BarbaraW

BarbaraW

@beachbumbabs.bsky.social

Retired ATC, lost on Jeopardy!, LL, reader, music maker, dog mom, Dem, swimmer, theatre geek, Floriduh

92 Followers 55 Following 11 Posts Joined Oct 2023
11 months ago

Kidnapping.

Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.

Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.

A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.

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11 months ago

@maddow.msnbc.com re: DOL paying DOGE 1.3M for 4 guys; that's an awful lot like when China was shooting a dissident and charging the family for the bullet.

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1 year ago

Together, we are stronger and will continue to fight for the truth and justice all Americans deserve. We love our country and are proud to serve the American people. Now, we need your help—let your voices be heard.

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1 year ago
TRUMP'S DANGEROUS
FREEZE OF AIR
TRAFFIC CONTROL
HIRING
Washington, D.C. — Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation Steve Cohen (D-TN) released the following statements after President Trump froze the hiring of Air Traffic Controllers, among other safety-critical positions.
"The bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 directs the Administration to hire the maximum number of air traffic controllers. That's what the law says, so the Administration must rescind this ridiculous executive order," Ranking Member Larsen said. "Hiring air traffic controllers is the number one safety issue according to the entire aviation industry. Instead of working to improve aviation safety and lower costs for hardworking American families, the Administration is choosing to spread bogus DEl claims to justify this decision. I'm not surprised by the President's dangerous and divisive actions, but the Administration must reverse course. Let's get back to aviation safety and allow the FAA to do its job protecting the flying public."
"Our top priority must be the safety of the flying public so an order freezing the hiring of air traffic controllers is a misguided decision and goes against the directives of our
FAA Reauthorization bill," Ranking Member Cohen said. "The aviation community will speak with one voice in condemning this short-sighted policy and reaffirm our

the first fatal commercial plane crash in 16 years happened just days after Trump froze hiring of air traffic controllers that were already stretched thin

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1 year ago
Preview
Mike Patterson at 18:47:15 PAT's airspeed is 117 and altitude is 200' at 18:47:23 PAT's airspeed drops to 92 and altitude is still 200' (prior to climbing) at 18:47:27 PAT's airspeed is 113 and altitude is now 300'....

@velshi.bsky.social hi Ali. Here's part of your answer. The helicopter was restricted at or below 200', but he climbed to 350'. See post with diagram.
www.facebook.com/1458460438/p...

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1 year ago

Nicole Wallace on Deadline White House #MSNBC had Brian Williams and Steve Schmidt on. Both fantastic, compelling, lengthy, and well informed. More of this, please, especially bring back Brian Williams. We need him.

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1 year ago

This is still my advice: Become a writer anyway. Fuck it, do it, it won't save you, but it's still a beautiful dream to write novels and short stories and poems and mingle with other dreamers and make art and laugh in the face of death. And writing is constant death. Live más.

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1 year ago

Raw milk is unhealthy.
So is wild bear meat.
And brain worms.

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1 year ago

If you see this post do it (if you want)🖤

Me: (copied rowan ward)

Pronouns: she/her
Height: 5'11"
Shoe size: 12W
Zodiac: Libra
Smoke: ex for 18 months now
Tattoos: nope, never will
Piercings: earlobes
Fave drink: Coke Classic

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1 year ago

Netflix keeps crashing. I don't think they anticipated the demand for this live feed.

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1 year ago

Trying to watch this boxing night on Netflix. It's more interesting than I remember. The first fight, kind of meh, but the 2nd card was excellent and valiant. So now we'll see how the women do. I've never seen women fight.

As a boomer, I had to look up Jake Paul. What a douche. But Tyson is crap.

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1 year ago

So, let's talk about the election for a minute. I'm terribly disappointed in the results. How can more than half this country prefer a felon and rapist who screwed up COVID (and not incidentally, killed my mother) over an incredibly well-spoken woman of color? Are my fam/neibs really that shallow?

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2 years ago

And this technology has to have come from treating soldiers at the front line with sucking chest wounds. It's truly astounding and effective, though quite painful at times.

So to those who went before me, were wounded and saved or killed trying this technique, and help it develop...thank you.

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2 years ago

By the time the surgeons were done carving, I had an abdominal wound bigger than a loaf of bread, cut down to muscle and bone. And this is where the vets come in.

They used a tool called a wound vac for my first month of recovery. It provides negative pressure, drains and cleanses the wound.

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2 years ago

Think I'll talk about 20th century vets. We all know to thank them for their service. Many of us cherish their sacrifices, and remember them in gratitude.

But something happened last month to me that really called them to mind. I was put into a coma and intubated for 5 days. Necrotic fascitis.

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