Lauri Tankler

Government employee, used to be a journalist, also teacher. Also journalist. Here for journalism.

[Lauri Tankler @LauriTankler]

Ma võtan ka siis poliitilise seisukoha: noored, väga soovitan minna eraldi ajakirjandust ja kommunikatsiooni õppima (põhierialana).

[Ted Alcorn @TedAlcorn]

With data from @nytimes API, I analyzed all national+local coverage since 2000—224K articles— to see which topics in each state get covered out of proportion to the rest of the country. A portrait of how the paper of record sees America, one state per tweet, alphabetical. 👇

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

RFK Jr: "A Democratic senator claimed it's mathematically impossible to have a drug drop by 600%. I said, 'Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600% rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that's a 600% savings.'"

Trump: "Right"

[Lauri Tankler @LauriTankler]

Ma juba 1500-5000€ jalka MM piletite osas pelgan Ameerikat praegustel aegadel, aga et nad veel iga sõidu eest veel 100 taala juurde küsivad - müstiline. Ehk et kui rikas sa pead olema selleks, et jalkat vaadata?

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

New Jersey’s NJ Transit has this week discussed pricing for a return rail ticket close to or around $150 for a round-trip rail ticket from New York’s Pennsylvania Station to MetLife Stadium for FIFA World Cup games.

The 18-mile rail journey, which includes a stop at Secaucus station, ordinarily costs $12.90 for a return ticket — the same pricing for the FIFA Club World Cup final last summer.

New special event pricing, however, is due to come into effect for the World Cup and The Athletic reported earlier this week that the price modelling had forecast a price of over $100 per passenger.

While NJ Transit ordinarily offers concessionary prices for seniors, children and disabled passengers, the World Cup pricing will be one blanket price for all categories.

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[Thomas H. Ptacek @tqbf]

Calif is on such a roll. "Vulnerability research is cooked", I said last week; alternate possibility: vulnerability research is now the funnest thing in the world. Getting a highly situational nginx bug working w/ Claude: https://t.co/8v6K3FJdy1

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

CNBC: "President Trump has threatened to destroy a civilization. How does an investor process that? Is it a bigger upside risk or downside risk?"

What stage of corporate media is this?

(h/t @paleofuture)

[Lauri Tankler @LauriTankler]

Rimi tegi pea identse maitsega joogi nagu Värska. Iseenesest arusaadav: see on TFTAKi toel arendatud vaieldamatu meistriteos, maitsenauding. Kui ma oleks Värska omanik (A.LeCoq?), kaebaks kohtusse. Või kui omanik on lubanud, siis TFTAKina nõuaks vähemalt viitamist.

[Erik Kuna 🚀 @erikkuna]

This is the shot you can’t get from the press site. This camera was sitting a few football fields from the SLS rocket at Pad 39B for days before launch, baking in the Florida sun, surviving rain, humidity, and whatever else the Cape threw at it. No photographer behind the viewfinder. Just a camera, a sound trigger, and a bet.

The way pad remotes work: you set your camera up days in advance, dial in your composition, lock everything down, and walk away. You don’t touch it again until after the launch. The shutter fires on sound activation
with a @MiopsTrigger smart+ trigger. With SLS, the four RS-25 engines ignite six seconds before the solid rocket boosters, so the camera is already firing before the vehicle even leaves the pad. You get home, pull the card, and find out if you nailed it or if a bird landed on your lens two days ago and left your a present and you got 400 photos of soemthing crappy.

There’s no formula for protecting your gear this close. Some photographers build wooden boxes with doors that pop open. Some use plastic bags and tape. Some do plastic or metal barn door rigs on hinges. I tend to leave mine open just in plastic rain covers because boxes limit my composition and setup time, but that means your cameras are more exposed to the elements and whatever energy and debris comes off the pad. You’re basically gambling a camera body every time you set one.

That’s what I love about this genre. There’s no playbook. You make it up as you go. Every time is an adventure.

📸 credit: me for @SuperclusterHQ - Artemis II pad remote | ~1,000 ft from Pad 39B | Kennedy Space Center

[Lauri Tankler @LauriTankler]

Tundub, et see on päris.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

“All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you…” - President Donald J. Trump

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

To build a sustained human presence on the Moon, we are building @NASAMoonBase, prioritizing surface operations and scalable infrastructure. 

- Frequent robotic landings and mobility testing including MoonFall drones 
- Starting in 2027 nearly monthly cadence of equipment and rovers with scientific payloads landing on the Moon. 
- Investments in power, communications, and surface mobility 
- Scalable infrastructure to support long-term human presence

The objective is clear: build the foundation for an enduring lunar base and take the next step toward Mars.

[Lauri Tankler @LauriTankler]

@AlarVoitka Ma loobuks siis üldse sellisest konstruktsioonist nagu "valimiskogu". Las siis parlament kui esinduskogu valib ja valib ära.

[Lauri Tankler @LauriTankler]

Maiteagi miks, aga mind kuidagi häirib see Eesti presidendikandidaatide nimetamise tants. Üldiselt mul meeldivad salajased hõimkondlikud rituaalid - lähed täiskuuööl ja kuulad tähti ja leiad sõnajala ja voila! Rüütel ongi järgmise presidendi nimi! 1/10

[Lauri Tankler @LauriTankler]

@AlarVoitka See põmst mulle meeldiks. Muidugi ei vähenda see seda "sobitatud abielu" probleemi, kus me saame endale niiöelda eestkõneleja, keda me ei tunne ja alles viimaseks aastaks hakkame ... mõistma. Ja ma muidugi ootan juba neid põnevaid lahendusi, millega RK tööd siis takistada.

[Lauri Tankler @LauriTankler]

A kuna ma presidendiks ei saa, siis ma loodan, et mõni rektor või diplomaat või 91. aastal ülemnõukogus hääletanud tähtis inimene, kes saab, võiks selle otsevalimise korra uuesti üles võtta. See ei lähe läbi, no worries, aga lihtsalt Meri mälestuseks. Tuleks huvitav tants. 10/x10

[Lauri Tankler @LauriTankler]

Ainus lubadus oleks see, et paneks uuesti teele Lennart Meri viimase eelnõu: et presidendi valiks rahvas (https://t.co/j2rxbL6caT). Sest see lõpetaks selle imeliku tantsu presidentide valimise ümber, mis on niivõrd võõrastav meie üldiselt vabade valimiste kontekstis. 9/10