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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

What always surprises me about these kind of stories is how cheaply the politicians are purchased. The companies spend some pocket change and get billions in return.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Prop 13 beneficiary complains about add-ons to their property tax bill on Nextdoor, with predictable comments. @nextdoorsv.bsky.social

Prop 13 beneficiary complaining about having add-ons to their property tax bill

Responses complaining about having to pay taxes

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

@calfire.bsky.social demo at Groveland-Yosemite Airport Day

CalFire Helicopter 609 doing a water drop

CalFire Helicopter 609 picking up the crew after the water drop

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Something more in my budget P-51 Mustang "Voodoo" pedal plane @marginal_aviation Last Ditch Fly-in

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Grumman Turbine Goose @marginal_aviation Last Ditch Fly-in

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Big yellow and little yellow. Grumman Bearcat and Mooney Mite @marginal_aviation Last Ditch Fly-in

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Lufthansa 747 in their 100th Anniversary livery was a highlight of @crankyflier Dorkfest. #SpotLAX #spotlax2026 #dorkfest

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

HAWK signals teach drivers to ignore broken/off traffic signals. Since the stupid HAWK lights have two red lights, installing standard green/yellow/red signals instead is the exact same cost.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

That content had a link to email complaints to the HCD imbedded, and the rest of the email had some general other city stuff, but that was the main content.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I don't have a link, but I have the email. DM me an address and I'll forward it to you

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

How many days in a row had they worked and how much overtime had they worked?

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

As a paid subscriber, thanks for the work that you do.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

You're not an idiot, it catches me all the time too. It's one of those oddball things, like visibility being in statue miles when everything else in nautical miles.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Cloud heights are given in AGL not MSL.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Yes, the game has the contracted flights as the paint on the outside, mostly. Also does well showing the regionals as the correct mainline. I've been hanging out in ATL this week working on Widget.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Leland Stanford Junior University

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Those are campaign ribbons and unit citations on the various service flags.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

And even that map is wrong since there is a data center under construction south of 21, north of 27 and east of 23. Source: I looked out the window of 21 last time I was there. Likely address is 2400 Condensa St. Google has it as a fenced off parking lot in the September 2025 Streetview.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Travis Air Force Base from 3500ft

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A new hangar was always in the plans since the new planes are too long for hangar used by the old planes.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

New hangars were always in the plan since the new planes are too long for the current hangars.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Lost Coast of Northern California

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

They look like military barracks, but even those have more windows.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Fortunately Hangar 1 (different design) was restored at Moffett after Google took over. They have the money to have restored Hangar 3 as well, but for whatever reason, weren't required to.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

So sad. Of the 17 hangars of the same design built during WWII, only five still stand. Four once this one is taken down.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The Denny's at Lawrence/El Camino closed, according to my NextDoor. Half the comments are people bitching about all the housing being built because of course that's what they blame.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Mini-fences are to prevent the visually impaired from walking into the gap between cars thinking it is a doorway. I've seen them on other systems.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Monaco GP is coming up so that should help catch Monaco. I've been playing since July and haven't managed to catch a Ukraine flight yet.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I thought an EPIRB (emergency position indicating radio beacon) would be required for ocean going vessels, but it looks like it is only suggested for non-commercial vessels.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I've been a pretend victim several times. It is fun, but a lot of waiting around. One time, my EMT dad organized my Boy Scout troop to be the victims, and then decided for realism to have one of the loud mouth Italian moms do the "OMG! Where's my son?!?!" routine. She almost got arrested for real.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Thankfully @theautopian.bsky.social is officially a manufacturer after they built the WWII Jeep so slap some MFG plates on it and good to go.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I spotted one in the parking lot at work the other day, but since it wasn't in NYC, I didn't take a pic for @oceansofnyc.com

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Again?!? Someone made that Starbucks a drive thru a few years back as well.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 25/03/2026

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

One company I worked at actually had to turn on the heat in the data center. That data center used atmospheric cooling and on a really cold day, the dampers froze and servers were going into low temp shutdown. Also the Winter Olympics uses electric blankets on the servers at the outdoor venues.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

These bullshit pod cars are a never ending grift.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

There was an ICE ad just after the end of the game shown in the SF Bay Area, but didn't notice any during the game.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The giant view blocking A-pillars on modern cars is probably also a factor, especially on left turns. Volvo had a concept car with transparent A-pillars in the early 2000s, but it never went anywhere.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I'm liking my tax refund this year. 😂

Screenshot of TurboTax showing a huge refund.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Not surprising he'd have a State of Jefferson flag as well.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I shoved it in my jacket pocket and we went through a different 'security' checkpoint without issue. I filed a complaint with the diversity office afterwards since the 'security' rules are so ridiculously discriminatory. 2/2

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

At my son's college graduation, security wasn't going to let his mother in because her long wallet was a half inch too big for their 'clear bag' policy. It was the only thing in a ziplock bag since she didn't have an official clear bag. 1/2

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Only 87 hours for the year and no new airports because the plane kept breaking down, and it's currently broken. But I did manage to fly 100 Young Eagles without a mx issue. Hopefully more hours next year and some new airports.

Map of California showing the various airports I flew to this year.

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Seven story 'high-rise'. lol

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John Clear @jclear.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Sea based data centers are much easier/cheaper to build than space based, and even those didn't get beyond the concept stage because standard land based data centers are just so much easier/cheaper/better. Sea data centers make some sense for the infinite cooling, space based makes no sense at all.

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