Small drones are killing more civilians than ever before - and we need to act. Here’s my thoughts on what we need to do, like establishing a center dedicated to evaluating and investigating drone attacks, training investigators, and explaining how IHL applies to self-defense against drones:

What Can We Do About Drone Attacks on Civilians? Some Thoughts

Lately, I've been spending a lot of time analyzing, reporting on, and researching the horrifying global uptick in the use of small, cheap, short-range drones to intentionally target and kill civilians...

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This is such an great feature (Rebecca is great!), and I've been thinking about it for a few days. IMO, "Influencer" in the ten-years-ago sense was really a LOT of jobs (spokesmodel/copywriter/etc.) but now it's morphing, at least in part, into "intentionally annoying person" which feels worse.

The Influencer Recession

Once upon a time, lifestyle influencers could post cute photos and make millions. Now they are forced to pivot.

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Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty made an enormous difference. It entered into force in 1970. President John F. Kennedy thought we might have 25-30 nuclear weapons states by the 1980s. We now have 9.

honestly, the fact that we have made it through the atomic age *without* another use of nuclear weapons since 1945 is a miracle we don't fully appreciate

Rebecca R Helm@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 17h ago

Today is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:

if establishment candidates want to start winning primaries again all you have to do is say that rich people have too much money and that youll prosecute trump admin staffers and republicans that have broken the law

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

At the risk of ruining my mentions, I want to remind my centrist friends that “vote blue no matter who” also applies when Dems nominate a leftist. We need to be single focused on winning back the Senate. We cannot do that without Michigan.

i support [$democratic_candidate] for [$public_office] and believe that their politics is a perfect fit for [$state]. I would drag my [$genital] over [$harmful_object_or_substance] to vote for [$democratic_candidate] this fall.

Keith@mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 14h ago

I support the winner of the Michigan Democratic primary as the future senator from Michigan.

remember when Sheryl invited a bunch of feminist bloggers to dinner and they all wrote nice things about her airport book being the future of feminism

Sarah Szalavitz💡@dearsarah.bsky.social · 17h ago

Lean In To Fascism

The pilots managed to botch the approach in about a dozen different ways and tragically ended flying themselves into the side of a mountain while attempting a notoriously difficult approach into an unmanned airfield on a moonless night, how that has devolved into military superweapons is beyond me

The controller was setting them up for a series of right-hand turns to do ILS approach but instead, the flight crew with GPS back on, reported that they had a visual and started doing a left-hand turn. The supervisor then said that they were in visual, and jamming could start up again, to which

No, the US military did not do this at all, if anyone actually bothers to read the actual NTSB preliminary report. The flight crew (and others) were having issues and were telling it to the controller, the supervisor requested that jamming be turned off, and the military turned off the jamming.

You can also just read the NTSB report that states the “jamming” in question had no influence over the crash, but hey, we’re on bluesky, the website where nobody reads

Usili (Talia) 🏳️‍⚧️@usili.bsky.social · 23h ago

No, the US military did not do this at all, if anyone actually bothers to read the actual NTSB preliminary report. The flight crew (and others) were having issues and were telling it to the controller, the supervisor requested that jamming be turned off, and the military turned off the jamming.

Here is an actual 🧵 about what happened

Mike Black@mikeblack114.bsky.social · 6d ago

this is clickbait garbage a) it wasn't ~dronez~ stuff, it was the same vanilla GPS jamming that has occurred at WSMR for decades b) a crew should *absolutely* be capable of conducting a nonprecision approach to an ILS, *ESPECIALLY* if there's a NOTAM out for PNT jamming

It’s pretty clear that’s not what happened at all and this is like the 3rd different outlet I’ve seen saying as much

Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋@poppyhaze.bsky.social · 22h ago

So the US military killed everyone on a medevac plane by testing a GPS weapon. futurism.com/science-ener...

I want leadership like this for New Orleans. Instead we got the guy who nixed a huge coastal restoration project that the legislature had already approved because it “messes with Louisiana’s way of life”

Mongabay@mongabay.com · 3h ago

To mitigate tsunami impacts, a project in Japan has planted over 680,000 trees along the coast, drawing on traditional "guardian forests." While these natural barriers offer proven protection, many communities continue prioritizing concrete seawalls. Jonathan Vit reports for #Mongabay.

the funny thing about people in the western world being angry at sikhs for taking all the trucking jobs is that people in India are also angry with them for taking all the trucking jobs. It's not you. It's what we do. We are the Truck Guys.

Abdul El-Sayed on track to be the first handsome senator.

Elon crashes on the moon. SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision

Four-tonne piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket believed to have hit lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400 miles an hour

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Because I am actively researching and writing about the FAA practically every day, I spend a lot of time reading about accidents from the 1970s and 80s. You have no idea how incredibly dangerous it was back then. No idea at all. Just read the commercial crash stats for AK in the '90s. Good grief.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 13h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

And now it's up to 5,000+ likes. SIGH. That second paragraph is ridiculous. The GPS being unavailable was in a NOTAM which they would have gotten on the ground. They were unable to hold an altitude which has nothing to do with GPS. All pilots must fly & land without GPS. If you can't, do not fly.

Justin Ling@justinling.ca · 18h ago

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...

And hey - if a pilot needs GPS in order to fly then that person is not ready to be a pilot and most certainly not a commercial pilot. If you're interested, there is research being done on pilot over-reliance on technology. Here's just one article I found on it. medium.com/faa/the-dang...

The Dangers of Overreliance on Automation

Safety Concerns and Mitigation Strategies for Pilots

medium.com

You guys are going to make me write about that New Mexico medevac crash, aren't you? Stop spreading articles claiming it was shot down by DOD or DHS or CBP, etc. Read the Prelim here. There was a NOTAM on the GPS being down. If the crew needs GPS to fly, then don't fly. web.ntsb.gov/investigatio...

Juan Browne (of the blancolirio YouTube channel) covered this over a month ago. Take note of his introduction: “In my opinion, this flight should never have been dispatched.” He then goes into why. It’s a great video and worth watching. youtu.be/Dcyup4xVQuM?...

NTSB Prelim Medivac King Air Crash Ruidoso NM 14 May 2026

YouTube video by blancolirio

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There was a NOTAM saying jamming was going on. It is the pilots duty to know and read NOTAMs and make adjustments from that. Either they ignored the NOTAM (bad) or they knew about it and didn’t adjust properly which could include not flying (very bad).

i mean, NTSB prelim kinda makes it sound like they knew there was going to be jamming happening during the flight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcyu...

NTSB Prelim Medivac King Air Crash Ruidoso NM 14 May 2026

YouTube video by blancolirio

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WSMR stopped the jamming within seconds of receiving a cease buzzer call from ATC (it took about 5 minutes from the first "we're having GPS issues" call for the supervisor to ultimately make the call) and only resumed jamming after the controller was informed the mishap crew were visual

There was a NOTAM. Pilots are required to check for NOTAMs prior to departure. This is basic. The crew blew past their assigned altitude by 1,000 feet. That would bust them on a checkride. No excuse. None. If a Part 135 crew can not land without GPS they should not be flying commercially.