A semi-random glimpse of Chester whilst doing some targeted imaging of the Roman amphitheatre this lunchtime, before the low pressure moved in.
Very big tide, with a partial solar eclipse underway at the time. Never seen the water flow over the weir upstream before.
There's supposed to be a storm coming through Seattle in a few hours, but the sun came out just long enough for me to get my drone up and grab a few aerial shots of the cherry blossoms at the UW! 
#photography #seattle #cherryblossom #drones
I just had a thought:
If the #USA actually _does_ invade #Canada , then #Tesla cars become valid military targets.
After all, ultimately they are controlled by #ElonMusk , who has already stated that "Canada is not a real country" and largely seems to support whatever inane thing #Trump wants to do.
And Tesla cars are already massive surveillance devices, and could probably be turned into autonomous #drones very easily with a few simple software updates by Tesla.
So... Canada (and #Greenland, etc.) should probably start banning these cars.
Lethal in Disguise 2 contains updated descriptions, case studies and fact sheets on #kineticimpactprojectiles (KIPs) - #chemicalirritants - #watercannons - #disorientationdevices - #acousticweapons and batons.
Other devices such as #drones - #electricshockweapons aka #tasers - #heatrays - #blindinglasers are also analysed in order to understand their mechanisms, deployment and potential effects.
There is good news about long-range drones. Our #drone has passed a 3,000-kilometer test, Zelensky said
#Kyiv uses long-range #drones to strike deep into #Russian territory, targeting #military #infrastructure such as #airfields, #oil #refineries, and #logistics hubs.
Last Night in Ukraine...
Readying a drone for a one-way trip to Russia!
"Police have used drones and robots over the years for purposes ranging from getting an eye-in-the-sky view of accidents to remotely tear-gassing a hard-to-reach suspect. Many anticipate police use of robot and drone technologies to increase.
Most police departments lack policies and standards around acceptable use of drones and robots, says Matthew Guariglia, senior policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
A policy framework from New York University Law School’s Policing Project offers recommended guidance for setting limits and safeguards on use of such tools."
https://www.governing.com/policy/the-rising-call-for-regulating-police-robots
#Russia responds to #Ukraine's call for a #truce in the air with a massive air #attack, around 200 #missiles and #drones targeting purely civilian targets all across the country.
With #Trump having cut off Ukraine's #airdefense shipments, #putin will now scale up missile attacks to bring about one of the worst massacres in human history.
This is all on #Americans now. You voted this guy in, and the #US will never live it down.
Reminder, Ukraine WAS the most pro-American nation in #Europe.
#Zelensky of #Ukraine on Tuesday offered a course of action that he said could end the #war, while trying to assure the #Trump administration that his government was dedicated to peace. The Ukrainian leader said he was ready to release #Russian #prisoners of war, stop long-range drone and missile strikes aimed at Russian targets, and declare a truce at sea immediately — moves that he said would help establish a pathway to #peace. #war #trump #russia #drones #politics https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/world/europe/ukraine-us-trump-military-support.html
Solar 42F Synth - Cinematic performance by Jay Hosking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQyHPJ56aNg
#Electronic<usic #Drone #Drones #DroneMusic #JayHosking #Solar42F
Drone captures #narwhals using their tusks to explore, forage and play https://phys.org/news/2025-02-drone-captures-narwhals-tusks-explore.html paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1518605/full
"It is believed to play a role in competition for mates. The tusk may have other uses and its function is still debated, primarily because few people have observed how these elusive #animals use their tusks in the wild... Using #drones, researchers captured 17 distinct behaviors, which shed light on the dynamics between the #narwhal, its prey and avian competitors."
For the 1st time the Pentagon has bought a fleet of small, #AI-powered SUICIDE #DRONES designed for INDOOR USE from an Israeli drone maker who supplied them to the IDF *used to KILL in hospitals, schools & apt blocks in Gaza.
EXtend's Scorpio drone PROD on these drones began, in the US, at some point in the 1st 3 months of this year.
This type of drone makes the world much more dangerous -could be used against the US, too. They threaten #NationalSecurity *IMHO.
