Chuck Walker

So much more satisfying than “stop”.

Spectacular Falcon 9 launch this morning from Florida. It’s lofting a Cargo Dragon spacecraft bound for the International Space Station with supplies, equipment, and experiments.

Will someone please take ChatGPT away from the NBC SNF intern?

Hey @celebrityhottub.bsky.social Just seeing how this is going so far.

SOOO much more satisfying than STOP.

The Lake America thing really drives home that the fundamental divide in this country isn’t left or right, it’s who sees the world and acts like an adult, and who wants to still be a child, throwing tantrums when they don’t get their way. It just happens to map well onto a partisan axis these days.

I am utterly amazed at the ability of these people to huff their own farts and not pass out. www.newsnationnow.com/politics/bov...

Even their text bots are thin-skinned snowflakes.

I’m sending JD Vance all the UNC gear I can lay my hands on.

The Artemis II crew is currently about 180,000 miles (290,000 km) from Earth. At that distance, the Earth appears to be about the same size as a ping pong ball held at arm’s length, and it’s continuing to shrink in their window. I’m not sure any amount of training can prepare you for that sight.

Have you ever gone to a bar with a group of friends just to chill and have a good time, but one of your friends is kind of a jerk and decides to start a fight over something stupid, and then expects you all to jump in and rescue him, and you’re like, “Nah fam. We’re good.”?

I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them

There's people claiming Epstein and Trump's victims knew what they were doing and participated willingly. So once more for those in the back: A child cannot consent to sexual intercourse. They lack the maturity and emotional intelligence to make a decision. Sex with a minor is simply RAPE.

Did Bari Weiss intentionally use the Streisand Effect to boost the CECOT story? There's no way it would have gotten this much attention had it just aired as planned. Genius marketing move or hoist by her own petard?

Repost what? This? Sorry if I'm not supposed to repost it, but I just needed some clarification.

I bought this new many years ago and lost it in a move. Bought it second-hand a few years later and thought I had lost it again. Found it today and it made me so happy! Going to start reading it tonight.

so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings. insanity.

If you were elected to public office (never mind whether you'd ever actually run), what book would you swear in on?

Movie you have watched more than six times with a GIF: hard mode. No Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel

Physics professor: “In this problem, we can approximate the pigeon as a sphere.” Pigeon: “I’M BIG BONED.”

Epstein survivor: "Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government still belongs to the American people or to those who prey on them."

Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks: “Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”

Evergreen post.

What the Kentucky Fried Fuck are the Patriots wearing tonight?

Blue Origin isn’t on Bluesky so I was checking the NG-2 launch status on the other site. Yep, still a hellscape over there.

Mamdani is going to implement Shatner Law. All proclamations will have periods. after. every. word.

#TENWINDIANA

LOL. They’re talking about UNC basketball season in the fourth quarter of the football season opener.

I'm so happy for Sovereignty winning the Kentucky Derby. None of the other horses believed he could. They were a bunch of neigh-sayers.

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Iowa QB Family Circus-ass run.

I believe in forgiveness for many things but completely agree with Noah in his Substack article here. We’ve got to be careful and keep up our guards. These people are not to be trusted, even if they are family. We are in uncharted waters… open.substack.com/pub/noahberl...

"I want to die peacefully in my sleep like Grandpa, not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car."

Name a show you are positive no one remembers but you. Misfits of Science. Such a fun show that was part of a mid-80s NBC Friday night along with Miami Vice.

Only about 3 people on the planet might get this, but why not? Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Launch Vehicle GN&C Engineer: Hey, be careful with that. The first slosh mode is unstable.

I’m definitely feeling the love from our emotional support Canadians! Thank you so much for the follow backs!

Can engineers play too? I was captivated by the Apollo 11 mission as a six year-old. It sparked a lifelong fascination with space that led me to aerospace engineering, with emphasis on astrodynamics. Today I do launch vehicle GN&C at NASA and I can’t imagine doing anything else.

I’m genuinely an expert in launch vehicle guidance, navigation, and control, having spent 38 years in the field. I’m trained and competent in general aerospace engineering, in particular in astrodynamics. I’m treated by my coworkers as an expert in statistics though I’m barely adequate at it.

So there’s a fire alarm going off in the press box at the EMU vs. Ohio game. The only way this could be more #MACtion is if it were snowing.

Thank goodness for Tuesday night #MACtion.

A reminder for the next few days when each of these may be harder than normal to remember