J.D. Simkins

Editor-in-Chief @militarytimes & @defense_news. Once a Marine. Tired.

[George Washington 🇺🇸 @YN_Washington]

They put the skyline on the cover and the entirety of Chicago got hit with the worst Madden curse of all time

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

Coby Mayo is arriving #birdland

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

@TheDunkCentral @JaredWeissNBA @TheNBABase

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

One annoying thing about working in journalism is how many journalists are constantly exploring ways they can make readers hate journalists even more

[GQ Magazine @GQMagazine]

“It’s okay to get some facts wrong,” one writer said. “It’s honestly refreshing.” https://t.co/uAyigUlC9U

[On This Day RN @OnthisdayRN]

The Royal Navy has a long history of building Floating Dry Docks to maintain the Fleet around the world. In the 1869, the world’s largest floating Dry Dock was towed across the Atlantic to Bermuda to support the Ironclads which at the time was the largest ever built. 🧵1/3

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

Every time Hook was going on

[Jeff Putnam |✍ @TheJeffPutnam]

It’s 1991 and you’ve just popped the TMNT VHS into the VCR and this comes on:

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

Nearly 500,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine, top UK intel chief says, per @Katieonwarfare https://t.co/uv4jGBj3fK

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Putin on Romania drone incident:

No one can tell the origin of a particular aircraft until an examination of that aircraft has been carried out.

After all, we know that Ukrainian drones have flown into Finland, into Poland, and into some of the Baltic states.

The first reaction was exactly the same as now in Romania.

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

Was it off the record?

[John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad]

Had a long meeting with @SECNAV @HungCao_VA today.

I can’t share the details, but we went through a long list of concerns.

My takeaway? We are in very good hands. /1

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

We’ve all been there

[Forbes @Forbes]

Most VCs wouldn’t touch Anthropic in 2023.

Yasmin Razavi did.

The Spark Capital partner led a $450M round when Anthropic had no public product, no revenue and a massive capital need. Now the AI giant’s rise has landed her on the Forbes Midas List for the first time. https://t.co/9rxuS91mb8 (Photo: Guerin Blask For Forbes) #ForbesMidas

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

@RobertLusetich *on camera

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

Well over a year in and it's always the same 3-5 talking points. Easiest speechwriting job in history

[DOW Rapid Response @DOWResponse]

.@SECWAR “The single dumbest phrase in military history was peddled in our Army only a few short years ago. You’ve all heard it — maybe in your first two years at West Point — ‘Our diversity is our strength’...

Diversity is NOT our strength. UNITY is our strength...

Our strength is our shared purpose. Our strength is our oath to the Constitution. Our embrace of Army Values. The idea of merit. Our mission. Our absolute commitment to Duty, Honor, Country.

These are the things that unify us. ‘Send me’ becomes ‘Send us’ because you are ONE fighting force, just as we are ONE NATION UNDER GOD.”

[Sergeant Major Carlos A. Ruiz @USMCSgtMaj]

#MemorialDay. It’s one of the few holidays about absence.

For many of us, the empty seats are real.

So call your buddies today, but don’t let today be the only day. The empty seats around us deserve more than just one day of remembrance.

#NeverForgotten #HonorTheFallen

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

Someone needs to put a stop to Virginians

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

@dclaryjr The gold standard all should follow. If we're going to bring back 'epic' showtimes, allow people to stretch their legs and go to the bathroom

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

Bring back film intermissions

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Christopher Nolan's ‘THE ODYSSEY’ has a runtime of 2 hours and 52 minutes.

It is Nolan's second longest film ever.

[𝓔𝓿𝓪𝓷 @Baltlol]

if I woke up to a pony playing a keyboard after surgery I would assume I passed away

[Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger]

It is very important to know at least some names and faces. Otherwise, mass murder is an abstraction. Every day proves that Putin's Russia is a terror-state, and the civilized world ought to unite to oppose it.

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

@usedgov “Just a few more fixes of nonsensical sinks and I’ll be able to afford a third American flag for my denim”

[J.D. Simkins @simkins_jd]

@masnOrioles "I was picked up by the O's, where I struggled" -- you have 19,000 options