[Entrevista] Drones para Rojava: Una alianza recauda dinero para aviones no tripulados armados para Rojava
"Las Fuerzas de Autodefensa no han iniciado una lucha contra nadie. Pero el único sistema de gobierno pacífico, democrático e integrador que se ha establecido en Siria está siendo atacado por Turquía y sus milicias yihadistas. Las #SDF tienen dos opciones: Resistir o rendirse. Ayudarles no significa abogar por la guerra o que estemos adoptando un enfoque favorable al conflicto."
"Queremos comprar componentes de drones y no drones acabados. El plan es adquirir componentes de la serie Mavic de DJI en China, así como componentes para el control de vuelo, servomotores, GPS y dispositivos de telemetría, cámaras, reguladores electrónicos de velocidad y similares. Los drones se controlarán mediante el principio FPV (vista en primera persona), es decir, con gafas de vídeo desde la perspectiva de una cámara a bordo."
@hacks4pancakes "Charles Spitzer-Stadtlander, JD, MPA
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) -National Airspace Defense Programs
URGENT- NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT
I work(ed) for the #FAA #NationalDefense Programs (#NDP). My position is/was a national security critical-designated job that was supposed to be exempted from the massive (and unlawful) firings of probationary employees.
On Saturday morning at 12:43AM CST, while I was actively working on an extremely important and classified project in response to a credible threat to America's national security, I was fired.
Before I was fired, the official #DOGE #Facebook page started harassing me on my personal Facebook account after I criticized #Tesla and #Twitter. Less than a week later, I was fired, despite my position allegedly being exempted due to national security.
For those who do not know, #FAA #NDP is tasked with protecting the National Air Space from threats such as missiles, enemy #drones, #aircraft used as #weapons (think 9-11), and so forth.
FAA NDP is a small, yet critical part of protecting the #American public and many of our border states that are at risk of attack from our foreign adversaries such as #China and #Russia.
In March 2024 - I was recruited from my job as Legislative Director at the DC Government to the FAA NDP for the purpose of working on a critical national defense project and in response to a grave and credible threat to the American Air Space.
While working for the FAA NDP, I served as the FAA Lead to the DoD for Open Mission Systems and Data Rights on an urgent project underway in response to a credible national defense threat to America's National Air Space.
When DOGE fired me, they turned off my computer and wiped all of my files without warning. I had just finished a classified meeting at Hill AFB in SLC and was on my way home when I was fired. I was also scheduled to be at Hanscom AFB this upcoming week for additional briefings.
I will be appealing my termination based on political retaliation - which happened in the same unsigned form letter others received - and which my boss and FAA leadership appear to have had no idea of, thought was exempted, and vehemently disagreed with.
My boss and FAA leadership had actively advocated for my position to be excluded from DOGE terminations due to the grave national security implications of my work and believed that such an exemption had been granted.
I had also received excellent performance evaluations and even received a valuing for performance pay raise in January as the FAA is one of the only federal agencies that gives pay raises based on merit and performance.
I decided over the weekend that I want to talk publicly about what happened - especially the harassment I received from DOGE on my personal social media accounts prior to my being fired simply for criticizing Tesla and Twitter (X).
I’m also deeply concerned about DOGE's disregard of the national security implications of my termination.
I believe that the public has a right to know that America's national security has been made less safe"
this is so wrong, #Trump is the enemy from within
what is even worse, the competent in #government can easily find a new better paid job in #private (#corrupt or not #corrupt) #companies, some such as #Snowden in his biography explicitly states that he went from #gov to #private and back, because he could not stand the #corruption
He actually abstained from higher pay and better living standard at #private #companies (gov subcontractors, so he still worked for the government but as a private company charging manyfold for the same work) to actually serving the people with less pay, as his parents did as well
Drone Swarms: Collective Intelligence in Action
Autonomous drones are reshaping warfare, industry, and entertainment, from Ukraine’s battlefield to China’s aerial shows. Coordination, strategy, geopolitics… How far will this revolution go?
Read more 
https://scalastic.io/en/drone-swarms-collective-intelligence/
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#Drones #AI #Robotics #Innovation
Any alternative suggestions beside Gazebo, AirSim, or Webots for realistic drone simulations?
North Korea to start drone production in collaboration with Russia
The agreement will allow #NorthKorea to develop and mass-produce several types of #drones in coordination with #Russia.
According to the sources, the #DroneProduction initiative is likely a reciprocated gesture to North Korea after the country has sent soldiers to support Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine.
