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I must admit I’m going to miss certain key people & orgs on Twitter no longer showing up in NetNewsWire and likely Mastodon (‪@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org‬ ‘s amazing NWS weather bots). My severance from Twitter is nearly complete. Completely caused by the Twitter itself.

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My first listen to Everything Is by Neutral Milk Hotel - released yesterday. Very short. https://album.link/us/i/1659915193

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Why companies use Okta device verification for accounts that rarely need to be used is mind boggling. Like I totally forgot it was a thing when I got my new phone and now I have to wait 5-7 business days to get a reset 😳

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On the celebrated day of the last ever delivery of a new 747, here’s a throw back to 2005. The lone Korean Air 747 was parked at LAX and the photo with three 747s at Incheon, South Korea. #avgeek #B747 Blue top and gray bottom 747-4 at LAX’s brown TomBradley terminal on September 10, 2005 on an overcast day. Three 747s at Inchon, South Korea, during a hazy day in late August 2005. There’s two Korean Air 747s and one Asians 747. Two unoccupied jetways stick out into the foreground.

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Here’s a quick & dirty iOS Shortcut that takes a photo with full geotag, date metadata (preferably with timezone) from the Sharesheet and loads @flightradar24@mastodon.world playback. Get Shortcut #AppleShortcuts #iOS

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Alaska follows up on using boxed water with this is good news:

No more plastic cups for Alaska Airlines - The Points Guy thepointsguy.com/news/alas…

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A Bufflehead south of the active SFO runways 28L/28R. They’re fun to watch foraging. A Bufflehead bobbing out of the water with ripples flowing away. The Bufflehead has a white rear head, chest, belly. Its forehead, chin, and back are black. Its head appears misshapen like a bullhead

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Thanks to my library, currently reading: The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik 📚

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On BigJetTV first class+ members only live stream (part 3) on YouTube, just watched an insane departure from Toronto of an Emirates A380 literally blasting snow and ice from the sides of runway 23. Insane. #BigJetTV #A380 #AvGeek

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UA59 777-322 from Frankfurt landing at San Francisco on 1/20/2023United 777-322 landing at SFO with some smoking rubber. The plane is flared against the Oakland hills and, in front, a calm bay. #B77W #PlaneSpotting #avgeek #fujifilm

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I love that people regularly share what music they’re excited about on mastodon. I rarely saw that in my Twitter timeline.

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Black-necked Stilt near the City of Burlingame Shorebird Sanctuary. What a pose! Black-necked stilt facing the camera with its legs nearly crossed. It has a white belly, chest, and neck. It’s black long beak, forehead, eyes, and rear feathers is stark against the calm low tide bay waters

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Got lists set up in Mastodon. Much better than a deluge in my main timeline. @ivory@tapbots.social can filter list members out of the main timeline, which is very nice.

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Emirates A380 preparing to take off from SFO to Dubai on 1/20/2023 during golden hour #avgeek #planespotting #A380 #fujifilm Face on with an Emirates Airbus 380 across a shallow bay at SFO during the golden hour where everything has a golden tint. Oakland hills are in the background on a hazy day.

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Here’s an Emirates A380 turning right onto SFO runway 28R on January 20, 2023. I’m fully impressed with my X-T5 and the Fujifilm 70-300mm lens. Those 40 Megapixels really help with the details and cropping to “zoom.” An Airbus A380 is nearly facing directly to the camera on a strip of land with a calm bay in front of it, The plane is turning left onto SFO’s 28R. A smaller Delta plans is on the adjacent runway 28L, preparing for takeoff.

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Lunar New Year’s Eve in San Francisco. #LunarNewYear #SanFrancisco #Fujifilm

a sparkling bottle rocket shooting anive the dark street with red lanterns suspended above.
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Great Egret on the San Francisco Bay Trail just south of The City Of Burlingame Shorebird Sanctuary. #birds #GreatEgret #Fujifilm

A very white, tall and narrow Egret standing with one leg on a rock watching the quiet bay water brunch.
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My first time at Bayshore for SFO plane spotting.

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I’d love to be able to customize my autofocus boxes. www.dpreview.com

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This is super exciting - the Yawman Arrow controller for flight simulation has been (finally) revealed! fselite.net has the details. #flightsim