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Live fire training is critical to keeping the ship safe out at sea and in port. George Washington is deployed to the @US5thFleet area of operation in support of the @CENTCOM mission.

Since Trump’s election: -Musk got $617 billion richer -Bezos got $144 billion richer -Page got $127 billion richer -Dell got $123 billion richer -Brin got $116 billion richer How are you doing? Let’s stop oligarchy. We must create an economy that works for all.

An active-duty infantry lieutenant colonel says the officer corps' inability to tell the truth is the biggest threat to readiness. The Army War College found the same in 2015: 'filling a box on a slide.' #Army #Readiness See article link in the comments

🚨🚨🚨Exclusive News 🚨🚨🚨 A War Department official tells me exclusive details about the firing of Brett Sylvia “Army Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia, who was part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was fired by Secretary Hegseth for severe misconduct. Although Sylvia’s title was director of the Directorate for Strategy, Plans, and Policy at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, known inside the military as the J5, he was NOT a central planner for the Iran War. That is the responsibility of CENTCOM and its commander Admiral Cooper.” “Sylvia is the subject of an investigation for leaking classified information about the Iran War, the war between Russia and Ukraine, and more. Due to the Pentagon’s media policy requiring journalists to have escorts in the building, Sylvia began meeting with journalists outside of the Pentagon in order to leak classified information.” “Sylvia failed three polygraphs which questioned him about leaking classified information. The investigation into him remains ongoing and has been referred to the Department of Justice for further action. The extent of his leaking became so critical that Secretary Hegseth took immediate action and fired Sylvia in order to protect national security. Urgent action was needed and could not wait another second.”

Trump is reportedly planning to restart war with Iran after the election. Some of us have been briefed on the war plan. And while I cannot disclose any details, I can say this: the plan is insane. It will not achieve objectives and will set off a new cycle of escalation.

在深海连续潜航 70 到 90 天绝不浮出水面的战略核潜艇里，除了严格管制声呐静音，艇上还有一条新兵上艇前必须搜包的死规矩：严禁携带任何含有挥发性芳香烃的古龙水、浓香洗发水、摩丝、指甲油甚至马克笔涂改液！ 因为在长达三个月的完全密闭水下循环中，潜艇依靠核反应堆电解水制氧，并用专门的化学吸收塔（CO2 Scrubber，通常使用单乙醇胺 MEA）循环过滤空气。 在绝对密闭的铁罐子里，哪怕只有一个士兵喷了两下含酒精和人工麝香酯的古龙水，这些挥发性有机化合物（VOCs）根本就排不出去，会在全艇空气中不断循环富集； 最要命的是，它们被吸入高温空气催化燃烧净化装置（CO/H2 Burner）时，会发生化学裂解生成剧毒的酸性腐蚀气体和神经毒素，不仅毁掉昂贵的精密生命维持滤芯，更能让全艇一百多名官兵集体出现慢性中枢神经中毒头痛的症状😨

Four years ago today, Elon Musk bought Twitter. Liberals lost their minds because they knew they were losing control of their ability to shape the narrative. Today, X is the #1 source of news in the world and it’s the legacy "news" media on life support.

Dear Yankees, if you need another reason to cancel those flights or turn the rental car around before you hit the state line, here it is. 🚨 Our coastlines are no longer safe for your fragile, paper-thin pale skin. What you’re looking at is a scene locals will tell you happens at every tourist beach in Florida once the temperature drops and the northern blood starts circulating. The sharks and gators have developed a very specific taste for it and now actively patrol the shallows looking for feet with Birkenstock tan lines and ankles still carrying the faint scent of airport Starbucks. Here you see two of our most dangerous apex predators actively fighting over the remaining scraps of a fake service poodle while the family from Colorado’s non-binary son films the whole catastrophe hoping he can file a lawsuit against the local wildlife for DEI hate crimes. Us locals know which beaches are still safe. We also know which ones only look safe until the first person from New Jersey steps in past their knees. No, we will not tell you the difference. Enjoy the shallows. 🐊🦈

🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 Momentos en que un vehículo militar del ejército ucraniano cargado de soldados cae en una emboscada rusa que los ametralla ,todos los que iban a bordo murieron ,la grabación fué recuperada por los soldados rusos.

Breaking News: Alberta voted to remain in Canada, rejecting a campaign to try to separate the oil-rich province from the country. nyti.ms/4yYBCTH

Dems placing a second Dan Sullivan on the ballot in Alaska (a fake candidate designed to conceal who is the actual US Senator running for re-election) is one of the most egregious attacks we have seen on the integrity of American elections. It reveals pure contempt for voters.

🇺🇸 A 24-year-old Coast Guard swimmer jumped into pitch-black waters and saved 16 lives. Josh Law was lowered from a helicopter into freezing Pacific waters, about 140 miles off Mexico's coast, after a boat carrying 27 people capsized. And the conditions were brutal. Waves up to 8 feet high, barely any visibility, and people scattered everywhere, some clinging to wreckage just to stay afloat. Law was the only rescue swimmer aboard the four-person helicopter crew. The others were busy flying, keeping the helicopter steady and lifting people out of the water. So for 90 minutes, he swam back and forth, dragging survivors to a rescue basket one by one, even as his own suit filled with water and started weighing him down. Some survivors had injuries consistent with shark bites, and Law even treated wounded passengers during the flight back. Sadly, 11 people were never found. Law admitted he was exhausted, but kept going because he knew the people struggling in the water had it far worse. An absolute fucking hero. Source: The Washington Times / Writer: Daniyal

Maybe. I don’t have a photosynthesis memory.

got to perform in AGSUs for the first time 😎 I don’t get all fancy like this that often in my job since I’m usually in colonials to perform! and it felt real good to get my ESB on there along with a couple other updates

Palmer Luckey tells Joe Rogan an African grey parrot's tiny brain could change how we think about AI Joe Rogan: Are you familiar with Alex the African grey parrot? African greys are probably the smartest bird, right up there with crows and ravens. They can talk, they can reason. Palmer Luckey: Alex was a uniquely smart one. African greys are usually not kept in captivity because they're a handful, and they're a handful because they're so intelligent. They need intellectual stimulation, and most people don't have the time. They get depressed and self-harm. Palmer: Alex had a vocabulary and understood grammar. I think he's the only animal who asked an existential question, right before he died: "What's happening and where am I going?" Palmer: And he has a tiny bird brain. People who've lost huge chunks of their brain seem to get by. Parrots like Alex suggest you can do a lot with very little brain if it's oriented correctly. Trainer: What's different? What number is grey? Alex: Four. Trainer: Very good. Good boy. Palmer: That's intelligence on par with a human toddler, with far less brain tissue. Building a thinking system from scratch with AI will help us understand how other systems think. There's never been an economic motive to dig into how the brain fundamentally works. Google's never funded it to the tune of tens of billions. Meta's never funded it to the tune of hundreds of billions. Nobody paid to understand the brain until there was money in building a copy of it.