It Begins to Rise

Heat, Moisture, and Wind

I’ve been attempting and mostly succeeding at ignoring everything current event related. In an attempt to not literally ruin my own life and mind, which is obviously what they want, so don’t let them. Silence is not complicity, talk is cheap, unless backed by tangible action. Be the Good.

BREAKING NEWS ‼️ (Not Really): In lieu of focusing on Air Transportation Safety, the current administration has released a directive to capitalize COCKpit and eliminate the use of Flight Deck verbiage.

So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

With an inherent interest in Flight Safety and in light of the recent crashes... I've been reading NTSB Incident Reports all week about Alaska Bush Flying. Also re-watching the Discovery series 'Flying Wild Alaska' & Era Alaska's former owner Jim Tweto's crash. Now this Bering Air crash near Nome...

Found my #Voting sticker. What a great metaphorical imagery for exactly how this has played out. #USpol #politics #eattherich #society #dystopia

This should be listened to by every American.

It’s some real bulls**t that the strongest leadership for the United States 🇺🇸 is from Trudeau in Canada 🇨🇦. Thank you Prime Minister 🍁 for telling Americans the truth when our own representatives do the opposite.

Take a ride with me 🏍️🙂 Sleeves of my sweater Let's have an adventure Head in the clouds My gravity centered #motorcycle #motorbike #triumph #tiger900 #biker #throttletherapy

Spoiler Alert: The reason why democratic representatives are eerily silent is because many of them want dismantled government too. They want this chaos and disorder, they’ve just been too cowardice to do it themselves. Welcome to life in the former United States, whatever it may be called now.

I need something less depressing than our current dystopian hellscape, so I’m going to watch #Severance for a nice upbeat change of pace.

Rampant misinformation about Aviation and Flight Safety may just turn me into The Joker. This is my villain origin story. #aviation #flight #pilot #avgeek #flightsafety

It’s riding weather this weekend in North Texas! 🏍️ #motorcycle #motorbike #triumph #tiger900 #adv #biker #throttletherapy

Dear Giant Meteor, please cleanse us.

The only government source you should use for this Air Disaster is the NTSB. Everything else is just noise and armchair analysis, including self-proclaimed experts on social media (seriously get over yourselves). #CRJ #Helicopter #DCA #Crash #Flightsafety #FAA #NTSB #Airaccident

The unthinkable happened, in the most monitored and controlled airspace, a midair collision between military helicopter and airliner. There are so many layers of protection, mitigation, and procedure to avoid this from occurring. Astonished. #aviation #pilot #ntsb #faa #flightsafety #crj #airfraft

Hi! Unfortunately I had followed some very undesirable/sketchy accounts, so I’m slowly going through and bulk unfollowing / re-following legitimate accounts. If you’d like a follow, feel free to comment.

Democrats: “What are you learning from this? How would you use this power? What’s your contract with America? Tell people what you would do with the power that 🍊🤡 is wielding, and then convince the people to give that power to you, as soon as possible.” - Jon Stewart

Portions of nature support surrounding nature through connectedness. In a time where people are being stripped of basic human decency, we should learn lessons from the natural world. I don’t know how so many people can be lost and disconnected from our stake in global civilization. #writing #nature

Okay… New Rule… Nobody says “Happy (Day of Week)” anymore. I cannot think of a more irritating thing to say in regards to work and our current global status.

We are the ultimate interstellar example of what not to do with the gift of earth and life. #quotes #writing #writer #shortform #thoughts

Ancient Canoes found in North America #history #discovery

jfc this hits like it’s fresh off the press harpers.org/archive/1941...

Nature stands with its arms outstretched for us. #quotes #writing #writer #shortform #thoughts

“We are all the leaves of one tree. We are all the waves of one sea.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh #quotes #writing

The only way we get through this life is by seeing ourselves as connected together, because we are. Let’s Band Together, Austin, Texas 🎶🎸🎹 #photography #graffiti #streetart #colormix #lightroom #art #love #travel #city #music #neon

Feeling it today. The clock has wound down. Zero hour.

