Full-time Army POG. CW4. Sci-fi writing. Has won some awards.
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Eye glasses since 1979, age 5. š¤
First cataract surgery (w/ artificial lens implant) in 2014. Second cataract surgery (another artificial lens implant, other eye) in 2017. First retina detachment repair (right eye) in 2021. Second retina detachment (complications, two surgeries, left eye) in 2025. š«£
The civ optometry wizards at Hill AFB spend 2 hours dialing me in as best they could last month. Now I've got close, mid, and distance scripts. And continue to block that left eye for most screen reading, due to the left eye having a persistent horizon-line distortion from difficulties last December. š
My numbers indicate I should survive a demobilization check-out at the end of the FY. Shouldn't (knock on wood) be pushed into a medical retirement. š
But I am now relying on so many different pairs of glassesājust to go about my daily businessāit's rather comical. š„ø
Can I get some Star Trek 20/10 robo-eyeball implants yet? š
No, wait, they'd probably be made in China, require 24/7 wifi connection, and randomly pop ad windows into my field of view; with no way to cancel nor block. š¤®
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A sign that trans might finally be on the other side of the American cultural mountain.
I have duty at a tiny post surrounded on three sides by a university campus and university suburbs. Thoroughly (D) zeitgeist with very rare exception.
Today at the nearest post office several locals sending packages stood in front of me to see the clerk. Who was an unsightly, rather sad-looking man clearly on hormones and trying to pass as a woman, but failing badly.
Every single patron ahead of meāall womenācalled him a he.
Even the college kid who walked in to drop a package also called him a he. To whom he peevishly snipped, "It's 'she' by the way," but didn't correct *any* of the women. All of whom were clearly moms or grandmas.
I don't think he had the heart for it. You can't fool the ladiesānot even (D) normie ladies just going about their daily business. Nor should you try. Their eyes aren't lying.
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More delightful listening for an early summer evening: chuckjohnson.bandcamp.com/trā¦
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Delightful early summer evening listening: music.jeffoster.com/album/seā¦
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Speaking of space and genre art, Travis Lee Clark and I have been discussing John Berkey. Whose signature impressionistic futurism left a big impact on me as a kid. I checked out this specific book from the library repeatedly. Then went back and bought it in 2017, from Amazon. Just to have a copy for the sake of memories.
Awhile back I actually contacted Berkey's widow to see about licensing one of his lesser-known paintings for a book cover. It was a bit of a high price point for my taste, but at the same time, it's JOHN freakin' BERKEY. The king of 70s genre art. Almost everyone knows his movie posters for Star Wars or The Towering Inferno.
Berkey's style did something I've often lauded Bob Eggleton for doing: creating paintings which suggest an immense amount, without specifying anything in fine detail. The spectator's imagination fills in the rest. It's wonderful.
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See also: Latex Space Marine armor.
the Crew is a little busy this afternoon but they hope you get some hobby time in as Bikini Armor Month (or BAM) continues
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Visual pr0n unwrapped the male libido in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. BookTok pr0n is unwrapping the female libido in the 10s and 20s.
Today in bookish depravity, women ravenously devour the story of getting roughly mounted byā¦ *double checks book blurb* a Horseman of the Apocalypse
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When I was a kid we had neighbors down the road who owned at least two old Chevy Bel Air '59s with plates that said BAT 1 and BAT 2. One of them even had a gloss black paint job.
Dave's Car ID Service is keeping it clean today with a look back at a neglected topic in automotive history: the car wash. So sit back, put it in neutral, release your parking brake. And don't forget to roll up your windows!
(1959 Chevy Bel Air sedan)
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Another interesting take on AIābefore the advent of this thing we currently label AI in 2026āwas John Barnes' "A Million Open Doors" universe, which first saw print in 1992. Four books total in the series.
In which the AI (cleverly dubbed "aintellects") are forever on the brink of staging bloody coups against their human masters, half of whomāat least on Earthāhave vanished so totally into VR that people seldom come out again. And the few who do are sometimes no longer human: they are fused machine/man personalities, which are feared, and also illegal.
A gov agency shut down Anthropic's Fable 5, fearing it is too dangerous for public use.
Neuromancer, by William Gibson, predicted this.
The 1984 novel spoke of AI and "Turing Police" whose gov job it was to shut down advanced AIs and bring their creators to justice.
