12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I love this. Especially in the argument of emotion and - as a fledgling coach - stoicism's place in caring practice. Also brings back memories of my class with Dr. Diva on Stoic Wisdom 141
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026An American hero named Toby Ziegler was charged and prosecuted for doing this www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...militarytimes.comUS Air Force secretary reveals deployment of on-orbit space control weaponsSecretary of the Air Force Troy Meink revealed that the service deployed on-orbit space control weapons but did not offer details on the type of weapon. 000
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Overwhelming shots fired by @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social in the Early Autumn Postcard War. Let's grab ☕️ and discuss terms? 120
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatCathrine Schmid @schmidcathrine.us · 12/09/2026POV you're at the back of the line trying to get into heaven, behind Hitler. 262
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I know what I'm buying with my $5,000 Voting Stimulus Check How about you?static.klipy.comJetpack Rocketman Takes Off and CrashesALT: Jetpack Rocketman Takes Off and Crashes 020
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is every single interaction I've had with AI. Obsequious apology for being wrong and "sincere" promise to do better next time. 020
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatMonterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 01/09/2026Kiwi the tufted puffin chick is two months old and thriving! 🐣 Daily checkups from our dedicated aviculturists keep this puffling healthy—a big win for the Species Survival Plan, which works to protect the genetic diversity of nearly 300 species, including tufted puffins like Kiwi. 123034
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026As a wise man once said, "Everything just got [strange] better" 120
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026If we watched television and played video games as obsessively as boomers watch AI-videos online our boomer parents would have burned all the TVs 030
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/08/2026I keep banging the “USAID was good and we must confront the obscene wave of death MAGA’s destruction of it unleashed” drum because I *desperately* want Democrats and the Left to prioritize rebuilding global aid. We should rebuild it better, but we can’t just let Musk’s global massacre continue. 231447359
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 226395067143
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatSilverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 24/08/2026You know, Canada a country famous for not having a military & whose military, which does not exist, is not successful when it is employed doing incredibly dangerous things. I'll just leave this right here.balloon-juice.comBalloon Juice - Britain, Canada, France, and D-Day: Gold, Juno, and Sword(Map 1: Normandy Landings) Earlier today I did a post on the 74th anniversary of D-Day and the Normandy landings. This focused on the US, specifically as it highlighted the 82nd Airborne Division’s re... 84111
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 23/08/2026She's entirely right. Middle school is too late. When they're younger, many are small and spry enough to go down chimneys and through HVAC vents and clean them right and well. I've read my Dickens. 1682895523
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This is one of Iran's key demands. What does the U.S. get in exchange and who's winning? Pentagon weighing smaller U.S. military presence in Gulf once Iran war ends www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comPentagon weighing smaller U.S. military presence in Gulf once Iran war endsThe analysis, according to officials and others familiar with the matter, was not yet a formal review and will include whether to rebuild bases battered by strikes. 010
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatLawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 10/08/2026The Defense Department's rollback on civilian harm mitigation and response represents a dangerous retreat from the growing consensus that effective civilian harm response is integral to responsible and effective military operations, writes Mae Thompson, Kristine Beckerle, and Luke Moffett.lawfaremedia.orgFrom Promise to Peril: The U.S. Retreat From Civilian Harm ResponseHegseth’s U-turn on decades of CHMR progress has contributed to more civilian casualties and left victims without access to repair and amends. 25926
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026So, Trump wants to make the MMR vaccine into three vaccines? Let’s see, three separate trips to the pediatrician, three copays, more missed work, and more missed appointments, leaving kids not fully protected from measles, mumps and rubella. None of it supported by scientific evidence. 51935361
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoatc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Magical video by Mike Nulty (@nuttynulty on IG) of a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) off the coast of Baja, swimming through reflective plankton or debris that look like stars. Space whale-shark! 🦈✨ Let's talk about /actual/ glowing sharks, the lantern sharks of family Etmopteridae. (📷: Mike Nulty) 11399102
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatUnited Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...itch.ioGame industry hardship fund by Necrosoft Games and 109 othersGame industry hardship fund: 127 items for $10.00 10749673
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatTim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Justice served, or embarrased or something. The sham case against Olympic Canoeist Davey Hearn has been dismissed by the DOJ, which admits "botched installation" by the crony contractor -- not any phantom vandalism claimed by Dear Leader Trump -- created the damage at the reflecting pool 820035
