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November Could Determine Future of Ranked Choice Voting in US Elections
3 October 1950
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    threelonmusketeers
    19h ago 100%

    Wow, such violence! The black eye is quite striking.

    I don't recall Patty being this violent later in the series...

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  • That one friend who's always the favorite.
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    threelonmusketeers
    20h ago 100%

    Honestly, he should have married her

    I'm not sure about that. While she's a wonderful and kind person, she is also super weird in a way that I don't think Harry was ever comfortable with.

    she was in a unique position to understand and relate to Harry’s problems and needs

    If anything, I would argue that Ginny, having also been possessed by Voldemort at one point, was in an even more unique position. They share a nice moment in OotP which was (like most of Ginny's best scenes) not included in the film:

    ‘Yeah?’ growled Harry, his hands deep in his pockets as he watched the snow now falling thickly outside. ‘All been talking about me, have you? Well, I’m getting used to it.’
    ‘We wanted to talk to you, Harry,’ said Ginny, ‘but as you’ve been hiding ever since we got back –’
    ‘I didn’t want anyone to talk to me,’ said Harry, who was feeling more and more nettled.
    ‘Well, that was a bit stupid of you,’ said Ginny angrily, ‘seeing as you don’t know anyone but me who’s been possessed by You-Know-Who, and I can tell you how it feels.’
    Harry remained quite still as the impact of these words hit him. Then he turned on the spot to face her.
    ‘I forgot,’ he said.
    ‘Lucky you,’ said Ginny coolly.
    ‘I’m sorry,’ Harry said, and he meant it. ‘So … so, do you think I’m being possessed, then?’
    ‘Well, can you remember everything you’ve been doing?’ Ginny asked. ‘Are there big blank periods where you don’t know what you’ve been up to?’
    Harry racked his brains.
    ‘No,’ he said.
    ‘Then You-Know-Who hasn’t ever possessed you,’ said Ginny simply. ‘When he did it to me, I couldn’t remember what I’d been doing for hours at a time. I’d find myself somewhere and not know how I got there.’
    Harry hardly dared believe her, yet his heart was lightening almost in spite of himself.

    - OotP, 23

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  • Biden administration curtails controls on some space-related exports
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    threelonmusketeers
    21h ago 100%

    I wish the article gave some specific examples of "less sensitive space-related technologies" and "certain spacecraft components". Is it not known what these are?

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  • Starship Development Thread October 2024
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    threelonmusketeers
    22h ago 100%

    Starbase activities (2024-10-19):

    • Methane deliveries: 3 on Oct 18th, 14 total since IFT-5.
    • LR11000 crane is lowered and raised. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
    • Pad A: Raining on the on launch mount. (ViX)
    • Cable tray belt/chain moves towards Tower B. (ViX)
    • Heatshield work continues on S31. (Doherty, NSF)

    Maritime:

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  • | Scheduled for (UTC) | [2024-10-20, 05:13](https://dateful.com/convert/utc?t=0513&=2024-10-20) | | --- | --- | | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-10-19, 22:13 (PDT) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | B1082-7 | | Landing | LZ-4 | | Payload | 20 [OneWeb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutelsat_OneWeb#OneWeb_satellite_constellation) satellites | | Customer | [Eutelsat OneWeb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutelsat_OneWeb) | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Polar Orbit | # Webcasts | Stream | Link | | --- | --- | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-681Bx6XNJg | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdmvurETHjE | NASASpaceflight | none | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJrY0uuUBMM | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1847865913959469097 | The Space Devs | # Stats Sourced from [NextSpaceflight](https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7621) and [r/SpaceX](https://old.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/1fr8mkq/rspacex_oneweb_20_official_launch_discussion/): ☑️ 31st consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful) ☑️ 34th launch from SLC-4E this year ☑️ 4 days, 20:52:00 turnaround for this pad ☑️ 21st landing on LZ-4 ☑️ 358th Falcon family booster landing, 368th Falcon recovery attempt ☑️ 98th Falcon 9 mission this year, 384th Falcon 9 mission overall ☑️ **100th** SpaceX mission of 2024, **400th** mission overall (excluding Starship flights) ☑️ 103rd SpaceX launch this year, 414th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights) # Mission info - [SpaceX mission page](https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=oneweblaunch20) - [NextSpaceflight mission page](https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7621) > The 20th flight dedicated to the OneWeb high-speed Internet constellation. The initial constellation consists of 648 satellites. Later, the constellation could be expanded to more than 900 satellites depending on demand. OneWeb is expected to begin customer demonstrations in 2022, then provide a global, 24-hour service in 2022/2023. > > Each satellite in the constellation weighs 147.7 kg. They are powered by Russian ion engines, manufactured by OKB-Fakel, and have two solar panels for their power supply. The first generation of satellites, operating on a quasi-polar orbit (1 200 km x 86.4°), cannot perform inter-satellite communication, and can only be used near a ground relay station.

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    Courtesy of u/PerAsperaAdMars in The Other Place.

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    Starship Development Thread October 2024
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    threelonmusketeers
    2d ago 100%

    Starbase activities (2024-10-18):

    • Oct 17th addendum: Booster stabilization pins are reinstalled on launch mount A. (ViX)
    • Methane deliveries: 3 on Oct 17th, 11 total since IFT-5.
    • Pad A: Chopsticks bumpers sustained a few minor scratches during the B12 catch. Workers observed at the chopsticks hinge/carriage. (Gisler 1, Gisler 2, Gisler 3, Gisler 4, Gisler 5, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, cnunez)
    • Chopsticks are closed and lowered. (ViX)
    • Two new subcoolers and the Tower B cable tray belt/chain roll from Sanchez to the launch site. (ViX, NSF)
    • Build site: Ship lifting jig was assembled overnight in Megabay 2, then lifted and lowered. (ViX)
    • Recent photo of S31 in Highbay. (cnunez)
    • Test Tank 16 emerges from Starfactory and heads towards the Rocket Garden / Sanchez area. (ViX)
    • 1-hour road delays are posted for Oct 21st (12:00 to 15:00) and 22nd (00:00 and 03:00) for transport from factory to pad. These are currently crossed out on the main page, so it possible that these have been cancelled.

    IFT-5:

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