Gavin Werbeloff
@travelbuddha.bsky.social
Travel expert, photographer, real estate fund principal, reformed lawyer, and repository of useless information. @usc.edu, @emorylaw.bsky.social & Emory Goizueta alum.
Also Resident numbers guy for @flightradar24.com AvTalk Podcast
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Gavin Werbeloff
@travelbuddha.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Transplanting a thread I started over on the other site.
1/ Gender Reveals are one of the dumbest things to be spawned by social media. Now they’ve gone from being merely dumb, to being dumb, dangerous, destructive and deadly. This is the definitive list of Gender Reveals gone wrong.
1/ Gender Reveals are one of the dumbest things to be spawned by social media. Now they’ve gone from being merely dumb, to being dumb, dangerous, destructive and deadly. This is the definitive list of Gender Reveals gone wrong.
There needs to be a quiet car vs cafe car debate between Anna and @lizzieohreally.bsky.social
real ones know there is only one correct way to travel from NYC to DC (Amtrak northeast regional cafe car)
Q: Why did you fly here? Aren't trains greener?
MAMDANI: I will use every form of transit and I want to make sure they are all affordable in NYC
TRUMP: That's a lot quicker too, in all fairness. I'll stick up for you.
MAMDANI: I will use every form of transit and I want to make sure they are all affordable in NYC
TRUMP: That's a lot quicker too, in all fairness. I'll stick up for you.
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
There needs to be a quiet car vs cafe car debate between Anna and @lizzieohreally.bsky.social
Schadenflight
There needs to be a word for the feeling of when you switch your original flight to an earlier flight, and then your earlier flight gets delayed, and you end up taking off later than your original flight
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Schadenflight
Where'd the T2 data go? Someone has got some explaining to do....
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Where'd the T2 data go? Someone has got some explaining to do....
This is why health insurance is fundamentally different to property and casualty insurance. In a best-case scenario, the latter never get's used. With the former, you should be using it, at bare minimum, for annual check-ups which will ideally catch issues early and prevent large claims.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is why health insurance is fundamentally different to property and casualty insurance. In a best-case scenario, the latter never get's used. With the former, you should be using it, at bare minimum, for annual check-ups which will ideally catch issues early and prevent large claims.
1. Zebra shark
2. Leopard shark
3. Angel shark
4. Greenland Shark
5. Cookie cutter shark
6. Hammer head shark
7. Nurse shark
8. Epaulette shark
9. Bamboo shark
10. Crocodile shark
2. Leopard shark
3. Angel shark
4. Greenland Shark
5. Cookie cutter shark
6. Hammer head shark
7. Nurse shark
8. Epaulette shark
9. Bamboo shark
10. Crocodile shark
It’s time for round two: how many shark species can you guess from my emoji hints?
1 🦓 🦈
2 🐆 🦈
3 😇 🦈
4 🇬🇱 🦈
5 🍪 🔪 🦈
6 🔨 🙂 🦈
7 👨⚕️ 🦈
8 🚶 🦈
9 🎋 🦈
10 🐊 🦈
1 🦓 🦈
2 🐆 🦈
3 😇 🦈
4 🇬🇱 🦈
5 🍪 🔪 🦈
6 🔨 🙂 🦈
7 👨⚕️ 🦈
8 🚶 🦈
9 🎋 🦈
10 🐊 🦈
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
1. Zebra shark
2. Leopard shark
3. Angel shark
4. Greenland Shark
5. Cookie cutter shark
6. Hammer head shark
7. Nurse shark
8. Epaulette shark
9. Bamboo shark
10. Crocodile shark
2. Leopard shark
3. Angel shark
4. Greenland Shark
5. Cookie cutter shark
6. Hammer head shark
7. Nurse shark
8. Epaulette shark
9. Bamboo shark
10. Crocodile shark
You know what would be really funny (and perhaps effective?) is if someone made a tombstone for the Presumption of Regularity and left it on the steps of the Supreme Court.
October 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You know what would be really funny (and perhaps effective?) is if someone made a tombstone for the Presumption of Regularity and left it on the steps of the Supreme Court.
This is absurd for a number of reasons, chiefly that the C-37B these planes are replacing was delivered in July 2022. The C-37B is based on the Gulfstream G550 while the C-37A is based on the GV. They serve across the US gov't and the USAF recently started receiving G550 derived EA-37B's.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is absurd for a number of reasons, chiefly that the C-37B these planes are replacing was delivered in July 2022. The C-37B is based on the Gulfstream G550 while the C-37A is based on the GV. They serve across the US gov't and the USAF recently started receiving G550 derived EA-37B's.
Not surprising for anyone who’s watched the Flair and Bonza sagas.
Josh Wander, the co-founder of Miami investment firm 777 Partners, was charged with conspiracy and fraud for allegedly cheating lenders and investors in the firm out of almost $500 million.
777 Partners Co-Founder Wander Charged With $500 Million Fraud
Josh Wander, the co-founder of Miami investment firm 777 Partners, was charged with conspiracy and fraud for allegedly cheating lenders and investors in the firm out of almost $500 million.
bloom.bg
October 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Not surprising for anyone who’s watched the Flair and Bonza sagas.
