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— Elizabeth Barcohana (@E_Barcohana) October 21, 2026
Category Archives: Popular Culture
Timing Is All
Porsche could not possibly have picked a more humiliating day to unveil this, and calling their decidedly non-flying car āA glimpse into the futureā only makes the embarrassment more spectacular. Also the most merciless comment section in X history, and every bit of it deserved.
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) October 16, 2026
OK, as a recovering aerospace engineer, I’m wondering what kind of rocket-propulsion system that Tesla has. What’s the propellant, and how long can it do that kind of thing before it needs refueling? If he wanted to continue to claim that it was an electric car, they should be electric thrusters, like Hall effect, but those wouldn’t have sufficient thrust to do that stunt. Is he using nitrous for the oxidizer?
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) October 16, 2026
[Monday-afternoon update]
New "Back to the Future" sequel. š¤£šš» https://t.co/qS7u305NSD
— š¼ Lurdes (@sedrul08) October 19, 2026
[Bumped]
Springtime For Zohran
This is appropriately (and hilariously, in a dark way) brutal. https://t.co/eWfEFvpmkX
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) October 9, 2026
Milt Windler
RIP.
Milt Windler was one of the great pioneers who showed the world what NASA is capable of during both the best and most challenging of days.
— NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (@NASAAdmin) October 3, 2026
As a Maroon Flight Director, he helped guide Apollo 8 around the Moon, played a critical role in bringing Apollo 13 safely home, and carriedā¦ https://t.co/GEfbdoGfxm
With all the focus on Gene Kranz, he and Glynn Lunney (who I knew at Rockwell after he retired from NASA and came to Downey as a vice president, and was a great guy) got short shrift in the movie.
“Trans” Explained
But it couldnāt be social contagion, folks. Itās just that young people, especially autistic, gay and mentally ill ones, are finally free to be their authentic selves.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) October 2, 2026
The sudden explosion of young women who want to cut off their healthy breasts and take testosterone? Well,ā¦ https://t.co/GUDgkeNpzV
What Really Happened At The State Dinner
What really happened after the State Dinner.
— Sovey (@SoveyX) September 25, 2026
The lost Xi camera roll has been found. pic.twitter.com/gNizhiCHG2
The Anti-Communist Film Festival
The Deconstruction Of Scotty
…is an indictment of our times.
A large part of NASA’s problem is that dishonesty is often rewarded, particularly when testifying to Congress.
[Update late morning]
Link added, sorry!
That Last-Minute Second
It looks like it was legitimate. People don’t understand that the only clock that counts is the one the officials, keep, not the one on the scoreboard or that NBC shows. But it gives people another reason to hate Michigan’s football program. Seriously, what did people expect Michigan to do with that gift, take a knee? No program would do that.
They didn’t deserve to win that game, the way the offense played, or, rather, didn’t play, but a win is a win. They’ll pay for it with a drop in the polls, if not becoming unranked entirely. And I’d say that Western Michigan should now be ranked. If the Wolverines can’t figure out how to score this coming week, it will be a bloodbath when Oklahoma comes to town next Saturday.
The Pendragon Cycle
Jeremy Boreing explains why he produced it.