLANCA
— Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), CASABLANCA
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“There are certain sections of New York that I wouldn’t advise you to try to invade.”
— Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), CASABLANCA
— Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), CASABLANCA
More like “Leave it,” am I right?
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
More like “Leave it,” am I right?
Bone-in crescent rolls
Carrots and beans out of the bag, hard ass shrimpy bone in looking crescent roles, turkey like the dog cut it, sweet potatoes that look like the steppes in the desert during a really bad drought…. Incredible truly incredible
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Bone-in crescent rolls
DC is an almost perfect shape to turn corners as often as the US did in Afghanistan.
> 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 9:08 PM
DC is an almost perfect shape to turn corners as often as the US did in Afghanistan.
Soupidity
I saw a video circulating showing an amish lady making an easy cream of mushroom soup from scratch. And that's cool. I love cooking from scratch. But time is money.
I fear this soup stupidity will feed into the current mommy wars and the increased labor on women.
I fear this soup stupidity will feed into the current mommy wars and the increased labor on women.
Actually, it's fine if you use that can of Campbell's cream of mushroom soup in your holiday recipe or occasionally eat a bowl of their chicken noodle soup. I say occasionally only because of the high sodium.
A quick reminder that nobody can agree on what "ultra-processed" means.
A quick reminder that nobody can agree on what "ultra-processed" means.
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Soupidity
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Small Business Saturday. Indie #ttrpg creators appreciate the support as much as brick-and-mortar stores. There's about a dozen titles in the HARD VACUUM series. Bestsellers. Con favorites. See if one's a fit for your table.
#CepheusEngine #SelfPromoSaturday.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
#CepheusEngine #SelfPromoSaturday.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
DriveThruRPG - The Largest RPG Download Store!
Your one-stop online shop for new and vintage RPG products from the top publishers, delivered fresh to your desktop in electronic format.
www.drivethrurpg.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Small Business Saturday. Indie #ttrpg creators appreciate the support as much as brick-and-mortar stores. There's about a dozen titles in the HARD VACUUM series. Bestsellers. Con favorites. See if one's a fit for your table.
#CepheusEngine #SelfPromoSaturday.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
#CepheusEngine #SelfPromoSaturday.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
Now that Black Friday is over, support local and independent artists. That could include, for instance, buying a book from that author you’ve seen on Bluesky.
Buy it through Bookshop dot org and you can even support your local bookstore.
Buy it through Bookshop dot org and you can even support your local bookstore.
Here’s a list of my writing and associated work…enjoy!
My second novel HILLS HIDE MOUNTAINS
My second novel HILLS HIDE MOUNTAINS
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Now that Black Friday is over, support local and independent artists. That could include, for instance, buying a book from that author you’ve seen on Bluesky.
Buy it through Bookshop dot org and you can even support your local bookstore.
Buy it through Bookshop dot org and you can even support your local bookstore.
Has there been an in-depth look at how cop shows (going all the way back to Dragnet) have contributed to the public perception of cops as untarnished good guys? Even the allegedly anti-cop or “gritty” shows contribute (like how you can’t make an anti-war movie).
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Has there been an in-depth look at how cop shows (going all the way back to Dragnet) have contributed to the public perception of cops as untarnished good guys? Even the allegedly anti-cop or “gritty” shows contribute (like how you can’t make an anti-war movie).
It’s a dumb complaint I know but I don’t like when a show or movie casts one person to be twins. Like Hayley Mills in Parent Trap.
You couldn’t pay two people?
You couldn’t pay two people?
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
It’s a dumb complaint I know but I don’t like when a show or movie casts one person to be twins. Like Hayley Mills in Parent Trap.
You couldn’t pay two people?
You couldn’t pay two people?
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📍 Billings, Montana
🛣️ Reedpoint I-90 MP 390.8
🛣️ Reedpoint I-90 MP 390.8
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
📍 Billings, Montana
🛣️ Reedpoint I-90 MP 390.8
🛣️ Reedpoint I-90 MP 390.8
Where’s that one dipshit navalist who claimed these can’t be war crimes because there’s no war?
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Where’s that one dipshit navalist who claimed these can’t be war crimes because there’s no war?
Don’t talk during the movie in a movie theater. Can’t believe that still has to be said.
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Don’t talk during the movie in a movie theater. Can’t believe that still has to be said.
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"It’s all well-and-good that someone’s been outside the wire to face danger and complexity, but how can one’s writing and thinking also venture outside the wire?" From June 15, 2016. acolytesofwar.com/2016/06/15/w...
War Writing Longform: Thinking Outside the Wire
Elizabeth Samet’s Washington Post review of J. Kael Weston’s The Mirror Test intrigued me. Samet, in my reading, simultaneously approves of Weston’s fiery indictment of the United States’ poor exec…
acolytesofwar.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"It’s all well-and-good that someone’s been outside the wire to face danger and complexity, but how can one’s writing and thinking also venture outside the wire?" From June 15, 2016. acolytesofwar.com/2016/06/15/w...
This whole ad is stupid.
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This whole ad is stupid.
Steven Cheung, disrespectfully, eat shit.
The spirit of Thanksgiving has infused the White House press office today, bringing us together in a blessed moment of harmony and goodwill.
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Steven Cheung, disrespectfully, eat shit.
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We're the same distance from the first appearance of Batman as it was from the Crimean War.
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
We're the same distance from the first appearance of Batman as it was from the Crimean War.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Great Big Sea (2003, 2008, 2013, 2017)
The Airborne Toxic Event (2010, 2012, 2012, 2013, 2022)
Weird Al (1984, 2025)
Young Dubliners (2018)
Old Crow Medicine Show (2019)
The Airborne Toxic Event (2010, 2012, 2012, 2013, 2022)
Weird Al (1984, 2025)
Young Dubliners (2018)
Old Crow Medicine Show (2019)
November 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Great Big Sea (2003, 2008, 2013, 2017)
The Airborne Toxic Event (2010, 2012, 2012, 2013, 2022)
Weird Al (1984, 2025)
Young Dubliners (2018)
Old Crow Medicine Show (2019)
The Airborne Toxic Event (2010, 2012, 2012, 2013, 2022)
Weird Al (1984, 2025)
Young Dubliners (2018)
Old Crow Medicine Show (2019)
May you get a Thanksgiving holiday filled with the energy that you have put into the universe this year.
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
May you get a Thanksgiving holiday filled with the energy that you have put into the universe this year.