SwiftBiscuit

Trying to live up to my younger self’s expectations

[Albert Dros @albertdrosphoto]

One of the most difficult shots I ever took. Favaritx lighthouse right before totality in Menorca, with my friends at photopills. Shooting from a boat in choppy water. Never again 😂

#photopills #eclipse2026

[tina.in.boca @Boca_Tina]

Lots of misinformation being spread about me the last couple days, so some quick facts
- My name is Tina, not Guo Can (or Jessie Anderson). I’m one of many Raptor flight operators on console since flight2. Before that, I wrote control software for the vehicle, and was a stage software operator for flight1

- Been living in Starbase since surborbital days in 2020, absolutely love it down here. The people are wonderful and so so excited about the mission - the lows are lows but the highs are very high. My friends here are the best in the world, and I love them to the moon/mars and back :)

- The reason I decided to say something was because facts matter, but also because wanted to share my real life journey to how I got here. I don’t have a masters or a PhD, I started full time directly after college after 2x internships also at spacex doing software/automation. I was on a couple design teams in college, including Stanford solar car + mars rover. When I started spacex as a software engineer, I knew very little about fluids / propulsion engineering - I learned a lot of it on the job with some pretty incredible mentors. Then I swapped over to propulsion about halfway through my career and have been loving it ever since

[Ounka @OunkaOnX]

Al Jazeera reports that Israeli forces have attacked a car carrying two journalists in southern Lebanon. Amal Khalil and Zeinab Fahyti were on their way to report on an earlier Israeli attack.

They were trapped at the scene for over an hour. The Red Cross is trying to reach them. This is happening during what is supposed to be a ceasefire.

The ceasefire has been violated 220 times in just the first three days. Multiple demolitions, drone strikes, and artillery shelling continue. This is terrorism against the press. And it's happening with complete impunity

[Bogáta Timár @BogataTimar]

okay I guess I have to talk about Péter Magyar here.
Let me just start with saying, in a very unladylike way, that you guys seem to have zero clue what happened in Hungary in the last two years, you completely miss the point, and you're a disappointing bunch.
Let's go.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

This photo has a very personal meaning for me if you care to read it.

I saw a photo from @johnkrausphotos on reddit nearly a decade ago of the engines on a Falcon Heavy launch. I was working at a tough sales job at the time. The shot inspired me to learn more about space and spaceflight.

Shortly after, I bought my first telescope. I saw Jupiter, Saturn, and Nebulae, and started social media accounts where I shared my amateur photos.

Then I was laid off, and Covid happened. Moved from Sacramento to Arizona for clearer skies, cheaper cost of living, and a chance to go all-in on space photography. My audience started to grow.

Then, NASA contacted me, asking me if they could use some of my moon photos for something called Artemis. I said yes.

During the Artemis I rollout my DMs blew up “Andrew- your photo is on the Mobile Launch Platform!”. Now I knew that astrophotography wasn’t enough… I should probably pay attention to spaceflight. I spent a lot coming out to the first launch attempt, which would be my first rocket launch if it flew. Sadly, it was a scrub.

I came home from Florida, sharing my stories of touring the VAB and facilities with my grandfather, who worked on Apollo. He passed shortly after, which affected my ability to return to watch the SLS flew.

Feeling bummed out, I focused back on my deep sky work, but then I started hearing about something called “Starship”. I caught a video from @Erdayastronaut where a rocket ship fell through the air belly-first and flipped upright and landed. Inspired, I knew I had to witness one of these machines fly, so I flew to Starbase the moment I could afford it, which was for the second fully integrated flight test.

The moment Starship lifted off the pad, I was hooked. There was nothing quite like the experience. I did everything I could to catch every launch I could, and worked to become credentialed media to get better access.

Last year I flew from Arizona to Florida & Texas over a dozen times specifically to sharpen my launch photography skills with our first human spaceflight to the moon in over 50 years looming.