One time I was subpoena'd in a divorce case on the other side of the country.
A party served an attorney by e-mail. Who isn't my attorney.
A party served an attorney by e-mail. Who isn't my attorney.
A paralegal! Who did not work for me!
Not even a litigation paralegal!
Not even a litigation paralegal!
October 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
One time I was subpoena'd in a divorce case on the other side of the country.
A party served an attorney by e-mail. Who isn't my attorney.
A party served an attorney by e-mail. Who isn't my attorney.
La Jolla
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
La Jolla
Question for #lawsky: If the court finds that Halligan was improperly appointed, and given that hers is the only signature on the indictment, is the proper remedy to dismiss the case? If so, given that the statute of limitations has already run, would that finding be a knockout blow for the defense?
October 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Question for #lawsky: If the court finds that Halligan was improperly appointed, and given that hers is the only signature on the indictment, is the proper remedy to dismiss the case? If so, given that the statute of limitations has already run, would that finding be a knockout blow for the defense?
Tell me you have no idea about how real estate and finance work without tell me you have no idea how real estate and finance work. The receiver's job is to preserve the building and the lender would much rather have it full of tenants than be completely vacant. DHS didn't do Wells Fargo any favors.
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.
The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Tell me you have no idea about how real estate and finance work without tell me you have no idea how real estate and finance work. The receiver's job is to preserve the building and the lender would much rather have it full of tenants than be completely vacant. DHS didn't do Wells Fargo any favors.
Bedlam, in animal form.
October 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Bedlam, in animal form.
September 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A mallard duck struggles for its life as an unseen predator (most likely a snapping turtle) attempts to drag it beneath the surface to a watery death.
September 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A mallard duck struggles for its life as an unseen predator (most likely a snapping turtle) attempts to drag it beneath the surface to a watery death.
American Airlines is a debt-laden, giant zombie of an airline. Too big to fail but too ungainly to grow, it is the result of a merger that should have never happened, and whose biggest driver was Doug Parker’s megalomania.
Change my mind…
Change my mind…
September 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
American Airlines is a debt-laden, giant zombie of an airline. Too big to fail but too ungainly to grow, it is the result of a merger that should have never happened, and whose biggest driver was Doug Parker’s megalomania.
Change my mind…
Change my mind…
Agree. Avoid CDG like the plague.
CDG is just awful for connecting flights.
Coming to Paris, great.
Connecting, not so great.
Coming to Paris, great.
Connecting, not so great.
September 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Agree. Avoid CDG like the plague.
If we're going to give it the full French treatment, shouldn't it be 'L'Affaire Kimmél'?
Some resources for people trying to understand whether FCC Chair Brendan Carr violated the First Amendment in L'Affaire
Kimmel.
(I stole that name from one of the posts I'll link here. I love it.)
The linked thread is my own take on a sub-issue about "coercion" by govt, for starters. 1/
Kimmel.
(I stole that name from one of the posts I'll link here. I love it.)
The linked thread is my own take on a sub-issue about "coercion" by govt, for starters. 1/
When people first hear about "jawboning" -- meaning government pressure to suppress speech through threats and other extra-legal measures, like what the FCC is doing now -- they always want to talk about "coercion" by the govt.
I've always thought this is a red herring. Current events show why. 1/
I've always thought this is a red herring. Current events show why. 1/
September 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If we're going to give it the full French treatment, shouldn't it be 'L'Affaire Kimmél'?
Apropos of nothing, many years ago I decided that I was never going to say something to someone on social media that I would not say to their face. I feel like this has served me well.
September 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Apropos of nothing, many years ago I decided that I was never going to say something to someone on social media that I would not say to their face. I feel like this has served me well.
Re-upping this thread. 49 USC § 44114(b) only applies to airplanes owned by individuals, so how it can apply to the 747 that the Qataris gave the US government is quite a mystery. So I ask again: Who Is The Plane's Actual Owner? #WITPAO
An ✈️ 🧵
Every airplane has a registration number. Civil aircraft get them from their country's civil aviation regulator. In the US, registrations begin with the letter "N". Every civil aircraft has an N-number. Some government owned planes do too. For example, the Dept of Justice has 2 Boeing 757's
Every airplane has a registration number. Civil aircraft get them from their country's civil aviation regulator. In the US, registrations begin with the letter "N". Every civil aircraft has an N-number. Some government owned planes do too. For example, the Dept of Justice has 2 Boeing 757's
September 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Re-upping this thread. 49 USC § 44114(b) only applies to airplanes owned by individuals, so how it can apply to the 747 that the Qataris gave the US government is quite a mystery. So I ask again: Who Is The Plane's Actual Owner? #WITPAO
Someone has a sense of humor. The registration N7508 used to belong to an AA MD-82. Now it belongs to a VistaJet Global 7500
September 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Someone has a sense of humor. The registration N7508 used to belong to an AA MD-82. Now it belongs to a VistaJet Global 7500
