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Brandon Haber

@malderi.bsky.social

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Space, software, occasional politics, and bird photos! Software engineer, working on rockets, spacecraft, and things that make fire and loud noises. Currently: Flight software at Stoke Space. Formerly: APL/Dragonfly, Blue Origin/New Shepard+BE-3, Shuttle

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Hazel Weakly @hazelweakly.me · 17d

Write code to make being human easier. Rip code out if it makes being human harder. Write code to make caring for each other easier. Rip it out if it makes caring for each other harder.

Empathy driven development has literally never failed me. It’s done me better than everything else combined

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Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 8h

I'm glad there's already a word for what happens next, Butlerian Jihad.

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 12h

There are no words for how evil this is

Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 17h

I thought rockets were expensive...

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 23h

LA-based Metropolis, which operates AI- and computer vision-enabled parking lots, raised $1.6B, including a $500M Series D led by LionTree at a $5B valuation (Krystal Hu/Reuters)

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Seth Miller @wandrme.paxex.aero · 22h

The fuckers got away with it.

The company. The people who made the decisions. All of them.

They got away with killing hundreds for the sake of a few cents per share of increased earnings. 🤬

George Pearkes @peark.es · 23h

*US DISMISSES BOEING CRIMINAL CHARGE OVER 737 MAX JET CRASHES

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Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 1d

"You had one job"

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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 2d

You all are going to wish you'd made your peace with Woke 1

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Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 2d

It's not about making it harder to do the wrong thing. It's about making it easier to do the right thing.

Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 2d

Well said all around.

Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 3d

First one of these in 5 years that I'm not on the committee, so I'm excited to see how this one goes! Still biased, still the best conference in aerospace.

Flight Software Workshop @flightsoftware.org · 3d

Abstract submissions for the 2026 Workshop on Spacecraft Flight Software are due Dec 4, 2025. We look forward to your presentation, demo, or panel ideas. flightsoftware.org/workshop/FSW...

Flight Software Workshop

Workshop on Spacecraft Flight Software

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Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 3d

Teaching sand to think was a mistake. Teaching sand to talk to other sand, doubly so; teaching sand to emulate other thinking sand, triply so.

Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 4d

Not done automotive, but I've done millisecond level safety software for rockets and aircraft, if that's useful!

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 5d

If the game hits 2am Eastern the score is reset to an hour before and everyone has to repeat exactly what they did to preserve the space time continuum, thems the rules

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Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 5d

You either die the NewSpace hero, or live long enough to put out catty PR jealously guarding your government contracts.

Jeff Foust @jfoust.bsky.social · 6d

Personal opinion: I think SpaceX would be better served by providing more information about the schedule for their Artemis 3 lander development, and their "simplified" alternative, than attacking one critic (of several).

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SpaceX on X: "Like many Americans, we are thankful for Mr. Bridenstine’s service leading NASA at one point. He deserves credit for spearheading the creation of the Artemis Program. After departing NASA, he created a lobbying firm called the Artemis Group, representing a host of aerospace" / X

Like many Americans, we are thankful for Mr. Bridenstine’s service leading NASA at one point. He deserves credit for spearheading the creation of the Artemis Program. After departing NASA, he created a lobbying firm called the Artemis Group, representing a host of aerospace

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Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 5d

Might turn out that the Great Filter was leaded gasoline. We'll know for sure in about 30 years, one way or another.

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 5d

once seen it cannot be unseen

Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 6d

Somewhat paradoxically, less, actually.

Lunar Starship needs to do LEO - NRHO - Surface - NRHO. Tremendous delta-v required. Martian starship is just TMI. Aerocapture on arrival. Moon is actually harder.

(Which is one reason why it's a terrible architecture)

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Pokket 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝓎𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔... 💬 @pokket.bsky.social · 8d

Cascadia confirmed 👍🏻

From threads - Washington state's gov addressing rising issues

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Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 9d

For those in the Seattle area, with SNAP benefits expiring - an acquaintance of mine has started this rollup of donations for local food banks. (Can confirm it's legit.) www.grapevine.org/giving-circl...

Many ways to give right now. Doesn't have to be this one. But help, if you can.

South Seattle Food Bank Donations | Join and Donate | Grapevine

Learn more about South Seattle Food Bank Donations on Grapevine.org

www.grapevine.org

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Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 9d

But what if the content pipeline is ~* AI *~ /s

Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 9d

Still biased, still the coolest mission in development.

Leigh Fletcher @leighfletcher.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks to the team at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory for hosting me today: home of Dragonfly quadcopter to Titan (model below), Parker Solar Probe, New Horizons to Pluto, DART asteroid impactor, and more. Talked HabWorlds, JWST, heliophysics and exoplanets, all in one exhausting day.

Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 10d

Bravo.

Python Software Foundation @python.org · 10d

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language

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Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 14d

I can think of a half dozen or so things this could refer to, and I think I agree with you on each.

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Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 16d

Going to space is, itself, 99% talking about going to space first, so...

Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 18d

This, but fusion. Lots more money pouring into it right now than might be otherwise. May not succeed, but might be tipping point.

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Brandon Haber @malderi.bsky.social · 18d

I visited Slovakia in late 2022... borders Ukraine, and a NATO member. A few people said it was too dangerous after the Russian invasion . I lived 15 miles or so from the Pentagon at the time. If things escalated, it would be safer over there!