Sam Wise
@samwisephoto.bsky.social
Author of the world's first feature on the Pyongyang Microlighting Club. Socialist. He/him.
Aviation Analyst. All views are my own and not those of my employer.
Aviation Analyst. All views are my own and not those of my employer.
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There's no patriot like a Monaco-based patriot.
February 12, 2026 at 9:23 AM
There's no patriot like a Monaco-based patriot.
Imagine if a car was launched and put on the roads without checking if brakes were part of the design in any way!
February 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Imagine if a car was launched and put on the roads without checking if brakes were part of the design in any way!
"will this give people eating disorders?" before it got put out, and all the QA was expected to be done by the public. Zero consent, zero checks. Just out there with abandon. Can you think of any other product so recklessly put out into the public?
February 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
"will this give people eating disorders?" before it got put out, and all the QA was expected to be done by the public. Zero consent, zero checks. Just out there with abandon. Can you think of any other product so recklessly put out into the public?
The most gobsmacking thing about the way AI has come about is that the entire thing was just put out into public for development. There was no real closed testing before it got unleashed into the public, no sense of "maybe we should check it won't convince people to kill their relatives" or
February 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The most gobsmacking thing about the way AI has come about is that the entire thing was just put out into public for development. There was no real closed testing before it got unleashed into the public, no sense of "maybe we should check it won't convince people to kill their relatives" or
It is, its a satire account
February 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
It is, its a satire account
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Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible
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In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
January 22, 2026 at 3:01 PM
In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
"If I were prime minister, I would simply solve the crisis"
Kemi Badenoch tells the BBC's Matt Chorley that if she were prime minister, Donald Trump would simply not be like this.
January 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM
"If I were prime minister, I would simply solve the crisis"
(they won't, because they live for doing crimes at the behest of their commander-in-chief)
January 19, 2026 at 7:01 PM
(they won't, because they live for doing crimes at the behest of their commander-in-chief)
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Cutting off tourist visas would actually be a very mild sanction that avoids hurting vulnerable Americans while informing the upper middle class that this is not a reality TV show
To those who are claiming that it'd be too cruel and extreme for the EU to cut off American tourist visas now (or to otherwise sanction or inconvenience us Americans in any way)....
You're REALLY not gonna like what happens if the madman Trump is permitted to set off a hot war with Europe.
You're REALLY not gonna like what happens if the madman Trump is permitted to set off a hot war with Europe.
January 19, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Cutting off tourist visas would actually be a very mild sanction that avoids hurting vulnerable Americans while informing the upper middle class that this is not a reality TV show
Great museum that is chockful of genuinely *interesting* aircraft. By the way, the HH-60G there (I assume it's on display by the now?) actually landed at the museum the day we visited, purely coincidentally.
January 19, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Great museum that is chockful of genuinely *interesting* aircraft. By the way, the HH-60G there (I assume it's on display by the now?) actually landed at the museum the day we visited, purely coincidentally.
Please, they get a raging hard on over obeying illegal orders that their commander-in-chief gives. They love the idea of obeying him.
January 15, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Please, they get a raging hard on over obeying illegal orders that their commander-in-chief gives. They love the idea of obeying him.
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Not the point, but who is this even for? There are about 10 people in Britain who are dead keen on Labour because they are tough on immigration. They all work in Downing Street.
This "open borders" line is *infuriating* - these people came here to study or work, because they had a uni place or a job to come to. They paid visa fees, student fees, NHS surcharge - and many of them are doing challenging and important work - staffing our care homes, for example, including Mum's.
Starmer keeps using this line, & it's bonkers.
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Not the point, but who is this even for? There are about 10 people in Britain who are dead keen on Labour because they are tough on immigration. They all work in Downing Street.
Plug for the podcast I occasionally do with some pals. We pub chat about planes and airshows. The last episode we did was on aviation on the big and small screen and it was bloody good fun. Also available on other podcast providers.
soundcloud.com/ukairshowrev...
soundcloud.com/ukairshowrev...
Episode 105: Stars (and bars?) of the Silver Screen
HAPPY NEW YEAR! The UKAR podcast enters 2026 with a bang - we kick off with a Christmas present roundup (don't get your hopes up) and then go into some of the highs and lows of aviation on the big and
soundcloud.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Plug for the podcast I occasionally do with some pals. We pub chat about planes and airshows. The last episode we did was on aviation on the big and small screen and it was bloody good fun. Also available on other podcast providers.
soundcloud.com/ukairshowrev...
soundcloud.com/ukairshowrev...
