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Engineer. Pilot. Policy wonk. I do infosec type stuff for airplanes.

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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can only assume the cabin crew were unsuccessful in negotiating with the cat
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Incredibly thorough, detailed, and nuanced reporting on 737 Max FMS software issues and the complexity involved in fielding updates
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you're ever in Vancouver, the Harbour Air scenic tour is amazing, and I absolutely lucked out with early fall weather
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
More from the tour. We saw the city, the mountains, crater lakes and much more. The area is beautiful.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I had some spare time on a work trip to Vancouver last weekend, and took a seaplane tour of the area. Absolutely spectacular.
The city of Vancouver seen from low altitude. Vancouver Harbour stretches into the background. The strut and float of a seaplane is in the immediate foreground .
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A perfect half moon hung just over the tower as we waited for our gate last night
An airport ramp at night. A half moon hangs over the control tower in a dark sky. A 737 sits at its gate on the ramp.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the Biden administration, l led the team that developed what was arguably the first White House “AI safety” framework, the AI Bill of Rights. David Robinson, author of this forthright and sobering essay about risk culture at OpenAI and in Silicon Valley was on that team.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The mural Tragic Prelude featuring abolitionist John Brown
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
wisn.com
Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'd wager Tommy Tuberville would fail each and every one of the written and practical tests that every single airline pilot, flight attendant and air traffic controller has passed.
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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 21/09/2026
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Spider-Man pointing meme with Amtrak, DOT, NJT
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Someone forgot to tell Kentucky that it's not basketball season yet
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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 19/09/2026
IT’S A PUNT RETURN TD INNIT
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
No magic tool can make up for a chronic lack of qualified air traffic controllers. No magic tool makes it possible to fly through a line of thunderstorms that is hammering an entire region. arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/f...
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FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion
FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Make Crime Illegal Again
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Most aren't fundamentally AI failures. They're management, architecture and security failures with a GPU attached."
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Someone tried airing at least part of the dirty laundry a few weeks ago www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
politico.com
Trump’s FAA picked an unlikely contractor to lead its air traffic overhaul. The agency is having second thoughts.
One person knowledgeable about the situation said that Virginia-based Peraton was “not meeting the moment.”
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
To channel my mother, "it couldn't have happened to a nicer company"
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
There's a Signature on my field, too. Their FS price shows 7.38 tonight. Now I'm curious what it'll be tomorrow. I usually buy from a different FBO so I hadn't watched Signature's prices closely.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The self serve pumps near me are all around $6 per gallon - even the "cheap" spot that had generally been 50 cents a gallon lower
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sage advice from the airplane mechanic: "if it moves, squirt it with something"
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Roger Marshall is, and has been, the worst.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If we can't have meaningful late season baseball, at least we can have enjoyable late season baseball
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
On the New Mexico medevac crash last May and that recent article in Wired. colleenmondor.substack.com/p/55-the-new...
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#55: The New Mexico medevac crash is about more than GPS Jamming
Pilots do not get an asterisk saying "GPS only" on their instrument ratings.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Buying the airplane is always the cheap part.
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Aircraft for sale. Find the best new and used aircraft for sale such as business jets, helicopters, Experimental, Warbirds and more.
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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Fernando Tatis Jr. with the coldest grand slam robbery I have ever seen in my life
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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 10/08/2026
Archer to acquire rival Wisk as Boeing broadens its asset sales theaircurrent.com/industry-str... (via @elanhead.com & @juliejohnsson.bsky.social) #staycurrent
theaircurrent.com
Archer to acquire rival Wisk as Boeing broadens its asset sales
Plane maker will be able to tap Wisk’s core technology for future aircraft under licensing agreement
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Baseball is a team game, but that generally doesn't include outfielders helping an opposing batter get a home run
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The mural Tragic Prelude in the Kansas state capitol. John Brown in front of and between fighting Union and Confederate soldiers.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The numbskulls who put this amendment on the ballot seemingly forgot who is on the mural in the state capitol
kansascity.com
Voters decisively reject ballot measure seeking to overhaul Kansas Supreme Court
The Associated Press called the race at 8:07 p.m. with 27 percent of the vote counted. The vote count sat at 124,020 no votes to 52,230 for.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Tell us how you really feel about both EWR and ORD
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
During my private pilot ground school 20 years ago, my instructor spent a solid hour going through all the bad decisions he made.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I think Wired did a lousy job with this story. Great thread here: bsky.app/profile/mike...
