A history of the need for an armed citizenry.
Any gun registry we have here should be burned as well.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Switchbladeapolooza
The latest on the use of drones in combat, which is evolving rapidly in Ukraine.
The Babylon Bee
Will it get out of Twitter jail?
What Elon Should Do About Twitter
EFF has some suggestions.
[Tuesday-morning update]
Elon conquers the Twitterverse.
[Update Wednesday morning]
The great Musk Twitter meltdown.
[Bumped]
[Update a couple minutes later]
Eccentric billionaire does more for free speech in one day than Republican politicians have in decades.
[Update a few minutes later]
Musk’s acquisition is making academia angry and nervous.
Good.
[Update a while later]
The week in pictures, Muskageddon edition.
[Late-morning update]
The need for Elon.
“…The likelihood of skewed priorities with the operational mindset within a company that displays this kind of lack of viewpoint diversity is stratospheric. When a GOP donor is harder to find on the payroll than a vegan cannibal, you have to expect that a uniform level of thinking would become entrenched. When every single person in the offices sits in the same bubble, those overseeing the enforcement of the terms of service will not question things when questionable decisions are made…”
Is Ukraine Our Spanish Civil War?
There are some disturbing historical parallels.
This Isn’t Crazy At All
Two lunaticsdaredevils are going to swap aircraft in mid-air.
[Monday-morning update]
So, apparently the stunt was a half success. I couldn’t tell from the original story whether or not they’d have parachutes (though if not, that seemed totally nuts), but apparently they did, which is why the pilot survived the failed attempt.
And really, FAA? Who are you to decide what is in the public interest, and whether or not someone should be allowed to do something even if you think it isn’t? I thought this was America.
[Bumped]
Putin’s Options
They are all bad.
Credit Where It’s Due
Joe Biden does something right (which is huge news, because it is unprecedented).
He could be doing more, though, in terms of easing up on archaic NRC rules to allow the construction of more modern plant designs faster. And as is often noted, it’s hard to take seriously people who claim that we are in a climate “crisis” or “emergency” if they don’t support nuclear power.
[Update a few minutes later]
Sorry, I’ve provided the link this time.
Russia’s Arms
Why do they suck?
Note that all the problems of corruption described here for the military apply to Rogozin and space as well.
Footprints On The Moon
Why should we care about them?