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He/him. Professional disaster enthusiast, barely a pilot, RF enjoyer.

close-up view of a dark pan on a black stovetop filled with rigatoni pasta coated in a glossy orange-red sauce. An out-of-focus hand on the left side of the frame stirs the pasta with a wooden spatula
A screenshot of a dark-themed user interface displaying a block of text under the heading "TRANSCRIPT". The text is in all capital letters and reads: "TRANSPORT DOZER 17, ENGINE 617, ENGINE 320, ENGINE 98, ENGINE 308, BATTALION 3, CREW 8 WITH THE ADDITION OF BATTALION 10, AND CDF. WE'RE GETTING MULTIPLE CALLERS SAYING IT'S A GRASS FIRE NEXT TO THE AQUEDUCT. SEEING BOTH SMOKE AND FLAMES. CAL FIRE IS ESTABLISHING GRANT IC. THEY'LL BE ON CDF TECH 2. ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS ARE GOING TO BE GRANT LINE AND BYRON. MULTIPLE RPS ARE ADVISING WITH A WHOLE HILLSIDE AS IN FLAMES. WE'LL BE ON TAC 4." Below this, partially cut off text reads "COPY HEADING BATTALION".
Screenshot of the DC July 4th flyover schedule. 1:14 PM - NASA F-5 Flyover 1:24 PM - NASA Fleet Review 1:44 PM - USCG Helo Flyover 1:54 PM - USCG Fixed Wing Flyover 2:09 PM - Golden Knights, Leap Frogs 2:29 PM - Army Helo Flyover 2:44 PM - USAF Fleet Review - Wave 1 - Heavies 2:54 PM - USAF Fleet Review - Wave 2 - AFSOC 3:04 PM - USAF Fleet Review - Wave 3 - Fighters 3:29 PM - Executive Rotary Wing Airlift 3:39 PM - USMC Fleet Review - Wave 1 - Rotary 3:49 PM - USMC Fleet Review - Wave 2 - Fixed Wing 3:59 PM - USN Fleet Review - Wave 1 - Rotary 4:09 PM - USN Fleet Review - Wave 2 - Fixed Wing 4:19 PM - USN Fleet Review - Wave 3 - Fighters 4:21 PM - USN F-18F Demonstration 4:59 PM - USN Blue Angels 5:26 PM - USMC MV-22 Osprey Demonstration 5:44 PM - USAF Fleet Review – Fighters 6:02 PM - USAF Tri-Bomber Formation 6:05 PM - USN F-35C Demonstration 6:25 PM - USAF Thunderbirds Demonstration 7:03 PM - Air Force One Flyover 7:07 PM - USAF Thunderbirds Delta Break 7:17 PM - HUGE 1 Flyover Led by the Newly Renovated Air Force One 7:38 PM - U.S. Stealth Airpower Flyover 7:39 PM - F-22 Raptor Demo 7:53 PM - F-22 Raptor in Afterburner 7:59 PM - B-1 Flyover 8:07 PM - B-1's in Afterburner 8:11 PM - HUGE ONE Fly Over Review 8:22 PM - Golden Knights Twilight Jump 10:36 PM - B-1 Afterburner Night Pass
A screenshot of a social media post on X by @ryangrim. The main post reads: "🚨 Months ago, The Intercept lost control of its Signal tip line to an unknown third party, which has been operating it actively. The Intercept recently learned of the breach and posted the innocuous-sounding update below, chalking up a change in the Signal account username to 'security best practices.' In reality, it's a devastating operational security collapse and The Intercept should publicly address it so that sources who may have been trying to leak to the outlet understand they may have been compromised. Please share this post so potential sources become aware of the risk they may have been duped into. Details below:" Embedded within this post is a quoted post from The Intercept (@theintercept), dated June 30, which reads: "In keeping with security best practices, we have updated our Signal tip line. If you want to contact The Intercept, please get in touch with our reporters individually or use the Signal account Theintercept_tips.01. Please do not use the username TheIntercept.01." The bottom of the screenshot shows the main post's timestamp as 12:18 PM • Jul 2, 2026, with 162.4K Views.
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Chart showing the ground track of the gyrocopter and how it's last position was on departure from the airport. Also two charts show altitude and ground speed, showing the narrative in the post visually.
A screenshot of a web app called Snoopy displaying a map centered on Salt Lake City, Utah. A dashed red circle highlights a 50-mile radius watch zone around the city. The map is populated with colored dots representing weather station statuses, which a legend identifies as Normal (grey), Flirting (orange), and Red Flag (red). The vast majority of the visible markers are red. A sidebar on the right provides a summary: the "Watch Zone" for Salt Lake City contains 7 stations, all marked "Red Flag." Below this, a "Total" section indicates there are 31 stations currently in view, with 29 categorized as "Red Flag" and 1 categorized as "Flirting."
an altNOAA post that says "Two types of people will see this. The first type is the emotionally shallow person who just sees Al and that's it for them. Everyone else will think about the emotions it created for a self-aware being they personally don't know and understand that cetacean captivity is wrong. I love it for this!"
