Truly brilliant. Because if you want to hit a PR deadline badly enough, the hardware will just magically listen to you, right? It's not like history hasn't already given NASA a chilling lesson about rushing a launch.

I wonder if OpenAI will become the Blockbuster or Kodiak of the 2020s…

I just caught my cat head-first in my beer mug of apple juice. She recoiled like she’d triggered an ancient Egyptian curse. Imagine being a world-class beverage snob when your main hobby is licking your own butt and chasing your own tail. The audacity!

NASA ground-tests because they can't afford to fail. SpaceX launch-tests because money is no object. Perhaps I’m old school, but I prefer NASA’s way of doing things. Witnessing continual explosions of a vehicle that is roughly 2 years from taking humans makes me very uneasy.

On this day, 80 years ago, the De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk flew for the first time. It has been an absolute joy learning how to fly this plane that is stuffed with quirks & personality. ❤️🐿️ #aviation #avgeek

Amazing #avgeek thread! Giv’er a read. #aviation

Man… does this speak to the depths of my IT soul.

My #cat just learned a very FAFO lesson. She tried to steal food. It was wasabi.

Today on things I never thought I’d say as a pilot while trying to decide between flying and a sim session… “Probably sim today then. It's too VFR really.” #Aviation #AvGeek

We have reach “destroy all the hoodie string” era of our relationship. #cats

This bag somehow made it through packaging, shipping, stocking & checkout without a single person questioning why the “mini cucumbers” were suspiciously grape-shaped.

@303snowwolf.com… were you on this flight by chance? 🤭🤣

Amaze! Amaze! Amaze! Rocky have big telescope to look at stars and Grace planets. 👎

With Spirit folding in the US, I fear for the future of a similar airline in Canada know as Flair. #aviation

🎉 Today is my birthday! 🥳 If you'd like to help me celebrate, here's a list of charities working to make the world better that could use some more support. 🫶 www.astrokatie.com/birthday

I can fly a plane, but I can’t screw a cap back on to a bottle. Tell me how that adds up.

#Aviation milestone reached! 500 hours flying. #GeneralAviation

Completed my night cross country solo flight last night ✅

Jessica Watkins was assigned the position of Commander on Crew-13 yesterday. Not only will she be the first #NASA astronaut to fly the Dragon capsule twice, but she will be the first woman of colour to command a space mission! (Photo by: Robert Markowitz)

Lola thinks #STEM should get more funding. She’s always right, you know. #cats

Tfw you get an email where the sender has accidentally left the AI closing statement at the end which states how the email could be more attention grabbing…

Lola wants my dinner because she’s certain I’m not feeding her enough. My wee carnivore is on a diet. Not sure how good a Tofu Bulgogi Bowl would taste to her. #cats

Doug Ford is now selling the $30M jet “hopefully not at a loss.” It’s alarming that the purchase was already done. That means that the proposed expansion of Billy Bishop had nothing to do with YTZ’s economic potential. The plane was likely in the final stages of purchase at the time of announcement.

Local TV is treating Doug Ford’s Gravy Plane as the scandal it is. It explains the hostile take over of Billy Bishop. The take off distance this Bombardier requires is VERY close to Muskoka’s runway length. Watch for a funding bill. I’m a pilot and I think this is a massive waste of my tax dollars.

Suddenly the seizure of Toronto Island airport to forcibly expand to jets makes complete sense. I can’t wait to see the ADS-B data from that plane.

I recently bought “The Milky Way” #Lego set. It’s 3091 random pieces that make up an image of our galaxy. It comes with an 80 minute podcast with @thegalacticgal.bsky.social & Dame Maggie Aderin. I must say, their energy is contagious. What an incredible experience so far!

Stating that someone with a Doctorate in Economics from Oxford and the experience of two central bank governorships is “badly educated in economics” is a fantastic way to advertise your own expertise about both economics and politics.

#ArtemisII spashed down a little over 50 hours ago & Christina Koch, who was weightless & did not walk for 10 days, has already been seen running on the beach with her dog. Running! With her dog! Meanwhile, I can barely work up the effort to move from my couch to my bed.

This is also a fake image. The details of the capsule are entirely wrong.

A couple of months ago, I adopted Lola. She’s mostly slept at my feet. Last night the meanie shoved me over & took a whole person sized spot on the side of the bed where I usually put my head! I had to use the other pillow rather than my comfy one. She has decided she is queen. My neck hurts.

While watching the #ArtemisII re-entry, I was playing NES #Tetris to keep my nerves from short-circuiting. I realized that no one has been near the moon SINCE BEFORE TETRIS WAS INVENTED, but also, the stress translated into a personal best score.

I see what you did there. 😆

Science is good. We should fund it.

One book/movie has made repeating the same word three times near universally understood.

Why are astronauts able to speed through the Customs line? ... ... They have Global Entry 😏

The two biggest issues during #ArtemisII was a sassy satellite phone and a temperamental toilet. As things could go on the farthest space flight in history, that’s pretty darn good!

The helicopter is off centreline. As a pilot, I’m SO triggered. But also I understand the runway was basically moving during the landing roll.

I'M GLAD THE ASTRONAUTS ARE SAFE BUT DID ANYONE RESCUE THE JAR OF NUTELLA

Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that. Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best. Welcome home, Integrity crew!

what do you MEAN my flight will be late, i just watched something from THE MOON land on time

All four astronauts standing in the aisle with their roller bags waiting for the door to open.

One thing to think about is that this is the astronauts' first smell of Earth. Sea air and burning hydrocarbons. There's a breeze that they'll be feeling after days in a capsule. There are fans there, because without fans CO2 will build up around you. But not a breeze like off the ocean.

I just realized that the #ArtemisII crew is smelling the ocean now. They’re breathing Earth air. After 10 days in a tin can, it has to be overpowering.

As someone who works in IT, I found it quite amusing that Houston basically asked Integrity “is the PC powered on.” #ArtemisII

Splashdown! Vehicle is stable and upright. “A perfect bulls-eye splash for Integrity and its four astronauts!” #Artemis

Now everyone… breathe out.

WOOOHOOOO!!!

Thank you Noordwijk! 👏👏👏 #ArtemisII

#ArtemisII, San Diego Approach. You’re identified passing through 28 million meters. Altimeter 29.97. Continue your approach. Expect runway Hotel Two Zero.

I love how #NASA made a splashdown time correction on stream. It was a correction of ONE SECOND! Insane! #ArtemisII