Consultant, researcher & "one man intelligence agency funded on Patreon, seriously?!" - John N. Tye. Cited in NYT, Washington Post, The Guardian, USAToday, Business Insider, NATO Hybrid COE. #NAFO Assistant (to the) Sanctions Managerhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mu6geoauss26Face-eating leopards gonna need some Ozempic at this rate28 Aug 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6geoauss26https://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mu6dcyeyac2zAs a slight aside, what the fuck, Australia28 Aug 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6dcyeyac2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mu6cddhjrc2u"You can never lick the boot well enough that they will let you wear it." -- attributed to James Baldwin28 Aug 2026 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6cddhjrc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mu6agzxdcs2dThere are multiple factions inside the U.S. government trying to tell different versions of the same story about America's military and diplomatic posture in Europe. We've seen the results in the headlines of the past week. 🧵28 Aug 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6agzxdcs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtyveywo622vI now believe that Tim Curry is having a good time in the afterlife26 Aug 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyveywo622vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtyughsxr22gWho has eyes on Cher, anybody? We need eyes on Cher.26 Aug 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyughsxr22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtyu36wf322yThe next Rocky Horror Picture Show Experience at the UC Theater will be October 31, 2026. Never been, it wasn't ever my thing, even though I recognized the movie - and Tim Curry's role in it - were a big deal for the theatre kids. Think I'll go this time.26 Aug 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyu36wf322yhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtuynwf6u22nPrimaries are over, so this sort of statement is relevant now: there is one similarity between sport shooting and activism - there is more than one total of course but the one worth remarking on is this: You can't un-say things any more than you can un-shoot them. 🧵25 Aug 2026 04:37 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuynwf6u22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mturtgtl722qIran's $30k bounty on US troops is illegal - not because killing American soldiers in a war we started is illegal (it isn't). It's because putting a price on a head is. That rule is American, written by a frankly *notable* racist named Francis Lieber in 1863, while Minnesota paid $200 a scalp. 🧵25 Aug 2026 02:34 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mturtgtl722qhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtua6nnvm22hEight days ago the commander-in-chief of Iran's conventional army offered a $30,000 bounty for American servicemembers and I really, really, really, really, really did not like that he did that. 1/424 Aug 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtua6nnvm22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtrjxzmve22bliterally23 Aug 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrjxzmve22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtrj3qvkxs2b23 Aug 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrj3qvkxs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtrigbwxmc2bThe thing about the Jake Lang/Spiderman thing is that it's really kind of funny by itself, I think that's the problem with memes about it 🤔23 Aug 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrigbwxmc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtmfhriggs2b"The defense secretary... said “at the Department of War, we do training, not tr***ies,” using a slur to refer to transgender people." -- Robin Opsahl, "US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joins Rep. Zach Nunn at Iowa State Fair", Iowa Capital Dispatch, Aug 17 2026 [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmfhriggs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtk6yhijc22h"I tripped up on one question last night, regarding Taiwan. I don't speak politician. I was just honest. Of course, Taiwan is our friend. But I think people in South Carolina are more worried about boys in girls sports." - Darline Graham20 Aug 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk6yhijc22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtjw3cfimc2w20 Aug 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjw3cfimc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtjuq234r22j"Back to basics"20 Aug 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjuq234r22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtfxf7yru22o [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 05:04 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfxf7yru22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtf3awlrt22sGonna be real interesting seeing how the primary in Alaska shakes out today18 Aug 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtf3awlrt22shttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mteyq2ryqc2y...look this is kind of a pet peeve but anime and law have in common that they both use random-ass European words to say ordinary things like it's a Harry Potter spell that makes things cool and it is truly annoying18 Aug 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteyq2ryqc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtewth2mkk2tBottom line up front: Meta lawsuit filings confirm previously unknown & low-confidence information and assessments relevant to social media activism and content intended to influence A lot of people got the vibe this was happening. Now we know for sure Some of it is actually counter-intuitive 1/218 Aug 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtewth2mkk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtdkwp3fcs2iA hit dog will holler.18 Aug 2026 06:16 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdkwp3fcs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtdhrveaos2xI say things like "no one calls him that" as an in-joke in my writing to reward people for reading to a certain point - like: "Vladimir 'Vladdy Put-It-In' (no one calls him that) Putin" etc., etc.; this is where 'Your Boy Jongers' comes from18 Aug 2026 05:19 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdhrveaos2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtdfv3prq22xThat whole mess with the NFA last week has gun nuts seriously wilding out right now That appears to be a fully automatic Glock clone with a beta mag - everything but the Glock switch is legal in most of the U.S., fun fact! - and it actually looks like a pretty dope Talarico ad https://x.com/slocumfortexas/status/2089180672573227125?s=2018 Aug 2026 04:45 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdfv3prq22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtd3kyuw3225Fun fact: in the 2006 midterm elections, the Democratic Party flipped both the House (31 seats) and the Senate (6 seats), largely because of the Iraq war.18 Aug 2026 01:41 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtd3kyuw3225https://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtczdo7f222qOh, right, I'm Korean-American, I should probably write about what happened with the military exercises. Anyway, to give people a sense of what's behind the paywall on my Patreon, the research model prompt and Fable 5 ICD-203 compliant output are free on this post. https://www.patreon.com/joohn/posts/free-raw-intel-u-166970352?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link18 Aug 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtczdo7f222qhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtcquykjs22mI am a VERY novice investor, so when I put money into an energy fund because of the Iran war, I thought I was betting on an event: oil price crosses X on for enough days, that's my exit condition one way or another, it should show up in the fund price. Something more interesting happened. 🧵 https://www.patreon.com/joohn/posts/duration-bet-166961185?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link17 Aug 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcquykjs22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtcmppneb22m"Communists"17 Aug 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcmppneb22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtckxochfk2m"I'm actually making it much safer. Kim Jong Un has always treated me with great respect. I understand him. He understands me."17 Aug 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:ulabq3anm7ccwektskhiovzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtckxochfk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joohnchoe.bsky.social/post/3mtci6aqzps22Ask a dumb question and the answer is interesting sometimes. This got me asking, well, OK, wait a minute... why? There are obvious answers and interesting, un-obvious ones. 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