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A screenshot of the "Snoopy" web application showing an interactive weather station map of the San Francisco Bay Area. A summary banner notes that 2 out of 680 monitored stations currently meet Red Flag criteria. A sidebar displays detailed weather metrics for a selected station at Grizzly Peak Blvd, showing a "Normal" status, 100% relative humidity, WSW winds at 13 mph, and a temperature of 53°F.
A screenshot of the National Weather Service "Fire Weather Snooper" interface, displaying a dense, multi-column data table of weather station reports that include metrics such as relative humidity, wind speed, temperature, and elevation.
screenshot of a news card in Google from the Motley Fool that says "Why Does SpaceX Stock Keep Going Up?"
a matlibplot chart showing per-foot contact pressure vs ottoman weight with two curves comparing two different foot designs
A framed long-exposure photograph showing swirling light trails from surveillance aircraft over San Francisco during APEC 2023 against a deep blue night sky, viewed through soft out-of-focus foreground objects.
Photo of a framed screen print featuring colorful illustrations of surveillance cameras on a black background in an ornate gold frame, mounted on a white wall beside a leafy plant with some out of focus radio receiver equipment in the foreground.
Photo look at a rescue boat from the cliffs above.
Photos of rescuers operating a drone with a controller, lights from rescue boats light up the water below.
Photo of a rescuer descending a rope line down a cliff.
Medium close up photo of the back of a firefighter at the rescue operation scene.
A line of emergency responders standing at the edge of a cliff at night.
A view over a cliff at a responder navigating through vegetation at night.
Photo of an emergency response vehicle parked near the cliffside at night, headlights illuminating vegetation.
screenshot of a radar app showing a line of thunderstorms in eastern iowa/illinois with several severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings
Screenshot of a radar app cropped in showing a Tornado Warning alert text box.
Screenshot of a radar app showing a squall line moving west to east through the upper midwest.
Line chart of cumulative arrivals at New York JFK from 10 PM to roughly 2 AM ET, comparing the night of June 8–9, 2026 (when Air Force One departed) with the same hours a week earlier as a benchmark. Overnight arrival volumes are low. The June 8–9 curve goes flat from midnight to about 00:45 ET, a shaded window marking the Air Force One ground stop where arrivals halt, while the benchmark night keeps climbing. By 1:45 AM ET the AF1 night is about 12 arrivals behind, a brief ~30-minute hole rather than a sustained backlog.
line chart of cumulative arrivals at Chicago O’Hare from 9 AM to midnight CDT, comparing Monday June 8, 2026 with the prior Monday, June 1, as a benchmark. Both curves track together until about noon, then diverge during a shaded 2–6 PM storm-impact window. After 6 PM the two lines run parallel rather than converging, leaving June 8 about 253 arrivals below the benchmark by midnight. This reflects an accumulated backlog that does not recover within the day
Line chart depicting arrival/departure traffic at JFK in 15 minute intervals. Drops to zero for two periods around midnight.
screenshot of an airline app screen that says "Your trip... Returned to gate"
WEAK53 PAAQ 072345 TIBAK1 Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK 445 PM PDT Sun Jun 7 2026 ...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA... EVALUATION ---------- * Earthquakes of this size are known to generate tsunamis potentially dangerous to coasts outside the source region. * More information will be issued if it becomes available. * This earthquake has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami in the source region. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * The following parameters are based on a rapid preliminary assessment of the earthquake and changes may occur. * Magnitude 8.2 * Origin Time 1538 AKDT Jun 07 2026 1638 PDT Jun 07 2026 2338 UTC Jun 07 2026 * Coordinates 5.7 North 125.2 East * Depth 39 miles * Location in Mindanao, Philippine Islands ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE -------------------------------------- * Refer to the internet site tsunami.gov for more information. * Pacific coastal regions outside California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska should refer to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center messages at tsunami.gov. * Messages will be issued hourly to keep you informed of the progress of this event. $$
Photo of a pelican case integrated cellular hotspot on top of a red hatchback on a ridge line at the edge of a forrest on a clear day.
Photo of a cellular hotspot build in a small black pelican case... the build is integrated into a shiny black acrylic panel and features a Nighthawk M6 Pro hotspot, a large USB-C battery and a Waveform 2x2 MIMO antenna mounted in the lid with a cable passthrough in place.
A Killdeer strolling through a shallow tidal flat.
A California Towhee perched amid a tangle of bare, lichen-flecked branches.
A California Scrub-Jay perched on a weathered wood fence in front of green and brown foliage.
a teary eyed david malukas in a post race interview after the indy 500