Char'z Florida perspective

"I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy. The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty. Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight), the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it." - George Washington farewell address - 1796

Not me thinking of a philosophy argument to the tune of: "does IQ measure intellect or brain mass?" Also phrasing could be finer tuned in order to prevent the whole "fake it till you make it" crowd. Likely leading to the unfortunate outcome of a "gotcha" by the sub 60 IQ type you quote tweeted; resulting in "thEn EVeRy oNE Is TRaNS" argument.

Your retort is idiotic. Transitioning involves pretending to be someone you’re NOT. I already have a high IQ.

In honor of the Japanese posts I see saying Americans have weird food, aka a PB&J. I present the pulled pork sandwich.

@elonmusk I want to find a network of engineers to learn and bounce ideas off of.

My idea of a good time is working with amazing engineers to create incredible technology 🤩 The Tesla chip research fab will have all the machines needed to do logic, memory, packing & masks in one building for a lightning fast development cycle. Heaven 💫

That moment when your partner is a chicken

I've been fortunate to have had regular field trips as a kid to Kennedy Space Center, even a trip I was old enough to go in the Gforce simulator and try to hold onto the metal rod that was supposed to be the "control stick" haha. Loved reading your story and seeing your pictures. I'm super excited for what the next decade brings for space travel and the possibility of potential commercial excursions into orbit.

This photo has a very personal meaning for me if you care to read it. I saw a photo from @johnkrausphotos on reddit nearly a decade ago of the engines on a Falcon Heavy launch. I was working at a tough sales job at the time. The shot inspired me to learn more about space and spaceflight. Shortly after, I bought my first telescope. I saw Jupiter, Saturn, and Nebulae, and started social media accounts where I shared my amateur photos. Then I was laid off, and Covid happened. Moved from Sacramento to Arizona for clearer skies, cheaper cost of living, and a chance to go all-in on space photography. My audience started to grow. Then, NASA contacted me, asking me if they could use some of my moon photos for something called Artemis. I said yes. During the Artemis I rollout my DMs blew up “Andrew- your photo is on the Mobile Launch Platform!”. Now I knew that astrophotography wasn’t enough… I should probably pay attention to spaceflight. I spent a lot coming out to the first launch attempt, which would be my first rocket launch if it flew. Sadly, it was a scrub. I came home from Florida, sharing my stories of touring the VAB and facilities with my grandfather, who worked on Apollo. He passed shortly after, which affected my ability to return to watch the SLS flew. Feeling bummed out, I focused back on my deep sky work, but then I started hearing about something called “Starship”. I caught a video from @Erdayastronaut where a rocket ship fell through the air belly-first and flipped upright and landed. Inspired, I knew I had to witness one of these machines fly, so I flew to Starbase the moment I could afford it, which was for the second fully integrated flight test. The moment Starship lifted off the pad, I was hooked. There was nothing quite like the experience. I did everything I could to catch every launch I could, and worked to become credentialed media to get better access. Last year I flew from Arizona to Florida & Texas over a dozen times specifically to sharpen my launch photography skills with our first human spaceflight to the moon in over 50 years looming. A decade of preparation for a split second moment. When I picked up my camera from the launch pad yesterday morning and peeked at what was captured, I knew it was all worth it. Thank you, NASA, Artemis, and the all people who inspired me along the way. This is still only the beginning.

@AnotherHomoCon That's the hydrogen dense air that new cars use.

Oh JFC! Whose woman is this?!

@thepeacepoet99 Were you in the sun?

How normal is it for your face to randomly go bright red get really warm in the afternoon? Does anyone else get this?

Buc-ee's first on the water locations to be put in NE Florida!! Please tell me this is real! Pic from FB

@GayPenguins1 No I was still over 50 miles away.

@Chars_Radio Did you get to see it from the launch area?

Watching Artemis II off to the moon yesterday! 🚀 Fly me to the Moon 🌕

Here's me waiting for all the Alt Right MAGA people that were formally democrats, finally agreeing with me that Pam Bondi was doing a bad job.

@AnotherHomoCon Zombie cows. That's why it's the Mooooon

NASA: “Oh hey! You guys are back early” Astronaut: “Moon's haunted.” NASA: “Wait? What? Astronaut: *loading a shotgun and getting back on the spaceship* “MOON’S HAUNTED!”

@sensitive2death 😆😆 I feel this

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@Chars_Radio This is gon be so cool. Can't wait to see pics.

So excited to go see the launch! First time in 50 years for a manned mission around the moon!

@JackLinFLL It would be amazing to have a dusk/night launch but I understand the need for daylight.

NASA says we will see Artemis II at 50 seconds which is the same as every launch. WOW would it not be awesome if it left at 7:30pm!!!! Godspeed!!!

Hold up... the lawyer who was supposedly working to help people change names and legal documents didn't change their passport in the first place or because of Trumps policy can't change the marker back? In a state that has one of the easiest and lenient policies to do so... sounds like TDS

Wait... so.... now it's Trumps fault? 💀

@DesertAZQ I'm not going super close... well maybe. The goal is to be as close to the cape on the coast by launch time lol

@AnotherHomoCon This should be every Easter basket.

Sorry to interrupt your inane political discourse with a basket full of baby otters.

@thepeacepoet99 @zoehangelover This was rather obvious it would have never matched from the time they had announced the rifle model found.

Holy shit @zoehangelover did you not predict this a few days ago?