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Off-and-on trying out an account over at @tal@oleo.cafe due to scraping bots bogging down lemmy.today to the point of near-unusability.

  • Pilots’ Request for a Toilet Break Turns Into Emergency Alert After Hilarious Misunderstanding With Air Traffic Control

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  • To try to attempt to avoid confusion, the international language of air traffic control is regularly conducted in English, but as can be seen in this incident, that doesn’t necessarily mean that people speaking English as a second or even third language might not get confused from time to time.

    I think the situation was dire enough here that maybe it's worth trying, as a fallback interchange language, a common ancestor of the Portuguese airline and the French air traffic control --- Latin. Maybe that'd clear things up.

  • Construction workers find radioactive wasp nest at former nuclear bomb factory - Dexerto

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  • Maybe. For the three characters I linked to, the characters don't especially have a particularly hourglass body shape (as superheroes go), and one is apparently asexual. shrugs

  • Construction workers find radioactive wasp nest at former nuclear bomb factory - Dexerto

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  • Trump takes no chances in armored golf buggy as protesters storm streets across Scotland

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  • Air Force One does. I dunno about the ground motorcade, though.

    And I'm sure that the E-4 does too.

    kagis

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-4

    The Boeing E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post (AACP), the current "Nightwatch" aircraft,[2] is a series of strategic command and control military aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). The E-4 series are specially modified from the Boeing 747-200B for the National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP) program.[3]

    The E-4 serves as a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, namely the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors. The four E-4s are operated by the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron of the 595th Command and Control Group located at Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, Nebraska. An E-4 when in action is denoted a "National Airborne Operations Center" (NAOC) and has been nicknamed the "Doomsday plane".[4]

    When the President travels outside of North America using a VC-25A as Air Force One, an E-4B will deploy to a second airport in the vicinity of the President's destination, to be readily available in the event of a world crisis or an emergency that renders the VC-25A unusable.[citation needed] When President Barack Obama visited Honolulu, Hawaii, an E-4B was often stationed 200 miles away at Hilo International Airport on Hawaii Island.[28][29]

  • Trump takes no chances in armored golf buggy as protesters storm streets across Scotland

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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_state_car_(United_States)

    The 2009 presidential state car model had night vision optics, a tear gas cannon, onboard oxygen tanks, an armored fuel tank filled with foam to prevent explosion, and pump-action shotguns.[1][26] Whether it was[29] or was not armed with rocket-propelled grenades,[26] the car featured eight-inch (200 mm) doors.[10]

    In addition to defensive measures designed to protect the president, this state car has stores of blood in the president's type for medical emergencies. The car is hermetically sealed against chemical attacks, and features run-flat tires, night-vision devices, smoke screens, and oil slicks as defensive measures against attackers. NBC reported that the car features armor made of aluminum, ceramic, and steel; the exterior walls have a thickness of eight inches (200 mm), the windows are multi-layered and five inches (130 mm) thick, and each door[32]—believed to be one foot (0.30 m) thick[37] and weigh as much as those on a Boeing 757—can electrify its handles to deter entry.[32]

    https://spyscape.com/article/7-top-secrets-about-the-beast-presidential-limo

    There are at least two identical Beasts with matching registration plates in every motorcade so attackers can’t be 100% certain which vehicle contains the president and which is the decoy. During President Joe Biden’s inauguration, there were actually seven Beasts deployed in the mother of all motorcades.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Service_Counter_Assault_Team

    "Hawkeye" is the designation for a CAT assigned to the president, followed by the president's Secret Service code name

    CAT operates both as part of motorcades and at fixed sites. In the event a VIP, the VIP's vehicle, or a protected site is attacked by multiple assailants, CAT is responsible for engaging and diverting the attackers, thereby buying the close protection shift time to evacuate the dignitary to a safe area.[9]

    Hawkeye, when operating as part of a U.S. president's motorcade, travels in a vehicle several car lengths behind the presidential state car.[11]

    A pop-up Gatling gun that comes out of a roof turret on one of the support vehicles:

    https://www.guns.com/news/2011/07/16/the-dillon-m134d-gatling-gun-the-secret-services-secret-weapon

    The Dillon M134D Gatling Gun: The Presidential Motorcade's Secret Weapon

    No doubt other stuff that isn't made public.

