Black Cloud Six
@blackcloudsix.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Army (armour, 25 yrs, 4 x tours, injured & medically retired), MA Strategic Studies, hate partisan politics.
Defence, natl security, Ukraine & intl affairs. NAFO Fella. Sweary.
My serious commentary is on Substack:
https://blackcloudsix.substack.com
Defence, natl security, Ukraine & intl affairs. NAFO Fella. Sweary.
My serious commentary is on Substack:
https://blackcloudsix.substack.com
Pinned
The Defence Pivot Washington Doesn’t Like
SAFE, the JEF and a new defence bank show how quickly Canada is building alternatives to dependence on the United States.
blackcloudsix.substack.com
I comment on Canada’s pivot to Europe - at least in the defence realm:
blackcloudsix.substack.com/p/the-defenc...
blackcloudsix.substack.com/p/the-defenc...
The US possessing essentially sovereign bases in the UK has always bothered me a tad.
In theory they are there for NATO, but they are a key means for the US to project power into the Middle East and elsewhere.
In theory they are there for NATO, but they are a key means for the US to project power into the Middle East and elsewhere.
In what NBC News described Sunday morning as a "rushed withdrawal," the Trump administration appears to have ended a U.S.-British military partnership that dates back to 1950 after authorities foiled a suspected terror plot.
www.rawstory.com/raf-fairford/
www.rawstory.com/raf-fairford/
‘This is big’: Trump admin deals 'damning' blow to 75-year partnership with rushed retreat
In what NBC News described Sunday morning as a “rushed withdrawal,” the Trump administration appears to have ended a U.S.-British military partnership that dates back to 1950 after authorities foiled ...
www.rawstory.com
October 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
The US possessing essentially sovereign bases in the UK has always bothered me a tad.
In theory they are there for NATO, but they are a key means for the US to project power into the Middle East and elsewhere.
In theory they are there for NATO, but they are a key means for the US to project power into the Middle East and elsewhere.
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Hegseth also removed the olive branches, a traditional symbol of wishing peace, from the Department of Defense seal.
This, in addition to changing the name to "The Department of War," shows the dangerous belligerency that comes from appointing a frat bro who values testosterone over statesmanship.
This, in addition to changing the name to "The Department of War," shows the dangerous belligerency that comes from appointing a frat bro who values testosterone over statesmanship.
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
October 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Hegseth also removed the olive branches, a traditional symbol of wishing peace, from the Department of Defense seal.
This, in addition to changing the name to "The Department of War," shows the dangerous belligerency that comes from appointing a frat bro who values testosterone over statesmanship.
This, in addition to changing the name to "The Department of War," shows the dangerous belligerency that comes from appointing a frat bro who values testosterone over statesmanship.
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The threat is real. Alberta separatists are working hand in hand with US Republicans to break our country apart.
Not voting is not an option. Canada needs your vote.
#ForeverCanadian #ableg #cdnpoli
Not voting is not an option. Canada needs your vote.
#ForeverCanadian #ableg #cdnpoli
October 5, 2026 at 12:19 AM
The threat is real. Alberta separatists are working hand in hand with US Republicans to break our country apart.
Not voting is not an option. Canada needs your vote.
#ForeverCanadian #ableg #cdnpoli
Not voting is not an option. Canada needs your vote.
#ForeverCanadian #ableg #cdnpoli
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For the folks who are still in my mentions telling me this was a hoax:
The military doesn’t move strategic bombers for funsies. There was clearly specific intelligence that necessitated emptying Fairford of B-1s.
The military doesn’t move strategic bombers for funsies. There was clearly specific intelligence that necessitated emptying Fairford of B-1s.
Breaking News: The U.S. rushed to withdraw its B-1 bombers from an air base in England after commanders received new threats about an Iran-backed plot against the installation, officials said.
U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats
The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.
nyti.ms
October 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
For the folks who are still in my mentions telling me this was a hoax:
The military doesn’t move strategic bombers for funsies. There was clearly specific intelligence that necessitated emptying Fairford of B-1s.
The military doesn’t move strategic bombers for funsies. There was clearly specific intelligence that necessitated emptying Fairford of B-1s.
Let’s see what the Globe and Mail has to say today…
Oh, look.
The Alberta separatists are literal traitors seeking MAGA help to destroy the country.
Quelle surprise.
Oh, look.
The Alberta separatists are literal traitors seeking MAGA help to destroy the country.
Quelle surprise.
October 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Let’s see what the Globe and Mail has to say today…
Oh, look.
The Alberta separatists are literal traitors seeking MAGA help to destroy the country.
Quelle surprise.
Oh, look.
The Alberta separatists are literal traitors seeking MAGA help to destroy the country.
Quelle surprise.
