Philip G. Collier

@philipcollier.bsky.social

Former airline nomad on the 737, 757, 767. Lover of cats and catbirds. "Information wants to be free." "Justice wants to happen." Medium: https://medium.com/@philipcollier Substack: https://philipcollier.substack.com

One of the most important issues of our time is that the future of humanity is presently being authored by people who have nothing but total contempt for humanity and seek the erasure of everything that gives being a human meaning. It’s not just annoying. It doesn’t just suck. It’s existential.

Sam Altman: cool use case of chatgpt work i heard last night:

connect your family calendars and explain your kids' interests.

every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid's soccer game that afternoon, one kid's upcoming birthday, some news, etc.

“Are you a communist?” “No I am an anti-fascist” “For a long time?” “Since I have understood fascism.” – Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

The best coffee is sunrise coffee. I was working a redeye trip and flying over Laos, into the sunrise. It is an old video with imperfect audio, and I'm now trying some new tech to make it readable. In the original, the noise is so LOUD you can barely hear me.

#ADSB trackers - keep an eye on the Blue Spruce routes. A lot of those fuckers are not (yet) qualified for the more direct NAT Tracks. They are in a big hurry. People in a hurry FUCK UP, so watch these flights. I think they have jumped into the deep water.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 5d ago

I may have to update it again tomorrow. This ICE charter flight is following the route for Eastern Europe/Asia removals, which sometimes include third-country removals. Always hate the end of the month surge, this one was the worst.

An ADSBx map showing Eastern Airlines’ N703KW going from Alexandria, LA, to Bangor, Maine and then continuing on across the Atlantic.

Eugenicists and religious cults will completely fuck up the world. Which is more wrong: 1) Better breeding will save the fit from disease? 2) God will judge, saving the good and letting the bad die? Neither belief accounts for sickness caused by bacteria and viruses. Get vaccinated; eat clean food!

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.