Animated video of all the SpaceX launches from Cape Canaveral since 2010 →
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1777386291258183708
Since today is Eclipse day here in the US, figured it was a good day for some other space content. I had no idea that there were so many SpaceX launches happening. Seems like we hear about some of them from time-to-time, but they seem to be happening almost every day now. I assume many are for Starlink. I also assume the lights you see dropping in the background are when they’re landing a booster to re-use.
Elon is capable of so much good…
Why airlines charge so much for checked bags →
I finished doing my taxes today (yep, you still gotta pay taxes, even when you haven’t had a standard, paying job in 15+ months), so this is a great, bitter day to post this article. Economists will tell you incentives are everything, and the US tax code is a leviathan bundle of applied incentives, lobbying, and corruption.
YouTube is the US’s most popular social media site, music destination, and one of the country’s largest cable TV providers →
Everybody with kids knows their kids log tons of time on YouTube, but I don’t think they understand how big & important YouTube really is to ALL people. I’d say 80% of my video content consumption is on YouTube, despite having paid subscriptions to Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and Amazon Prime (and no paid subscription to YouTube!)
US Cities that saw just the biggest tourism increases because of the recent eclipse →
The Rust Belt should organize eclipses much more often. Also interesting to think about how important the weather forecast was in feeding into this, and just how good weather forecasting has become. Early on, most folks read about/knew who were going to travel for it were headed to the Texas region, but changed their plans about a week out because of the forecasted clouds.
A fashion guy gives style lessons using George Costanza for his examples →
https://twitter.com/dieworkwear/status/1776110738295415190
I don’t care much about fashion at all, but Derek Guy writes in such a interesting, engaging way that I can’t help but read all his posts, especially his threads. He’s so good at them, using lots of pics, historical narratives, & contemporary pop culture references to keep you interested. He has very strong opinions, and is not afraid to get down & dirty with repliers, but somehow always seems to keep the higher ground. Accounts like this are what keep Twitter* interesting, and the internet so special.
*I’ll start calling it X when they change their root domain
Snack Pantry→ 