Summary

Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old DOGE staffer recently promoted to a senior adviser role in the State Department, is reportedly the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov.

Martynov was executed in the Soviet Union after being exposed as an FBI informant. Coristine, an alleged former cybercriminal, previously worked in the General Services Administration and now has potential access to sensitive diplomatic data.

Concerns have been raised over his background and apparent lack of a security check.

The situation fuels fears about foreign influence in U.S. government operations.

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[–] 59 points 2 years ago (19 children)

Yeah street names are always an endearing insult

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Pilot's nicknames / unofficial callsigns often are as well, some kind of back handed reference to a fuck-up or troublesome character trait.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Knew a pilot who's nickname was über. Last name? Guay.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I remember watching a show about Canadian fighter pilots as a kid, one of them got the call sign “Blow” because his last name was Jobin.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    There was a question on Reddit many moons ago asking fighter pilots what their callsigns were and how they got them. Not a single one was something to be proud of. The only one i remember off the top of my head was 'Squishy' and they got the name doing CAP over Iraq and had to use the bathroom in the cockpit...

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Maybe that's what this is. Like calling a fat guy slim, or a tall guy tiny. Maybe he's used to many steroids and actually shrunk his balls

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Look at his photo... there's no steroid use there. He's just got a pair of undescended testes, they're missing.

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    That's horrifying, wtf happened?

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    A 23-year-old dubbed the Russian “Popeye” had three pounds of dead muscle removed after his DIY bodybuilding injections went awry.

    Kirill Tereshin used petroleum jelly to build fake muscle mass in his arms. Before he underwent critical surgery, his arms were approximately 24 inches in diameter.

    https://globalnews.ca/news/6198555/russian-popeye-bodybuilder-injections/

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Lol, I didn't say he worked out, just that he took the steroids. Probably thinking they'd do all the work for him.

    Though your theory seems to have some merit.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I worked in construction and we used radios to communicate between crews. One kid insisted we call him 'AntDawg.' His name was Anthony.

    It's started with 'Labradoodle.' He put up with that for two days before bitching he didn't wanna be Labradoodle. Everyone agreed it was too annoying over the radio, so we all agreed to shorten it. Doodle still hates his name.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    I know a dude who introduced himself with “hey, my name’s Mike but call me Spike.” I think it was one of those “I just changed schools and want to reinvent myself as someone cooler” scenarios.

    That was like 15 years ago. To this day, we still call him Spmike (pronounced “SPUH-mike”).

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