Don Brown
@gettheflick.bsky.social
Retired ATC (ZTL) -- NATCA founding member
Amateur Photographer
Joe Biden Democrat
Should have been a cowboy.
Ask an ATC question (or about a Photography Park) at your peril.
Amateur Photographer
Joe Biden Democrat
Should have been a cowboy.
Ask an ATC question (or about a Photography Park) at your peril.
You really do forget about 90% of the crap that Trump has dumped on America.
I read the Mueller Report. I'm convinced Russia helped Trump. I'm pretty sure Trump welcomed that help. And I think it had an influence on the election. Which makes it win for Putin (either way).
McCarthy. Ryan. Oy!
I read the Mueller Report. I'm convinced Russia helped Trump. I'm pretty sure Trump welcomed that help. And I think it had an influence on the election. Which makes it win for Putin (either way).
McCarthy. Ryan. Oy!
2016 happened. Russia did support Trump’s campaign. Good reporters were on it at the time. I wrote it up within the larger context of global oligarchy and neo-fascism in "Road to Unfreedom."
9 years ago,House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Speaker to be Kevin McCarthy had a recorded conversation in which McCarthy says, "There are two people that I think Putin pays, (Representative Dana) Rohrbacher and Trump. Swear to God."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oio0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oio0...
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
You really do forget about 90% of the crap that Trump has dumped on America.
I read the Mueller Report. I'm convinced Russia helped Trump. I'm pretty sure Trump welcomed that help. And I think it had an influence on the election. Which makes it win for Putin (either way).
McCarthy. Ryan. Oy!
I read the Mueller Report. I'm convinced Russia helped Trump. I'm pretty sure Trump welcomed that help. And I think it had an influence on the election. Which makes it win for Putin (either way).
McCarthy. Ryan. Oy!
Big Spring Park in Huntsville has a new hotel and the Tinsel Trail — hundreds of Christmas trees — has moved over to the western side of the park. Photographic opportunities abound.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
24mm
F25@13 seconds
ISO 400
DSB_4364.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
24mm
F25@13 seconds
ISO 400
DSB_4364.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Big Spring Park in Huntsville has a new hotel and the Tinsel Trail — hundreds of Christmas trees — has moved over to the western side of the park. Photographic opportunities abound.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
24mm
F25@13 seconds
ISO 400
DSB_4364.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
24mm
F25@13 seconds
ISO 400
DSB_4364.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Just a reminder of how small a man Donald J. Trump really is.
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Just a reminder of how small a man Donald J. Trump really is.
The drone photographer didn't have to work around the trees creeping into the view at the overlook. I was jealous.
From the overlook at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
116mm
F8@1/400th
ISO 1,600
DSB_3482.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
From the overlook at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
116mm
F8@1/400th
ISO 1,600
DSB_3482.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The drone photographer didn't have to work around the trees creeping into the view at the overlook. I was jealous.
From the overlook at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
116mm
F8@1/400th
ISO 1,600
DSB_3482.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
From the overlook at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
116mm
F8@1/400th
ISO 1,600
DSB_3482.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
First-rate read. Eyes widen open folks. These Federal agents have become Trump's goon squad -- just like you've suspected all along.
I say again, if I ever run into an FBI agent I will say, "What happened to you guys? Y'all used to be heroes." The good ones had better stand up.
ICE & BP are done.
I say again, if I ever run into an FBI agent I will say, "What happened to you guys? Y'all used to be heroes." The good ones had better stand up.
ICE & BP are done.
Required boilerplate when quoting DHS: “Widespread misrepresentations by Department of Homeland Security agents call into question everything they say about their activities.” presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
First-rate read. Eyes widen open folks. These Federal agents have become Trump's goon squad -- just like you've suspected all along.
I say again, if I ever run into an FBI agent I will say, "What happened to you guys? Y'all used to be heroes." The good ones had better stand up.
ICE & BP are done.
I say again, if I ever run into an FBI agent I will say, "What happened to you guys? Y'all used to be heroes." The good ones had better stand up.
ICE & BP are done.
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Stunning statement from a SR House Republican:
“This entire WH team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen..The arrogance of this WH team is off putting to members who are run roughshod and threatened."
punchbowl.news/article/hous...
“This entire WH team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen..The arrogance of this WH team is off putting to members who are run roughshod and threatened."
punchbowl.news/article/hous...
