9G Gomer
@gomereagle.bsky.social
Lifetime addict to flying and all things aviation. Mediocre golfer. Personal account, views do not reflect DoD/USAF.
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Merry Christmas to everyone in the world who is Christian, and to others who celebrate it — just for the heaven of it.
As for the rest of everybody, including Muslims, Atheists, Hindus, Buddhists, Animists, & Jews, Happy Thursday!
As for the rest of everybody, including Muslims, Atheists, Hindus, Buddhists, Animists, & Jews, Happy Thursday!
December 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Merry Christmas to everyone in the world who is Christian, and to others who celebrate it — just for the heaven of it.
As for the rest of everybody, including Muslims, Atheists, Hindus, Buddhists, Animists, & Jews, Happy Thursday!
As for the rest of everybody, including Muslims, Atheists, Hindus, Buddhists, Animists, & Jews, Happy Thursday!
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In case you didn't know...
Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers, but males lose them in late Autumn. All Santa’s reindeer are therefore female, which means Rudolph is persistently misgendered.
Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers, but males lose them in late Autumn. All Santa’s reindeer are therefore female, which means Rudolph is persistently misgendered.
December 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In case you didn't know...
Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers, but males lose them in late Autumn. All Santa’s reindeer are therefore female, which means Rudolph is persistently misgendered.
Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers, but males lose them in late Autumn. All Santa’s reindeer are therefore female, which means Rudolph is persistently misgendered.
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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This morning I played the Brahms Lullaby on ‘Broadcasting House’ on BBC Radio 4. Wishing everyone, everywhere calmer, more peaceful times.
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This morning I played the Brahms Lullaby on ‘Broadcasting House’ on BBC Radio 4. Wishing everyone, everywhere calmer, more peaceful times.
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Striking piece by a former U.S. Navy captain on Trump’s lethal attack in the Caribbean.
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
A killing at sea marks America’s descent into lawless power
The peremptory strike on a speedboat is a warning to all who serve. Remember your oath.
www.defenseone.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Striking piece by a former U.S. Navy captain on Trump’s lethal attack in the Caribbean.
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
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You can’t pack more joy into a 90-second clip than Coldplay’s 2020 “Tiny Desk”
@npr.org #LetsGoLetsGoLetsGo 💕
@npr.org #LetsGoLetsGoLetsGo 💕
August 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
You can’t pack more joy into a 90-second clip than Coldplay’s 2020 “Tiny Desk”
@npr.org #LetsGoLetsGoLetsGo 💕
@npr.org #LetsGoLetsGoLetsGo 💕
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From this day on, I keep the situation under control!
August 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
From this day on, I keep the situation under control!
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While we’re still figuring out life on Earth, Voyager 1 is 15 billion miles away, cruising on 69KB, an 8-track, and 1977s Fortran like it’s nothing.
August 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
While we’re still figuring out life on Earth, Voyager 1 is 15 billion miles away, cruising on 69KB, an 8-track, and 1977s Fortran like it’s nothing.
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A visual tribute to Jim Lovell, who passed away Thursday.
Inducted into NASA as part of the "New Nine" in Sept 1962, of which there are sadly no more. He flew Gemini VII and XII, Apollo 8, and as seen here as Commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13. 1/6
Inducted into NASA as part of the "New Nine" in Sept 1962, of which there are sadly no more. He flew Gemini VII and XII, Apollo 8, and as seen here as Commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13. 1/6
August 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A visual tribute to Jim Lovell, who passed away Thursday.
Inducted into NASA as part of the "New Nine" in Sept 1962, of which there are sadly no more. He flew Gemini VII and XII, Apollo 8, and as seen here as Commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13. 1/6
Inducted into NASA as part of the "New Nine" in Sept 1962, of which there are sadly no more. He flew Gemini VII and XII, Apollo 8, and as seen here as Commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13. 1/6
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This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
October 8, 2024 at 7:41 PM
This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
April 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
theonion.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
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April 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Look at this graph. This just happened.
We have gone back to the 1800s.
We have gone back to the 1800s.
April 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Look at this graph. This just happened.
We have gone back to the 1800s.
