photoJDL
@photojdl.bsky.social
Visual Content Manager @WoodlandParkZoo. Mechanical ornithologist, C-list aviation personality and freelance content producer.
Palette cleanser, Lufthansa retro A321 from 2016.
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Palette cleanser, Lufthansa retro A321 from 2016.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
its another in a streak of wtaf days, so here's a photo of a Lufthansa B747-8i overflying Greenland in 2024. Which was a previously completely meaningless photo, geopolitically speaking. But here we are, in a very dumb timeline.
January 20, 2026 at 10:20 PM
its another in a streak of wtaf days, so here's a photo of a Lufthansa B747-8i overflying Greenland in 2024. Which was a previously completely meaningless photo, geopolitically speaking. But here we are, in a very dumb timeline.
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i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
I'm not saying these aren't drones or whose they would be if they are. I genuinely don't know.
I do know that it's easy to find out what it is or very quickly rule out what it isn't by checking a tracker like Flightradar24, flightaware or ADSB exchange.
I do know that it's easy to find out what it is or very quickly rule out what it isn't by checking a tracker like Flightradar24, flightaware or ADSB exchange.
Here are three videos of reported drone sightings in the Twin Cities tonight (1/3)
January 20, 2026 at 6:22 AM
I'm not saying these aren't drones or whose they would be if they are. I genuinely don't know.
I do know that it's easy to find out what it is or very quickly rule out what it isn't by checking a tracker like Flightradar24, flightaware or ADSB exchange.
I do know that it's easy to find out what it is or very quickly rule out what it isn't by checking a tracker like Flightradar24, flightaware or ADSB exchange.
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Blanche won’t investigate the killing of an innocent woman on camera but they’ve got all hands on deck for a church service being interrupted
January 19, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Blanche won’t investigate the killing of an innocent woman on camera but they’ve got all hands on deck for a church service being interrupted
I'm now all about sand cats.
a) extremely high attempt to kill rate (thought to be 50-60%, which is waaaay higher than big cats)
b) such cute ears
c) those use those oversized ears to hunt rodents at night, including dens underground
d) much adorable murder mittens
a) extremely high attempt to kill rate (thought to be 50-60%, which is waaaay higher than big cats)
b) such cute ears
c) those use those oversized ears to hunt rodents at night, including dens underground
d) much adorable murder mittens
January 19, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I'm now all about sand cats.
a) extremely high attempt to kill rate (thought to be 50-60%, which is waaaay higher than big cats)
b) such cute ears
c) those use those oversized ears to hunt rodents at night, including dens underground
d) much adorable murder mittens
a) extremely high attempt to kill rate (thought to be 50-60%, which is waaaay higher than big cats)
b) such cute ears
c) those use those oversized ears to hunt rodents at night, including dens underground
d) much adorable murder mittens
This time last year I was freezing my @$$ (-30) off in YZF, waiting for the northern lights to set up a nice backdrop on this Air Tindi Dash 7 freighter. It panned out, but my trusty 5D did not like it. The LCD screens got sluggish after 30s, and it'd stop working altogether after a few minutes.
January 19, 2026 at 1:16 AM
This time last year I was freezing my @$$ (-30) off in YZF, waiting for the northern lights to set up a nice backdrop on this Air Tindi Dash 7 freighter. It panned out, but my trusty 5D did not like it. The LCD screens got sluggish after 30s, and it'd stop working altogether after a few minutes.
Airplanes, because why not. This is, I think, the only pax L-1011 photo I've got. BWI in 2006.
January 18, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Airplanes, because why not. This is, I think, the only pax L-1011 photo I've got. BWI in 2006.
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The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
I like the A350-1000. The proportions work, IMO.
(JAL, HND)
(JAL, HND)
January 17, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I like the A350-1000. The proportions work, IMO.
(JAL, HND)
(JAL, HND)
A look back at plane and frames @flysea.bsky.social, 2016
January 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
A look back at plane and frames @flysea.bsky.social, 2016
Dear brands, I love when you like my photos. I don't like when you use them without asking.
