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He Wanted to Modernize the Military. Pete Hegseth Forced Him Out

Interesting article. It discusses the tension between two fundamentally different visions: “an Instagram-ready Army instead of a modern one.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Dan Driscoll speaks for the first time since resigning as Secretary of the Army amid Pete Hegseth's purge of military leaders from the Pentagon.

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Doesn’t seem practical. There’s no overlap between “people who support DOGE or mass deportation” and “people I like and admire.”

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I specialize in simple breakfasts and lunches, so the history is a lot of scrambled eggs, cheese quesadillas, and chicken nuggets. My wife knows how to cook real meals. This clip is what it looks like when I’m creating or editing a menu. This is breakfast for tomorrow.

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Tim Mathews @timmathews.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I made an app that allows me to create a menu on my phone. My kids can then place orders on their iPad. When it’s ready, they can take a picture of the meal and leave a “tip.” Meals, pictures, and tips are stored in a meal history. I also added a recipe section and a place to rate my wife’s dinners.

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Reminder that there are streaming church services beginning pretty much anytime today that works for you. Here are a few with start times at 8:00, 8:55, 9:00, 9:15, 10:45, 11:00, 11:30, and 12:00 (all times eastern). (Updated times and links)

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Tim Mathews @timmathews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It is insane that Ken Paxton is a viable candidate, even in a state as misguided as Texas. He is openly corrupt and dishonest and many voters just eat it up, because vice-signaling is now their main expression of tribal identity.

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Tim Mathews @timmathews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Susan Collins has had an amazing ability to enrage 65% of the electorate while consistently winning a majority of their votes every 6 years.

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Tim Mathews @timmathews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I know the feeling. At my kids’ soccer games, I’m just like, “oh great, if someone gets hurt, they’re looking at me for advice in the civil suit.” Ok, not really. I’m not admitted in this state.

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Shannon E French @sefrench.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

While obviously not on the level of ordering war crimes, this policy change will do real and lasting harm of a different kind. The U.S. service academies have benefited tremendously by being able to attract and retain top academic talent to teach future leaders. That ends with this memo. 🤬

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"The sources added that Patel consistently kept Bailey at arm's length and cut him out of meetings the deputy FBI director should attend because Bailey was constantly flagging things that were unconstitutional." www.cbsnews.com/news/top-fbi...

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Top FBI official Andrew Bailey, who was once widely seen as Patel successor, resigns

Bailey was originally brought in to help ease tensions between former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.

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Tim Mathews @timmathews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That’s a direct challenge to George Santos.

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Shut up, Apple Watch. I have kids.

A screen shot of the sleep app from my iPhone. It says I have a “low” sleep score of 42, tells me
My sleep last night “wasn’t very good” and urges me to get to bed on time tonight.

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I went to law school at age 30, and that was my first encounter with rich kids. My earliest recollection is listening to a 23-year-old complain that his parents are “cheap” because they wouldn’t buy him a BMW as an undergrad graduation gift. He neither worked as an undergrad, nor took out no loans.

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Yes. My YouTube history is 99% Super Simple Songs. The only things I’ve seen on Disney or Paramount in years are Bluey, Peppa Pig, and ~15 min of disappointing UFC fights. Deleted Instagram. Abandoned Twitter 3 years ago when a Nazi bought it and made it a playground for disinformation and AI slop.

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Tim Mathews @timmathews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When my daughter was a newborn, all of her outfits had grippies on her feet even though she obvious could not walk. 9-month-old outfits: no grippies.

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Might be better for a face-to-face chat. But if that’s not practical, long as what you’re saying is accurate and it requires action by him or her to fix it, that sounds like good feedback to send up.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026

A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the first Trump presidency. (Published July)

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These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.

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The APFT was a decades-long mistake. You need to test soldiers’ ability to lift and drag and carry heavy things in a controlled environment before you deploy them to do so in a chaotic environment. Eventually, the Army realized that and rightfully scrapped the APFT. We are better as a result.

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We’re still not as fit as we could be, but we’re not so one-dimensional and weak anymore. Soldiers actually lift weights now during morning PRT, and carry and drag heavy stuff. It’s no longer just distance runs and high-rep bodyweight exercises. It’s actually an attempt to be physically ready.

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Giant bureaucracies often get things wrong, but credit to where it is due - the Army largely got this right. We were a force where it was not only okay, but encouraged, to be a bunch of weak, bony-armed losers who could run fast but couldn’t deadlift 200 lbs.

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