David Burbach 🇺🇸🌹
@dburbach.bsky.social
Prof. National Security and International Relations. Space security, civil-military relations. Cats, science, photography for fun. Providence RI; Oregon at heart! Personal views ONLY; no govt resources used. Assoc Ed @TNSR.org
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David Burbach 🇺🇸🌹
@dburbach.bsky.social
· Oct 19
My pinned tweet through Presidents of both parties: Sen. Leahy reminds an appointee that federal employees swear an oath to the Constitution, not of personal loyalty to any one man or woman.
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To the Moon ...
February 12, 2026 at 7:35 PM
To the Moon ...
Current status:
February 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Current status:
Heron (?) on the Indian River shore. I really like the almost woodblock print look to it
February 12, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Heron (?) on the Indian River shore. I really like the almost woodblock print look to it
Production rate of 1,000,000 GW worth of satellites each year, in a moon factory? That's 700x total Earth production combined 😯.
But the bigger the ludicrous factor the more stonk go up so what do I know
But the bigger the ludicrous factor the more stonk go up so what do I know
Musk announces NEOM on the moon, named after a video game from 2010
February 12, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Production rate of 1,000,000 GW worth of satellites each year, in a moon factory? That's 700x total Earth production combined 😯.
But the bigger the ludicrous factor the more stonk go up so what do I know
But the bigger the ludicrous factor the more stonk go up so what do I know
Learning astrophotography is a process of going to great effort in the middle of the night only to come away with nothing because of one little setting or piece of gear missed. Rocket photos similar (of three cameras, phone as expected, back point shoot streak so do, dslr total fail)
Launch of a ULA Vulcan rocket at 4:23a today, from Titusville. Phone video
February 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Learning astrophotography is a process of going to great effort in the middle of the night only to come away with nothing because of one little setting or piece of gear missed. Rocket photos similar (of three cameras, phone as expected, back point shoot streak so do, dslr total fail)
Because I don't want to be nearby when a paranoid unqualified goon accidentally tear gases the polling station or shoots his own dick off. Or mine.
Rep. Jason Smith: "Why should you ban ICE from being at polling places? Illegals are not supposed to vote in America. It does not make sense."
February 12, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Because I don't want to be nearby when a paranoid unqualified goon accidentally tear gases the polling station or shoots his own dick off. Or mine.
Launch of a ULA Vulcan rocket at 4:23a today, from Titusville. Phone video
February 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Launch of a ULA Vulcan rocket at 4:23a today, from Titusville. Phone video
Heh, we thought we saw some debris right after launch, then a post launch brush fire a bit away from the pad.
United Launch Alliance’s 2026 has gotten off to a bad start.
Another nozzle failure on a GEM-63XL is likely to ground the Vulcan rocket for months, as Northrop Grumman will need to redesign and replace the assembly.
A similar anomaly occurred during the Cert-2 mission in 2024.
Another nozzle failure on a GEM-63XL is likely to ground the Vulcan rocket for months, as Northrop Grumman will need to redesign and replace the assembly.
A similar anomaly occurred during the Cert-2 mission in 2024.
February 12, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Heh, we thought we saw some debris right after launch, then a post launch brush fire a bit away from the pad.
Let's light this candle! Launch delayed from 0330 to 0422
February 12, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Let's light this candle! Launch delayed from 0330 to 0422
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Hoping to see this launch from Titusville tonight. Would be the first rocket launch bigger than an Estes "F" that I've observed.
ULA is set to launch its first mission of 2026 early Thursday morning, when a Vulcan VC4S lofts the USSF-87 mission to geosynchronous orbit.
Launch is scheduled for 3:30 AM EST (08:30 UTC) from SLC-41.
Justin Davenport with the details
www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/02/ussf...
Launch is scheduled for 3:30 AM EST (08:30 UTC) from SLC-41.
Justin Davenport with the details
www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/02/ussf...
February 12, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Hoping to see this launch from Titusville tonight. Would be the first rocket launch bigger than an Estes "F" that I've observed.
Whoa, Fox reporting on C the weapon at Ft Bliss that caused the El Paso airport closure was being operated by CBP - DHS, *not* by the military
February 12, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Whoa, Fox reporting on C the weapon at Ft Bliss that caused the El Paso airport closure was being operated by CBP - DHS, *not* by the military
Reposted by David Burbach 🇺🇸🌹
When the CIA did this to the Senate it was one of the biggest intel scandals of the 21st century. But here it’s not just a huge scandal, it’s dumb: Pam Bondi is so bad at her job she brought the evidence herself to an open congressional hearing. www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j...