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This. Is. So. Cool.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It's gnarly out there. Of the 8 legs I've flown this summer, only one has been delayed less than 30 minutes.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Roger Marshall is the worst, example number 73,214.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Sat down to write about the Hugging Face/AI incident. Ended up drawing this instead.
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hit the flight attendant call button, complain that the person is disrupting the flight, say you feel their behavior is causing a hazard that could become serious if the a/c encounters turbulence. Say they are inhibiting your ability to pay attention to directions from the cabin crew or cockpit.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Incredible cross, incredible finish
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
It might not be the best reason to watch, but it's up there
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I had a joke about Theseus, but I replaced the whole thing.
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
On Pensacola and what came before in SC, DC, TN and TX. For the record, I am no longer certain the FAA has full control of the NAS. There is some history here, from 1958, especially on the crashes that year of UAL flight 736 & Capital Airlines flight 300. colleenmondor.substack.com/p/52-the-nat...
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#52: The National Airspace System has a new flight safety problem
The Pensacola low level flyover is another example of the military & government agencies defying federal aviation regulations
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Flightradar24 @flightradar24.com · 17/07/2026
Let’s get ready to Ooooooosssshhhhhhhkosshhhhhhhh! For about a week each year, OSH becomes the busiest airport in the world with tens of thousands of aircraft and hundreds of thousands of people descending on the Wisconsin town for EAA Airventure. Are you headed to Oshkosh this year, let us know!
Arrivals into OSH at about 4pm local time on 17 July.
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Flightradar24 @flightradar24.com · 16/07/2026
Investigators have released their preliminary report on the crash involving a LEGO 747 and Space Shuttle earlier this week. flightradar24.com/blog/flight-...
A photo showing the wreckage of the LEGO 747 reconstituted at a secure location with an inlaid photo of a black cat sitting smugly on the side of a desk.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I found the answer to twice-yearly time changes. That Saturday evening, just take a redeye to Europe. Then, head home before the Europeans make their change. The gain or loss of one hour gets lost in the shuffle. On second thought, this might not be scalable.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
District court judges continue doing the hard work, and Trump's teams take Ls. Judge Williams saw exactly what was happening, used the procedural tools she had, and dropped the hammer.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I'll bet the "new" plane only gets used domestically, or possibly to the UK, from here on out. Seems like it's only equipped for very low risk trips.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is just gross. Hopefully KU Athletics at least made sure the contract says they get paid in US dollars and not whatever Dunning-Krugerands this company is hawking. www2.kusports.com/sports/colle...
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KU Sports
Taking advantage of new NCAA rules that allow teams to sport corporate logos, Kansas Athletics announced on Wednesday morning that every KU sports uniform will feature an XRP patch as part of a “multi...
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Julie Boatman @julietbravofoxmedia.com · 08/07/2026
For those pilots who love the #Garmin 3X Touch flight deck, the latest from their avionics and user interface engineers. Introducing the Garmin Axis. @avbrief.bsky.social deployed #avionics guru Larry Anglisano to fly with Garmin’s Jessica Koss last week in the Baron. avbrief.com/garmin-axis-...
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Garmin AXIS Flight Demo - AvBrief.com
The suite Garmin's Team X built to replace the G3X.
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VilePython @vilepython.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The score ended up 16-12? It really was grade school age teams playing
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