Ryan Thomas
@ryan76thomas.bsky.social
researcher, hokie, former USAF officer, father, presbyterian, bicyclist
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#HoCoMD #ColumbiaMD Oakland Mills and Long Reach Village Centers, from the reports I'm seeing in my local FB groups.
January 21, 2026 at 8:24 PM
#HoCoMD #ColumbiaMD Oakland Mills and Long Reach Village Centers, from the reports I'm seeing in my local FB groups.
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Part of the excuse offered for law enforcement officers is that they have to make split second decisions in a confusing situation. Well, the same goes for people trying to comply with their instructions - but without the training. Standards on use of deadly force must take that into account.
January 8, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Part of the excuse offered for law enforcement officers is that they have to make split second decisions in a confusing situation. Well, the same goes for people trying to comply with their instructions - but without the training. Standards on use of deadly force must take that into account.
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but Venezuela is on the same continent?
December 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
but Venezuela is on the same continent?
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Oh, do I have an anecdote for that. I served with the 82nd Airborne and XVIII Airborne Corps. We were nothing special, a comms unit, but since we put in early gen field sat phones we got to go and do thing in places in support of some seriously tough dudes. So deployments to the Balkans, Sinai,
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Oh, do I have an anecdote for that. I served with the 82nd Airborne and XVIII Airborne Corps. We were nothing special, a comms unit, but since we put in early gen field sat phones we got to go and do thing in places in support of some seriously tough dudes. So deployments to the Balkans, Sinai,