Don Brown
@gettheflick.bsky.social
Retired ATC (ZTL) -- NATCA founding member
Amateur Photographer
Joe Biden Democrat
Should have been a cowboy.
Ask an ATC question (or about a Photography Park) at your peril.
Amateur Photographer
Joe Biden Democrat
Should have been a cowboy.
Ask an ATC question (or about a Photography Park) at your peril.
The internet is a miracle of modern life.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3vXs...
Watching “Blue Lights” and heard this song. 30 years ago, I would have had no way of finding it. I wouldn’t have even tried. And it’d be forgotten.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3vXs...
Watching “Blue Lights” and heard this song. 30 years ago, I would have had no way of finding it. I wouldn’t have even tried. And it’d be forgotten.
The Parting Glass
YouTube video by Cara Dillon - Topic
m.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The internet is a miracle of modern life.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3vXs...
Watching “Blue Lights” and heard this song. 30 years ago, I would have had no way of finding it. I wouldn’t have even tried. And it’d be forgotten.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3vXs...
Watching “Blue Lights” and heard this song. 30 years ago, I would have had no way of finding it. I wouldn’t have even tried. And it’d be forgotten.
Now we’re pirates???!!!!
December 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Now we’re pirates???!!!!
You think you're confused? You should be old and trying to understand this stuff -- from people old enough to know better.
I thought this was some more random internet weirdness. But no. It's the Secretary of State and it's in the @nytimes.com.
Political *fonts* now.
I thought this was some more random internet weirdness. But no. It's the Secretary of State and it's in the @nytimes.com.
Political *fonts* now.
At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
You think you're confused? You should be old and trying to understand this stuff -- from people old enough to know better.
I thought this was some more random internet weirdness. But no. It's the Secretary of State and it's in the @nytimes.com.
Political *fonts* now.
I thought this was some more random internet weirdness. But no. It's the Secretary of State and it's in the @nytimes.com.
Political *fonts* now.
"More Like Ferb"
(If you want to read the story, click the link in the remarks.)
On the Border Creek Trail (Trail #200) in Bankhead National Forest, near Moulton, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
18mm
F8@30 seconds
ISO 400
Polarizer
DSB_8934.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
(If you want to read the story, click the link in the remarks.)
On the Border Creek Trail (Trail #200) in Bankhead National Forest, near Moulton, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
18mm
F8@30 seconds
ISO 400
Polarizer
DSB_8934.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
December 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"More Like Ferb"
(If you want to read the story, click the link in the remarks.)
On the Border Creek Trail (Trail #200) in Bankhead National Forest, near Moulton, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
18mm
F8@30 seconds
ISO 400
Polarizer
DSB_8934.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
(If you want to read the story, click the link in the remarks.)
On the Border Creek Trail (Trail #200) in Bankhead National Forest, near Moulton, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
18mm
F8@30 seconds
ISO 400
Polarizer
DSB_8934.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Along the Borden Creek Trail in the Bankhead National Forest. This is at the entrance of the “Fat Man Squeeze”. But that’s a story for another day.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
18mm
[email protected] seconds
ISO 400
Polarizer
White Balance on "Flash"
DSB_8739.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
18mm
[email protected] seconds
ISO 400
Polarizer
White Balance on "Flash"
DSB_8739.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
December 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Along the Borden Creek Trail in the Bankhead National Forest. This is at the entrance of the “Fat Man Squeeze”. But that’s a story for another day.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
18mm
[email protected] seconds
ISO 400
Polarizer
White Balance on "Flash"
DSB_8739.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
18mm
[email protected] seconds
ISO 400
Polarizer
White Balance on "Flash"
DSB_8739.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Can I hope it's AI? Would that be wrong?
BTW, I can't do a single pull up. Not one. (I did walk 5 miles today but I do that almost every day.)
It's the emphasis that mystifies me here. Is this how Americans should spend their days? It's impressive. But so is competence at your job.
BTW, I can't do a single pull up. Not one. (I did walk 5 miles today but I do that almost every day.)
It's the emphasis that mystifies me here. Is this how Americans should spend their days? It's impressive. But so is competence at your job.
🤔
Duffy and RFK Jr. just wrote their own SNL Skit.
With their plans to Fix airports. 🤔
This is a cartoon Administration. 🤡
.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD1D...
