StormCh🅰️serTodd
@stormchasertodd.bsky.social
Extreme weather videographer / sUAS pilot, Science, space, travel, Aurora, volcanoes, Investor in AST Spacemobile. Retired Cybersecurity Engineer. You've seen my storm video on all major networks. #JUSTICE #RESIST
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🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 $ASTS - FCC approves the launch of FM-1 Satellite! Let's do this!
July 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 $ASTS - FCC approves the launch of FM-1 Satellite! Let's do this!
It's been a long time since I took firework pics. Finally managed to get out and do it this year with my new Nikon Z8.
July 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It's been a long time since I took firework pics. Finally managed to get out and do it this year with my new Nikon Z8.
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Quality $ASTS content from that other place. I agree with Reformed Trader's commentary that this run is orderly. This is not a blowoff moment. We are going higher.
June 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Quality $ASTS content from that other place. I agree with Reformed Trader's commentary that this run is orderly. This is not a blowoff moment. We are going higher.
Two nervous girls as the storm approaches Des Moines.
April 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Two nervous girls as the storm approaches Des Moines.
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Nice to see Echostar push back on the FCC's "arbitrary and capricious" decision to grant the SpaceX request for a waiver of the OOBE limit. $ASTS 🥊
www.fcc.gov/ecfs/documen...
www.fcc.gov/ecfs/documen...
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agency by the statute.”35 The Communications Act tasks the Commission with making “such
regulations not inconsistent with law as it may deem necessary to prevent interference between
stations[.]”36 The Commission’s SCS Order did that for SCS by adopting the aggregate out-of-
band interference limit in Section 25.202(k)(1) that was “necessary” to protect adjacent-band
wireless networks from harmful interference.37
Despite the Commission’s prior finding that out-of-band interference concerns warrant a
rule limiting aggregate emissions, the Bureau waived Section 25.202(k)(1) as requested by
SpaceX.38 In doing so, the Bureau failed to determine that the harmful interference concerns
described in the SCS Order that led to the adoption of Section 25.202(k)(1) had been eliminated.
Instead, all the Bureau said was that “SpaceX has provided engineering analyses in support of its
claim that harmful interference in adjacent bands is unlikely” and that “T-Mobile, an adjacent
band terrestrial operator . . . presents its own technical analyses in which it concludes that the
waiver poses a low likelihood of harmful interference.”39 That is as far as it went. The Bureau
never endorsed the conclusions of either analysis, nor did it reject the technical claims of AT&T,
Verizon, and EchoStar raised in the records for both the SCS Order and the Waiver Order.
AT&T demonstrated that it would suffer a devastating 18% reduction in throughput.40 But the
Waiver Order allowed SpaceX to operate at higher power levels regardless. This failure to rule](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gfjuigyoevbroyfy6s5unuq2/bafkreihw57jvwgnk4kyxs3nazg6b373ghlrg4ek3bwatdn4ov3dvew7nre@jpeg)
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out harmful interference conflicts with the SCS Order’s technical reasons for adopting Section
25.202(k)(1).
The Bureau tried to cover this hole in its decisionmaking by conditioning SpaceX’s
authorization on a requirement to not cause harmful interference and to address any complaints
of harmful interference from adjacent band users.41 But this condition contravenes the
Communications Act’s mandate to make rules that “prevent interference between stations[.]”42
As the Supreme Court has held, the word “prevent” means “to render (an intended, possible, or
likely action or event) impractical or impossible by anticipatory action.”43 In other words,
“prevent” means to stop something before it happens. Accordingly, the Commission’s statutory
responsibility is to make rules that stop harmful interference at its inception, just like Section
25.202(k)(1) is supposed to do. But unlike an aggregate power limit, the condition in the Waiver
Order allows SpaceX and T-Mobile to interfere with adjacent band users like EchoStar up until
EchoStar detects and reports the interference. Because this non-anticipatory measure only kicks
in after EchoStar suffers from harmful interference, it does not satisfy the prevention required by
the plain text of the Communications Act.
In any event, the Bureau knows that it is immensely difficult for carriers to detect a
particular source of interference. In reality, the condition forces EchoStar to take up this burden
just to keep its basic rights as a licensee. Yet Congress placed the burden to prevent harmful
interference on the Commission and those causing it, not the victim operators.44](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gfjuigyoevbroyfy6s5unuq2/bafkreiamac7js6rb6rfwr56wtkx7cd5hdbu7b2btey6txy3i673uzcybre@jpeg)
April 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Nice to see Echostar push back on the FCC's "arbitrary and capricious" decision to grant the SpaceX request for a waiver of the OOBE limit. $ASTS 🥊
www.fcc.gov/ecfs/documen...
www.fcc.gov/ecfs/documen...
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Sharing some AMAZING $ASTS Infographics from @paul44250784.bsky.social! 🫡Please review and share with others!
April 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Sharing some AMAZING $ASTS Infographics from @paul44250784.bsky.social! 🫡Please review and share with others!
