D-Pat
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@doughnutdunk
ENC born and raised. Pirate fan. In-Patient Psychiatric Social Worker. LCSWA. Views do not represent those of my employer. He/Him - 🏳️🌈
Spirit Airlines says in court papers that it was forced to ground its fleet for good over the weekend because "recent geopolitical events resulted in a massive and sustained increase in fuel prices," per NBC
The amount the US spent bombing civilians and elementary schools in Iran could have paid for nearly a year of enhanced ACA health care tax credits. As Appropriations Chair, Susan Collins found money for bombs to kill people overseas, but not health care to keep Mainers alive.
Artemis III orbit type confirmed, @NASA wants new commercial comms system for Live 4K Video COMMUNICATIONS As Orion is designed to fly into deep space, it's designed to rely the Deep Space Network (DSN). That's not available in LEO, and TDRSS is already congested. @NASA would like "live 4K imagery during rendezvous and docking operations, and downlink of large files in other phases of flight." A new request for information (RFI) has just been released, looking for a commercial solution with the following objectives: - Near continuous communication (goal: >75%) - >12 Mbps Downlink (goal: 20-50Mbps) - >500 kbps Uplink - System must provide a broad field of regard or steerable antenna/aperture (Orion has many driving attitude constraints so precise vehicle pointing of a fixed antenna/aperture is not available) I wonder who has a flight-proven, self-steering, on-orbit system for high-bandwidth communications... cough cough @SpaceX @Starlink OTHER DETAILS The RFI says to assume a Summer 2027 launch, and a 460km (250nmi) circular 33° orbit. @NASA had been deciding between a High Earth Orbit (HEO) and Low Earth Orbit (LEO), and it looks like the latter has been selected. A LEO probably doesn't require the use of an upper stage, saving an ICPS. 📷 L: @NASA | R: @SpaceX
the vaguely described “mediterranean” restaurant i was worried would be israeli turned out to be turkish
It is insane that all the Democrats are rushing to endorse Nazi Tits Graham Platner when David Costello is right here, vetted and unproblematic
Scoop: Nat Sec Action—the foreign policy hub for the left co-founded by Jake Sullivan and Ben Rhodes—is rebooting ahead of the 2028 Dem primary with a new director, and more. Nat Sec Action became a key source for staffing the Biden admin. axios.com/2026/05/03/dem…
democratic primary voters rejecting qualified women #noticing
While attention is on the South, Utah Republicans are also pushing to flip a seat back from 🔵 to 🔴. After expanding the state Supreme Court to seven seats, the Judicial Nominating Commission released finalists for the two new openings. We are closely following this situation.
The CIA alerts President Bush that “a group operating within the United States” is in the process of planning a terrorist attack.
North Carolina’s Department of Education is broken. It’s bleeding tax money. It has over-administration. Teachers aren’t getting paid enough. Social issues are being taught over math, science, history, reading, and writing. Buildings are in disrepair. Violence in schools is out of control. Simply ask yourself, what has our governor done about all of this? NOTHING.
Savannah Now: Joe Biden endorses Keisha Lance Bottoms for Georgia governor Former President Biden has endorsed Former Atlanta Mayor and Democratic Candidate for Governor, Keisha Lance Bottoms in a new video to voters Friday morning, his first endorsement in this cycle. The Georgia primary election is just 18 days away. savannahnow.com/story/news/loc…
It is unbelievably hilarious that Democrats went from "Russia is our super buddy, Romney is an ass, everyone should love Russia" to "Russia controls the Republican Party and must be destroyed" in just a few short years
My statement suspending my candidacy for the U.S. Senate:
My statement suspending my candidacy for the U.S. Senate:
