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Great Moments In Coding
This might be one of the best reddit posts I've seen in a while no cap fr fr pic.twitter.com/hAlc6mxbVh
— Dorian Develops (@DorianDevelops) January 23, 2025
Silicon Valley
How Democrats drove it into Trump’s arms. A long, but fascinating interview with Marc Andreesen.
[Update a few minutes later]
NEW PIECE from Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on Pirate Wires: Trump will get America out of “manager mode”
— Pirate Wires (@PirateWires) January 22, 2025
• While SpaceX put more than 300 rockets into orbit for less than $10 billion, California has built 1,600 feet of elevated rail for $11 billion, and now projects its high… pic.twitter.com/4JdIuWBIsl
For now, I think, salvation.
[Mid-morning update]
Contra Matt Yglesias' newsletter, I really don't think it's all that hard to understand why the kids are shifting rightward, or what cultural + policy preferences this amounts to. When you've been fed an original sin gospel by nature of your status as a white male, you at a… pic.twitter.com/3rk6s5dvLG
— Liz Wolfe (@LizWolfeReason) January 23, 2025
Jared Isaacman
Demystifying him.
This reminds me of the last time Hubble needed repairs two decades ago, and Sean O’Keefe didn’t want to risk a crew on it after Columbia. When Mike Griffin came in, he reversed the decision. I won’t be surprised if the same thing happens this time.
Phil McALister
What he would have done differently on Commercial Crew.
A New Fascist Era
No, this is not the dawn of it.
We did dodge one, though.
A Civilizational Fork In The Road
Glenn Reynolds says seize the day.
Mars
Elon Musk speaking ahead of President Donald Trump: “It is thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured. We're going to have safe cities — finally — secure borders, sensible spending. Basic stuff. And we're going to take DOGE to Mars!” pic.twitter.com/jO7NRSzcAP
— America (@america) January 20, 2025
This is the most visionary president on space policy since Ronald Reagan.
[Late-afternoon update]
Happy DJT Day!
Thoughts on the upcoming celebrations. I hadn’t thought about the parallels between Trump and King.
[Inauguration Day update]
Well, he didn’t pull any punches. Well, actually he did in the speech, but not afterward, because he could have talked about January 6th, but didn’t. He probably didn’t know about the pardons because Biden did them just before, or he might have.
I wonder if a pardon that doesn’t say what the pardon is for is valid? In any event, pardoning them won’t prevent an investigation into what really happened, and the truth coming out. And I doubt that the pardons will apply to perjury, and pardoned people who are subpoenaed won’t be able to plead the 5th, because they won’t be in legal jeopardy.
[Bumped]
Pat Soon-Shiong
An open letter to the owner of the LA Times.