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Cake day: April 7th, 2026

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  • I was a civilian welder for the Coasg Guard through the DHS and I can agree the entire military experience is to abuse and be abused as a way of life. Even otherwise decent people get trapped in a system of control and obedience that precludes critical thinking. Worse, there is no accountability. I remember a coastie being tasked with hand painting all the fire lanes on base. I thought it was funny until I heard he raped a woman off base. His punishment was 6 weeks of being grounded and having to paint curbs. Why? Family of some high rank officer everyone was absolutely terrified to talk about. So it was quietly handled by some administrative jag flown in and out the same day. Absolute farce.










  • I interviewed for a company working on this project. Their goal is still jet fuel but with greatly increased efficiency by replacing components traditionally driven by the shaft (such as the intake and compressor) with electrically driven systems that in turn take load off of the generator. The net increase in efficiency more than balances out the cost of the electrically driven components, thus increasing the efficiency of the entire system.

    Feels like an engineering wet dream, but i was willing to take their money and tell them how smart they sounded lol predictably, the project is waiting on more funding