@DangerATX

the Forever Wars are still underused for tragicomedy, honestly, but 'Arabic interpreter gets deployed to Afghanistan' is a good starting premise

It actually rules to watch LLM centrism develop in real time. "Ok yes, tech bros are taking things way too far but LLM skeptics are just as silly, surely we can all agree that it's a transformative new technology and we all need to get onboard" and like, bro. Bro. We know who's side you're really on

...any of the thousands of US Navy members current and former who have transited the Strait of Hormuz while Iran trolled the ship for shits and giggles can describe for you at least 3 ways they can close the Strait without attending any briefing.

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.

Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.

Difficult to emphasize just how much a generation of kids has been taught that being dishonest, superficial, and narcissistic is the pathway to attention and therefore success

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man i've heard some absolute intellectual horror stories about the US officer class

If you thought China was selling a lot of batteries and solar panels before, you’re going to love what happens next.

are you interested in other places for their own sake, not just as an extension of America? congratulations, you are already ahead of the majority of DC think tanks.

how is this level of illiteracy possible? surely senior officers in the US military either know from self-education or learn from on-the-job training that ethnic identity, religious affiliation, and language fluency are different?

who thinks every Christian speaks Aramaic like Jesus did?

they thought Venezuela meant they were invincible and could do whatever they wanted and don’t understand that different countries are different and have agency and might not go along with your plans

a neil gaiman defender contests a response of 'no' to a link to a substack, and is told 'I see that like Neil Gaiman, you don't understand that no is a complete sentence'

you want to see a murder

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Things are happening

thinking again about the greatest scene in cinema history

Italy beats the USA 8-6

When Americans were asked to temporarily sacrifice going to their barbers so we could keep the morgues from overflowing, people with guns stormed the Michigan capitol.

Kegsbreth

Proven heartless

Shrinking Pentagon staff to 40 from 200 focusing on Iran girls school casualties

What are they covering up now 😡

No come ONNNNN!!!!

It’s nice to have a ride from the airport but I’d also like a little respect.

Marco Rubio greets Chuck Schumer in January 2026 at the Capitol Visitor Center

A close-up of his foot shows his shoes are too big

hmm

the most thoroughly vindicated man in hollywood.

trade disputes and conspiracies ✔️

republic subverted over sex hangups ✔️

“sand people” killed, royalty indifferent ✔️

naive idiot casts vote for tyranny ✔️

villains with silly names like “dooku” ✔️

powerful clerical order screwing up ✔️

list goes on

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You're absolutely right. I didn't have a plan for the Strait of Hormuz when I helped plan this war for you. Let me take a look at this contingency for a solution.

/* Claude is pontificating...

I know our expectations for this administration are in the basement but it is INSANE they started a war without a plan for the Strait of Hormuz.

They’re calling at the most open strait in history folks, just unfettered commerce

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