Jonathan

I am not a spy.

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

“If you think the world is selfish and rotten, go to the cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer overlooking Omaha Beach. See what one group of men did for another on D-Day, June 6th, 1944.” — Andy Rooney

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

Voyager 1 is 24 billion kilometers from Earth.

It communicates with us using a 23-watt transmitter.
Less than a refrigerator light bulb.

The signal takes 22 hours to reach us, traveling at the speed of light.

By the time it arrives, it's 20 billion times weaker than the power of a digital watch battery.

NASA's Deep Space Network picks it up using 70-meter dish antennas cooled to near absolute zero to reduce electronic noise.

The engineering required to hear a 23-watt signal from 24 billion km away is arguably more impressive than the spacecraft itself.

Launched 1977.
Still transmitting.
Still being heard.

We built something that works perfectly, 47 years later, in conditions no one has ever tested in.

That's what engineering for the long term looks like.

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@Rick1533391 @AisuArcher @ohnohedidnt24 The voices of my econ professors, ESPN reporters, and my common sense, whom I've named Fred.

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@UpdatingOnRome I'm on Volume 3. No spoilers!

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@BenJustman

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@reallydiadavis @GhostInDior__ @ohnohedidnt24 I love Josh. I love that he's getting paid. But come on, you can't bite the hand that feeds you.

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@reallydiadavis @GhostInDior__ @ohnohedidnt24 You really think if all tickets to all games were $10 bucks, NBA players would still get contracts like that?

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@47faiths

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@Dcasd1 @ohnohedidnt24 Moreover, I love that he's making bank. I'm okay with the fact that not everyone can go to a Finals game. There are only 20k seats there and millions of Knick fans.

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@Dcasd1 @ohnohedidnt24 I'm not blaming him. I love Josh. I'm a Pels fan. Miss him on our team.
Just pointing out that you can't bemoan ticket prices while taking fat checks highly correlated to those prices.

[Jennifer Lee Rossman @JenLRossman]

RIP Noah from the Bible, you would have loved catching every Pokémon

[Freedom 250 @Freedom250]

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A Ferris wheel overlooking the monuments. More than 150 exhibits from all 56 states and territories. Live entertainment, cultural programming, family attractions, innovation showcases, and spectacular flyovers.

This is the Great American State Fair.
📍 National Mall, Washington, D.C.
🗓 June 25–July 10, 2026

RSVP today.

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@VicNobu @KeemScape @ohnohedidnt24 @grok Does the NBA profit from ticket resales?

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@starrxoxoxxx @des_wapen @ohnohedidnt24 (Harrison et al., 2026)

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@aaaronson @TerribleMaps

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@starrxoxoxxx @des_wapen @ohnohedidnt24 It's literally the most worstest thing in the world.

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@lmsf1989 @ohnohedidnt24 There are 300M normal people in the country. The arena holds 20k. I can want everyone to go, but people will likely get crushed to death.

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@starrxoxoxxx @des_wapen @ohnohedidnt24 You can, but it makes you hypocritical.

[Jonathan @JonathanIsASpy]

@starrxoxoxxx @des_wapen @ohnohedidnt24 You can't bemoan high prices while profiting from them.