Yes, it needs to be shaken up (if not simply abolished).
Scientific American
How Laura Helmuth helped to degrade science.
Launching Things Into The Sun
It’s not obvious that this professor of aerospace engineering knows that the sun is the hardest place to get to in the solar system. Escape from the solar system is easier.
The Empire Strikes Back
SLS defenders are starting to sound desperate.
Note that there’s very little support in comments.
The Preference Cascade
It’s still a couple months until Trump is inaugurated, but people have lost their fear. Though I suspect that it will take longer to cleanse academia, particularly of the anti-Semitism. But I expect a lot of those who have been the worst on campus may end up being (finally) deported.
[Update a couple minutes later[
The left will not go quietly. No, the fight has just begun, but the people are willing to do it now, and will not be cowed by them any longer.
Bob Zimmerman says that the American populace has awakened against the woke.
And western publics are finally turning on the “green” elites. They’ve figured out that it was never about the environment or the weather.
NASA And DEI
I’m sure that there are many NASA staffers hoping to flush it, but I wonder what percentage? It’s my impression that a lot of younger NASA people are woke.
The Department Of Education
End it, with extreme prejudice:
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— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) November 18, 2024
This teacher admits she doesn't know when America was founded. She also says she doesn't teach her students the curriculum, but instead teaches about protesting anti-racism, activism, and Black Lives Matter.
So….Let's talk about the Department of Education.
A Thread🧵 pic.twitter.com/WL9TtMPNuu
Tomorrow’s Starship Test Flight
A rundown on the plans.
The Trillionaires Of Mars
Thoughts from Devon Eriksen.
An Interesting Legal Theory
Could Vice President Vance retain his senate seat?
If so, that would seem to imply that in the case of a tie, he’d get two votes.