AirBeagle
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Native New Mexican. Nashville. He/him. 26 years happily married to hubby
Author/Teacher/Journo/Cashier| Ex-911 Dispatch. Retired.
Student of German history (1815-1945) for 45 years
AirBeagle since 1999
[Pic: Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, 2000]
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Native New Mexican. Nashville. He/him. 26 years happily married to hubby
Author/Teacher/Journo/Cashier| Ex-911 Dispatch. Retired.
Student of German history (1815-1945) for 45 years
AirBeagle since 1999
[Pic: Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, 2000]
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@airbeagle.bsky.social
· Dec 8
Deadly Turbulence - McFarland
Deadly Turbulence The Air Safety Lessons of Braniff Flight 250 and Other Airliners, 1959–1966 Steve Pollock 978-0-7864-7433-2 978-1-4766-1326-0
mcfarlandbooks.com
My fellow airliner peeps: I once wrote a book, and a couple more are percolating in rough draft form:
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
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We condemn ICE's killing of a Minneapolis woman today and call on federal agents to withdraw from Minnesota immediately.
This tragedy is further proof that ICE is out of control, endangering our communities, and must end its lawless operations before anyone else is brutally hurt or killed.
This tragedy is further proof that ICE is out of control, endangering our communities, and must end its lawless operations before anyone else is brutally hurt or killed.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
We condemn ICE's killing of a Minneapolis woman today and call on federal agents to withdraw from Minnesota immediately.
This tragedy is further proof that ICE is out of control, endangering our communities, and must end its lawless operations before anyone else is brutally hurt or killed.
This tragedy is further proof that ICE is out of control, endangering our communities, and must end its lawless operations before anyone else is brutally hurt or killed.
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AOC: What we saw today was a horrific act of violence. What we have seen and are now seeing is that ICE has not just become an anti-immigrant force—it is becoming an anti-civilian, paramilitary organization. People are being taken off the streets for exercising their free speech rights.
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 AM
AOC: What we saw today was a horrific act of violence. What we have seen and are now seeing is that ICE has not just become an anti-immigrant force—it is becoming an anti-civilian, paramilitary organization. People are being taken off the streets for exercising their free speech rights.
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I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
robinkelly.house.gov
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
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'i don't care' pretty much sums it all up.
A doctor attempted to provide medical aid to Renee Good in Minneapolis. Trump regime ICE troopers stopped him, claimed to have their own medics, while blocking paramedics down the road as well.
When the doctor on scene identified himself as a physician, ICE responded:
"I don't care."
When the doctor on scene identified himself as a physician, ICE responded:
"I don't care."
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 AM
'i don't care' pretty much sums it all up.
In Feb., instead of watching the dictator's propaganda speech, remember to watch a real president make a real State of the Union speech, appealing, as always, to the "better angels of our nature," unlike the anti-democratic, anti-christian nation now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LmA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LmA...
Kennedy - State Of The Union Speech
(1962)
YouTube video by British Pathé
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:03 AM
In Feb., instead of watching the dictator's propaganda speech, remember to watch a real president make a real State of the Union speech, appealing, as always, to the "better angels of our nature," unlike the anti-democratic, anti-christian nation now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LmA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LmA...
Impeach. Convict. Remove. New 21st Century Constitution.
January 7, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Impeach. Convict. Remove. New 21st Century Constitution.
Keeping my New Year 2026 Resolution: Day Seven: Is he dead yet?
January 7, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Keeping my New Year 2026 Resolution: Day Seven: Is he dead yet?
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the question of what to do with a violent organized group after you’ve decommissioned them is a serious one that a lot of policy and scholarly work explores, and we can’t treat the question as illegitimate. If your call to dismantle ICE is serious then it also implies that plan made seriously.
We’re going to need DDR and a future government that knows it will need expert help from transitional justice specialists
January 7, 2026 at 11:09 PM
the question of what to do with a violent organized group after you’ve decommissioned them is a serious one that a lot of policy and scholarly work explores, and we can’t treat the question as illegitimate. If your call to dismantle ICE is serious then it also implies that plan made seriously.