My experience of Threads was that it was basically Twitter but even more just Americans confused that there's a world outside their borders.
January 14, 2026 at 9:59 AM
My experience of Threads was that it was basically Twitter but even more just Americans confused that there's a world outside their borders.
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Seeing as I'm blathering about Spitfires, here's a free mythbuster for Bluesky
The little letter after the Spitfire mark designation - e.g. Spitfire Vb, Spitfire XVIe - what does it mean?
There is a widespread misconception that it relates to armament configuration, and *only* armament config...
The little letter after the Spitfire mark designation - e.g. Spitfire Vb, Spitfire XVIe - what does it mean?
There is a widespread misconception that it relates to armament configuration, and *only* armament config...
January 13, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Seeing as I'm blathering about Spitfires, here's a free mythbuster for Bluesky
The little letter after the Spitfire mark designation - e.g. Spitfire Vb, Spitfire XVIe - what does it mean?
There is a widespread misconception that it relates to armament configuration, and *only* armament config...
The little letter after the Spitfire mark designation - e.g. Spitfire Vb, Spitfire XVIe - what does it mean?
There is a widespread misconception that it relates to armament configuration, and *only* armament config...
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Since the whole Grok CMAS thing blew up, there's a situation from maybe 7 or 8 years ago that's been on my mind
Because someone predicted what we're seeing now with uncanny accuracy and the attitudes it revealed horrified me. And I didn't know what to do with it then and I don't now 🧵
Because someone predicted what we're seeing now with uncanny accuracy and the attitudes it revealed horrified me. And I didn't know what to do with it then and I don't now 🧵
January 8, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Since the whole Grok CMAS thing blew up, there's a situation from maybe 7 or 8 years ago that's been on my mind
Because someone predicted what we're seeing now with uncanny accuracy and the attitudes it revealed horrified me. And I didn't know what to do with it then and I don't now 🧵
Because someone predicted what we're seeing now with uncanny accuracy and the attitudes it revealed horrified me. And I didn't know what to do with it then and I don't now 🧵
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Saddam Hussein was a horrible person and the world is a better place without him in it. I’d say the same about Maduro.
But if you think “hey, we just need to capture or kill this guy and all the bad stuff goes away,” you have an idiot child’s view of the world.
But if you think “hey, we just need to capture or kill this guy and all the bad stuff goes away,” you have an idiot child’s view of the world.
January 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Saddam Hussein was a horrible person and the world is a better place without him in it. I’d say the same about Maduro.
But if you think “hey, we just need to capture or kill this guy and all the bad stuff goes away,” you have an idiot child’s view of the world.
But if you think “hey, we just need to capture or kill this guy and all the bad stuff goes away,” you have an idiot child’s view of the world.
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It's a whole genre it's beautiful
December 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It's a whole genre it's beautiful
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I once withstood an entire bout of Facebook-informed 'But what a lot of people don't know about Hitler' from my brother-in-law's dad without resorting to murder. Still waiting for my OBE.
just realised how many Christmas dinners are going to be ruined by brainwormed racist over-50s spouting absolutely deranged shit this year
December 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I once withstood an entire bout of Facebook-informed 'But what a lot of people don't know about Hitler' from my brother-in-law's dad without resorting to murder. Still waiting for my OBE.
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the UK government's political project really is to create a misery island where you're not allowed to do anything. wake up in the morning, put on your sackcloth, and have your 12 mandatory hours of toil then 6 mandatory hours of reading Robert Gailbraith novels.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
UK to “encourage” Apple and Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones
Government seeks “nudity-detection algorithms” in iOS and Android, report says.
arstechnica.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
the UK government's political project really is to create a misery island where you're not allowed to do anything. wake up in the morning, put on your sackcloth, and have your 12 mandatory hours of toil then 6 mandatory hours of reading Robert Gailbraith novels.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Well, I guess that's 70 bucks I'm saving in 2028 or whatever
December 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Well, I guess that's 70 bucks I'm saving in 2028 or whatever
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The Guardian is as much the house journal of the Nimbys as the Telegraph
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
The long read: Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The Guardian is as much the house journal of the Nimbys as the Telegraph