Sign in

David Dixon

@dixondaver.bsky.social
1.8K followers 481 following 9K posts

Father, veteran, author. All views my own, but they should be yours as well. Author of THE SHIP AND THE STORM: POEMS.

PostsRepliesMedia
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 1m
Where are all my Originalist Conservatives at? This is not a man who believes in the separation of powers or understands checks and balances at *all.*
Trump interview:

I want to talk about the debt in a second, but you mentioned the Supreme Court. You said last week that these were not, you know, your choices, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Coney Barrett were not the people you interviewed. You said they were like shells of their former selves. Do you regret nominating them? 

Yeah. Yeah. What can I do? I put them in. They voted against me too often. I was very—I gave them the position of a lifetime, and they vote against me often. They vote for me too. The Democrats stick like glue—those three, they virtually never vary. You can come up with the worst thing in the world and they’ll vote as a group. And while I don't like it, there's something I admire about it: there's loyalty. So they have loyalty to Barack Hussein Obama. They have loyalty to Biden, even though Biden doesn't even know who the hell they are. He wouldn't know. He doesn't even know what the Supreme Court is. And me, I gave them the chance of a lifetime, and it's unfortunate what they did.
000
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 17m
What, you don't like seeing a big banner with 10 YEAR HIGH at the top of the page every day when you check bond yields?
000
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 40m
Jesus Christ.
010
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 1h
People in the office today are singing Tom Lehrer songs. It's gonna be a good day.
240
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 16h
*Mel Brooks voice* Effective altruists in SPAAAAAAAAACE!
020
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 16h
"It's mind-boggling." But is it, though?
170
Reposted by David Dixon
Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 16h
just checking the till here Pete, and i think you're missing a rather important one
1330034
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 18h
Cobra the Polish security dog for SECDEF--who's with me? Cobra is less likely to bite or piss on the carpet than our current SECDEF, doesn't have a Signal account, and presumably knows how to listen.
0102
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 18h
And there are even more! This kind of relentless texting makes me wish I hadn't given in the first place!
Tex messages showing multiple fundraising requests from Dems
030
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 18h
When they hang Hegseth's SECDEF portrait up in the Pentagon, I hope they cover it with a black shroud as a mark of his dishonor.
130
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 19h
Fuck all the atheists in uniform, I guess, and all those of us who are veterans, huh?
5102
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 19h
Pete Hegseth is inspiring me to work out, because he's only a year older than I am, and I REALLY want to outlive him, just so I can read his obituary with great glee.
150
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 19h
Evergreen, in the year of Our Lord 2026:
static.klipy.com
Stop Saying Odd Shit
ALT: Stop Saying Odd Shit
000
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 19h
static.klipy.com
Bill Paxton: Game Over, Man! (Aliens)
ALT: Bill Paxton: Game Over, Man! (Aliens)
110
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 19h
The insecurity reading, it's... it's impossible...
static.klipy.com
Vegeta's Iconic 'It's Over 9000!!!' Moment
ALT: Vegeta's Iconic 'It's Over 9000!!!' Moment
052
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 23h
Devs promise a fix in patch 1.2.78.
181
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
All I can hear in my head is Maddona's "Vogue."
000
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@thelincoln.bsky.social, longtime listener, first time caller. I read a lot of the books I see you discuss on here or in your Substack (and I too read Don Quixote this year), but I have one for you, if you haven't read it: Irene Sola's I GAVE YOU EYES AND YOU LOOKED TOWARD DARKNESS.
200
Reposted by David Dixon
In Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Now, what is interestin’ to me is you have two parties who know war will be devastating to them—and yet neither is willin’ to divulge the private information that would allow them to reach a negotiated agreement. Isn’t that puzzlin’?
211113
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
*youth pastor voice* You know who else was betrayed after a private dinner by one of his twelve closest friends?
416330
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Stop reading these articles."
0100
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Tombstone: Well Bye
ALT: Tombstone: Well Bye
140
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wow.
America.gov not returning information on Tiennamen Square, similar to Chinese AI bots.
010
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just making life worse for everybody for no reason.
cnn.com
TSA officers now not allowed to sit down while checking boarding passes and IDs | CNN
Airport security employees checking boarding passes and IDs will no longer be allowed to sit down while working, the Transportation Security Administration confirmed Tuesday.
1264
Reposted by David Dixon
Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Everybody Needs an Editor.
0141
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tuesday evening soundtrack:
Cover of the Brand New album *yourfavoriteweapon*
000
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't wait to see Navarro back in jail in the near future.
030
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Want to read something cool?
nytimes.com
In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life
A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.
000
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We call it "The Van Riper Special."
120
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The problem with Hegseth's plan to fire everybody with a more successful military career than his own is that there'd be nobody left.
foxnews.com
EXCLUSIVE: Hegseth to double cuts to generals, admirals in major Pentagon shakeup
Pete Hegseth's State of the Force address doubles last year's cuts, targeting a 20% reduction in general and flag officer billets across all services.
010822
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When Democrats seat the new Congress, their first order of business has to be completely defunding various Departments' ability to do this. The Court can say this bullshit is legal all they want to, but they can't fund it.
020
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When you stop to think about it there have been worse ways to describe the dialectic than "full 360 on every single policy position."
020
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A part of the veteran experience nobody prepares you for is picking up a book and reading not just about the war you were in but also actions you participated in or witnessed. Bonus is when you see quotes from somebody you knew and you're like "Oh, really? THAT'S how you're gonna spin it?"
170
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
wut
010
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Futuristic city utopia meme
15211
Reposted by David Dixon
Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I dont think these flags have ever been seen in a photo together before outside of the Olympics
629647
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Tim Robinson: You Sure About That?
ALT: Tim Robinson: You Sure About That?
000
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Jonah Hill's 'Cut It' Gesture
ALT: Jonah Hill's 'Cut It' Gesture
1133
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This isn't he main point here, but why is the President wearing a big dumb hat with USA on it? Like, does he think people aren't going to know which country he's the President of as he sits in front of an American flag against an American flag background? Do the letters just make him happy?
5112
Reposted by David Dixon
Baby Saja @babysajaboy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This whole thread:
static.klipy.com
The Simpsons: Steamed Hams Aurora Borealis
Alt: The Simpsons: Steamed Hams Aurora Borealis scene “good lord what is happening in there
1267
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ever watched a movie where a kind old king is being manipulated by an obviously wicked vizier and thought to yourself "How could the king not see his mustache-twirling advisor is evil?" The answer is that the king is played by Bernie Sanders, whose judge of character is unmatched (pejorative).
150
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
EVERYTHING IS GENDER: exhibit 890,232,566.
030
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Joe Exotic: Never Going to Financially Recover
ALT: Joe Exotic: Never Going to Financially Recover
001
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Uh oh.
000
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Claude, tell me how to make a profit when my product costs more to make and sells for cheaper every day. Draw a chart that will convince investors. Make no mistakes."
130
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So we have marines aboard civilian vessels is what I gather. This is certainly a development...
010
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So it goes, as Kurt Vonnegut might say.
020
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON is probably my MOST favorite, but there are a ton of others in contention.
Cover of CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
170
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Saturday afternoon soundtrack:
Cover of the Jets to Brazil album *Orange Rhyming Dictionary*
000
David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just a reminder as we go into the weekend.
020