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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Spaceboy, you’ll kill me, before I’m dead and gone. 🌙✨🌝

Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Real talk? My cheeky governance & strategy threads aren’t just MilSky pedantry. Bake dissent into the DNA of plans, policies, COAs. Whatever you touch. Let em issue edicts. We still shape how, why & when this institution moves. Manage it up. All of it. Make capture structurally difficult again. 💅

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

7th grade, a boy grabbed my boobs, both hands. I snatched his wallet chain and beat the utter shit out of him. Tuned him up, got suspended for 10 days. Mom came, and the VP asked what her “plan” was to deal with me. “Teach her to use a metal bat next time.” Reader, there was never a next time.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I spent a sleepless night trying to account for Christa Pike. Raised Catholic, I trained in medicine; my early career was in humanitarianism. My vocation led me, reluctantly, to the profession of arms. And a deep familiarity with moral friction. Now I have tidy little desk at the war factory.

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Graham @greysmithereens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As a side note, the force design that emerges by implication from defense discussions on here is kind of crazy because it implies like 4-5% of GDP defense budgets.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

WAR & COUTURE No. 2 A Fever Dream’s Staffing Problem: cables from the military-industrial glamour offensive. Cheap autonomous pew-pews. Fast adaptation. Sexy C2. Rock hard bases. US supply chains. Very war. Very lethal. Awkwardly dependent on everyone you fired who knows Python.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

With my former service academy asst prof hat on, the more interesting question here isn’t academic tenure. It’s force generation. The service academies aren’t merely universities. They’re statutory officer-accession pipelines that produce commissioned officers with multi-year service obligations.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Okay, counterpoint, but I really do have to keep doing as much normal shit as possible to keep the things that are still normal, normal. Ish. Bruh. We’re doing our goddamn best over here, okay?

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My Pentagon memoir, but instead of a tell-all it’ll just be a compendium of the dumbest shit I have ever witnessed inside the world’s largest office building. No state secrets. No lessons in executive leadership. Just 350 pages of “you’re not going to fucking believe this.”

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I appreciate robust debate on AI ethics and theory of mind, but I can’t be the only one a *titch* excited that someone gave wrapping up this shitshow a firm suspense.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If anyone just saw a tall blonde girl at Pentagon station with her hands full trying to open the metro gate with her CAC, no you absolutely did not. Happy Friday, ya’ll. We survived. 🎉

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

WAR & COUTURE No. 1 This installment begins a limited series seeking refined solutions to complexities in military statecraft; each featuring a vintage dress from my collection, discussed at the end. And no. I don’t know how the fuck we got here either. But… Welcome to NatSec Charm School.

A blonde woman contemplates Clausewitz in a 1960’s off shoulder black velvet dress with front bow detail.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

No operational requirement for this much cunt was identified, but the capability will be fielded until my second Red Bull and 0730 bathroom vape.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I enjoy a puddle deep natsec “insight” that’s actually 3 piles of bullshit in a trench coat as much as the next guy. But as much as my tired soul delights in a scapegoat bumhump these days, I promise ya’ll that the calls are coming from inside the house. Womp womp.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Look, I want the lore. I can smell crazy like a fart in a J7 cube farm. They make me actually work around here so I don’t have time to excavate old #miltwatter tea. I know one of you has the deets on this unholy union. Regale me. Please. I deserve this.

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Woman Eating Popcorn, Reacting

ALT: Woman Eating Popcorn, Reacting

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m in this book, and I’m finally reading it. Someday, when I’ve vaped my last vape in my favorite E-ring stall, I’ll tell ya’ll the whole story. For now, suffice to say…it’s really good. You should read it too.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

NEW SERIES! By the People: How to reclaim the Constitution from an imperious Supreme Court and an imperial presidency. A primer on popular constitutionalism and a toolkit if you're as fed up as we are. The opening batch of essays, and the first podcast episode, are here: slate.com/news-and-pol...

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By the People

As a thought experiment, we bring you popular constitutionalism—local, organic farm-to-table making of legal meaning.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

From a policy and epidemiology lens: this is an optics problem and a data governance problem. The Pentagon has every incentive to suppress the human cost of war. It also operates systems far less centralized & real time than the public imagines. Both can be true. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...

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Pentagon Withheld Dozens of U.S. Military Injuries in Iran War (Gift Article)

Central Command is not required to release information about injured troops, especially when they quickly return to duty, a military official said.

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Liam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 17/06/2026

On which ocean is Perth, where the proposed nuclear submarine base is supposed to go, and what does this suggest about the submarines we will never get

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Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

My latest in the Los Angeles Times on Pete Hegseth’s meddling with military promotions. It undermines trust in leadership, puts every military leader under a cloud, and weakens the force Americans rely on to defend the country. PDF in the first reply. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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Contributor: Hegseth’s meddling with promotions tarnishes leadership and endangers the country

A visible pattern of removing women and minority officers from promotion lists sends a message to his military.

