Category Archives: Science And Society

News On The Mann Front

[Friday-morning update]

The worm has turned.

[Update Saturday morning]

An actual news report in Pennsylvania.

[Update]

The ice cracks.

[Update a few minutes later]

More over at WattsUpWithThat.

This is the best reporting on the legal situation so far, but I hope that at some point Jonathan Adler weighs in.

Fracture Day

The five-year anniversary is coming up.

Public Health’s Sacrificial Lambs

This is a deep, deep problem. I hope it’s not intractable. Jay Battacharya has a heavy lift. The way so many used the pandemic to seize power over the lives of others reminds me a lot of the climate scam.

[Afternoon update]

The Proposed “Science Budget Cuts” At NASA

Bob Zimmerman says that there are things deserving of cutting.

I certainly agree about Mars Sample Return, and said that on X this morning. I think we need a dramatic change in how these funds are allocated and prioritized, and the current decadal needs to be completely redone.

But I also don’t pay much attention to what OMB says at this point in the process.