The rush to field new weapons risks leaving intelligence behind, and that’s dangerous.

FWIW: One of the US Senators who pushed GM and Ford to abandon this push used to own a string of auto dealership. Auto dealers *hate* electric cars because they need far less maintenance. Maintenance is a major profit center for them.

Pretty good evidence the polls are not improving for the GOP in the shutdown fight.

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Hegseth sucks. The Qataris suck. But we aren’t giving Qatar an airbase in Idaho. It’s building dorms etc. at an existing base to train them on F-15s we sold them, just like Singapore already has there. Common arrangement we have with lots of countries. This one was already being planned under Biden.

Ridiculous.

This is an underappreciated argument...

"'You’ll see. When you walk through San Francisco next week, there will be cops on every corner,” he continued. “That’s how it used to be.'" I'm not as old Marc Benioff, but Civic Center, Mid-Market and South of Market were rough when I was a kid and there were not cops on every corner.

Am I the only one wondering how the heck Versant can't find permanent studio space in NYC for MSNBC almost 11 months after the announcement of the spinoff? Something doesn't add up.

Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train wreck interview with her and said “now imagine what she’s like when there aren’t cameras around.”

This is being taken out of context. Duffy is referring to the Essential Air Service program, a subsidy for operators at rural airports, which will lose funding on Sunday. Shutdowns cause problems, but he didn’t specifically say “safety drops off on Sunday.”

this is like half of r/ups now

Which country will be the first to realize passport stamps are in fact a tourist attraction.

Choosing to pick a fight over copyright with the famously chill and lawyer-free movie studios and broadcast networks is a bold move, let's see if it pays off for him.

Re Trump’s talk of 100% tariff on foreign films: 1. He mulled this before, didn’t do it. 2. Tariffs can’t apply to culture or intellectual property, 3. The theory is whack: nobody’s going to see more Amer films because of the lack of foreign films. 4. Reciprocal tariffs will wreck H’wood.

Trump complains that Comey is a "dirty cop" who was basically out to get him. But so far, he has fired Comey for violating DOJ policies by criticizing Hillary Clinton and had him indicted for allegedly authorizing the leak, before the 2016 election, of another investigation into Clinton.

What movie do you consider "perfect"?

reading, the “news”

A top of my head top 5... 🧵 5. Emergency! www.youtube.com/watch?v=egCz...

Tell me you grew up at the turn of the 90s without telling me you grew up at the turn of the 90s...

A video overview of the 2025 @crankyflier.com #Dorkfest LAX ramp visit in conjunction with LAX and Los Angeles World Airports (who aren't on @bsky.app apparently ☹️. @flysfo.bsky.social is here. Another NorCal win! 😁) @nycaviation.bsky.social #SpotLAX2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUmB...

As always, when closing out @crankyflier.com @nycaviation.bsky.social #Dorkfest #SpotLAX2025, a Star Alliance lounge stop ends the day. That bar has done more to destroy my liver than any other...

Everyone was trying for this shot at sundown #SpotLAX2025 @nycaviation.bsky.social

Near sunset on an #AVGeek overflowing H Hotel roof @nycaviation.bsky.social party! #Dorkfest #SpotLAX2025

When at LAX T7, stopping by Klatch Coffee is mandatory.

Annnnnddd...for the second #Dorkfest in a row my SFO-LAX flight is being held up because LAX won't let them take off as they're backed up down there. #PaxEx #SpotLAX2025

@crankyflier.com It was unclear from the information we got but is the Flight Path Museum going to be open tomorrow?

Gotta say United's SFO Club sucks compared to the one at Narita. Actually, compared to the Club on Guam too. #PaxEx

Got back on US soil yesterday after 17 days bouncing around the Pacific on United's Island Hopper and 24 hours later I'm back at SFO headed to LAX for @crankyflier.com's #Dorkfest #SpotLAX2025

Stocks surging on a promise of $300b via a contract from a company that's never turned a profit; and has yet to figure out how to improve said product's efficiency as it consumes every watt of available power; and whose releases constantly undershoot expectations is... idk idk idk very bubble?

i’ve said it a million times before: videos should not autoplay by default on any social media site

When is someone at CBS corporate going to wake up and realize how bad these sets make the talent look?

Age verification? I flew 707s and DC-8s commercially...

Dangit! United upgraded me to business class flying GUM-NRT. But they put me in the exit row and I had a window seat before the upgrade. It was my first flight to NRT and I wanted to shoot it. Now I can't. Only an #AVGeek would get pissed about being upgraded...

#AVGeek time again. Departing Chuuk/TKK for Guam/GUM 🧵The departure gate at TKK...

Rumors flying that one of the letters will be raffled off by @crankyflier.com at #Dorkfest #SpotLAX2025

There is absolutely no legitimate “research” into this. This is not even a question.

Back to an #AVGeek 🧵, let's talk about Pohnpei airport PNI which I flew out of to Chuuk TKK yesterday United is the big fish in this pond...

Catch up time on Pohnpei as I didn't have time to write this up...🧵Even though it's Micronesia's capital, infrastructure can be an issue. Most if not all hotels have issues of varying degrees. But Starlink is here in force at a lot of establishments.

the monarch butterfly subreddit is amazing, every day someone posts the deadest caterpillar I’ve ever seen and goes “is he ok???”

Can’t tell if this says more about Reform’s status or that airport lobbying wars are back. Back in 2015 Heathrow/Gatwick were both throwing so much £££ around that they basically funded most internet UK political media. “Oh yeah… we have a podcast… two MPs have listened to it… £200k for sponsorship”

One last thing on the Marshall Islands before I move forward completely to Pohnpei. In all my travels I have never met a friendlier, more open, and more generous people than The Marshallese. 🧵

Something I left out earlier when we boarded from MAJ. In the states we're used to 1/4 of the plane boarding before Group 1 gets called 🧵 #AVGeek #PaxEx

Hanging out at the gate at MAJ. Premier pax get their own seats. #AVGeek #PaxEx

When we drove by MAJ, we saw a Nauru Airlines 737 at the gate. I am certain it was Nauru even though I haven't been able to find a match on the internet for the livery I saw. There was no "Nauru" marking on the plane but the tail had the correct logo.

Today I rented a car and drove from one end of Majuro to the other. It was around a 30 mile drive but it took nearly two hours because of speed limits, speed bumps, and slow drivers going 10 mph.

Our second and last full day on Majuro. We will run around the island in a rental car. And for the first time, the sun is out...

Today was long. Took a boat ride out to Eneko island to do some snorkeling. On the lagoon side where we were snorkeling was calm but...