Ian Davies

@ralphsvibe @shanaka86 US has lost 1,000 citizens / soldiers to Iranian regime terrorism last 47 years, Israel 3x as many. Iranian protesters maybe 50,000. Appeasement doesn’t work with bullies.

@shanaka86 This is what happens in an unplanned impromptu war by Israel-USA. 13 USA soldiers dead; more than 300 injured Oil /gas shortages and highest prices in 4 years. High inflation will result for next 5 years or more. Death and destruction in the Middle East . Happy Warfare!

BREAKING: Trump told the world to take the strait. The world went to the United Nations to get permission. Russia, China, and France said no. On April 2, Bahrain brought a fourth draft resolution to the Security Council authorising member states to “use all defensive means necessary to secure transit passage” through the Strait of Hormuz for a minimum of six months. It was the product of weeks of negotiation among Gulf states watching their economies suffocate while 84 tankers exited Hormuz in the entire month of March, a volume that used to move in a single day. Russia broke silence. China broke silence. And France, a NATO ally whose largest shipping company CMA CGM has 14 vessels trapped in the Gulf, broke silence alongside them. The objections were coordinated. Russia and China called the text “one-sided” and demanded focus on “root causes.” Macron called a military operation “unrealistic.” No vote was held. The resolution died in the drafting room. The strait remained closed. And every Gulf state that heard Trump say “build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT” now knows that the legal cover to do so does not exist. This is the diplomatic kill shot nobody is pricing correctly. Without a UN mandate, any multinational naval operation in the strait operates without international legal authority. Warships engaging IRGC fast boats or clearing mines would act under national rules of engagement alone, exposing every government to legal liability and domestic political risk. The UK’s 35-nation meeting to “marshal capabilities” was already aspirational. Without a resolution, it is also unauthorised. France’s position is the fracture that reveals the architecture. Paris denied airspace to Israeli military resupply flights. Now it has blocked the resolution that would free its own ships. CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container shipping company, is a French firm headquartered in Marseille with 14 vessels anchored or diverted because of the closure. France chose diplomatic positioning with Beijing and Moscow over the commercial interests of its own national champion. That is not neutrality. That is a strategic calculation that the relationship with China matters more than the cargo. And China’s position is the most revealing of all. Chinese vessels already transit the strait freely under the IRGC’s selective passage regime. China does not need the strait reopened for everyone. It needs it open for China. And it is. The toll is paid in yuan. The clearance is granted. Chinese tankers pass while European, Japanese, and Korean vessels sit anchored. Beijing is profiting from the closure while blocking the resolution that would end it. The current regime gives China a competitive advantage it has never had in global energy markets, and the Security Council veto is the instrument that preserves it. Trump told allies to fight. The IRGC published what happens to their bridges if they do. And now the Security Council has told them they cannot legally secure the strait even if they wanted to. Caught between a president demanding action, an IRGC threatening retaliation, and a council withholding authority. The strait is not just closed by Iran. It is closed by the international order itself. The alliance did not break over a threat. It broke over a choice. And the choice was made in a room where three vetoes weigh more than twenty million barrels a day. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

@ManicMi87418204 @MarchandSurgery ZX81 released in 1981, a full 12 years into the future. This is why they needed to phone home, “Houston, we have a problem.” No wonder people are skeptical they pulled it off. Ultimate test pilots.

@MarchandSurgery They lost the original code so now have to recreate it on a ZX81.

I'm pretty sure the earth and moon will be moving over the 10 days. I'm hoping the NASA scientists built that into their plan. This model where the moon stays still and waits for us doesn't seem very realistic.

@dhowes3 @MarchandSurgery TDS. He’s saying the mission to the moon is part of mission to Mars. Geez, after Biden it’s nice to have someone awake & upright, not delegating authority to autopen & communists. Frankly, some here are jealous.

@MarchandSurgery Apparently this is a dumb idea before his cognitive decline. 🤔

@blvan76 @MarchandSurgery Genious or genius? Maybe NASA aren’t the only hillbillies?

@MarchandSurgery Damn! You should have warned NASA. I don't think they even thought of that. GENIOUS! Let's configure a contingency plan, we'll at least you should. Please let them know before it's too late.

@SunnySideUp4EVR @SaltyBitch_52 Organic. Likely as useless as organic herbicide. Definitely a candidate for the swap. At what pub does your old man drown his sorrows?

Some women, like me, need specific products to help with certain hair types. For me, I have thin, fine hair and need products that help cleanse but also help provide fullness. I use organic, too, so it’s gentler on my hair. If someone put cheap crap in my bottle and I put all those chemicals on my hair, I’d be so angry!! And I would definitely notice a difference right away. What a prick.

This man's wife buys certain shampoo and conditioner for her hair that costs around $9 a bottle. He thinks it's foolish to spend that much when there are cheaper products that smell the same at the Dollar Tree. He's buying the cheaper shampoo and conditioner and refilling her bottles letting her think she is using the more expensive brand. Do you think he should just tell her that she's using the cheaper stuff and didn't realize it or continue letting her belive it's the more expensive stuff?

@vptharp @pbeisel Thanks for reply. I quiz Grok to avoid too many stupid questions. Grok is forgiving. SpaceX / Musk was happy to graduate from Falcon Heavy to Starship, far more economical. It’s interesting to understand why certain decisions made, often seem counterintuitive.

SRB's tend to be non-reusable. That was our experience with Shuttle. Also, as the fuel is burned, the surface area increases increasing thrust to be max at burnout. To get around this for manned flight, so we don't smush the crew, we mixed a moderator into the solid fuel to slow the burn rate down as the surface area increased. This add complexity to the fuel mix and application.

