Creative Technologist, Partner, @argodesigned, Skatepark advocate, Physics Hobbyist, International Conference Speaker, frog fellow, One Time Cowboy

Joined June 2007
Well yup. @united trapped me in Houston. Then gave me a voucher for a hotel whose google maps review begins with a picture of a dead coal roach on the bed of a guest checking-in. Trust me when those P1K travelers pre-board. They earn it on days like this.
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Awesome now the crew on my @united flight are threatening to kick us off the flight if our backpack is in the overhead. After they couldn't get the flight off in time. Embarrassing. Bad Look!
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yup this week on @United now the 90% of the time delayed flights no longer help you get status. And yes my first of four flights today is delayed.
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In a new FCC filing this week, AT&T is asking to buy a dozen 600 MHz spectrum licenses in Texas from CT Cube (West Central Wireless, which shut down its own network in 2023 after Verizon bought part of its business). More: linkedin.com/posts/mikedano_…
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Expecting a crash on Uber usage. Last three rides all doubled their pickup time after ride was accepted. Prices... to a point that ask why? Are they capturing what they can before automation changes the industry?
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Instead of Gender Neutral Bathrooms. Let's call them Gender Optimized and stock them with a head and a urinal.
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What is this aggressive febreze scent that is becoming universal in Uber cars. Instant headache and nausea.
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If you were an Uber driver stuck in freeway traffic. Would you pick up a ride miles away knowing you were going to stick it to your ride on inaccurate pickup time? Or does the app give you no visibility to this problem?
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Hey @Ford if we are going to give you all this data in your app... maybe you could let us categorize mileage... or give us last years mileage for us. Like make it useful for us rather than just something you use to bug us to book repairs & maintenance & trade in our trucks.
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j🅰️red ficklin retweeted
$ASTS Waiting for this PR.... “the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated” -BB11 BB11 now joins BB12 and BB13 as fully unfolded and deployed in LEO.   This brings our total satellite deployment to 13.  Satellites 14-16 are being boxed up and readied for shipment as we speak and we have satellites 17-48 in a variety of completion stages in production. Nearly a decade ago, AST Spacemobile set upon a journey based on a belief that we could design, manufacture and launch a constellation of satellites that had never before been conceived and that would connect with ordinary cell phones consumers had in their very pockets.  The idea was revolutionary at the time.  Few believed it could be done.  Now, everyone is talking about Direct to Device technology. Over those years AST Spacemobile has developed partnerships with over 50 MNO's across the globe.  We believe partnerships are the way forward.  Whether with MNO's or with governments around the planet, we believe the most viable business strategy is to provide exceptional technology, operational control and a revenue generation model that works for our partners. We seek to do what has never been done before and with that comes challenges no one has ever faced.  While we will never be able to communicate in real time everything that we are doing to execute against these goals, know that we will never give up and are working voraciously in our facilities across the globe to execute our strategy.  We do this not just because the SEC guidelines may require it, but because we value our integrity, our commitment to our goals and to our partners around the world. Through this journey one thing has become apparent to us above all others, we could never do this alone.  Our partners, our investors and most of all, our employees, are what will enable us to  execute and reach our goal of connecting the unconnected around the world.  We strive for excellence, we push and challenge ourselves every day, not because of some regulation or some congressional bylaw, but because we believe in what we are doing, we believe the world should be connected, that you are part of our family and we will do whatever is in our ability not to let you down. -AST Spacemobile Leadership. @AbelAvellan @scottwisniews
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There is a new kind of 'porn' on X. AI generated 'revenge' or 'justice' or 'just deserves' stories. They have absolutely exploded. Also on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. This is why the public hates data centers. Targeted advertising or click bait is not valuable to humanity.
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AUS is such a dysfunctional airport. One football games worth of travelers brings them to their knees logistically. A game that is scheduled thus easy to prepare for. 🤦‍♂️
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j🅰️red ficklin retweeted
Steve Wozniak on the household robots he actually wants, starting with one that washes his car all night "I'd like a Roomba that sits washing my car every night in the garage, just washes it all night long, one centimeter at a time, very slowly. But it gets it done by the morning all on its own" "I'd like things that maybe wash my dishes. I can just shove them into one bowl and a little robot picks them up and doesn't damage them" "Think about how you learned to hold things and not damage them. You went through a whole learning experience as a human being, and we haven't talked about robots doing that"
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A reminder that 18 $ASTS BlueBirds = the same antennae area as all 650 Starlink D2D Sats. With better efficiency & higher speeds due to the sat design & spectrum matching the laws of physics as well as the design of existing networks. + maybe even more spectrum coming to ASTS
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$ASTS we are undervaluing the IOT. Imagine low powered IOT sensor. @aspinity Analog compute so 10 years on small coin cell or solar forever. Model large enough to detect wildfire. Wakes up a 4G, Sat hookup & text message. Early alert on a fire. Just spam the forests with them.
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j🅰️red ficklin retweeted
Successful launch… again!🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 🚀🚀 🚀 Our DC team in full comms with BlueBirds 11, 12, and 13 within minutes, and just confirmed full Nominal Operations. BlueBirds 14, 15, and 16 to follow soon after, with production underway in Texas through spacecraft 42. We now have ~20,000 sq ft of combined aperture hardware in Space! Bigger is better and we have the biggest!!! Beta service around the corner! 🤠 🇺🇸🌎📶📱
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j🅰️red ficklin retweeted
AST SpaceMobile Announces Launch Date for BlueBird Satellites 11, 12, and 13 businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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j🅰️red ficklin retweeted
$ASTS "The pricing hasn't caught up because the story doesn't fit the equity research template. Commercial broadband analysts don't cover missile defense procurement. Defense analysts don't cover consumer smartphone connectivity. The company sits precisely at the intersection where a coverage gap exists for something that has never been built before."
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