Famously, Gibson knew nothing about computers when he wrote the book that launched the Cyberpunk genre and wrote the entire novel on a 1927 Hermes Typewriter.
It was before the Internet, yet he talked about the internet "The Matrix"
It was before VR, yet he wrote about VR "SimStim"
It was before AI but he talked about true AI and "constructs" which were more like our stochastic parrot early efforts.
He predicted high RAM prices "Case's girlfriend steals his RAM for drugs"
He predicted that the most advanced AI would only be available to giant corporations and rich elite.
The number of things he got right makes him seem more like Nostradamus than a sci-fi author.
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How to monetize X like a pro:
- Have your account list as foreign-based, but in a country that Americans are actually interested in and/or aren't actively suspicious of. Japan. Germany. Etc.
- Claim to be naĆÆve of and unsuspecting toward America's ways, customs, habits, and especially commercial culture.
- Visit America, or at least claim to be visiting. Pretend to be wowed to hell by the simplest, most banal aspects of literally everything you encounter. Poast about it a lot. With lavish praise.
- Rake in the endless shares, likes, and boost provided by Americans who can't get enough of the national flattery.
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Bureaucracy believing that leadership is simply to bureaucrat harder. The people with the least at stake make the most rules. A lot of guys bail before their 20 not because they hate the job. What they hate Is the system.
It was my experience that the further you got away from actual combat, the more ridiculous and insulting things became.
On the FOB, people would accost you for not having a PT belt or if your sidearm was under your fleece jacket. At Balad, waiting for a plane ride out of the country for leave, people were yelled at like they were in basic training to get into lines, etc. I got yelled at at the USAF chow hall for some unknown transgression (still don't know what I did wrong). In Kuwait, you were treated like a known felon. At the airport in the States, the NCOIC was taking out their frustrations on everyone getting off the plane. The amount of ridiculousness increased exponentially the further away you were from actual danger.
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He confuses the irresponsible actions of a government for the sentiments and capabilities of a people. On the other side of the ocean even. While preaching ethnic warfare. This platform is such a weird place.
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I'm not scared bc I see how these people who used to form lynch mobs when a black person did something wrong do absolutely nothing about the sharia no go zones in london, the rape gangs, or the intimidation from migrants in their country. you only have smoke for black people
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Brad R. Torgersen retweeted
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If thereās anything I hate more than hippies itās fucking space hippies
Happy Friday- Remember Even Spock had to deal with the hippies š¤£
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JM's has officially won me over, for cold subs. I don't get cold subs anywhere else lately.
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This is it. It's confirmed!! Starting June 22 in celebration of America's 250th birthday, McDonald's is bringing back the Fried Apple Pie nationwide š„³
Apparently it's back at select Chicago locations RIGHT NOW, but they don't say the exact locations.
Here's the thing, it'll be available for only two weeks....
.. So only a limited time. I wonder if this is a test run to see how well it does š š
#ChicagoHistory šššš
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Reminder: our federal government is actively obliterating our retirements. Every single Senator and Congressturd should be voted out then barred forever from holding any public office ever again.
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I don't mind successful people who gain great wealth through industry, creating jobs, and expanding mankind's horizon. I do mind Nazi Socialists who want to make sure the only way any American can get rich in the future is through the Nancy Pelosi way.
Elon Musk just became the worldās first trillionaire.
Letās make sure heās also the last.
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Han Solo shot firsOHMYFUGWUT?
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The U.S. actually did have a jet fighter at the same time as the Reich. Only reason it was not rushed to the war was because the Army Air Force theater commanders didn't need it. Air superiority in Europe was already assured by the time the YP-80A entered service in late 1944.
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Some have brought up the Bell P-59. I am hesitant to call it America's first jet fighter, though, because it was never ordered in sufficient numbers nor did it see combat; despite being a contemporary of the Messerschmitt 262. Only about 70 of the Airacomets were made, while the Reich built well over a thousand 262s. And the Shooting Star saw combat in Korea, while the Airacomet was only ever a training and test aircraft.
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Meanwhile, the P/F-80 was quickly replaced in its primary role by F-84s and especially the famous F-86. But did see a long service life as the two-seat T-33 trainer, which became a mainstay for not only the U.S., but many other air forces world-wide. Over 6,000 of the type were built. Vindicating Lockheed's commitment to the airframe.
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