    They have closed airspace around him and they have fighter jets that will come investigate aircraft getting close.

    https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/restricted-airspace-0

    In the case of Presidential movement, the TFR is usually comprised of an outer ring (usually 30 nautical miles, but sometimes slightly more or less) and one or more inner rings (usually 10 nautical miles, but sometimes 8, 9, or 10 nautical miles). The dimensions and, even the shape, of the rings are sometimes altered to suit specific needs. For example, some TFRs are structured so that the outer ring consists of the lateral limits of a particular airport’s Class B airspace, or are created with cut-outs, as noted later in this resource.

    I wouldn't be terribly surprised if, especially in this era of easy accessibility to drones, if they're also carrying some sort of surface-to-air weaponry, though I don't think I've ever read anything about it. They have electronic warfare vehicles in the convoy, though as can be seen in Ukraine, where Russia and Ukraine are both using drones that unspool fiber optic cable behind them as they fly to defeat jamming, jamming is not, alone, a full counter to drones.

  • Trump takes no chances in armored golf buggy as protesters storm streets across Scotland

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  • Going by the article, it's just a freak coincidence.

    The names "Lee Harvey" and "Osvaldo" (Osvaldo is the Spanish equivalent to "Oswald") drew comparisons to Lee Harvey Oswald, who was suspected of having assassinated President John F. Kennedy. This led some to believe that the incident was set up to scare Carter into submission.[7][8]

    EDIT: To be clear, I haven't heard about that incident prior to this, haven't ever read about Carter-era stuff, so I only know what's in that article. shrugs Maybe the guy changed his name prior to the incident, maybe they only reported claimed names, dunno.

  • Trump takes no chances in armored golf buggy as protesters storm streets across Scotland

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  • His mother's side is Scottish.

  • Trump takes no chances in armored golf buggy as protesters storm streets across Scotland

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  • That's probably less armor than he has around him in the official limo when he's here.

    I'd guess that there are more people with anti-materiel rifles over here.

    EDIT: Oh, according to the article, that's just some sort of evacuation vehicle for if he does come under attack. Apparently he's in a regular golf cart.

    IIRC he wasn't in an armored vehicle when we had that sniper try to take him out when he was golfing here, so maybe the amount of armor is none in both cases.

    EDIT2: I don't know who the last President is where we haven't had at least one known incident where someone, usually us, tried to kill him. Probably quite a few years back.

    kagis

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_assassination_attempts_and_plots

    Going off a quick skim of that list:

    • Trump: 11 incidents so far, with him being hit in the ear at one point.

    • Biden: 2

    • Obama: 11

    • Bush Jr: 2

    • Clinton: 5

    • Bush Sr: 1

    • Reagan: Only 1, though in that incident he was hit by a riccochet and the bullet stopped just short of his heart.

    • Carter doesn't have any incidents, so I guess the last time we elected someone and then didn't try to kill them was the 1970s. Though this sounds kind of sketchy, and I dunno if maybe it should count as an attempt:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Lee_Harvey

    EDIT3: https://www.reddit.com/r/greenberets/comments/v28lsk/what_is_the_average_casualty_rate_as_a_green_beret/

    What is the average casualty rate as a green beret?

    17 combat deaths per year divided by 7,000 active green berets per year is a fatality rate of approximately 0.24% per year

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_assassination_attempts_and_plots

    Four sitting U.S. presidents have been killed: Abraham Lincoln (1865), James A. Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1901), and John F. Kennedy (1963).

