We’re flying to Nashville today, where I’m going to be on a panel on commercial space with Bob Poole and Katherine Mangu-Ward on Friday morning as part of Reason Weekend (it used to be in Orange County, but…). Then we’re spending a few days in the Smokies. I’ll have a laptop with me, though, so I won’t be incommunicado.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
Ableist Orgies
This Twitter thread is hilarious.
Stop Counting “Cases”
Covid is over: “As of Friday, just 2.15% of hospital beds nationwide are in use for COVID-19 patients, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.”
Russia’s Debacle
What we can learn from it. “If there’s any lesson in this for Washington, it must be to ask: how much of America’s power is myth like Russia’s? Dare we collapse the wave function? If too much is spin then put it not to the test, but keep on bluffing until the reality is restored. You can’t live in the narrative forever.”
Government Schools
I would not send my kid (or any kid) to one.
Quitting Disney
I got six months of Disney+ free from my Verizon account. The six months is up, though, and I now get the pleasure of cancelling it and telling them why, like Karol.
Mark Judge
Gray Dragon On Falcon Heavy
A notional alternative to SLS/Orion for Artemis.
The Latest FAA Delay
From Reddit.
Some think that the latest one-month delay is good news, indicating that the FAA is really trying to make it happen ASAP. We’ll see.
Science Writers
Why they don’t report objectively on the origins of the Covid virus.