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The videos are crystal clear for any adult who is unwilling to lie through their teeth:
ICE murdered that woman when she presented no credible threat to them. She did not drive at them. She did not compromise their safety.
That was a summary execution of a U.S. citizen.
ICE murdered that woman when she presented no credible threat to them. She did not drive at them. She did not compromise their safety.
That was a summary execution of a U.S. citizen.
January 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
The videos are crystal clear for any adult who is unwilling to lie through their teeth:
ICE murdered that woman when she presented no credible threat to them. She did not drive at them. She did not compromise their safety.
That was a summary execution of a U.S. citizen.
ICE murdered that woman when she presented no credible threat to them. She did not drive at them. She did not compromise their safety.
That was a summary execution of a U.S. citizen.
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This is Georgie. He heard sirens outside his window. Thought he would show them how it's done. 14/10 excellent vibrato Georgie (TT: georgietheboxr)
January 6, 2026 at 11:34 PM
This is Georgie. He heard sirens outside his window. Thought he would show them how it's done. 14/10 excellent vibrato Georgie (TT: georgietheboxr)
Today's Games:
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Rettel
Build words by connecting letters on a grid.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Today's Games:
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.@PabloReports: What do you make of the White House blaming the police for what happened on January 6th?
Lieu: The White House’s statement is batshit crazy.
Lieu: The White House’s statement is batshit crazy.
January 6, 2026 at 10:03 PM
.@PabloReports: What do you make of the White House blaming the police for what happened on January 6th?
Lieu: The White House’s statement is batshit crazy.
Lieu: The White House’s statement is batshit crazy.
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The lessons I detailed remain unchanged. We just keep trying to pretend them away. But someday,
somehow, the law will have its day.
www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
somehow, the law will have its day.
www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
How to Treat Right-Wing Violence in the U.S.
Does the far-right extremism of the Trump era represent an eternal pattern in American politics or a new one?
www.newyorker.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:21 AM
The lessons I detailed remain unchanged. We just keep trying to pretend them away. But someday,
somehow, the law will have its day.
www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
somehow, the law will have its day.
www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
And there it is. WE will pay for the war, the governance AND reimburse the oil companies. Plundering Venezuela and the US. And it is all done in our name with our votes.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
The president of the United States is insane.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
The president of the United States is insane.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Trump suggests US taxpayers could reimburse oil firms for Venezuela investment
President says a ‘tremendous amount of money’ will need to be spent repairing country’s infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
And there it is. WE will pay for the war, the governance AND reimburse the oil companies. Plundering Venezuela and the US. And it is all done in our name with our votes.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
The president of the United States is insane.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
The president of the United States is insane.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Keeping my New Year 2026 Resolution: Day Six: Is he dead yet?
[Oops! Day Five didn’t go through. Oh no! Make-up: Keeping my New Year 2026 Resolution: Day Five: Is he dead yet?]
[Oops! Day Five didn’t go through. Oh no! Make-up: Keeping my New Year 2026 Resolution: Day Five: Is he dead yet?]
January 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Keeping my New Year 2026 Resolution: Day Six: Is he dead yet?
[Oops! Day Five didn’t go through. Oh no! Make-up: Keeping my New Year 2026 Resolution: Day Five: Is he dead yet?]
[Oops! Day Five didn’t go through. Oh no! Make-up: Keeping my New Year 2026 Resolution: Day Five: Is he dead yet?]
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Remembering and Forgetting January 6, 2021 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Remembering and Forgetting January 6, 2021
Every historical event exists within a constant tug between remembering and forgetting.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Remembering and Forgetting January 6, 2021 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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Dan D'Addario’s take on the new CBS Evening News is unflinchingly and deservedly brutal.
