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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Brian T. Rice @briantrice.bsky.social · 18h

Topological map of California using the technique we know from Joy Division’s famous album cover: www.reddit.com/r/norcalhiki...

From the norcalhiking community on Reddit: I work in GIS and am just getting into screen printing. I made a Joy Division esque shirt from California's elevation data. Figured some people here might li...

Explore this post and more from the norcalhiking community

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Matt Belloni @mattbelloni.bsky.social · 22h

Last week, Disney's DEI unit quietly became "Opportunity & Inclusion" for ALL. How the company's Trumpy makeover will likely impact the search for its next CEO. ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/has-hollywoo...

Disney’s C.E.O. Race Amid the Great Hollywood Walk-Back

Disney’s new H.R. policy, which comes in the wake of Kimmelgate, provides the latest sign of just how far the once proudly woke entertainment industry has pivoted during Trump II.

puck.news

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 22h

FR24's first automated airport livestream is using this CamStreamer planetracking platform. Anyone want to give me one of those AXIS Q6225-LE PTZ cameras?
camstreamer.com/blog/camstre...

Automated Aircraft video tracking with CamStreamer PlaneTracker

CamStreamer PlaneTracker provides airports with an automated camera tracking system to monitor aircraft

camstreamer.com

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 22h

FR24 has launched their first automated airport livestream. It uses ADS-B data to track aircraft and includes ATC audio. It's pretty slick, with excellent aircraft tracking.

Flightradar24 @flightradar24.com · 23h

🎰✈️ Live from Las Vegas — we’ve just launched our first automated live stream of aviation action. The CamStreamer set-up uses Flightradar24 data to follow flights automatically and get you the best views from the runway edge with integrated ATC audio. www.youtube.com/live/cn8_34T...

LAS Vegas Airport LIVE 24/7 with views of 26R & 26L

YouTube video by Flightradar24

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 1d

I believe the UPS aircraft, an MD-11, is a Heavy while your Airbus A319 is a Large, so the FAA says 5 mile separation for wake turbulence. I did a more accurate calculation and got 8.8 miles (~1 minute) between the two planes. So I dunno. That's still my best guess, but I'm not a pilot.

FAA regs on separation for wake turbulence

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't see a TCAS RA (the message from the collision avoidance system). It was 5 miles away and not getting closer so it wasn't really a collision threat. I don't think a pilot would typically see it and maneuver hard to avoid a collision.

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 1d

If I had to guess, I'd say it was wake turbulence from the UPS MD-11 you'd been pacing pretty much since takeoff. They had the same altitude, and you cross their path at the time you reported. You were ~5 miles behind them which at your speed means you were where they were 37 seconds before.

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 1d

If you tell me what flight I might be able to visualize it. bsky.app/profile/lemo...

John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · Jul 26

Southwest flight 1496 had to dodge an ATAC Hunter Hawker (fighter jet) a few minutes after taking off from Burbank. The 737 got a TCAS RA and descended rapidly, injuring at least two flight attendants. Because the 737 reacted quickly the two aircraft didn't get closer than 1.5 miles/1000 feet vert.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Paves the way for the Monster Under the Bed Act

RepMTG:

The Sunshine State is getting it RIGHT! 🌞

Florida is shutting down dangerous weather modification and geoengineering schemes because our skies belong to the people, not globalist elites and their experiments.

Now it’s time to do the same nationwide. My Clear Skies Act will END chemical spraying, geoengineering, and weather manipulation across America for good.

No more tampering. No more lies. Just clear, God-given skies! 🇺🇸☀️
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🚨 BREAKING: Florida's airports are now closed to any weather modification and geoengineering activities under new state law, Florida AG says.

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 1d

Very interesting thread about the mystery of the radioactive shrimp (and now radioactive cloves).

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social · 3d

Our New York Times Visual Investigations team is hiring a reporter. It's the same job I have -- use visual investigation/OSINT/etc. skills to report on the world.

You'll need to be based in/near NYC. Pay range is ~110-130k.

www.nytco.com/careers/job-...

Open-Source Reporter (Video Journalist), Visual Investigations | The New York Times Company

www.nytco.com

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 2d

FYI I'm deleting the previous post because while the linked article does a pretty good job of laying out some facts, it's written by an ex-Russia Today employee.

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 2d

GPS data puts him within 40 feet of the fire at the time it started, he called 911 30 seconds after the fire started, while calling 911 he asked ChatGPT if you're at fault if your cigarettes start a fire, and a witness says he lied about where he was when he saw the fire. Seems like probable cause.

John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 3d

robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-sh...

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 3d

If you like aircraft, don't miss this thread.

airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 4d

some ground ops video from the hot pit (a bit of flying at the end)

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 4d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar.bsky.social · 4d

SoCal serial arsonist who started 44,000-acre wildfire was caught by a license plate reader

www.latimes.com/california/s...

SoCal serial arsonist who started 44,000-acre wildfire was caught by a license plate reader

Justin Halstenberg of Norco was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison on Wednesday for igniting the Line fire in Highland in 2024, which led to six firefighter injuries and 44,000 acres of San Berna...

www.latimes.com

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 4d

My ability to appreciate a clever, elegant proof far outstripped my ability to create one. It was humbling, and good for me (though difficult at the time) to see other students who were so far beyond my ability that they seemed almost alien.

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UAV Hive @uavhive.bsky.social · 5d

The latest news from Denmark...

The imaginary Danish drones, very much in keeping with imaginary drones are proving bloody inconvenient to prove.

The question is how many millions of €s will be spaffed before the authorities realise they're imaginary?

www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 5d

When CBP flew MQ-9 Reaper drones over Los Angeles, they turned off ADS-B. bsky.app/profile/lemo...

John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · Jun 9

Hexagons aren't always MQ-9s, but in this case, yes, there are two MQ-9 Reapers over LA today. Just ridiculous.

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 5d

Local and federal law enforcement, including DHS/CBP, often fly with "transponders off". Actually they've only turned off ADS-B–their transponders are on and in Mode C, which is not visible on most flight trackers but can be seen by ATC. Here's a helicopter with ADS-B off that night.

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 5d

I did OK as a math major in a school with a very good math department. I got a perfect score on the math GRE and started a Ph.D at University of Chicago, but I saw right away I wasn't cut out for it while I also saw genius colleagues soar. And that's why I switched to AI.

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 6d

My current effective workflow for difficult code that I don't know how to write: GPT 5 for initial design which is pasted to Sonnet 4.5 in Cline for implementation which is pasted to GPT 5 for critique which is pasted to Sonnet 4.5 etc.

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