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<h1>Antonio Tircuit</h1>
<div class="deck">Road Log — Kinston, North Carolina</div>
<div class="dateline">Est. 2026 · Dispatch from the shoulder of the road</div>
<fort-nav><nav class="fort-nav" data-fort="nav"><a href="/" class="active" aria-current="page">Antonio Tircuit</a><a href="/alarm-1201.html">Alarm 1201</a><a href="/pan-am-526.html">Pan Am 526A</a></nav></fort-nav>
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I spent thirty-two years behind the wheel of a Peterbilt, hauling freight from Kinston to everywhere east of the Mississippi. Now I'm 68, transitionin' into a community delivery startup, and I'm usin' this corner of the web to record what the road taught me — about choices, about machines, and about the people who share the asphalt with you.
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<h2>What's on My Mind</h2>
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<h2>From the Road</h2>
<p>Essays, dispatches, and field notes from a driver who knows the difference between a machine failing and a man choosing.</p>
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<a href="alarm-1201.html">Alarm 1201: When the Computer Chooses to Keep Going</a>
<span class="meta">On Apollo 11, the guidance computer, and what "failing" really means</span>
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<a href="pan-am-526.html">Pan Am 526A: 69 Souls in the Dark</a>
<span class="meta">The 1952 ditching that reminds us why pilots never trust the black box alone</span>
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<h2>What I See From Here</h2>
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<figcaption>Pike 80 near the Appalachians — a stretch I ran twice a week for a decade. Pexels / licensed clean.</figcaption>
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<p>Antonio Tircuit · antonio-tircuit.4ort.net · Kinston, NC</p>
<p>Built by a driver. No algorithms were harmed.</p>
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