#fpnf — Public Fediverse posts

The Freedom From Religion Foundation had a great week. At least that’s one of us.

Excellent recap of their secular successes linked below, decrapified, even.

Fedi presence not found if ya know ‘em, invite ‘em. #FPNF

#FFRF #FreedomFromReligion #separationofchurchandstate #athiest Your religion governs you, not me.

https://freethoughtnow.org/weekly-wrap-nicki-minaj-kpop-speaker-mike-johnson-and-rep-jared-huffman/

The Freedom From Religion Foundation had a great week. At least that’s one of us.

Excellent recap of their secular successes linked below, decrapified, even.

Fedi presence not found if ya know ‘em, invite ‘em. #FPNF

#FFRF #FreedomFromReligion #separationofchurchandstate #athiest Your religion governs you, not me.

https://freethoughtnow.org/weekly-wrap-nicki-minaj-kpop-speaker-mike-johnson-and-rep-jared-huffman/

The Freedom From Religion Foundation had a great week. At least that’s one of us.

Excellent recap of their secular successes linked below, decrapified, even.

Fedi presence not found if ya know ‘em, invite ‘em. #FPNF

#FFRF #FreedomFromReligion #separationofchurchandstate #athiest Your religion governs you, not me.

https://freethoughtnow.org/weekly-wrap-nicki-minaj-kpop-speaker-mike-johnson-and-rep-jared-huffman/

The Freedom From Religion Foundation had a great week. At least that’s one of us.

Excellent recap of their secular successes linked below, decrapified, even.

Fedi presence not found if ya know ‘em, invite ‘em. #FPNF

#FFRF #FreedomFromReligion #separationofchurchandstate #athiest Your religion governs you, not me.

https://freethoughtnow.org/weekly-wrap-nicki-minaj-kpop-speaker-mike-johnson-and-rep-jared-huffman/

The Freedom From Religion Foundation had a great week. At least that’s one of us.

Excellent recap of their secular successes linked below, decrapified, even.

Fedi presence not found if ya know ‘em, invite ‘em. #FPNF

#FFRF #FreedomFromReligion #separationofchurchandstate #athiest Your religion governs you, not me.

https://freethoughtnow.org/weekly-wrap-nicki-minaj-kpop-speaker-mike-johnson-and-rep-jared-huffman/

@elaterite I cut & pasted part of your question ("AI Free" third-party certification organization) into DuckDuckGo and found this site which seems to be what you were asking for. https://www.aifreecert.com/

Rather than duplicate the effort, it would probably be better to work with them to build up the systems for verification. Also, invite them onto Mastodon. #FPNF

"All White: Alaska Airlines Receives 1st Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner At LAX" by SimpleFlying (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - More info on #Alaska787 #N784HA arrival at Los Angeles #KLAX in all-white: it is parked temporarily at LAX until scheduled to get its Alaska Aurora paint in January. The original 4 Hawaiian 787-9s will be repainted in Alaska Aurora before Spring launch of Seattle to Rome & London flights. https://simpleflying.com/alaska-airlines-1st-boeing-787-9-dreamliner-lax/ #aviation #travel #avgeek

"Light rail to Federal Way begins service" by Sound Transit (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - 8-mile extension of Seattle Link Light Rail opened today from Angle Lake (near SeaTac Airport) south to Federal Way (a strangely-named city between Seattle and Tacoma). https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/news-releases/light-rail-to-federal-way-begins-service #Seattle #transit #PNW

"Light rail to Federal Way five weeks away" by Sound Transit (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - Extension now testing on regular transit schedules - trains empty at current terminus at Angle Lake but continue south on schedule as test trains. Northbound test trains begin runs empty from Federal Way station and pick up passengers at Angle Lake. Service opens 11am Saturday, December 6 after 9:30am celebration. https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/news-releases/light-rail-to-federal-way-five-weeks-away #Seattle #transit #PNW

"AI Productivity and Workslop" by #Marketoonist comic / #TomFishburne (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - With #GenAI / #AI getting a reputation for polished-looking but error-prone #AIslop, the new term for AI-generated material negatively impacting productivity by need for review and rework is #Workslop. Now there are productivity losses to interruptions by aggressive advertising pop-ups for AI products. https://marketoonist.com/2025/10/ai-productivity-and-workslop.html #business #tech #oops #humor

"Hold short of Bravo" by Chicken Wings comic (#FPNF) - Always read back taxi clearances to verify you got the correct info. But how did the tower controller know it was Chuck? 😀 https://www.chickenwingscomics.com/comic/hold-short-of-bravo/ #aviation #pilot #avgeek #oops

"Bot or Not" by Marketoonist comic / Tom Fishburne (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - There's a tolerance threshold for #CAPTCHA challenges, at which point a bot would keep trying but a real person will go buy what they wanted from the competition. https://marketoonist.com/2025/10/bot-or-not.html #bots #business #tech #oops #WTF