We have gone back to the 1800s.
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JPM calls it “the fastest Momentum unwind in 40 years .. erased 2 years’ worth of gains and accelerated investors’ late-cycle positioning into Defensive / Low Vol ..”
March 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
JPM calls it “the fastest Momentum unwind in 40 years .. erased 2 years’ worth of gains and accelerated investors’ late-cycle positioning into Defensive / Low Vol ..”
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Happy Birthday Vincent Van Gogh!
March 30 1853
🌻Yellow was one of his favorite colors.
Pop some yellow ☀️into your look today to add some brightness and memory into this difficult time.
#vincentvangogh
contactlight.de
March 30 1853
🌻Yellow was one of his favorite colors.
Pop some yellow ☀️into your look today to add some brightness and memory into this difficult time.
#vincentvangogh
contactlight.de
March 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Happy Birthday Vincent Van Gogh!
March 30 1853
🌻Yellow was one of his favorite colors.
Pop some yellow ☀️into your look today to add some brightness and memory into this difficult time.
#vincentvangogh
contactlight.de
March 30 1853
🌻Yellow was one of his favorite colors.
Pop some yellow ☀️into your look today to add some brightness and memory into this difficult time.
#vincentvangogh
contactlight.de
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Pete Hegseth in 2016: "If it was anyone other than Hillary Clinton, they would be in jail right now... because the assumption is in the intelligence community, if you are using unclassified means, there is the potential for and likelihood that foreign governments are targeting those accounts."
March 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Pete Hegseth in 2016: "If it was anyone other than Hillary Clinton, they would be in jail right now... because the assumption is in the intelligence community, if you are using unclassified means, there is the potential for and likelihood that foreign governments are targeting those accounts."
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Remembering Gus Grissom, Ed White (right) & Roger Chaffee, on the anniversary of the tragic Apollo 1 fire.
January 27, 1967
The portrait of Ed White, recovered from severely underexposed film taken during Gemini IV, will be the UK cover of Gemini & Mercury Remastered.
January 27, 1967
The portrait of Ed White, recovered from severely underexposed film taken during Gemini IV, will be the UK cover of Gemini & Mercury Remastered.
January 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Remembering Gus Grissom, Ed White (right) & Roger Chaffee, on the anniversary of the tragic Apollo 1 fire.
January 27, 1967
The portrait of Ed White, recovered from severely underexposed film taken during Gemini IV, will be the UK cover of Gemini & Mercury Remastered.
January 27, 1967
The portrait of Ed White, recovered from severely underexposed film taken during Gemini IV, will be the UK cover of Gemini & Mercury Remastered.
Oh, this is just too good. 😆
Jealous Trump Throws Own State Funeral To Upstage Carter’s
theonion.com/jealous...
theonion.com/jealous...
January 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Oh, this is just too good. 😆
Brilliantly written, and absolutely on point. If you take five minutes to read an article this week, this should be the one. Well done, @theatlantic.com
“A culture where every event — every human success or tragedy — becomes little more than evidence to score political points is a nihilistic one. It’s a culture where you never have to change your mind ..”
@cwarzel.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
@cwarzel.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine
A rationale is always just a scroll or a click away.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Brilliantly written, and absolutely on point. If you take five minutes to read an article this week, this should be the one. Well done, @theatlantic.com
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Retain faith in our democracy
December 19, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Retain faith in our democracy
Quite possibly my favorite picture ever taken of me flying. Ramping on the Gs over the dunes and sandstone cliffs just northwest of Death Valley. #gomersrule #aggressors #F-16
December 10, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Quite possibly my favorite picture ever taken of me flying. Ramping on the Gs over the dunes and sandstone cliffs just northwest of Death Valley. #gomersrule #aggressors #F-16
Aggressor Eagle #8528 looking magnificent with the Las Vegas lights in the background. 528 had my name on it for about a month, shortly after having been repainted with the then-brand-new “Splinter” paint scheme. #wgasf
December 10, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Aggressor Eagle #8528 looking magnificent with the Las Vegas lights in the background. 528 had my name on it for about a month, shortly after having been repainted with the then-brand-new “Splinter” paint scheme. #wgasf