Duffy and RFK Jr. just wrote their own SNL Skit.
With their plans to Fix airports. 🤔
This is a cartoon Administration. 🤡
.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD1D...
WATCH: RFK Jr. And Sean Duffy Do Pull-Ups At Reagan Airport In Washington D.C.
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Can I hope it's AI? Would that be wrong?
BTW, I can't do a single pull up. Not one. (I did walk 5 miles today but I do that almost every day.)
It's the emphasis that mystifies me here. Is this how Americans should spend their days? It's impressive. But so is competence at your job.
BTW, I can't do a single pull up. Not one. (I did walk 5 miles today but I do that almost every day.)
It's the emphasis that mystifies me here. Is this how Americans should spend their days? It's impressive. But so is competence at your job.
Fareed Zakaria lays it out with the logic and clarity of thought I wish I had.
American Greed has supplanted American know-how. Plutocrats replace experts. Grift replaces merit. Money is power. Power replaces Democracy. Trump becomes King. Next up is Jr. -- until The King's Hand eliminates him.
American Greed has supplanted American know-how. Plutocrats replace experts. Grift replaces merit. Money is power. Power replaces Democracy. Trump becomes King. Next up is Jr. -- until The King's Hand eliminates him.
Fareed's Take: The Trump administration's attack on experts
YouTube video by CNN
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fareed Zakaria lays it out with the logic and clarity of thought I wish I had.
American Greed has supplanted American know-how. Plutocrats replace experts. Grift replaces merit. Money is power. Power replaces Democracy. Trump becomes King. Next up is Jr. -- until The King's Hand eliminates him.
American Greed has supplanted American know-how. Plutocrats replace experts. Grift replaces merit. Money is power. Power replaces Democracy. Trump becomes King. Next up is Jr. -- until The King's Hand eliminates him.
"Making Hay"
Like the old saying goes, “Make hay while the Sun shines”. Too many foggy days.
Sunrise on December 4, 2025 at Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
28mm
F8@1/15th
ISO 400
GND filter.
DSB_6573.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Like the old saying goes, “Make hay while the Sun shines”. Too many foggy days.
Sunrise on December 4, 2025 at Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
28mm
F8@1/15th
ISO 400
GND filter.
DSB_6573.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
December 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Making Hay"
Like the old saying goes, “Make hay while the Sun shines”. Too many foggy days.
Sunrise on December 4, 2025 at Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
28mm
F8@1/15th
ISO 400
GND filter.
DSB_6573.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Like the old saying goes, “Make hay while the Sun shines”. Too many foggy days.
Sunrise on December 4, 2025 at Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
28mm
F8@1/15th
ISO 400
GND filter.
DSB_6573.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
The next time I ask you for ideas, you might want to think a little harder. Because, clearly, I've run out of ideas. Well, at least any that work. 🤠
If at first you don't succeed...buy another toy.
If at first you don't succeed...buy another toy.
December 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The next time I ask you for ideas, you might want to think a little harder. Because, clearly, I've run out of ideas. Well, at least any that work. 🤠
If at first you don't succeed...buy another toy.
If at first you don't succeed...buy another toy.
I really think @pkrugman.bsky.social sees things more clearly than most. And his years of teaching us lesser mortals shows.
Anyway, I never tire of reading his work.
Anyway, I never tire of reading his work.
Is This The End of the Free World?
Trump wants to MAGAfy Europe, too
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I really think @pkrugman.bsky.social sees things more clearly than most. And his years of teaching us lesser mortals shows.
Anyway, I never tire of reading his work.
Anyway, I never tire of reading his work.
A nuclear-armed Germany.
Maybe it’s a little harder to forget history — living in Huntsville. You know, German scientists built NASA rockets here.
AAMOF, this was in my feed this morning.
Maybe it’s a little harder to forget history — living in Huntsville. You know, German scientists built NASA rockets here.
AAMOF, this was in my feed this morning.
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A nuclear-armed Germany.
Maybe it’s a little harder to forget history — living in Huntsville. You know, German scientists built NASA rockets here.
AAMOF, this was in my feed this morning.
Maybe it’s a little harder to forget history — living in Huntsville. You know, German scientists built NASA rockets here.
AAMOF, this was in my feed this morning.
