Will Walker, PhD.

@energystate.bsky.social

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Energy policy scholar, working in energy efficiency program evaluation. VATSIM Air Traffic Controller. Foster parent. Cat dad.

Image of Twitter feed by aasha_thewriter which reads: Minnesota National Guard rolled up, shot a hard stink-eye glare at the ICE goons, then stood with us, handing out pizza, hot chocolate, and coffee. Reply from same author: I am serious. The Guard literally just stood there, squared up to ICE: "You don't get to touch them." But with us protestors, they let their guard down. They were paying attention - not on autopilot - reading the room, noticing fear, cold, and exhaustion, then responding with food, warmth, eye contact, and respect. Their smiles and nods said: "I see you. You matter. You're not alone." Seeing strength used as a shield instead of a weapon was incredibly moving.
Several commenters cited occupant weight as a reason why the maximum takeoff weight limit should be removed. One commenter stated an increased weight allowance is more realistic and will improve safety given heavier individuals, luggage, and a desire for extra fuel for wind or weather purposes. Another commenter noted challenges in accommodating themselves, fuel, and a designated pilot examiner given weight limits. EASA, AOPA, NATA, NBAA, and GAMA commented that the weight restriction has caused numerous unintended consequences including concerns about minimal useful load and resulting pilot and passenger size limitations. Finally, another commenter favored weight limits that would allow two full sized adults.
STARS Scope screenshot showing the vast majority of the area covered by green hatches with regions of orange and purple. DAL7767 is on the downwind for RWY 29.
OP: "The thing neurotypicals tend not to understand about the ADHD brain is that it really only has two gears: *I turn to the chalkboard and carefully write out* WORKIN' HARD. HARDLY WORKIN' Reply: "Much like a cars transmission getting stuck between gears the adhd brain can also access a secret mode called HORKLY WARDIN' that feels bad.
Photo of a motor vehicle (some kind of Chevrolet) with a dog sticking its head through the sunroof on a sunny day. The license plate reads: "SUNWOOF"
VAT-spy screenshot showing all trans-Atlantic sectors online, and 25 distinct lanes of westbound aircraft so dense that they form coherent lines from Europe to approximately the southernmost tip of Greenland. Their callsigns are unreadable because of the overlap.
Screenshot of VAT-Spy showing a titanic swarm of aircraft departing Europe on westbound trans-Atlantic flights. Too many to count or name.
VFR Sectional of the Nantucket area. Nantucket is in the bottom right. The left third of the map is entirely engulfed in moderate-to-severe precipitation per a doppler RADAR overlay. All airports west of Nantucket are various degrees of IMC.
Google Maps routing for Paul Revere's Midnight Ride highlighting the seven Dunkin Donuts locations along the way. Text of the social post containing this says "It's the 250th anniversary of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. I've mapped all seven Dunkin Donuts locations Paul could've stopped at on his route"
Social media post reading "I was playing fiddle at a ren faire, and two little girls were really enjoying our set. After quite some time one of them walked up to me an shyly offered me her star tinsel tiara, because she "didn't have any money. And this protects you from trolls!" I said, "Thanks, that's really sweet - but what about you? Don't you need protection from trolls?" At which point this six-ish-year-old girl whips out her certificate from the axe throwing booth and says, "Nah, I'm fine." I still have that tinsel tiara. It's draped over my modem. I figure it'll protect me from the most trolls that way.
Tweet from the official White House account: "DO NOT RETALIATE AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED."
Three sleeping kittens forming a triple spiral.
A black and grey cat sandwiched in the scanner bed of a scan/copy/fax/print combination peripheral.
Weekly chart of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF [SPY]. The chart displays from early October 2023 to present day. A strong upward trendline is drawn using the three most dramatic drops that featured recoveries. The most recent four weeks dramatically break that trendline to the downside. Volume declines throughout the period until the most recent four weeks when it spikes concurrently with the trendline breakdown.
Orange tabby upside down, blissed out, wrapped around a hand petting his belly
Screencap of two Bluesky posts. The first, referring to the Twitter blackout, reads "IS IT BACK DOWN LMAO?!" The second reads, "you must construct additional pylons."
A hand holding a copy of Artemis, by Andy Weir; and Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum. A fireplace is glowing I'm the background.
Cup of coffee, silverware, pair of glasses all on a white tile table.
Screenshot of a tweet saying "Heard my 6yo slowly and painstakingly reading a Nat Geo book about otters to his stuffed otter b/c 'I wanted him to know about his family.'"
STARS display showing two targets. LYM556 being actively tracked at 3,800ft, doing 150 knots groundspeed. The other at 5,000ft being tracked by another controller and outside the BRISTOL TRACON.
STARS terminal display of the Bradley International Class C airspace with approaches to runways 33 and 24 depicted. Approach course to Runway 02 at Westfield-Barnes Regional is also visible.
Peanuts characters Lucy and Charlie Brown. Lucy is holding a football in kicking position. Charlie looks skeptical, as if she's done this before and always pranks him.
Map featuring the Gulf of Mexico, re-labeled as "Spaceballs: The Gulf."
Animated GIF of the June 2016 booster explosion
An extremely sleepy, extremely curled up orange tabby shorthair.
Four-panel series of a mustachioed man in an officer's cap sipping tea in the desert while listening to a gramophone. Text at the bottom of panels 1, 2, and 4 read: "Just a friendly reminder. That if you're still alive, you're not struggling with depression. Depression is struggling with you."
Check in on your queer friends with ADHD/AuDHD right now cuz their Justice Sensitivity combined with their Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria means that they are both acutely aware of how f*cked up things are *and* also feel personally responsible for fixing it *while* dealing with the helplessness inherent in the reality that individual action is not gonna do it this time. This means that their brains/bodies are going into overdrive and also that they are feeling guilty for any kind of self-care or joy in their lives because their brain weasels are telling them that resting or being happy while others cannot/are not is selfish. It's an exhausting state and we're not OK.