As usual, those predicting chaos and blood running in the streets are proven wrong. But they never learn.
Gravitational Waves
This is a huge day for Kip Thorne (and others). Nadia Drake has a comprehensive story up already.
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Here’s another write up by Matthew Francis at The Atlantic.
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Here‘s the paper itself.
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And one from Miri Kramer.
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And from Loren Grush.
The Right To Repair
Yes, I have this crazy idea that when you “buy” something, you own it, not rent it.
Obama’s Climate Legacy
Looks like SCOTUS just wrecked it, 5-4. Couldn’t happen to a nicer dictator.
The stay implies that they think the administration is likely to lose on the merits when the case is argued. But this points out the stakes of the election, given that the next president is likely to appoint more than one justice.
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Jonathan Adler explains the ruling. (Note: He is more concerned about climate change than I am.)
Cryonics
This seems huge. Researchers have preserved a rabbit brain down to the neuron.
The Administration’s NASA Budget Request
Alan Boyle has the story. A cut to SLS/Orion, which the Senate can be relied upon to restore.
NASA Bans Jesus
Can you imagine an astronaut reading Genesis from space today, as they did during Apollo 8?
Hillary Clinton
…and her ode to serfdom.
There is nothing “progressive” or new about collectivism. It’s the oldest game in civilization.
Russell Wilson
This is nice: He pays homage to Peyton Manning.
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Compare and contrast: Cam Newton, Donald Trump, and the lost virtue of humility.
Peyton Manning is a class act. Newton and Trump are…something else.
Hillary’s War On Women
Kathleen Willey is going to fight back this fall if Hillary is the nominee.
I think the Democrats are in deep denial about what a terrible candidate she will be.