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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

Print the Legend: the Red Baron and friends Registrations are now open for Print the Legend, the next Aviation Cultures Spotlight event, which will be held online across 27 and 28 February 2026 (Australian Eastern Daylight Time; correct for you...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Aviation Cultures Searchlight: Print the Legend. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Please join us as scholars, historians, biographers, practitioners and enthusiasts to explore the fascinating intersection of fact and fiction in aviation history. Inspired by the iconic quote, “When ...

In the first presenter profile for Print the Legend, (27-28 February - register here: unisq.zoom.us/webinar/regi... ) we are thrilled to welcome backour old friend Guillaume de Syon. Guillaume’s presentation is titled “Hot Air Stories? Figuring out the “real” Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin”.
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Session plan of times, speakers and topics for Print the Legend

Session plan is here:

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Attendance is FREE but you do need to register here: unisq.zoom.us/.../register...

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We are pleased to announce that registrations are now open for our upcoming “Searchlight” event Print the Legend!

So, what can you expect from this free event?

Held online on 27 & 28 February, with 3 sessions and 11 presenters. Take a look at the session program below to see what's in store!

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Plane and car crash testing is still designed to keep men safe. That puts women in danger A former airline pilot turned safety researcher explains the shocking lack of real-world testing to keep women safe in the air and on our roads.

My latest at @theconversation.com - talking about the male bias that remains in aircraft cabin safety.

theconversation.com/plane-and-ca...

Amelia Earhart disappeared almost 90 years ago. Why are so many people still looking for her? The decades-long search for Amelia Earhart, her aircraft, and her navigator Fred Noonan, has been both controversial and costly.

It’s Amelia Earhart finding season again!

Thanks to The Conversation for giving me the opportunity to explore the “Amelia cycle” and share my thoughts in this piece.

theconversation.com/amelia-earha...

Details here: aviationcultures.org/spotlights/p...

The CfP for @avculturesconf.bsky.social Print the Legend closes 31 October.

Inspired by the iconic quote, “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend,” the event will delve into how narratives are crafted, myths are perpetuated, and legends are born in the world of aviation.

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Speculation about the cause of Air India crash is rife. An aviation expert explains why it’s a problem As history has shown, publicly speculating about a disaster when there is so little evidence available is more than just unhelpful.

I probably should have shared this days ago - my first @theconversation.com article ever!

theconversation.com/speculation-...

The Middle East is a major flight hub. How do airlines keep passengers safe during conflict? Keeping passengers safe is airlines’ highest priority. But rerouting flights to avoid conflict zones can create disruptions and increase operating costs.

Two articles published in @theconversation.com in a week! The latest is here - airline risk mitigation of the threat the growing military action in the Middle East poses to airline safety.

theconversation.com/the-middle-e...

Every day there is more crazy. And more crazy that is allowed to stand! USA Congress - where are you? What are you doing to stop this?

Brilliant as always @cathywilcox.bsky.social

Sheila Scott crouched in a doorway of a small plane

Sheila Scott UK aviator broke >100 aviation records w' long-distance flight endeavours, incl 1971 34K mile "world & a half" flight as 1st person to fly over North Pole in small aircraft. Founder/1st governor of UK @theninetyninesinc.bsky.social d. #OTD 27 Apr 1922 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_...

Now it's nearly 270 university presidents who have signed onto this "unprecedented government overreach" public letter. It was less than 180 this morning.

www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.

The NIH is also now in talks with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to broaden agreements governing access to their data, Bhattacharya said. In addition, a new disease registry is being launched to track Americans with autism, which will be integrated into the data. Between 10 and 20 outside groups of researchers will be given grant funding and access to the records to produce Kennedy's autism studies. Bhattacharya did not give details on how they would be chosen, but said their selection would be "run through normal NIH processes."

Gun registry? No. Autism registry? Yes?

Fuck ALL the way off.

Historians will propose in due course a name for this current phase we are witnessing in the United States. My early submission: The Great Dismantling.

