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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Mar-a-Largo Face - when The Stepford Wives meets Botched.

not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Autocannons in 30-57mm with HE proximity/AHEAD style ammunition seems like an answer (and they've been used in Ukraine). Ideally semi or fully mobile. Of course, the response will be to kill the killers. So I'm pretty sure that we'll eventually get drones specalised in killing barrel-based SHORAD.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Counter-take: 1st cabinet included experienced/smart individuals with some degree of independence in thought & action (Tillerson, Kelly, Pompeo). The 2nd cabinet either lacks such individuals or they have taken the lesson that the Führerprinzip and loyalty are all that matter this time around

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

US BTS airfare data (back to 1995) www.bts.gov/newsroom/fir...

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Lived right where the epicentre is in 2004-2005. Amazing part of Japan.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Ohhhh, the shareholders aren't gonna like that.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

So, so many "Behold! For now I wear the human pants ... You will not dull my triumph!" "Get out of my teeth!" "He escaped from some facility and now he hunts me like an animal ... I will shit on you!" "This exchange was so different in my imagination" "We're leaving. Get in my trunk"

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I'd prefer Home One - bigger ship, more fighters, more aliens. A hybrid of BSG and Star Trek with some Babylon 5-style intrigue and space battles would be amazing. Give us a rag-tag bunch of weirdos taking on a vast, faceless Empire. Oh and make sure anyone can die. Zero plot armour.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

'Fiery' Figrin Dan and the Modal Nodes. Best Jizz Wizzers this side of the Slice.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

You guys at BtB are amazing, and I love Cool Zone Media, but losing Knowledge Fight feels like a death in the family.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Why not just call it what it is - extra-territorial, unjudicated murder?

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Look, when a ship gets to a certain age it's only natural they start to get on the huskier side. It's like love handles, but for boats.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

"I have made this longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter" - Blaise Pascal

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Modern travel - connecting 1-stop to almost anywhere in the world via the geographically advantageous hubs of the Middle East (also Turkey). About 75-80% of the global population lives within 8 hours flying time of Doha, Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Big January/February 1942 energy. Time for a second Battle of Los Angeles?

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

No large US carrier has a fuel hedging position (too many bad bets, made too often). Delta uses its refinery as an offset. Large EU carriers are heavily hedged (typically 70-90% for the upcoming quarter). Big Asia carriers are mixed. No hedging in Chinese Big 3. Other FSCs are roughly 30-60%.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Opps. Looks like the PT92 was a non-licenced copy, as the patents had expired (at least according to Wiki).

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Taurus PT92, a Brazilian licence-produced copy of the Beretta 92. The 92 was adopted by the US military as the M9 in the 1990s, but I can't find any evidence of the FBI adopting it as a standard handgun. Still, having replaced the 1911 it probably had sufficient 'sexiness' for TV.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I pulled out of Twitter ~2 years ago, because it became useless as a professional resource. Blue Sky is, of course, still useless as a professional resource. But hey, it's a much more pleasant place to be 🙃

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Given that they were only certified by the FAA in March 2024 and April 2025 respectively, I suspect the answer is "we're getting to it, this ^&%*$ ain't simple or easy".

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

At least they should be safe from 30.5 cm shellfire.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others".

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Of course, "should" is the operative word here. DoD cost assumptions are likely different from DHS, which will probably have to pay rates competitive with the civil market. Salus Solutions (Deladus Aviation parent) already had $293 million in gov't transport contracts for 'nonscheduled charters'

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

DHS should have a pretty good idea of the cost of flying of a 737 NG - because the USAF/DoD publishes billable rates/cost per flight hour estimates for the C-40 (equivalent to a 737-700/737 BBJ). C-40A: $6,049 - $6,794 C-40B: $8,687 - $9,758 C-40C: $8,687 - $9,698 From: tinyurl.com/493u8r92

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

That foot morphology analysis is fascinating.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The eagle needs to be double headed. That said - this is a government, an entire movement even, that fails to understand a core tenant of the medium. No-one is a good guy in WH40K. Hell, humans are arguably not even the least worst faction. An entire political movement full of 'That Guy'.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Colleen: Full ATC employment numbers (FY2011 to FY2023) are here: www.natca.org/wp-content/u... Forward planning assumptions are here: www.faa.gov/about/office... The US GAO, DoT OIG and the TRB have 30 years of reports on various inadequacies/failures of controller hiring.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

“Nobody knew that [air traffic control] could be so complicated" .... 🙄

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

It was always going to be thusly. They were just waiting for enough institutional guardrails (usually in the form of people with actual training and experience) were eradicated that the stink wasn't too unholy.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I like 4 the most. That means it will inevitably be the most expensive. In order of preference 4-3-2-1

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

@dieworkwear.bsky.social Could you comment on the, um, 'spread' of wide collar styles in men's shirts? I returned to the office recently after years in the wilderness, and they're everywhere. Often in combination with thin ties with tiny knots (resembling a garrotte, or unwanted wrapping ribbon)

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

>The average thrown baked good is in fact non-lethal Tell that to Setha Ironcrust. A well thrown combat flatbread should saw itself two inches deep into oak. A combat muffin or drop scone can be lethal even in inexpert hands. 'Course, you can't get the good stuff these days. It's the gravel

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Also, the tank is an Italian-made C1 Ariete (easily identified by the distinctive front lights, driver's vision blocks, lower glacis lifting/towing davits and side engine exhaust).

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I read this as 'Minotaur Wunderland', but am only slightly disappointed as Miniatur Wunderland is wonderful!

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Minimal now, but what about 5-10 years in the future? Boeing orders/deliveries from China: 2006-2015: 1340 orders, 758 deliveries 2016-2025: 298 orders, 707 deliveries 737 MAX/787 issues had their impact, but economic decoupling between the US and China appears real (even in the LCA market).

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Do all mythologies have a common source? Yes! Humans. They have humans in common.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Nuclear powered aircraft. That or Pokemon cards.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Numbers look a little low. Owned, managed, on order (data to 30 June): SMBC AC: 509, 232, 248 (989 total) ALC: 495, 53, 241 (789 total) If fully combined, I make it: 1004, 285, 489 It's not going to challenge AerCap, but the deal nearly doubles the scale

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Re-read The Fifth Elephant and Making Money recently. TERFs trying to claim Terry are barking up the wrong tree. Just look at Cheery/Cheri, a dwarf who affirms her gender against social norms, and Gladys, the nominally sexless golem who adopts (a series of) female gender norms.

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not-a-beholder.bsky.social @not-a-beholder.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Bob Catter or Mao Zedong though? As the song of my people asks: "Who's your favourite genius, James Herd or James Joyce?"

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