Author of the historical novel 'Crucible Along the Mohawk' with several more in the works. U.S. Marine Corps veteran CompTIA Security+

Upstate NY, USA
Please check out my latest article on Substack - my proposal for a National Veterans Homefront Memorial. If you are a veteran, I'd be happy to hear any feedback! 🇺🇸 johnnyrockenstire.substack.c…
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Is there a single Frenchman with a spine left in the entire country?
🚨BREAKING: The historic Limoges town hall has just completely collapsed after far-left rioters set it on fire It was built in 1876. It survived World Wars. It did not survive modern France.
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Busy day. First restocked copies of Crucible at The Little Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, then got my book into its 3rd local store, The Book Nook up in Burnt Hills, and finally donated a new copy to the Scotia branch of the Schenectady County Public Library since their last copy was so worn down from being signed out.
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This is spot on. Even when I asked the question at a lecture way back in college why we aren't using more nuclear, the speaker mumbled something about chernobyl and dangerous and changed the subject as quickly as possible.
Let me correct @GovKathyHochul: New Yorkers can’t afford their utility bills because she took nuclear offline to create a “crisis” that she pitches solar/wind as a fix to. Since solar and wind can’t stand on its own in an open market in New York State, we’re paying to subsidize the money laundering through ORES. The delivery charges on your electric bills are used to fund these solar and wind companies in the form of RECs.
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The insanity continues
Sinaloa cartel sicarios just filmed themselves on the Ukrainian front, shouting greetings home while wearing full AFU kit. Mexican officials keep insisting “it’s only Colombians.” Watch the video. These aren’t idealistic volunteers but actual cartel foot soldiers using someone else’s war and Western funding as a free advanced infantry and drone academy. While Kyiv burns through money and bodies, Sinaloa gets real combat experience in FPV drones, fiber optic guidance, and modern small unit tactics for the price of a few mercenary contracts. Colombians die for wages. Mexican criminal networks treat the front as paid training. Mexican social media is already panicking about the “veterans” coming back. Intercepted FPV shipments and fiber-optic spools in Sinaloa itself show the skills transfer is already happening. When these guys start dropping explosives on government vehicles or police helicopters with the same methods used near Kharkiv, Mexico City won’t be able to shrug it off. This is what “support Ukraine” actually funds right now: a pipeline that upgrades Latin American cartels with peer-conflict combat experience. The blowback lands in Mexican cities and on the U.S. southern border. Is the inevitable blowback worth it? Wake up! #Cartels #Mexico #Ukraine #Sinaloa #Colombia
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Happy Columbus Day everyone! #ColumbusDay
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This was one of the biggest problems with the entire GWOT, thinking of how our actions against the enemy might be perceived by that same enemy, often at the expense of simple, direct, and total solutions.
Replying to @infantrydort
Don’t give me the “we’re only turning him into a martyr” talk. That is slave behavior. Since when did we become so scared about what THEY’RE going to do, that we forgot what WE are capable of? I don’t care if he becomes a martyr. We’ll just make more of them until none are left. “Sharing” a society with people who want to kill you is insane. Trying to mitigate it by appeasing them is even more insane. No.
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This may be the most pathetic parenting advice I've ever heard. New parents, please just read to them yourself. Your baby doesn't just listen. He/she picks up on your tone, your body language, eye contact. They don't need a machine teaching them. They need you!
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Best NASA admin ever!
Replying to @boston25
I quite literally have the receipts
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Johnny Rockenstire (Author) retweeted
Before launching Trump Accounts, 38% of Americans did not own a stock. Now, every member of the next generation will have an investment account, and will benefit from our booming economy. TRUMPACCOUNTS.GOV 🇺🇸
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Thank you @Isaac_A_Arthur for going back to my 2nd favorite planet (after Earth of course) - Mercury! I can't wait to enter the Sci-fi genre with my upcoming novel.
Mercury may be the Solar System’s first true industrial world. We explore robotic mines, solar furnaces, mass drivers, mobile cities, and how the innermost planet could help build a Dyson swarm. Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Checkout Space Money and our Space Industry Collection: nebula.tv/isaacarthur/space-…
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Grok has spoken!
Replying to @SteveLovesAmmo
No. If you think you have enough ammunition, you don't. Stock more.
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I just talked to some coworkers about @Goldback, showed them the notes, and they're definitely intrigued by the concept. New York would be a good next state as it's already home to the famous "Ithaca Hours" currency that was/is(?) around in Western NY.
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Great podcast
NEW EPISODE OUT! When the Abenaki Warriors kidnap her and k*ll her one-week-old baby against a tree, this frontier mother is hell-bent on revenge. And she gets her hands on one of her captor's tomahawks... This is the story of Hannah Duston. Clips were created by the great @surlydave_40
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This right here is why splitting votes is stupid
I hope the American political Right is seriously preparing for the post-Trump era. Losing in 2028 - just as AI becomes the driving force of the civilized world...- would be a disaster. Who knows what stupid decisions the Left might make while we are living through a new industrial revolution? Guys, maintaining Western supremacy is in your hands. We’re counting on you, don’t screw it up.
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america.gov is a website that does AI chat, but only using US Government websites. It's there to assist in finding easy answers, using no ads or identification. 🇺🇸
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Johnny Rockenstire (Author) retweeted
Liftoff of Starship!
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What a time to be alive.
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Congratulations to SpaceX on getting Starship to orbit. I look forward to a future of continuously expanding space flight
A strategic alignment for the perfect moment. Starship takes flight. Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team. What you’ve built is incredible.
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Johnny Rockenstire (Author) retweeted
Powerful photo.
He should come here
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