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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 2h

Don't you dare try to subpoena the fun thoughts I write in the left notebook

Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 6h

You have an early but commanding lead according to me, these are all 🔥 I've been searching scryfall for cards that make 5/5 wurms just to use these

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 6h

This country will be well and truly back when we start putting the pick drags only in the right channel again while the rhythm swells from the left

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 8h

The original as drafted was bad too. And it doesn't appear there's any campaigning going on at all in support of the amendment.

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 17h

Come on, I'm not going to eat this entire tray of fresh ranch flavored pumpkin seeds without something to drink

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 17h

When the sound of cracking the second beer reminds you that you promised your daughter pancakes tomorrow morning

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 17h

*slowly takes off jacket and loosens tie*

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 17h

This entire debate: "Governor Moore, you said something my colleagues said was stupid shit. Will you say that stupid shit tonight?" "Mr. Cox, you are an unhinged bat. Will you sweat profusely while acting like an unhinged bat tonight?"

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 17h

You don't think he's going to pick up some votes by Glonzo-ing harder on data centers? Why hasn't Moore called for a moratorium!!?? Cox simply defies characterization on the political spectrum!

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 17h

I've only watched half of it so far, but I continue to be extremely impressed by the commitment of the Old Line State's political press to maintain a veneer of a "the whole country's eyes are upon you" contest and not phone it in like the GOP gubernatorial candidate:

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 18h

The strategy meeting where they all sat in a room and got really giddy over "political TMZ things" must've been craaaaaaazzzyy

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 19h

It's got real "I'm gonna need to get to a bathroom soon" energy

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 20h

And then using this picture, which I'm certain is not how fur works

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 21h

This reminds me of TRADOC fake country briefs that have gems like, "The Bandarian people know how to survive, because of their cultural heritage of surviving, which dates back thousands of years"

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 21h

"Outworking the other guy is very American, see for example, the American Revolution" is so fucking funny

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 21h

The soy stuff is probably just a myth right?

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 21h

This is a cooking account now, like and subscribe

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I missed this meme. An editor somewhere was like, "well we don't want to start a panic among those out of touch woke sissy southern Californians, add a sentence about how he was probably just vamping"

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

On to Day 6 of #tokentober! One thing I like to do for my personal tokens is reuse incredible art from Magic's past that never got enough love (vanilla creatures, unplayable bulk, etc.). So here's a resurrection of Steven Belledin's (original Yorion artist!!!) Yavimaya Wurm from M11:

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's all very curious. My assumption is that the op came together very quickly (with a very specific, possibly hasty timing window), there was inadequate planning for forces dispersed from Camp Arifjan, and commanders vastly underestimated Iranian capabilities - especially target density.

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hegseth also specifically referred to it as "fortified," if not for a damn squirter.

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This was part of his "too much training make warrior big mad" era before he shifted to his "more training, fewer [GEN X SLUR]" schtick

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Granted, a lot of secondary stories are confusing Camp Arifjan with the actual Port Shuaiba "annex" facility, but it doesn't look like there was much consideration given other than "dispersal"

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yeah, he made it optional - command discretion

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Parnell *himself* was the one who claimed it was fortified. 6-foot walls bro! That's like man-height. www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-ap...

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've been roundly mocked for suggesting that a SECDEF's actions could very easily kill people, that NO, the US military is simply too big, too "institutional." Then they killed that kid at Lackland with their vaccine horseshit, and fewer grunts trained in Combat Lifesaver will have real impact.

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just something to remember, but Pete made exactly this kind of battlefield first aid training optional

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

CENTCOM has medical planners. ARCENT has medical planners. There *was* a theater-wide medical plan. The answer to how things at this functionally FRONT LINE base got so fucked up is simply that their medical officer was transferred to Jordan? A lot of people should get busted for this.

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I am not privy to insider info on the facility itself, but it continues to be insane to me that: 1) the medical PACE plan was "git fuxxed"; and 2) they weren't simply sent to CONUS Role 4s to get checked out after they were moved to LRMC.

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There are two types of Man on the Street / Focus Group pieces: 1️⃣ GOP plant bemoans Democrats, confirming persistent question journalist likes to reinforce about one party in particular while pretending to be a neutral arbiter 2️⃣ Random, incomprehensible, contradictory thoughts from average voters

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don't think the decision to pursue and publish the story turns on who he voted for in 2020 or 2016, but I do think it turns on them willfully not questioning whether he lied about it.

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think undoubtedly they do. He admits he voted for Trump, and the piece is fundamentally a Crash (2004) piece about how we are visited by the consequences of our actions. The "lifelong Democratic voter" is a detail, but not load bearing imo.

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is the part of the whole thing that really solidifies it in my mind as a true Ohio Guy story: the purposeless, easily debunked lie to a person who is both sympathetic to him and offering him a voice

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The debacles of the early Iran War (at least medical) are defined by some shocking levels of complacency, lack of readiness and preparation, and shitty operations planning - saved by the steady state work folks had done for decades that wasn't "lethal" or "warfighting," and derided by Pete as woke

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I imagine the IG has more to say on a lot of this than what was initially released open source:

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Another reminder that LRMC, "the US military's primary medical hub overseas," is not actually that huge and its capacity is limited. That's not an excuse for kicking wounded aside, but it looks like terrible planning and a concern that they needed to ensure capacity for future MASCALs.

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Maybe that's mean. It stopped at Don't Get Hit + Rotary Will Always Save You, which, as we see here, will get troops killed and more seriously injured. I have also not heard much good about whatever it was that went on with med admin at LRMC once casualties got evac'd. Someone fucked up there.

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is a key difference before having these troops set up in Kuwait vs Jordan or the UAE: the medical support options were considerably worse. The PACE plan was basically the Survivability Onion and everyone stopped at Don't Get Hit. Good thing we could use allies' civilian hospitals

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don't have much to say on the intel, decision to keep troops at the facility, or calling the all-clear, but I'm speechless at the full names and ranks:

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I agree entirely with the sentiment here about how cool it is to collect and play foil C/Us, and regardless of the policy WotC needs to finally fix their damn foils because their foiling looks like complete ass on at least 75% of the cards

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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A senior Pentagon official gives an exclusive tell-all interview to Rolling Stone and Tom Morello has waded into controversy. Young people are worried about jobs and the housing market, and a bold new technology threatens to shake up nearly every facet of our lives.

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