Paul Britton

Tsunami update as of 6:45pm PT: A tsunami has been generated, and it was damaging near epicenter. Tsunami Warnings remain in effect for many Pacific Islands (including Hawaii) and SW AK. However, for U.S./Canada West Coast, Watch *has been canceled* & converted to "Advisory."

They clearly pulled some strings to make this happen... 🫠

A newly manufactured Amtrak Cascades locomotive waits to leave the factory in California. The frame around the windshield is gold. The nose is evergreen to represent the PNW trees and most of the locomotive is cream, the white color representing the cream in your coffee. The updated Amtrak Cascades logo is large inside the cream portion. Blue sky and thin white clouds create the backdrop.

A new Amtrak Cascades Business Train Car waits to leave the manufacturing facility for testing. Cascade mountains are featured on both ends of the car. BUSINESS is printed on the top middle portion of the evergreen background. The mocha color frames the plentiful windows and there's a stripe of cream color below the windows. The Business Car sports a gold door which matches the mountains in the Amtrak Cascades logo. The door is open and the steps are down, waiting for you to hop onboard!

Interior photo of a new Amtrak Cascades Business Car showing two seats on one side of the car. The leather seats appear comfy with tall, puffy headrests. Some seats are facing and have tables between them. You can see the edge of a table on the single seating opposite side of the car. The windows are large to view the spectacular Northwest scenery. The floors are carpeted. The end wall has wood paneling with a white Amtrak Cascades logo.

New spacious Amtrak Cascades Cafe Car features windows on both sides. A large service counter sits in the middle. Evergreen and cream colors with gold accents match the Amtrak Cascades logo, a reflection of the Pacific Northwest. White and green shadow lighting create lovely hues on the ceiling.

Drumroll, please... The first new Amtrak Cascades train is leaving the Siemens manufacturing facility in Sacramento today and heading to Pueblo, CO for testing! Following a year-long testing journey, they’ll arrive home to the PNW in 2026—stay tuned for more photos! #trains #PNW

The image is a delightful mix of deliciousness and geek chic. On the left, there's a classic pepperoni pizza, golden-brown and bubbling with cheese—mouthwatering in its simplicity. On the right, resting on a white plate, is a pizza cutter shaped like the USS Enterprise from Star Trek. Its cutting wheel stands in for the spaceship's iconic saucer section, ready to slice through space—or just your next slice.

Is this pizza cutter logical or nah?

Just don't grip the nacelles too hard, right? @rainygay.bsky.social @brandonleblanc.bsky.social #StarTrek

www.touchofmodern.com/sales/121227...

This is, without irony, the modern version of Cronkite saying Vietnam was unwinnable

Happy Birthday to Eevee!!

Archie is monorailing hard this morning as he awaits the glorious sunshine to wash over him.

Shot // chaser

Verifying here in Turn 1. Well done, sir! Some small blue patches of sky are starting to appear. Light breeze.

you can't spell "tariffs" without "FFS"

And it's not just Airbus, the entire aerospace industrial supply chain is globalized.

Metals for Pratt & Whitney engines assembled in Georgia and Connecticut. Parts for Boeing 787s assembled in South Carolina.

The list goes on. Tariffs will hit US aerospace production, like automotive, hard.

“I’m hopeful sanity will prevail.”

Delta CEO Bastian says of the current tariff situation, adding that the situation is "self inflicted."

A concerning day for the US economy

YoY growth in wages and salaries hit a new post-COVID low (Feb 2024 was hot and rolled off the YoY calculation). March 2024 was a hot print as well so expect this to go lower next month:

That is one pretty low off the Pacific Northwest coast.

Plane hit by lightning while we were on the plane at the gate! So we are switching planes…

cc @toddwr.bsky.social @jwrudolph.bsky.social as I believe you gents live down there?

Hands on parenting taking on a new meaning during thunderstorms. 😅

Darth Vader looking down through a window in a Microsoft Office Building.

Darth Vader looking down through a window in a Microsoft Office Building.

Also startled to see this figure glaring upon myself and others this evening in the Square. 😅 #MicrosoftLife #StarWars

Two Cherry Blossoms in the foreground of the Square on Microsoft's Campus in Redmond, WA. The sky above is turbulent and it is raining with occasional lightning.

Cherry Blossoms in a Spring #Seattle Thunderstorm on the @microsoft.com Campus. #wawx

Canada - US Aviation: Airlines Respond to Weakening Demand | Aviation Market Analysis Airline capacity between Canada and the US is cut and forward passenger bookings on routes between the two countries significantly reduced.

70% drop in transborder traffic is not surprising at all when you treat your best friend like shit

The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.

This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.

SpaceX lost another Starship shorlty after launch in Texas during Flight 8 and we're seeing flights now begin to divert/manuever possibly due to the potential risk of debris off the coast of Florida into the Altantic. @flightradar24.com

Another day, another flip-flop. The economy is not a game. His tariff chaos is actually hurting people & still raising prices.

INTRODUCTION 1. Defendant Elon Musk is not, legally, the President of the United States, nor is he a federal elected official of any kind. And Mr. Musk is not a Senate-confirmed officer of the United States. But he and his so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE)—not, in fact, a federal executive department—are lawlessly and unconstitutionally wielding sweeping power across the executive branch. As Mr. Musk and DOGE lawlessly seize power over large swaths of federal spending, decimate the federal workforce, and dismantle federal agencies, they are severely harming, and threatening further imminent harm, to everyday Americans.

This new complaint against DOGE is truly cranked up to 11 from start to finish. What a way to start a lawsuit
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... h/t @mikesacks.bsky.social

List also includes:
—Dept. of Labor HQ
—Dept. of Justice HQ
—Dept. of Energy HQ
—Dept. of VA HQ
—FAA HQ
—ATL Federal Cnt
—CHI Federal Cnt
—BOS Federal Cnt
—SEA Federal Cnt
—SF Federal Cnt

Among many, many more

Trudeau: "We're probably gonna keep booing the American anthem. But let me tell Americans: we're not booing you ... we're booing a policy that is designed to hurt us. And we're insulted ... we're gonna fight. And we're gonna win."

This is unconstitutional. A violation of the First Amendment. A violation of federalism and the separation of powers. It’s unconstitutionally vague. It’s unlawful. It’s unlawful. It’s unlawful.

Rapid #tariffs escalation: Highest average US tariffs rate since WWII