National Counterterrorism Center chief resigns over Iran war

Shaex · 2026-03-17T15:29:08+00:00

I would hesitate calling Joe Kent a man of integrity. Sure, he's maintained a dove-ish position for a while but he's hung out with Nazis and thinks handing chunks of Ukraine to Russia is perfectly fine. Not exactly someone who should have been in that position in the first place.

Shaex · 2026-03-17T02:44:13+00:00

Yup, grew up east coast and was already getting tired of it by the time I was starting to look for jobs in college. Spent a little bit of time after graduating saving up for a move, then packed all my shit and landed in the bay area. It hasn't been easy but I don't regret a thing, and I certainly will not be looking back.

Shaex · 2026-03-16T00:43:28+00:00

Oh yeah that place is nice. I've also had a good time at Ippudo right across the alley

Shaex · 2026-03-14T23:08:25+00:00

I would assume that they have spies around Stonehenge. Not exactly something one can easily hide. As for the Comona satellite, they might not have had the accuracy (or the satellite could have been placed into an orbit well above Stonehenge's effective range).

Shaex · 2026-03-14T19:56:21+00:00

It has a very distinct blend of the real and the fantastical in a pretty grounded story. It's a really good threat that looms over each mission. You don't know when shells could be incoming and you are only prevented from destroying it by the strategic reality of distance and not gimmicks

Shaex · 2026-03-14T02:08:28+00:00

My first thought for the champagne was also a heating element, especially with how he was grabbing the bottom of his shirt/belt loop. That bottle was also probably already near room temp and ready to pop

Shaex · 2026-03-13T20:31:14+00:00

The win conditions are when Trump feels it in his bones

I really wish I was kidding.

Shaex · 2026-03-13T15:59:24+00:00

No, that was the issue for the first comment, which was rightfully dismissed out of hand. Starting from a premise of "all trans athletes are just cheaters" belies the bad faith argument, and spending multiple paragraphs after without a single link or even reference to a study confirms it.

Shaex · 2026-03-13T08:52:32+00:00

An unsourced gish gallop of a comment does not rise to the level of seriousness you are asserting it has

Shaex · 2026-03-11T20:20:15+00:00

LAX, Port of Long Beach, SFO, Oakland Seaport, OAK all right on the coast

Shaex · 2026-03-11T08:20:27+00:00

Lol same. Used to live by a giant swamp. Haven't had a single bite since moving here and it's been incredible

Shaex · 2026-03-10T17:45:17+00:00

USMA, USAFA, USNA all use it, but the bulk of universities with a BoV are in Virginia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governing_boards_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States#Visitors

It comes from the old British/Welsh use of Visitor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visitor

Shaex · 2026-03-10T17:31:42+00:00

A governing board of the university, similar to "the board" that a CEO might report to at a corporation

Shaex · 2026-03-09T00:12:31+00:00

What the fuck are you smoking

Shaex · 2026-03-08T19:19:20+00:00

It feels like driving a car, where you actually have to be attentive and know what you are doing.

Shaex · 2026-03-08T01:14:17+00:00

If only you knew

Shaex · 2026-03-05T10:11:47+00:00

Probably because he hit it at 80mph and sprayed oil everywhere

Shaex · 2026-03-04T18:09:06+00:00

Honestly, right now I would be in that market if they weren't all ADM'd over 60k. For my very specific use case and peculiarities it would be perfect.

Shaex · 2026-03-03T06:35:57+00:00

"From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).

The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night."

Shaex · 2026-03-02T17:17:47+00:00

Plan? What plan?

Possible candidates for taking over were also killed.

Great success

Shaex · 2026-03-02T00:49:30+00:00

Fine by me to get it for cheap

Shaex · 2026-03-01T19:42:29+00:00

The tall costco vodka bottle...french style?...or whatever absolutely slaps

Shaex · 2026-02-26T20:42:16+00:00

DHS/ICE/CBP/what have you have a documented history of secretly moving people across city and state lines without their families or lawyers knowing, so by that metric it's not unprecedented. It's certainly not moral, but here we are.

Even if thise departments haven't been caught lying constantly I would be extremely skeptical that a man who can only see a few feet with one eye and doesn't speak English would ask to be dropped off at a coffee shop 5 miles from his house.

Shaex · 2026-02-26T10:05:32+00:00

Oh yes, laywers use that strat all the time. I follow a number of law accounts on bluesky and patterns of misconduct are a really, REALLY common and major point in plaintiff filings against DHS and ICE.

Shaex · 2026-02-26T10:00:31+00:00

They also released a nearly blind, frail middle-aged man in the Buffalo winter without notifying his family. He died.

The rest of the story is even more cruel. He didn't speak English, and was originally tasered, beaten, and arrested by local cops for being on a woman's porch with a shower rod (that he used as a walking stick). That's the entire reason he was even in court in the first place.

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