The next step is for Musk’s satellites and AI to take over the responsibilities of air traffic control. We all know how his other systems and companies have worked so I expect normalizing aircraft disasters is part of the plan.
Vance considers school shootings to be an unfortunate fact of life so why not plane crashes. Don’t worry though, the Oligarchs and such all have private jets, the best money can buy. They also have bodyguards, so they’ll be fine. That’s what really matters. /S
Americans are sitting and quietly waiting for imaginary elections in 2026. They think that democrats will retake the house and will fix this shit show. It ain’t going to happen. GOP will never give up power.
Don't you worry about it. President Musk will whip out his l33t Visual Basic skills and army of groyper script kiddies to make rushed and untested changes to ATC systems.
Ironically, it only takes 1 pet snake to bite its owner, for venomous snake ownership to be made illegal ... I don't know, is it just me? Priorities feel pretty messed up to me. But nah... I might be imagining things. Surely, just one more gun death and they'll put in changes, surely! ... /sarcasm
Oh, I have noticed - and by now it’s not only just obvious, it is blatant and glaring. And where I used to be able to say „okay, what can I do to change things?“ I am in this situation completely clueless. Any action seems futile. It‘s like raging against a wall and hoping it will fall.
I seriously hope more judges step in and stop some of the BS they are trying to force down the throat of the people, choking them. But I fear the damage to the trust in the US Gvt by foreign former allies is pretty shattered.
Judges will step in, but will Trump honor the court orders? There really is no agency left that can/will step in and enforce these orders if Trump chooses to ignore them, he's gutted and stacked all agencies with his people. Congress alone holds the power to stop him, but will they do it?
Good Grief! Did we seriously just have another one?? I'm trying to stay out of the new cycles because every time I try and look it's just wall to wall WTF with what all is going on. I've been taking a mental break for my sanity
America seems to be accepting the fascists with open arms. Where are the protests? The Republicans aren't just complicit. They are in on it. Impeachment will get America no where when the Supreme Court, Congress, the Justice Department, CIA, FBI and the military do nothing to stop him
My first answer was "I mean, probably?" but maybe air traffic represents a big enough financial investment and a broad enough risk that people will care about this one?
Baby steps @wilwheaton.net
We're still working on recognizing the obvious= not accepting preventable daily actions of dictators. You know, so there's that.🤷♀️
FWIW, air traffic controllers have been short staffed to criminal levels for a couple of decades. It just so happened that thus shortage is just reaching critical mass now that there’s probably no funds going towards actually hiring more of them (see: current fiscal attack by the dictator in DC).
To "fix" the problem they'll make all the flight crew be trained pilots. So even the crew handing out drinks and closing the overheat compartments will be pilots.
it is also likely the GOv't will blame remaining members of minority groups that could still have some kind of job somewhere outside the camps as well as "deepstate moles". All of this means they need more power and control. (then repeat)
Speaking as a teacher who has to apologize to middle schoolers that the adults haven’t managed to keep kids safe right before teaching them what to do if someone shoots up the school, I’m guessing yes.
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Full disclosure I don’t think there’s a political or legal solution to surviving the next four years.
It’s going to need to be mass non-violent civil disobedience and resistance to survive.
America needs to grind to a halt .
Just … stop.
It’s non violent and it’s effective.
It’s what John Lewis would do I think.
(Absolutely *not* in favor of that whatsoever, to be abundantly clear. In just as much shock and horror at this as you are.)
I hate this fucking timeline.
We're still working on recognizing the obvious= not accepting preventable daily actions of dictators. You know, so there's that.🤷♀️
https://bsky.app/profile/chasingray.bsky.social/post/3lhl7yejm522n
Defund, destroy, defame… profit…
Trick will be to keep the blame squarely and loudly on the real culprits and quash the mutterings wherever you hear them.
Federal regs dictate sooooo much in that area.
Ignorance is bliss, Wil. Just click your heels together three times and believe the broligarchs have your best interest at heart.