Elon wants to manufacture fuel from the earth’s atmosphere. He takes climate much too seriously.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Blue Angels In LA
This should be cool. We’ll probably be able to see them from the house when they come to LAX, then fly down to the harbor.
Starship Update
Elon provides a sneak preview of next Saturday’s big reveal.
Google And Facebook
They’re entering their toxic endgame.
I try to minimize my engagement with both of them, but with an Android phone, it’s hard to avoid Google. But I’ll never download or use an app for Facebook.
[Saturday-morning update]
The useful idiots of Silicon Valley.
They’re wrecked California, and now there’s a danger that they’ll do the same thing to the rest of the country.
[Bumped]
Tropical Storm Lorena
Could it hit southern California? As a hurricane? That would be…different.
The Gateway Foundation
They gave a presentation on their rotating space hotel at the Space Settlement event in Seattle. They say they’re going to start construction (on the ground) on October 1st.
News On The Book Front
What A Difference a Key Makes
Not sure what they mean by “minor” key here, but whatever it is turns an uplifting jingle for a sitcom into a ballad.
Weird Coincidence
The fact that he had an ISIS video on his phone had nothing to do with the fact that he sabotaged a passenger aircraft. Nothing to see here, move along.
[Update a while later]
Sorry, Internet was down for a while, but it’s back up, and I’ve fixed the link.
All the Doomsdays
Zero out of the last thirty predicted have actually come to pass. Someone should show this to Greta Doom.