
BowTiedEagle
@petewaters15
Airplane / helicopter / drone pilot. Commander, USN (Ret.). Globetrotter, adventurer, leader. Flight instructor, U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. Opinions my own.
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30-01-2020 22:03:46
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Dear Self. That list is solid. But here’s what I’d add: 9. Purpose — Without it, nothing else heals. A man without direction will self-destruct, no matter how much he eats, lifts, or earns. 10. Silence — The kind that lets you hear God, face your thoughts, and remember who you are without

Thomas E. Ricks This new initiative isn’t coming out of a vacuum. I’ve lived long enough in uniform to watch deterioration set in. And all the big blue arrows our strategists love to draw on maps don’t mean a damn thing unless the force is fit, disciplined, and capable enough to maneuver







Elon, Trump, Bannon, OG MAGA, Tech Right. There’s a lot of tension and some feuds, so let’s hash it out. Elon is doing great work with neurolink,but some (like Bannon) believe he is ushering in a surveillance state or worse. (Go read That Hideous Strength.) Starlink as a node on




Beff – e/acc The more I study history, economics, and technology the more I realize that getting to K1 really should be the overarching goal. There are no low-energy high-income nations. Energy abundance will be the #1 way to dramatically improve quality of life for everyone. The energy

Beyond the Trump-Musk fallout? At first impression, it makes no sense that Musk would start firing away at the (admittedly imperfect) budget bill, or escalate to DefCon 1, by tweeting  nonsense about impeachment, the Epstein files, or disengaging his space efforts from the U.S.



"Our decisions are only as good as our model of the world. A poor model begets poor decisions." We would all have a much more peaceful world if we all had that first sentence tattooed on our wrists. #twomoviesononescreen @scottadamssays @joshualisec Scott Adams