Peter Mahoney

flying spaceships

[Reed Schwartz @reedschwartzsf]

The map for Scott Wiener last night doesn't really track prog vs. mod, it tracks YIMBY vs. NIMBY. The bulk of precincts that went for Chan were conservative, high-homeownership, low-density areas on the West Side.

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

The 2nd largest tsunami ever recorded struck Alaska's Tracy Arm Fjord on August 10, 2025, about 50 miles southeast of Juneau.

The wave reached a staggering 1,580 feet tall.

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

Earthset.

The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. The image is reminiscent of the iconic Earthrise image taken by astronaut Bill Anders 58 years earlier as the Apollo 8 crew flew around the Moon.

[Peter Mahoney @PlanetaryPete]

@MrTweetUK @DrChrisCombs The big burn to head to the moon (Trans Lunar Injection) is in a few hours. They’ve been in a highly elliptical orbit closer to Earth for the past 24 hours checking out flight systems ahead of the TLI. This orbit has varying altitude (high eccentricity, hence the name).

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

FAA banned parallel landings permanently, will be bad for SFO (max landings drop from 54>36/hr)

Given the topography of SFO, we have 2 parallel runways 750’ apart.

There was an accident at DCA last year, now the FAA is mandating staggered approaches :(

[Peter Mahoney @PlanetaryPete]

@mattfraser_9 @NikonUSA @SFGiants @OracleParkSF @willya02 @Arraez_21 @mattchap6 @HeliotRamos @_mlbfits @netflixsports @Pioneer_fit 🇺🇸

[Matt Fraser @mattfraser_9]

Opening Night for America's Pastime.

🇺🇸 x #SFGiants

[Peter Mahoney @PlanetaryPete]

@stoolpresidente @MLB 90% of the game will be played before the sun sets #timezones

[Sharon Goldman @sharongoldman]

Security costs for the Jewish community amount to $765 million per year, Jewish Federations of North America President and CEO Eric Fingerhut told the House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence in a letter calling attention to the enormous security costs paid by the American Jewish community and urging further action to protect faith communities.

A typical Jewish organization spends 14% of its annual budget on security, with the costs of a security guard costing $90,000 a year and a fulltime community security director costing $160,000 a year, on average,” Fingerhut wrote in the Monday letter. https://t.co/C8y0X3YGzv

[Richard Burton @Ricburton]

A paraglider made it from Mount Tamalpais to Crissy Field beach today 🪂

Insane accomplishment!

[Theo Wold @RealTheoWold]

Alysa Liu-- daughter of a Chinese refugee who participated in the Tiananmen Square protests and who refused to compete for China when they tried to recruit her (unlike Eileen Gu)-- just became the first American singles figure skating Gold medalist since 2002.

[Peter Mahoney @PlanetaryPete]

Almost enough to make a snow man #sanfrancisco #sfwx #hail

[Lee Edwards @terronk]

And the winner of the best piece on the teacher’s union strike goes to the @sfchronicle.

“If these outcomes seem incoherent, that’s because they are.”

https://t.co/snX8f3Rpqr

[Tyler Fox @smileyborg]

Software engineering in 2026

[Peter Mahoney @PlanetaryPete]

@TheStalwart @DKThomp

[Peter Mahoney @PlanetaryPete]

@stoolpresidente Outta Sight

[Peter Mahoney @PlanetaryPete]

@PFTCommenter The Page!

Others:
- Shanghai Kellys
- Cozy Car

[Peter Mahoney @PlanetaryPete]

@OpenSnow Incredible work

[Peter Mahoney @PlanetaryPete]

@jeff_foust Where was the test? Long Beach or Wallops?

[Peter Mahoney @PlanetaryPete]

@CJHandmer Air quality would like a word