Are they surrendering their brains to it?
All posts by Rand Simberg
Long March 7A Failure
“fts” sure pic.twitter.com/I66MM1niB0
— Michael France (@michaelsrockets) August 10, 2026
I didn’t know that Chinese rockets even had FTS. Looks more like a Max-Q failure to me.
[Update a few minutes later]
A Chinese CZ-7A was launched today from Wenchang, but the flight ended about ~80 seconds into the flight with an explosion. Reportedly it carried the military geostationary communications satellite ZX 4B.https://t.co/9J6Eo4VR9l pic.twitter.com/prMzeN2ofY
— Gunter Krebs 🚀 🛰 🇺🇦 🇬🇱🏳️🌈 (@Skyrocket71) August 10, 2026
[Update a while later]
It's hard to tell how much the video screen footage is slowed down, but here's a rough attempt at syncing two views: pic.twitter.com/oXiHZNYglK
— Scott Manley (@DJSnM) August 10, 2026
“I Just Saw The Future In A Phone Call”
Stephen Green reports on Elon’s earnings call.
The Highly Credentialed
…are all Jason Ardays.
I wish they’d stop calling people supporting DSA “highly educated.” They’re not educated at all; they’re indoctrinated. Educated people, particularly those without college degrees, couldn’t possibly believe the kind of nonsense that they spout.
[Update a few minutes later]
The problem goes far beyond academic fraud; there are no standards at all.
The Thymus
…may contribute to health and longevity much more than previously suspected.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t say what to do to promote thymic health. But for sure I’d try to avoid any attempts to remove it.
America’s Jews
Democrats are a menace to them.
And yet they continue to give them money and vote for them.
Increasing Cadence Ahead
SPACEX: According to local reports, the final stages of a deal are in place for SpaceX to build the new spaceport on Pecan Island in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, and Governor Jeff Landry is expected to make an announcement this month.
— S.E. Robinson, Jr. (@SERobinsonJr) August 2, 2026
SpaceX would gain control of the land… pic.twitter.com/kaKKJHhDZ3
[Tuesday-morning update]
We now have a rough timetable on the schedule.
[Bumped]
Your Television
Do you have the right settings for it?
A home theater installer has calibrated over 3,000 TVs in 12 years from $400 budget sets to $15,000 flagship OLEDs in custom media rooms.
— Eric Smith (@Eric_Smith08) August 3, 2026
He walks into people's homes, looks at their TV for 5 seconds, and can tell them exactly what's wrong.
He told me: "Almost every TV I see…
Fauci’s Narcissism
The Iranian Scorpions
I hope that Trump isn’t really as clueless about their nature as he appears to be.