Jesus fuck it's hallucinated another door onto the back of this image too. Seriously don't buy a car off dumbasses like this, if they can't just give you straight images of what they're selling then they don't deserve your business.

Oh. Hell. Yeah!

Starship v3 got off the ground in Texas this afternoon. Booster boost-back failed; it is falling now into the Gulf of Mexico. Ship lost one engine but the others are providing sufficient thrust to keep it on course.

///BREAKING/// The feds are DISMISSING all remaining counts in the politically charged "Broadview Six" case days before trial, marking the final collapse of what had been one of the marquee criminal cases to come out of Operation Midway Blitz. Background: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/07/b...

“The investigators soon discovered a potential cause for the unit-wide dereliction of duty: Sgt. Edmond Williams was locked out of his agency computer for 10 weeks leading up to Lin’s arrest. This whole story is some real Super Troopers shit, but without the cheeky pranks in rural Vermont.

HB1793 - the original Campus Carry bill - was amended by the NH Senate to make it only for faculty. That came back to the House and we asked for a Committee of Conference to continue negotiations on the terms. The Senate rejected that request. CAMPUS CARRY IS DEAD!!! #NHPolitics

Since @alexbozikovic.bsky.social reposted this dashed-off bit of snark, I'll unpack the flaws and elision Florida's op-ed in a thread. He opens with the anecdote below, about an American-educated "software consultant" delighted to bike-then-fly to work in NYC. Why does this matter? 1/x

Some airlines have run dispatch operations with remote staff from time to time. I'm pretty sure Breeze was trying to make that a permanent thing. FAA going the other direction, moving to fully ban the practice. #avgeek public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10293.pdf

DLD 587: Buyouts, Compromises, and Questionable Decisions The dust is settling on some legal scuffles and uncertain route futures, with more than one foil hat consideration in play.

I know that legally they have to write it with the worst possible expectations to deflect against future lawsuits. But the 38 pages of risks to the business is a fun read.

More recently we get into trouble. Revenue growth was half of 2025’s pace in Q1. And R&D still more than doubled YoY. Losses in Q1 were larger than all of 2025. Space revenues negative YoY and -100% net margins. YIKE. Connectivity (Starlink) is much healthier. And AI only +13% YoY top line. YIKE.

Starlink ARPU -23% YoY, which is what you would expect when you add lower price point users. Here’s the thing: that means the unit economics are getting worse at the margin not better. Each incremental satellite launch is worth less margin not more. YIKE.

Spirit Airlines’s March numbers are out and they really dismal. The airline posted a $157 million operating loss, or a burning-money -61% operating margin.

The longer you look at this, the worse it gets

This is the key, I think (re grad’s booing AI boosters). The very rich are leading a completely insular life cut off from not just non-rich opinions, but a distorted sense of what “work” is.

Welcome above the inaugural Delta 3NP service between ATL and LAX with a 321neo configured with 44 first class seats! Row one has MASSIVE amounts of leg room and is the seat to have.

US consumers could not care less about jet fuel prices or availability *UNITED AIR SEES DOUBLE-DIGIT GAINS IN SUMMER BOOKINGS Y/Y

Allegiant adds an eclectic mix of routes for the coming winter season: FLL-BOS/PIT/OMA/MCI PIE-PHL/COU PGD-LSE SFB-TTN Some Spirit backfilling, but plenty of not that, too. #AvGeek #$ALGT

Before COVID I heard United planned a remote TSA facility at Hudson Yards, with bus service to EWR. It never happened. Now in 2026, Massport teamed up with Landline to offer a similar service from Framingham to BOS. Works for JetBlue and Delta, pax dropped airside. www.massport.com/logan-airpor...

Most epic Ford Pinto photo ever.

Emirates broke ground today on a massive maintenance facility at DWC airport. The 1.1M square meter building (largest in GCC) will handle 28 widebody aircraft simultaneously, plus offer a pair of paint bays. The $5.1bn project is being developed with the China Railway Construction Corp. #AvGeek

Are supply chain delays a blessing in disguise? Seth Miller @wandrme.paxex.aero breaks down Air India A350-1000 First Class pivot to 2030, & whether the forced shift to the @airbus.com Master Suite will actually deliver a better product. The Indian AvGeek Ep 69. open.spotify.com/episode/1cMh...

Here's the key difference. These men don't want to do research. They want to have ideas and opinions and test those and be celebrated for their findings. Citations aren't just a checklist annoyance. They are a critical part of research - what has already been done in this area of inquiry? 1/

In addition to JetBlue killing the MHT-MCO route this summer, EWR loses several markets (AUA/CUN/PUJ/SDQ/TPA). Also disappearing: MCO-SJO, TPA-BDL and PVD-SJU. #AvGeek #$JBLU

Came home this afternoon to a delicious brown butter chocolate chip cookie skillet from @linneaharts.bsky.social. I wasn't sure how to portion it. It is possible, in a fit of 🤷, I veered into chaotic evil territory.