Yvonne Young Clarke in B&W head shot

Yvonne Y. Clark 1st woman w' degree in mech eng @ Howard Uni, 1st African-American woman w' masters degree in Eng Management @ Vanderbilt Uni, 1st woman faculty member @ College of Eng & Tech Tennessee State Uni Worked @ NASA Westinghouse & Ford b #OTD 13 Apr 1929 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_...

YouTube video by Freedom of the Press Foundation John Cusack: Time to drop paywalls for FOIA reporting

Watch and share

www.youtube.com/shorts/WZf1L...

😱 Every day the level of crazy increases. 😢

“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.”
— Karl Marx

Schoolchildren are routinely slaughtered by AR-15s. Hundreds die.

[*crickets* "Thoughts and prayers" *crickets*]

A couple unoccupied cars are set on fire. No one is hurt.

["THIS HORROR WILL NOT STAND!!! We MUST act to STOP it from ever happening AGAIN!!!!" We will pass new LAWS BANNING IT!!!]

Charles Rogers has been whitewashed off the DOD website by abhorrent incels who fear their own insignificance. Please, share his face & his Medal of Honour citation far & wide. My substack tomorrow will be dedicated to minorities and women who have won it because I’m furious https://achurchill.substack.com Image and citation from Wikipedia.

Citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Lt. Col. Rogers, Field Artillery, distinguished himself in action while serving as commanding officer, 1st Battalion, during the defense of a forward fire support base. In the early morning hours, the fire support base was subjected to a concentrated bombardment of heavy mortar, rocket and rocket propelled grenade fire. Simultaneously the position was struck by a human wave ground assault, led by sappers who breached the defensive barriers with bangalore torpedoes and penetrated the defensive perimeter. Lt. Col. Rogers with complete disregard for his safety moved through the hail of fragments from bursting enemy rounds to the embattled area. He aggressively rallied the dazed artillery crewmen to man their howitzers and he directed their fire on the assaulting enemy. Although knocked to the ground and wounded (continued on next image)

by an exploding round, Lt. Col. Rogers sprang to his feet and led a small counterattack force against an enemy element that had penetrated the howitzer positions. Although painfully wounded a second time during the assault, Lt. Col. Rogers pressed the attack killing several of the enemy and driving the remainder from the positions. Refusing medical treatment, Lt. Col. Rogers reestablished and reinforced the defensive positions. As a second human wave attack was launched against another sector of the perimeter, Lt. Col. Rogers directed artillery fire on the assaulting enemy and led a second counterattack against the charging forces. His valorous example rallied the beleaguered defenders to repulse and defeat the enemy onslaught. Lt. Col. Rogers moved from position to position through the heavy enemy fire, giving encouragement and direction to his men. At dawn the determined enemy launched a third assault against the (continued on next image)

fire base in an attempt to overrun the position. Lt. Col. Rogers moved to the threatened area and directed lethal fire on the enemy forces. Seeing a howitzer inoperative due to casualties, Lt. Col. Rogers joined the surviving members of the crew to return the howitzer to action. While directing the position defense, Lt. Col. Rogers was seriously wounded by fragments from a heavy mortar round which exploded on the parapet of the gun position. Although too severely wounded to physically lead the defenders, Lt. Col. Rogers continued to give encouragement and direction to his men in the defeating and repelling of the enemy attack. Lt. Col. Rogers' dauntless courage and heroism inspired the defenders of the fire support base to the heights of valor to defeat a determined and numerically superior enemy force. His relentless spirit of aggressiveness in action are in the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself. his unit. and the U.S. Army.

Charles Rogers has been whitewashed off the DOD website because of abhorrent incels who fear their own insignificance. Please, share his face & his Medal of Honour citation far & wide. My substack tomorrow will be on minorities and women who have won it because I’m furious achurchill.substack.com

A top Democratic congressman goes off during a DOGE hearing and calls out Elon for trying to cut Social Security.

More of this please.

What about intersex people? There is more to human biology than simply XX and XY….

No. No it’s not.