What MTG got right
MTG’s four-page note was stinging for House Republicans. Why? Because the message rang true to so many in the House GOP.
punchbowl.news
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Stunning statement from a SR House Republican:
“This entire WH team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen..The arrogance of this WH team is off putting to members who are run roughshod and threatened."
punchbowl.news/article/hous...
“This entire WH team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen..The arrogance of this WH team is off putting to members who are run roughshod and threatened."
punchbowl.news/article/hous...
Pretend you're a candidate for office. You're running against the political opponent you loath the most -- someone you believe is a threat to all that is good in America.
John D. Billionaire walks in with a check for $10 million from his SuperPac. Do you take it?
What do you think he'll want?
John D. Billionaire walks in with a check for $10 million from his SuperPac. Do you take it?
What do you think he'll want?
Since 2000, political donations from the richest 100 Americans have increased nearly 140x.
They collectively spent over $1B in 2024, amounting to 1 in every 13 dollars spent during the election.
Is it any wonder why so many regular people feel like they no longer have a voice?
They collectively spent over $1B in 2024, amounting to 1 in every 13 dollars spent during the election.
Is it any wonder why so many regular people feel like they no longer have a voice?
election.Is
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Pretend you're a candidate for office. You're running against the political opponent you loath the most -- someone you believe is a threat to all that is good in America.
John D. Billionaire walks in with a check for $10 million from his SuperPac. Do you take it?
What do you think he'll want?
John D. Billionaire walks in with a check for $10 million from his SuperPac. Do you take it?
What do you think he'll want?
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Better:
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Better:
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I know lots of people will never forgive him for the Hillary thing. Okay. But that doesn't wipe out a lifetime of service. And integrity. He stood his ground before and he's stood his ground after. Indeed, integrity does matter.
Never surrender the moral high ground. No matter what.
Never surrender the moral high ground. No matter what.
Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I know lots of people will never forgive him for the Hillary thing. Okay. But that doesn't wipe out a lifetime of service. And integrity. He stood his ground before and he's stood his ground after. Indeed, integrity does matter.
Never surrender the moral high ground. No matter what.
Never surrender the moral high ground. No matter what.
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Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
I won’t call this morning’s sunrise one of the great ones I’ve ever seen — but it was dang close.
This was taken at 5:41 this morning. Sunrise wasn’t until 6:30.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
21mm
F8@20 seconds
GND filter
DSB_3362.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
This was taken at 5:41 this morning. Sunrise wasn’t until 6:30.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
21mm
F8@20 seconds
GND filter
DSB_3362.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I won’t call this morning’s sunrise one of the great ones I’ve ever seen — but it was dang close.
This was taken at 5:41 this morning. Sunrise wasn’t until 6:30.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
21mm
F8@20 seconds
GND filter
DSB_3362.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
This was taken at 5:41 this morning. Sunrise wasn’t until 6:30.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
21mm
F8@20 seconds
GND filter
DSB_3362.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
So TV's potential turned into selling soap, the internet's potential turned into advertising around cat videos and AI's potential will be wasted on roasting people.
😜
😜
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
So TV's potential turned into selling soap, the internet's potential turned into advertising around cat videos and AI's potential will be wasted on roasting people.
😜
😜
Does anybody actually *know* why so many industrial buildings are painted white? Instead of brown, gray, green or any other natural color?
Curious eyes would like to know.
Curious eyes would like to know.
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Does anybody actually *know* why so many industrial buildings are painted white? Instead of brown, gray, green or any other natural color?
Curious eyes would like to know.
Curious eyes would like to know.
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Great gods. We are letting this happen in public—imagine what happens behind closed doors— to women and children too—!
Local police officers and sheriffs in Mobile, Alabama, are abducting a man from the waiting room of a car dealership mechanic shop on behalf of ICE/DHS. During the kidnapping, he is administered an unidentified sedative.
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Great gods. We are letting this happen in public—imagine what happens behind closed doors— to women and children too—!
You’ve been warned.
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here".
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here".
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
You’ve been warned.
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here".
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here".
A dragon eyes the little town of Gurley, Alabama. There is no word yet on how Gurley fared.
The Sun made the briefest appearance on this overcast morning at Monte Sano State Park.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
300mm
F8@1/125th
ISO 1,600
DSB_3324.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
The Sun made the briefest appearance on this overcast morning at Monte Sano State Park.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
300mm
F8@1/125th
ISO 1,600
DSB_3324.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A dragon eyes the little town of Gurley, Alabama. There is no word yet on how Gurley fared.
