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David M.Vanderhoof 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🚁 🛫
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Exhibit design @amerhelimuseum Co-host of @uavdigest and @airplanegeeks
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
Source: The War Zone. WTH?!?!
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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
Go for it!! The staff are awesome
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February 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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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
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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...
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
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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...
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
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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.
February 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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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.
January 29, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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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
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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
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January 18, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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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.
January 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
But of course they are
January 3, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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
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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...
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
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November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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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
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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
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
Happy Doctor Who Day to those who celebrate!
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM