Six horrible things it’s doing that you may not grasp.
Not counting web pages on browsers, the only social media app I have installed on my phone is Twitter.
Space Conferences
I’ve been busy for the past couple days, and will continue to be, with first the Space Settlement Summit, and starting today (and concluding tomorrow) a meeting of the Moon Village Association. For those who want to participate, the latter will supposedly start to be live streamed at 8 AM PDT, but I don’t know the URL. I’ll update when I get there and find out what it is.
[Update after conference start]
Here is the livestream. Scott Pace is speaking.
The Recode Interview With Elon
The transcript has been released. Among other things, he doesn’t like electric scooters.
Pittsburgh
“…and the misplaced anger of “liberal” Jews.”
Nice to see the scare quotes.
Great Moments In Lack Of Self Awareness
“We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men.”
If I were running CNN, I’d be ashamed to have this moron appear in front of my cameras. But I guess that’s why I’m not running CNN.
The Soyuz Failure
It seems to me that the failure of a single sensor shouldn’t cause a hard launch abort.
Halloween Intersectionality
Can African-Americans with no ties to Jamaica dress up as Bob Marley?
In case you’re tempted to not click, it’s Lileks.
[Update a few minutes later]
A couple weeks ago in DC, I met a Danish space lawyer whose middle name is Marley. Based on her appearance, though, I’m pretty sure she’s not related.
My Latest Space-Policy Piece
…has gone live on line. The issue has the theme of a space renaissance, also containing a very technical article by Bob Zubrin on Moon Direct, and a piece by Micah Meadowcroft on why space settlers may be doomed to disappointment.
Web 3.0
Hopefully a return to the idea of Web 1.0, with better tech,
Type 2 Diabetes
Potentially wonderful news on that front. I do think, though, that diet is underutilized in fighting it, and that much of it has been caused by scientifically terrible, bordering on criminal, nutrition advice for decades.