February 12, 2026 at 12:20 AM
When the CIA did this to the Senate it was one of the biggest intel scandals of the 21st century. But here it’s not just a huge scandal, it’s dumb: Pam Bondi is so bad at her job she brought the evidence herself to an open congressional hearing. www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j...
Looks good for launch of a ULA Vulcan at 3:30a tonight , pad 41 just right of VAB this view
February 11, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Looks good for launch of a ULA Vulcan at 3:30a tonight , pad 41 just right of VAB this view
And the requirement applies to any update too. If I moved across the street, SAVE would require me to go to City hall with my passport to make that change. No passport? Better have a certified birth certificate handy
Most Real IDs do *not* prove citizenship. (EDLs, which are available in only 5 states are an exception) The GOP’s “SAVE” Act thus misleads when it says voters can prove citizenship w/ “a form of ID issued consistent with the reqmts of…REAL ID…that indicates the applicant is a citizen of the US…” 1/
February 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM
And the requirement applies to any update too. If I moved across the street, SAVE would require me to go to City hall with my passport to make that change. No passport? Better have a certified birth certificate handy
Reposted by David Burbach 🇺🇸🌹
I’ve never felt unsafe in this bougie neighborhood a day in my life. This is a 25 mph zone, full of fancy bars and restaurants, a curling club, salons, boutiques, and one of the busiest coffee shops around. They are doing their damndest to wreck everything here.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I’ve never felt unsafe in this bougie neighborhood a day in my life. This is a 25 mph zone, full of fancy bars and restaurants, a curling club, salons, boutiques, and one of the busiest coffee shops around. They are doing their damndest to wreck everything here.
"Until this moment, I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency, at long last"
"lol no" <cruelty continues>
(Bondi and the GOP member both seem quite amused at Balint's outrage)
"lol no" <cruelty continues>
(Bondi and the GOP member both seem quite amused at Balint's outrage)
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
"Until this moment, I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency, at long last"
"lol no" <cruelty continues>
(Bondi and the GOP member both seem quite amused at Balint's outrage)
"lol no" <cruelty continues>
(Bondi and the GOP member both seem quite amused at Balint's outrage)
I love reliving the 1980s cc @radiofreetom.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I love reliving the 1980s cc @radiofreetom.bsky.social
Age verification? My first computer game was played with a 300 baud acoustic coupler
Age verification? My first computer game was zork.
Age verification? My first anime was "Space Cruiser Yamato"
February 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Age verification? My first computer game was played with a 300 baud acoustic coupler
Also, chemtrails are real and it's Brawndo
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Also, chemtrails are real and it's Brawndo
For what it is worth, and I have nothing but general knowledge, Ft Bliss is the main hub for air defense systems, including testing and training exercises. Those do not normally close a major civilian passenger airport on no notice, though
February 11, 2026 at 1:27 PM
For what it is worth, and I have nothing but general knowledge, Ft Bliss is the main hub for air defense systems, including testing and training exercises. Those do not normally close a major civilian passenger airport on no notice, though
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We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
1. ICE is saying REAL ID licences don't count
2. I routinely go for walks without my wallet
3. "If you have have your papers why do you care" is an unamerican response to becoming an 'Ihre Papiere, bitte' society
2. I routinely go for walks without my wallet
3. "If you have have your papers why do you care" is an unamerican response to becoming an 'Ihre Papiere, bitte' society
Markwayne Mullin defends "show me your papers": "If you're here legally, there's nothing to hide. Most people already are walking around with a government-issued ID, meaning your Real ID or your driver's license. If you go board a train here, you gotta show your ID."
February 11, 2026 at 1:13 PM
1. ICE is saying REAL ID licences don't count
2. I routinely go for walks without my wallet
3. "If you have have your papers why do you care" is an unamerican response to becoming an 'Ihre Papiere, bitte' society
2. I routinely go for walks without my wallet
3. "If you have have your papers why do you care" is an unamerican response to becoming an 'Ihre Papiere, bitte' society
Slightly misleading phrasing as directive seems to be to buy coal-generated electricity rather than DOD making giant coal piles, but in my opinion still misguided and bad for national security and the taxpayers
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says reut.rs/46vkQiO
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to direct the Pentagon to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a White House official.
reut.rs
February 11, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Slightly misleading phrasing as directive seems to be to buy coal-generated electricity rather than DOD making giant coal piles, but in my opinion still misguided and bad for national security and the taxpayers