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@reallyseansmith

Author of Even a Dog Enlists, Why Not You? and Rank Absurdity: An Irreverent Military Memoir. Formerly a US Army, MI, UN, NATO, etc. guy. Currently a Regular Human Person goofing off on Bluesky. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sean-Smith/author/B0B6KPP5XL

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for the bajillionth time it is entirely possible to say "yes this was bad and dumb and pointless and effectively killing people for content is evil" and also acknowledge it was not in any way shape or form a LOAC violation

07.03.2026 02:19 πŸ‘ 199 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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slighty higher res version:

07.03.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*object

07.03.2026 02:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman sitting in front of a microphone with the words is that a thing Alt: a woman sitting in front of a microphone with the words is that a thing

Lack of objective permanence but for remembering that people can like you.

07.03.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

When the Overseas Service Ribbon is too spicy

07.03.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Come on, I slow-pitched the phrase "seed money" over the plate in reference to a Clausewitz-themed onlyfans used to fund a left-liberal FP think tank and nobody swung at it? Talk about Bluesky not having the juice.

07.03.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seems like he's tap dancing around the "Are you triggered by how ironically edgy I am?" vs "I just believe bad things unironically now" line. But here's the thing: doing either one just makes you a massive twat.

07.03.2026 01:45 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Need someone with abs to make an OnlyWitz account to raise the seed money.

07.03.2026 00:36 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Say the word"

The words are "Settle down, Beavis."

06.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Foreign policy doesn't win American elections, but it will absolutely help you lose them if you step on your dick hard enough.

Especially when it affects other things like "gas price go up."

06.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That dumb bastard me 30 seconds ago didn't melt nearly enough butter for these rolls.

06.03.2026 23:36 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"It's not my job to figure out the trauma plate of many colors, your have a budget for titanium and a budget for sequins, Kurt!"

06.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you sickos ever make me rich somehow I'm going to wear my style-less middle aged guy clothes and my gender nonspecific goon army can wear any historic Dolly Parton at the Grammys look they want, 1970-present.

06.03.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It's on me for burying the lede, which is my very charitable napkin math estimate is nearly 3x the size of the entire active duty US Army right now.

06.03.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
I said "LOWEST OF LOWBALL ESTIMATES"

I said "LOWEST OF LOWBALL ESTIMATES"

I mean

06.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Let's compromise and ban people without college degrees but ALSO Ivy Leaguers.

06.03.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I described Fort Huachuca as " frosted in crystalized scorpion piss" and Hood was, like, clearly worse.

06.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
"Calling 2000 vintage Killeen a dump feels like an insult to the profession of waste management"

"Calling 2000 vintage Killeen a dump feels like an insult to the profession of waste management"

Context: I never went to Polk, but had this to say about Hood's surroundings:

06.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Time to debate something really serious for a change:

Which is worse, Hood or Polk?

06.03.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

Now, I spent most of my time at the Combined Arms and Services Staff School wasted on Jose Cuervo, but I think the technical planning term for that is "not just fucked, but FUCKED fucked, lmao."

06.03.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Fun benchmark, NATO IFOR had 54,000 troops on the ground in 1995-1996 Bosnia to do peacekeeping for a population <5% that of Iran's today, covering 1/12th the land area, in a far less hostile environment than Iran's would be.

So the lowest of lowball estimates is like 1,200,000 ish?

06.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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a close up of a man 's face with the words more on the bottom right Alt: a close up of a man 's face with the words more on the bottom right

Me looking at my 44 MPG hybrid:

06.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, oil expert here! this is not funny, the benchmark cost of US light, sweet crude oil only does this when it's in extreme distress.

06.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And on the flipside look at Hegseth, he's up to his tits in high-class parchment and is a *complete fucking moron.*

06.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not making any serious forensic poaster claims but it's somehow both humanly moronic AND weirdly robotic and repetitive. I've never read anything quite like it.

06.03.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Watch it be something like "Intensely stupid person gives a bad prompt to an old chatbot build." Like half human moron, half AI slop.

06.03.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Memorialized by the 2020 build of ChatGPT.

06.03.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
"Release
Immediate Release
DOW Identifies An Army Believed to Be Casualty"

"Release Immediate Release DOW Identifies An Army Believed to Be Casualty"

Your KIA announcement, generated by ChatGPT

06.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Soundgarden:  Hands All Over - song 2 of 8 (April 16, 1990 at Philipshalle. DΓΌsseldorf, Germany)
Soundgarden: Hands All Over - song 2 of 8 (April 16, 1990 at Philipshalle. DΓΌsseldorf, Germany) YouTube video by SoundgardenLIve

🎡 Hands all over the eastern border
You know what, I think we're falling from composure
Hands all over the eastern border
Ruffling feathers, turning eagles into vultures
Yeah, into vultures 🎡

06.03.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And not for a conflict that *starts* at 1970s Vietnam approval polling, I suspect.

06.03.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0