A comprehensive explanation, and what it potentially means.
Newsom’s corrupt years of lobbying and donations pay off.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
The Silicon Valley Era
…is coming to an end.
It’s Dead, Jim
The latest on the crazy-train fiasco in California.
A Life-Extension Breakthrough
…on the regulatory front.
Left unsaid is that there’s an excellent chance that if the therapeutics work for dogs, they’ll work for humans as well. And we won’t have to wait human lifespans to find out.
Terran One
Second launch attempt, in a few minutes.
[1300 PST update]
Scrubbed again, at the end of the window.
The Kids Aren’t All Right
A long but interesting discussion of the mental health crisis among youth.
Room-Temperature Superconductors
It still needs high pressure, but nowhere near as much as previous ones. It will be interesting to see if AI can find others.
Relativity Space
Today may be the day. It’s a little surprising how Long Beach has become such a space hub. A decade ago, there was nothing there.
[Update a while later]
About twenty minutes to launch.
Biden’s Latest Incompetent Appointment
The candidate to run the FAA knows nothing about aviation.
To be fair, the guy who would be his boss (if he survives), Pothole Pete, obviously knows nothing about transportation in general, other than it’s racist.
Upgrade Your AK
“Communism only made one thing that works, and capitalism makes it better.”