The northern Gate

Trancer, Dreamer, Individualist.

[Jared Isaacman @rookisaacman]

Hard to think of a wilder product unveiling. Not sure how quickly drivers are going to be leaping over each other in traffic, but damn, this was a cool way to introduce Roadster to the world.

[Isar Aerospace @isaraerospace]

We made history. On just our second flight, we became the first commercial space company from Europe to deliver satellites into orbit. Mission 'Onward and Upward' successfully lifted off and deployed payloads into orbit. A new chapter for European spaceflight. More: https://t.co/EQ8NvB6lEo

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

New Glenn safely reached its intended orbit during today's NG-1 mission, accomplishing our primary objective. The second stage is in its final orbit following two successful burns of the BE-3U engines. The Blue Ring Pathfinder is receiving data and performing well.

We lost the booster during descent. We knew landing the first stage on the first try was ambitious. We'll learn, refine, and apply that knowledge to our next launch in the spring. We're thrilled with today's outcome. More: https://t.co/5cF4ACgm3X

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Watch Starship's fifth flight test https://t.co/LVrCnTv797

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

What’s worse, this story is super misleading!

In one instance it claims, “three years of data collected by the Coastal Bend group near the SpaceX site indicated a 54 percent decline in the threatened piping plover population through 2021.”

This is false. The frequently cited study conducted by Newstead and Hill (2021) is outdated and unreliable for describing potential piping plover population trends over time.

The 2021 study did not consistently perform field visits during the same time of year. In some years, surveys included periods when piping plovers were actively migrating and in other years surveys only included months when winter residents were likely to be present. They also did not always check both kinds of habitat that are present during each survey.

Point being, the piping plover population being sampled was inconsistent across years. This is important because the occurrence of piping plovers at any given location at any given time is highly variable. Presence or absence may be due to a wide variety of factors unrelated to changes to the population size; birds may simply be someplace else. And, the more times they looked for piping plovers in a year, the higher their population estimate was.

It's also important to understand piping plovers do not nest in Texas. With very few exceptions, piping plovers observed in Texas are either migrating to or from wintering areas further south along the Mexico Gulf Coast or in the Caribbean, or reside in the vicinity over winter. Piping plovers tend to return to the same wintering areas year after year, even when conditions at those wintering areas change due to extreme weather or human-caused disturbance.

Now here’s the kicker: In response to questions about the reliability of their study, Newstead and Hill reanalyzed their data and published a follow-up report (2022) which found no significant change in population abundance of piping plovers at Boca Chica over time. A decreasing trend in abundance over the first three years of the study was balanced by an increase in the final year of the study (once data from additional survey visits was added to the analysis).

For our part, we have conducted nine years of monitoring using a protocol developed with US Fish and Wildlife Services, and for the past two years we have ensured consistent sampling throughout the year by surveying monthly. The findings show little to no strong evidence of trends, either increasing or decreasing, for any of the target species, including piping plovers.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship’s fourth flight test launched with ambitious goals, attempting to go farther than any previous test before and begin demonstrating capabilities central to return and reuse of Starship and Super Heavy.

The payload for this test was the data.

Starship delivered → https://t.co/Brc6JkFPtL

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Super Heavy has splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico

[Don Joewon Song @DonJoewonSong]

What I would give for a Forza Horizon 2 Remaster..

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Targeting Friday, November 17 for Starship’s second flight test. A two-hour launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK

[Micky Beisenherz 🍌 @MickyBeisenherz]

Liebe @BILD , nach „Heiz-Polizei“ und „Energie-Stasi“ jetzt nicht nachlassen.
Da liegen doch noch:

- Fernwärme- Faschisten
- Thermo-Taliban
- Gebäude-Energie-Gestapo
- Pumpen-Patrouille

Da ist zwischen „Jute-Junta“ und - „Klima-Kartell“ noch einiges drin!

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Targeting as soon as Monday, April 17 for the first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Starbase in Texas → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK

[The northern Gate @felix_headmin]

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[natsonice🐷 @natso_nice]

so long technoblade ❤️

[Fox Stevenson 🦊 @FoxStevensonNow]

Throwback Stan SB set at @Liquicity festival, for one time only, will be playing early fox tunes and era appropriate classic throwbacks too!

[Turing Pi @turingpi]

How about that? 👀

[The northern Gate @felix_headmin]

@TheirLoveIsInk Congrats

[ilan Bluestone @iBluestone]

Trance was created in 1988 and has never died.