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Tuesday Views: 10 March 2026

2–3 minutes

LOCAL: I picked up a third or fourth side-job this week to somehow pay bills. I sleep poorly.

EDIT: I asked for my money back and gave up on the FCC. I am paying off debts.

DRONE: EDIT: I asked for my money back and gave up on the FCC. I am paying off debts. I pledged for a waterproof ‘follow-along” HOVERAIr AQUA drone last August, but the FCC needed to authenticate the new drone model, among other models from China, before the drone could be shipped here. The work was not done. So, new drones from Chinese were blacklisted, and HoverAir was going to take a hit, too? That was sort of a grey area. DJI responded last year by removing its inventory from US shelves. This year they are suing. HOVERAir is taking a more passive stance. I was going with HOVERAir because: it handled like a Skydio2, I thought it would be easy to use, and I wanted to get footage in wet environments. Those were motivating factors. One of their drones won a Time magazine “Product of the Year” award in 2024 or 2025. So, I was patient. https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318494/hoverair-x1-promax/ 8K video, caged propellers, good UI and form factor, collision-avoidance…there is no stateside affordable analog. I waited for quality. The HOVERAir AQUA is presently being shipped everywhere except the US. I honestly just wanted something that can handle fog and light rain. Pennsylvania weather is sometimes unpredictable, but my interest in turning landscape photos into oil paintings remains central to my activities. The drone would have been an asset in wet environments, especially if I needed a hands-free experience. Hoping the FCC goes 180 in light of recent suit brought by DJI. EDIT: I doubt it.

SCIENCE: I miss the world before the Internet. EDIT: I have hit my limit in interests in what two imperfectly stacked sheets of graphene atoms can do given enough grant money. I mean, they can do virtually anything. But can they stop the world from burning? I was going to dump articles on fiberglass wind turbine waste management, but it just got so depressing I wasted time playing with my cat instead.

The Iran war just started and finished and is ongoing and is over. Is plan. Iran holds oil hostage. I need a jet and a $220 million ad campaign just to get out of bed these days. I miss the good ol’ days. Like 500 BC. Just me and a few goats and a potato flute, staying sunny. I own a chair and a cup and one outfit I made out of my neighbor. Easy.

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Art: I continue to paint my way through this primitive world.

Swamp bottles, in progress
Early fog on the Mon by Redstone Creek

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