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Luke
@robotastic.bsky.social
Building things makes me happy... Prototyping at IQT
Created https://openmhz.com & https://github.com/robotastic/trunk-recorder
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ICONIC BEHAVIOR

@spiritsquadron.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Airplane Wizards - Does anyone know what is circling Woodley Park in DC with ADS-B off?
November 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Capturing some real GEMS 💎 today...
🧳: CFG2116
October 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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facing unprecedented uncertainty re: employment due to the shutdown/trump cuts 😕

if you have leads on open Emergency Management or COOP/Biz Continuity roles at state/local gov't agencies, I would love to hear about it!

especially interested in highly regulated and complex environments, dm's open
October 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Co-sign
Delivery trucks have always illegally stopped in lanes, blocking traffic and making cycling dangerous. It's better now and more orderly, even if not perfect. The bus lanes and stops are a big improvement.
October 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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It was almost four years ago that Nina Larson was killed by a driver as she crossed Columbia Road NW in Adams Morgan. (Story: dcist.com/story/21/11/...) It took until this week for the driver to be found guilty of two misdemeanor offenses.
24-Year-Old Aspiring Opera Singer, Restaurant Worker Killed By Driver In Adams Morgan
Nina Larson was an aspiring opera singer, American University graduate, and employee at Mintwood Place in Adams Morgan.
dcist.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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My coffee table book, Open Circuits, with beautiful cross-section photos of electronics, is 25% off through the 12th. Use the super-secret discount code "SHOWOFF". What, you already have the book? BAM--you just thought of a friend who would enjoy a copy.

nostarch.com/open-circuits
October 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Good day for @skybotdc.bsky.social - it caught 2x 747s, a 380 and a C-17!

skybot.live
SkyBot Gallery
skybot.live
October 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
DC’s Team!
Different roots. Same home. ONE SPIRIT 💛

The first 200 federal employees can claim a voucher for a free ticket on a first-come, first-served basis.

After that, a limited number of $10 tickets for federal employees will be available so you can bring your friends & family!

🎟️ bit.ly/46vSPrX
October 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Spanish Steps, Kalorama, Washington, DC, 2023.

All the pixels, no skateboards allowed, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53335651417

#photography
September 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My new favorite catch!
🛩️: PIAGGIO P180
🏦: BETA BUSINESS LLC
🧳: N174WA
September 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is the most genuine new parent tweet that I have ever seen
procrastinating on putting a load of baby-poop-covered linens and sundries in the dishwasher by staring at the news on my phone and honestly phone still worse
September 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
So thrilled that I got to see @itsafronomics.bsky.social at her book launch in DC!

If she is coming to town, go!

doubletax.substack.com/p/were-going...
September 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The park police helicopter spent a good 30 min circling, ruining the evening vibe... but it did help me tune @skybotdc.bsky.social !!
September 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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I'M COMING HOME!!! #TheDoubleTax IS COMING TO WASHINGTON D.C. on September 18 at 6 PM!!!

Alongside IWPR, @groundwork.bsky.social, and The Century Foundation, we're going to be talking about #politics and how (Black) women leaders are meeting the moment.

Get your tickets: iwpr.org/event/book-l...
August 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Looks like a truck caught on fire out on the ramp at Dulles / IAD
August 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
@pfrazee.com Any chance there will be a paid option to go above the 25 video/day limit? I built a bot that films airplanes cruising by and posts timelapses... and I want to post them all!!

bsky.app/profile/skyb...
🛩️: AIRBUS A321-231
🏦: UMB BANK NA TRUSTEE
🧳: AAL809
August 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
have my robots working on some stuff...
August 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I love this correction
August 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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🧵 (1 of 6) Community members recently placed memorial ghost bikes in honor of friends and loved ones.

This includes new memorials for loved ones who were killed while bicycling sometime in the past year and a half, plus previous memorials that were in need of care and replacement. ❤️‍🩹

#BikeDC
July 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Well this is suspenseful!!!
Purchasing these. They are 💫 new 💫. Will report back
July 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Tried to make a cube like @mohitbhoite.bsky.social but it was a bit of a fail. I think it need to go a lot heavier on the flux. I ended up having to really heat the brass rods and applying solder vs just dabbing a small spot of solder from the tip of the iron… also need to measure against a template
July 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It took a little work - and a Google image search, but I tracked down the clamp @mohitbhoite.bsky.social was using in his video:

omnifixo.com/en-us

I also ordered a Machinists Angle Plates from eBay to attach it to… too
June 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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surveillance aircraft over oakland tonight, quick long exposure to test an image stacking script i'm working on #skycircles

this was just a CHP fixed wing aircraft and OPD's Argus helicopter doing some sideshow/traffic enforcement work
June 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM