…is a cultural proxy war against AI.
This is what will drive them into space.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
The Odyssey
Christian Toto reviews it.
I’m still on the fence about going to a theater for it.
[Friday-afternoon update]
Here is Peter Suderman’s review.
[Bumped]
[Saturday-afternoon update]
I just watched Christopher Nolan’s #TheOdyssey and I left the cinema with a deep sense of disappointment.
— Herod Priovolos (@herodpriovolos) July 17, 2026
I entered expecting Homer’s world to breathe: salt in the air, darkness over the sea, gods watching from a distance, and a wounded man struggling to return home. Instead,… pic.twitter.com/qeoryve9b6
Starship Flight 13
Just two days away.
[Thursday-morning update]
Here‘s what’s riding on the test.
SPCX hit a new low today. Everyone who bought since the IPO is currently underwater. Hard to know where the bottom might be, but it might be near it, and time to get in.
— Rand Simberg (@Simberg_Space) July 15, 2026
[Friday-morning update]
Well, if it hadn’t scrubbed, it would have flown on the 57th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11. Now it has been rescheduled for the same anniversary of the landing, on Monday.
[Bumped]
Carpe Diem
Can the president use the Guarantee clause to ensure election integrity?
I can already hear the screams of the Democrats.
Boom
Can it achieve its certification schedule goal?
The article talks about trans-Pacific city pairs, but I have trouble believing it will have that kind of range.
Customizing Netflix
A very useful thread for subscribers:
A woman had Netflix for 6 years.
— Alvin (@Alvin1492840) July 14, 2026
She opened the app. She scrolled. She picked something after 25 minutes. She fell asleep during episode 2. She repeated this every night.
Her friend, a former Netflix UI engineer, sat on her couch one evening and opened Settings on her account.…
The EPA’s New Diesel Rule
Having fits of regulatory sanity in this administration.
Every. Sixty.Minutes
Bamf pic.twitter.com/6I6IbvKCjm
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 11, 2026
Need to figure out how to integrate that onto an ocean platform.
The Race For Last Place
Thoughts on launch economics from Lux Ascent (that’s a pseudonym — I know who it is, but don’t know if that person wants to remain pseudonymous).
A New Space Substack
..at the Mercatus Center. With people like Tyler Cowen, it should be interesting.