Brandon Haber
@malderi.bsky.social
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
Currently: Flight software at Stoke Space. Formerly: APL/Dragonfly, Blue Origin/New Shepard+BE-3, Shuttle
Didn't hit me with the full barrage, but... close.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Didn't hit me with the full barrage, but... close.
Ten years ago today, a few hundred people made spaceflight history, landing a rocket booster back on Earth safely after a trip to space. I had the honor and luck to be there, working on that flight of New Shepard. I contributed both flight software and some paint brushstrokes to the tank.
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Ten years ago today, a few hundred people made spaceflight history, landing a rocket booster back on Earth safely after a trip to space. I had the honor and luck to be there, working on that flight of New Shepard. I contributed both flight software and some paint brushstrokes to the tank.
Just trying to channel a small bit of aviation photography from earlier in the year. (This was with a very long lens and they were not close to each other in reality)
November 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Just trying to channel a small bit of aviation photography from earlier in the year. (This was with a very long lens and they were not close to each other in reality)
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After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
No Kings but Kingfishers.
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
No Kings but Kingfishers.
I tend to play one game at a time for weeks or months, but there's some I return to regularly and now it's STO's turn again. Fun to catch up on everything and play the new episodes. Sad I can't get a Moopsy on console yet but soon I will have one drinking their bones.
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I tend to play one game at a time for weeks or months, but there's some I return to regularly and now it's STO's turn again. Fun to catch up on everything and play the new episodes. Sad I can't get a Moopsy on console yet but soon I will have one drinking their bones.
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Over the years, we have accumulated many, many weird items on this show. Wax presidents, Russell Crowe’s jock strap, even a Bob Ross painting. Now, you can own them. Visit johnoliversjunk.com to bid on items that will help us raise money for The Public Media Bridge Fund!
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Over the years, we have accumulated many, many weird items on this show. Wax presidents, Russell Crowe’s jock strap, even a Bob Ross painting. Now, you can own them. Visit johnoliversjunk.com to bid on items that will help us raise money for The Public Media Bridge Fund!
What a shot. For a Shuttle hugger like me, watching everything wind down 15 years ago... amazing to see how busy the Cape is today.
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What a shot. For a Shuttle hugger like me, watching everything wind down 15 years ago... amazing to see how busy the Cape is today.
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“Unauthorized immigrants, you say?”
Breaking from us:
As the Trump administration searches for more space to detain immigrants, it is approaching Washington tribes to see if they will participate.
Nisqually Indian Tribe is saying no.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
As the Trump administration searches for more space to detain immigrants, it is approaching Washington tribes to see if they will participate.
Nisqually Indian Tribe is saying no.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
ICE looks to WA tribes to house detained immigrants
The Nisqually Indian Tribe says it is turning down a request from ICE to house detained immigrants on tribal land.
www.seattletimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“Unauthorized immigrants, you say?”
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Almost certainly Seattle. Population went from 600k->800k, the city went from no rail system to a top-10 busiest network, region became an absolute economic powerhouse, there’s a total transformation of the waterfront, and so much more
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Almost certainly Seattle. Population went from 600k->800k, the city went from no rail system to a top-10 busiest network, region became an absolute economic powerhouse, there’s a total transformation of the waterfront, and so much more
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*crumbles into dust*
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
*crumbles into dust*
There are going to be a lot of extraordinarily busy bars in south Seattle tonight.
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
There are going to be a lot of extraordinarily busy bars in south Seattle tonight.
10 days before the 10 year anniversary of M2. Wonder what Blue will be landing in another 10 years! Incredible flight today so far
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
10 days before the 10 year anniversary of M2. Wonder what Blue will be landing in another 10 years! Incredible flight today so far
Gotta be something in the water up here in Seattle, because that may be the only product name worse than the Xboxes
Amazon has renamed Project Kuiper as "Amazon Leo."
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x.com/Amazonleo/st...
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Gotta be something in the water up here in Seattle, because that may be the only product name worse than the Xboxes
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basically believe that this mostly depends on when you got Properly Online - before a certain cut-off your normal internet experience was high agency/high effort, but it eventually became low agency/low effort, and it's impossible to create a social media experience that caters to both groups
yes I think @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com has talked about this, it's deeply alienating to find out that the vast majority of people do not want the curated timeline / engagement / discussion version of social media that I find to be the only good version of the experience
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
basically believe that this mostly depends on when you got Properly Online - before a certain cut-off your normal internet experience was high agency/high effort, but it eventually became low agency/low effort, and it's impossible to create a social media experience that caters to both groups
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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
Empathy driven development has literally never failed me. It’s done me better than everything else combined
October 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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
Empathy driven development has literally never failed me. It’s done me better than everything else combined
I'm glad there's already a word for what happens next, Butlerian Jihad.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I'm glad there's already a word for what happens next, Butlerian Jihad.
I thought rockets were expensive...
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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November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I thought rockets were expensive...
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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. 🤬
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. 🤬
*US DISMISSES BOEING CRIMINAL CHARGE OVER 737 MAX JET CRASHES
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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. 🤬
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. 🤬
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You all are going to wish you'd made your peace with Woke 1
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
You all are going to wish you'd made your peace with Woke 1
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.
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
flightsoftware.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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.
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.
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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.
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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
November 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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
You either die the NewSpace hero, or live long enough to put out catty PR jealously guarding your government contracts.
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).
x.com/SpaceX/statu...
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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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November 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
You either die the NewSpace hero, or live long enough to put out catty PR jealously guarding your government contracts.
Might turn out that the Great Filter was leaded gasoline. We'll know for sure in about 30 years, one way or another.
once seen it cannot be unseen
November 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Might turn out that the Great Filter was leaded gasoline. We'll know for sure in about 30 years, one way or another.