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Vol. 15 · No. 125 · Monday, 19 October 2026

Pentagon

US to livestream execution of Ukraine

White House promises largest pay-per-view military event in history

Iran condemns US plan to livestream execution as barbaric

Vetbro apparel company pivots from stupid shirts to aggressively homoerotic ones

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Duffel Labs

The Labs

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How the machines came about

THE LABS collects six tools the desk built to save someone from filling out the same form by hand: buzzword translation, a DD-214 read-out, a change-of-command or retirement speech, a satirical benefits letter, a fake SEAL memoir, and a sergeant who talks back. Three of them — the SEAL Book Generator, the DD-214 Fortune Teller and the satirical Veteran Benefits tool — generate their output in your browser.

The others send what you type to outside AI companies to write the reply. All six are open to the public, limited by quota rather than by a paywall, and none comes with the support a shipped product would — see the house terms and the privacy notes for what happens to what you type.

House terms

Some of these machines pass what you type to outside AI companies to write the reply. Assume the machine is not your chaplain. Details in the privacy notes.
Do not be an idiot. No Social Security numbers, no clearance details, nothing classified, and nothing you would not read aloud at a promotion board.
Output is for amusement. It is not a citation, a legal document, a reference letter, or a defence at your court-martial.

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