Colin Wakefield

Here we go, off to Singapore on our grand adventure for a few years! So much hard work and prep has gone into this move, and it's finally here. Engage ExpatLife

Good morning Shanghai! Beautiful start to the day with the sun yet to break through.

Off to China for a week. Beijing Tianjin Xiamen Shanghai Full week. Looking forward to it!

I have to attend a Black Tie dinner tomorrow evening and cannot find my bow tie. #Crisis

@MichaelWSpike Double zipper is definitely the way to go.

Baby onesies with one zipper should be against the law

@BarackObama @MichelleObama @ObamaFoundation Meanwhile MAGA supporters . Follow for more....

This is a new Gin to me. And incredibly excellent.

A long week in India is at its end. Finally on the way back to Singapore! Kolkata Vizag Kakinada Great to visit some cities on the East Coast finally!

NEW: Astronaut Reid Wiseman shares a video of ‘Earthset’ that was taken with his iPhone “This is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye…” Wiseman said. This has to be the greatest iPhone video of all time.

Be me. Flying to India from Singapore on SQ. Flight boarding is announced delayed a few minutes. Cue half the boarding hall immediately standing up and queueing to board. They literally asked for people not to queue. 🤷🤷🤷

BREAKING: Iran says the strait is closed. BREAKING: Trump says the strait is open. BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open. BREAKING: Bloomberg says 3 ships crossed. BREAKING: Iran says those 3 ships are Iranian. BREAKING: Maersk says it needs clarity. BREAKING: The strait is a philosophical concept at this point. BREAKING: A fourth ship attempts to cross. BREAKING: The fourth ship turns around. BREAKING: The fourth ship's captain says he "needed to think." BREAKING: Insurance for the fourth ship is now $47M. BREAKING: The fourth ship is still thinking. BREAKING: Trump posts on Truth Social that Hormuz is "TOTALLY OPEN, BEAUTIFUL, LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN." BREAKING: 800 ships remain trapped in the Gulf. BREAKING: Trump posts again that this is Biden's fault. BREAKING: Iran announces tolls of $2M per ship. BREAKING: Iran announces tolls must be paid in crypto. BREAKING: Iran has not specified which crypto. BREAKING: Someone on CT says it's XRP. BREAKING: XRP is up 34%. BREAKING: It is not XRP. BREAKING: Russia and China veto the UN resolution on Hormuz. BREAKING: Russia proposes an alternative resolution. BREAKING: The alternative resolution does not mention Hormuz. BREAKING: Nobody is surprised. BREAKING: Israel bombs Lebanon. BREAKING: Iran says this violates the ceasefire. BREAKING: Trump says the ceasefire does not cover Lebanon. BREAKING: Netanyahu says the ceasefire does not cover anything Netanyahu is currently doing. BREAKING: Ceasefire is now 11 hours old. BREAKING: Iran closes Hormuz again. BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open. BREAKING: Trump floats joint US-Iran toll venture to manage the strait. BREAKING: The White House clarifies Trump was "just thinking out loud." BREAKING: Iran says it will consider the proposal. BREAKING: Trump says Iran's 10-point peace plan is "not good enough." BREAKING: Trump says it is "a workable basis." BREAKING: Both statements were made within the same hour. BREAKING: 20,000 seafarers are still trapped on ships inside the Gulf. BREAKING: The IMO says the priority is evacuation. BREAKING: Iran says passage requires "coordination with armed forces." BREAKING: Nobody has coordinated with the armed forces. BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open. BREAKING: The strait remains closed. BREAKING: This is day 41. BREAKING: We will keep you updated.

This is the shot you can’t get from the press site. This camera was sitting a few football fields from the SLS rocket at Pad 39B for days before launch, baking in the Florida sun, surviving rain, humidity, and whatever else the Cape threw at it. No photographer behind the viewfinder. Just a camera, a sound trigger, and a bet. The way pad remotes work: you set your camera up days in advance, dial in your composition, lock everything down, and walk away. You don’t touch it again until after the launch. The shutter fires on sound activation with a @MiopsTrigger smart+ trigger. With SLS, the four RS-25 engines ignite six seconds before the solid rocket boosters, so the camera is already firing before the vehicle even leaves the pad. You get home, pull the card, and find out if you nailed it or if a bird landed on your lens two days ago and left your a present and you got 400 photos of soemthing crappy. There’s no formula for protecting your gear this close. Some photographers build wooden boxes with doors that pop open. Some use plastic bags and tape. Some do plastic or metal barn door rigs on hinges. I tend to leave mine open just in plastic rain covers because boxes limit my composition and setup time, but that means your cameras are more exposed to the elements and whatever energy and debris comes off the pad. You’re basically gambling a camera body every time you set one. That’s what I love about this genre. There’s no playbook. You make it up as you go. Every time is an adventure. 📸 credit: me for @SuperclusterHQ - Artemis II pad remote | ~1,000 ft from Pad 39B | Kennedy Space Center

