Bluesky has a default feed that is just the posts/reposts of the people who you choose to follow, in reverse chronological order.

No need for an algorithm to decide what is worth seeing.

Hmm… this started as an admonition for using then and than interchangeably. I see folks get it wrong unintentionally a lot… then i re-read your parenthetical and pulled up etymonline and had my mind blown a bit.[0]

Seems everything old is new again.

[0] https://www.etymonline.com/word/than

Yeah, but a $5 VPS won't suddenly surprise you with a five-figure bill.

Pilot Unions should go on strike until ATC is properly staffed at every level, since Regan made it illegal for ATC themselves to go on strike.

Something like that just might happen

“Impossible to get a man to understand a thing, when his paycheck depends on his not understanding it.”

Less-so if you do it in Safari than using a non-Apple browser.

As an American, I’m really starting to feel that way.

Really... In a thread about Iran... This is not comparable at all and so insulting for what they have endured since 1979.

Except midterm elections are literally this year. But other than that small detail, sure.

The ones where they’re going to send brownshirts to intimidate voters in blue states? The ones they’re going to try to disrupt like Dallas County last night? The ones they’ve trying desperately to Gerrymander to lock down their dictatorial power? Those elections?

It really feels like they’re trying hard to change the rules so that they’re the only ones who can win, to be just like their idol/puppeteer in Russia.

And it feels like an external intervention is one of the only things that may help.

Oh, and I forgot to mention the ironically-named (so much of their stuff is ironically-named…) “SAVE” Act, that’s set to disrupt the process even further by having “AI” purge voter registration rolls.

> The ones where they’re going to send brownshirts to intimidate voters in blue states?

Any actual evidence this is happening or is going to happen? I've seen some ACLU talking points, always conveniently placed above a donate button, but not any facts.

> The ones they’re going to try to disrupt like Dallas County last night?

Not from Dallas but looking at the news it looks like a state issue involving the Texas Supreme Court? No mention of Trump, GOP, ICE, or brownshirts.

> The ones they’ve trying desperately to Gerrymander to lock down their dictatorial power? Those elections?

Gerrymandering just started under Trump?

I know there is no way to verify this, but I am not a Trump supporter or Republican. I am just someone who thinks the rhetoric is completely overblown, not supported by reality, and especially comparing it to Iran they're not even in the same phylum let alone class.

First Time NASA did that was how we got Apollo I and lost three astronauts.

They learned a few lessons, but then 1986 they let “getting things perfect” slip a bit more. It’s happened a few times since.

Personally, I’d rather not lose any more astronauts.

SpaceX managed their methodologies with Falcon 9 and Dragon without losing any crew.

That’s because, unlike NASA, they don’t risk crew with untested systems and first time flights.

SpaceX also has a nepo-billionaire’s disposable hobby budget, while NASA’s has been cut to the marrow.