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I feel like the debate about what parts of AI are good and what parts are bad should wait until we solve the worldwide crisis caused by the fact that almost of all of its evangelists in both tech and govt are morally, intellectually, and ethically unequipped to oversee it, when not downright evil.
feels like there is a group of smart and well-intentioned people who long ago made up their minds that AI Is Bad, swore off using it, and now get all their info about AI from each other. not saying they're wrong that ai is bad! but i think they're gradually losing touch with what it is and does
I really wasn’t trying to start a fight with Prof. Bender but now that she has created a long thread subtweeting me and her disciples are all yelling at me, let me just say that this is the crux right here. She seems to respond as though I am describing something a priori impossible.
October 2, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I feel like the debate about what parts of AI are good and what parts are bad should wait until we solve the worldwide crisis caused by the fact that almost of all of its evangelists in both tech and govt are morally, intellectually, and ethically unequipped to oversee it, when not downright evil.
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"Alberta’s UCP was not formed as a separatist party, nor were they elected in either 2019 or 2023 on a platform advocating for a referendum on secession... Does it therefore have a democratic mandate to subject Albertans —and Canadians— to a divisive vote? No, it does not."
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
October 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
October 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Why is diesel so high?
Oh.
Oh.
October 2, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Why is diesel so high?
Oh.
Oh.
Elon Musk, soooper genius.
This is what happens when you’re called a genius for years by worshipping cult members and begin to believe your opinion is valid on everything.
Let’s sit Musk’s ass down in a 1970’s F-5E with no stealth capability and fly him over Donbas to see how he makes out…
This is what happens when you’re called a genius for years by worshipping cult members and begin to believe your opinion is valid on everything.
Let’s sit Musk’s ass down in a 1970’s F-5E with no stealth capability and fly him over Donbas to see how he makes out…
elon musk on: stealth aircraft
(for the record: everyone involved with low-observable aircraft is acutely aware that they are not "invisible," they just have an rcs so small they can't be effectively detected until they are close enough to have already launched weapons and that is super useful.)
(for the record: everyone involved with low-observable aircraft is acutely aware that they are not "invisible," they just have an rcs so small they can't be effectively detected until they are close enough to have already launched weapons and that is super useful.)
October 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Elon Musk, soooper genius.
This is what happens when you’re called a genius for years by worshipping cult members and begin to believe your opinion is valid on everything.
Let’s sit Musk’s ass down in a 1970’s F-5E with no stealth capability and fly him over Donbas to see how he makes out…
This is what happens when you’re called a genius for years by worshipping cult members and begin to believe your opinion is valid on everything.
Let’s sit Musk’s ass down in a 1970’s F-5E with no stealth capability and fly him over Donbas to see how he makes out…
Oh good lord.
Of course, the threat from AI isn’t that robots will destroy us but that it will enable the stupid and evil to destroy us with impunity.
Looks like it’s already started.
Of course, the threat from AI isn’t that robots will destroy us but that it will enable the stupid and evil to destroy us with impunity.
Looks like it’s already started.
For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing
October 1, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Oh good lord.
Of course, the threat from AI isn’t that robots will destroy us but that it will enable the stupid and evil to destroy us with impunity.
Looks like it’s already started.
Of course, the threat from AI isn’t that robots will destroy us but that it will enable the stupid and evil to destroy us with impunity.
Looks like it’s already started.
“No one expects…!”
Oh, never mind…
Oh, never mind…
great that he's maintaining the advantage of tactical surprise over the Iranians
Trump is sending 10,000 more troops to the Middle East and has told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran by late November.
October 1, 2026 at 6:37 PM
“No one expects…!”
Oh, never mind…
Oh, never mind…
I know Senior NCOs that would break this “unit” in a couple of hours. Basing military potential on appearance is ridiculous.
And the OP is exactly right.
And the OP is exactly right.
"I know 90 pound female drone operators in Ukraine with more confirmed kills than smallpox. Your post goes hard if you don't know jack shit about modern warfare."
October 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I know Senior NCOs that would break this “unit” in a couple of hours. Basing military potential on appearance is ridiculous.
And the OP is exactly right.
And the OP is exactly right.
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In the same speech he announced that these three guys would set strategic direction for future warfare capabilities
September 30, 2026 at 8:37 PM
In the same speech he announced that these three guys would set strategic direction for future warfare capabilities
I’m sorry, America, but you’re doomed.
This is absolute insanity from the most insane members of Trump’s cabinet. Read the entire thread. It’s quite something.
(As an aside, Canadian soldiers would qualify as “Redcoats”. Just sayin’)
This is absolute insanity from the most insane members of Trump’s cabinet. Read the entire thread. It’s quite something.
