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@nativeforeigner.com

Tech in Seattle but really more interested in everything else. Former arbcom

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I'm feeling bad because my friend may need a new car and meanwhile trump doesn't care he ignored the consequences of a war.

11.03.2026 03:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please advise on how I can do this.

11.03.2026 03:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Emotes in Italian citizen

11.03.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What else can the gulf states bring to the table?

11.03.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ay caramba. If true, seriously terrible.

11.03.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just reading the Rory Stewart Iraq account gives me that feeling.

11.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A coworker of mine (Korean language specialist) also got deployed but I don't think it was because of some sort of confusion wrt language.

11.03.2026 02:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bluesky discourse is on point.

11.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kobayashi Maru is relevant once more.

11.03.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How

11.03.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 282 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 0

Time to appoint mike chairman of the joint chiefs of bluesky.

10.03.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fair. I liked the 96 wagon we had, and then I learned to drive on a used 98 tracer we got to replace it becuase it used the same (new) tires my parents had just purchased. (until it threw a rod).

10.03.2026 23:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
late 90s or early 2000s ford escord sedan (silver)

late 90s or early 2000s ford escord sedan (silver)

Puts off these vibes

10.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Biggest daily drop in Brent in 4 years. On a day the Iranians appear to be mining the Strait.

10.03.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 229 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 23
parody of 'bombing to win' cover which says "posting to win"

parody of 'bombing to win' cover which says "posting to win"

Incomplete concept and AI generated but maybe this is the next book we need.

10.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This isn’t over and the current market reaction, by reducing pressure on Trump, is only elongating the duration of the crisis and the physical disruption through the Strait of Hormuz.

10.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 139 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

To make sure I understand is your contention that it's private industry fault we're not filling the reserve or am I misunderstanding

07.03.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's not true though? Dumb to not have filled though bsky.app/profile/mike...

07.03.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I dunno, if I were Jeffrey Goldberg, author of "How Did I Get Iraq Wrong?' (2008), I might pause for a moment before cheerleading another war in the same region.

07.03.2026 05:36 πŸ‘ 1871 πŸ” 317 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 9

Yeah I'm not expecting high level coherent action but my baseline is they'd be able to help enough to keep things in flux if they were so inclined

07.03.2026 04:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah fair enough. Do wonder what their calculus is of economy vs geopolitics

07.03.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah can imagine Chinese or Russians helping with just enough drones and missiles...

07.03.2026 04:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It feels like even the 2 line dry run going from international district to Lynnwood in Seattle has increased ridership by nature of less crowding and more frequency.

07.03.2026 02:30 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Even taking them at face value. bsky.app/profile/them...

07.03.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(tldr: it depends. If it's my CEO I'll sure as heck read it. If it's thoughtful and proportionate to what I sent I'll read it. If it's just people putting my content into claude asking for 'feedback' and sending to me because they've been asked to 'use AI'...)

07.03.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not some sort of AI doomer - I may well have put whatever it is what I wrote through AI for feedback. But the idea that I'm going to waste my time reading pages of random driveby AI feedback is not going to happen.

07.03.2026 00:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe not "ignore" - "heavily discount becuase I got 1.5 pages of written feedback on a 2 page memo within 10 minutes thta was clearly written by AI" - yeah I'll back that one up.

07.03.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought the cheese was the rooftoper razzler. Getting all these wonderful people confused.

06.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hope it doens't happen but you start rolling dice on SOF missions enough and eventually you'll touch the stove.

06.03.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0