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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 21/08/2026

The moment you break through the clouds and the runway is in sight!

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 04/07/2026

Monterey Bay, CA, today. When you grew up watching Free Willy, this really strikes a chord!

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 21/06/2026

Your picture is Trump’s personal B-757 plane. Trump Air livery looked like this.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 17/06/2026

This is not new. (2017 G20 Summit, Photo: WaPo).

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 16/06/2026

They even have to hide the regular stadium sponsor’s logo. Which they did with a white drape at Levi’s Stadium. In response, this is now the Levi’s logo on social media. 🤣

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 04/06/2026

Both pictures are AI slop!! Please erase that crap. The current pictures look bad enough. Btw, this is what the real WH looks like.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 08/05/2026

My lady playing at a local bar recently. She designs cameras for surgical robots by day.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 01/05/2026

My friend finally returned. I hadn’t seen him since the pandemic.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 25/04/2026

Of course not. Zoox is Amazon/Bezos’ venture. Waymo is Alphabet/Google’s. There’s also a more standard car version of Zoox roaming the streets to train their AI. AVRide can also be found in Austin.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 23/04/2026

“No,no, we don’t want men in women’s sports.”

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 18/04/2026

They were stalking me while I was grilling on the bbq! It probably helps that the birdhouse behind me is full of chirping baby house finches. 😃

Hummingbird and female house finch looking down at me from the top of a willow.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 09/04/2026

A little Zen, in these troubled times, from the Central Coast, California.

Picture of sun setting over the ocean in Central Coast, CA.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 28/03/2026

This was my 3rd No King Protest in San Jose. It was much larger than the previous ones. The signage was quite exquisite today. People have had enough! No wonder even West Palm Beach is turning blue.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 18/02/2026

If on iPhone, have you enabled screening of unknown callers? That doesn’t solve the problem but make it more bearable. Settings>Apps>Phone.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 17/02/2026

It snows too! (Incline Village, Lake Tahoe)

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 08/02/2026

It’s going to look great anyway. This was the trial run yesterday.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 23/12/2025

This was taken an hour ago. Pavement id bone dry. No storm in SF now…

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 21/12/2025

The redaction rules are very clear (below). But the Trump Admin also illegally added redactions for political or public figures who could be embarrassed by being in the files.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 12/12/2025

Because that scene was already published from a different angle? Isn’t it Trump with Belgian model Ingrid Seynhaeve.

Photo of Trump posing with Belgian model Ingrid Seynhaeve.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 09/12/2025

It’s not just a simple release. They need to redact information about victims, classified data and material of ongoing investigations. The sum of the files is 300GB! And they need to document all the redactions. Not a trivial task.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 30/11/2025

Seen in Los Gatos Creek between Campbell and Los Gatos on Tuesday! 😃

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 25/11/2025

Chinook salmon right in the middle of Silicon Valley! (Los Gatos Creek south of Campbell)

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 21/11/2025

This guy is definitely a generational political talent!

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 15/11/2025

The Clintons are the second most mentioned after Trump…

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 10/11/2025

In San Jose, California, our ice complex has 6 rinks!

Map of Sharks Ice at San Jose ice complex.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 07/11/2025

This is what a narcissistic-sociopath looks like.

Picture of a person having a health crisis while Trump looks away, annoyed.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 18/09/2025

We can vote with our wallets too!

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 02/09/2025

Our first camping trip with our EV SUV Kia EV9. It went very well and we got a surprising 2.2mi/kWh fully loaded with 5 adults!

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 30/07/2025

Sunday aerial escapade for brunch in Paso Robles (KPRB) from Reid-Hillview (KRHV).

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 18/07/2025

It’s increasing here in San Jose. But I wouldn’t call that a “surge” yet…

Chart of wastewater testing data in San Jose, CA.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 17/07/2025

Only a few miles to the south. 😎

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 08/07/2025

Here’s something inspiring. Our oldest daughter, a circus GO at Club Med - Miches, catching her younger sister for the first time on the flying trapeze. 😎

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 05/06/2025

The first rule of Fight Club is…

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 27/04/2025

I have one and it’s connected to the Internet. Very convenient when several people share the use of a washer. And ours only transmits a few 100kb’s per day…

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 05/04/2025

Peaceful march to the San Jose city hall! #handsoff

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 03/04/2025

So the guy who bankrupted all these companies is now trying to bankrupt the USA?

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 25/03/2025

As someone who has lived in the French region of Les Landes de Gascogne, I don’t think most French people would share your opinion. E.g.:

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 15/03/2025

First Robotics 2025 Silicon Valley Regional @ Woodside High School. Pioneer High School’s 668 The Apes of Wrath competing.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 11/03/2025

Is Elon Musk still the richest man in the world?

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 05/03/2025

This is their end game: wealth redistribution. Will we let them?

Chart of Trump’s proposed tax cuts by wealth group. Most goes to the top 20%.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 25/02/2025

Ouch! That won’t be good for their resale values either.

Picture of TSLA’s almost 10% drop on the NASDAQ today.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 24/02/2025

Along the Monterey Basin, Northern CA.

Picture of the Monterey Basin taken from our Piper Arrow.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 20/02/2025

Her lips are moving: She’s lying! Crime is actually down significantly with the increased subway ridership.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 19/02/2025

People have the flu here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Worst flu season in 15 years. It took Tamiflu to get me back on my feet after 5 days of fever.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 12/02/2025

Put Québec City on your list. Like going to Europe without leaving the continent.

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Christian Plante @plantebrichard.com · 18/01/2025

We got ourselves a new energy storage device on wheels. 😎This one can do V2L/V2H (vehicle to load/home). Up to 120VAC 15A. I installed a transfer switch (couldn’t easily do a simple interlock) and we’re ready for the next power outage. We’re now a 3 EV household!

Desert green Kia EV9 2025 electric vehicle.

Four circuit transfer switch connected to our EV.

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