They’re running out of gasoline, and their air defenses have become worthless.
Or (and hear me out), they could withdraw from Ukraine. https://t.co/Diu8XPhIQa
— Rand Simberg (@Simberg_Space) June 30, 2026
They’re running out of gasoline, and their air defenses have become worthless.
Or (and hear me out), they could withdraw from Ukraine. https://t.co/Diu8XPhIQa
— Rand Simberg (@Simberg_Space) June 30, 2026
It didn’t lose them by accident.
It’s starting to correct, but it blighted the lives of millions of young people who were misled into debt.
…in space.
…is the opening chapter of a new industrial revolution.
I agree, it’s unlikely they’ll stay in California.
I don’t know about the culture of Silicon Valley versus Miami, but the climate is a hell of a lot better.
Is California reaching a crisis point?
Hopefully, the Supreme Court will put an end to some of the voting nonsense, but even if it does, the state may ignore it (as it does with DEI). If so, maybe the Justice Department should step in at some point and declare the state in insurrection.
…and a litmus test.
The reactions on X have been truly deranged.
[Monday-afternoon update]
Elon’s motivations, explained: SpaceX and the Sentient Sun.
Those of us who have read a lot of science fiction are much better prepared for this century than those who have not.
Isn’t going away.
Saving LA – Phase III pic.twitter.com/9n9wv1tonZ
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) June 12, 2026
That is, an Older, Wiser Libertarian. As am I.
Is it finally, after over six decades, on the verge of freedom?
I guess that the question is what the basis of its economy will be. It could certainly do pineapples, coffee, and (if we were to end our own domestic restrictions) sugar, rum and cigars. But it could also become another tropical tourism mecca, with all its beaches. But they’d have to figure out how to avoid the tyranny of another Batista.