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Will Guisbond @willguisbond.com · 17h

New from me: Duffy's message to controllers is shifting. Its gone from buying pizza for them to "Show up for work. You’ve got a job to do."

Watch this space as the shutdown develops.

Duffy to air traffic controllers: ‘Show up for work’ (via
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Duffy to air traffic controllers: ‘Show up for work’

Frustrated with staffing-induced delays, the secretary mixes his support with a stern warning

theaircurrent.com

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 5h

The PinkPantheress remix album is the cultural moment of the year if you're PAYING ATTENTION

Fancy Some More? by PinkPantheress on Apple Music

Album · 2025 · 31 Songs

music.apple.com

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airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 5h

oh dang

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 8h

M 7.4 - 20 km E of Santiago, Philippines

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

The location of the earthquake is marked by star and the different colors indicate different levels of shaking.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 10h

*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What

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airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 15h

Some Fine Post

airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 17h

haha

well I def recommend the muzi.works stuff for pre-built modules, and for getting components for scratch builds I like the US-based distributor Rokland (store.rokland.com), they also have pre-built nodes from the main players in the space

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like we've gotten numb to these threats but it really is something to stack them all next to each other www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

Ingersoll’s calls for violence are in line with the official Republican position. John Gillette, a Republican state representative for Arizona, called for Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to be hanged on his X account. Two Kansas Republicans alluded to — “joked” — about shooting a former Democratic colleague on the floor of the Kansas House. Louisiana Republican Clay Higgins threatened to jail the mayor of Denver, while Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna threatened to refer him for criminal charges. Arizona Republican Paul Gosar shared an anime video depicting him killing Ocasio-Cortez and attacking then-President Joe Biden.

Denaturalization is another favorite Republican threat. Republican Andy Ogles of Tennessee said that New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani should be stripped of his citizenship and deported; Ogles later demanded the same for Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois. Texas Republican Brandon Gill, Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, and South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace have called for Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, a naturalized US citizen, to be deported.

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Washington Emergency Management Division @emd.wa.gov · 19h

And here's the link to where our Ask-me-Anything will be on Reddit today:
www.reddit.com/r/AMA/s/pjrG...

We will start answering questions at 11:00 this morning. See you there!!

From the AMA community on Reddit: AMA: We're Pacific Northwest Earthquake & Tsunami Experts. Ask us Anything

Explore this post and more from the AMA community

www.reddit.com

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airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 1d

in a lot of larger cities/regions, there are active communities around meshtastic specifically or mesh radios more generally

typically organized via discord, there are always helpful folks around to troubleshoot issues and welcome new people into the community

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airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 1d

meshtastic is popular and getting started is pretty easy, you can get devices for not much money that connect to a phone via bluetooth and are configured via an app

i think this video is an accessible intro from the perspective an interested tinkerer who isn't necessarily a huge radio nerd

Meshtastic off-grid radio: Fantastic? Waste of Plastic? Or...

YouTube video by Geerling Engineering

www.youtube.com

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airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 1d

a kara fuckin swisher cameo? yeesh dude

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airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 1d

i just think mesh networks are neat

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airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 1d

completely unrelated to benn's post, these devices are pretty well reviewed and reliable, a little expensive to be disposable but a fun platform for learning!

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airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 1d

I will need to think about it some more... adding an actual transceiver will require some infrastructure but scanners can tap into an existing RF distribution amp

but with more EBRCS agencies going encrypted, I don't really need more scanner capacity

airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 1d

I am not sure what I would like to add, but I think I want to put in a mobile moto P25 unit for work and maybe marine VHF?

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airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 1d

nothing went wrong! consolidated some stuff and have 5U free for moar radios!

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 1d

Vague statements but both IL and OR state officials suggest NORTHCOM isn't talking to states, at all, about other states' troops being inserted. In OR at least the CA troops are housed at an ORNG base so there must have been *some* coordination? 1/

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