Minor Spear Carrier

The Hold Steady is my mission.

Keep the ship pointed into the waves, the krewe fed, the charts updated, the powder dry…

But it is, now.

Hold it.

Hope you are well.

Sandra Grimes, Who Helped Unmask a C.I.A. Traitor, Dies at 79

RIP Sandra Grimes
—Mother, Civil Servant, Russian Mole Hunter, American Hero.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...

Like tomorrow at 9am?

I love smelling the corn when I walk past the Pentagon Bodegas.

Sometimes I bring bags of it back to the office.

LoL. “Next to the popcorn machine”

Tell me you fly planes without saying “pilot.”

BANKING, A short Play by Tyrell Mayfield

Ty: Calls bank, navigates 2FA, 9 phase phone tree

Bank: What can we do for you?

Ty: Need to set up a new Direct Deposit, govt says you gotta sign this form

Bank: you can fax it to us

Ty: this is 2025, I am not faxing you anything

Bank: Mobile app?

fin

Bird by Bird.

Russia loses 1,040 soldiers over past day Russia has lost 1,040 soldiers killed and wounded, four tanks and 47 artillery systems over the past day.

Killing a Battalion a Day Keeps the Russians at Bay.

www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

Shots Fired in The Great Postcard War of 2025!!

@rgrimmturner.bsky.social strikes again from Continental Europe!

Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, “What a week, huh?” Tintin leans into the frame and says, “Captain, it’s Wednesday.” Snowy is very excited about the drink he has found.

Getting hammered in middle America.

3 postcards on a table.

An overseas fusillade via @rgrimmturner.bsky.social !

Feel like I might be set up for a delayed second strike when I come out of defilade.

Shots Fired in The Great Postcard War of 2025!!

Receiving High Angle Fires from @rgrimmturner.bsky.social checking in from above the Arctic Circle.

Australia to buy 11 advanced Japanese frigates in breakthrough for Tokyo Canberra will purchase the Mogami-class warships in what will be Tokyo’s biggest-ever defense contract.

The Germans are building an Army; The Japanese are building warships…. And I am cheering.

www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08...

a cartoon of tom from tom and jerry says `` the struggle is real '' . ALT: a cartoon of tom from tom and jerry says `` the struggle is real '' .

Still on Tokyo Time.

You can get a lot done when you wake up at 2am and start drinking coffee.

It’s time.

The Sunflower Ingredients: 1⁄12 oz La Fée Parisienne absinthe 3⁄4 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin 3⁄4 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur 3⁄4 oz Elderflower liqueur 3⁄4 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/5807/sunflower

Everything Just Got Better.

Cheers.

Tokyo Time Now.

Such a cool town.

They have a pretty rad art museum as well.

A day afield in Tokyo.

I love it when people send me to the dictionary.

Everything Just Got Better.

Nice haul!

A remarkable life!

I’m sorry to hear of his passing; may his memory be a light.

Very sad to hear of the passing of Bill Zartman. He was my advisor at @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social and my first boss in Washington, D.C. I owe him much and will always remember him

LoL.