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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 10h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 13h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 7h

So, America, what are *you* going to do about it? I don't think doing nothing is a solution, do you?

Debbie Brockman of WGN Chicago was arrested by masked Border Patrol (in Chicago???) agents and stuffed in an unmarked van with another, unknown, individual.

Free Press? First Amendment?

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 8h

The Sun is still stuck behind the Golan Heights. But pretty clouds are pretty clouds no matter where the Sun rises.

From the overlook at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, AL.

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I Should’ve Been a Cowgirl @seizeday.bsky.social · Aug 10

It’s time to repost this. This right here 👇🏼 #nofascism

I Should’ve Been a Cowgirl @seizeday.bsky.social · Jun 21

I can’t get enough of this energy!
This is the level of immediacy we need from everyone.

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 15h

I really don't think the Administration understands. (I know the Public doesn't.)

If 10% of the controllers decide to quit giving their "A game" and play their "B game" instead...it'll be a long month. No work action. No conspiracy. They just quit trying harder because they were treated poorly.

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 16h

...highly motivated and taking pride in what they do. How much they value being able to run airplanes with minimum separation and still keep it all orderly and safe. But they know.

And the second they stop giving that extra effort you need, you'll know. Because delays will go through the roof.

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 16h

..whatever scenario would fit the type of work their facility does. Again: It's SAFE, orderly and expeditious. In that order. And the first one to be dropped when controllers have to prioritize is "expeditious".

Maybe you truly don't understand how much the system depends on controllers being...

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 16h

#4 In that you have misjudged this situation so badly, Mr. Secretary, let me tell you how I think this will go.

Controllers will simply quit trying harder. Just like any other human working a tough job and under-appreciated.

They'll just stop trying to squeeze that one extra airplane into...

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 16h

#3 It's a total misreading of the people you're leading, Mr. Secretary. Controllers are (generally) type A personalities with a double dose of attitude. They do a job that most can't imagine doing and -- at the big facilities -- they know they're the best in the world.

Threaten them at your peril.

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 16h

#1 It's dumb to pressure sick controllers to come to work. That isn't the safe option. (ATC = SAFE, orderly, expeditious flow of air traffic.) And you don't want a sick controller making others sick.

#2 If controllers want to screw up the system, it is much easier to do from the inside than out.

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 16h

Well...that was dumb.

#1 Do you REALLY want sick ATCs at work? Working your airplane? To get other controllers sick? (Have you ever seen how physically close we work, Mr. Secretary?)

#2 If we...(sorry, old habit)...If they really want to screw the system up...it's easier from inside than out.

Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 16h

"“If we have a continual small subset of controllers that don’t show up to work, and they’re the problem children ... if we have some on our staff that aren’t dedicated like we need, we’re going to let them go,” Duffy said on Fox Business News.”"

That was a dumb thing to say, Secretary Duffy.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1d

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is threatening to fire "problem children" air traffic controllers who fail to show up for work during the government shutdown.

DOT chief threatens to fire air traffic controllers who skip work

The Trump administration has also threatened to lay off thousands of federal employees at other agencies if Congress doesn’t halt the government shutdown.

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

When is Sam Seaborne coming back as President???

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

Cool stuff. I can't believe they didn't try to sell me one. :)

I also can't believe they used a shotgun without a shoulder stock. 😂🤠 And I do wonder what kind of loads they were shooting.

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

And people wonder why I don’t “process” my images.

2 days to process one image. I’d rather be outside watching the comet (or the sunrise).

But without it, you wouldn’t see this comet. So there’s that. Just don’t travel 100 miles thinking you can see this representation of what he saw. You can’t.

Habu @flyinghabu.bsky.social · 1d

Two nights of 3:45am alarms, blazing full moon lighting the sky like daytime and washing out the light of everything else, comet included. Then two days of post-processing battles, as comet processing is maddeningly tricky.

But I finally pulled it off: here is C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 🔭

#Astrophotography

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon taken from my backyard

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

Notice the #NATCA shirt. 🤠

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy's chat with air traffic controllers was a masterclass in not helping

Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

I've always wondered if a shotgun would work on a drone.

I used to hunt dove and quail on Granddaddy's farm when I was a kid. I sure wouldn't want to bet my life on that skill set.

From the CombatFootage community on Reddit: Ukrainian soldier in the back of pickup truck shoots down Russian ambushing FPV drone with a shotgun, Velyki Prokhody, Kharkiv region, 2025

Explore this post and more from the CombatFootage community

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

"Since Trump took office, the IRIS program has been decimated.
...Of 55 scientists ProPublica identified as having worked on recent IRIS assessments, only eight remain in the office.... The rest have either been assigned to jobs elsewhere in the agency or have left the EPA."

Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 1d

"PFNA is so hazardous that the EPA struck an agreement with eight companies to phase it out nearly two decades ago."

And yet, the report is stuck in limbo, still not released to the public.

Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 1d

NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

You are too kind. But thank you anyway. :)

Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

@rbreich.bsky.social

“Coming Up Short” page 260.

(I told y’all I was a slow reader. Okay, I was reading Craig Johnson on vacation.)

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

Every time I see a mixed-race couple I think to myself, "There goes the salvation of the world".

If we can keep civilization alive, there will come a time when we all have various races in our blood. Maybe then, we can all see each other as fellow human beings -- and recognize what already exists.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 1d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can also be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth.”

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

"Familiar Light"

It’s not Alaska but it’s home (for now). And the light is familiar.

The Sun lights up the close ridge at the overlook in Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, AL.

Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
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GND filter

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©Don Brown 2025
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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

More of this please. All around.

Trump and his kind want you to fear them and hate others. Don't do it.

"Fear not". "Do not be afraid". Sound familiar?

Donold is a convicted #FELON.34 Counts.Pass it on!🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰 @infosourcer.bsky.social · 2d

These are the voices we need to amplify right now. LOUDLY. OVER AND OVER AGAIN. You know what cities/states are next…I am in Washington state, 1.5 hours north of the amazing city of Seattle, who has never been a shrinking violet, and also 20 miles from the Canada border. Bring it. We’re ready🖕🏾🖕🏾

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 2d

I keep meaning to bring this up so -- thanks for the prod.

Jury duty. Don't dodge it. Serve. You have power.

"But the Trump administration, in its eagerness to crack down on protesters resistant to its brutality, has now been rebuffed by grand juries in Illinois, Washington D.C. and California."

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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