I’m running out of foggy-sunrise-pictures ideas. Do you have any?
December 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I’m running out of foggy-sunrise-pictures ideas. Do you have any?
Seriously @nytimes.com? I'm trying to help y'all and you keep proving all your detractors right? If you're going to fail, at least do it with grace. Not with desperation.
The "Front Page" of the print edition online. I can't read the news for the Tiffany.
Greed will be the death of America.
The "Front Page" of the print edition online. I can't read the news for the Tiffany.
Greed will be the death of America.
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Seriously @nytimes.com? I'm trying to help y'all and you keep proving all your detractors right? If you're going to fail, at least do it with grace. Not with desperation.
The "Front Page" of the print edition online. I can't read the news for the Tiffany.
Greed will be the death of America.
The "Front Page" of the print edition online. I can't read the news for the Tiffany.
Greed will be the death of America.
You’ve been warned.
December 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You’ve been warned.
"Bring Some Cheer"
Another foggy, damp, cold morning on Monte Sano. Never fear, the little red lantern will bring some cheer.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
125mm
[email protected] seconds
Cropped
DSB_8193.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Another foggy, damp, cold morning on Monte Sano. Never fear, the little red lantern will bring some cheer.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
125mm
[email protected] seconds
Cropped
DSB_8193.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
December 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Bring Some Cheer"
Another foggy, damp, cold morning on Monte Sano. Never fear, the little red lantern will bring some cheer.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
125mm
[email protected] seconds
Cropped
DSB_8193.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Another foggy, damp, cold morning on Monte Sano. Never fear, the little red lantern will bring some cheer.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
125mm
[email protected] seconds
Cropped
DSB_8193.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
I don't follow football. But if I did...🤠
December 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I don't follow football. But if I did...🤠
Not me (I am an introvert) but I might know someone who is.
Why INFJs Have No Friends 👇
Why INFJs Have No Friends
YouTube video by All About Introverts
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Not me (I am an introvert) but I might know someone who is.
"Colton & Logan"
Another foggy morning on Monte Sano. Another pic from the light tunnel in Big Spring Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
140mm
F6@1/100th
ISO 6,400
DSB_7395.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Another foggy morning on Monte Sano. Another pic from the light tunnel in Big Spring Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
140mm
F6@1/100th
ISO 6,400
DSB_7395.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
December 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Colton & Logan"
Another foggy morning on Monte Sano. Another pic from the light tunnel in Big Spring Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
140mm
F6@1/100th
ISO 6,400
DSB_7395.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Another foggy morning on Monte Sano. Another pic from the light tunnel in Big Spring Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
140mm
F6@1/100th
ISO 6,400
DSB_7395.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
#photography
Fun with #Photography. (See the other pic in the remarks.) #RocketCity
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Fun with #Photography. (See the other pic in the remarks.) #RocketCity
“Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, toymakers, unmarried people, and students in various cities and countries around Europe. His reputation evolved among the pious…and his legendary habit of secret gift-giving…”
Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, toymakers, unmarried people, and students in various cities and countries around Europe. His reputation evolved among the pious…and his legendary habit of secret gift-giving…”
Front page, top right, Sunday edition of @nytimes.com. Did you read/hear it?
"Homeland security agents investigating sexual crimes against children, for instance, have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown for weeks at a time, hampering their pursuit of child predators."
3 weeks ago.
"Homeland security agents investigating sexual crimes against children, for instance, have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown for weeks at a time, hampering their pursuit of child predators."
3 weeks ago.
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Front page, top right, Sunday edition of @nytimes.com. Did you read/hear it?
"Homeland security agents investigating sexual crimes against children, for instance, have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown for weeks at a time, hampering their pursuit of child predators."
3 weeks ago.
"Homeland security agents investigating sexual crimes against children, for instance, have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown for weeks at a time, hampering their pursuit of child predators."
3 weeks ago.
Reposted by Don Brown
There is no reason to be polite or decorous about this any more.
The current Supreme Court is corrupt.
US democracy cannot survive unless it is reformed.
The current Supreme Court is corrupt.
US democracy cannot survive unless it is reformed.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
There is no reason to be polite or decorous about this any more.
The current Supreme Court is corrupt.
US democracy cannot survive unless it is reformed.
The current Supreme Court is corrupt.
US democracy cannot survive unless it is reformed.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM