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- Race, Class, App.net: The Beginning of ‘White Flight’ from Facebook & Twitter? http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2012/08/09/race-class-app-net-the-beginning-of-white-flight-from-facebook-twitter/ 3 comments
- Flight ET702 hijacked – live Twitter feed https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ET702 24 comments
- SpaceX on Twitter: Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon vertical ahead of tomorrow’s in-flight demonstration https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1218153687429705730 8 comments spacex
- Nick Harris on Twitter: "Xmas week trivia: 1957 the last year a majority of English top-flight teams played on Christmas Day then played reverse fixture Boxing Day." https://twitter.com/sportingintel/status/811281202242002944 2 comments soccer
- Twitter / elonmusk: Flight computers continued ... https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/457311780943822848 6 comments spacex
- American Airlines blocks Twitter on a troubled flight? http://uncrunched.com/2011/10/13/american-airlines-blocks-twitter-on-troubled-flight/ 6 comments technology
- Twitter introduces Flight: a web application framework http://engineering.twitter.com/2013/01/introducing-flight-web-application.html 28 comments webdev
- Twitter banned the @ElonJet account tracking Musk’s flights, reinstated it, then banned it again https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/14/23509817/twitter-elonjets-ban-creator-jack-sweeney-links-trackers 12 comments stallmanwasright
- Elon Musk on Twitter: Simulation of first crewed flight of Falcon 9 / Dragon 2020 @NASA https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1211493590456848385 193 comments spacex
- Elon on Twitter: First flight for Falcon Heavy Block 5 means there is some risk of failure between 5% to 10% https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1115998728878321672?s=21 338 comments spacex
- 1960 - Air India Flight Destinations. Source : IndiaHistoryPics Twitter https://pbs.twimg.com/media/cajii6juiaaorlv.jpg 4 comments india
- Follow the launch of the demo flight of Virgin Orbit on Twitter (@Virgin_Orbit) https://twitter.com/virgin_orbit 7 comments space
- Elon on Twitter - "Starhopper flight successful. Water towers *can* fly haha!!" https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1154599520711266305 496 comments spacex
- Kremlin agent brags on twitter about shooting down Malaysian Flight MH17 http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=324001:was-igor-the-terrible-the-kremlin-agent-who-fired-the-fateful-shot-that-brought-down-mh17&itemid=2#axzz37quvje1w 3 comments worldnews
- Twitter / ROCKETDRAG: SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 VAFB flight now NET Sept 5th https://twitter.com/rocketdrag/status/349018641087471617 16 comments spacex
- YouTube star 'thrown off Delta Airlines flight for speaking in Arabic to his mother' #BoycottDelta trending #1 on Twitter http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/youtube-star-adam-saleh-thrown-off-delta-airlines-flight-speaking-arabic-muslim-security-a7488556.html?cmpid=facebook-post 3 comments worldnews
- Hikaru Nakamura (GMHikaru) on Twitter: Misses flight to Olympics https://twitter.com/gmhikaru?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dagbladet.no%2F2014%2F08%2F01%2Fsport%2Fsjakk-ol%2Fsjakk%2Ftromso%2F34590762%2F&tw_i=495114582936256512&tw_p=tweetembed 30 comments chess
- @SpaceX on Twitter: Onboard view from Falcon 9’s flight to space and back during smallsat rideshare mission https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1611024931348959232 27 comments spacex
- Elon Musk offered teen $5K to shut down Twitter account tracking his private flights: report https://thehill.com/policy/technology/591708-elon-musk-offered-teen-5k-to-shut-down-twitter-account-tracking-his-private 94 comments worldnews
- SpaceX on Twitter: “29 Raptor engines and 4 grid fins have been installed on Super Heavy ahead of first orbital flight” https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1422368427369402370?s=21 361 comments spacex
- [SpaceX on Twitter] Standing down from today’s launch of Starlink due to inclement weather during pre-flight operations. Next launch opportunity is Tuesday, September 1 at 9:29 a.m. EDT, pending Range acceptance https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1300037857793290243?s=21 52 comments spacex
- SpaceX Twitter: “Standing down from Monday’s launch attempt of Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express to conduct additional pre-flight inspections. Once complete, we will confirm a new launch date.” https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1063900263570788352?s=21 74 comments spacex
- SpaceX on Twitter - "Now targeting September 9 launch of Telstar 18 VANTAGE from Pad 40 in Florida. Rocket and payload are healthy; additional time will be used to complete pre-flight checkouts." https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1037843911870316545 52 comments spacex
