It’s taking the playbook of South Africa.
All posts by Rand Simberg
The Odyssey
Christian Toto reviews it.
I’m still on the fence about going to a theater for it.
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.…
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
The Iranian Theocracy
How much longer can it hold out?
End Of An Era
The Conservative Woman is going to Substack.
Farewell thoughts from Kathy Gyngell.
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.