From Reddit.
Some think that the latest one-month delay is good news, indicating that the FAA is really trying to make it happen ASAP. We’ll see.
The Latest FAA Delay
All posts by Rand Simberg
The Russian Offensive
If we can keep pouring in weaponry, at some point Ukraine will start more counteroffensives. As the assessment notes, the Russians are already taking up defensive positions. Eventually, I’m sure that the Ukrainians would want to not just break the siege at Mariupol, but cut the Russian lines in half and encircle them to the west, to provide a buffer for Odessa.
[Update a few minutes later]
Well, looky here:
How did Ukraine manage to attack a key port and sink a ship well behind Russian lines? No one’s quite sure yet, the Wall Street Journal reports, but the apparent success may create even more problems for Russia’s attempts to seize Mariupol. Berdyansk had been a key supply point, and seemingly out of range of Ukraine until this morning.
Expect to see them take more initiatives like this.
[Afternoon update]
An interesting Twitter thread.
[Friday-afternoon update]
The Russians have already lost.
[Bumped]
Science Writers
Why they don’t report objectively on the origins of the Covid virus.
Coffee Again
Another study that says it can reduce mortality.
Patricia quit drinking it a couple years ago (except when she goes out to breakfast), so I quit making it (and drinking it myself). I never acquired a taste for the swill, and (as noted in the article) these results don’t mean that non-drinkers should start drinking it, so I guess I won’t.
What Is A Woman?
The Freeport question of our time.
Republicans need to be asking the Democrats that question in every debate this year.
The Real Racists And sexists
People in business and academia are fighting back.
The Cratering Democrats
I find it amazing that the Democrats have managed to get themselves on the wrong side of almost every issue. And they can’t fix it unless they stop catering to their nutty base, and they can’t stop being condescending because it’s almost at the core of their current identity.
Space Assembly
DARPA is supporting development of some useful technologies. Just think where we might be if just a fraction of the money poured down the SLS rathole had gone into this sort of thing.
The Coming Bloodbath
Don’t get cocky; we want this victory to be as bloody as possible, but it’s hard to see how they keep Congress at this point.
Conjoined Twins
Eric Berger describes the difficulties of and prospects for separating the Russian and non-Russian segments of the ISS.