A decade of preparation for a split second moment. When I picked up my camera from the launch pad yesterday morning and peeked at what was captured, I knew it was all worth it.

Thank you, NASA, Artemis, and the all people who inspired me along the way.

This is still only the beginning.

[SwiftBiscuit @SwiftBiscuit]

@lorddukeearl @CSI_Starbase The arrogance. The breathtaking arrogance of telling some one else what they can and can't say in public. Unbelievable.

[SwiftBiscuit @SwiftBiscuit]

@PaulVanBeber @CSI_Starbase You're okay. It will be fine. Speak to the administrator of your echo chamber and Zack will go away. There's no need to panic. Mommie loves you.

[Colin Gorrie @colingorrie]

Written English has barely changed in 300 years. If you can read Harry Potter, you can read Robinson Crusoe (1719).

The Spelling of our Tongue was in the main ſettled ere the eighteenth Century, & the Grammar has ſuffer'd but little Alteration ſince. Yet before this happy Settlement, things were exceeding ſtrange.

In Shakeſpeares dayes, ſpelling was much more variable, & you ſhall finde notable differences in the grammar: "thou" could bee intimate or inſulting, depending vpon whom you ſayd it to; to chooſe amiſse had conſequences.

Wende we now tuo hundred ȝeer bifore, to Chauceres tyme. It seemeth ȝit as Englisshe, but it nis nat esy to reden withouten greet connynge.

Yet tuo hundred wintre er, sone after þat the Normans comen to þis londe, is Englisch on muchel wandlunge. Þe tunges work is tobroken, Frensce wordes comeþ in, and þe writunge is al totwemed.

Þy furðor þu underbæc færst, þy gelicor biþ Englisc gesewen þære Deniscan spræce. Englisce bec þæs m. geare ne mæg nan mann rædan buton he sundorlice geleornad sy.

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

This is quite an exchange with @DavidAFrench about whether we are witnessing the emergence of a "dual state."

[Shane Ross @RossDynamicsLab]

Multi-orbiter magic: spacecraft sharing the same ‘bus route’ through space.

[Замаханий репортер @ReporterTired]

I don’t know if many English-speaking people read my account, but it’s worth a try. After nights like this one, I feel the need to explain a little what it's like: living in Kyiv during a full-scale war 👇

[Zack Golden @CSI_Starbase]

Massive explosion as Ship 36 explodes on the Static fire test stand.

This will be a major setback as there is likely significant damage to the entire back half of Massey's

[SwiftBiscuit @SwiftBiscuit]

@CSI_Starbase @magicmike951 @methylmike It was a discussion point throughout August and the question was even put to Bill Nelson during a press conference. It may not be accurate, but it does make sense to a lot of people.

[evenstar7479 @evenstar7479]

Just saw the @SpaceX launch from the Disney Treasure!!! @elonmusk @DisneyCruise

[🐛Jennimar💫Rosario🦋 @AkaruiSora_]

A Chilean passenger aboard the cruise ship "Icon of The Seas" somewhere near Turks and Caicos captured the moment of the explosion of #Starship #SpaceX

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Wow, some Footage from the Cockpit of a Commercial Aircraft, showing falling Space Debris from SpaceX’s Starship Flight 7, which broke-up earlier tonight over the Atlantic near the Turks and Caicos Islands.

[Alex Davenport @adavenport354]

Starship Flight 7 breaking up and re-entering over Turks and Caicos

[Cam Tem @realcamtem]

Starship Flight 7 🥲
📸 by me
@SpaceX

[Chloe Cheung 張晞晴 @Chloe_chc_25]

🧵In the middle of the night, on #Christmas Eve I was woken up by countless phone calls and text messages. I discovered that I am now a wanted Hong Konger with a HK$1 million bounty on my head.

[Jayne Miller @jemillerbalt]

Naval Academy disinvites historian @ruthbenghiat from a history department lecture under pressure from the Heritage Foundation--founders of Project 2025.
Intended lecture was what happens to militaries under authoritarian rule through history