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Hey America/Conservatives, The Handmaids Tale was not meant to be a guidebook. Signed, Women who care about their health and lives

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Disappointed with @PrimeVideo and how they're airing the @NHLJets game. Instead of doing the pre game analysis stuff during warmup, they showed warmup with a mostly static camera, and did all the analysis when the teams were coming out and during the anthem. Disappointing....

@MCCCANM I get PIREPS for KITH often showing up for CYTH (or " near" CYTH). Because when they're submitted, they put ITH and ITH is the code for the localizer for CYTH.... Figured that one out after seeing a PIREP that had in the remarks on approach for one of the runways for KITH...

Frequent travelers know their airport codes…LAX, LGA, BOS, DFW, etc. Many don’t know there are actually 4 letters in an airport code when it comes to official aviation…a prefix indicates the country or region (see the pic). For the continental US, that prefix is ‘K’. I don’t actually know if there is some reason for that; there are various theories as to how it came about ranging from a relation to Morse code to a theory that the Kellogg’s company – which had a lot of early influence in aviation – had some say. US airports outside the CONUS, like in Alaska, Hawaii & Guam use the ‘P’ prefix, indicating the Pacific region (non-US airports in the region also use the P). So, LGA is actually KLGA in aviation…airlines don’t care about the prefix when talking to passengers. We know that LGA means “LaGuardia Airport” or something along those lines…generally, they try to make the three letters kind of look like the city or specific airport you’re looking for (but they can’t always do that). It’s a simple way to relay info to passengers. Simple, right? Oh no, sweet summer child, there’s more… In reality, most airports have two separate, very different identifiers. That’s because there are two separate entities at work. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO – a regulatory body) and International Air Transport Association (IATA – the airlines) have different ways of going about this. IATA, which is what passengers are used to, generally sticks with the identifier looking like the airport name or city & as we mentioned, doesn’t care about the prefix. ICAO uses the whole identifier to narrow down the location & exact airport. As an example, Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport carries the IATA identifier of CDG, but the ICAO identifier of LFPG. The ICAO system starts with the ‘L’ prefix for Southern Europe, ‘F’ for France, ‘P’ for the Paris Flight Information Region (the ATC sector) & G for Charles de Gaulle. London Heathrow is LHR in IATA speak, but EGLL in the ICAO tongue. Berlin is BER, but ICAO uses EDDB. Tokyo Haneda is HND & RJTT. But wait, you ask…why is LGA just KLGA? Does the same ICAO system apply? That’s a good question; no, it doesn’t really apply the same way. I don’t actually know why it doesn’t…I think when these things were being decided the US & Canada just kind of said “that seems complicated, we’re not doing that” & ICAO said “fine, but you need the K”. A deal was reached, ICAO angrily stormed off without being able to create new identifiers, the Americans & Canadians high-fived & the rest is history. (I’m joking, as I said I honestly don’t know how it happened, but the US & Canada seem to be the only ones who have matching IATA & ICAO codes, aside from the prefix) When flying the jet, everything is in ICAO speak. Navigating in the US, adding the ‘K’ when you type it into the computer means you want to go to the airport, not the navigation aid (NAVAID – a radio beacon you can follow) with a similar identifier. In this case, SFO is different than KSFO. It usually doesn’t matter in practice, as the NAVAIDs are most often located on the field…but sometimes, they can be several miles away & you don’t want to make that error. You can type CDG into the computer hoping to go to Paris & it might actually accept it as a waypoint (if it exists as a NAVAID), but I have no idea where you’d end up…probably not Paris, though. Anyway, that’s my brief overview of airport codes. Hope I didn’t confuse you too much…in general, you’re best sticking to the IATA three letter identifier!

If you vote for Donald Trump & JD Vance, I will not judge you for your choice of political party. I will judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, and humanity. I will judge you for your support of racism, misogyny, and fascism. So will others. So will history.

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As a crowd began to dissipate and line freed up for our photos to be taken, I surprised @heatherkant by asking her to be mine forever! SHE SAID “YES” and we couldn’t wait to share with you all!!! For all those that stuck by me through it all, Thank you, We Love you!

- He is slowing down in his old age and you can see his eyes are slightly clouded with age, yet everyone he meets is shocked at how old he is, they always think he's younger - I'm not looking forward to the day he crosses the rainbow bridge, but he will always be my bestest pup

- He is SUCH A BABY. You'd think with German Shepherd and Husky DNA, he wouldn't jump at a leaf falling, but he does. Also startles when I trip. This was very evident when he was a pup, which is why I've never done any advanced training with him and just did the basics

Decided to do @embarkvet on my handsome pup. We already knew husky was in there, as well as shepherd, because his mom was a shepherd mix and all his siblings looked like shepherd mixes. Chow has long been suspected because of his tongue too. Collie though was a surprise!

PLEASE stop saying to people with ADHD, “have you tried making a to-do list?” i can make the most elaborate and strategic to-do list you’ve ever seen it’s the lack of executive functioning that’s the problem

@MCCCANM I kinda get why they have a maximum application age (forced retirement age and all) but honestly, I know some older controllers who started later in life who have rocked it. I think the FAA is missing out by having a max age for applicants.

I’m hard on the FAA, but this is a smart move

@MCCCANM Even I'm going WTF, I'd plan you in behind it if it were me!

I’m thinking we won’t have drink service tonight & passengers should use the bathroom before they board. Also…WTF, dispatch?

It is a false choice to suggest you are either in favor of the Second Amendment or you want to take everyone’s guns away. I am in favor of the Second Amendment — and I am in favor of an assault weapons ban, universal background checks, and red flag laws.