Esteban
@kokoshiair.bsky.social
Cynical autistic historian on technological, legal, & political history; focus on aviation. Politically center-left under EU standards. NAFO member. He/him
War crimes, crimes against humanity, etc.
The Trump admin seems to be breaking the laws as if they were a shopping checklist.
The Trump admin seems to be breaking the laws as if they were a shopping checklist.
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
War crimes, crimes against humanity, etc.
The Trump admin seems to be breaking the laws as if they were a shopping checklist.
The Trump admin seems to be breaking the laws as if they were a shopping checklist.
Even in combat, aviators usually respect one another. No matter the nationality. For one to die in an air show like this, respect is given to the dead as we do with airliner crashes.
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Even in combat, aviators usually respect one another. No matter the nationality. For one to die in an air show like this, respect is given to the dead as we do with airliner crashes.
God forbid we have progressive democrats running the show again. Or have affordable healthcare.
What utter betrayal from Democrat senators.
What utter betrayal from Democrat senators.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
God forbid we have progressive democrats running the show again. Or have affordable healthcare.
What utter betrayal from Democrat senators.
What utter betrayal from Democrat senators.
June 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The first American pope, Leo XIV:
May 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The first American pope, Leo XIV:
"FREE Military Protection"
I guess Trump means NORAD. It seems nobody at the White House wants to explain President Manbaby that the Earth is round. And whatever missile shot from Russia, North Korea, or China at the US will be detected first from Canada as a result.
Apologies, Canadian neighbors.
I guess Trump means NORAD. It seems nobody at the White House wants to explain President Manbaby that the Earth is round. And whatever missile shot from Russia, North Korea, or China at the US will be detected first from Canada as a result.
Apologies, Canadian neighbors.
May 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"FREE Military Protection"
I guess Trump means NORAD. It seems nobody at the White House wants to explain President Manbaby that the Earth is round. And whatever missile shot from Russia, North Korea, or China at the US will be detected first from Canada as a result.
Apologies, Canadian neighbors.
I guess Trump means NORAD. It seems nobody at the White House wants to explain President Manbaby that the Earth is round. And whatever missile shot from Russia, North Korea, or China at the US will be detected first from Canada as a result.
Apologies, Canadian neighbors.
This would make my month if it happens!
April 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This would make my month if it happens!
Wall street bros and others when following their golden calf of doom tomorrow.
April 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Wall street bros and others when following their golden calf of doom tomorrow.
That's the shot and here's the chaser. They'll never get it. At this rate, Trump might as well hand the world to China on a golden platter and they'll still think Trump did good for the US.
April 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
That's the shot and here's the chaser. They'll never get it. At this rate, Trump might as well hand the world to China on a golden platter and they'll still think Trump did good for the US.
France: Not crazy or phallic enough.
March 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
France: Not crazy or phallic enough.
LOL! USA just lost the 4 Nations Championship, Trump truly has the Mierdas Touch! He turned two favorite picks into losers with his affiliation!
Congratulations, Canada! You guys fought hard through overtime and earned that victory!
Congratulations, Canada! You guys fought hard through overtime and earned that victory!
February 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
LOL! USA just lost the 4 Nations Championship, Trump truly has the Mierdas Touch! He turned two favorite picks into losers with his affiliation!
Congratulations, Canada! You guys fought hard through overtime and earned that victory!
Congratulations, Canada! You guys fought hard through overtime and earned that victory!
You know...it would fit that Mossad ends up being the one ending Trump in this cursed monkey's paw timeline.
February 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
You know...it would fit that Mossad ends up being the one ending Trump in this cursed monkey's paw timeline.
This is the aviation version of: This would have been better communicated through an email.
US Marshals, FBI, & others transport the worst ne'er-do-wells via small/medium business jets. A "Con-Air" 737 (JPATS - Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System) would've been cheaper! 2/2
US Marshals, FBI, & others transport the worst ne'er-do-wells via small/medium business jets. A "Con-Air" 737 (JPATS - Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System) would've been cheaper! 2/2
February 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This is the aviation version of: This would have been better communicated through an email.
US Marshals, FBI, & others transport the worst ne'er-do-wells via small/medium business jets. A "Con-Air" 737 (JPATS - Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System) would've been cheaper! 2/2
US Marshals, FBI, & others transport the worst ne'er-do-wells via small/medium business jets. A "Con-Air" 737 (JPATS - Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System) would've been cheaper! 2/2
Trump admin putting ideology before capital. They flew 10 migrants w/ criminal records to Guantanamo on a C-17, military grandeur boasting. Jet-A fuel is $6.31 and you need 28,000 gallons to fully fuel one ($176,680) & you need (at least 3/4) to reach MUGM, say $132,510 one way.
For 10 migrants.1/2
For 10 migrants.1/2
February 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Trump admin putting ideology before capital. They flew 10 migrants w/ criminal records to Guantanamo on a C-17, military grandeur boasting. Jet-A fuel is $6.31 and you need 28,000 gallons to fully fuel one ($176,680) & you need (at least 3/4) to reach MUGM, say $132,510 one way.
