David Dixon
@dixondaver.bsky.social
Father, veteran, author. All views my own, but they should be yours as well. Author of THE SHIP AND THE STORM: POEMS.
The Army does one FCS in the 90s and we *still* hear about it from appropriators and the press. How does the Navy get away with an FCS every decade?
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The Army does one FCS in the 90s and we *still* hear about it from appropriators and the press. How does the Navy get away with an FCS every decade?
We don't know if it would help the economy, so in fairness to economists, I think we should do a hundred year study and see what the results are.
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We don't know if it would help the economy, so in fairness to economists, I think we should do a hundred year study and see what the results are.
"Comes at a cost to work productivity"--oh nooooo, not that! Anything but that! Quick, let me go out and pay out of my OWN MONEY TO BUY A NEW DEVICE I DON'T NEED SO I CAN BE MORE PRODUCTIVE FOR MY EMPLOYER.
Come the fuck on.
Come the fuck on.
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Comes at a cost to work productivity"--oh nooooo, not that! Anything but that! Quick, let me go out and pay out of my OWN MONEY TO BUY A NEW DEVICE I DON'T NEED SO I CAN BE MORE PRODUCTIVE FOR MY EMPLOYER.
Come the fuck on.
Come the fuck on.
I am not sure much is staffed in the traditional way any more, and there might not even be the need for a uniform to have ever seen or touched this--OSD has plenty of civilians it can use to publish whatever the SECDEF dreams up, of course.
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I am not sure much is staffed in the traditional way any more, and there might not even be the need for a uniform to have ever seen or touched this--OSD has plenty of civilians it can use to publish whatever the SECDEF dreams up, of course.
"Elbridge Colby has requested a read receipt when you open this email. Would you like to send a read receipt to Elbridge Colby?"
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"Elbridge Colby has requested a read receipt when you open this email. Would you like to send a read receipt to Elbridge Colby?"
HARD TIME
(In big yellow all caps on a red background with the R reversed to make sure the American moviegoing public knows it's about Russians)
(In big yellow all caps on a red background with the R reversed to make sure the American moviegoing public knows it's about Russians)
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
HARD TIME
(In big yellow all caps on a red background with the R reversed to make sure the American moviegoing public knows it's about Russians)
(In big yellow all caps on a red background with the R reversed to make sure the American moviegoing public knows it's about Russians)
Hey, @sodrock.bsky.social, @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social, you figure they'll get The Dort to be the IO?
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hey, @sodrock.bsky.social, @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social, you figure they'll get The Dort to be the IO?
Whenever someone in the markets tells me something is "nowhere close" to the top, I feel pretty confident that is the message they need the rubes to believe while the person speaking makes his exit.
In other words, all I hear is:
In other words, all I hear is:
a red button that says master alarm is lit up
ALT: a red button that says master alarm is lit up
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Whenever someone in the markets tells me something is "nowhere close" to the top, I feel pretty confident that is the message they need the rubes to believe while the person speaking makes his exit.
In other words, all I hear is:
In other words, all I hear is:
I mean, if the conduct of saying "don't follow illegal orders" is that egregious that it requires a recall to active duty, there are a whole ton of people--big and small--that are going to need to be recalled!
It is such horseshit.
It is such horseshit.
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I mean, if the conduct of saying "don't follow illegal orders" is that egregious that it requires a recall to active duty, there are a whole ton of people--big and small--that are going to need to be recalled!
It is such horseshit.
It is such horseshit.
My favorite genre of this type of report is the kind that analyzes Russia and China as "drivers of global instability" but remains curiously silent about the contemporary US as perhaps the biggest driver of all.
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My favorite genre of this type of report is the kind that analyzes Russia and China as "drivers of global instability" but remains curiously silent about the contemporary US as perhaps the biggest driver of all.
The fact that there are internet Marxists quote whining about this very anodyne statement is the perfect proof that you've nailed it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The fact that there are internet Marxists quote whining about this very anodyne statement is the perfect proof that you've nailed it.
"Prepare for the possibility"--have these guys been living under a rock for the past decade or what?
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"Prepare for the possibility"--have these guys been living under a rock for the past decade or what?