A message from the airport book section…

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another year of us not running a super bowl ad

Our efforts to document ICE Air activity at MSP were covered by @npr.org yesterday on All Things Considered.

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

Today I’m helping out at my job from 20+ years ago, helping Greg & the DreamHaven crew ship books across the country to folks who inundated their webstore after seeing him on TV. Website is still down, but later try DreamHavenbooks.com for all your sci-fi, horror, fantasy, film, & comics needs!

Thanks to advice from @jbf1755.bsky.social , I worked up the courage today to introduce myself to a neighbor while we were both out shoveling. Now I have a new friend and feel less isolated in a neighborhood I’ve called home for 4 years. Community is important. Now more than ever 💕

I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.

We clock in as we always do, and then when we clock out, we get back to work. We do it tired, we do it scared, we do it after we put the kids to bed and get the bills paid. We spend one weekend day at the mutual aid distro, instead of two weekend days at the bar. We have to. That's it

THIS is IT. Community wins.

The only thing keeping me from doomscrolling into insanity at the moment is the knowledge that I will soon get to experience: - 3 new aircraft (A350-900, Dash 8/Q300, ATR 72) - 2 new airlines (NZ, FJ) - 7 new airports (AKL, ROT, WLG, NSN, CHC, ZQN, NAN) - 2 new countries 🇳🇿 🇫🇯 ✈️🤓

My god. From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:

The more coverage if this, the better. There needs to be tremendous pressure on DOD to explain what the hell happened & why the most basic piece of equipment in the aircraft - a transponder - was not in use.

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them. Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is. Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

And just like that, my 25/25 journey has come to an end! 💪💙

As someone who works in this industry, no. Just no. 🤦🏻‍♀️

#25 got a bumpy start but we are finally on our way! Happy to have my copilot with me for this milestone 💕💙

Breathtaking photo! What incredible timing and talent to capture this moment!

I love the smell of de-icing fluid in the morning ❄️❄️ #25For25 #JetBlue

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable. We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina. A vote for this bill is a mistake.

My statement on the proposed Senate deal

No one wants the government to remain shut down, least of all the people suffering the most because of its closure. But if you capitulate now, they will have suffered in vain. HOLD THE FUCKING LINE, you complicit, spineless cowards. @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

You can have enormous frustration over the fact that air traffic controllers have to work with no pay, and already were understaffed, while at the same time being furious about Dens caving on healthcare costs. (I am.) & if you think reopening the govt fixes ATC, you haven’t been paying attention.

There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command. If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics. It’s trials w real punishments.

I forgot how good hope felt. May it continue to trend this way

“I want my fucking flag back.”

This is the energy we need. Thank you, Mayor Wu!

Grateful to live in MA!

Boston should be on this list

Airports in at least Buffalo, Charlotte, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle and Portland, citing the Hatch act that bars use of public resources for political activity, won’t air a video where DHS Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the shutdown.

Approaching the nor’easter at 25,000

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

#bernie and #AOC today

Finally, an LLM I can get behind!

Finally seen in the wild! And (appropriately) heading to Boston! Hoping to fly this one at some point during my 25for25 🍩

This. Do this.

What kind of person books a window seat then leaves the shade down the whole time? Even during a sunset takeoff?? 😤 Grumpy with my aisle seat tonight

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Remember in the debates leading up to 2016 when he stalked around on the stage behind Clinton? Same idea here. Intimidation tactics.

I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️ "Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"

What’s wild to me: NOW, media outlets & medical organizations are “stunned” by the damage RFK Jr. is doing to CDC, other health agencies, & public health. Me & my colleagues have been screaming about him for years. Years. Even more so in the last year. We were called hyperbolic. 1/

Attn bird nerds: Anyone have any recommendations for a spot to grab a coffee and do some planespotting near DCA during a layover this weekend? Looking to get out of the airport for an hour or two during my #25For25 adventure.

Big. Yikes.

Gearing up to embark on my JetBlue #25For25 quest this weekend. I’m starting off with 4/25 from a trip earlier this summer BOS-FLL-SJO-JFK. Attempting the remaining 21 flying only on weekends and spending as little out of pocket as possible. Follow along if you like ✈️🤓