What they’ve accomplished this year.
It’s pretty impressive.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Timing Is All
Porsche could not possibly have picked a more humiliating day to unveil this, and calling their decidedly non-flying car “A glimpse into the future” only makes the embarrassment more spectacular. Also the most merciless comment section in X history, and every bit of it deserved.
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) October 16, 2026
OK, as a recovering aerospace engineer, I’m wondering what kind of rocket-propulsion system that Tesla has. What’s the propellant, and how long can it do that kind of thing before it needs refueling? If he wanted to continue to claim that it was an electric car, they should be electric thrusters, like Hall effect, but those wouldn’t have sufficient thrust to do that stunt. Is he using nitrous for the oxidizer?
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) October 16, 2026
[Monday-afternoon update]
New "Back to the Future" sequel. 🤣🎃👻 https://t.co/qS7u305NSD
— 🎼 Lurdes (@sedrul08) October 19, 2026
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[Thursday-morning update]
Thoughts from Jim Meigs.
[Bumped again]
This one is a new twist on the meme:
Hitler finds out Tesla’s new car flies https://t.co/2ZKOPkP8tm
— David Keyes (@DavidMKeyes) October 21, 2026
The Current State Of Play
Europe and the Middle East: Escalation and the Risk of Miscalculation https://t.co/BVRHWwer9T
— Supersonic Redhead🛫 (@Supersonic_Red) October 22, 2026
The Medium-Lift Race
Eric Berger surveys the contestants.
Ship Catch
A preview of the next flight:
SpaceX has released a new Starship tower catch animation for the upcoming Flight 15! https://t.co/kStn01Da8u
— Truthful🛰️ (@Truthful_ast) October 20, 2026
Space Daily
I haven’t been reading it that much lately, but it seems to have gone to hell.
New Glenn
Blue Origin seems to finally be getting serious.
If so, it’s badly needed, with SpaceX pulling back from the commercial launch market.
America’s Maritime Moment
Will we seize it?
Frozen Chicken
The mistake that “everybody makes.”
Scare quotes because I in fact have never done this. These days, I freeze it myself in a vacuum-seal bag, and when I want to thaw it, I throw it in the sous vide, set at room temperature.
The End Of The World
We only have one month left.
OK, not really. As noted, the actual concern should be underpopulation, not overpopulation.