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Infinity Counter 🟦

>>“We have to upgrade all aspects of how our controllers interface with technology,” Duffy said. “I mentioned that we use floppy disks. We use, like, 1956 phone jacks in our towers. This is unacceptable.”<<

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has no business speaking about technology. 1956 phone jacks, Gracie? Does he mean the 4 prong square connectors of my youth? No one calls them jacks. The current RJ- connectors were a standard started in the 1970s. Still old. Still outdated. Hardly 1956.

If Sec. Duffy wants to upgrade our current system, perhaps he should spend some time understanding how and why our ATC system works the way it does. Because from what I've seen from this admin, they think a wealthy South African control freak with a severely limited technical understanding can move fast and break things to make a better future. That's a great methodology to kill people and render an antiquated but functional system dangerous and unusable. #USPol #ATC #FAA

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Impish4249

@davidnjoku

Funny on its face but just think about all of the far more serious hacking possibilities, like an air traffic control system saying "cross the runway" instead of "do not cross the runway" or a missile defense system saying "fire" instead of "do not fire" just to take two unrelated items out of my news feed today and mash them up here.

#AI#hacking#reliability
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Blahmage

Another ATC for a friend who wanted to have a partner card for the one I made last year - she likes japanes Yokai, slightly sexy. I will say though this is pretty fantasy-ish and not an existing tale.

Drawn with copic markers and pencil. I tried a thick paper for marker by canson with it, but I'm not really sure what to think of it 🤔 (marker paper is usually very thin)

Woman in a slightly japanese style, bust portrait, she's wearing an open black kimono with red trim and a red bra, holding a red umbrella in front if her. She has white hair, yellow eyes with a dark sclera and straight horns on her head. She is surrounded by smoke clouds.
Close up of the womans face
#art#MastoArt#marker
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Six Grandfathers Mountain

@johnlogic
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including the #airtrafficcontroller being overtasked

Did you know #LunarNewYear was on that date? Jan 29 #washingtondcplanecrash

There were 4 #ATC on the job (Im assuming) and maybe some took a few days off because it was the START of #SpringFestival a big big multi day event

#ChineseNewYear goes to Feb 15 2025 this year

from #CNN article, GOOD ADVICE
Officials urged the public not to draw premature conclusions about the cause of the crash

duckduckgo.com/?t=fpas&q=sprin

CNN https://www.cnn.com › travel › chinese-lunar-new-year-2025-guide-intl-hnk › index.html A 2025 guide to Lunar New Year as we slither into the Year of the ... - CNN Jan 29, 2025Marking the first new moon of the lunar calendar, it falls on January 29 in 2025, kicking off the 15-day Spring Festival. Celebrations vary depending on the country or region, but there are a few ... Only include results for this siteHide site from these results Share feedback about this site Daytona Beach News-Journal https://www.news-journalonline.com › story › news › 2025 › 01 › 29 › chinese-new-year-date-year-snake-begins-january-29 › Chinese New Year date: Year of the snake begins Jan. 29, 2025 Jan 29, 2025Wednesday, Jan. 29, marks the Chinese New Year. is also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival. The occasion is celebrated in China and many other Asian communities, and across the U.S. It ...
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In Search of a Better World

"The Same Boeing Plane Keeps Getting Diverted, and nobody knows why"

independent.co.uk/travel/news-

Okay, this is either a massive coincidence brought about by an increasingly frayed ATC infrastructure system; or it is a time traveller trying to prevent something real bad; or, ATC are just goofing off and fucking with everyone for the lulz.

I leave it to you all to decide which is more likely.

The Independent · The same Boeing passenger plane keeps being diverted after take-off... what's going on?By Amelia Neath
#ItsTimeTravel#TimeTravel#ATC
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

This week in Musk...

DOGE to be unleashed on air traffic control systems
muskwatch.com/i/156642222/doge

" #Musk said on Wednesday that he had received approval from #Trump to dispatch his #DOGE team to rework the complex #safety system designed to prevent planes from smashing into each other...

automating the Federal #Aviation Administration’s #ATC system...

... plans to let the DOGE team “plug in” to the ATC system to install unspecified upgrades"

#AI?

Headline and text of article: DOGE to be unleashed on air traffic control systems Musk said on Wednesday that he had received approval from Trump to dispatch his DOGE team to rework the complex safety system designed to prevent planes from smashing into each other. “The @DOGE team will aim to make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system," Musk wrote in a post on X. The exact changes DOGE plans to make to air traffic control (ATC) procedures are unclear. The only specifics Musk outlined were in reference to a system that informs pilots about potential risks in their flight paths. Musk then argued for automating the Federal Aviation Administration’s ATC system. Trump shared some additional details on Thursday. “We're all gonna sit down and do a great computerized system for our control towers,” the president said. “Let's spend less money and build a great system done by two or three companies... When I land in my plane, privately, I use a system from another country.” The announcement came one week after an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a commercial flight attempting to land at Reagan Washington National Airport, resulting in 67 deaths and the worst domestic aviation disaster in almost 15 years. Musk is collaborating with the Department of Transportation on the project, according to Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Duffy wrote on X that he plans to let the DOGE team “plug in” to the ATC system to install unspecified upgrades...
#Tech#Technology#Coup
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