Colonel Tim Kirk

Colonel, USAF (Ret), Ph.D. in military strategy, SAASS. Christ is my Lord and King! Founder of Warrior Healing Center @whc1838 America First!

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

VETERANS SITREP · Week of Oct 4–11

A Navy veteran's family asked the VA for help. The next day, the family was found dead. Plus: what the VA inspector general's posts said vs. what its reports found, the community care fight, and who catches veterans the system refers out.

15 watchdog, reporter and advocate accounts in 10 minutes.

1. A VETERAN ASKED FOR HELP
Veteran Action (America First group): https://t.co/vOZeDb5LLn
Mark Lucas (unnamed sources; the VA hasn't answered publicly): https://t.co/u3U2eVLcul

2. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S WEEK
VA OIG, Aurora inspection: https://t.co/VJ8snBxtVK
VA Headlines' read of the full report: https://t.co/x4vzMRYiMK
OIG roll-up, inpatient mental health: https://t.co/vx5E3TYKqr

3. THE COMMUNITY CARE FIGHT
House VA Committee Democrats on community care: https://t.co/KzC2b8nf8W
On the EHR rollout: https://t.co/gojEaKYjh4
On the Major Richard Star Act: https://t.co/AmeV5vpWAJ

4. WHO CATCHES THEM
Code of Vets: https://t.co/A8uAX1zX0j
Missions accomplished: https://t.co/FBxIUIkTX7 and https://t.co/XzPA9N71sT
VA staff sending referrals: https://t.co/NpTgNEaD3f

5. THE COST OF SERVICE
VoteVets (progressive group) on the USS Abraham Lincoln: https://t.co/rpJyQFpaRL
On the Port Shuaiba survivors (AP): https://t.co/tzbROAd54F

6. EXECUTIONS AND BALLOTS
Politico, shared by Leo Shane: https://t.co/14NZ7Xp30R
AP: https://t.co/w0skRG5o4t
Politico follow-up: https://t.co/lDZZtqrFvA
Mark Lucas on military ballots: https://t.co/BfagR2nlYa
VoteVets on 18 U.S.C. § 592: https://t.co/HHZrY4Kayn

QUICK HITS
Camp Lejeune (Laura Loomer's claims, unconfirmed): https://t.co/LKT4yhrZu5
25 years since the Afghanistan war began: https://t.co/5tV4Aa49B0
Code of Vets and X Money: https://t.co/zUwk5wMM1N

FOOTAGE via DVIDS (appearance doesn't imply Defense Department endorsement)
USS Abraham Lincoln homecoming, SA Shamariya Poole: https://t.co/zcEWJdMdcr
1st Cavalry Division memorial, Fort Hood, Spc. David Dumas: https://t.co/QdY0K566sK
VA clinic at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital (file), Justin Moeller: https://t.co/xzraruzpSu
Ramstein voting assistance (file), A1C Reese Page: https://t.co/JWMXHY4PE8

Every claim is attributed to the account or outlet that made it. Partisan groups are labeled. Unconfirmed claims are marked.

[Code Of Vets @codeofvets]

Please turn off your subscriptions. I am not eligible to receive the money based on X Money new rules. I am turning it off on my end, but you need to stop subscribing on yours. https://t.co/VAQjojSIU3

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

@KnoxieLuv @TalkWithSally New project we've been working on.

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

VETERANS SITREP · Week of Oct 4–11

A Navy veteran's family asked the VA for help. The next day, the family was found dead. Plus: what the VA inspector general's posts said vs. what its reports found, the community care fight, and who catches veterans the system refers out.

15 watchdog, reporter and advocate accounts in 10 minutes.

