My latest at @theconversation.com - talking about the male bias that remains in aircraft cabin safety. theconversation.com/plane-and-ca...

It’s Amelia Earhart finding season again! Thanks to The Conversation for giving me the opportunity to explore the “Amelia cycle” and share my thoughts in this piece. theconversation.com/amelia-earha...

The CfP for @avculturesconf.bsky.social Print the Legend closes 31 October. Inspired by the iconic quote, “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend,” the event will delve into how narratives are crafted, myths are perpetuated, and legends are born in the world of aviation. 1/

I probably should have shared this days ago - my first @theconversation.com article ever! theconversation.com/speculation-...

Two articles published in @theconversation.com in a week! The latest is here - airline risk mitigation of the threat the growing military action in the Middle East poses to airline safety. theconversation.com/the-middle-e...

Every day there is more crazy. And more crazy that is allowed to stand! USA Congress - where are you? What are you doing to stop this?

Brilliant as always @cathywilcox.bsky.social

Sheila Scott UK aviator broke >100 aviation records w' long-distance flight endeavours, incl 1971 34K mile "world & a half" flight as 1st person to fly over North Pole in small aircraft. Founder/1st governor of UK @theninetyninesinc.bsky.social d. #OTD 27 Apr 1922 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_...

Now it's nearly 270 university presidents who have signed onto this "unprecedented government overreach" public letter. It was less than 180 this morning. www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c... Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.

Gun registry? No. Autism registry? Yes? Fuck ALL the way off.

Historians will propose in due course a name for this current phase we are witnessing in the United States. My early submission: The Great Dismantling.

Yvonne Y. Clark 1st woman w' degree in mech eng @ Howard Uni, 1st African-American woman w' masters degree in Eng Management @ Vanderbilt Uni, 1st woman faculty member @ College of Eng & Tech Tennessee State Uni Worked @ NASA Westinghouse & Ford b #OTD 13 Apr 1929 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_...

Watch and share www.youtube.com/shorts/WZf1L...

“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.” — Karl Marx

Schoolchildren are routinely slaughtered by AR-15s. Hundreds die. [*crickets* "Thoughts and prayers" *crickets*] A couple unoccupied cars are set on fire. No one is hurt. ["THIS HORROR WILL NOT STAND!!! We MUST act to STOP it from ever happening AGAIN!!!!" We will pass new LAWS BANNING IT!!!]

Charles Rogers has been whitewashed off the DOD website because of abhorrent incels who fear their own insignificance. Please, share his face & his Medal of Honour citation far & wide. My substack tomorrow will be on minorities and women who have won it because I’m furious achurchill.substack.com

A top Democratic congressman goes off during a DOGE hearing and calls out Elon for trying to cut Social Security. More of this please.

It’s borderline criminal.

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Unsurprisingly, this petition is racing at pace. 👇👇

DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?

TODAY is the tenth anniversary of Aviation Cultures first event - a small, but high quality gathering and discussion. We're delighted Aviation Cultures is STILL going, and as strong as ever! Tomorrow we'll have a special announcement regarding forthcoming events... Stay Tuned!

AvCultures News! The team are delighted to announce a number of online events. Later in 2025 we will have two 'Spotlights' over 1 to 2 days each: 'Logbooks & Avdocs' and 'Print the Legend'. And a full conference in mid-2026, the first Aviation Cultures Canada! Stay tuned. More below: -JDK

What she said.

You first.

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Most accounts of the WW1 air raids stop with the last raid in May 1918. Understandable, but one of the things I want to look at in Home Fires Burning the lingering anxiety about possible attacks after that. This (a London report, albeit in an Aus newspaper) speaks to that

Finally @nytimes.com you use the words “outright lies”! Keep. It. Up!

The heartbreak. Trump claims USAID is bankrupting America—it’s less than 1% of the budget. Meanwhile, the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is gutting the largest food aid provider. He could end world hunger & still be the richest man alive. But he won’t. Not just greed. We’re watching evil at work.

👇🏽more of this please. stop bowing to this racist billionaire.

'More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australia's frontier wars, final massacre map shows' The Guardian Australia reports on the final summary of The Colonial Frontier Massacres Digital Map Project, led by the late Dr Lyndall Ryan. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I heard the NEA is only considering proposals related to 1776 & the USA’s 250th birthday & I was feeling intensely patriotic, so I’m printing these really big posters inspired *directly* by the Founding Fathers The cut was carved from the masthead of a 19th century newspaper

Lawyers at Twitter are reportedly threatening advertisers to spend more money on the platform “or else” Elon Musk will use his connections with Trump to hurt their companies.

If we had an actual functioning media then the press would be demanding every day that GOP leaders say if they think Trump’s ‘jokes’ about being king are appropriate (and not let them get away with claims of ignorance or attempts to change the subject).

Trump's lawyers are absolutely flailing in the courts right now

Zelenskyy says Trump living in ‘disinformation space’ after blaming Ukraine for Russian invasion – Europe live

Union Square rally.

In 10 day's time it'll be 10 years since the very first Aviation Cultures event took place on 27 February 2015 in Sydney! 🥳 The 10 years since has seen a significant number of conferences & other events, both in-person & online. We’d love to hear back from you, but first some background! 🧵1/

Yep. Even from down here this is what I feel.

1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”