The Sun made the briefest appearance on this overcast morning at Monte Sano State Park.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
300mm
F8@1/125th
ISO 1,600
DSB_3324.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
The Sun made the briefest appearance on this overcast morning at Monte Sano State Park.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
300mm
F8@1/125th
ISO 1,600
DSB_3324.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
November 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
A sycamore tree leaf. I don’t think I’ve ever seen them turn anything but brown.
On the Bankhead Trail in Monte Sano State Park. Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
100mm
F8@1/8th
ISO 400
White Balance on Flash
Polarizer
DSB_2712.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
On the Bankhead Trail in Monte Sano State Park. Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
100mm
F8@1/8th
ISO 400
White Balance on Flash
Polarizer
DSB_2712.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A sycamore tree leaf. I don’t think I’ve ever seen them turn anything but brown.
On the Bankhead Trail in Monte Sano State Park. Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
100mm
F8@1/8th
ISO 400
White Balance on Flash
Polarizer
DSB_2712.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
On the Bankhead Trail in Monte Sano State Park. Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
100mm
F8@1/8th
ISO 400
White Balance on Flash
Polarizer
DSB_2712.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
I went to healthcare.gov and pretended I didn't have any health insurance. Me and my wife, solid middle-class income, 65+ and the best plan I could get because we've both had parts replaced, know more are going and my wife had cancer.
The median household income in Alabama was $65,560/year in 2024
The median household income in Alabama was $65,560/year in 2024
November 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I went to healthcare.gov and pretended I didn't have any health insurance. Me and my wife, solid middle-class income, 65+ and the best plan I could get because we've both had parts replaced, know more are going and my wife had cancer.
The median household income in Alabama was $65,560/year in 2024
The median household income in Alabama was $65,560/year in 2024
If it happened in the UK, you can bet it happened here.
The Reform Party is Nigel Farrage, Trump’s buddy in Britain. 🇬🇧
The Reform Party is Nigel Farrage, Trump’s buddy in Britain. 🇬🇧
Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted bribery and will be sentenced on Friday.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If it happened in the UK, you can bet it happened here.
The Reform Party is Nigel Farrage, Trump’s buddy in Britain. 🇬🇧
The Reform Party is Nigel Farrage, Trump’s buddy in Britain. 🇬🇧
Religious trivia. Today is the the feast day of Clive Staples Lewis.
The format threw me off. AKA the author of The Chronicles of Narnia — C. S. Lewis.
The format threw me off. AKA the author of The Chronicles of Narnia — C. S. Lewis.
CS Lewis
lectionarypage.net
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Religious trivia. Today is the the feast day of Clive Staples Lewis.
The format threw me off. AKA the author of The Chronicles of Narnia — C. S. Lewis.
The format threw me off. AKA the author of The Chronicles of Narnia — C. S. Lewis.
Sean Duffy Wants You to Stop Wearing PJs on the Plane
See? I found something Sec. Duffy and I agree on. I just didn’t think we’d reach item #453 on my to-do list.
Nevertheless, good luck with that Mr. Secretary.
See? I found something Sec. Duffy and I agree on. I just didn’t think we’d reach item #453 on my to-do list.
Nevertheless, good luck with that Mr. Secretary.
Sean Duffy Wants You to Stop Wearing PJs on the Plane
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Sean Duffy Wants You to Stop Wearing PJs on the Plane
See? I found something Sec. Duffy and I agree on. I just didn’t think we’d reach item #453 on my to-do list.
Nevertheless, good luck with that Mr. Secretary.
See? I found something Sec. Duffy and I agree on. I just didn’t think we’d reach item #453 on my to-do list.
Nevertheless, good luck with that Mr. Secretary.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
I saw a bunch of fog out by the south overlook so I went to investigate. It’s amazing what fog can do. South Huntsville disappeared.
Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
122mm
F8@1/30th
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_2283.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
122mm
F8@1/30th
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_2283.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I saw a bunch of fog out by the south overlook so I went to investigate. It’s amazing what fog can do. South Huntsville disappeared.
Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
122mm
F8@1/30th
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_2283.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
122mm
F8@1/30th
ISO 400
GND filter
DSB_2283.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography