Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022
From #NBCNews: #Brazil supreme court orders national suspension of Zombie Twitter in that country.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/x-brazil-ban-elon-musk-rcna169072
Long-range runs for the "whatever" courtesy of Mike's Weather Page on Facebook ... What concerns me is the very low millibar readings with some of these runs. All of these would be next weekend some time, so lots of uncertainty.
A vacant business down the street has a lot of #HarrisWalz2024 banners on its fence.
A new one went up today:
HARRIS
WALZ
OBVIOUSLY
2024
To quote Han Solo, "Don't get cocky, kid."
The "whatever" went to 50% probability overnight, then back to 40%. The number means the probability of it becoming a tropical event (35+MPH winds) in the next seven days. As the Fox 35 graphic shows, lots of uncertainty about where it might go.
There's at least one more behind it, perhaps two. The early models suggest they'll curve north into the Atlantic, but too soon to say for certain.
#SpaceCoast -based #CASIS (The Center for Advancement of Science in Space) publishes a periodic digital magazine called "Upward" about micrgravity research on #ISS. Download for free at the link.
CASIS is the "secret sauce" that finds researchers to use ISS facilities. They'll partner international researchers with US companies so they can use the US labs aboard ISS.
#NASA clears #Boeing #Starliner #CFT to leave #ISS no earlier than Friday September 6. Uncrewed, of course.
From #CNN: Excerpts from tonight's interview with #HarrisWalz2024.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/29/politics/kamala-harris-tim-walz-cnntv/index.html
From #FloridaToday:
"We're learning more that hurricanes, they tend to group," said Stetson University Professor Jason Evans, a national expert on sea-level rise. Evans says the 2004 storms also taught us that because of climate change hurricane impacts are getting more extreme, way beyond what homes, stormwater and sewage systems built under outdated codes were designed to handle.
And right on cue ... From #News13: #Florida Republican state Rep. Carolina Amesty arrested for forgery involving her family's "Christian" university.
https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2024/08/29/rep--amnesty-surrenders-to-orange-county-jail
#Trump aides assaulted an Army staff member who tried to stop them from filming partisan political ads in Arlington National Cemetery.
Not looking too good for the home team ... Right now this is at only 40% formation in the next seven days, however some models show a significant drop in millibar pressure in about a week.
Early September is our most likely month for hurricanes, so right on schedule.
The sheep keep getting fleeced -- by #Trump, by the megachurches. No wonder the megachurches call them their "flock" because they're sheep.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/29/us/gateway-church-scandal-texas/index.html
From #CNN: #SCOTUS once again blocks #Biden administration plan to repay student loans.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/28/politics/supreme-court-biden-student-loan/index.html
#SpaceX postponed the Polaris Dawn launch from #KSC due to rough seas downrange in the potential recovery area should Dragon have to abort. That allowed the Starlink launch to proceed at #CCSFS. The #Falcon9 burst into flames upon landing on the drone ship, toppled over and exploded.
SpaceX postponed another F9 launch at Vandenberg to study what happened.
Go to the 14:15 mark on the SpaceX website video if you want to see the failure.
Frrom #CNN: #Harris and #Walz will sit for joint interview with CNN, to air Thursday evening at 9 PM EDT.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/politics/kamala-harris-cnn-interview/index.html
From #CNN: #RFKJr and Tulsi Gabbard added to #Trump transition team. 🤣 🤣 🤣
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/politics/gabbard-rfk-jr-trump-transition/index.html
Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022