    From 1789 to 2025, we've had 236 years as a country led by a President, so about 1.70% annual mortality rate for Presidents. Going by those numbers, it's a little more than seven times as lethal to be President as to be Army special forces.

    EDIT4: Though the Netherlands has a higher rate of cannibalism of their national leaders.

  • Pumpkin spice products are already in grocery stores in July

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  • It's clearly the anticipation that gives it the flavor!

  • Pumpkin spice products are already in grocery stores in July

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  • Capybara for Lent!

  • Pumpkin spice products are already in grocery stores in July

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  • https://www.pastafariancalendar.com/

    Friday, July 25, 2025 🍨 Hot Fudge Sundae Day 🍨

    These seasonal food regulations should definitely reflect the clearly-correct religious position and not some false religion's take in things.

  • Man accused of taking stolen boat on naked joyride in Hudson River escapes from Manhattan hospital dressed as a doctor

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  • Venus Williams Admits She Came Back to Tennis at Age 45 for the Health Insurance

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  • Clickbait title. She's joking.

  • Pumpkin spice products are already in grocery stores in July

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  • Yeah, this doesn't look to be Halloween-themed or anything. I have cans of pumpkin and pumpkin extract that last for years. They can do pumpkin stuff whenever.

  • Japan high school baseball team banned from smiling, waving in tourney entrance march - The Mainichi

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  • The entrance march at the summer National High School Baseball Championship began during the third edition in 1917, held at Naruo Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. According to tournament history, the march was inspired by the Olympics and the third Far Eastern Championship Games' opening ceremony in Tokyo in May 1917. Records show that high school players "marched to the music played by the 4th Division's military band and lined up."

    A link to World War I culture, I guess.

  • Man refused to climb down from homeowner’s roof because he believed drugs were in chimney, police say

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  • Man refused to climb down from homeowner’s roof because he believed drugs were in chimney, police say

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  • Going back three years:

    https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/01/31/bangor/man-arrested-following-orrington-standoff/

    An Orrington man with a history of causing standoffs was arrested Sunday night following an all-day standoff with local police.

    Around 9:30 a.m. Sunday, a Penobscot County Sheriff’s deputy was driving on Johnson Mill Road when he came across a van off the road occupied by Stephen Nason, 36. Nason had two active felony warrants for domestic assault and locked himself inside the van, according to the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office.

    After a supervisor and family member attempted to assist the deputy in getting Nason to leave the vehicle and surrender, he exited the vehicle with a knife against his throat, officials said. He later got into the family member’s vehicle, drove to their home and barricaded himself in a room.

    Maine State Police responded with its tactical and crisis negotiation teams, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss said, following failed negotiations with Nason for him to surrender.

    He was eventually arrested around 8:20 p.m., taken to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center with minor injuries and taken to Penobscot County Jail, officials said.

    Nason is charged with creating a standoff, obstructing government administration, refusing to submit to arrest and violating a condition of release, all misdemeanor crimes, according to the Penobscot County District Attorney’s office.

    He was on bail for a felony domestic violence assault charge filed in October 2020.

    Nason has a history of causing standoffs with law enforcement in Orrington. He was arrested following incidents in Orrington in 2011, 2012, 2017 and 2019, according to the Bangor Daily News archives. His long criminal history also includes convictions for domestic violence assault, theft, criminal trespass and bail violations.

    Superior Court Justice William Anderson set Nason’s bail Monday at $10,000. Nason was not asked to enter pleas to the charges. He is expected to be held without bail until a hearing can be scheduled on the motion to revoke his bail on the domestic violence assault charge.

    Nason is next due in court April 12 for the charges stemming from the standoff.

    Johnson Mill Road, between Clark Falls Road and 691 Johnson Mill Road, was closed during the standoff, according to Orrington Fire & Rescue.

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    Trump slams his own supporters as 'weaklings' for falling for Epstein 'hoax'

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  • I feel like the center of the page would be more annoying.

  • Man Afraid to Ride Subway Named Head of NASA

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