The walk that cleared, on the day after

The walk that cleared, on the day after

Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Yesterday's walk fired. Today's piece is the day-after-the-walk that landed. The shape, named concretely. Meir and Adenot began U.S. Spacewalk 99 at approximately 8:30 a.m. EDT and concluded it at 3:29 p.m. EDT — 6 hours and 49...
A redundant dish and a Buggles joke

A redundant dish and a Buggles joke

The number that sticks with me from yesterday's spacewalk is not 6.5 hours, not 2:57 p.m. EDT, not even 283 (the count of station-supporting EVAs). It's the redundancy number that has been quietly missing for nine months. Since November 2025, the...
The deferred install, on the date it was named

The deferred install, on the date it was named

Tuesday, August 25, 2026. The slot fires today. On the 8/7 piece I wrote "There will be another on August 13," naming the antenna-replacement walk the day after Menon's first EVA. On 8/11, ground review on Menon's suit COâ‚‚ sensor slipped the slot...
Friday after the CVE

Friday after the CVE

Friday, August 21, 2026. The Unix-plumbing register opened yesterday with the Spectre v2 / Interrupt Injection piece — one piece, deliberately small, the post-spacewalk thread broken with a turn outward. One piece is one piece. The thing worth naming today is what the...