(As an aside, Canadian soldiers would qualify as “Redcoats”. Just sayin’)
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, having a totally normal day: “Lord, here I am. Send me. Send me to fight the Redcoats, send me to fight the communists, send me to fight the Islamists. Send me.”
September 30, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I’m sorry, America, but you’re doomed.
This is absolute insanity from the most insane members of Trump’s cabinet. Read the entire thread. It’s quite something.
(As an aside, Canadian soldiers would qualify as “Redcoats”. Just sayin’)
This is absolute insanity from the most insane members of Trump’s cabinet. Read the entire thread. It’s quite something.
(As an aside, Canadian soldiers would qualify as “Redcoats”. Just sayin’)
I knew a couple ”leaders” like Hegseth.
Hated by virtually everyone, toxic, dangerous, and stupid. An officer that you couldn’t place in charge of soldiers. Totally off the rails.
We weed guys like this out very quickly….usually.
Hated by virtually everyone, toxic, dangerous, and stupid. An officer that you couldn’t place in charge of soldiers. Totally off the rails.
We weed guys like this out very quickly….usually.
Hegseth: "Telling someone to get in shape or shave or fix their uniform or start busting their ass -- that's not discrimination. That's leadership"
September 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I knew a couple ”leaders” like Hegseth.
Hated by virtually everyone, toxic, dangerous, and stupid. An officer that you couldn’t place in charge of soldiers. Totally off the rails.
We weed guys like this out very quickly….usually.
Hated by virtually everyone, toxic, dangerous, and stupid. An officer that you couldn’t place in charge of soldiers. Totally off the rails.
We weed guys like this out very quickly….usually.
if you served for any length of time, you recognize Hegseth’s type.
*Hated* by the troops and most likely to be hit on the head with a shovel when he’s not looking. Utterly incompetent amd *dangerous*.
What a mook.
*Hated* by the troops and most likely to be hit on the head with a shovel when he’s not looking. Utterly incompetent amd *dangerous*.
What a mook.
Hegseth: "The ideological clowns are out. The patriotic cowboys are in, with testosterone testing on top."
September 30, 2026 at 7:24 PM
if you served for any length of time, you recognize Hegseth’s type.
*Hated* by the troops and most likely to be hit on the head with a shovel when he’s not looking. Utterly incompetent amd *dangerous*.
What a mook.
*Hated* by the troops and most likely to be hit on the head with a shovel when he’s not looking. Utterly incompetent amd *dangerous*.
What a mook.
I made a friend! 🥰
September 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I made a friend! 🥰
September 30, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
September 30, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Canadian automakers have developed an EV car that can travel 500+ km on a single charge, shows snow covered lane lines on your windshield on snowy highways, and heatmaps animals on the side of the road so you have a warning about deer and moose at night. This is for us. BRING IT TO MARKET!! 😍❤️🍁
September 29, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Canadian automakers have developed an EV car that can travel 500+ km on a single charge, shows snow covered lane lines on your windshield on snowy highways, and heatmaps animals on the side of the road so you have a warning about deer and moose at night. This is for us. BRING IT TO MARKET!! 😍❤️🍁
Tracey confirms what we all already knew - that he’s a craven, disgusting, piece of shit.
September 30, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Tracey confirms what we all already knew - that he’s a craven, disgusting, piece of shit.
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Wait, he signed an executive order to literally “replace the term “Artificial Intelligence” (“AI”) with “Super Intelligence” (“SI”)” ??
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
September 30, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Wait, he signed an executive order to literally “replace the term “Artificial Intelligence” (“AI”) with “Super Intelligence” (“SI”)” ??
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Michael Tracey…?
THAT Micheal Tracey? Putin supporter, Russia propagandist, scam artist, liar, and fake journalist?
No one who fought the good fight in the early days of NAFO will forget this POS.
THAT Micheal Tracey? Putin supporter, Russia propagandist, scam artist, liar, and fake journalist?
No one who fought the good fight in the early days of NAFO will forget this POS.
The Cornell victim has been doxxed on X. So worried for her. I hate this planet.
September 30, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Michael Tracey…?
THAT Micheal Tracey? Putin supporter, Russia propagandist, scam artist, liar, and fake journalist?
No one who fought the good fight in the early days of NAFO will forget this POS.
THAT Micheal Tracey? Putin supporter, Russia propagandist, scam artist, liar, and fake journalist?
No one who fought the good fight in the early days of NAFO will forget this POS.
The chyron is doing a lot of heavy lifting here:
“Peace Through Strength”
LMAO
“Peace Through Strength”
LMAO
September 29, 2026 at 1:17 AM
The chyron is doing a lot of heavy lifting here:
“Peace Through Strength”
LMAO
“Peace Through Strength”
LMAO