REPORTER: Is there an acting FAA director?

DUFFY: *walks away*

(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

Making America Great Again!

Van Gogh of the day: Wheatfield with Sheaves, Arles 1888. You can find this painting at the Honolulu Museum of Art courtesy of the descendants of Hawaiian-born art collector Anna Rice Cooke. Fun fact, this piece was included in the immersive van Gogh experience that first introduced me to van Gogh!

Van Gogh of the day: The Gardener, 1889. Saw this gem in Rome at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte. During World War II, this painting was hidden on a farm to prevent it from being looted by the Germans. The real life gardener worked at the asylum in Saint Remy where Vincent was institutionalized.

Evidently, this is the first time the Norton Simon has ever loaned it.

Van Gogh of the day: Joseph Roulin, 1888. Vincent’s famous postman friend in Arles. Saw this at the Kunst Museum Winterthur in Switzerland. Pictures don’t do this one justice.

Van Gogh of the day: Portrait of Patience Escalier. Arles, August 1888. As this masterpiece is in a private collection, I never thought I would have a chance to see it in person. I was so surprised when I unexpectedly found it on display in the Kunthaus Zürich! It was incredibly striking in person.

Van Gogh of the day. “Portrait of a Peasant” August 1888. This painting is currently on loan from the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena California, to the National Gallery in London.