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Category Archives: Media Criticism
Is College Making People Stupider?
Yes. In fact, the entire educational system is.
Brutal
The new NASA administrator’s assessment of both NASA and Boeing’s performance on Commercial Crew:
Below is the note that I sent to the NASA workforce today as we release the report on the Starliner Crew Flight Test Investigation.
— NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (@NASAAdmin) February 19, 2026
We will achieve success through extreme ownership, immense competence, and decisive action. pic.twitter.com/UoXI25PFOQ
[Late-afternoon update]
I don’t think that “Yikes!” really covers the waterfront here:
A sort of summary page I found in the Starliner PDF. Highlights are my own on things I find the most interesting. pic.twitter.com/rlzEn3J8tx
— Ken Kirtland IV (@KenKirtland17) February 19, 2026
Here‘s Eric Berger’s story.
[Evening update]
Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.
Making Space Important
A thought experiment, to which I’ve gotten little response so far.
So, there's an argument going on in Space X (as opposed to SpaceX) about why we have to continue to waste money on SLS/Orion if we want to beat the Chinese back to the Moon. When I propose alternatives, I get objections like "Dragon can't come back from the Moon," "Nothing else…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) February 18, 2026
Ice Dancing
This is an age-old controversy, but while it (and figure skating in general) is entertaining, it is not a sport. It’s ballet on ice, except that ballet has no judges, biased or otherwise. The American team was clearly robbed. I have no problem keeping it in the Olympics, and it’s athletics in the sense that it requires training and practice, but stop pretending that it’s a sport. Sports scores should be objective, not whimsical.
Elon’s Mars To Moon Pivot
Thoughts from Peter Hague.
As someone who has never cared much about Mars, I’m very happy to see this.
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Trump/Epstein
…has blown up in the Democrats’ faces.
My schadenfreude runneth over.
The Remaking Of Alex Pretti
Martyrs of the left must be made into saints, even if falsely.
No, LA Times
Highway One is not being damaged by fossil fuels.
Ameliamentum
The anime style is not my cup of tea, but this could rouse the British lads.
Stop what you're doing and give this a watch 👀
— Amelia (@AmeliajakSolana) January 31, 2026
This is the BEST Amelia video I've seen. @Skyebrows has outdone themselves – the quality, the detail, the easter eggs.
Amelia is more than a meme now. She's a movement 💜pic.twitter.com/l37BeQuNk6