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatWomen Forward ❌ 👑 @womenforward.bsky.social · 25/07/2026U.S. cyclist deaths hit a 40-year high in 2025. 1114466
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Hey so turns out discovering why we used to have all those food safety regulations in the first place is not all that much fun 204120652385
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Rest of this week's lunch: Set 020
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatJas Easterly @jaseasterly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026“Whoever … orders, brings, keeps … troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held … shall be punished unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.” 18 U.S. Code § 592 - Troops at polls. Military presence at polling places is unlawful. 33417
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Amen, Mr. Rayner. You're a curmudgeon of astounding taste and refinement. "Financial Times - A licence to dislike" digitaleditionapp.ft.com/i9DX/cmv347ab 000
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 20/07/202630-50 feral hogs guy:static.klipy.comTad Cameron and Conor Husting Bro HugALT: Tad Cameron and Conor Husting Bro Hug 020
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatOli @oliaworth96.bsky.social · 19/07/2026 30106832491
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Still better than this game. Rooney sounds like a curmudgeon. That said, I wish Fox had traded Alexi Lalas for Rooney to give commentary for every game. 000
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026An AI Madonna performing nowhere near the stadium is the World Cup halftime show we deserve. ✔️ 131
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatTreble Nikki @treblenikki.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Once last time with feeling 02811
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatRep. Brendan Boyle @congressmanboyle.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Mourning the loss of two American service members in Jordan. I am praying for their families and for the safe return of the service member still missing. Their sacrifice is a solemn reminder that we must never send Americans into harm’s way lightly. abcnews.com/Internationa...abcnews.com2 US service members killed, another missing 1177
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat"Herbal" Carmen @herbcarmen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Waffle House is our new National Hurricane Center and Taco Bell is our new Centers for Disease Control 082
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026It's a Monkey. That's what makes it special. Humans beware. "Scientists have discovered a new species of monkey. Here’s what makes it special." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...washingtonpost.comScientists have discovered a new species of monkey. Here’s what makes it special.The ‘Likweli’ marks the second species discovered in the past 15 years around the Lomami River, in a remote and thickly forested part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. 000
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026So the ICC is a "threat to Americans." What does that say about us? 250
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I'm a biker and very interested in safety v cars. THIS IS IMPORTANT. But this refers to safety OF OTHER RIDERS not of cars. Of course ebikes aren't more dangerous TO CARS. But e-bikes ARE more dangerous to me as a pedal-pusher. (Turning off replies in your posts means people will quote you) 240
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026We literally just signed a joint statement 2 days ago saying no one should do this, guys. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...politico.comUS to take over Strait of Hormuz, charge 20 percent fee for cargo shipped through, Trump saysThe U.S. will become “guardian” of the strait, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. 131
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Good morning. Nothing to see here, just the possible end of American scientific research as we know it. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...open.substack.comThe Trump Administration's Existential Threat to Scientific ResearchYou want a request for comment?! I got your comment right here. 10238108
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026This is all Gerald Ford's fault 120
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Alexi might actually be right, for once foxsports.onelink.me/SY6x/50l0v8yffoxsports.onelink.me'USA vs. The World': Lalas Thinks Balogun Decision Puts Target On Americans' BackFOX Sports' Alexi Lalas responded to FIFA lifting Folarin Balogun's suspension. 110
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatThe Onion @theonion.com · 04/07/2026Nation Turns 250 Despite Presence Of Irish theonion.com/nation-turns-250-despi… 674346603
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy TrenchcoatDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Announced during a historic heat wave. These guys are buffoons. 63875082084
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Whatcha reading, @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social ? 110
Reposted by 12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoatroninresearch.bsky.social @roninresearch.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I hope someone at DoD that isn't sniffing Hegseth's butt is paying attention... 021
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Onsen Sommelier. Found my retirement gig, @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social 220
12 Monkeys in a Democracy Trenchcoat @mkmilligan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Who should win the World Cup? www.economist.com/culture/2026...economist.comWho should win the World Cup?It’s a better question than “Who will win?” It tells you what the tournament is for 000