Noodles Cook
@noodlescooked.bsky.social
IR/NATSEC/CCMD meme enjoyer. Professional power-point maker. Accepting my fate as a character in a Joseph Heller novel and it's not even the good one.
"If I'm going to be trivial, inconsequential, and deceitful, then I might as well be in government."
"If I'm going to be trivial, inconsequential, and deceitful, then I might as well be in government."
I see Braggistan remains Braggistanning.
Lunch turned chaotic at Golden Corral restaurant when multiple patrons began fighting, and a woman suddenly died of unknown causes, North Carolina police say.
Patrons start brawling at Golden Corral, then a woman suddenly dies, NC police say
Lunch turned chaotic at Golden Corral restaurant when multiple patrons began fighting, and a woman suddenly died of unknown causes, North Carolina police say.
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September 5, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I see Braggistan remains Braggistanning.
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I can tolerate many things but listening to contractors complain about The Last Jedi in a SCIF is not one of them
September 3, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I can tolerate many things but listening to contractors complain about The Last Jedi in a SCIF is not one of them
Idk why I didn't realize it sooner (as I'm sure many others have probably noted this already) but this is what finally made it click for me that we are just doing wolf warrior diplomacy now.
Which, for many reasons: lol
Which, for many reasons: lol
EISEN: Markets are wondering if we're in tit for tat trade war w/Canada
BESSENT: I don't think you can be in a tit for tat with someone who's 13 times larger than you
E: They say they're doing ok
B: What else are they gonna say? What are they gonna do? Take their 2 submarines & sic them on us?
BESSENT: I don't think you can be in a tit for tat with someone who's 13 times larger than you
E: They say they're doing ok
B: What else are they gonna say? What are they gonna do? Take their 2 submarines & sic them on us?
September 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Idk why I didn't realize it sooner (as I'm sure many others have probably noted this already) but this is what finally made it click for me that we are just doing wolf warrior diplomacy now.
Which, for many reasons: lol
Which, for many reasons: lol
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There's been some interesting decisions on the reveal side of reveal/conceal lately
@unavaleable.bsky.social Time to rewrite the missile lore. Again. Very interesting that it can fit in the F-35.
U.S. Navy Testing New Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile | Aviation Week
The U.S. Navy is developing and currently flight testing a new long-range air-to-air missile that will far exceed the capabilities of the AIM-120 and likely the recently disclosed AIM-174B as well.
aviationweek.com
August 23, 2026 at 3:34 AM
There's been some interesting decisions on the reveal side of reveal/conceal lately
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the mf got the machine to do it by treating it like goku roflmaoooo
August 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
the mf got the machine to do it by treating it like goku roflmaoooo
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49 Tomahawks!
Clerks: In a Row?
Alt: That’s too many tomahawks
static.klipy.com
June 11, 2026 at 12:15 AM
49 Tomahawks!
To Adam. And all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice even after surviving the battlefield.
You'll be remembered always.
You'll be remembered always.
May 26, 2026 at 3:40 AM
To Adam. And all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice even after surviving the battlefield.
You'll be remembered always.
You'll be remembered always.
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Check on your buddies.
Your job is to be there whether they need you or not.
Your job is to be there whether they need you or not.
May 25, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Check on your buddies.
Your job is to be there whether they need you or not.
Your job is to be there whether they need you or not.
There any way we can get GOP to start rounding up and deporting AI if we frame it to their voters as a gender fluid population threatening their majority status and stealing their jobs? Is that a thing?
Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees, as A.I. Casualties Mount www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/t...
Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees, as A.I. Casualties Mount
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2026 at 5:25 PM
There any way we can get GOP to start rounding up and deporting AI if we frame it to their voters as a gender fluid population threatening their majority status and stealing their jobs? Is that a thing?
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Nate Silver was always a bit of a PITA but before he completely lost the plot his site did genuinely novel and interesting work detaching data from vibes in political coverage, and the disappearance of FiveThirtyEight is a real loss.
The Internet is disappearing before our very eyes and it’s why we should all support that absolutely critical work of @archive.org
May 16, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Nate Silver was always a bit of a PITA but before he completely lost the plot his site did genuinely novel and interesting work detaching data from vibes in political coverage, and the disappearance of FiveThirtyEight is a real loss.
