…is being resurrected?
BoJo and Cummings are going to be the most aggressive promoters of UK space in history.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Plant-Based “Food”
…is destroying the planet. But, hey, at least it’s terrible for you, nutritionally.
Plastic
I suspect that reusing bags is causing a lot more health issues than people realize.
Nutritional Mythology
No, there is no scientific reason to think that plant-based diets are healthier than meat-based ones, or healthy at all.
The Transhuman Party
Huh.
This is the first time I’d heard of this guy.
Elon’s Mars Plans
A first-hand report from Bob Zubrin in Boca Chica.
Star Trek Transporters
Not a new topic, but a new take on it. You wouldn’t get me on one of those things.
The Real State Of The Economy
If you’re feeling financially pinched, it’s because you are.
AB5
A letter from a California Democrat to California Democrats: What were you thinking?
She’s being overgenerous in her assumption that there was actually anything resembling thought involved.
[Thursday-morning update]
The bill is so bad that the legislature may dump it next week.
[Bumped]
[Friday-morning update]
Now the legislature is going to require strippers and webcammers to get an occupational license.
I volunteer to help with providing the necessary training.
[Bumped]
A Mission To Mars
How to optimize your headspace for it.
This is why I think that the notion of missions to Mars under the Apollo paradigm are fanciful. There’s a reason (well, OK, more than one) that Elon is building Starship so large. He wants to make it like a cruise, not solitary confinement.
[Update a while later]
Speaking of which, SN1 is entering final assembly for its 20-kilometer flight.