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SteelStarling is literally just a puppy
@steelstarl.ing
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Software Engineer for cool deep space missions you've probably heard of. Lover of obscure units and dumb trivia. Aspiring vim user. All opinions my own

(pfp is picrew by k9pathy)
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LOS DFW (in a middle seat, sadly)
My legs and an iPad resting on them, with an airplane seat in front of them, only about an inch between knees and chair. The chair is missing its seatback safety card and infotainment cards.
September 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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AOS DFW
view out the window of a plane landing, the flaps on the wing are deployed and it is in the ground. The DFW trademark sky colors still are present.
September 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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LOS MCO
View out the window of an A321, another american airlines plane is visible in the background, in the foreground is the engine of the plane and a wing stretching back.
September 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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LOS DFW
View out a plane window across the wing, looking at a fancier terminal and another plane. The sky is uncharacteristically blue for DFW, with fluffy white clouds and contrails.
September 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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AOS DFW
View of DFW airport out of a plane window, looking down the wing. The sky is DFW's trademark brownish gray hue, turning the trademark blue of the sky anywhere else higher in the frame.
September 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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LOS DEN (also stars i forgot how little leg room there was in regular economy, its nice being tall everywhere but on a plane,,,)
view out a partially closed airplane window of the apron at night, with loads of airport vehicles visible, as well as the top of the engine cowling, plus the side of a DIA terminal.
September 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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No cheating post your lock screen.

I really need to get a new and more personal lock screen, but my lock screen has been this grid since Cortex released their backgrounds years and years ago, and honestly, it's a vibe
A grayish blue lock screen with a lighter grid pattern overlayed on it, with the screen getting darker at the top and bottom, as if a spotlight is shone on the middle of the screen. At the top is the standard Samsung notifications bar (listing the phone at 73% charge), as well as a smooth sans serif listing the time and date. At the bottom, the Google wallet app and photos app are visible as quick selects.
July 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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I feel like so many of their "gotcha" moments can be resolved by the good ol Left-Handedness Graph™...and when a reputable chart from 2015 instantly throws a wrench into your demographic study, that's not a great sign
The classic Washington Post graph showing the rate of left-handedness among Americans based on birth year, showing a percentage of 5% in 1890, dropping to about 3 in roughly 1905, and then climbing to a plateau at just under 12% by 1960, where it remains today.
January 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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LOS SJC
Photo out the window of a plane at San Jose airport in California. There is a plane in the background, as well as the airport and sky.
December 17, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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AOS SJC
The terminal at SJC from a plane window, the ground is wet from rain, and it is cloudy A double rainbow visible from a plane window flying over SJC
December 14, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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LOS PHX
Photo of the air traffic control tower at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, seen from the window of a plane on the ramp.
December 14, 2024 at 3:20 PM