…is why we can’t quit Stephen Glass.
Hard to believe that there was a time, however brief, that I thought that Jake Tapper was a reputable journalist. That he might bring a little class to CNN. Oh, well.
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) May 14, 2025
The real reason Yale professors are leaving it.
The word “fascism” has lost all useful meaning.
This is much, much bigger than that. It makes Watergate look like a jaywalking ticket.
[Friday-morning update]
The Democrats are starting to realize that their Biden nightmare is just beginning.
Some good advice for Democrats, which many of them are constitutionally incapable of accepting.
This was deliberate.
A good article from Irene Klotz.
[Afternoon update]
What comes after Artemis III?
The Musk derangement is strong in comments.
And this had me rolling my eyes: “”…one friend in the industry predicted a future without them to be so dire that Artemis III would be the last US human spaceflight of our lifetimes.”
🧵 I went looking for the actual text of the EO on prescription drug prices since no one is actually linking that and I have to do everything around here and I found this that was issued on Friday and I missed it.
— alexandriabrown (@alexthechick) May 12, 2025
I cannot stress how important this is.https://t.co/wuOpqoDjjt pic.twitter.com/d4LUmR6YuK
Having to know you committed a crime before being charged with it. What a concept.
…punctured. A new paper from Judith Curry.
The administration is proposing ending Gateway, and SLS/Orion after Artemis III. That’s still two flights too many, but it all has yet to play out.
[Afternoon update]
Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.
[Sunday-morning update]
Speaking of Bob Zimmerman, he’s less than impressed with Lockheed Martin’s delivery of the first crew-capable Orion.
[Bumped]
I remember when The Battle of Britain came out, as a young adolescent. I went to see it at least twice, maybe three times. I had the hots for Susannah York. I also had written a term paper about it.