Will Walker, PhD.

@energystate

Energy policy scholar, working in energy efficiency program evaluation. VATSIM Air Traffic Controller. Foster parent. Cat dad.

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Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Jan 27

Non-toxic masculinity. They hate it.

Image of Twitter feed by aasha_thewriter which reads: Minnesota National Guard rolled up, shot a hard stink-eye glare at the ICE goons, then stood with us, handing out pizza, hot chocolate, and coffee.

Reply from same author: I am serious. The Guard literally just stood there, squared up to ICE: "You don't get to touch them."

But with us protestors, they let their guard down. They were paying attention - not on autopilot - reading the room, noticing fear, cold, and exhaustion, then responding with food, warmth, eye contact, and respect. Their smiles and nods said: "I see you. You matter. You're not alone."

Seeing strength used as a shield instead of a weapon was incredibly moving.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Oct 6

At #IEPEC 2025. The poster session is on the 38th floor. This is my view right now: Denver's a pretty cool city.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Jul 26

It's me. I'm One commenter. #MOSAIC

Several commenters cited occupant weight as a reason why the maximum takeoff weight limit should be removed. One commenter stated an increased weight allowance is more realistic and will improve safety given heavier individuals, luggage, and a desire for extra fuel for wind or weather purposes. Another commenter noted challenges in accommodating themselves, fuel, and a designated pilot examiner given weight limits. EASA, AOPA, NATA, NBAA, and GAMA commented that the weight restriction has caused numerous unintended consequences including concerns about minimal useful load and resulting pilot and passenger size limitations. Finally, another commenter favored weight limits that would allow two full sized adults.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Jul 15

NEXRAD is the most exciting I've seen since it got implemented. #studentpilot #avgeek #flightsim #VATSIM

STARS Scope screenshot showing the vast majority of the area covered by green hatches with regions of orange and purple. DAL7767 is on the downwind for RWY 29.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· May 9

#DoomscrollBreak: This is the realest thing ever.

OP: "The thing neurotypicals tend not to understand about the ADHD brain is that it really only has two gears: *I turn to the chalkboard and carefully write out* WORKIN' HARD. HARDLY WORKIN'

Reply: "Much like a cars transmission getting stuck between gears the adhd brain can also access a secret mode called HORKLY WARDIN' that feels bad.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· May 8

#DoomscrollBreak: Some vanity plates are good. Others are prophecies.

Photo of a motor vehicle (some kind of Chevrolet) with a dog sticking its head through the sunroof on a sunny day.

The license plate reads: "SUNWOOF"

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Apr 26

They're passing Greenland now.

VAT-spy screenshot showing all trans-Atlantic sectors online, and 25 distinct lanes of westbound aircraft so dense that they form coherent lines from Europe to approximately the southernmost tip of Greenland. Their callsigns are unreadable because of the overlap.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Apr 26

IT HAS BEGUN

Screenshot of VAT-Spy showing a titanic swarm of aircraft departing Europe on westbound trans-Atlantic flights. Too many to count or name.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Apr 26

Soo uhhh. I think Cross the Pond and Deltas for Dummies are going to be a little more exciting than normal. Just glanced at Skyvector to see what my ATIS should read and saw this:

VFR Sectional of the Nantucket area. Nantucket is in the bottom right. The left third of the map is entirely engulfed in moderate-to-severe precipitation per a doppler RADAR overlay. All airports west of Nantucket are various degrees of IMC.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Apr 21

#DoomscrollBreak: You want to see peak Boston energy? Here you go.

Google Maps routing for Paul Revere's Midnight Ride highlighting the seven Dunkin Donuts locations along the way. Text of the social post containing this says "It's the 250th anniversary of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. I've mapped all seven Dunkin Donuts locations Paul could've stopped at on his route"

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Apr 18

#DoomscrollBreak Not all heroes wear capes (some wear tiaras):

Social media post reading "I was playing fiddle at a ren faire, and two little girls were really enjoying our set. After quite some time one of them walked up to me an shyly offered me her star tinsel tiara, because she "didn't have any money. And this protects you from trolls!" I said, "Thanks, that's really sweet - but what about you? Don't you need protection from trolls?"

At which point this six-ish-year-old girl whips out her certificate from the axe throwing booth and says, "Nah, I'm fine."

