VilePython
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Engineer. Pilot. Policy wonk. I do infosec type stuff for airplanes.
Roger Marshall is, and remains, the worst.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Roger Marshall is, and remains, the worst.
The story continues. Aviation today is an exercise in risk management, and the risks the Pan Am crew had to face to get home were unreal. Amazingly written.
Part 2 of our history of the remarkable flight of the California Clipper in WW2 is now available.
To get back to the US after Pearl Harbor, Ford and his crew are asked by Pan Am to do something no commercial aircrew or passenger plane has done before:
Circumnavigate the world. #history #aviation
To get back to the US after Pearl Harbor, Ford and his crew are asked by Pan Am to do something no commercial aircrew or passenger plane has done before:
Circumnavigate the world. #history #aviation
Flying blind: The remarkable journey of the California Clipper, Part 2
What Pan Am were asking of Ford, his crew and his aircraft was to do something that no commercial flying boat had ever done before: complete a circumnavigation of the world.
theupfront.media
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The story continues. Aviation today is an exercise in risk management, and the risks the Pan Am crew had to face to get home were unreal. Amazingly written.
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Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
The FIFA Sack With A Dollar Sign On It Award for Lifetime Achievement in Graft and Corruption
November 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The FIFA Sack With A Dollar Sign On It Award for Lifetime Achievement in Graft and Corruption
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Historical context - In 1979 an AA DC-10 (MD-11 predecessor) crashed on takeoff from ORD. Its left engine separated (due to a maintenance issue) on takeoff causing an asymmetric stall when the slats retracted. (Locks mandated in 1982) TAC report from 2019: theaircurrent.com/historical-c...
Searching for 40-year old lessons for Boeing in the grounding of the DC-10
An eerily similar crash in Chicago 40-years ago holds lessons for Boeing and the 737 Max that reverberate through history.
theaircurrent.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Historical context - In 1979 an AA DC-10 (MD-11 predecessor) crashed on takeoff from ORD. Its left engine separated (due to a maintenance issue) on takeoff causing an asymmetric stall when the slats retracted. (Locks mandated in 1982) TAC report from 2019: theaircurrent.com/historical-c...
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1. We wait for the NTSB.
2. The primary coverage right now is about injuries on the ground.
3. They will find every possible piece of the wreck. It will tell a story. The investigators, almost all gov’t employees, are some of the best in the world at this.
4. The engines are a critical focus.
2. The primary coverage right now is about injuries on the ground.
3. They will find every possible piece of the wreck. It will tell a story. The investigators, almost all gov’t employees, are some of the best in the world at this.
4. The engines are a critical focus.
November 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
1. We wait for the NTSB.
2. The primary coverage right now is about injuries on the ground.
3. They will find every possible piece of the wreck. It will tell a story. The investigators, almost all gov’t employees, are some of the best in the world at this.
4. The engines are a critical focus.
2. The primary coverage right now is about injuries on the ground.
3. They will find every possible piece of the wreck. It will tell a story. The investigators, almost all gov’t employees, are some of the best in the world at this.
4. The engines are a critical focus.
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
This is an absolutely amazing story.
In December 1941, Pan Am flight 18602 was trapped the wrong side of the Pacific by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
To get home, her civilian crew would need to do the near-impossible: circumnavigate the world in commercial seaplane.
In our new series, we tell tell their remarkable story.
To get home, her civilian crew would need to do the near-impossible: circumnavigate the world in commercial seaplane.
In our new series, we tell tell their remarkable story.
The Long Way Round: The remarkable journey of the California Clipper, Part 1
In 1941, the Japanese attacked Hawaii, leaving Pan Am flight 18602 trapped the wrong side of Pearl Harbour, To get home, its civilian crew would have to do something incredible: circumnavigate the wor...
theupfront.media
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is an absolutely amazing story.
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A friend thinks we should build a database of Pope Just Got A Sports Jersey facial expressions to calibrate his responses to non-Sports Jerseys events
Being Pope means just receiving baseball jerseys all day long of teams he hates
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A friend thinks we should build a database of Pope Just Got A Sports Jersey facial expressions to calibrate his responses to non-Sports Jerseys events
Today, I voted in my local elections. There are some really noxious candidates on the ballot, and it felt good to vote against them. There are some really forward-thinking candidates on the ballot, too, and it felt great to vote for them.