We’ve solved so much with technology, to the point where we have sheltered, predictable, almost guaranteed lives. Yet… We’re just manufacturing problems in our society and it’s beyond frustrating. When will we transcend the ‘cruelty is the point’ mentality and start taking care of each other?

@maninexile.bsky.social Your bio is fantastic and creative. I had to read it a few times because it made me chuckle.

Frosty flight in the Cessna 400 TTx from Burlington, Vermont to Adirondack Regionl (SLK) #msfs #flightsimulator #msfs2024 #aviation #pilot #flight #avgeek #flying

I wonder how many rural people with their own chickens, voted red because cHeApeR eGGs… 🐓 🥚

Does anyone else’s completely healthy dog, randomly groan like an 89 year old man getting out of a recliner after a long sit? 🤣🐶🐾💙 #dogs #dogsofbluesky #puppers

This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA JWST shows a portion of the Leo P dwarf galaxy. Leo P is a galaxy located 5 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. Scientists collected data from about 15,000 stars in Leo P to deduce its star formation history. #space #astronomy #science #existential

Severance Season 2 is gonna be a banger!

“The rot is within us, it is in our blood, and it will consume us all.” - House of Usher

History will honor those who upheld the flame. It’s our time to fight for the good. Let’s focus on creating a peaceful, equitable future where art prevails over money and human exploitation is seen as humanity’s darkest era. #academicsky #writing #writer #art #revolution #humankind #society #love

@vthemaid.bsky.social Your taste in music is rad 🤙🏼

Imagine if Aliens did invade and they met Trump, promptly packed their stuff, and engaged warp drive outta here. I’ve never wanted to be abducted so bad… #ufo #nhi #uap #aliens #extraterrestrial #dread #impendingdoom #doomer #dooming #doomscrolling #comedy

Throwback feels 🔥 #coldplay #music “I'm gonna buy this place and burn it down I'm gonna put it six feet underground I'm gonna buy this place and watch it fall I'm gonna buy this place and start a fire Stand here until I fill all your heart's desires I'm gonna buy this place and see it burn”

⛰️ Southern Cascade Mountains, Oregon Out of hundreds of hours flying Single Engine, this flight was my favorite. Pure enjoyment, spread the wings. Throwback to the beginning of “commercial flying” ferry pilot. #flying #pilot #aviation #flight #aircraft #airplane #avgeek #cessna #mountain #nature

James Webb Telescope focuses and takes a deep field photo of just a few square millimeters of space. In that space we see thousands of galaxies like ours and other celestial bodies. There’s no way that this is it and we are likely a cosmic joke because we think so small. #jwst #space #astronomy

Low visibility / Low cloud IMC flight to Alliance Fort Worth Airport (AFW) in the Pilatus PC-24 jet. #msfs #flightsimulator #flightsim #flying #flight #pilot #aviation #avgeek #cinematic #ryx #music

Cessna Citation CJ4 … Climbs like a homesick angel, way more power than CJ3 or lower. #pilot #flying #flight #aviation #avgeek #cessna #airplane #aircraft #aviationphotography #photography #businessjet #generalaviation #corporateaviation

I would love to go to this, but ultimately unlikely. Curious of others interest and experiences. #expo2025 #philosophy #academicsky #writer #writing #bluesky #wakingup #awake #nature #reality #climatechange #fractal

Every day I just exclaim to myself exasperated “How the fuck are we where we are?! This is the dumbest time to be alive!” #uspol #annoyedaf #fuckthis

Royal Abbott: Outer Range “They say it took six days to make the earth. How did they know it was six? How can you even define a day before you knew what a day was?

Cruelty is the point. We have two choices... accept and succumb or resist and revolt. #philosophy #life #reality #wakingup #awake #fractal #writing #blog #shortform