For 10 migrants.1/2
For 10 migrants.1/2
Less air traffic controllers and more allowances for 737MAX style chicanery. Apparently, MAGA meant going back to the airline disaster levels of the 1960s-1970s. The same era where we had the deadliest airline crash on US soil, American Airlines flight 191:
February 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Less air traffic controllers and more allowances for 737MAX style chicanery. Apparently, MAGA meant going back to the airline disaster levels of the 1960s-1970s. The same era where we had the deadliest airline crash on US soil, American Airlines flight 191:
People bashed me on Reddit because I defended TikTok as they stood firm & allowed leftist & anti-fascist conversations. As if Reddit wasn't already being flooded with this crap. And now FElon just sends a tweet and his fellow tech bros in Reddit (including Spez) strangle the conversation on there.
February 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
People bashed me on Reddit because I defended TikTok as they stood firm & allowed leftist & anti-fascist conversations. As if Reddit wasn't already being flooded with this crap. And now FElon just sends a tweet and his fellow tech bros in Reddit (including Spez) strangle the conversation on there.
Norman Rockwell, The Problem We All Live With, 1963.
The racism we abhorred in childhood is still here an proliferated under ignorance among other things.
The racism we abhorred in childhood is still here an proliferated under ignorance among other things.
February 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Norman Rockwell, The Problem We All Live With, 1963.
The racism we abhorred in childhood is still here an proliferated under ignorance among other things.
The racism we abhorred in childhood is still here an proliferated under ignorance among other things.
TBH, general aviation aircraft have crashed in the 16 year safety gap. But it hasn't been this frequent and it didn't involve an airliner disintegrating above the US capital! Also, DEI programs have brought benefits and profit, unlike Trump:
February 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
TBH, general aviation aircraft have crashed in the 16 year safety gap. But it hasn't been this frequent and it didn't involve an airliner disintegrating above the US capital! Also, DEI programs have brought benefits and profit, unlike Trump:
"DEI caused plane crashes." What goddamn idiocy. I'll counter this with a company & a nation that thrived with DEI policies. Also related, the last airline midair collision over Europe was in 2002.
Diversity Wins.
Diversity Wins.
February 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"DEI caused plane crashes." What goddamn idiocy. I'll counter this with a company & a nation that thrived with DEI policies. Also related, the last airline midair collision over Europe was in 2002.
Diversity Wins.
Diversity Wins.
Sixteen years. 16 years of safety!
No major airline disasters on US soil. That was broken today. The last one was Colgan Air flight 3407 with 50 dead in 2009. Today, American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a Blackhawk helicopter doing godknowswhat around a busy airport approach.
Those poor souls.
No major airline disasters on US soil. That was broken today. The last one was Colgan Air flight 3407 with 50 dead in 2009. Today, American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a Blackhawk helicopter doing godknowswhat around a busy airport approach.
Those poor souls.
January 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Sixteen years. 16 years of safety!
No major airline disasters on US soil. That was broken today. The last one was Colgan Air flight 3407 with 50 dead in 2009. Today, American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a Blackhawk helicopter doing godknowswhat around a busy airport approach.
Those poor souls.
No major airline disasters on US soil. That was broken today. The last one was Colgan Air flight 3407 with 50 dead in 2009. Today, American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a Blackhawk helicopter doing godknowswhat around a busy airport approach.
Those poor souls.
Everything Trump does under foreign policy are self-inflicted wounds for the US. But good luck convincing the MAGA cult of that.
January 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Everything Trump does under foreign policy are self-inflicted wounds for the US. But good luck convincing the MAGA cult of that.
At this point, f*** it! Let's enjoy some schadenfreude, shall we?! We tried to steer the country to a positive path. We tried to help these fellow Americans only to be stabbed in the back last November!
So forgive others and myself if we seek some dark levity considering the circumstances.
So forgive others and myself if we seek some dark levity considering the circumstances.
January 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
At this point, f*** it! Let's enjoy some schadenfreude, shall we?! We tried to steer the country to a positive path. We tried to help these fellow Americans only to be stabbed in the back last November!
So forgive others and myself if we seek some dark levity considering the circumstances.
So forgive others and myself if we seek some dark levity considering the circumstances.
That'll age as poorly as those that pre-game a tattoo before the championship event and it ends differently to what they thought.
December 11, 2024 at 8:26 PM
That'll age as poorly as those that pre-game a tattoo before the championship event and it ends differently to what they thought.
Oh, no. Think of the oligarchs!
December 11, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Oh, no. Think of the oligarchs!
LOL! It is a good thing that vatniks & Russia fear you! It means your efforts are paying off.
December 11, 2024 at 5:50 PM
LOL! It is a good thing that vatniks & Russia fear you! It means your efforts are paying off.