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Author: Raine    Date: 08/07/2025 13:21:54

Waking up to a United Airlines ground stop was not what I had on my bingo card today. We are going on vacation Saturday and while we're not flying United, I hope this will be cleared up by then. Thankfully, my sister and her family are flying another airline as well. So what happened?
The impacted system, called Unimatic, houses flight information that is fed to other systems including those that calculate weight and balance and track flight times, according to United. It’s not clear what caused the problem, which was resolved late Wednesday, though some service disruptions continued into Thursday.

An alert on the Federal Aviation Administration website said all United flights destined for Chicago were halted at their departing airports. Flights to United hubs at Denver, Newark, Houston and San Francisco airports also were affected.

The system outage, as the company described it, lasted several hours, the statement said. It wasn’t related to recent concerns about airline industry cybersecurity.
I know you are wondering what our Transportation Secretary is doing about this? Bueller?

The FAA will now let commercial drones fly beyond the operator’s line of sight.

The move will "unleash American drone dominance," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.

As a result, Duffy said, "?You may get a Starbucks cup of coffee from a drone."

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— More Perfect Union (@moreperfectunion.bsky.social)
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Well, that makes everything better.

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Raine
 

10 comments (Latest Comment: 08/07/2025 20:36:55 by Raine)
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Comment by Raine on 08/07/2025 13:40:01

What’s cool is that now when you yell “losers” at a bunch of masked ICE goons, there’s a chance one of them is Dean Cain

— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) August 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM


Now do Scott Baio.

Comment by Raine on 08/07/2025 13:41:31
Quote by Raine:

What’s cool is that now when you yell “losers” at a bunch of masked ICE goons, there’s a chance one of them is Dean Cain

— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) August 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM


Now do Scott Baio.

MAGA washed up actor Dean Cain is now employed after years of unemployment as an ICE bounty hunter.
At least the good news is hidden between those masks is you can identify them now by shouting "are you Dean Cain?"

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— KAMALA NATION (@kamalanation.bsky.social) August 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM


Comment by Raine on 08/07/2025 13:46:05

Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”

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— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) August 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM


Comment by Raine on 08/07/2025 14:11:46

Dean Cain is the Mike Pillow of Scott Baios

— Lalo Steensland (@lalosteensland.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM


Comment by TriSec on 08/07/2025 14:17:05

"?You may get a Starbucks cup of coffee from a drone."


You may also have your airliner suck a drone into an engine and plunge into the harbor, but that's not important right now.

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Comment by Raine on 08/07/2025 14:40:59
Quote by TriSec:

"?You may get a Starbucks cup of coffee from a drone."


You may also have your airliner suck a drone into an engine and plunge into the harbor, but that's not important right now.

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Seriously serious.


Comment by Raine on 08/07/2025 14:42:55

I had no idea Alan Dershowitz was part sealion.

Anyway, these pierogi vendors just owned his ass. The man has no capability for shame or self-awareness left.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffu5...

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— Jay Thurber Show (@jaythurber.bsky.social) August 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM


Comment by Raine on 08/07/2025 14:47:32
Quote by Raine:

I had no idea Alan Dershowitz was part sealion.

Anyway, these pierogi vendors just owned his ass. The man has no capability for shame or self-awareness left.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffu5...

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— Jay Thurber Show (@jaythurber.bsky.social) August 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Anti-Zionist?? He actually said that.


Comment by Raine on 08/07/2025 15:55:35
Journalism!

"So the tariff is paid in this country by the importer, is that right?" -- Eugene Robinson guides Scott Bessent into acknowledging that tariffs are in fact paid in the United States, not by foreign governments

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) August 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM


Comment by Raine on 08/07/2025 20:36:55
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Raine:

I had no idea Alan Dershowitz was part sealion.

Anyway, these pierogi vendors just owned his ass. The man has no capability for shame or self-awareness left.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffu5...

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— Jay Thurber Show (@jaythurber.bsky.social) August 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Anti-Zionist?? He actually said that.

Well, shit.