Matt Smith ❌👑

i don't think i would know what to think about the anthropic ipo (which seems to be quite promising financially, based on the folks i follow on here who read s-1s for a living) if i hadn't read 'blood in the machine,' @bcmerchant.bsky.social's excellent book on the luddites.

My latest: on the history and future of the tank on the battlefield. “Survivability, like attritability, is in the eye of the commander, after all. It’s all about what it buys you in your engagement, battle, and campaign in the aggregate.” open.substack.com/pub/breaking...

My article with Harry is online: thespacereview.com/article/5339/1

Day 1 - SSB Fall Meeting 2026 has started. It is currently the opening address and they are introducing the priorities. We are entering an era of technological innovation, sans science, if what is being discussed is reflective of NASA as a whole, with "Nuclear NASA" and X-planes taking the lead.

Going back to the platform owned by the man who shuts down Starlink for Ukraine? No thanks.

Man, people on the internet argue about the darndest things. Seriously, there are good video games out there; go play them instead of inserting your whole foot into your mouth.

This is one of the absolute coolest shots of the expanding debris from a supernova explosion I have ever seen, and I've seen a *lot*. So what the heck's going on here with this thing? Hey, let me explain. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/an-incredi... 🧪 🔭

alright fine, by popular demand, these are now for sale in my shop. $5 gets you 4 of these 3" gloss stickers mailed anywhere in the us. grab your pack now:

Six months have passed since the #ArtemisII mission and NASA has just released the reentry video from the Orion capsule! Here is a timelapse of the reentry, but be sure to check out the realtime version linked below! 🔭🧪

The right has been gloating that the #MeToo era ended, but we're due for a reckoning that's going to make that look like nothing by comparison.

Welp, today is my last day employed with Boeing working on the International Space Station program. I'm heading up north to be closer to family, and don't have anything actually lined up yet. A break will be nice; looking to find something in the new year.

Briefly popping my head back in to unveil the cover of my upcoming book, LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale. It’ll be out on April 6 in the U.S. and April 29 in the U.K. and you can pre-order it right now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757705... 1/

NASA released a bunch of 16 and 35mm film engineering footage of the Artemis II launch today. Naturally I knew what I had to do with it.

Some fantastic flying by the pilot of this Skylane last week. www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraf...

🚨 LIVE NOW! From ESA Mission Control The GO was given, the operation is underway, our livestream has begun. Follow along as #BepiColombo executes the MTM separation sequence and enters the next phase of its journey to #Mercury. ☀️🌑🛰️ Watch here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC7l... @esa.int #JAXA

It's been forever since I've done a post specifically related to Oregon Road '83 on DOOMSDAY MACHINES, and I've been wanting to write up this research on gasoline after a nuclear war for ages. What started as specifically a game-related research question became (as always) a rather deep dive...

NASA and Katalyst have abandoned plans to boost the aging Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after an attitude-control issue with the LINK servicer. LINK will still attempt rendezvous and proximity operations, gathering valuable data for future in-space servicing missions.

❗️🇷🇺Moscow Region. One of the buildings of Roscosmos’ main scientific institute in Korolyov is on fire.

A series of posts that offers a little taste of what I hope will be a groundbreaking new book about the Gettysburg Campaign. #CivilWarMemory 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Francis Fukuyama: The problem of equality ft.trib.al/DgXausP

Years ago, NASA put out a Progress Pride flag of space images created by Rachel Lense. She is no longer at NASA, NASA is no longer celebrating diversity, and that old image just made me sad. So I made a new one. patreon.cosmoquest.org/posts/pride-...

On Damnatio Memoriae and de-Trumpification. (Gift link) Been waiting for this one to go up. Please read and share.

The DoD cannot simultaneously be moving towards: -An expeditionary, lean and mean mindset where trying not to get targeted and extremely lethal fires predominant -A super shield for America that stops everything from FOBS to cruise missiles -A giant surface combatant called a battleship -All Drones

‘Mr. Rogers but with a steel spine' is the kind of energy I want to see from the Democratic Party.

Hair-raising story here, great job @kyracloudy.bsky.social!

I just posted a monster mosaic of the Moon, made from 60 #Artemis2 frames. I could have made this even better by downloading 180 frames and doing HDR processing on them first, but I'll leave that exercise to the reader :) www.patreon.com/elakdawalla/...

One plane forced to reroute because of a SpaceX explosion last year was running low on fuel, prompting the pilot to declare an emergency and fly the jet and its 283 passengers through a designated debris zone to reach an airport. (Published January)

NEH grant recipients who received notification that a terminated award is eligible for reinstatement can find more information about initiating the restatement process here: shorturl.at/0GwBc

A really cool way to experience some of ISS that you don't often come across is the ambient sounds and noises made. ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot did a great jot here, give it a listen.

"Day 121, orbit 1873 — Sunday morning science with Sophie, episode 9: Hunting for sounds, part 2.   Before anyone starts wondering why the TOCA is clicking while it’s switched off… I recorded the sound later on during actual operations. It’s my absolute favourite sound onboard the Station! "

I know many astronauts who would congratulate these guys on their good tether discipline. Don't want getting away from you, nicely done gents.

precisely it is bad enough that Reagan has been mythologized the way he has; to let it happen with Donald Trump would be a travesty damnatio memoriae for all traitors and monsters

Our government can be made to do good things

The tricky part is when "defend democratic values, support principled leaders, and safeguard our republic" has already become a partisan issue. I know professionals, especially military or ex-military love to claim to be "non-partisan," but the older I get the more I realize EVERYTHING is partisan.

This is beautiful.

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There's a reason US intelligence had memos basically laying out "So we need to put this Hitler fella on trial, in the open, no frills, very clear we need to ensure it's fair and transparent and thorough or we create a cult of personality martyr and also he DESERVES to be humiliated in court" in WWII

There's some art going on in the comments to this game on steam.

The one interesting thing about the guy is that he was an indie game dev who released an extremely bad bullet hell game on Steam called Bohrdom back in 2018 (you can still buy it for like 2 bucks).

I just asked my wife, "On a scale of e to Pi, how much do you love me?" She answered: "i"

Jokers are wild... 🃏 Game Changer Season 8 premieres May 18th only on Dropout.