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A one time thing, that just happens a lot….
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‘Every reporter in that room who loves to brand themselves as “defenders of democracy,” “guardians of truth,” and “the last line of accountability” just went mute. Nobody said, “Mr. President, that’s inappropriate.”’

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“WHO YOU CALLIN’ PIGGY?” The Clapback That Would’ve Gotten Me Fired From Journalism Til Jesus Comes
This Substack is reader-supported.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
If somebody ever calls you “piggy” - I don’t care who they are - stand up for yourself!!! You don’t need permission…💪
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I flew the DC-10 for a little over 1200 hours in the early 00’s for HA. (Even met Capt Al Haynes after his retirement from UA.)
The tri-jet design was, in itself,an exercise to encompass many compromises to meet airworthiness standards. This is a great article about system redundancy and complexity.
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 5:57 AM
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Why thank you, Algorithm! This is a great way to go to bed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Xh...
The Tiger Lillies - Heroin (Official Video)
YouTube video by The Tiger Lillies
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October 15, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This is a right wing post.

Share and comment if you agree!!

#RightWing
September 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I’m not gonna say a thing about Charlie Kirk this week…
I’m just gonna say, Obrigado Brazil!
Obrigado!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
September 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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September 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Oh, pardon me…but, do you perhaps have some tasty HONEY? 🍯
#bears #Juneau #Alaska
July 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A professional photographer rode along with me the other day from #Ketchikan to #Juneau. Here’s a couple of his shots. #avgeek #PC12 #Pilatus
July 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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It’s days a at time inside a small basket, but you can’t beat the views! We chat with world record gas balloonists on this week’s AvTalk to learn more about this feat of aeronautical endurance.
www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
April 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Just bees in the late summer sun… 🐝🐝🌞
#bees #NewZealand #Aotearoa #NelsonNZ
March 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Hong Kong’s oldest pro-democracy party says it will begin process of disbanding
Hong Kong’s oldest pro-democracy party says it will begin process of disbanding
Democratic party chair Lo Kin-hei would not comment on whether Beijing had put pressure on members Hong Kong’s oldest pro-democracy party, which became an influential voice of opposition before Beijing cracked down on dissent, will start preparations to…
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Joe Pass ~ Django
YouTube video by doubleotwentyone
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February 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The administration (Musk et al) will use this crash as an opportunity to declare war on the FAA and privatize ATC services and gut the Airport and Airways Trust Fund (AATF).
As an American pilot living in New Zealand (that has a privatized ATC system) I STRONGLY give counsel against that idea.
Trump wants to distract you from the fact that he gutted the Aviation Safety Committee and ousted the FAA administrator last week.

Don’t let him.
January 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Mindscape 303 | James P. Allison on Fighting Cancer with the Immune System. One of those episodes where I learned a lot that I have a feeling I should have already known about. #MindscapePodcast

www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
January 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
On this the eve of the 46th peaceful transfer of executive power in the United States I’m going to post philosopher, economist and politician, Roberto Unger….
“Conflict is the music, when the music stops the structure of our institutions are our chairs….but, this reality is cloaked in an illusion.”
Roberto Unger: Free Classical Social Theory from Illusions of False Necessity | Big Think
YouTube video by Big Think
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January 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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January 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Let's see how long Meta's "no fact checking" policy lasts.
January 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Bowie fans will get this.
January 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Today I learned there is a species of bat in Mexico that hunts and eats fish. 🦇🐟

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Mexican Fishing Bats
YouTube video by Hakai Magazine
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January 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Thoughts to all those in Pacific Palisades….it‘s giving me vibes of Lahaina.

Today kinda feels like that movie “The Never Ending Story”.
The Nothing is swallowing everyplace I have good memories.….
January 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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January 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM