XO of all Things
@xoofxos.bsky.social
Deputy Assistant Kitten Wrangler.
Star Wars Stan. Y Wings 4-ever. Former conservative turned angry liberal. Retired Army LTC, inveterate RPG player, forever DM. Trans rights are human rights. Married to @MKKraemer. Most cromulent skeets.
Star Wars Stan. Y Wings 4-ever. Former conservative turned angry liberal. Retired Army LTC, inveterate RPG player, forever DM. Trans rights are human rights. Married to @MKKraemer. Most cromulent skeets.
We’re in the ‘move as much money off shore as we possibly can’ phase of the administration, a couple years ahead of schedule.
NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We’re in the ‘move as much money off shore as we possibly can’ phase of the administration, a couple years ahead of schedule.
The truth is going to be so much worse than we thought.
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The truth is going to be so much worse than we thought.
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This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
At UMD, I took a class in ‘Theory and Practice of Fascism.’ In a lecture, the professor mentioned one of the NSDAP’s propaganda stories about Hitler was that he took the controls of an airplane caught in a bad storm and safely got the plane out.
The Leader must be superior! Infallible!
The Leader must be superior! Infallible!
Duffy: "Can I make one other point about POTUS before we're out of time? I have never seen someone work so hard. All day long he's moving, he's meeting, he's thinking. Dinners he's usually meeting with people. And then at night he's still on the phone calling people! He doesn't stop. He's a machine"
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
At UMD, I took a class in ‘Theory and Practice of Fascism.’ In a lecture, the professor mentioned one of the NSDAP’s propaganda stories about Hitler was that he took the controls of an airplane caught in a bad storm and safely got the plane out.
The Leader must be superior! Infallible!
The Leader must be superior! Infallible!
I have taken leave today and Monday (we call it situational furlough, because bullshit). As usual, I have a metric shitton of things to do, but a kitten has fallen asleep on my lap and I am stuck.
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I have taken leave today and Monday (we call it situational furlough, because bullshit). As usual, I have a metric shitton of things to do, but a kitten has fallen asleep on my lap and I am stuck.
Young Master Gilbert is an absolute moron.
I swear our foster kitten Gilbert (aka Gibby the Goober) was an orange cat in a previous life and someone neglected to do a factory reset.
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Young Master Gilbert is an absolute moron.
Fuck yeah
A strong, integrated military. Robust support for the Atlantic Alliance. Bloodless, flannel suit wearing killers in the IC.
Aggressive civil rights reforms and national health insurance at home, the Marshall Plan abroad.
And a 91% marginal tax rate.
Aggressive civil rights reforms and national health insurance at home, the Marshall Plan abroad.
And a 91% marginal tax rate.
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Fuck yeah
Not surprising that the Administration seems like they are planning ignore the law and stiff furloughed feds.
Especially since my agency had those of us who were essential/excepted record our time as furloughed.
Especially since my agency had those of us who were essential/excepted record our time as furloughed.
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Not surprising that the Administration seems like they are planning ignore the law and stiff furloughed feds.
Especially since my agency had those of us who were essential/excepted record our time as furloughed.
Especially since my agency had those of us who were essential/excepted record our time as furloughed.
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Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.
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Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys.
Thankyou 💔
Thankyou 💔
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys.
Thankyou 💔
Thankyou 💔
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“Finney tells an important story w/ excellent, razor-sharp focus. ‘Orchestrating Power’ reveals the key intermediary role CoDs played in the mobilization for WWI.” - Jennifer Keene, ‘Doughboys, the Great War, & the Remaking of America’
Pre-order now!
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Pre-order now!
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“Finney tells an important story w/ excellent, razor-sharp focus. ‘Orchestrating Power’ reveals the key intermediary role CoDs played in the mobilization for WWI.” - Jennifer Keene, ‘Doughboys, the Great War, & the Remaking of America’
Pre-order now!
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Pre-order now!
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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November 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Well worth a listen.
Once Upon a Halloween Night by Jim Moon
An anthology of eerie tales and ghost stories for Halloween night set in village where old legends and strange traditions live on...
www.hypnogoria.com/g...
#podcast #Halloween #FolkHorror #GhostStories #horror
An anthology of eerie tales and ghost stories for Halloween night set in village where old legends and strange traditions live on...
www.hypnogoria.com/g...
#podcast #Halloween #FolkHorror #GhostStories #horror
November 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Well worth a listen.
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Make a plan to vote!
Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Make a plan to vote!
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It’s the time of year to remind everyone that sweater vests are both tactical and practical. Your core is warm but your arms are free to unleash mayhem.
October 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It’s the time of year to remind everyone that sweater vests are both tactical and practical. Your core is warm but your arms are free to unleash mayhem.
In contrast, here he is when the new couch was delivered last month. All 17 ginormous pounds of him. He ain’t a Snackable any more. Now he’s a Hungry Man dinner.
October 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In contrast, here he is when the new couch was delivered last month. All 17 ginormous pounds of him. He ain’t a Snackable any more. Now he’s a Hungry Man dinner.
Been a rough week, folks. Have a picture of baby Snax as a reward for getting through it.
He was v smol.
He was v smol.
October 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Been a rough week, folks. Have a picture of baby Snax as a reward for getting through it.
He was v smol.
He was v smol.
Has anyone ever gotten an accidental Karl Marx tattoo before? Maybe woken up one day with the hammer and sickle emblazoned on a butt cheek?
October 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Has anyone ever gotten an accidental Karl Marx tattoo before? Maybe woken up one day with the hammer and sickle emblazoned on a butt cheek?
EROs were already a joke.
Now they’re worse.
Now they’re worse.
"Staff at ICE’s training academy in Brunswick, Georgia, recently discovered one recruit had previously been charged with strong arm robbery and battery stemming from a domestic violence incident..."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Some new ICE recruits have showed up to training without full vetting
The recruits have had criminal backgrounds, failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources told...
www.nbcnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
EROs were already a joke.
Now they’re worse.
Now they’re worse.
Lycanthropes everywhere start sweating.
Red alert, poets! We now have two moons! I repeat: we now have two moons
October 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Lycanthropes everywhere start sweating.
Finished another Christmas present:
October 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Finished another Christmas present:
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Dragged @xoofxos.bsky.social out into nature this morning to recharge our batteries. Went hiking at the JugBay Wetlands Sanctuary along the Patuxent River.
October 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Dragged @xoofxos.bsky.social out into nature this morning to recharge our batteries. Went hiking at the JugBay Wetlands Sanctuary along the Patuxent River.