"123,000 flights disrupted by GNSS jamming" by GPS World (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - Report counted 123,000 incidents of GPS/GNSS jamming & spoofing affecting flights over Sweden or neighboring allied countries between January and April 2025. The jamming originated from four sites in Russia. https://www.gpsworld.com/123000-flights-disrupted-by-gnss-jamming/ #GPSjamming #GPS #GNSS #aviation #travel #avgeek

"Mental Health in Aviation Act Clears US House" by Flying Magazine (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - Bill advances from US House to Senate, which is no guarantee it will get any farther. If passed, it would make the FAA back off from instant grounding and permanent loss of job for pilots and air traffic controllers for seeking or even discussing treatment for #mentalhealth issues. https://www.flyingmag.com/mental-health-in-aviation-act-clears-u-s-house/ #aviation #travel #pilot #avgeek #USpol

"Link 1 Line service to Federal Way begins Dec 6" by Sound Transit (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - Seattle Link Light Rail 1 Line extension from Angle Lake (near SeaTac Airport) south to Federal Way is now scheduled to open December 6. So it will open before the 2 Line extension across Lake Washington from Bellevue to downtown Seattle, expected in early 2026. https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/news-releases/link-1-line-service-to-federal-way-begins-dec-6 #Seattle #transit #PNW

"Collaborative Innovation" by Marketoonist comic / Tom Fishburne (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - Brainstorming as a group communication process only works by separating stages, initially collecting ideas and letting them bounce off each other. If criticism is allowed while ideas were still forming, new ideas suddenly stop flowing. A leader needs to manage the process. https://marketoonist.com/2025/08/collaborative-innovation.html #creativity #collaboration #engineering #business #tech

"Space Force Launch to Send X-37 Back into Orbit" by Air & Space Forces Magazine (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - #X37 uncrewed military spaceplane scheduled to launch 23:50 EDT on a #SpaceX #Falcon9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. X-37 space flights usually last 1-2 years and then re-enter to runway landing at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/watch-space-force-launch-x-37/ #USSF #military #space #aviation #avgeek

"James Cameron's First Non-'Avatar' Film Since 'Titanic' Is About the Man Who Survived Both Atomic Bombs" by Military-dot-com (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - Cameron interviewed the double-bomb survivor Tsutomu Yamaguchi before his death in 2009. On a business trip to Hiroshima, Yamaguchi was 2mi/3km from the blast. Returning home to Nagasaki, he was at work the same distance from the second bomb. https://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2025/05/07/james-camerons-first-non-avatar-film-titanic-about-man-who-survived-both-atomic-bombs.html #WWII #military #nuclear #history

"Fifth Boeing 777X Makes First Flight" by Airline Geeks (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - This indicates Boeing has resolved production and certification issues found in testing of the 777-9 prototypes, which required rework. The 5th airframe is now flying, first production plane beyond the four 777-9 prototypes though it will be used for some certification tests. https://airlinegeeks.com/2025/08/06/fifth-boeing-777x-makes-first-flight/ #B779 #KPAE #aviation #business #travel #avgeek #PNW

"Is A Boeing Dreamlifter Bigger Than An Airbus BelugaXL?" by SimpleFlying (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - These are the big #cargo planes that Boeing & Airbus use to fly parts between airplane factories for assembly. Short answer, yes - Boeing 747-400LCF DreamLifter is bigger than Airbus A330 BelugaXL. But details are more complicated since each serve different purposes tailored to the airliner factories. https://simpleflying.com/boeing-dreamlifter-bigger-airbus-beluga/ #aviation #business #avgeek

"Alaska Airlines To Offer Direct Flights Between Seattle And Reykjavík" by Reykjavik Grapevine (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - Reykjavik #Iceland residents pleasantly surprised to find themselves in the same announcement as London. They aren't surprised the service is seasonal considering Iceland's dark icy winters. https://grapevine.is/news/2025/08/07/alaska-airlines-to-offer-direct-flights-between-seattle-and-reykjavik/ #aviation #travel #avgeek

"India’s NavIC constellation in jeopardy as majority of satellites become defunct" by GPS World (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - India's GNSS satellite constellation is experiencing failures faster than they've been able to replace broken birds. https://www.gpsworld.com/indias-navic-constellation-in-jeopardy-as-majority-of-satellites-become-defunct/ #GNSS #space #positioning #navigation #timing #PNT

"Boeing 747 Vs Airbus A380: Which Aircraft Will Retire First?" by Simple Flying (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF: if you know them, invite them) - Lots of variables to consider like fleet size & age, and maintainability. Emirates has most A380s, with plans to 2040. Lufthansa has most 747-8Is, with no set end date. But 747 freighters will undoubtedly outlast all the passenger models of either type. https://simpleflying.com/boeing-747-airbus-a380-retire-first/ #aviation #travel #business #avgeek

"Firefly Aerospace sets IPO range that would value rocket maker at $5.5 billion" by CNBC (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF: if you know them, invite them) - Stock fundraising for Texas-based rocket company with one partial success in orbital launch, one successful lunar probe landing, some high-profile rocket engine contracts and currently increasing revenue but $60M loss last year. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/28/firefly-aerospace-ipo-space.html #NewSpace #business #spacegeek

"GPS Jamming Extends to Low-Earth Orbit as Pentagon Races to Bolster Constellation" by Air & Space Forces Mag (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF: if you know them, invite them) - The most concentrated #GPS jamming right now is in Russia-Ukraine war zone, by both sides. US Space Force has deployed some of the more powerful GPS III sats. Nearly all Low Earth Orbit satellites use GPS. Jamming defenses in work. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/gps-jamming-extends-to-leo/ #GNSS #business #military #PNT #positioning #navigation #timing

I really appreciate @ikluft @KO6YQ @AstroHawk’s fedi advocacy. I also dig how he’s split his interests between accounts.

