Aviandelight

I'm American and I am in complete awe of Zelenakyy. Humanity gets so few people of his quality in a lifetime. He is truly inspirational.

I adore going to the Air and Space museum. I'm usually overwhelmed with wonder by all the space craft because seeing a thing makes it all real and tangible but seeing the Enola Gay was a different kind of overwhelming. Seeing it drives home a true sense of horror for what happened that day and what has been unleashed on the world. But that museum contains more than just artifacts; it contains our cumulative memories and experiences as a country. My last visit was almost two decades ago but I had the most moving experience I'll probably ever have there. At one point during our tour my husband and I were walking through an exhibit of planes used in the Asia-Pacific theater. We were in this tight little offshoot where there was a single plane in the center of the room and placards along the walls. It was really crowded and noisy but I wanted to read all the placards. As I was reading with my back turned the room almost suddenly got real quiet and thinned out real quick. My husband nudged me to get my attention and as I turned around there was an old man in a wheelchair right in front of the plane. He must have been a veteran because he had his service ball-cap on. Everyone was instinctively giving this man room and a moment of silence as he openly wept while staring at the plane. My husband and I stood there a few moments longer before quietly nodding at his family members in recognition and respect before we too left the room. I'll never be able to imagine what was going through that man's mind or what he was re-living in that moment but I've been thinking about that experience a lot since last November. I felt respect, empathy, and even a bit of patriotism at the time but lately all I feel is shame that this country has gleefully spit in the face of our veterans and their service today.

Heck yeah I'll give you a follow over on Bluesky. I'm following a handful of people that are bridged Mastodon users. Yours will be the first Mbin one though. I really hope all the kinks get worked out over time though because I really love the idea of interconnectivity.

The minute checks stop going out is the moment shit gets real. This will impact everyone. Yes the people directly getting checks will be in dire trouble. But I don't think most folks understand just how much our economy relies on this system. Business will take a hit, more people will end up having to support aging parents even more than they do already, and every working American is going to immediately question why they've now lost money to this system. Billionaires can fuck around with money because it's not really or tangible for them, but normal folks... Yea you just don't fuck with people's money.

I did the economic blackout yesterday but I donated to this charity after seeing the news. I don't have much either but I hope it helps.

I noticed that too when I watched the video. He's too obsessed with gold and has always been garish with it. I'm sure it's why he paints himself orange too. It's weird.

I don't subscribe to dull men's club but I've been enjoying the posts showing in my All feed.

Not at all. I never wanted to see AI and it kept turning itself back on this was just the final push for me to uninstall it.

I have been using Brave for the last year and I did like it as a mobile browser. But today I noticed that when I was searching about abortion and etopic pregnancy (fact checking a really dumb article) that all of a sudden their AI crap was throwing "no results available" errors. I checked some other left leaning topics and sure enough it no longer gives you AI results. So I immediately uninstalled that shit from my phone because fuck them.

Omg there is a name for that. I definitely fear eternity more than I fear death. My only consoling thought is the idea that time is a construct of physical reality so we "have time" to experience living and that really the entirety of time is happening all at once. I have no idea why this idea brings me comfort though.

I'm one of those people that's switched skill sets and jobs multiple times. It's great for me because I love learning new things and using the new things I'm learning as it applies to the current job I'm doing. But there is a disadvantage to this in that recruiters don't know what the hell to do with you and bosses are always suspicious that you will jump ship at the drop of a hat. The ones who do take a chance and hire me have always been happy with my work though.

Can confirm, I can see the post on Bluesky side but can't see any comments other than Bluesky people for now.