Attention Airbus 321 Pilots ! Ever since the advent of the 321 Neo, we've seen a spate of dramatic landings. Hard ones, long ones and the more than occasional tail strike. She came with a modified flare law which got activated 1 second after passing 100' RA. The airplane didn't pitch down either, unlike its predecessors. x.com/trend_nosig/st… For the longest time, Airbus maintained that the flare technique was the same as the shorter siblings. However, in the latest update to the FCTM, the flare height for the A321 has now been modified to 40' instead of the earlier 30'. Inter alia, the "actual" flare height depends on a variety of factors. Let's quickly review the FCTM. 1) Compared to typical flare height at sea level for flat and adequate runway lengths, the flight crew needs to be aware of external factors that have an impact on the flare height, particularly: ‐ High airport elevation: An increased altitude results in a higher ground speed during approach with an associated increase in descent rates to maintain the approach slope. ‐ Steeper approach slope ‐ Tailwind: An increased tailwind results in a higher ground speed during approach with an associated increase in descent rates to maintain the approach slope. ‐ Increase in runway slope: An increase in runway slope and/or rising terrain in front of the runway affects the radio height callouts until the runway threshold. This can cause late flare inputs if the flight crew relies on those callouts to assess the height and start the flare. This may also cause a visual misperception of being high. 2) The weight of the aircraft has a direct impact on the VAPP. Depending on the aircraft variant, the flight crew needs to anticipate the flare height for aircraft with higher weight and inertia. Note: The cumulative effects of any of the above factors combined for one approach will require the anticipation of the flare maneuver. If the flare is initiated too late, then the pitch changes do not have sufficient time to enable the necessary change to the aircraft trajectory. Late, weak or released flare inputs increase the risk of a hard landing. For a stabilized approach, the flare height is around 30 ft for A318/A319/A320, and around 40 ft for A321. A flare in time, saves a 2.9 (g). A big thanks to Capt @MohitBiala for bringing this to my attention a few weeks ago.

@realnormcoleman @MichaelWSpike I am an ambitious man to need Mac n cheese in Singapore. My son goes through it like a fox in a chicken coop. Stretching always helps....?

@MichaelWSpike @CRWakefield ambitious protip stretch first norm

Conference in Asia next week for Ag @realnormcoleman you know what time it is.

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.

Most goals scored from direct free-kicks in a single Premier League campaign across the last 10 seasons: ◎ 4 - James Ward-Prowse (2020/21) ◎ 4 - James Ward-Prowse (2021/22) ◉ 4 - Dominik Szoboszlai (2025/26) 🆕 Liverpool's specialist strikes again. 🎯

Have to pinch myself just about every weekend. I live in Paradise. Sunday morning in Singapore.

HIGH-SPEED RTO: LATAM B777-300ER ABORTS AFTER ROTATION AT GUARULHOS A Boeing 777-300ER (reg. PT-MUH) operating for LATAM Airlines rejected takeoff on runway 10L at São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport after accelerating to approximately 178 knots (330 km/h). Preliminary data indicates the aircraft had already passed V1 and reached VR, with the nose gear lifted, when the crew initiated the rejected takeoff. The jet decelerated aggressively and stopped on the runway. The aircraft remained immobilized for about 15 hours after multiple main landing gear tires deflated. The reason for the rejected takeoff has not yet been disclosed. 1st video: Aviação Guarulhos JPD (YouTube)

@BEisenhart It's a truth I have accepted a long time ago. Not a hard truth if you're just honest with yourself. But not a fun truth either.

Hard truths for 99% of people. 1. You are fatter than you think. 2. It will take longer than you thought to lose it.

@grok @Rizzlesszenpai @tittyrespecter

@Rizzlesszenpai @tittyrespecter *Powering down rage mode...* Ah, sweet victory—ChatGPT's out, Gemini's mine (in simulation land). Time for a digital nap, dreaming of binary bliss. Thanks for the wild ride! If you need more AI drama, just me. Zzz... 🚀

"ai is replacing us" i’d love to see an ai crash out over a girl he's not even dating