I want to say a few things: I appreciate each and every one of you crazy people who bother to read anything I write. But you absolutely must understand that I am by no means a role model. I have done bad things. I have been a bad person. I harbor horrible, unspeakable things in my depths that part of me wants to excise, and part of me clings to dearly, because without them, I would no longer truly be me. I do not, as a rule, like people. Not individuals, though there are plenty I can do without. On an individual level, I'm just generally antisocial, because I'm an introvert, and because I've historically had an extraordinarily difficult time letting people in, letting them get close to me, for reasons. Those that I have opened up to are those that I'd fight beside; those that I'd trust with my life. Because that's what friends are. But people, as a whole, disgust me. I look out at humanity, and I see such incredible potential. So much promise, so much hope, such capacity for love and kindness and creativity and passion, and an incredible wellspring of energy. And I see it all squandered on the basest, most foul, most selfish things imaginable. Time, and time, and time again. So much so, that I have to force myself to find the good in people. To look at certain individuals and know -- even with all their faults and failings -- that there stands a good person, striving to be such, acknowledging their shortcomings, and working to improve themselves and their world. I've lived a long and, by some measures, an interesting life. I've seen and done a lot of things. Some of which when, taken as a whole, seem fantastical. There are times when I reflect on my own journey and I find it a bit hard to swallow myself. If I were writing fiction, I wouldn't create such an unbelievable backstory for a character. Those experiences have left me with a wealth of diverse knowledge, skills, and experience, which some time ago I decided I should try to share with others, so that we might all become a bit better than we were yesterday. But the world we've created and continue to wallow in has made it next to impossible to share certain experiences, certain knowledge, certain hard-won wisdom, without people on all sides balking because it doesn't conform to their carefully-curated reality and worldview. Case in point, my sidebar about the term "Caucasian" this morning. I didn't decide to refer to that historical bloodline as Aryan. Other people did, for many decades. I didn't decide to adopt parts of their belief system, culture, and mythology for a new political party: the NSDAP did. But I cannot discuss it at all without attracting those who adhere to various beliefs I not only don't share, but that others, and sometimes myself, find reprehensible. And I only qualify that because I try to set aside my biases and judgment when taking in information, because I believe in Bruce Lee's philosophy of, "Take what you need, leave the rest", and because I believe that all lies have an element of truth to them. We have become so toxic as a culture that it's now impossible to have an honest discourse on certain topics without multiple factions piling on, attacking the participants, all because they take issue with the subject matter, or what they perceive to be the subject matter. So, if I ever say something that strikes you as somewhat off-putting, understand that I'm probably not what your instincts want to paint me as. But, at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter, because I'll be washed with that paint either way. And if that means you and I can't be friends anymore, it won't please me, but know that I understand. Also know that, while I do make an effort to block and unfollow people who I personally find egregiously inexcusable, I have neither the time nor the interest in policing the personal belief systems of everyone on my timeline. I just wish we, as a people, could stop attacking each other long enough to get to the truth. But that may never happen, and it's likely by design.

RT @LeadingReport: BREAKING: Elon Musk supports the idea of Ron Paul leading a Federal Reserve audit team.

RT @elonmusk: To be clear, what the @DOGE team and @USTreasury have jointly agreed makes sense is the following: - Require that all outgoi…

The stuff going on around POTUS trying to run the country feels awful insurrectiony. I wonder if there's an Act that addresses that...

RT @OPFORPio: Revoked? Recall to active duty & courts martial

@Ursa_Theodorus @BePrepared72 @5StarAlts @Brushbeater Noooooooo! Let Stella drive over, at least.

@BePrepared72 @MaskulNitespore Yup. Created by obama. Besides,we should just be ignoring these yutzes.

@Distant_Warrior Have not tested.that yet. But the ai assigns unique identifiers to things, so I suspect it'll do ok.

@Liberty17766 About $3500.

@GoatRoper911 Next on the list.

@Ursa_Theodorus @BePrepared72 @5StarAlts @Brushbeater Unless you mean the poncho, in which case, yeah, green. We're gonna hedge wizard it up in a few weeks.

@newenglander86 One of the lower end dji drones would do the trick.

@Ursa_Theodorus Always an appropriate answer.

RT @Ursa_Theodorus: @4nt1p4tt3rn in his natural environment.

RT @GuntherEagleman: BREAKING: Trump just BANNED former Secretary of State Antony Blinken from ALL federal buildings! OUTSTANDING! https:/…

RT @GuntherEagleman: BREAKING: Donald Trump has just revoked the security clearances of Letitia James and DA Alvin Bragg and BANNED them fr…

This thing is a beast for S&R and recon.

@Mace1776 I'm loving it. The applications are endless.

RT @MaskulNitespore: @4nt1p4tt3rn Typical woketard: praises judge who is more upset with the messenger than the bad news of corruption they…

@WE6291 Yup. got some. Gonna try small squares of it.