Don't do that.
<3,
jdl
Don't do that.
<3,
jdl
January 15, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Dear brands, I love when you like my photos. I don't like when you use them without asking.
Don't do that.
<3,
jdl
Don't do that.
<3,
jdl
USN P8, Dubai Airshow, 2013
/sigh
/sigh
January 13, 2026 at 3:01 AM
USN P8, Dubai Airshow, 2013
/sigh
/sigh
Made a photo while waiting for last night's adventure to Everett...QX E175 pushing back for a short PSP-SFO run.
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Made a photo while waiting for last night's adventure to Everett...QX E175 pushing back for a short PSP-SFO run.
Welp, I’m in SMF…a city I wasn’t supposed to be in after a medical issue forced a diversion. Which is fine. Obviously the right call.
Less the right call is still being here over 90m later because maintenance appears to be in no rush to return the logbooks.
Boooooooo
Less the right call is still being here over 90m later because maintenance appears to be in no rush to return the logbooks.
Boooooooo
January 12, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Welp, I’m in SMF…a city I wasn’t supposed to be in after a medical issue forced a diversion. Which is fine. Obviously the right call.
Less the right call is still being here over 90m later because maintenance appears to be in no rush to return the logbooks.
Boooooooo
Less the right call is still being here over 90m later because maintenance appears to be in no rush to return the logbooks.
Boooooooo
First flight of 2026, AS173 SEA-PSP
Looking forward to an uneventful flight down.
Looking forward to an uneventful flight down.
January 10, 2026 at 4:44 AM
First flight of 2026, AS173 SEA-PSP
Looking forward to an uneventful flight down.
Looking forward to an uneventful flight down.
Happy retirement to ANA's C3P0 777, which made its final flights today.
January 9, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Happy retirement to ANA's C3P0 777, which made its final flights today.
*gestures around broadly*...everything is....not great.
Here's a pair of UA 757s @flysea.bsky.social over Mt Rainier / Tahoma
Here's a pair of UA 757s @flysea.bsky.social over Mt Rainier / Tahoma
January 9, 2026 at 1:46 AM
*gestures around broadly*...everything is....not great.
Here's a pair of UA 757s @flysea.bsky.social over Mt Rainier / Tahoma
Here's a pair of UA 757s @flysea.bsky.social over Mt Rainier / Tahoma
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it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants
Dr Oz threatens to pull Medicaid support for Minnesota: "Sticking to the narrative that's cold in Minnesota -- this is the tip of the iceberg"
January 7, 2026 at 11:52 PM
it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants
FAFO, Avelo edition
Avelo Airlines to end ICE deportation charters as it cuts commercial flights, jobs
Avelo Airlines to end ICE deportation charters as it cuts commercial flights, jobs
Upstart airline Avelo said it would stop flying deportation flights for ICE, citing unpredictable revenue and added costs.
cnb.cx
January 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
FAFO, Avelo edition
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Surreal seeing Trump sweat over the possibility of impeachment, and implore Republicans to win/cheat in the midterms not for any legislative agenda but to avoid getting impeached, while leading Democrats go "oh no, not that" when asked about impeachment in the face egregiously impeachable offenses.
If impeachment is so useless, why does Trump fear it?
January 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Surreal seeing Trump sweat over the possibility of impeachment, and implore Republicans to win/cheat in the midterms not for any legislative agenda but to avoid getting impeached, while leading Democrats go "oh no, not that" when asked about impeachment in the face egregiously impeachable offenses.
Live from Seattle, where Alaska has joined the [big] jet age
January 7, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Live from Seattle, where Alaska has joined the [big] jet age
Happy 100th birthday to Lufthansa!
Some of my favorite frames of the famed German flag carrier from over the years.
Some of my favorite frames of the famed German flag carrier from over the years.
January 7, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Lufthansa!
Some of my favorite frames of the famed German flag carrier from over the years.
Some of my favorite frames of the famed German flag carrier from over the years.