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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

AA1198 diverted to RSW due to weather in MIA, hopefully refueling and heading back to MIA.

John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

@local12.bsky.social I asked your Ask Local 12 anything AI button if it could stop covering up content that people are trying to read on your website, and it didn't understand. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Maybe if a human got involved, they could fix this issue. Or just get rid of the stupid AI button altogether. 🤔

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Don't let Disney see this, Oktoberfest Musikanten at the Biergarten Restaurant at Epcot's Germany pavilion will all be replaced for Octoberfest. 😱 #robottakeover

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

They do know that anyone can easily watch the shipping traffic move (or not move) through the strait pretty much in real time, don't they? 🤔

Screenshot from marinetraffic.com of the Strait of Hormuz.

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I was recently at Union Station in Washington DC. They have removed every single bench now from the grand 'Waiting Room' area. Not one single place to sit down now in this grand space. I don't think I saw a single one of the original mahogany benches in the entire building. 🤬

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Haven't been to a concert in ages. Here at the Anthem in DC for Howard Jones. All drinks including water seem to be in cups? I just wanted a bottle of water so it wouldn't spill. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Oops, somebody set off the sprinklers. 🤔

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Water and electricity usually are very unpredictable. 🤔

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I'll support Beaver's Mini Mart and all the Beavercreek, Ohio businesses long before I give any support to Buc-ee's. The Beavercreek area was settled in the early 1800s. A part of Beavercreek Township was incorporated and became the city of Beavercreek in February 1980. Buc-ee's was 1982.

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Wait, what? Steff McKee is Raymond Reddington? How did I not know this?

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

@myradar.bsky.social Opacity isn't working for Weather Alert Outlines. It makes it hard to read things. It would be great if Opacity values worked for both the Outline and the Fill for Weather Alerts.

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"You can't go get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID." - Steve Scalise Not once have I ever had to show a picture ID to get pasta at Olive Garden or anywhere else. 🤔

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Rest in peace Sam Neill. Capt. Vasili Borodin: I would like to have seen Montana.

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Required hourly pay to afford a house: In 1970: $3.60/hour In 1990: $11.25/hour In 2000: $16.05/hour In 2010: $22.45/hour In 2020: $32.70/hour In 2025: $57.32/hour In 2026: $61.85/hour Inflation has destroyed the value of the dollar, making it extremely difficult for anyone to buy homes.

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Stay safe this fourth of July.

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I do not leak. You leak, remember?

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Smooth Federation A Star Trek Jazz Tribute By Andrew Allen covervillerecords.bandcamp.com/album/smooth...

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

TikTok not letting me filter hashtags/words that it is currently raking in a ton of advertising money is certainly on par for them. They know my algorithm, they know I have absolutely no interest in that topic.

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I shall welcome room service when it comes.

Colonel Stephen G. Richey, waiting for room service while at the Hotel Royale on the planet Theta VIII.

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I get the power is out in Atlanta because of a storm, but the RamNode data centers are supposed to have redundant power and diesel generators. At most it should have been a brief hiccup. This outage is going on way too long. 🤔 Good thing I have backup servers in another state that switched over.

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Fox is buying Roku. Guess I'm going to have to replace all my streaming devices now. 😡

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The CBC Odyssey? I miss that show. It never got proper DVD release. 😢

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I really don't understand USPS sometimes. Package from Road Island coming to Virginia. The last big center mail always goes through to get here is Greensboro, NC. The package was just scanned in Indianapolis, around 500 miles further west than it needs to go, adding at least another day. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Oh, my God! The Romulan is toast.

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

RIKER: I recognise it. This is Data's poetry. CRUSHER: What? The play's gone. I just keep getting more poetry.

Beverly Crusher and William Riker rehearsing 'Something for Breakfast' when they discover the script on the PADD is messed up.

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I remember all the hype for the Bicentennial back in 1976. The Semiquincentennial so far is looking like a big dud. 😴

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Everyone is laughing at poor Harry. 😥

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Breaking: The Tucana Singers will not be performing their hit "It’s Love, Love, Love" at the Freedom 250 Concert.

The Tucana Singers are an alien lounge act from the 1978 original Battlestar Galactica television series.

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Breaking: Amarie will not be performing at the Freedom 250 concert.

Amarie was a female musician who lived in the 24th century. She played piano in a bar on Qualor II, for which she seemed ideally suited as she had two pairs of hands.

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Pilot on the American flight I just boarded: "The APU on this aircraft is inoperative..." 😳

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Yes, it is real. The Captain Janeway monument in Bloomington, Indiana features a bronze bust of Janeway on a limestone base, a plaque detailing her journey, and a Vulcan handprint on the concrete slab. maps.app.goo.gl/9RV63b6fsHHY...

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John Birchman @johnbirchman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

"It must have been your lifelong ambition."

Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and the alien shapeshifter Martia-who is disguised as Kirk, from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).

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