20 years ago I was the 5497th person to sign up for twttr. Initially, I used it as a notes/reminder app via sms. But from 2008-2016 Twitter exploded and was a lot of fun. I met people, won plane and concert tickets, learned of bands and restaurants, etc. I miss how positive that site was back then.
From The Perfect Metaphors Dept: An ad promoting an academic conference discussing constitutional amendment is banned in the Meta universe, but [insert everything else] is perfectly fine.
If you live in Texas they have cancelled 1.2 million voters’ registrations. Please check your registration. If you are told you aren’t registered at the voting site, ask for a provisional ballot. They can’t steal our right to vote. #BlueWave #ProudBlue#Vouces4Victory #OneV1 vote.gov
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The funniest thing would be if Chicago's O'Hare airport, which is a much more significant airport than Palm Beach's, were renamed to Barack H. Obama International Airport. BHO is taken, but OOO/KOOO are available IATA/ICAO codes. @chicago-city.bsky.social? @mayorofchicago.bsky.social? #avgeek
While an all-electric commercial flight remains up in the air, Heart Aerospace's recent demonstration will help shape the development of the company's main offering to the airline industry—a 30-seat hybrid-electric regional airliner.
First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity
Airline-backed venture aims to develop a hybrid-electric commercial aircraft.
arstechnica.com
I knew about this flight but I did not realize they cut holes in the top of Concorde for the scientists instruments. #concorde #eclipse
The Longest Solar Eclipse Ever
YouTube video by Primal Space
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"How to survive in a Louisiana swamp". unherd.com/2026/08/how-... #louisiana #cajun #nutria
How to survive in a Louisiana swamp
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WTF? Amazon received a permit from the state of #Texas allowing its new gas power plant to emit 33 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — the largest single source of pollution in the United States. newrepublic.com/post/214111/...
Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire Country
Amazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.
newrepublic.com
There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...
As Oregon burns and gamblers bet, lawmakers push back against wildfire betting markets drawing millions
Wyden and Merkley are urging federal regulators to crack down on prediction markets that allow users to wager on how long wildfires will burn and how much damage they will cause
oregonlive.com
On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will vote on four bills that would expand age verification, increase online surveillance, and make it harder to access lawful speech online. Take one minute to tell your senators to vote NO. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
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I was wondering why I had so many #SkyTeam flights, but I had completely forgotten that Continental Airlines was in that alliance before the merger with United Airlines began in October 2009. Kudos to @myflightpath.club for providing tracking to this level of detail! #avgeek #continentalairlines
MyFlightPath.club@myflightpath.club · 3mo agoEver wondered how your loyalty changed over the years? Check your flight map/profile on #MyFlightPath:
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Want to share your flight map and diary with others, but worried about privacy? Now you can keep your future flights private 🔒 #myflightpath #flightlog #privacy #avgeek #aviation
In my day, $18 of Taco Bell was enough food to kill you.
MJW@wilsonmj.bsky.social · 3mo agoI just went to Taco Bell. I got two chalupas and a small drink. It was $18. This it's what people mean when they talk about the economy feeling bad right now. Everything is expensive. Cheap things are no longer cheap. You can't leave your house without spending $50.
NEW from me: Americans are set to lose nearly $250B gambling this year—a record high, up more than 60% since 2019—and that's before counting unofficial betting via prediction markets or crypto Can anything stop America's gambling boom? 🧵
@troyteslike.bsky.social Please consider returning to posting on Bluesky.
We have a little over 24 hours to save the internet. The vote for a package of internet-freedom destroying bills is being rushed to the US House floor on Monday the 29th. Spread this beyond Bluesky, ASAP. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online
Buried inside the KIDS Act are provisions that will push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation policies for online speech, and even create new rules about p...
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Fascinating article (gift link) Claude (deontological) essentially has a different set of ethics than ChatGPT and Gemini (consequentialism). Also: "In 2024 ... 7% of those who had studied computer science were unemployed, against just 5.1% of philosophers."
Why big AI labs are hiring so many philosophers
The technology presents all sorts of thorny problems—a philosopher’s favourite kind
economist.com
Wow, @casciencecenter.bsky.social did a fantastic job with this exhibit! #SpaceShuttle #Endeavour
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Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 3mo ago
So Will Cathcart is leaving WhatsApp and this is the new leader that Mark Zuckerberg has chosen.
In what may be one of Earth’s craziest forms of mimicry, researchers in 2023 reported a species of rove beetle that grows a termite puppet on its back to fool real termites into feeding it. Learn more during #InsectWeek: https://scim.ag/4mM2aS9
Though the carmaking industry’s centre of gravity has shifted to China, the stamp of America’s “Big Three” on Detroit endures. But can they stay relevant?
America’s carmakers cannot escape Chinese EVs for ever
Can they stay relevant?
econ.st
Neat site! Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields (of the U.S.) airfields-freeman.com #aviation #avgeek
Yet another brand retirement of an airline I've flown on.
AirPro News@airpronews.bsky.social · 3mo agoFrom July 1, 2026, AirSWIFT flights transfer to Cebgo, completing Cebu Pacific's PHP 1.75B acquisition. Flight codes switch from T6 to DG; schedules and aircraft remain unchanged. #aviation #aerospace airpronews.com/2026/06/16/a...
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