It’s ignorant, ostentatious support of anti-Semitism and terrorism, by people who don’t know the name of either the river, or the sea.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
Tech, And Immigration
Thoughts from Eric Raymond:
Today's big beef is between tech-success maximizers like @elonmusk and MAGA nationalists who think the US job market is being flooded by low-skill immigrants because employers don't want to pay competitive wages to Americans.
— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) December 26, 2024
To be honest, I think both sides are making some…
Climate Research
The “climate crisis” fanatics continue to ignore the evidence.
The Year In Review
Is there any chance that next year will be less crazy? Or are we still in the middle of Heinlein’s Crazy Years?
Revolutionary Constitutionalism
Why we rebelled against our cousins across the pond.
The Mendacity Of The Media
Seeing recent headlines like “woman catches fire on NY subway” and “a car was driven into a market” shows how identity politics is having a chilling effect on truthful dissemination of information. Let’s talk about how.
— Elica Le Bon الیکا ل بن (@elicalebon) December 23, 2024
Ordinarily, these headlines would be written in active… pic.twitter.com/JetXBpU5bk
A Golden Oldie On SLS
Eli Dourado linked to this old Pop Mechanics piece I wrote over thirteen years ago that holds up pretty well.
Crime Rates In Britain
An interesting history:
By the 1500s, England's murder rate was lower than the murder rate in modern-day Africa 🏴
— Sam Bidwell (@sam_bidwell) December 23, 2024
And by the 20th century, Britain was one of the least violent societies on Earth – but why was this the case?
A 🧵 on the history of how England crushed crime pic.twitter.com/uripa0j2Eu
The latest NASA Rumors
Eric Berger describes potential changes in policy in a Trump administration. Not sure why they would consolidate Goddard and Ames in Huntsville. This would also make it inconvenient for Goddard to work with APL at Johns Hopkins.
I’m Looking Forward To This
Kash Patel is going to try to clean up the FBI.
Good luck.