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[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Falcon 9 launches the @SemperCitiusSDA’s third Tranche 1 data transport mission to low-Earth orbit

[Benji Naesen @BenjiNaesen]

Low-key funny to see the UAE Team Emirates car ride straight past a frustrated Isaac del Toro, and then the Visma-Lease a Bike team car stops to help him. 😂

Pretty class sportsmanship. 👏 #TDF2026

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Today also marks the first launch from Pad 2 at Starbase, which is designed to enable full and rapid reusability

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Oblivion (2013), starring Tom Cruise, is an underrated sci-fi gem…unfairly criticized despite its stunning visuals, thoughtful story, and an absolutely haunting soundtrack by M83.

[TRON Archivist🥏🇨🇦 @TRONarchivist]

"The Grid... A digital frontier.
I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer.
What did they look like? Ships? Motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways?
I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day..."

"You got in."

"That's right, man. I got in.
And the world was more
beautiful than I ever dreamed
and also more dangerous
than I ever imagined." — Kevin & Young Sam Flynn

TRON: Legacy
(2010)
Director: Joseph Kosinski
#TRON #TRONLEGACY #DaftPunk #JeffBridges #TheGrid #FlynnLives #SamFlynn

[IT Unprofessional @it_unprofession]

Our CFO asked me to "audit" our software subscriptions last week.

He sent me a spreadsheet with 200 rows. Slack, Zoom, Jira, Notion, Trello, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

He wanted me to survey the team to see which tools were essential.

I told him: "Surveys are for people who care about feelings. I care about OpEx."

I deleted the spreadsheet.

Instead, I logged into the corporate Amex portal and reported the card as lost.

Every single auto-renewal in the company failed instantly.

I call this "The Scream Test."

It’s simple Darwinian procurement.

If a tool goes down and nobody runs to my desk screaming within 4 hours? We didn't need it.

The Marketing team was at my door in 10 minutes begging for Adobe. We renewed it. The Sales team was crying about the CRM in 20 minutes. We renewed it.

But here’s the interesting part.

The HR department’s "Employee Wellness & Engagement Portal" ($12,000/year) has been down for six days.

Not a single person has noticed.

I didn't just save money. I quantified the exact value of our corporate culture.

It is zero.

Stop auditing. Start unplugging. If it’s important, they’ll scream. If they don't scream, it’s just noise.

[Movies Scenes 🎫 @SceneinCinema]

The CGI used in this Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) scene melted a computer because of the sheer detail — they had to store it on multiple machines.

Devastator had 52,632 parts, 30+ GB of textures, and millions of polygons, too heavy for a single system to handle.

[Marcia @marciac95_]

Every time you hesitate just remember that you’re giving someone less talented a spot.

[k1z4 @k1z4_]

How do I explain this feeling and vibe to my kids?

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

This footage from inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa might be the most jaw-dropping video ever captured of a hurricane’s eye, showcasing the infamous “stadium effect."

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

Best part of “Interstellar” is still the fact that Christopher Nolan spent $100K to plant 500 acres of real corn in Alberta (instead of using CGI to recreate a field).

Then, sold the corn for a profit after filming. Remains most profitable commodities trade in Hollywood history.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Maverick going Mach 10 was a perfect opening sequence for him in Top Gun: Maverick.

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

The V1 and V2 era of Starship has concluded after a largely successful 2.5-year run, defined by iterative development through progress, setbacks, and triumphs.

In this timeframe, SpaceX has:

- Demonstrated ten straight reliable ascents of history’s most powerful rocket booster, Super Heavy, frequently with 33/33 Raptor engines but also proving reliable engine-out capability

- Proven hot-staging as a viable technique for a reusable vehicle of this size

- Returned three boosters to Starbase to be caught by the same tower they launched from

- Re-flown two of those boosters

- Demonstrated Raptor re-lights in space and deployment of Starlink satellite simulators

- Completed five soft splashdowns of the Starship upper stage, with four precisely on target

The above would not be possible without the iterative development mindset that makes SpaceX so special. While that development is not over, the future will see a matured Starship design whose reliability and robustness is critical to begin flying operational missions.

In the coming months and into 2026, SpaceX will aim to:

- Complete Pad 2 at Starbase

- Finish builds of the first Starship V3 hardware, which includes the upgraded Super Heavy booster and upper stage Starship

- Demonstrate in-space propellant transfer as to refill Starship on-orbit, a critical feature of the overall infrastructure

- Deploy payloads from Starship, including Starlink satellites

- Return Starship to Starbase for catch by the tower just like Super Heavy

- Re-fly Starship, demonstrating reusability of its heat shield

- Begin flying missions from Florida

The most exciting time to be alive is now.

[Sam ☕ @samirande_]

Peak engineering posture

[Soren Iverson @soren_iverson]

Apple Health obscenity score

[Cycling Takes @aplaceholderig]

I kinda think this looks like way more fun. None of the usual boring formalities, media, and forced smiles.

Just you, your friends and colleagues organically celebrating superhuman efforts in the way you want to.

[KC-10 Driver ✈️ 👨‍✈️ B-737 Wrangler @MCCCANM]

It looks scary, but that wing flex is an example of incredible engineering.

You’re obviously worried the wing will break, but it won’t! Without getting too technical, we fly at a speed that ensures the airplane will “stall” before it over-stresses the airframe & does damage.

If it stalls…well, passengers are not going to enjoy that, but they will survive. The stall takes the lift off the wings, which means they are no longer carrying the airplane & are under very little stress. You can think of it like a safety feature where just as a limit is going to be reached, the airplane resets itself to zero.

Which is a lot better than over-stressing the airframe. That’s when things start breaking (though not necessarily the wings first).

[Michael Boegl @michaelboegl]

the art of cropping