Bird Aviation💙

Cover image by Mia Stålnacke @AngryTheInch available for purchase, along with stunning images of aurora.

@TheCleanCarClub 5 years. Replacement ordered.

How long

@VisionaryVoid You should see what they did to Topsy the Elephant. Electrocuted, that's steam coming from her feet, but then they poisoned her before finally hanging her.

The 1916 Execution of Mary the Elephant In September 1916, a five-ton Asian elephant named Mary, a star attraction for the Sparks World Famous Shows circus, killed her handler in Kingsport, Tennessee. The handler, Red Eldridge, had been with the elephant for only a few days and was allegedly prodding her with a bullhook when she struck him. Public outcry was immediate. Residents of the small town demanded justice, creating a hostile atmosphere for the traveling circus. With no legal framework to "try" an animal, the circus owner, Charlie Sparks, was pressured by town leadership to dispose of the animal or risk the destruction of his business. He agreed to the town's demands. On September 13, 1916, Mary was taken to an industrial railyard. A crowd of thousands gathered to watch as local officials and circus staff proceeded with an "execution." Because of her size, the first attempt to hang her using a rail derrick failed when the chain snapped, causing her to fall and suffer a broken hip. A second, more robust chain was rigged, and Mary was killed. The event stands as a grim marker of early 20th-century public hysteria and the near-total absence of animal welfare standards at the time, leaving behind a stark photograph that documents a dark moment in circus history. Justice isn't always blind; sometimes it's just heavy and remarkably stupid.

@80s_Kidz Physics

Whats the first school subject that comes to mind seeing one of these

@patinaresearch Just realised I said inches, it was 3cm lower.

@patinaresearch When Matt Neal was the first independent to win a BTCC race Nissan loaned him a factory car. Wondering how to put his graphics on the car decided to start swapping the doors over. They didn't fit, factory cars roof was 3 inches lower!

British Touring Car Championship, a collection of everyday traffic Hondas, BMWs, Renaults, Volvos, and much more. But what’s interesting is how much development and money actually went into building them. For example, the Williams Renault Laguna reportedly cost approximately $1 million to develop.

@RCEY28 So many questions. How wide is that cockpit? How many lugs are on that? How many brake discs are on that? What utter nonsense.

Mangled toe update EIGHTEEN MONTHS ON!

@metroTM33 Trundling around at 15mph in Monaco's traffic probably isn't the best use of that.

It seems that it's not just the Aston Martin that's failing.

@Houseofyogi Socialism sucks.

Spirit Airlines died tonight at the hands of the socialist crusader, Elizabeth Warren She must be so proud to add another casket to her achievements. Tonight at 3am, Spirit turns off the lights. 14,000 jobs gone. 30+ smaller airports lose service. JetBlue offered $3.8 BILLION in cash to buy Spirit in 2022. Shareholders, flight attendants union, literally everyone voted yes. The combined company would have held 9% of the US market against a Big 4 that already owned 80%. For anyone who understands numbers: 9% isn’t a monopoly against 80%. Warren said no. She wrote letters. She pressured Buttigieg. Biden’s DOJ sued. A federal judge killed the deal in January 2024. Her argument: the merger would cost consumers $1 billion a year. Now look at her collateral damage she dusts under the rug. 510 pilots gone in the months after. 1,800 flight attendants furloughed in December. 14,000 jobs in 2023. 7,500 last week. Zero tonight. And that’s just the people in Spirit uniforms. Catering goes. Fuel guys go. Baggage crews, gate agents, airport coffee shops, hotels and rental cars in 70 cities Spirit flew to. Every airline job carries 3 more on its back. 40,000 people out of work because of one woman’s moronic crusade against the market. And the math ain’t mathing. Spirit abandoned 90 routes during the death spiral. Fares on those routes are up 14% on average. Oakland to Newark: $135 to $288. Fort Myers to San Juan: $92 to $219. Kansas City to Newark up 66%. That’s reality. Not some BS number from a “study.” So @SenWarren tell me how this saves the consumer money? Cheap carriers in a market drop fares 21% across the board. Southwest did this in the 90s and saved Americans $68 BILLION over 20 years. Warren killed it. That’s what moronic politicians led by socialism do. Then with her own blind arrogance, she tweeted Spirit’s collapse is “a Biden win for flyers.” A win. 14,000 people are reading termination letters tonight. And she’s taking credit. This is socialism in 2026. A senator who’s never made payroll thinks she knows how to run a market better than the people who own and work in the company. She saved you a billion on imaginary paper. She cost you ten times that in real life. She didn’t protect consumers from anything. 14,000+ will go from working to welfare. She will make sure to blame billionaires, hardworking tax payers, AI, capitalism and whatever monster they will make up tomorrow hiding under your bed. Higher taxes. Fewer jobs. More expensive everything. She called it a win. I hope you enjoy winning.

@Tesco which vouchers are expiring? Because mine say 31 May 2027.

@PolitlcsUK So I was out of loop yesterday, at BMW wasting 3.5 hours for a 1 hour mot. Who's this guy? What's he doing here?

🚨 WATCH: Bodycam footage of officers tasering the Golders Green terror suspect

@HALLIWELLJONES dear lord over 3 hours for an mot. Waste of an entire morning. And now sliding into the afternoon.

@80s_Kidz I remember you could collect a particular card In each pack, collect 5 stick your 20 pence pieces to card send it off and they sent you a brand new one back.

@80s_Kidz I had dozens of them of all sizes even the little tiny ones. Along with my car collection my marble collection and about ten school photographs, all left behind in a house move. I was looking after the pets in the car and waiting at the new house.

How many sets of Top Trumps did you own as a kid?

@80s_Kidz Spent months wondering where stuff was. About 20 years latter mother admitted she forgot to tell the removal men the cupboard in my bedroom was full of stuff.😡

@UGOOOTWEETS Allergic to chlorine. Also had an horrendous reaction to a spider bite. Passed out at the doctors, came to surrounded by all four nurses, two of the three doctors and a junior trainee doctor. I can tell you, pass out the doctors and they will test you for absolutely everything.

The rarest human features

@TheCleanCarClub Collapsible sump plug washer.

What is this??

@atomicarchive Over 800,000 of them. The world owes them a debt it can never repay.

The liquidators of the Chernobyl accident. Autumn 1986.

@80s_Kidz Of 20+ bmx the burner was the worst.

@80s_Kidz Having owned both the the raleigh had atrocious and sloppy dynamics

Would you rather have the Skyway or the Burner?

@GigglingGanon Why hasn't he put a cape on him?

After years of being homeless, this man gets a second chance. What an amazing transformation when all things are said and done.