@yak18pilot.bsky.social
Lifelong educator, Steam locomotive engineer, multi engine IFR rated pilot & CFI, classic car restorer.
Trains, planes, and automobiles. It’s more than a movie….
“The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity”
Harlan Ellison
Trains, planes, and automobiles. It’s more than a movie….
“The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity”
Harlan Ellison
Hope you enjoyed Trump’s fact free pep rally address…
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Hope you enjoyed Trump’s fact free pep rally address…
Vernal Fall in Yosemite:
December 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Vernal Fall in Yosemite:
Swallowtail butterfly:
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Swallowtail butterfly:
So I guess this is what Trump calls “winning”:
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December 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
So I guess this is what Trump calls “winning”:
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This morning’s sunrise:
December 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This morning’s sunrise:
Prickly pear cactus in bloom:
December 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Prickly pear cactus in bloom:
San Antone Valley, CA in spring:
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
San Antone Valley, CA in spring:
Well worth the read:
www.againstallenemies.net?utm_campaign...
www.againstallenemies.net?utm_campaign...
Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies | Substack
Tireless resistance to autocracy.
Never out of the fight. Click to read Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
www.againstallenemies.net
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Well worth the read:
www.againstallenemies.net?utm_campaign...
www.againstallenemies.net?utm_campaign...
Tranquil pond in spring:
December 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Tranquil pond in spring:
Found this newspaper headline from 1886. Some things never change:
December 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Found this newspaper headline from 1886. Some things never change:
One terrifying fact of these boat strikes: there are clearly people at all levels of military command who will follow illegal orders. Think about the implications of that:
EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military on Sept. 2 to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat because they were on an internal list of military targets, the commander overseeing the operation told lawmakers, according to multiple sources.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling vessels.
nbcnews.to
December 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One terrifying fact of these boat strikes: there are clearly people at all levels of military command who will follow illegal orders. Think about the implications of that:
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Birthright citizenship exists because the 1857 Dred Scott decision denied the Declaration. Undoing it now would repeat the very sin the 14th Amendment was built to crush.
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Birthright citizenship exists because the 1857 Dred Scott decision denied the Declaration. Undoing it now would repeat the very sin the 14th Amendment was built to crush.
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Trump’s presidential record is just a rap sheet with a tie.
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Trump’s presidential record is just a rap sheet with a tie.
This is 💯 correct:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed | Rebecca Solnit
The persecution of brown people and mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is 💯 correct:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
957,007 Lights:
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
957,007 Lights:
Politically Incorrect Gas Station in Patagonia, AZ:
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Politically Incorrect Gas Station in Patagonia, AZ:
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They really should change the name of the GOP to the Know Nothing Party…
POLLING CALL CENTER: "Now I'm going to read you some conspiracy theo— …"
MAGA RESPONDENT: "I don't need to hear them, they're all true."
MAGA RESPONDENT: "I don't need to hear them, they're all true."
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
They really should change the name of the GOP to the Know Nothing Party…
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We are so far off the playing field here we can't even see the stadium.
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We are so far off the playing field here we can't even see the stadium.
Banded Rock Lizard camouflage at Anza Borrego State Park:
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Banded Rock Lizard camouflage at Anza Borrego State Park:
Ghost town of Rhyolite:
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Ghost town of Rhyolite:
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Store employees described the suspect as “small, furry, and belligerent.” Steve Bannon’s spokesperson declined to comment.
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Store employees described the suspect as “small, furry, and belligerent.” Steve Bannon’s spokesperson declined to comment.
What a total ass….
“i won’t go unless i can wear my princess costume!” is something one typically hears from little girls not ruff tuff fbi directors but here we are
This FBI “pulse check” report on the dept under Patel and Bongino is a mixed bag - the fibbies love having no more sensitivity training but many hate going on ICE raids and think leadership is weak - but this anecdote is clearly gold: K$H Patel wearing the traditional FBI Director’s ladies clothes.
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
What a total ass….
Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse Nova Scotia:
December 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse Nova Scotia: