I hadn't caught that you were former .mil, have you checked out the YT channel Autonomous Alternative? It's ran by a woman named Kylie, she's a trans indigenous woman who claims to have been in 82nd airborne. She doesn't do a lot of full length videos since 2020 or so - I assume because those take a fuckton of energy to make and she wasn't getting enough engagement to justify it, but she seems moderately active with shorts and posts. She has some good videos on kit... or I should say they seemed that way to my untrained eye, maybe you'd know better. And fun bonus, she has a 14 part series on building your own backyard aquaponics system lol.

Edit: And this is what she had to say about Platner

graham platner for maine senate is lying. hes known for years and years that he had a nazi totenkopf on his chest. he played it off like it was a quirky thing and other shitty people kept his secret for years.

dont trust anyone vying for power. dont trust any vet whos not crippled by shame and doesnt beat themselves into the dirt for others to make up for their fractured humanity. If hes still blatantly lying about it and claiming ignorance, then what else is a lie..

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'll have to look her up! I'm with her on the GP take, but being crippled with shame isn't exactly going to help build a better world. Sounds like she has some personal stuff to work on maybe.

[–] mickey@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That is a great point, yeah that kind of extreme negative self talk might be motivating for a second but that is unsustainable. I wasn't endorsing it just sharing her full post.

Edit: She has purged her channel a bit of videos she thought were low quality, and is looking healthy and engaging more with her channel now.