David M.Vanderhoof 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚁 🛫
@dmvanderhoof.bsky.social
Exhibit design @amerhelimuseum Co-host of @uavdigest and @airplanegeeks
Looking for a Kidney https://nkr.org/XQZ327
Looking for a Kidney https://nkr.org/XQZ327
Now I’m pissed! Let’s play this on a loop outside the @whitehouse-47.bsky.social
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Now I’m pissed! Let’s play this on a loop outside the @whitehouse-47.bsky.social
Source: The War Zone. WTH?!?!
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Source: The War Zone. WTH?!?!
Ok here we go! My guess is Friday or Saturday!!
A U.S. official says Trump envoy Steve Witkoff will leave the Middle East on Thursday and return to Miami: “The gaps between the United States and Iran are very, very large — and not bridgeable,” a senior Israeli official says. -Ynet
February 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Ok here we go! My guess is Friday or Saturday!!
Go for it!! The staff are awesome
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February 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Go for it!! The staff are awesome
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A U.S. F-35C shot down an Iranian Shahed drone that flew "aggressively" and with "unclear intent" toward the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea today, a U.S. Central Command spokesperson confirms.-CBS News
February 3, 2026 at 5:31 PM
A U.S. F-35C shot down an Iranian Shahed drone that flew "aggressively" and with "unclear intent" toward the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea today, a U.S. Central Command spokesperson confirms.-CBS News
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I had missed this. Not an expert but it looks like hall of fame stuff cc @jfallows.bsky.social
arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
A WB-57 pilot just made a heroic landing in Houston after its landing gear failed
A thorough investigation will be conducted by NASA into the cause."
arstechnica.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I had missed this. Not an expert but it looks like hall of fame stuff cc @jfallows.bsky.social
arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
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The United States Navy has shot down an Iranian drone that approached a US aircraft carrier operating in the Gulf, according to reporting by Reuters.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/american-sup...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/american-sup...
American supercarrier shoots down Iranian drone
The United States Navy has shot down an Iranian drone that approached a US aircraft carrier operating in the Gulf, according to reporting by Reuters.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
February 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The United States Navy has shot down an Iranian drone that approached a US aircraft carrier operating in the Gulf, according to reporting by Reuters.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/american-sup...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/american-sup...
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According to U.S. officials speaking to the Wall Street Journal, six Iranian gunboats approached an U.S. oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday and ordered it to stop. The vessel instead increased speed and was subsequently escorted by a U.S. warship.
Not a good way to start negotiations.
Not a good way to start negotiations.
February 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
According to U.S. officials speaking to the Wall Street Journal, six Iranian gunboats approached an U.S. oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday and ordered it to stop. The vessel instead increased speed and was subsequently escorted by a U.S. warship.
Not a good way to start negotiations.
Not a good way to start negotiations.
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The U.S. has deployed 8 destroyers and an aircraft carrier near the Middle East, with a total of 756 VLS cells available for strike and air defense missiles
The buildup comes as the US begins to surge additional fighters and air defense assets amid escalating tensions with Iran.
The buildup comes as the US begins to surge additional fighters and air defense assets amid escalating tensions with Iran.
January 29, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The U.S. has deployed 8 destroyers and an aircraft carrier near the Middle East, with a total of 756 VLS cells available for strike and air defense missiles
The buildup comes as the US begins to surge additional fighters and air defense assets amid escalating tensions with Iran.
The buildup comes as the US begins to surge additional fighters and air defense assets amid escalating tensions with Iran.
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You must, and I do not say this lightly, watch this video. Sound on.
Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
You must, and I do not say this lightly, watch this video. Sound on.
Could someone one please tell me what these “wars” were?
Trump: "So this has been I think -- and a lot of people say it -- the most successful year of any administration in American history. We extinguished eights wars."
January 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Could someone one please tell me what these “wars” were?
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When the LAPD arrests a dude at a gas station they don’t take over the gas station and use it to gas up all the cop cars tho
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wasn't congressional authorization necessary?
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
January 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
When the LAPD arrests a dude at a gas station they don’t take over the gas station and use it to gas up all the cop cars tho
But of course they are
Absolutely shameful that the Trump administration ordered NASA to close its library.
The books and research will reportedly be destroyed.
The books and research will reportedly be destroyed.
a woman in a hijab is standing in front of a group of men with the words shame shame shame written below her
ALT: a woman in a hijab is standing in front of a group of men with the words shame shame shame written below her
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:19 AM
But of course they are
I got it! Mr Trump if you’re so healthy how about you walk 18 holes, someone else could carry your clubs.
January 3, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I got it! Mr Trump if you’re so healthy how about you walk 18 holes, someone else could carry your clubs.
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Now take 10 years to change 85% of the design and then cancel it!
Announced by Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) John C. Phelan on December 5th, the United States Navy and Marine Corps has chosen Dutch shipbuilder Damen’s LST 100 landing ship for the Medium Landing Ship (LSM) program 🇺🇸 🇳🇱
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
U.S Marine Corps Selects Design for New LSM Landing Ships - Naval News
Announced by Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) John C. Phelan on December 5th, the United States Navy and Marine Corps has chosen Dutch shipbuilder Damen's LST 100 landing ship for the Medium Landing Shi...
www.navalnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Now take 10 years to change 85% of the design and then cancel it!
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Detroit Lions Rookie Asks For Thanksgiving Off
Detroit Lions Rookie Asks For Thanksgiving Off
DETROIT—Double-checking that he had approval before finalizing travel plans, Detroit Lions rookie Tate Ratledge reportedly approached head coach Dan Campbell on Monday to see if it might be possible f...
theonion.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Detroit Lions Rookie Asks For Thanksgiving Off
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This could be interesting: en.defence-ua.com/industries/a...
After the A-100 and A-50 Fiasco, russia Tries to Build an "All-in-One" AEW&C Aircraft Based on the Be-200 Amphibian | Defense Express
russia has no viable replacements for its airborne early-warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, nor for its patrol and anti-submarine platforms. As a result, the developers of the cancelled A-100 have ...
en.defence-ua.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This could be interesting: en.defence-ua.com/industries/a...
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Fat Albert heading down over the UK just now, heading to Cambridge for planned maintenance
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Fat Albert heading down over the UK just now, heading to Cambridge for planned maintenance
WTF!!
And in recent military news, it turns out that one junior airman wasn't fucking with you when he said he joined the Air Force to learn combat skills so he could take over a Haitian island and enslave the population.
Airman indicted in plot to take over Haitian island, enslave population
Two Texas men, one who joined the Air Force to learn combat skills, are accused of trying to take over a small island off of Haiti.
taskandpurpose.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
WTF!!
Happy Doctor Who Day to those who celebrate!
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Happy Doctor Who Day to those who celebrate!
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🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert