James Vizzard
@jwvizzard.bsky.social
Political science PhD candidate specializing in civ-mil. Husband, father, former gangster for capitalism. Opinions, jokes, hot takes, and other skeets are only mine and not any current or former employer’s.
That's not Patton or MacArthur; why does "Patton" have Soviet shoulder boards? Why is "MacArthur" a maybe British maybe corporal or maybe sergeant?
Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21h agoThis is a man who has a hard time looking in the mirror
AP calls a DEFEAT for Kansas Amendment 1, which would have replaced the current merit-based selection of state Supreme Court justices with partisan statewide elections. GOP wanted this change to try to overturn a ruling protecting abortion rights, but voters emphatically said no.
Who could possibly have predicted that Cornyn and Tillis would leap at the first available fig leaf, no matter how flimsy? Oh, right, everyone. I look forward to the President humiliating them by announcing implementation of his $1.8B slush fund at Blanche's swearing-in.
As a devoted Aubrey-Maturin fan I love Sam’s narration of Royal Navy corruption, knowing it would outlive him by a considerable amount.
Samuel Pepys@samuelpepys.bsky.social · 2d agoWe did many other things this morning, and I caused the Timber measurer to measure some timber, where I found much fault and with reason, which we took public notice of, and did give them admonition for the time to come.
Nothing I love on Bluesky more than seeing a bunch of accounts I follow outraged at some post and when I scroll to see what they're bashing all I get is "Blocked." You do not have to argue with idiots on the interwebs (I have to tell myself this multiple times per day)
@danielmkim.bsky.social ‘s shrimp scampi never misses. If you haven’t grabbed the recipe from his thread, I recommend you do so.
The immigrant union troops who defended their adopted country from slaver traitors are in fact, proof of concept of American higher ideals having nothing to do with “blood” or “heritage” or whatever cowardly euphemism is in vogue among these pathetic losers
It worked so well we're going to do it with the military too. I'm sure the results will be most excellent.
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d agoNot only did they absolutely beg for this, they made it so that “merit” was synonymous with being white so now you’re stuck with precisely the kind of moron who believes that. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
I feel like satire should go just a tad bit farther to disguise the actual people it's satiring. Part of the fun of satire is being enough in-the-know to discern the targets. Verbatim quotes are like tying a deer to a tree at a corporate hunting retreat.
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 5d agoThe Fake Populist (Populistic fictus) HABITAT: Op-ed page of elite newspaper DISTINCTIVE CALL: “It’s classist to assume a blue-collar politician is dumb—unless she’s a hot Latina who used to sling drinks.”
The OBBBA was timed to hit after the midterms, but it seems to be landing early.
NPR@npr.org · 4d agoNebraska's Medicaid director, in an exclusive interview with nonprofit news organization Tradeoffs, said roughly 200 people will lose health coverage on Aug. 1.
Dear university IT, it would be super helpful if you included on your website a way to report an outage in one part of your web resources (i.e. the library). Even just a phone number would be nice.
NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com · 4d agoUS Secretary of State Rubio said Washington will try in the coming weeks to restart negotiations between Ukraine and Russia and seek an end to the war. He said both sides have clearly defined red lines and warned that no breakthrough is likely until their positions move closer together. #Ukraine
The planner in CENTCOM that had been forgetting to add the word “decisive” to the CONOP slides this whole time.
Drake & Lil Yachty Looking at Laptop
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Didn’t Judge Box-o-Wine call him a terrorist?
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d agoFLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
Significantly increased 5-year cancer survival rates
Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 5d agoI like this brainstorm: greatest achievements since 1969. Number one for me: eradicating smallpox What else?
Curriculum to consist exclusively of courses like 'Kill to Win', 'Lethalitymaxxing', and 'Fight the War like a Warfighter'
Jim LaPorta@jimlaporta.bsky.social · 6d agoLate night scoop - Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum, draft memo says www.cbsnews.com/news/dod-pen...
Ted Lasso: It's the Hope That Kills You
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Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 6d agoNew Texas poll: Fox News SENATE RACE James Talarico (D) 51% Ken Paxton (R) 48% GOVERNOR RACE Greg Abbott (R) 50% Gina Hinojosa (D) 49% static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/...
Never seen Once, but The Commitments is an all time favorite, and he sang Fairytale of New York at Shane's funeral. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter, dies aged 56 in motorcycle crash
Frontman of chart-topping band the Frames had huge success as the star of 2007 romantic drama Once
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I look forward to having my air travel completely screwed up for years because he gets blocked from putting his name on it and instead just leaves it sitting there as an empty shell.
Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio)@kleinman.bsky.social · last wk.Feels notable that his big announcement today is redesigning Dulles www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
I’m not an engineer—anyone able to assess the aerodynamics on this one?
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · last wk.Trump on Iran 🤦♂️
"cut and run" "stay the course" I really hate it that the oldies stations all play the music of my youth.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Kennedy: "I don't think we ought to just cut and run. If we can stand the pain of the rising cost of energy, we need to stay the course at least for a few more months."
My wife would really like me to reach this stage of enlightenment, and I feel bad for her that she will never get to see it.
Angus Johnston@angus.bsky.social · 2w agoAnd god, "the thing you should be doing" is an even more poisonous framing than "the thing you can't do." I don't give a damn who I should be. The question doesn't interest me. And it took me five fucking decades to be able to say that.
