@#1 ... The agency has had its share of air traffic control SNAFUs, including one in 2023 that temporarily halted domestic flight departures nationwide after someone accidentally deleted a file from the NOTAM system. ...

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... "Good news America: floppy disks are out, 21st century tech is in," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in the FAA's announcement. Only a few decades late, Sean, but we're sure the flying public appreciates it.

The new system, known as Enterprise Information Display System (E-IDS), is designed to consolidate data from various systems into a common digital platform, allowing air traffic controllers to access operational information and alerts needed to manage flights.

E-IDS is replacing four legacy systems: Information Display System 4, used to track weather and operational info; the Automated Surface Observing System Controller Equipment Information Display System, which also relays weather information; the NAS Information Display System, which relays information about airports and other airspace conditions; and the En Route Information Display System (ERIDS), which handles information about flights.

The FAA said E-IDS will improve how Pilot Reports and Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) are collected and distributed. The agency has had its share of air traffic control SNAFUs, including one in 2023 that temporarily halted domestic flight departures nationwide after someone accidentally deleted a file from the NOTAM system. ...

... and back to the topic of this thread ...

... Prospective speaker of the House Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday hailed the "American tsunami" of Democratic victories in US congressional elections that handed the party control of both chambers of Congress. ...

All the Democrats have "won" in this election is a rental of the two houses of Congress.

Not long-term ownership of those two houses of Congress.

One question that now lingers for me is the following ...

The Democrats have been able to move a lot of Independents and moderate Republicans to vote for them in this election.

But what will the Democrats do now with that new found support?

Will they do the usual Democratic fumble and seem to actively chase away that new-found support because of progressives?

Or might the Democrats move towards the left-center to maintain that support on a longer term?

The Republicans went full in with MAGA's radical views, and looked what happened to them.

Will Democrats learn from what seems to be so obvious in front of them?

My guess, at this point, they will not learn, and that they will strive to mess up any hope of chances in 2028.

But that is just my opinion.

Will the Democrats show my opinion to be wrong?

Time will tell ...

@#10 ... IMO, Trump has a great fear that he's going to be forgotten. ...

At his point, I am not sure if it is being forgotten, or remembered for the disaster he has brought upon the Country.

@#6 ... And yet every gaudy, tacky physical trace of that orange pile of s*^% will be scrubbed from this country. ...

Likely.

And what will be remembered about him in the history is what he did to our Country.

Has Pres Trump made such comments?

If not, why not?

... and Pres W. Bush ...

@#16 ... Usually, no. ...

Exactly.

And it is so funny how some current trolling aliases seem to try to project Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's action, who is heavily invested in the AI industry, as anything else than the overt grift it may be.

OK, maybe less funny, and more lame.

I mean, it seems to be all they got of late. Lameness.

@#60

@#58 ... How do smaller states have more power? Proportionally they get less ec votes ...

Actually proportional to their population, or an outsize proportion relative to their population.

... Emboldened by the scale of Democratic victories in the midterms, a small group of liberals is trying to blow up a carefully negotiated bipartisan agreement that would make it easier to build in America. ...

OK, going back to the thread topic ...

Why might that ~small group of liberals~ want to do that?

The OpEd is behind a paywall, so I am unable to read it.

@#5 ... You are so weak minded. ...

Projecting again?

@#1 ... Very surprised to see Washington Post publish this op Ed. ...

A simple question for ye ...

Why?

@#12 ... Why wouldn't you want it on public land that is basically useless. ...

The topic of this thread seems to be a Trump admin official using his office to benefit his personal stock holdings.

Typical behavior within the Trump admin.

Do try to keep up ...

@#4 ... Everyone that owns a US stock index mutual fund is invested in AI. ...

Yes, but ~everyone that owns a US stock index mutual fund~ does not have the level of control over the sale of public lands that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has.

Tangentially related ...

@#7 ... He doesn't know that his "Presidential pronouncements don't have the force of law and won't live past his exit in 2029. ...

That is what I have heard as well, that his Executive orders can be easily reversed by future Presidents.

That aspect aside for the nonce ...

If Pres Trump has the self-proclaimed most awesome decorating skills, skills unseen by any other human who has ever lived on this planet (OK, I exaggerate, but not by much ... :)   ) ...

They why does he need an Executive Order to preserve what he has done to the Oval Office?

How much worse can he be than Pres Trump's previous Press Secretary?

@#4 ... Flock Safety has pivoted toward a big data model, offering interconnected, searchable systems ...

Related ...

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... U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche expressed support for automated license plate readers and pushed back on privacy concerns that have pushed the surveillance technology into the national spotlight.

Privacy advocates say the technology, which logs license plate information captured by cameras scattered nationwide, could be abused to track and surveil citizens without adequate warrants. One of the largest companies deploying this technology, Flock Safety, has come under lawmaker scrutiny in recent months, prompting some governors and local governments to suspend its use.

Speaking at a press conference in Florida on Friday to announce a $74 million federal investment in the state, Blanche waved off surveillance fears as "misinformation." ...