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Taught everything from economics to CQC, sold everything from yaks to yachts, used communication for shinjitsu to subversion. Natsec, policing, urban warfare, markets, learning.WW1 ME&Asia.Trad COTUS Conservative. "Seen some stuff; done some things."
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Spam marketing calls are just “off the hook” today, as the kids would say.

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Couple of bros watching How to Train Your Dragon. ❤️

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Hostas

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June 13, 1898, Guantanamo Bay. CDR Bowman McCalla comes ashore, and apologizes to the Marines of D Co, for firing on them the previous night. Marines bury SgtMaj Good, and search for the body of Pvt Taurman. The Spanish have taken the day off, giving Huntington’s Marines respite. 1/

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@taggertmayfield.bsky.social @hupplescat.bsky.social @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social FYI

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An elegy for the gear stick - lovely read from the fab Vicki Butler-Henderson www.ft.com/content/9ae6...

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"The espionage emphasis has shifted towards the digital intelligence provided by GCHQ". Erm, nope. SIGINT has always provided bulk against specific targets. HUMINT will always be key for what it does. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

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Wait a minute… are you telling me that hiring more STEM people is not the national security silver bullet? We need people—probably immigrants or foreign nationals—who can speak foreign languages?

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LoL. People trolling me in my text messages.

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It's the military theory equivalent of, "Get in the best shape of your life with this ONE WEIRD TRICK! DOCTORS HATE IT!"

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"It is the latest operation to show how deeply Israel’s intelligence services, including the Mossad, have penetrated some of Iran’s most closely guarded secrets". edition.cnn.com/2025/06/13/m...

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A Commando retrieves a Ghost Drone after flight. The Ghost is a single rotary blade UAS drone capable of surveillance of ground with minimal sound

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That's one way to keep Sluggo from bogarting your lemonade...

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Here's a visualization of where specifically Israel struck Iran’s nuclear program.

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Always finding confirmation that dropping Facebook years ago was a great idea...

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"[Paying people to fight] is the only way of recruitment for the war now because ideologically motivated recruits [...] and partial mobilization [...] created domestic political tensions and risks which were considered as unacceptable for the Kremlin in those circumstances." Pavel Luzin

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Exclusive: Anne Wojcicki is poised to regain control of 23andMe, after a nonprofit she controls topped Regeneron’s bid for the DNA testing company.

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The four detainees who escaped an ICE detention center in Newark, N.J., have been publicly identified, as law-enforcement officials continue to attempt to locate the men https://on.wsj.com/4415nVE

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US military forces stationed at Al Omar military base, also known as the Green Village, in eastern Syria, contributed to the downing of Iranian drones heading to Israel via Syrian territory.

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Following the advice of @attaboyclarence.com, I decided to watch The Red House (1947) tonight. An old companion decided to join me but she doesn't seem to be paying that much attention.

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USAGM today urgently called back to work the staff of the Voice of America's Farsi language service. All had been on paid admin leave for the past three months with the rest of VOA's silenced journalists.

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"Given Israel’s unilateral decision to strike Iran, Tehran will be reluctant to take actions that draw Gulf States and the United States into a broader war," write CSIS Futures Lab experts. Read more on Iran's options for retaliating against Israel: www.csis.org/analysis/ira...

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“If the price [for crude oil] is lowered and upheld, it would be a problem for the Russian economy.” Aura Sabadus

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No Nancy! Just take $12 out and leave a buck...

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Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against Time Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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GCHQ intern who took secret data home jailed www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Have I got a stock promotion for you - poifect for this golden age of grifting the gullible. www.herbgreenberg.com/p/stock-prom...

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