I still have that tinsel tiara. It's draped over my modem. I figure it'll protect me from the most trolls that way.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Apr 10

In case anyone doubted the allegations against him.

Tweet from the official White House account: "DO NOT RETALIATE AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED."

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Mar 29

Nothing... nothing... suddenly Jet Blue wakes up with departures.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Mar 25

Trio of friends flying from somewhere in NYC's vicinity to NH16, IFR because of the low clouds. You love to see it. #VATSIM

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Mar 22

#DoomscrollBreak Cat-3 makes landfall.

Three sleeping kittens forming a triple spiral.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Mar 19

#DoomscrollBreak Copycat

A black and grey cat sandwiched in the scanner bed of a scan/copy/fax/print combination peripheral.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Mar 14

🧵 1/ Kurt actually fails to capture the true evidence in support here. This is the S&P 500 ETF for the full YEAR prior to election day, basically the last year of the Biden presidency and therefore the dominant indicator of what four years of that produced:

Weekly chart of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF [SPY]. The chart displays from early October 2023 to present day. A strong upward trendline is drawn using the three most dramatic drops that featured recoveries. The most recent four weeks dramatically break that trendline to the downside. Volume declines throughout the period until the most recent four weeks when it spikes concurrently with the trendline breakdown.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Mar 12

#DoomscrollBreak this is how my orange tabby gets out of trouble after terrorizing us all night.

Orange tabby upside down, blissed out, wrapped around a hand petting his belly

Orange tabby upside down, wrapped around a hand petting his belly, looking up at the camera adoringly.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Mar 11

Best back to back posts on this platform so far...

Screencap of two Bluesky posts. The first, referring to the Twitter blackout, reads "IS IT BACK DOWN LMAO?!" The second reads, "you must construct additional pylons."

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Mar 10

Second customer, another oldie: SKB7767 ("Skybus") out of Westover/Chicopee (KCEF) bound for Columbus, OH.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Mar 1

Vacation means at least SOME of my reading is for fun. Had to pass on the first edition Baldwin, The Fire Next Time; it wasn't in the budget.

A hand holding a copy of Artemis, by Andy Weir; and Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum. A fireplace is glowing I'm the background.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Mar 1

Doomscroll break: my breakfast vision this morning. (I'm on vacation.)

Cup of coffee, silverware, pair of glasses all on a white tile table.

Sun dappled bare trees, bushes, and yard through a colonial style window

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Feb 27

Doomscroll Break: This Wholesomely Woke Shit

Screenshot of a tweet saying "Heard my 6yo slowly and painstakingly reading a Nat Geo book about otters to his stuffed otter b/c 'I wanted him to know about his family.'"

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Feb 22

Two customers so far this morning. LYM556 is a Vans RV-10 VFR with flight following from Barnes to Worcester. The blue tag was a Piper Warrior headed from Bradley to Hanscom. He's talking to somebody else at this point, which is why he's blue.

STARS display showing two targets. LYM556 being actively tracked at 3,800ft, doing 150 knots groundspeed. The other at 5,000ft being tracked by another controller and outside the BRISTOL TRACON.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Feb 22

It's the last Saturday of the month, which means it's time for Deltas for Dummies on #VATSIM. I'm serving KBDL, KHFD, KBAF, KCEF, and KORH for the explicit purpose of welcoming new pilots to the network. Service begins at 1330Z, runs for 5-6 hours. You can join me at www.twitch.tv/phdipo

STARS terminal display of the Bradley International Class C airspace with approaches to runways 33 and 24 depicted. Approach course to Runway 02 at Westfield-Barnes Regional is also visible.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Feb 20

Peanuts characters Lucy and Charlie Brown. Lucy is holding a football in kicking position. Charlie looks skeptical, as if she's done this before and always pranks him.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Feb 20

Doomscroll Break: My favorite of these to date:

Map featuring the Gulf of Mexico, re-labeled as "Spaceballs: The Gulf."

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Feb 18

Animated GIF of the June 2016 booster explosion

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Feb 16

Doomscroll break: this is my lap rn.

An extremely sleepy, extremely curled up orange tabby shorthair.

Will Walker, PhD.@energystate· Feb 15

And yes he actually did tweet that.