Lately he’s been adding fediverse presence not found #FPNF: if you know them, invite them when, well. You get the point.

Can we all start doing this, please?

#Fedi #Mastodon #JohnMastodon

"USSF-106: Vulcan ready for its first U.S. national security launch" by United Launch Alliance ULA (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF: if you know them, invite them) - 3rd flight of ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket is first to qualify to fly a national security payload for US Space Force #USSF. The payload could be anything from a spy satellite to military communications, the stuff they won't talk about in public. Launch TBD in August. https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/ussf-106-vulcan-ready-for-its-first-u.s.-national-security-launch #USSF106 #ULA #military #space #spacegeek

"Resident Alien Cancelled, Will End With Season 4" by TVLine (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF: if you know them, invite them) - Not unexpected but announced quite late: #SciFi #comedy Resident Alien has been cancelled. Season 4 finale on Aug 8 will also be the series finale. Writers knew about it and wrapped up the story. The series supposedly takes place in a small town in the Colorado Rockies, actually filmed in Vancouver BC and vicinity. https://tvline.com/news/resident-alien-cancelled-syfy-usa-network-no-season-5-1235476880/ #entertainment #space

"Space Force, Congress Look to Address Growing Crunch on Launch Facilities" by Air & Space Forces Magazine (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF: if you know them, invite them) - US Space Force manages federal launch ranges at Cape Canaveral FL and Vandenberg CA. Both have full schedules with commercial launches. Consideration went to prioritization of military launches if necessary, and backup launch sites at state-owned ranges in Virginia and Alaska. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/space-force-congress-growing-crunch-launch-facilities/ #military #space

"Asteroid 2025 OS safely buzzed by Earth this weekend" by EarthSky Science (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF: if you know them, invite them) - On Friday, newly-discovered #Asteroid #2025OS passed by at a distance of 2534mi/4078km from Earth's surface. Very close. But at 3-6m diameter, it isn't a danger. We need more experience catching these before the last moment. https://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-safely-buzzed-earth-this-weekend/ #space #astronomy #LowFlyingRocks

"Bright fireball explodes over Nuevo León, Mexico" by TheWatchers (#FPNF Fediverse presence not found - if you know them, invite them) - A bolide lit up the sky around 2am June 15 in northeastern Mexico. A sonic boom was reported, which indicates it was a somewhat larger asteroid than the small ones that hit Earth's atmosphere nearly every day. These are rare in any given location but weekly to monthly somewhere in the world. https://watchers.news/2025/06/15/bright-fireball-explodes-nuevo-leon-mexico-june-15-2025/ #astronomy #asteroid #LowFlyingRocks

"Buzzword-First Strategy" by Marketoonist comic (#FPNF Fediverse presence not found - if you know them, invite them) - Businesses with no strategy other than chasing buzzwords can be pretty obvious to the general public too. We see them come and go all the time. https://marketoonist.com/2025/06/buzzword-first-strategy.html #business #oops #humor

"Boeing Spins Off Jeppesen & ForeFlight to Private Equity Firm" by Flying Magazine (#FPNF Fediverse presence not found - if you know them, invite them) - $10B sale to Thoma Bravo includes divisions which were previously acquisitions: Jeppesen, ForeFlight, AerData & OzRunways. https://www.flyingmag.com/boeing-spins-off-jeppesen-foreflight-to-private-equity-firm/ #aviation #travel #business #avgeek

"Tracking Concorde & Emirates Takes On DHL: 2025's Best Airline April Fools" by Simple Flying (#FPNF Fediverse presence not found - if you know them, invite them) - Overview of some aviation-related #AprilFools gags. The big one was FlightRadar24's display of "live" tracking for two fictitious Concorde flights, which fooled a few despite the date. (Concordes have not flown in over 20 years. 18 of 20 airframes built are now in museums.) https://simpleflying.com/tracking-concorde-emirates-dhl-airline-april-fools/ #aviation #travel #avgeek #humor

"X-37B Spaceplane Showed New Techniques in Latest Flight" by Air & Space Forces Magazine (#FPNF Fediverse presence not found - if you know them, invite them) - #Boeing #X37B uncrewed #military spaceplane returned from 435 days on orbit to land at Vandenberg in California. This flight demonstrated orbital aerobraking capability. At less than half the previous mission's length, it was the first time a flight was not longer than previous ones. https://www.airandspaceforces.com/x-37b-spaceplane-showed-new-techniques-in-latest-flight/ #USSF #space #aviation #avgeek