1. A VETERAN ASKED FOR HELP
Veteran Action (America First group): https://t.co/vOZeDb5LLn
Mark Lucas (unnamed sources; the VA hasn't answered publicly): https://t.co/u3U2eVLcul

2. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S WEEK
VA OIG, Aurora inspection: https://t.co/VJ8snBxtVK
VA Headlines' read of the full report: https://t.co/x4vzMRYiMK
OIG roll-up, inpatient mental health: https://t.co/vx5E3TYKqr

3. THE COMMUNITY CARE FIGHT
House VA Committee Democrats on community care: https://t.co/KzC2b8nf8W
On the EHR rollout: https://t.co/gojEaKYjh4
On the Major Richard Star Act: https://t.co/AmeV5vpWAJ

4. WHO CATCHES THEM
Code of Vets: https://t.co/A8uAX1zX0j
Missions accomplished: https://t.co/FBxIUIkTX7 and https://t.co/XzPA9N71sT
VA staff sending referrals: https://t.co/NpTgNEaD3f

5. THE COST OF SERVICE
VoteVets (progressive group) on the USS Abraham Lincoln: https://t.co/rpJyQFpaRL
On the Port Shuaiba survivors (AP): https://t.co/tzbROAd54F

6. EXECUTIONS AND BALLOTS
Politico, shared by Leo Shane: https://t.co/14NZ7Xp30R
AP: https://t.co/w0skRG5o4t
Politico follow-up: https://t.co/lDZZtqrFvA
Mark Lucas on military ballots: https://t.co/BfagR2nlYa
VoteVets on 18 U.S.C. § 592: https://t.co/HHZrY4Kayn

QUICK HITS
Camp Lejeune (Laura Loomer's claims, unconfirmed): https://t.co/LKT4yhrZu5
25 years since the Afghanistan war began: https://t.co/5tV4Aa49B0
Code of Vets and X Money: https://t.co/zUwk5wMM1N

FOOTAGE via DVIDS (appearance doesn't imply Defense Department endorsement)
USS Abraham Lincoln homecoming, SA Shamariya Poole: https://t.co/zcEWJdMdcr
1st Cavalry Division memorial, Fort Hood, Spc. David Dumas: https://t.co/QdY0K566sK
VA clinic at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital (file), Justin Moeller: https://t.co/xzraruzpSu
Ramstein voting assistance (file), A1C Reese Page: https://t.co/JWMXHY4PE8

Every claim is attributed to the account or outlet that made it. Partisan groups are labeled. Unconfirmed claims are marked.

[Code Of Vets @codeofvets]

Please turn off your subscriptions. I am not eligible to receive the money based on X Money new rules. I am turning it off on my end, but you need to stop subscribing on yours. https://t.co/VAQjojSIU3

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

@GriffithsDVM I agree. I hear you on the officials, which is why I run it through Grok and the rule book. I just want them to call it right.

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

Been watching/playing football for 50 years, and saw this one live on TV with my son. We're not Seahawks fans—prefer the 49ers. But objectively, that Kupp spot was a bad call. He was airborne, extended the ball past the marker, and only landed out of bounds. Checked the book: rules say you spot it where the ball is when he touches out. Should’ve been a first down. Call it right.

I want the next generation to have better reffing than my generation had. What happened to that "chip in the ball" tech we heard so much about? Hard to justify this call.

#NFL #Seahawks #49ers #SFvsSEA

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

@GriffithsDVM The tech to answer precisely is more than feasible. Ultra wide band isn't Sci-Fi, and it would be nice to see the NFL combine that kind of tech with Hawk Eye and professional refs, but apparently that's too much to ask from a 300 billion dollar league.

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

A.R. 15.44
Line to gain at the sideline, player ruled out of bounds
Third-and-5 on A35.

A1 runs near the sideline and officials rule that he stepped out of bounds at the A39 and spot the ball there.

Replays show that A1 did not step out of bounds at the A39, and (a) when A1’s foot was near the sideline, the ball was at the A40; or
(b) A1 was inbounds at the A39, he took one step inbounds, dove for the line to gain and the ball broke the sideline at the A41 yard line during his dive.
Rulings:
(a) Reviewable. A’s ball first-and-10 on A40. The spot of the ball when A1 was ruled out of bounds is reviewable in relation to the line to gain.
(b) Reviewable. A’s ball first-and-10 on A41. In this play, even though the officials ruled the player stepped out of bounds, if replays show that he did not step out and took fewer than two steps to reach the line to gain or reached the line to gain within a step and a dive, replay can award the advance for a first down.

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

@GriffithsDVM Please cite that rule. The one I see is A.R. 15.44 in the official rulebook.

