Oh right, the precision fires. The precision fires for a near-peer. The precision fires chosen specifically to defeat near-peers. The near-peer precision fires.

Normal Pundits (derogatory): The Internet Isn't Real Life! Trillionaire and former vizier to the president:

Larry the Lobster: Observe! Spongebob Scene

ALT: Larry the Lobster: Observe! Spongebob Scene

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Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 2d ago

are we in hell?

I am being personally harassed by the CIA (tray of 1Kohm resistors is full of resistors that are not 1Kohm and even a couple diodes)

If someone invades your country you should shoot them, is a pretty basic idea. Only americans would think about it as "well you have to be nice to us so we can unfuck this"

Candrug the Red Terror, Kingdom Central, squawk 4321

beetle moses@beetlemoses.bsky.social · 2w ago

Pay the toll

Clearly the start of the Christmas cinematic universe, we're going to be getting the backstory on the 5 partridges and how they got a pear tree next.

William B. Fuckley@opinionhaver.bsky.social · 2w ago

what origin story does ebneezer scrooge need. he's a victorian moneylender with an unhappy childhood, not a fucking superhero

Not to say this isn't culture war nonsense but veterans have been doing the "military went soft the moment I left" thing since Babylon we just have craven outlets willing to let them write articles instead of bitching at the Legion or writing letters that get ignored.

Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · 2w ago

our elites want to abolish hard men

I get safety bulletins sent to my work email and the slow weeks are so good. - Bill tweaks his shoulder golfing on AV - Janet finds out she's allergic to a fruit - Intern stung by bee - Crackheads steal noncritical copper and leave broken glass bottle in switchyard

Genocide, Oppression, Slavery, Having Too Many Trees

Sorry Buddy@3cityyimby.bsky.social · 3w ago

The sanctions themselves. Again, not my area of expertise, but my sense is these are cribbed from other US sanctions against genuinely hostile foreign powers.

I have a cousin that's applying to schools (in Canada) right now and he asked me for some help and holy shit I wouldn't be able to get into any decent programs anymore, and I only got out of university a few years ago! The post covid grade inflation is absurd.

One day, all bsky adherents must plan to complete the journey to the holy land (random yuppie suburb of Washington DC)

Okay, Nolan did good, really liked The Odyssey and his choice to go weird and ahistorical was totally vindicated, movie looked rad as hell.

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

Lies, isolation, blocking: Fedorov names 11 major problems he found in Defence Ministry

Acting Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has said he identified 11 major problems in the management of the defence forces and the system of power when he joined Ukraine's Defence Ministry six months a...

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I'm hearing reports Generalissimo Mbappe is holed up in his bunker with his most fervent supporters, ordering assaults on the Spanish goal with divisions that have already surrendered or dissolved. Spanish sappers are being called forward in the event surrender is refused.

The enlightened take is this is fine this year because we're finding out who wins that game today.

The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 3w ago

The half-time break at the World Cup final is expected to be around 30 minutes long in order to accommodate Fifa’s star-studded show — breaching the maximum time of 15 minutes permitted under the Laws of the Game

One of the more annoying parts of being out of the forces is not having access to the Canadian Army Doctrine Library, they don't even publish the really borderline public knowledge stuff unlike the US and it sucks.

A parking lot of Senators, landmines, drones, and digital communications and EW suites for every municipality that can support the manpower.

Robert Borden Stan Account@bordenstan.bsky.social · 4w ago

A RUSI paper last year proposed an interesting solution - a platoon level Software Defined Radio that could be configured for electronic attack or defence, with each section provided with their own antennas. I see no reason this could not be tested with a Canadian SDR manufacturer like Per Vices.

It's why I like Vintage Story, first you think it's like weird Minecraft but then you're in deep cursing that it's gonna take like three in game years to grow enough fiber to make a sail for a tiny boat, which is like 240 hours of in game time.

I think: Wow, what a humorless loser, I bet he- "- from my X feed" Yuuuup...

This is a nifty project that my colleagues at @canadianshieldinstitute.ca have been working on: An interactive map of all of the trade and economic development deals that Canada has signed since Mark Carney became Prime Minister. variablegeometry.ca

Tracking Variable Geometry

An interactive global map of Canada's recent international agreements, updated live.

variablegeometry.ca

Nobody: WSJ on a random Tuesday: Canada put the transatlantic relationship like a wounded horse and European leaders are having poly-flavoured little get togethers in dramatic halls of power to talk shit about the guy they all hate and the dreamy ex-banker they love

Another very, very interesting article. Insane detail in here.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 4w ago

“We don’t have a relationship to keep!” How Canada persuaded European allies to rethink their dependence on America. on.wsj.com/4h1A3y9

Listen man, it's okay, you don't have to help me beat up this random guy in the alley, but that makes us even from that time you said no to letting me go through your wallet and take whatever I want.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Sen. Chris Coons: "My hope is that we can just sort of say -- okay, offsetting penalties. Trump threatened to take Greenland from Denmark, and they didn't provide universal immediate complete access to use their bases. Let's recognize that there have been some points of tension."

And there it is. Noah has been covering this since the 2024 RFI, and has a great postmortem after the announcement where he suggests why TKMS likely prevailed, and what we can probably look forward to with the 212.

Prime Minister Carney announces the preferred supplier for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project – the largest defence procurement in Canadian history

Press Release + 3000 Word Noah Note

truenorthstrategicreview.ca

Don't call it a comeback

Robert Borden Stan Account@bordenstan.bsky.social · last mo.

Buy SAMP/T, Mr. Fuhr. You know you want to. A world of procurement denied to us by the Peace Dividend is howling to be reborn.

This is not only just our biggest single procurement ever, this is likely to dictate the direction of the rest of our procurement push, more European kit, the purchase of which we may try and leverage for trade concessions and reciprocal investment.

Robert Borden Stan Account@bordenstan.bsky.social · last mo.

Per Philippe Legasse and the Globe And Mail, Canada will very likely announce that Thyssen-Krupp Marine Systems has been selected for the Canadian Patrol Submarine project. I thought Hanwha would clinch it with a media blitz, but I suppose the old adage is true: real Gs move in silence like lasagna.

America is hitting the milestones of being a mature established country for its 250th like bribing the head of FIFA, dealing with fascist paramilitaries in the streets of your capital, and having some listless second in command getting into a pissing match with the Pope.