- Jeff Foust on Twitter - FH Demo flight planned for Q2, STP-2 NET Sep 30 https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/824371954559836160 249 comments spacex
- Twitter releases Flight, "a lightweight, component-based JavaScript framework that maps behavior to DOM nodes". http://engineering.twitter.com/2013/01/introducing-flight-web-application.html 7 comments javascript
- The teen who tracks Elon Musk's jet agreed to stop monitoring Mark Cuban's flights on Twitter after the billionaire offered business advice: 'By ending this you have me as a friend for life' https://www.businessinsider.com/teen-tracks-elon-musk-jet-mark-cuban-deal-twitter-account-2022-6 7 comments nba
- SpaceX on Twitter: SpaceX’s fifth high-altitude flight test of Starship from Starbase in Texas https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1392926112540364807 284 comments spacex
- Bob Behnken on Twitter: Interesting times as we continue preparations for the NASA / SpaceX Demo-2 flight test. Balancing risk of infection with training, vehicle processing, and readiness assessments. https://twitter.com/AstroBehnken/status/1243534958888734720 11 comments spacex
- Elon Musk on Twitter: Dome to barrel weld made it to 7.1 bar, which is pretty good as ~6 bar is needed for orbital flight. With more precise parts & better welding conditions, we should reach ~8.5 bar, which is the 1.4 factor of safety needed for crewed flight. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1215719463913345024?s=21 340 comments spacex
- Musk on Twitter: “We’re now building flight design of Starship SN1, but each SN will have at least minor improvements, at least through SN20 or so of Starship V1.0. Flight is hopefully 2 to 3 months away.” https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1210756057791729665?s=21 375 comments spacex
- Twitter: “I’m told Crew Dragon in-flight abort might still occur before the end of this month. The host of SpaceX’s webcast apparently misspoke when he said February 2020.” https://twitter.com/stephenclark1/status/1202651561157111813?s=21 64 comments spacex
- SpaceX on Twitter: "Test of Crew Dragon’s upgraded launch escape system ahead of static fire and in-flight abort tests – altogether we are conducting hundreds of tests to verify the system's advanced capabilities to carry astronauts to safety in the unlikely event of an emergency" https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1187489139291119616 118 comments spacex
- Elon Musk on Twitter: Other rocket engines were designed for no (or almost no) reuse. Raptor is designed for heavy & immediate reuse, like an aircraft jet engine, with inspections required only after many flights, assuming instrumentation shows it good. Using hydrostatic bearings certainly helps. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1143128635525799936?s=09 155 comments spacex
- Jeff Foust on Twitter: "Paul Wooster, SpaceX: fourth flight model of the Raptor engine on the test stand in Texas." https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1128649486547464192 39 comments spacex
- SpaceX on Twitter: Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rolled out to the launch pad ahead of the spacecraft’s first test flight. Liftoff targeted for 2:49 a.m. EST on March 2 https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1101180975663407105?s=21 147 comments spacex
- Trump's first trip to a combat zone was secret — except on Twitter | Plane buffs monitored Air Force One's flight path, tweeting out the plane's location in real time as it made its way to Iraq. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-s-first-trip-combat-zone-was-secret-except-twitter-n952136 158 comments politics
- Elon Musk on Twitter: "Falcon 9 flight 50 launches tonight, carrying Hispasat for Spain. At 6 metric tons and almost the size of a city bus, it will be the largest geostationary satellite we’ve ever flown." https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/970747812311740416 378 comments spacex
- PIA looks to capitalise on electronics ban on US-bound flights - You can carry your laptop/tablets on board US-bound PIA flights, PIA reminds passengers in Twitter post https://www.dawn.com/news/1322349/pia-looks-to-capitalise-on-electronics-ban-on-us-bound-flights 17 comments pakistan
- Daniel Hudson on todays action: "Just went on Twitter for the first time this flight and J Up has apparently been taken out of and put back in the game six times" https://twitter.com/dhuddy41/status/626572927803236352 4 comments baseball
- Malaysia Airlines Flight MH192 that departed from Kuala Lumpur at 10.09 pm local time bound for Bangalore has made an air turn towards Kuala Lumpur, according to the Malaysia Airlines Twitter account http://www.onenewspage.com/n/world/750ebn382/editor-note-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh192-that.htm 10 comments worldnews