Starship v3 is king. Starship v3’s thrust is roughly equivalent to ~90 Boeing 747s at full takeoff power Starship v4 — ~22 million lbf.

@vptharp @pbeisel 33 Raptors have way too much power for later in flight, need to be throttled down before MaxQ or the acceleration / aero pressure would be unbearable. (best i understand in my ignorance). Must be a good reason side boosters not used. (Complexity?)

@pbeisel Most of the liftoff thrust in both Shuttle and SLS is produced by the SRB's. Not in the same league as Saturn V and Starship which are all liquid fueled.

@powerofthetime @elonmusk 1.5 million trees (appropriate indigenous hardwood species), to compensate for Giga Berlin. Another million trees as part of Mr Beast’s 20 million trees. Not bad.

Inspiring new merch idea: rocket pocket underpants! 🚀 🩳 Underpants with a handy pocket for your rocket, which contains a real scale model rocket with an easy pull out ability. Guaranteed to be a hit at parties!

@DebraAmos16 @libsoftiktok I didn’t see Jesus as part of the crew, & they did cater for diversity. Is there any reason Jesus would visit, there’s no souls to save. I guess he’d be worth his weight in food & wine regeneration.

@libsoftiktok There's nothing funny about this. Parents have one job - teach their children about Jesus and prepare them for Heaven....this child's parents have failed miserably.

Kid just SMOKED a CNN reporter outside of Artemis II launch: CNN: "Why do you want to be here?... Why do you love being a part of history? Kid: "We're going back to the f*cking moon, that's why!" 🤣

@hassan_sas89 @libsoftiktok Flying over Hormuz, that’s a SAM or BUK. Bye.

@libsoftiktok Someone caught Artemis from their flight. Cool view of little piece of history 👌👌👌

@BakedBakinBacon @Adi13 Just ignore October 7, live-streamed massacre.

@Adi13 Yah but then again... The footage makes Israel look really bad... No hamas propaganda needed. Actually, all you have to do is look at what Gaza looks like right now.

Truth Matters ‼️ Former Associate Press Journalist blows the whistle on AP..

@dan_themandan @bonchieredstate Drive through. Not even outdoor beer garden.

@bonchieredstate Trump’s first act on Amerimoon.

As the first humans to ever step foot there, Americans are indigenous to the Moon. It would be a violation of our human rights for any other country to colonize it by going there and violating our sovereign right to the land.

@cliffmathew @jayplemons How about if you’re riding a donkey, or crawling home after a night on the turps?

@jayplemons Moon is about 4.4 months of nonstop driving, at 120 kilometers per hour.

Visual representation of the distance between Earth and the Moon

@WallStreetApes Worth it. Save on train driver wages. Probably need 50 policemen to nab fare evaders.

The new ‘LAX People Mover’ at the Los Angeles Airport is finally being tested This elevated train connects to terminals and parking and was supposed to open 3 years ago. It is now $1 billion dollars over budget. Costing $3.4 billion dollars Here’s a list of things that cost less than this new 2 mile LAX Airport Train: - The Beijing High Speed Rail $2.3 billion. 75 miles of train for half the cost of our 2 miles - Paying $100,000 to every homeless person in the city of Los Angeles - Overthrowing the government of Venezuela - The Apollo 11 mission to the moon (not adjusted for inflation) - The third tallest building in the world - The second tallest building in the world - Both these buildings COMBINED is still cheaper than the 2 miles of train at the LAX airport The cost of this 2 miles of train at LAX airport is $4.9 billion (this is the estimated cost to complete and operations)

@WallStreetApes Same size & shape as Ro-Bovan. Which could use boring tunnels or roads. Fraction of price.

@Thz2277 @BodifordJon @DefiantLs Thanks. I cheated & asked Grok. It’s actually more “failure of the pioneer” trope. Worse, Edison valued failures as valuable data points that eliminate dead ends. Plus 3-D addresses some of the reasons for Edison’s commercial failure. Deeper dives can be entertaining!

"This guy spent $500k for a machine to 3D print his entire house."

@No_Mo_Diversity @OneBadDude_ Yeees … and photoshop, fake AI videos are so difficult to make now. We can’t even tell when a woman is a man, or a pollie is corrupt. We protest when criminals die.

@OneBadDude_ 50% chance it was a hoax. Very easy to fool people in those pre-internet days.

I want your honest opinion here, I know a lot of people are split on this. Do you think we really landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission?

@OneBadDude_ Far too valuable. These are the A-team of proven astronauts. We need them here for social inspiration.

I wonder why this team of women wasn’t sent on the moon mission

@ptpark @SawyerMerritt @SpaceX vs Apollo, where entire re-entry went dark, no radio, nothing. It’s a huge leap, in video, beamed live, from outside the vehicle as the flap burned through, still keeping the craft stable. Or the kiddies paddling pool catching starship landing in Indian Ocean, on target.

The difference is SpaceX has some cool tech that allows transmissions under difficult circumstances. I can imagine Space Aliens asking "How are they getting images of the plasma around the craft on reentry?" Also SpaceX have enough craft and launch often enough that they get feedback on their launch video.

NASA’s Artemis II livestream really makes you appreciate @SpaceX’s launch broadcasts. Bad camera tracking, no onboard cameras, countdown timer disappeared, NASA even showed people in the crowd instead of stage separation lol. The screen also blacked out twice during the first 10 seconds of the launch.

@BodifordJon @DefiantLs Any different to solid brick or stone? Plaster it. If you like mud brick, just apply mud plaster. Otherwise panel some walls or drape carpet.

@DefiantLs Concrete houses have been tried before. Thomas Edison built a neighborhood of concrete houses but they didn’t sell because they aren’t home feeling.