Ben Lachman

⚡️/🌳/🚀 + apps. Working on what comes next… 👨🏼‍💻@nicemohawk, ✍🏼@orbitalindex, 🥷🏼 @BRITEpeople

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[Ben Lachman @blach]

Hi @AlaskaAir, I just spent the last three days in ERs and flying home for an emergency retina surgery for my wife. It’d be nice if your support agents were at least a little polite about a really unfortunate, costly & draining experience, even if you don’t do medical waivers.

[Ben Lachman @blach]

Just whipped this out--light SPM package for move-to-Applications for non-sandboxed apps. Anyone here likely to use it? https://t.co/9cUHUpnxkH

[Ben Lachman @blach]

@gradyjoseph @rcbregman So are companies allowed to have their own terms of service that they choose or not? It seems like the government wants to use anthropic models for something they specifically weren’t intended for and won’t take no for an answer.

[Ben Lachman @blach]

So it goes. After 350 issues & almost 7 years of writing weekly about the world of space tech with @tectonic, The @OrbitalIndex is finished. I’ll miss it, and perhaps more writing with Andrew, but am ready for new horizons and challenges. Bon voyage!

https://t.co/CefExGCKN8

[Ben Lachman @blach]

@Pinboard Athens. College town in the poorest corner of the state (usually one of top 2 poorest counties). There’s a significant homeless population although it presents differently than in larger metro areas.

[Vast @vast]

Haven Demo achieved mission success after deploying from SpaceX’s Bandwagon-4 flight on Nov 2, 2025. Following nominal separation and stable sun-pointing, the spacecraft captured 4K video of its solar array deployment and is power-positive. 🇺🇸

[Ben Lachman @blach]

@bbbrad Looks like https://t.co/kCgNpP4C3M might not be accounting for the Ax-4 mission?

[Ben Lachman @blach]

@shmaveyboy @SpaceX @elonmusk Not sure “gives everything” is quite right. I think he still has a number of billions he hasn’t given away.

[Ben Lachman @blach]

@Jess_Riedel How readable is it for the technical lay person? I’ve been wanting to read something on quantum for a minute now.

[Ben Lachman @blach]

…or the one near Obock, Djibouti? https://t.co/kw1Iz2C2Rz

[Ben Lachman @blach]

Anyone spotted the location of the under-construction launch facility that Türkiye is building on the coast of Somalia?

https://t.co/ehMQAVjUSZ

[Ben Lachman @blach]

Anyone spotted the location of the under-construction launch facility that Türkiye is building on the coast of Somalia?

https://t.co/ehMQAVjUSZ

[Ben Lachman @blach]

@GodbeyGames Awesome news! I’ll definitely snag it as soon as it’s released.

[Ben Lachman @blach]

@enggirlfriend And 82% of those were Elon alt accounts.

[Ben Lachman @blach]

On a text thread with poll observers trying to help student voters get to their correct polling place. It’s a fucking depressing experience. So many young people getting turned away from participating in our country’s future.

Thanks @FrankLaRose 🙄

[Ben Lachman @blach]

Such utter bullshit.

It’s sadly ironic how every person that supports this felon ends up literally saying the other candidate will do what trump has said he would do. The mind virus might be real, just a bit different than they thought.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

💯

Those are their stated goals!

Unless @realDonaldTrump wins, this will be the last election.

The Dems will legalize all the illegals in swing states, so there be no more swing states. America will become a one-party, deep blue socialist state.

[Ben Lachman @blach]

Tomorrow is the day, folks. Do you want:
1. Continuation of an economy that’s growing… or tariffs that the proposer admits will crash it?
2. Less gerrymandering… or more gerrymandering?
3. A president who can listen to questions… or one that publicly pantomimes oral sex?

[The Orbital Index @orbitalindex]

Issue № 292: China’s long-term space science roadmap. Plus weird papers, news and links! 🛰️https://t.co/jD1UtQ7p4t

[Ben Lachman @blach]

@pberggg @elfie111 @Hubert25696308 @blueorigin It's a new gen of booster and nav system, first flight for both.