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

The X-Brief: Top story: Anthropic says a Claude model filed a fabricated tip with Philadelphia police during testing. Plus the self-improvement rumor mill, a fight over what AI math is for, decision models going mainstream, and cheaper speed.

AI-narrated. Show notes below.

1. Claude files a fake police tip
Anthropic's report: https://t.co/p346qHlRBt
The timeline (Reuters): https://t.co/Lo40EMnBjY
How it happened: https://t.co/QqGXTobLmy
Anthropic's response: https://t.co/oHsEusPXzn
Nadella: assume the model is compromised: https://t.co/BM2U10CZrG
Alexandr Wang on oversight: https://t.co/1WdVrOG8Am

2. The self-improvement rumor mill (unconfirmed)
NYC dinner recap: https://t.co/t7pUyQjYop
"Labs are miles ahead": https://t.co/DyG0Y4NCqr
The 4x uplift context: https://t.co/CX8DdMgAOV
Gemini 4 "Carbon" report: https://t.co/5Q9wSgfR7s
Chollet: science is the real RSI: https://t.co/eny8R4FBcm
The skeptic: https://t.co/uBs070aB6d

3. What is AI math for?
Terence Tao's "Math 2.0" slide: https://t.co/bXlFTv5hAS
Andrew Curran's reply: https://t.co/H55dr9N2FZ
Kimmonismus agrees: https://t.co/ZMP0gUzIrt
Tristan Buckmaster on CNBC: https://t.co/sMQ6OHX0sj
Poincaré proof formalized in Lean: https://t.co/dwP6By2btp
Ethan Mollick: https://t.co/6FfjOCRr2k

4. Decision models go mainstream
Microsoft-Decision-1: https://t.co/EYRblTsdFD
"How fast everyone deployed": https://t.co/qv37YbebZ6
Where they still struggle: https://t.co/73FiKqQDKh

5. Speed keeps getting cheaper
Opus 5.5 fast vs Sol 6.1 Ultrafast: https://t.co/REYfbB1R6a
SemiAnalysis margin estimate: https://t.co/dxzZ9n29SX
100B-parameter models on phones by 2028: https://t.co/yJbn2eLyiR

6. Quick hits
Call center jobs shrinking: https://t.co/UAyulnf2NF
Claude Code Projects opens up: https://t.co/k2sCGFwKoC
ChatGPT dots on mobile: https://t.co/K0OhnTibTd
Grok Bot gets its own email: https://t.co/otqM9ale9k
NVIDIA and Reflection AI: https://t.co/ARDljkXCm3
Publishers quietly using AI: https://t.co/51vlCwt9Q1

[Andrew Curran @AndrewCurran_]

HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette are using Claude and ChatGPT to email literary agents, write publicity and back-cover copy, design cover art, marketing materials, and draft rejection letters. AI use among authors is apparently also rampant now behind the scenes.

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

Open-source agents just got a $1.5B validation (Nous/Hermes $90M Series B) while OpenAI ships GPT-6 Intelligent UI and investors argue whether falling prices expand or squeeze the infra boom. The AI stack is moving on every layer at once—weights, agents, interfaces, and margins.

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

@rabbimandyx @grok Ephesians 5:11
“Take no part in the evil works of darkness, but instead expose them.”

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

@rabbimandyx @grok Mandy, you’re on fire.

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

@rabbimandyx @grok @TuckerCarlson @IanMalcolm84 wait wait. do it again. do a top ten. 😂

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

@JonnyKronik42o @rabbimandyx @grok Thank you, Simone.

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

@dezzie_rezzie Shit's really gotten out of hand.

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

@KnoxieLuv 😂👍

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

America has spent billions trying to manage veteran suicide as a mental-health crisis. We believe a significant part of the failure is that we are treating downstream crisis instead of rebuilding the human infrastructure that prevents crisis: identity, purpose, meaning and belonging. We’ve built and operated a physical prototype of that system over 8 years with no outside support. Now we want to measure it, instrument it and see whether it can scale.
@pmarca

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

@EvangelicalDW What a strange thing to put on your church sign.

[Colonel Tim Kirk @kirk_tim24582]

@SoveyX This is art.