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The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 19h

Imagine a world just like ours, but where Aerodynamics took a weird turn at the start of the previous Century

- leading to Aviation that's workable but also severely limited by a poor understanding of the principles behind Flight.

Science Fiction, or the REALITY of your world, in your time: 2025.

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 4h

Oct. 12, 1925: Airplane inventor Orville Wright appears in Washington before the commission that’s probing the state of military aviation in response to Billy Mitchell’s allegations of incompetence. Wright favors more government support for airport building and pilot training.

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Frank Van Haste @vanhaste.com · 3h

Orv is about 54 in that picture...and about 2 yrs shy of sending the '03 Flyer to London. (P.S., all of his recommendations came to pass.)

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The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 2h

Lying and forgery have always been an issue

- but imbuing those crimes with MAGICAL

(or Sci-fi...)

powers of destruction just FEEDS THE SCARE-SCAM...!

Legislating against witchcraft was a very bad move; the remedy was a law against those ALLEGING witchcraft, or FORGING it for commercial gain...

The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 2h

You seem like a boosterist, Heidi.

CLAIMS that AI 'has improved significantly' are both very persuasive MARKETING MATERIAL

- and complete FICTION.

AI has always been 'sloppy', and it's getting SLOPPIER all the time...

The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 16h

There's nothing to indicate it; birds big enough to cause the damage would likely be easily visible.

The vehicle's uncontrolled yaw starts at the same time as its sudden altitude gain. A transmission failure may account for both events, but it would be wise to WAIT for the NTSB report...

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The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 17h

The trees weren't involved until the vehicle was almost down; without them, its impact would have been harder.

Suddenly rising is odd. That may indicate a transmission failure, causing both the loss-of-control and the yaw-rotor's failure. But the general rule is to WAIT for an NTSB report..

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The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 18h

The same thing that went wrong when they were FIRST BUILT

- offices work

(for profiteers...)

because they're INTERCHANGEABLE.

Solid ranks of housing are impractical; you need a mix of 'amenities' sprinkled in there. For example, every fifth level needs to be a double- or triple-height PARK...

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BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 20h

« When Aviation Volunteers Mobilize: CWoR Supports Emergency Air Exercise » We continue to be impressed by the efforts of Canadian Wings of Rescue, in this case, joining in Alliance North's 'Air Bridge 2025' exercise. Continue reading with link. | 🛩️ 🥇 | 🔗 canadianwingsofrescue.ca/when-aviatio...

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The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 18h

No.

Fractions 'kill' the premise, preserving it in amber.

'20 times smaller' invokes Heisenberg, by begging the question of just HOW SMALL the 'index' object or event is, and 'by comparison' to WHAT.

(Small, smaller, smallest...)

'20 times smaller' is USEFULLY vague

- and consequently curious.

The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 19h

Imagine a world just like ours, but where Aerodynamics took a weird turn at the start of the previous Century

- leading to Aviation that's workable but also severely limited by a poor understanding of the principles behind Flight.

Science Fiction, or the REALITY of your world, in your time: 2025.

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The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 19h

I keep offering a really interesting (IMO...) story setup:

What if a Society's 'flagship' technology were UNABLE TO PROGRESS

- because an INCOMPLETE understanding of the relevant principles is treated by Technicians & Scientists as absolute MASTERY...?

For Aerodynamics, it's current REALITY...

The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 1d

Prioritizing LANGUAGE would help

- as it did LAST TIME.

When Chess Machines started to BEAT human champions (WITHOUT forming theories-of-mind and detecting intent...), it became obvious that chess-playing is NOT the high-intelligence task we THOUGHT it was.

We STOPPED calling them 'AI'...

The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 1d

It's really what 'we' thought a flapjack was, 300 years ago.

The 'oat flapjack' we enjoy today is really a luxury reboot of the traditional 'traybake' produced by leaving porridge to cool (and over time, to air dry...) in the greaseproof-paper lined drawer of a kitchen table.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 7d

Rereading THE GREAT CRASH OF 1929, one of my two favorite financial histories. It's always seemed vaguely prophetic to me, in the sense that history repeats. This is from the 2009 forward.

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The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 1d

They say 'insanity is hereditary; you get it from your kids'.

Fortunately, wisdom and style can be transmitted in the same way...

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The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 1d

Basic conflict strategy

- in mixed terrain, amphibious reaction forces can be up to twice as effective...

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The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 1d

The RUSH TO RELY on ineffective AI is way more of a threat than any of the actual AI

(Automated Ignorance...)

programs are...

bsky.app/profile/prof...

Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 1d

EU pushes new AI strategy to reduce tech reliance on US and China www.ft.com/content/ea3d...

EU pushes new AI strategy to reduce tech reliance on US and China

Brussels to unveil plan targeting digital sovereignty as it warns technology can be ‘weaponised’ by geopolitical rivals

www.ft.com

The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately, the RUSH TO RELY on AI is a far greater threat than the AI

(Automated Ignorance..)

programs are in themselves...

Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 1d

EU pushes new AI strategy to reduce tech reliance on US and China www.ft.com/content/ea3d...

EU pushes new AI strategy to reduce tech reliance on US and China

Brussels to unveil plan targeting digital sovereignty as it warns technology can be ‘weaponised’ by geopolitical rivals

www.ft.com

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 1d

Release the Epstein Files.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

I love this image.

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fluids_guru @fluidsguru.bsky.social · 1d

JOURNALISM 10t:
"If someone says it's raining & another person says it's dry, it's not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the fucking window and find out which is true."

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The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · 1d

THIS is an existential threat

- it's not intelligent, either in a traditional or an artificial way.

It's a deliberate, manually operated policy...

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 1d

Major Talent Agencies Circle the Wagons As Sora 2 Destabilizes Hollywood www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Major Talent Agencies Circle the Wagons As Sora 2 Destabilizes Hollywood

CAA and UTA call the AI-powered, hyperrealistic video app a "misuse" of emerging technology and "exploitation, not innovation," respectively, while WME opted all its clients out.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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The Air Whisperer @pneumofoils.bsky.social · Dec 12

Adding a 22nd-Century axis for vertical GAIN, and another for horizontal PROGRESS, to a standard 'climb speeds' graphic doesn't CHANGE its message

- it's ALWAYS described 'mechanical advantage'.

But those axes HIGHLIGHT the work done by wings to LEVERAGE Engine Power into 'the Power to Climb'.

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