Obliviousness

So far Trump has been very lucky in his military adventures - he lost military assets and wasted high-tech ammo, but no serious casualties.

Since the GOP-controlled Congress refuses to rein him in, he'll keep starting new military adventures until one of them goes sideways and many Americans die.

> @covie93.bsky.social

She's on page 8 of 32.
She's the first of 4 people to present for this group.

Y'all.

Im not getting home on time tonight.

Hell of a day to be sitting in class.

We have 9 groups presenting, 10-12 min per group. And this lady decides to read her comp plan WORD FOR FREAKIN WORD!! off the projection.

And that's just foreign aggression.
Domestically, there's occupation of Minnesota in Jan, attempts to prosecute congress in Feb...

oprah winfrey is holding a microphone and saying `` you get a block '' while standing on a stage . ALT: oprah winfrey is holding a microphone and saying `` you get a block '' while standing on a stage .

Have fun with it! Make it a shot of Baileys for every block!

Jeez, it IS McNamara all over again! Graduated escalation didn't work 60 years ago, and it work now

155% FOR OLIGARCHS AT HOME...

...AND "155MM" FOR OLIGARCHS ABROAD!

This is genuinely one of the best reasoned pieces of writing on US-Taiwan relations by anyone running for Congress I’ve seen in recent years. Even as someone who believes that strategic ambiguity has value in 2026.

Everyone, go check out @katmabu.bsky.social!

She's right. Come to the Minnesota State Fair. I'll treat you to some damn good cheese curds.

AS HE DIED TO MAKE MEN HOLY LET US DIE TO MAKE MEN FREE

All those MBA's and none of them seem to understand that stability is good for business.

I can almost guarantee you that there will be no in-house replacement outside of "use AI" and "lethality"

Hey all: I need some help from the group.

I have an SM that is getting ready to PCS. But just found out all their household goods were stolen from a storage unit. (Police report was filed already)

What resources are available to help get them through this?

We'll see if the party has the spine that the good Senator here alludes to. I have yet to see it, but that doesn't mean it's not possible.

Woke 2: Corporate Merger Bloodbath Hullabaloo

Exactly, what I would give for political leaders with vision! And then build consensus for it.

Not just trying to shape themselves into whatever mold they think the fickle public might want at the time.

a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it . ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it .

I swear I'm going cross-eyed trying to straighten out this HRAR. Can't move people til others get promoted, gotta some out of excess, others into it, some need the positions for promotion, and others I cant move because they're on orders. Ugh.

Thank you!

I usually had about 2-3/week but I guess it's enough.

The lessons of history can be insightful. How did Louis XIV subdue his nobles? Or Henry II? Or Ivan the Terrible? Or the Tokugawa shogunate?

I'm just saying, there are ways of building the state that have succeeded in the past. Humanity has solved this problem before.

Got dang, you beat me to it!!

I'm pretty sure Johnson, McNamara, et al said the exact same thing about Vietnam.

Tolkien was very deliberate and his concept of Hope was very intentional. It is not a feeling. It is active perseverance when all seems lost. Just like how during ragnarok, the Aesir and men fight the last battle with no chance of winning. Because it is good to persever.

I think it was about Tolkein's perspective on Hope. Which was informed by Christianity and his deep knowledge of Nordic paganism.

hope is fighting the brave retreat, knowing they'll lose the fight but win the end. Sorry, I know I'm butchering it. I gotta find her posts on hope...

Man, @billieiswriting.bsky.social wrote some great stuff on hope. I wish I could remember the specifics. She brought in new insights for me by introducing (to me at least) how hope isn't a feeling, its an action. From early Christian theology to old Nordic paganism,

A legally blind, 65 yr-old woman: has unintentionally lost 28 pounds because she can't afford food under Trump. "The end is coming near. Under Joe Biden I received $80 SNAP per month & was able to put away $100 per month for food. Trump took that away from me." #sheshed

I mean, I like IPAs, but they do some weird shit to my sinuses. Like some sort of mild allergic reaction.

Anyway, ales are the way to go.

Sounds about right for me too. Right up til I got too busy in college with school, social life, and club rugby. But every time I'm in the woods, I day dream back to that novel.