David J. Swanson

Director, Textron Aviation. Engineer, pilot, aviation analyst, Christian and family man. Views expressed are my own, or stolen from people smarter than me.

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@RPatrickAllen Thank you. The KCSN guys are apoplectic about this. People also seem to think that RT is just back up left tackle and if the LT is out you should move your RT to LT, when they generally try to avoid swapping guys left to right and back again.

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@MattVerderame The way I see it is Moore won the job at right tackle. He's the right tackle. Benson is the swing tackle. If either tackle can't go, the swing tackle comes in. They're only upsetting one position. Right Tackle is important too. It isn't "backup left tackle".

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@Matty_KCSN Yep. That's definitely one of them.

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@TremendousUM That's the lag of the scoreboard. Different unrelated issue.

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@3DPrintGeneral People will tell you that the double space was just because of typewriters. But it predates typewriters. The truth is that we used to prefer a lot of space between complete thoughts, sometimes 3 or more spaces, and now we prefer a tighter block of text.

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@captain_queenan @USSpaceForce These look awesome, though I'm getting Star Wars Imperial vibes. May not be for everyone.

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@tuckerdfranklin Sincere condolences and prayers to you and your family in this difficult time.

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@M_Cassel16 Do you have any NCAA eligibility left?

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@SMB_Attorney The vast majority (like 95%) of 401k plans have employer matches which change your calculus. The fees are minimal unless you mean the mutual funds themselves. With brokeragelink you can buy individual stocks. You can access the money for hardship or loan it to yourself.

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@RalphVacchiano None of these renders ever show the wonky shadows you get on the field from the structure holding up a glass roof.

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@MattVerderame Take the bait, Matt. We need you on that wall.

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

Yes, @Disney, this is the way. For all the Muppet reboot shows they never did the set pieces. You have to do the actual show. This was brilliant. Please, please make more of these. My 8 year old self begs you.

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@pgsween I'm old enough to remember when it was called Kansas City Stadium

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@aGim_asf In aviation, we've identified this as one of the 5 Hazardous Pilot Attitudes: Resignation.

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@peterrhague It's not nuclear de-escalation— it's nuclear annihilation. You're right to push back on that.

Would you like to learn about the Goldsboro broken arrow incident in 1961?

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@bscholl @vocalcry @united I just took a 6 hour flight from Fairbanks to Chicago on United and they used a 737 MAX with normal seat pitch, no Starlink and no meal service. 2400nm flight, longer than NY to London. Disappointing.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@DJSnM Unless we discover problems after mission data review, SpaceX will attempt to catch the ship with the tower on next flight

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@ChrisCillizza You can recline your seat if you want to. Just do it slowly so it doesn't surprise the person behind you

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@HausenKS Noooooo. We do not ride with Mexico.

[David J. Swanson @swansondavidj]

@peterrhague @romanhelmetguy The en-dash gave you away as a human.