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Today, I voted in my local elections. There are some really noxious candidates on the ballot, and it felt good to vote against them. There are some really forward-thinking candidates on the ballot, too, and it felt great to vote for them.
LSU has not heard the Legend of Frank Solich. If they had, they would know that firing a coach for not quite winning enough can result in decades of irrelevance.
Brian Kelly out at LSU: Top candidates, transfers, recruits
In another coaching carousel shocker, Kelly is out. While LSU is a top-tier job, the next coach has to manage the conference and its politics.
www.espn.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
LSU has not heard the Legend of Frank Solich. If they had, they would know that firing a coach for not quite winning enough can result in decades of irrelevance.
I'm searching for the world's tiniest and ugliest violin to play
“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.
Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck
“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.
wrd.cm
October 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I'm searching for the world's tiniest and ugliest violin to play
It'll be an excellent Magic Smoke Generator
October 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It'll be an excellent Magic Smoke Generator
Behind every rule, there is a story.
This one is probably quite simple to explain, but still.
This one is probably quite simple to explain, but still.
October 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Behind every rule, there is a story.
This one is probably quite simple to explain, but still.
This one is probably quite simple to explain, but still.
I didn't know an AH-1 Cobra was something one could privately own. Another surprise from Red Bull Hangar 7 in Salzburg.
October 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I didn't know an AH-1 Cobra was something one could privately own. Another surprise from Red Bull Hangar 7 in Salzburg.
Red Bull Hangar 7 in Salzburg, Austria is something that should be on every avgeek's bucket list.
October 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Red Bull Hangar 7 in Salzburg, Austria is something that should be on every avgeek's bucket list.
"Potential lack of candor" seems like federal judge for "some smooth-brained treasonweasles tried to get some utter nonsense by me, and they were unsuccessful."
Judge Sara Ellis' opinion in IL v. Trump is an absolute banger:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Potential lack of candor" seems like federal judge for "some smooth-brained treasonweasles tried to get some utter nonsense by me, and they were unsuccessful."
Roger Marshall is absolutely the worst.
Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."
October 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Roger Marshall is absolutely the worst.
Can Letitia James and Jim Comey go halfsies on drafting a motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution?
So not only can you indict a ham sandwich, you can be indicted *by* a ham sandwich.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Department indicts N.Y. attorney general
Justice Department wins indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of committing mortgage fraud in 2023.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Can Letitia James and Jim Comey go halfsies on drafting a motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution?
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ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
October 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
Say what you want about Kansas - and there is plenty to say - but absolutely no one here is unsure of who John Brown is.
October 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Say what you want about Kansas - and there is plenty to say - but absolutely no one here is unsure of who John Brown is.
So "hardcore" that he's afraid of taking the subway. Schoolchildren in New York are definitionally more brave than this goober.
Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"
October 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
So "hardcore" that he's afraid of taking the subway. Schoolchildren in New York are definitionally more brave than this goober.
Low budget sci-fi dramatic convention requires the storms combine and then rain sharks on an unfortunate beach town
And with the 15z advisories -- #Hurricane #Imdelda & #Humberto are just 479 miles apart.
This might be the closest two simultaneous hurricanes have ever been in the Atlantic basin in the satellite era (since ~1975).
Close enough for their outer sfc circulations to interact as well.
This might be the closest two simultaneous hurricanes have ever been in the Atlantic basin in the satellite era (since ~1975).
Close enough for their outer sfc circulations to interact as well.
September 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Low budget sci-fi dramatic convention requires the storms combine and then rain sharks on an unfortunate beach town
How many mayors can say they've smashed through federal criminal procedure like the Kool-Aid Man?
You can disagree with how Eric Adams ran the City, but you have to admire his integrity and judgment
September 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
How many mayors can say they've smashed through federal criminal procedure like the Kool-Aid Man?