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Thorn

@coelliptic.bsky.social
982 followers 274 following 16K posts

mission control, flight instruction, human factors, avionics, software all opinions expressed here are the official position of aerospace medicine she/they

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 01/10/2026
Caffeine doesn't replace lost hours of sleep, it only masks the fatigue signals to your brain so you don't realize how tired you actually are. You still suffer the cognitive and physiological deficits from the sleep deficiency, you just can't tell. Which is good actually and fine I've decided
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 11h
i've been this hard up so i get it but man, you're on a regional jet. you're going to land in 20 minutes
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 12h
if i say i was up until midnight, i was up until 2. and if i say i was up until 2, i need you to kill me
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🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
[Ed Harris in Apollo 13 voice] alright. What do we have on this spacecraft that isnt gender.
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
in my professional opinion, holy fucking shit
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Sansa Sandisk @cheatlines.co · 30/09/2026
New meme idea
Hot dog skateboarding labeled "objectively wild occurrence" with guy gesturing dissmissively "that's what THEY want you to think"
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
important fact: the most common coordinate frame used on the lunar surface is called MOON_ME
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the best part about this is that i was doing it in a callback that fires when (wait for it) the size changes
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
i'm gonna get you
the fuckin moon
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
all-time hilarious bug const size = thing.getSize(); const res = thing.getResolution(); size[0] *= res; size[1] *= res; would you expect thing's size to change?
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
middle school gf said i was more of a girl than she was (true story but i think it still counts as a wrong answer)
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i remember the first time i had wifi at home, in 2003ish, and i was like oh wow i can read the internet in bed? this rules! what a turn that took
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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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pumpkin spice jorbo 🍂 @bookenj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
controlled posting into terrain is a real threat. glad to see people finally taking it seriously
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
my experience years ago with ruby on rails - mostly very positive - engendered a deep distrust of "magical" code. dealing with someone else's method_missing was more trouble than it was worth. now i'm looking at reactive JS code that uses signals, and folks... you are entering a world of pain
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Specter177🐊 @specter177.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My rocket engineer told me the ocean keep eating his rockets so I asked how many rockets he has and he said he just goes to the Starbase and gets a new rocket afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding rockets to the ocean and then his CEO started crying.
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
see also risk management
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
lmao this account keeps replying with this
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🧌🥛 🏨 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
im Choosin’ Linux
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
i think it's great that my brain fears for its life for several hours after i express mild annoyance. very adaptive trait, thank you
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
i'm enjoying the new ted lasso. sorry if this is annoying
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
cleaning for guests - establishing a priority gradient originating at the entrance
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
after [mumble] years in aerospace this is no longer a picture of a coordinate frame, it's a picture of endless arguments followed by 10 nearly identical 700-line files named transforms.​py/projections.​cc/frames.js and at least one /* fuck it */ pos.y *= -1
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
saving this. many such cases
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
made with HyperCard [turns to dust] which was the style at the time
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
love it when a scientist says cozmoss
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oh no @ili.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
shuttle butt
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 26/09/2026
we have a rule here where one job applicant can't eat all the fully loaded nachos
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
there's a genuinely fun thing on my calendar today and i'm annoyed about it
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i'm genuinely sorry for doing "look at this bad take i found" but this has to be a joke, right like i cannot even begin to imagine how one arrives at this conclusion earnestly
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
flight instructor? yes. clearest indication that they know what they're signing up for
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
since people are talking handedness here's a fun thing i learned recently about humans. while your dominant hand is better at controlling fine movement, your nondominant hand is also specialized: it's good at stabilization, especially stabilizing the thing your dominant hand is doing.
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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 25/09/2026
You know if nothing else Senator Tuberville has succeeded in giving furry aviators the ability to post their fursuit cockpit photos TOPICALLY
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i would like to go back to the dream where three baby owlbears got into the house
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
it is once again time to lull myself to sleep with inside scoops on the worst things that have ever happened
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
First they came for the "Remember me" checkbox on login forms. Then they came for the "Automatic Updates" toggle in iOS settings
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
this is actually one of the available upgrade paths
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tired: It's decorative gourd season, motherfuckers Wired: It's shapeless pullover season, motherfuckers
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
once againsavoring the brainfeel of "columnar basalt"
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
i recently discovered The Rest Is Classified and i'm fuckin hooked. this is pure uncut dad heroin
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
i love transferring context: 5.09GB. i will certainly not regret transferring context: 5.09GB
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
just saw a discourse at the intersection of lesbian bars, masking, and Stalin, so i'll be logging off now thx
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
one thing about me is if i see a picture of a cat i will click the like button
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
[software engineers] writing comments is divulging information to the enemy
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"rovy wade" bouncing around in my mind like the dvd logo
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
i need to be at least two temperatures at all times
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
i wouldn't pick either of these guys. they're both dead
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
this is the worst thing that's ever happened on an airplane
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
human hands
it's a toolbar button with an illustration of a human hand and a label that says human hands
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Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
crazy idea but i'm just trying to think outside the box: a second wire
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