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British Lightning is the fastest twin seat jet airplane a nation could fly paying customers above Mach 2.

Air Power@RealAirPower1

Did you know the British Lightning once outran the F-14 and F-15 to catch a Concorde? 🧐 This isn't a fairytale, it happened in April 1985 during a NATO exercise. British Airways offered up their supersonic flagship as the ultimate high-altitude rabbit, challengeing NATO’s best of the best to a stern-chase intercept at Mach 2.2 at 57,000 ft. While the "Teen Series" superstars struggled to close the gap in the thin, freezing air of the stratosphere, the "old man" of the group - the EE Lightning - was the only one with the raw lungs to overhaul the Concorde and claim the "kill." 🧵

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Photos of some sort of hydraulic lift to store a hidden shelf with illegal untaxed tobacco, but the hydraulic lift elevates a very heavy safe with heavy cardboard boxes using a remote like a car alarm clicker. UDC @udc_edu should be expert at such.

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Crazy secret compartment for hiding untaxed tobacco in a national health care country. Tobacco sniffing dog found it. UDC @udc_edu should be expert at such.

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L. Louise Lucas@SenLouiseLucas

Quality quote from Virginia Dem State Sen Lucas @SenLouiseLucas.

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InteractivePolls@IAPolls2022

Becerra D-CA breaks through in California Governors race 2026? How did I ignore his campaign so comprehensively?

CALIFORNIA POLL - Governor (top 2 advance) 🟦 Becerra: 23% (+20) 🟥 Hilton: 20% (+5) 🟥 Bianco: 17% (-6) 🟦 Steyer: 14% (+6) 🟦 Porter: 11% (-1) 🟦 Mahan: 4% (+2) 🟦 Yee: 1% 🟦 Villaraigosa: 1% (-2) 🟦 Thurmond: 1% (+/- change vs February) —— Independent Voter Project | 4/14-20 | 3,404 LV ivn.us/posts/breaking…

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Terrible optics like this (needless IDF ax) makes US Congress less likely to support Israel. 100% of GOP politicians already oppose Jewish US voting rights & equality & opportunity (public university) so oppose #DCstatehood, as DC is 2nd highest %pop Jewish of the 50 states + DC.

ABC News@ABC

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a statement to social media on Monday saying he is "stunned and saddened" by the image in which an IDF soldier was photographed taking an ax to the face of a torn down statue of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon.

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Office of the Secretary of the Air Force@SecAFOfficial

@AdamKinzinger My family designed the A-10 program to be relentlessly effective & survivable in combat, but the modern ManPad (Man portable air defense) such as stinger missiles likely utterly dominate the A-10 platform, meaning NO A-10s should ever be in contested airspace. A-10 needs stealth

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Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦@AdamKinzinger·3d

This is very good. The A10 has been a victim of leaders that want newer shinier and more costly planes since 2000, but in each conflict they use them because there is no plane more effective at CAS. In fact I think the Air Force should reopen the line and build new ones. BRrrrrrrrttttt!!

In consultation with @SecWar, we will EXTEND the A-10 “Warthog” platform to 2030. This preserves combat power as the Defense Industrial Base works to increase combat aircraft production. Thank you to @POTUS for your unwavering support of our warfighters and quick, decisive leadership as we equip our force. More to come.

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Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸@jimstewartson

Every single person on this chart sides pro JimCrow/KKK “no n****rs voting in the US Senate” US #23A. #DCstatehood now

Thanks to the Daily Beast for the most terrifying chart ever created in human history.

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Natalie Wolchover@nattyover

Molecular motors are massive enabler of microbial life. UDC @udc_edu should be expert.

Bacteria move around using a molecular machine called the flagellar motor that rotates faster than the flywheel of a race car engine and switches directions in an instant. After 50 yrs, scientists have finally figured out how it works. “My lifelong quest is now fulfilled.” Link⤵️

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Amazing origami from Harvard U. UDC @udc_edu should be expert at origami needed for space travel.

Mathematica@mathemetica

Harvard SEAS prismatic architected metamaterial: extruded cubic cells (24 faces, 36 edges) tessellated via snapology origami. Reconfigures volume, shape, and effective stiffness on demand through hinge folding; scale-independent from nano to meter.

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PhD en Lógica y Libertad@PhDenLogica

Crazy fake water caller Novec, is a fluorinated compound with low surface tension so just slips off. It’s being used for concert water to dance in. But is it healthy? Perfluoro(2-methyl-3-pentanone) is a fluorinatedketone with the structural formula CF3CF2C(=O)CF(CF3)2.

Te diste cuenta que sale del agua seco? Es que no es agua, es Novec, un compuesto fluorado que parece agua pero como tiene una muy baja tensión superficial, se desliza y no se absorve en la ropa ni en el pelo... Los koreanos estan a otro nivel

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@simongerman600 Long list of heteronyms, words with multiple pronunciations, crucial for identifying for speech making & audio books. UDC @udc_edu should be expert at this problem of reliable pronunciation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronym…

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Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600·5d

As a non-native English speaker I must say Marlene’s list is a great showcase of how tricky English can be at times.

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@KathleenBushJo2 @AtheistSpinster GOP TFG Trump utterly trashed endless Federal agencies & departments, often criminally cutting budgets, & AI is moving into entry level job spaces in DC. DC requires #DCstatehood to work on this crucial question of how the DC & world economy will work after Trump & AI.

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph@KathleenBushJo2·5d

DC’s highly qualified workers can’t find jobs: ‘What is happening?’ Washington DC has the highest unemployment rate in the US From 4/7 theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a…

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@StopAntisemites Remember that 100% of GOP reject Jewish US voting rights & equality so rejects #DCstatehood for DC with only 2nd highest % pop Jewish (aka @ToysRUs Jews) as 2/3rds of DC’s Jewish families fled the GOP JimCrow/KKK tyranny zone of DC by 1980, mostly for Montgomery County Maryland.

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StopAntisemitism@StopAntisemites·5d

Graham Platner (backed by Senator Warren) reportedly has a Nazi SS tattoo on his chest. He’s now running for U.S. Congress to represent Maine … and questions are swirling about this Nazi-style salute at his event. Seems Senator Fetterman is spot on: the Democratic Party has been infested with antisemites and no one seems to care.

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@Fahadnaimb Hearsay is C-27A charged way too much money to share C-130J parts & crews training. Bessler BT-67, a turbo prop version of DC3 & C47 Sky train is a massive bargain in comparison. #C130 & #L100 (or #LM100) are massively better for vehicle sized transfer. UDC @udc_edu expert?

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Fahad Naim@Fahadnaimb·6d

Australia is retiring its entire fleet of 10 C-27J Spartans after just 11 years in service. The RAAF announced it as part of the new 2026 National Defence Strategy... the planes will be replaced by commercial aircraft for moving people and cargo around the Pacific. No specific type picked yet, though something like an ATR 72 has been floated. Some of the tactical stuff will shift over to the bigger C-130J Hercules fleet, which Australia is expanding. The Spartans had ongoing headaches with maintenance, spare parts, availability rates, and high costs (partly tied to the U.S. FMS process). They never quite hit the mark for battlefield airlift the way they were originally intended. On the flip side, they were really good at humanitarian work... landing on short or rough strips during bushfires and floods where bigger planes couldn’t go. It’s basically a rethink: instead of one versatile but pricey platform, split the jobs between heavy military transports and cheaper civilian options for routine regional support. Makes sense on paper for saving money, but it’s a shame to see them go so soon.

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