So of course, less than a month after I decided to retire early so I could travel while I still had health and ability, I started having hip problems and can barely walk. MRI tomorrow. Trip to Amsterdam later this month has been canceled. UGH.
April 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
So of course, less than a month after I decided to retire early so I could travel while I still had health and ability, I started having hip problems and can barely walk. MRI tomorrow. Trip to Amsterdam later this month has been canceled. UGH.
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Today is the 60th anniversary of the Selma race riot known as "Bloody Sunday". I was in high school in the late 70's and it still pisses me off to this day that we were never taught about it.
March 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Today is the 60th anniversary of the Selma race riot known as "Bloody Sunday". I was in high school in the late 70's and it still pisses me off to this day that we were never taught about it.
Maybe Musk should spend more of his time paying attention to his SpaceX rockets and less time plotting to destroy our economy.
March 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Maybe Musk should spend more of his time paying attention to his SpaceX rockets and less time plotting to destroy our economy.
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on the bigger picture
📄 NEW: "How to Understand America's Failure"
As the world is left reeling trying to make sense of Friday's disastrous Oval Office ambush, we offer thirteen different lenses that answer the question, "How did we get here?" My latest.
america2.news/how-to-under...
As the world is left reeling trying to make sense of Friday's disastrous Oval Office ambush, we offer thirteen different lenses that answer the question, "How did we get here?" My latest.
america2.news/how-to-under...
How to Understand America's Failure
To understand how we got here, a holistic view of world history is required.
america2.news
March 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
on the bigger picture
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When no other reply is accurate.
February 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
When no other reply is accurate.
Snowstorms started hitting differently the year I went to the garage and there was a snow shovel hanging on the wall where my sled used to be.
February 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Snowstorms started hitting differently the year I went to the garage and there was a snow shovel hanging on the wall where my sled used to be.
I would seriously give my life savings ($328) to see Trump rolling his eyes at this half-time show!
February 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I would seriously give my life savings ($328) to see Trump rolling his eyes at this half-time show!
Every time the Eagles score, Taylor Swift glares at Kelce and writes another song.
February 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Every time the Eagles score, Taylor Swift glares at Kelce and writes another song.
We have an unspoken contest in our neighborhood who will be the last to crumble and shut 'em off. It's now February 7th, and there are four of us left. 5th one took his down last weekend. Seriously considering the permanent lights that you can change color with the seasons....
I used to judge people who still had their Christmas lights up this much into the year.
But with all that is going on, do what makes you happy. You keep doing you, Bob.
But with all that is going on, do what makes you happy. You keep doing you, Bob.
February 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We have an unspoken contest in our neighborhood who will be the last to crumble and shut 'em off. It's now February 7th, and there are four of us left. 5th one took his down last weekend. Seriously considering the permanent lights that you can change color with the seasons....
I called this masterpiece "Conflict of Interest"
February 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I called this masterpiece "Conflict of Interest"
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Ketchup On Walls Alert: HIGH
February 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Ketchup On Walls Alert: HIGH
True Fact: I am still using the CompuServe mouse pad that came with my 2400 Baud modem in 1986.
February 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
True Fact: I am still using the CompuServe mouse pad that came with my 2400 Baud modem in 1986.
As we all know, encryption is a big deal in cybersecurity.
I shall henceforth refer to grinding my coffee beans as "Encrypting the Beans"
I shall henceforth refer to grinding my coffee beans as "Encrypting the Beans"
January 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
As we all know, encryption is a big deal in cybersecurity.
I shall henceforth refer to grinding my coffee beans as "Encrypting the Beans"
I shall henceforth refer to grinding my coffee beans as "Encrypting the Beans"
Awww... I just noticed some people from work are following me so now I can't complain about work. (maybe)
Lol next post will be about work.
Lol next post will be about work.
January 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Awww... I just noticed some people from work are following me so now I can't complain about work. (maybe)
Lol next post will be about work.
Lol next post will be about work.
Welcome to Iowa.
People from states with nice roads may never understand what it's like hitting a pothole so hard that your soul leaves
your body for a moment and you feel an obligation to audibly apologize to your car.
your body for a moment and you feel an obligation to audibly apologize to your car.
January 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Welcome to Iowa.
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People from states with nice roads may never understand what it's like hitting a pothole so hard that your soul leaves
your body for a moment and you feel an obligation to audibly apologize to your car.
your body for a moment and you feel an obligation to audibly apologize to your car.
January 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
People from states with nice roads may never understand what it's like hitting a pothole so hard that your soul leaves
your body for a moment and you feel an obligation to audibly apologize to your car.
your body for a moment and you feel an obligation to audibly apologize to your car.
Yes, I bought a new labeler.
January 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Yes, I bought a new labeler.
Remember starting in 2017 we used to all wake up every morning and think "OMG what has that orange fuckhead done overnight THIS time?".
Well, those days are back.
Well, those days are back.
January 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember starting in 2017 we used to all wake up every morning and think "OMG what has that orange fuckhead done overnight THIS time?".
Well, those days are back.
Well, those days are back.