I missed this yesterday when it hit the FAA planning docs, but we've got another Starship launch date planned on Tuesday.

The NHDP Convention is today in Dover. Decidedly not my scene, but it is in my district, so I'm here. Gave me a chance to hear Governor Beshear speak. I have no doubt he's going to run for POTUS in 2028. #nhpolitics

"For those math nerds"

It's not even that a ChatGPT "sponsor" might give bad advice (though it surely does), it's that it's NOT A PERSON. AA is mutual aid; the point of sponsorship is the fact that you are keep *each other* sober. The sponsee gets experience, strength & hope. The sponsor gets to keep what they give away.

Love this for them #subnautica #videogames #gaming

I should post on here more often I think? I'm followed by a lot of aviation people (thanks to @wandrme.paxex.aero putting me on a list), and I'm a huge aviation nerd. But I think I'm not that _kind_ of nerd...

Excited to welcome @wandrme.paxex.aero on The Indian AvGeek’s 69th episode tomorrow morning. We talk AIX 2026 in detail, the state of #paxex in Indian Airlines and the larger overall future for the passenger. Brilliant conversation. Listen tomorrow on any podcast app of your choice.

Community Vigil for Juniper Blessing this Sunday at 6PM in front of the NH State House. Juniper was a trans woman who was murdered this week in Seattle, there will be speakers and an open mic section for community members to share their grief. Please spread the word. fb.me/2DoksbpQTLse...

As long as you are respectful of the place you’re visiting & those around you there is no wrong way to do a tourism. You can go to all the museums or walk aimlessly through the streets or veg out or do a big package vacation. Your experiences make you & when you’re on vacation you get to choose them

The FAA wants you to know it has a "Bold, New Air Traffic Controller Hiring Plan." Which mostly appears to be: Hire more controllers. Also brags about being 60% of the way to the FY26 target, which would be more impressive if we weren't 62% through the FY.

OneWeb SL0179 continues lowering its orbit for retirement. There have been very few retirements so far from the OneWeb system.

Iridium will buy out its partners, taking full ownership of Aireon as it pursues tighter integration of the aircraft tracking platform and future space-based product developments. #$IRDM #IFEC #PaxEx #AvGeek

No, random online paint company, I will not be providing your staff a tip for processing my online order. AYFKM?! At least the default is off. Slightly less annoying: Opt in for a discount, but then free shipping for large orders doesn't apply. Cheaper to not opt in, instead.

Sun ccuntry.

For those of you who prefer the #nhpolitics updates in video form, here's two minutes from the gallery at the end of today's session with a few wins highlighted.

They sent cameras to the far side of the moon. Is he living in a SCIF??

JetBlue bailing on Manchester, NH. Not too surprised, given what I've seen with last minute fares, and how the routes and times have shifted so much in the past 16 months. But still a bummer for NH. We've also lost Spirit (a while ago, before the first Ch11), and Avelo recently. #$JBLU #avgeek

"Leave your morals at the door and come use your skills, experience and network to help some of the most shitty and powerful people make more money at the expense of vulnerable people" is a real tough sell for me, I can't lie

Bit of good news from the NH House floor this afternoon: SB408 (about insurance for prosthetics) was used by Rep Farrington as a vessel to bring his Campus Carry bill back from the dead. That was defeated, with 22 Republicans flipping. #nhpolitics

I already knew Wall Street was irrational and emotions-based, but naming a technical analysis tool “flaming blimp superstition” is a little on the nose.

Watching my trans colleagues, over and again, have to argue in front of the body that they are human beings and should be treated as such is exhausting. They shouldn't have to do this.

DEN denied a lease to Key Lime Air ostensibly in response to its ICE activity. The FAA is now investigating that action, to determine if it violated rules around equal access to resources at airports with federal funding. downloads.regulations.gov/FAA-2026-571... #avgeek

Iridium is buying (the rest of) Aireon to bolster its aviation business. Aireon provides aircraft position data monitoring via ADS-B in space. Iridium operates the LEO satellite constellation that the Aireon payloads fly on. How the product matures will be interesting to watch. #$IRDM #avgeek

Lufthansa exercises option to acquire a majority stake in ITA Airways newsroom.lufthansagroup.com/en/lufthansa...

AirBaltic released Q1 earnings today. More flights, more pax, higher yields, and the best Q1 revenue in company history, but it still lost 70M euro, 40M worse than last year. Company blames foreign exchange, "reduced commercial support" and cost inflation.