A cog in the wheel of public service. The kind that often requires a helmet. Aspirations outpacing capacity. Veteran of war and peace and then a bit more war.
Joined December 2011
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Jun 14
Peak 2026 social media is alternating between Iran deal updates and takes on the movie Obsession with near equal interest.
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The most problematic plot aspect of any rogue tv character show.
Jun 12
"Quincy, I realize you've improbably solved 53 murders in a row over my very strong objections to your methods but I’m telling you THIS TIME you've finally gone too far!"
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Jun 12
Literally just did this to my dog. Not letting her read this.
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Jun 12
Learned on a recent trip to Australia that (at least in Victoria) they have kept many of the public phones and made them free.
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Jun 11
In the dead of night the Scots arrived at the Airbnb across the street. Decked out and playing the pipes at 6:30 am. So it begins…
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Jun 5
In Russia, the arc of the moral universe is long but bends toward a dystopian nightmare.
Russia is considering lowering the country’s working age to 12 and reopening Soviet summer labor camps to replace workers lost to the war in Ukraine.
Moscow’s child labor commissioner argued that “the return of labour camps is a realistic scenario that our children will support”
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It is legitimately a tragedy that the 250th anniversary of this country's birth will be presided over by a president who is EVERYTHING the founders warned us against -- a partisan demagogue who fundamentally loathes the separation of powers and denies election results he dislikes
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May 29
Today is the last bell in Ukrainian schools. According to custom, girls who finish school dance a waltz behind their parents. Those whose parents were killed by Russia dance in their parents' jackets by themselves. This is just one school and how many of them...
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May 27
Also a great choice.
May 26
Lupita Nyong'o is not the first Black woman to portray Helen of Troy.
The first was Eartha Kitt, personally chosen by Orson Welles, in a play performed in Paris in 1950.
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May 22
Sending my son to a not-so-cheap private university on my GI Bill and I’m damn proud of his accomplishments there.
The GOP is attacking me for using GI Bill benefits I earned by serving in wars Susan Collins voted to send me to. Disgusting yet unsurprising.
You want to know how I paid for college? With 4 tours in the infantry.
Susan Collins needs to condemn these vile attacks on my service.
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May 18
Sometimes someone says something so intensely French that you need to smoke a cigarette
Léa Seydoux on why she started acting:
“I’m going to tell you something very intimate,” she tells Variety’s @DPD_ in this week’s cover story. “The reason why I do this job ... I never really wanted to become an actress, but I wanted to exist. The only way I found to exist was to have my image printed on a film and have the proof of my existence.”
Read the full cover story: wp.me/pc8uak-1lHhhG
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May 18
And St. Louis has all 3.
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This is what defines a professional military—not bullshit about “lethality” or “meat eaters” or jerking off to kill cams, but some unnamed enlisted person who day after day made sure the ejection seat they were responsible for met the standard so that when it mattered, it worked.
Naval Aviators Safe After EA-18G Growlers Crash at Idaho Air Show — USNI News news.usni.org/2026/05/17/nav…
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May 16
I understand the sentiment as it could be quite obnoxious. However, I’ve done it. FT’d with an old Army buddy while sitting at an outdoor cafe in Germany we used to frequent. No one near me so I believe it was harmless.
May 16
I have tweeted this so many times but I truly do NOT understand the people who FaceTime in public, like in a cafe, and those who just seem to think that's totally normal.
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May 14
The french are a tolerant, broad-minded people, but they will not forgive a president for the crime of not fucking his mistress.
May 13
Emmanuel Macron reportedly maintained a platonic relationship with Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani for several months, which allegedly led to Brigitte Macron slapping him.
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May 15
The Cold War was a unique time. It was technically peacetime but even the normal workdays reflected the deadly seriousness of the situation. Sure, go get that beer at the pub, but not until your equipment is ready to roll.
Air Refueling Tankers in the Cold War had a similar mission: TOAD (Take Off And Die).
In the event of a nuclear war, the tankers were to scramble & offload as much of their gas to the B-52s as possible. Which wouldn’t leave enough for them to get to a runway. It was expected they would ditch the jets, most likely dying in the process.
Not that there would likely be any bases to go back to anyway.
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May 13
Aptly put.
May 13
Boy, it's hard to be optimistic about the trajectory of American politics.
The Republican Party is a slavishly devotional personality cult around an unfathomably awful man.
The Democrats have a pincer of a sclerotic establishment vs. a policy illiterate progressive base.
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May 13
This is fascinating. The door slam is hilarious.
Black Rod bangs on the door of the House of Lords ahead of the King's Speech.
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May 8
I would like to speak with the arc of the moral universe’s manager.
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