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SwiftUI apps for space and beyond.

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Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI

If you want to know what courage and leadership looks like in the Trump era, look no further than to Dario Amodei. Gutsy as hell.

www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

27.02.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There must be days, weeks maybe, where Tim Cook must regret the decision to put so much production effort in India. Latest bonkers move? Now India is proposing to force smartphone makers to give it source code as part of a security overhaul.

Maybe time to consider Mexico or South America?

11.01.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This Secret Bar In Washington, D.C. Is Hidden Away In The Basement Of A Hotel Off The Record is Washington, D.C.’s secretive, upscale hotel bar at The Hay-Adams known for red velvet decor, caricatures of political elites, and creative cocktails like the Pear Martini.

I love the Hay-Adams and its bar.

www.southernliving.com/off-the-reco...

11.01.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Is Orion’s heat shield really safe? New NASA chief conducts final review on eve of flight. That level of openness and transparency is exactly what should be expected of NASA."

I’m sure all of us sleep better now that @arstechnica.com and its crew of critics approves of NASA’s resolution of the Artemis II heat shield matter, acknowledging that NASA got it right all along.

Thing is, some of us had confidence in NASA from the get-go.

arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

11.01.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So true. If Kash & Kristi think this’ll simmer down, I’ll bet GOP control of the Senate and JD Vance’s already dismal shot at the Presidency that they are wrong.

08.01.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Howard Oakley on the MacOS 26 Tahoe UI Link to: https://eclecticlight.co/2025/12/28/last-year-on-my-mac-look-back-in-disbelief/

These posts by Gruber are starting to sound like a bunch of old dudes ranting about how back in their day the macOS UI was so much better.

Was macOS UI 10 years ago better than Tahoe? Just like some think 50’s era cars were the ultimate in auto design.

daringfireball.net/linked/2026/...

08.01.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tesla’s vote wasn’t about pay. It was about who really runs the company β€” FORTUNE January 8, 2026, 10:19 AM ET At Tesla’s 2025 Annual Meeting, something significant and important happened. The outcome was not determined by proxy advisory firms. Instead, it was driven by shareholder...

This β€œus-vs-them” narrative is unserious.

During 2020-2025, Elon created great wealth for TSLA shareholders by building great EV’s.

Now he’s dropping EV’s for ketamine-inspired moves to robotics and robocabs…no, Cybercab…oops

stocks.apple.com/AK-TLP_FNQZW...

08.01.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mission Orion 2 is live on Apple’s AppStore.

apps.apple.com/us/app/missi...

16.12.2025 06:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MissionOrion 2 was approved by Apple's AppStore reviewers this morning at 10:35 AM, or 18 hours after it was submitted for review. Thank you, Apple!

portablefrontier.com/2025/12/10/m...

10.12.2025 21:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MissionOrion 2 MissionOrion 2 is where you can fly NASA’s Orion spacecraft. You can start by learning how to fly a spacecraft in space. You can free-fly in a direct retrograde lunar orbit, just like the Art…

MissionOrion 2 submitted to the AppStore, so here's hoping all goes well. πŸ˜…
portablefrontier.com/missionorion...

09.12.2025 21:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MissionOrion 2 AppStore preview movie

09.12.2025 21:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Almost ready for submission to Apple’s AppStore. Loading AppStore assets. This is one of the App Previews.

21.11.2025 05:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I may have agreed with little of what Kirk stood for, but my heart, and condolences go out to his wife and children, and loved ones. No family should have to bear this burden, not his, not anyone’s.

10.09.2025 22:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Senate Appropriators Join House in Opposing Trump’s NASA Cuts Posted: July 20, 2025 2:57 pm ET | Last Updated: July 22, 2025 8:08 am ET | The Senate appropriations committee is in overall agreement with its House counterpart to keep NASA funded at its current le...

β€œLike so many space projects, DRACO started with a bang but ended with a whimper.” Jeff Foust

Both House and Senate CJS Approps Sbcmtes disagree that DRACO is dead. Instead, DRACO and NEP are funded at $110 M, as they have been for years.

spacepolicyonline.com/news/senate-...

29.07.2025 14:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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LIVE: Fixing More Classic Mac Stuff! YouTube video by Mac84

Let's try and fix some stuff, or get frustrated and end the stream early... youtube.com/live/8f1lygt...

25.07.2025 00:43 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nah. Do what you like. I’m working the other direction, wearing colorful clothing even as my once pretty reddish brown hair fades to gray.

25.07.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A mast cell receptor mediates post-stroke brain inflammation via a dural-brain axis Meningeal mast cells, via the receptor Mrgprb2/X2, orchestrate brain inflammation after stroke by recruiting and promoting the transfer of skull bone marrow neutrophils into the brain, highlighting th...

Very excited to share our new work out today @cellpress.bsky.social. Here, we propose that meningeal mast cells regulate brain inflammation after stroke by coordinating immune infiltration from the skull bone marrow, through the meninges, and into the brain!

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

24.07.2025 17:21 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Target spacecraft added for translation flight training.

21.03.2025 05:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After Mission Orion 2 is released, there will be three other apps released shortly afterwards that helped make this possible: an astrodynamics app, one for visualizing quaternion rotations, and one for visualizing integrating of quaternion-based orientation changes.

15.05.2024 07:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Where we’ve gone since Apple introduced the iPhone 17 years ago leaves me looking forward to where we’ll be with visionOS in that same time.

15.05.2024 07:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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3D work on Orion interior are coming together. The new instrument panel is as close as possible. Next up is adding astronauts. And then an instructional on how to fly a spacecraft.

15.05.2024 07:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was born with moderate strabismus, but I’m wally-eyed to be sure. So when I put an Apple VisionPro on, I didn’t expect that the eye tracking would work very well. I mean, which eye does it track? Apple VisionPro has worked like a flawlessly! Amazing!!!

waitbutwhy.com/2024/02/visi...

10.02.2024 04:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A project is lake casting-off on a long sailing voyage. Initially exciting, as the days grind-on to weeks, or longer, you begin to question what you’re doing. But you gotta finish the voyage, regardless of whether it makes sense.

21.12.2023 07:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Progress on MissionOrion has sometimes been slow but it is getting there.

26.11.2023 06:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On Sept. 30, 2022, Phil Paxton
followed Google Maps instructions across a bridge on Snow Creek in NE Hickory, NC that was washed-out years ago, resulting in his death. Apple Maps shows that the bridge no longer exists. Apps and data have consequences.

www.wcnc.com/amp/article/...

21.09.2023 16:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Paul, for explaining the issues.

14.09.2023 04:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I couldn’t agree more.

13.09.2023 23:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Unity’s new β€œper-install” pricing is an act of just breathtakingly bad faith. I’m sure glad the years I’ve invested weren’t with Unity. arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/...

13.09.2023 23:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0