There is still a large contingent that wants to go back to the old cost-plus ways.
I could see giving this as a sop to Boeing in exchange for accepting an end to SLS. It won’t last that long, because Starship will be flying people before most people realize.
Congrats to SpaceX on the first orbital flight of Starship, and its deployment of operational Starlink satellites. The vehicle still has testing to demonstrate reusability, but as an expendable vehicle, it is now the most capable operational rocket, with more payload capability…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) September 28, 2026
What really happened after the State Dinner.
— Sovey (@SoveyX) September 25, 2026
The lost Xi camera roll has been found. pic.twitter.com/gNizhiCHG2
Yes, we need to amend the CSLAA to allow them to do market pricing.
This is interesting, but the palliative isn’t new. I’ve been supplementing with vitamin C for decades.
After that, the Iranians are alone.
A round up of the current state of play in the war that you won’t get from the MSM.
[Update a while later]
If you’d told me a few years ago this is where we’d be on Iran, I’d have said you were high:
— Mark Dubowitz (@mdubowitz) April 24, 2026
1. Nuke program set back years. Enrichment and reprocessing gutted, weaponization sites destroyed, Fordow inoperable, Natanz in ruins, a generation of senior nuclear scientists…
This article is hilarious with a whole bunch of launch companies in SERIOUS denial.https://t.co/vFrwFOhCAc
— Artificial Gravity Space Stations (@space_stations) September 20, 2026
I used to think maybe I should go to or pay attention to these industry conferences & panels. This is literally anti-signal. You’re dumber if you listen to them than if you don’t. They are afraid to even MENTION SpaceX, which absolutely dominates their industry! https://t.co/elzxdXSlIW
— Robotbeat🗽 ➐ (@Robotbeat) September 20, 2026
[Early-afternoon update]
Loosely translated: “Now that SpaceX has gone off to found a solar system wide civilization we can chop our prices just a bit and people still will prefer our horses and buggies.” https://t.co/zG1TKmtOlS
— Charles A. Lurio (@TheLurioReport) September 20, 2026
Documenting the first time one affected technology.
Eric Raymond makes the case against it.
This is the case against AI doom. Pass it on
— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) September 17, 2026
First we recaptulate standard x-risk argument: we build AI substantially smarter than humans → it becomes an autonomous optimizing agent → its goals are misaligned → instrumental convergence makes it seek power and resist…
Researchers have (finally) made a neurological map of the clit.