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Ian Kluft βοΈππ @ikluft@avgeek.social retweeted
Trivia: Texas is among the states that require an excuse to vote by mail. But since all #NASA astronauts live in Houston, they have an automatic excuse granted to astronauts in orbit. (PD image from Wikipedia) #space #Election2024
ALT image from Wikipedia/Timeshifter: No-excuse postal voting map of the US https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:No-excuse_postal_voting_map_of_the_US.svg
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"Boeing workers overwhelmingly reject contract, prepare to strike" by @CNBC / @lesliejosephs - Airplane factory workers in Seattle area voted 96% to strike. Affects 737Max, 767 & 777 lines in WA, but not 787 in SC. cnbc.com/2024/09/13/boeing-w⦠#business #aviation #travel #avgeek #PNW
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"Alaska Air is growing; it needs Boeing to keep up" by @SeattleTimes / @byalexhalverson - Seattle-based Alaska Airlines now newly merged with Hawaiian has plans for new planes. But factory idle due to #BoeingStrike. seattletimes.com/business/al⦠#business #aviation #travel #avgeek #PNW
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"Boeing machinists end strike after approving labor contract with 38% raises" by @CNBC / @lesliejosephs - Machinist union members in Washington and Oregon vote to accept contract, ending costly 52-day strike cnbc.com/2024/11/04/striking⦠#business #aviation #travel #avgeek #PNW
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Ian Kluft βοΈππ @ikluft@avgeek.social retweeted
"Probabilistic Uncertainty" by @XKCD comic - In search of a scientific definition of when to panic. π± Let's hope he never finds the answer. xkcd.com/3007/ #math #WTF
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"Lilium insolvent" by AOPA @flywithaopa - German #eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff & landing aircraft) startup goes bankrupt aopa.org/news-and-media/all-β¦ #aviation #business #avgeek
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Ian Kluft βοΈππ @ikluft@avgeek.social retweeted
"The puzzle of Spirit Lake has Pacific Northwesterners still dealing with Mount St Helens eruption 44 years later" by @OPB PBS Portland - After Mt St Helens 1980 eruption moved Spirit Lake, unstable natural dam threatens collapse & flood opb.org/article/2024/10/26/s⦠#volcano #geology
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Ian Kluft βοΈππ @ikluft@avgeek.social retweeted
"Alaska Air is growing; it needs Boeing to keep up" by @SeattleTimes / @byalexhalverson - Seattle-based Alaska Airlines now newly merged with Hawaiian has plans for new planes. But factory idle due to #BoeingStrike. seattletimes.com/business/al⦠#business #aviation #travel #avgeek #PNW
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Ian Kluft βοΈππ @ikluft@avgeek.social retweeted
"Boeing & union reach sweetened contract offer in bid to end strike, vote scheduled for Monday" by @CNBC / @lesliejosephs - 48 days into strike, union recommended members vote in favor of latest deal. cnbc.com/2024/10/31/boeing-u⦠#BoeingStrike #business #aviation #travel #avgeek #PNW
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Ian Kluft βοΈππ @ikluft@avgeek.social retweeted
29 Oct 2024
Hawaiian Airlines Unveils Airbus A330 Moana 2 Livery
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Ian Kluft βοΈππ @ikluft@avgeek.social retweeted
31 Oct 2024
"Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C by 2026 or Face Risk" by @TheNewStack / @darrylktaft - USπΊπΈ CISA requires software vendors to publish plan by Jan 2026 on migration away from memory unsafe languages C/C thenewstack.io/feds-criticalβ¦ #cybersecurity #software #engineering #tech
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Ian Kluft βοΈππ @ikluft@avgeek.social retweeted
"Disposal" by @XKCD comic - You wouldn't even have to dig the hole if you find a real estate listing for a decommissioned missile silo. xkcd.com/3005/ #spaceβοΈ #rocketryπ #WTFπ€ͺ
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Ian Kluft βοΈππ @ikluft@avgeek.social retweeted
31 Oct 2024
"Clark County Auditor identifies 488 damaged ballots from burned ballot box" by @KOINNews CBS Portland - 345 of those voters already requested replacement ballots based on news of ballot box fire at Fisher's Landing in Vancouver WA. koin.com/news/elections/clar⦠#Election2024 #crime
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M6.1 #earthquake in Pacific Ocean over 100mi/160km off shore from Coos Bay, Oregon. This is in a tectonic plate spreading area, not a Cascadia subduction event. M6 is not large enough to cause a tsunami. Info by @USGS / @USGS_Quakes . earthquake.usgs.gov/earthqua⦠#quake #geology #PNW
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Bulletin from Tsunami Warning Center @NWS_NTWC confirms no tsunami expected from M6.1 #earthquake off Oregon coast. tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/2024β¦ #quake #geology #PNW
ALT WEAK53 PAAQ 302019 TIBAK1 Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK 119 PM PDT Wed Oct 30 2024 ...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT... EVALUATION ---------- * An earthquake has occurred; a tsunami is not expected. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * The following parameters are based on a rapid preliminary assessment of the earthquake and changes may occur. * Magnitude 6.1 * Origin Time 1215 AKDT Oct 30 2024 1315 PDT Oct 30 2024 2015 UTC Oct 30 2024 * Coordinates 43.7 North 127.4 West * Depth 9 miles * Location off the coast of Oregon ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE -------------------------------------- * Further information will be issued by the United States Geological Survey (earthquake.usgs.gov) or the appropriate regional seismic network.
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Ian Kluft βοΈππ @ikluft@avgeek.social retweeted
"NASA Identifies Root Cause of Orion Heat Shield Char Loss" by Marcia Smith @SpcPlcyOnline - Not saying what it is, they claim to now know root cause of #Orion heat shield issue. Problem: #Artemis2 heat shield is already built. spacepolicyonline.com/news/nβ¦ #Artemisπ #NASAπΊπΈ #Moonπ
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Ian Kluft βοΈππ @ikluft@avgeek.social retweeted
28 Oct 2024
There's a great documentary "Majority Rules" @MajorityRules24 about Alaska's 2022 open primary & #RankedChoiceVoting of top 4 in general election. Also looks at RCV measures in AZ CO DC ID MT NV OR. Stream on AppleTV, Google/YT, Amazon. majorityrulesfilm.com/ #politics #USpol
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