Command & Control
Movement & Maneuver
Intelligence
Fires
Protection
Sustainment
Movement & Maneuver
Intelligence
Fires
Protection
Sustainment
what are the Six Genders? wrong answers only
May 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Command & Control
Movement & Maneuver
Intelligence
Fires
Protection
Sustainment
Movement & Maneuver
Intelligence
Fires
Protection
Sustainment
I'm making childsplaining a thing. It's like mansplaining, but instead it's when a Zoomer leftist who watched a YouTube video starts lecturing an IR/NATSEC professional on Israel-Palestine.
May 2, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I'm making childsplaining a thing. It's like mansplaining, but instead it's when a Zoomer leftist who watched a YouTube video starts lecturing an IR/NATSEC professional on Israel-Palestine.
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Moneyball the kill web.
Robert "Madyar" Brovdi: My units spend approximately $40 million per month on drones and inflict about $4 billion in damage on Russia — roughly 1-to-100 ratio.
The cost of destroying one Russian infantryman is $882. This is very good exchange rate of money for enemy's manpower.
The cost of destroying one Russian infantryman is $882. This is very good exchange rate of money for enemy's manpower.
May 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Moneyball the kill web.
Sacrificing critical infrastructure to control the information environment. Could be viewed as garden variety authoritarianism, vain selfishness, complete incompetence, or a combination of all three. However...
April 7, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Sacrificing critical infrastructure to control the information environment. Could be viewed as garden variety authoritarianism, vain selfishness, complete incompetence, or a combination of all three. However...
Here, I fixed your headline for you
April 1, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Here, I fixed your headline for you
New NATSEC trolley problem just dropped.
When privately owned data centres constitute Mission Vital Infrastructure, they become targets and militaries will have to protect it somehow
In other words, do you use your scarce air defence for data centres, force protection, or protecting your own population?
In other words, do you use your scarce air defence for data centres, force protection, or protecting your own population?
Iran acknowledges they are targeting AWS and Azure data centres. "The Iranians view data centres as part of the conflict,” said Matt Pearl, a director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
March 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
New NATSEC trolley problem just dropped.
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Lastly, they are for the soul of your nation and your cause. Limits on war preserve humanity. Mercy transcends violence. After the fighting, there has to be something more. Rules of engagement and the laws of armed conflict protect you; abandoning them is dire.
March 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Lastly, they are for the soul of your nation and your cause. Limits on war preserve humanity. Mercy transcends violence. After the fighting, there has to be something more. Rules of engagement and the laws of armed conflict protect you; abandoning them is dire.
An attempt was made
March 3, 2026 at 2:43 AM
An attempt was made
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I honestly think one reason Millennials are so angry about all this is that many of us grew up during the brief period in American history where the official line was that we had won history *because* of our values, and most of us actually internalized that.
Why don't the people of the Twin Cities just stay home and let DHS do as it pleases? Speaking only for himself, Mike Somes explains that he personally does it because he is an idiot who does it because he failed to realize that all that talk about inalienable rights was an elaborate joke all along.
The Last Idiot Who Earnestly Believes in the American Experiment
Still left out of the joke, even now.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 20, 2026 at 1:08 PM
I honestly think one reason Millennials are so angry about all this is that many of us grew up during the brief period in American history where the official line was that we had won history *because* of our values, and most of us actually internalized that.
This whole thing has, of course, resulted in a great many people with little to no experience in NATSEC or with the military confidently spouting off about what should be/have been done by the military.
It's infuriating and exhausting.
It's infuriating and exhausting.
January 4, 2026 at 10:14 PM
This whole thing has, of course, resulted in a great many people with little to no experience in NATSEC or with the military confidently spouting off about what should be/have been done by the military.
It's infuriating and exhausting.
It's infuriating and exhausting.
*Can't sleep. Finish movie. Check Milsky before trying again to sleep.*
Guys, what the actual fuck is happening right now
Guys, what the actual fuck is happening right now
January 3, 2026 at 7:31 AM
*Can't sleep. Finish movie. Check Milsky before trying again to sleep.*
Guys, what the actual fuck is happening right now
Guys, what the actual fuck is happening right now