The man who thought he was science.
I wonder if he will ever be held accountable.
Elon’s Speech In Butler
.@elonmusk | The True Test of Someone's Character is How They Behave Under Fire
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) October 6, 2024
Elon's FULL Speech at Trump Rally in Butler, PA pic.twitter.com/Yw9KfQFOyi
He’s lost most of his South Africa accent.
Culture Drift
Indeed. This is part of what is meant by the saying that “good times create soft men, and soft men create hard times.”
Israel
…takes the gloves off. As they should, and keep them off a year into this war. But vile people will be celebrating the anniversary tomorrow on campuses.
[Update a while later]
Karol Markovicz: “I have spent the past year angry at Jews.”
Sending Humans Into Space
A professor says to stop doing it, because it’s “imperialist.”
I do sort of agree with this, though: “Mandel said the space industry is ‘highly bureaucratic, highly politicized, and highly technical,’ and the more she learned the more she began to question the utility of continued manned space operations.”
She’s not wrong about that; I question its utility, the way NASA continues to go about it. It certainly doesn’t seem worth the money to me. But that’s a separate issue from SpaceX’s methods and goals which, unlike the government human-spaceflight program, which is run primarily as a jobs program, are focused on actually moving humanity into space in a serious way. But she seems to be damning all of human spaceflight with the bad example set by NASA. And I’m sure that she thinks that Elon is even more “imperialist” than NASA.
[Late-morning update]
Don’t be a puddlefish:
The first entity to establish a Mars colony will be the universe's first trillionaire.
— Devon Eriksen (@Devon_Eriksen_) October 2, 2024
Lately, we've had a lot of puddlefish whining about how "we" shouldn't go to Mars.
Some of them actually think they get a vote, based on economic illiteracy and the delusion that SpaceX is… https://t.co/7dCy04qecV
Why The Feds Are Preventing Private Aid In Asheville
Is it really about the money?
If you are wondering why citizens are being turned away that are coming to help NC and TN – you’ll want to hear my experience as someone who has been doing this as a private citizen for almost a decade.
— Ryan Tyre 🇺🇸 (@ryantyre) October 2, 2024
I was able to get into, and out of Asheville. We brought food, water, fuel… pic.twitter.com/EO5NJRdTEN
More to be outraged about at Instapundit.
[Saturday-morning update]
The federal government has lost the mandate of heaven.
[Bumped]
Pro-Hamas Events On October 7th
What should be done about them?
When people tell you who they are, believe them.
Twenty Years On
I wrote a long-form post at X.
It's been exactly twenty years ago today since Burt Rutan, with money provided by the late Paul Allen, won the Ansari X-Prize with SpaceShipOne. The hope at the time was that it would lead to a robust suborbital space tourism industry, allowing hundreds or thousands of people to…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) October 4, 2024
Epistemic Authority
Thoughts on who to believe.
SLS
…is still a national disgrace.