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Shimmersoft @shimmersoft.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

happy "hormuz can be opened within two months" to all who celebrate, buy yourself something nice cuz you might not be able to afford it again in another two months

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

If you think the current inflation spike is making that omelette dreadfully expensive, wait until you hear what it’s doing to national security capacity, capability stability, recruitment & retention, adversary leverage, and operational readiness. Cat tax to salve the sting. 1/

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I mean maybe we shouldn't have given them incentive to do exactly that while simultaneously proving that we have no stomach for the ground invasion that would be necessary to convince them to stop.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Advice needed: Should I ruin my summer with a hot mess AOR TDY or a dating app? (Please note I will grouse about both regularly and in detail.)

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Expert analysis is conditional, admits uncertainty, changes with evidence. Frankly, it’s not good content. Natsec with integrity requires intellectual culture that tolerates ambiguity & friction. Demands for institutional rigor shouldn’t come from people rewarded for the mere performance of it.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We need to talk about this. The prima facie case for unfettered, reactionary MAGA bigotry is obvious. But the virulently “anti-woke” fascist slop it produces isn’t just the regressive outcry of stunted racists. It’s a flexible, strategy with a weaponized psychology. We miss that at our peril. 1/

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

This is why we strategy. In reality, even partially achieved op/tactical objectives work favorably to limit a threat’s scope. But the grown up math asks what an adversary can & WILL do with remaining capability as you expend yours, and what that means for end game. Diminishing returns are the rule.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

To be fair, some of us lean a little “chaotic”, but the sweet revenge vibes were pretty immaculate today in NoVA.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Are you implying the girlies are NOT so inclined? 😏🎀💅🏻

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Annual pilgrimage to Philadelphia Brigade Park at Antietam after The World’s Most Miserable TDY™️ in the Buckeye State.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Ever find a picture of yourself from the 90s that made you want to apologize to your hair, your eyebrows, and your mother all at once?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 05/04/2026

Since today is First Contact Day (the day in Star Trek when humans meet their first aliens, Vulcans) it’s worth talking about that story a bit and how it can inform our analysis of Artemis. This involves a lot of spoilers from the film Star Trek: First Contact 🖖🏽 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Tr...

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Star Trek: First Contact - Wikipedia

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I wonder if it would be helpful if we lose our incredulity at this point. To what extent does our collective shock & awe at his lack of empathy create inertia? We know he’s evil. What are we going to actually do about it?

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Goddamn it. This is enraging. I need to close this app now for a while. Please look after each other.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

An extra cold pillow tonight to the MD statey who pulled me over at Annapolis this afternoon and saw my accelerator enthusiasm was the result of Taylor Swift and an open sunroof, and did not sully my perf driving record. 💖🖖✨🌈

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

What moon songs do you sing your babies? What sunshine do you bring? Who belongs, who decides what’s cray? Who rights wrongs where others cling? Goodnight, Artemis. Goodnight, Ms. Wang. Goodnight, Bluesky. And goodnight, my sweetest, wherever amongst the stars you are. ✨

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Luna by The Smashing Pumpkins on Apple Music

Song · 1993 · Duration 3:20

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

No, but I’ve been hella worried about ours for a hot minute.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

RIP to the livers of those who had “nuclear” as their do a shot word tonight. Although being slightly pickled for this evening’s indignities probably wasn’t the worst call.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 02/04/2026

I can't believe Katherine Johnson used to do these sorts of calculations and simulations BY HAND. I'm flabbergasted.

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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

this account is closed to jaded replies about going to the moon. i will never be jaded about going to the moon

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

YOU GUISE I have a good friend who is a NASA aerospace engineer & PM, and we always talk space nerd stuff. I finally locked in my invite to Goddard in exchange for a batch of my chocolate chip cookies. Time to watch Contact for the 10000th time and start baking.

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Today was strange. I was deposed, and I’m exhausted. But I have such gratitude: a warm thunderstorm through open windows, a spaceflight, a little hope. And your wonder & joy, BlueSky friends. Love you nerds to the moon and back. 🌛

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We are a way for the cosmos to know itself. - Other Carl ✨🪐🚀🌝

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Congressional Bill Bot @fedbillbot.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

H.R.7735 Improving Mental Health Support for Servicemembers and ... SPONSOR: @golden.house.gov № CO-SPONSORS: 5 STATUS: Introduced LATEST ACTION: House committee - 2026-03-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. #Democrats Details at congress.gov

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