“… a Weissian willingness to bulldoze past that which might seem too untidy for whatever hypothetical viewer he and his editor have in mind.”
Good on him and Variety.
variety.com/2026/tv/colu...
“… a Weissian willingness to bulldoze past that which might seem too untidy for whatever hypothetical viewer he and his editor have in mind.”
Good on him and Variety.
variety.com/2026/tv/colu...
January 6, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Dan D'Addario’s take on the new CBS Evening News is unflinchingly and deservedly brutal.
“… a Weissian willingness to bulldoze past that which might seem too untidy for whatever hypothetical viewer he and his editor have in mind.”
Good on him and Variety.
variety.com/2026/tv/colu...
“… a Weissian willingness to bulldoze past that which might seem too untidy for whatever hypothetical viewer he and his editor have in mind.”
Good on him and Variety.
variety.com/2026/tv/colu...
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Born #OTD in 1912, the pianist and composer Lev Moiseevich Abeliovich's entire family was killed in the Holocaust, probably in the Vilna ghetto or at Ponary. His service in the war was a source of compositional inspiration in his later works.
holocaustmusic.ort.o...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Born #OTD in 1912, the pianist and composer Lev Moiseevich Abeliovich's entire family was killed in the Holocaust, probably in the Vilna ghetto or at Ponary. His service in the war was a source of compositional inspiration in his later works.
holocaustmusic.ort.o...
holocaustmusic.ort.o...
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“The sky is blue, the Earth is round, and Jan. 6 was a historically violent day that will forever be a stain on this country’s history. Political convenience does not change the facts.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Five years after Jan. 6, Trump is rewriting the narrative around the Capitol siege
The president is expected to take more actions this year, including possible payments to compensate Jan. 6 defendants.
www.nbcnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:33 PM
“The sky is blue, the Earth is round, and Jan. 6 was a historically violent day that will forever be a stain on this country’s history. Political convenience does not change the facts.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Joint European statement on Greenland. They moved quickly after Miller’s comments about annexation last night.
January 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Joint European statement on Greenland. They moved quickly after Miller’s comments about annexation last night.
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Ian Charleson, star of the Oscar winning Chariots of Fire, died of AIDS on this day in 1990.
He was 40, one of a generation decimated by the disease.
We didn’t just lose friends, lovers, brothers; we lost the roles never played, the songs unwritten, the art never created.
The loss is incalculable.
He was 40, one of a generation decimated by the disease.
We didn’t just lose friends, lovers, brothers; we lost the roles never played, the songs unwritten, the art never created.
The loss is incalculable.
January 6, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Ian Charleson, star of the Oscar winning Chariots of Fire, died of AIDS on this day in 1990.
He was 40, one of a generation decimated by the disease.
We didn’t just lose friends, lovers, brothers; we lost the roles never played, the songs unwritten, the art never created.
The loss is incalculable.
He was 40, one of a generation decimated by the disease.
We didn’t just lose friends, lovers, brothers; we lost the roles never played, the songs unwritten, the art never created.
The loss is incalculable.
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I was diagnosed with HIV in 1998, two years after the advent of antiretroviral therapy.
I had lost countless friends.
We didn’t know then how effective that treatment would prove.
I was told I could expect to live another 20 years.
27 years later I’m healthy and undetectable.
HIV treatment works.
I had lost countless friends.
We didn’t know then how effective that treatment would prove.
I was told I could expect to live another 20 years.
27 years later I’m healthy and undetectable.
HIV treatment works.
January 6, 2026 at 12:43 PM
I was diagnosed with HIV in 1998, two years after the advent of antiretroviral therapy.
I had lost countless friends.
We didn’t know then how effective that treatment would prove.
I was told I could expect to live another 20 years.
27 years later I’m healthy and undetectable.
HIV treatment works.
I had lost countless friends.
We didn’t know then how effective that treatment would prove.
I was told I could expect to live another 20 years.
27 years later I’m healthy and undetectable.
HIV treatment works.