Coffee is only a few bucks at a coffee shop, a few cents at home, and free at work. Now, getting some daily overcomplicated concoction, on the other hand…

Is the downside that quote posts make it easier for people to dog pile? That seems like it should be less of an issue because of defederating instances with that proclivity.

Yup, I always tell people I’m biased about WI because I left. I’m sure OH has a lot of similar reasons.

Welcome to the resistance… Dick Cheney?

Hubris. They were up in the polls at the time and didn’t think they needed to expand their appeal, so they caved and took Thiel’s guy.

Ron Desantis’s “Weekend at Bernie’s president” joke at the RNC, like every other accusation from the GOP, was just more projection.

So is his diaper

A DA will be a nice foil to the convicted felon.

Regarding ballot eligibility- I think part of timing for this is that the Dems are about to have their “roll call” in the next week or two to officially nominate a candidate to get on ballots before the official full convention.

So does Valve?

The docking adapters look pretty much the same (interlocking petals, not male/female) and can be active, passive, or both, but Dragon’s is only active. Active has to dock to passive, so two Dragons couldn’t dock.

SpaceX developed a new one that can be active or passive for Starship, which will have to dock with Orion and the Lunar Gateway.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-spacex-test-starship-lunar-lander-docking-system/

Maybe? Soyuz is too cramped, but Dragon might be able to fit extra people. A few years ago a NASA astronaut flew up on a leaky Soyuz, so they looked at using Dragon as a lifeboat:

https://www.space.com/nasa-spacex-dragon-rescue-spacecraft-soyuz-leak

Dragon was drawn up to fit 7 people, with 3 seats on the bottom and 4 on top. They ended up changing the seat angles for reentry, so now they only have 4.

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Starliner is still their emergency ride home in case a real alarm goes off, but they want to study the leak issue as much as possible before they separate their service module, which burns up during reentry.

Realistically, there’s a SpaceX Dragon docked to the ISS, so that’s probably their emergency shelter and ride home.

This process led to Falcon, which is one of the most reliable rockets of all time. The launch rate and reuse are unprecedented. Iterative design is a big part of how they got there. Their prowess in manufacturing and mass production is another large part of that success.

It sounds like they still have some hope of bringing it back, so, fingers crossed.

It looks like more Venus probes will start launching over the next few years. There’s the Rocket Lab / MIT mission first, then more from the US, China, India, and Russia to close out the decade. Plus ESA’s next probe in 2032.

Better than nothing. Hopefully this prevents some deaths.

I think Jared Isaacman is my favorite space billionaire? Not that that should be a thing, but he’s at least spending his money on private missions that move technology development forward.

Because it’s the only realistic option on a federal level until we have ranked choice voting.

VW must be running them

I voted 3rd party in 2016. I regret it all the time.

On the issue of genocide, the vote is between more or less. Voting 3rd party, Republican, or abstaining is a vote for more genocide.

The moral high ground and smugness is worthless compared to less genocide, abortion, education, trans lives, healthcare, etc.