Yes, they’re expensive to repair, but these are also one of the reasons that new cars have gotten so ridiculously expensive. I don’t need a heads-up display, or a large LCD screen. Give me knobs.
All posts by Rand Simberg
Swallwell
What kind of odious people would have signed up to get this creature elected in the first place?
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) April 11, 2026
China’s Weapons
Their failure in Venezuela and Iran will have consequences. They probably already have. And good ones for the good guys. Taiwan can probably breathe a little easier now.
Disney
An interesting thesis: How it accidentally radicalized generations before they could read.
Convenient BS
The legacy of Al Gore’s religious polemic, twenty years on.
He, I think more than anyone, was responsible for the politicization of science.
Gavin Newsom
…and his empire of fraud.
Unfortunately, it almost certainly extends to voter fraud.
What A Time To Be Alive
Optimistic thoughts from Sarah Hoyt.
And she doesn’t even mention space.
A Turning Point?
A history, and thoughts on NASA’s needed transition, from Edgar Zapata.