OPEN THREAD: Think different.

THAT’S CERTAINLY THE GOAL: Pelosi’s election ‘reform’ would make 2020’s chaos the norm.

I THINK OF SPACEX AS STILL IN ITS YOUTH: ‘Liftoff’: Eric Berger’s tale of the wild years of SpaceX’s youth.

IT’S THE ONLY WAY ANYONE WILL EVER READ IT: Republican Sen. Ron Johnson forces Senate to read all 628 pages of Biden’s COVID bill aloud.

PROGRESS: Structure and dynamics of key receptor in migraine pain determined, paving way for better treatment options.

HOW’S THAT SPACE PROGRAM COMING ALONG? Asteroid as big as Golden Gate Bridge to pass Earth ahead of spring.

CANCEL CULTURE FAIL: Dr. Seuss Dominates Amazon Charts.

SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Almost 40% of university students surveyed are addicted to their phones.

CUOMO DIDN’T JUST KILL GRANDMAS: Father’s death in New York nursing home leaves daughter ‘beyond angry with the governor.’ “Arbeeny was one of nearly 15,000 nursing home residents who died in the wake of the New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo administration’s March 25 directive that barred nursing homes from refusing people just because they had COVID-19. . . . One month to the day after the order was put in effect, April 25, Arbeeny died.”

THEY DON’T CALL HIM “FREDO” FOR NOTHING: Why Andrew Cuomo is falling on all fronts.

Then there’s his brother Chris, known as “the other Fredo.” Michael wouldn’t have gotten in this situation:

He could legitimately claim that the harassment allegations remain just that — if he himself hadn’t loudly insisted that due process wasn’t necessary in past cases, from the dubious accusations against now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh and former Assemblyman Micah Kellner to the far more serious ones against late Assemblyman Vito Lopez and others.

More important, his dodging and distraction on the nursing-home scandal no longer work: Emerson found a full 45 percent of voters say he should resign now over his deadly handling of that issue.

His arbitrary use of his emergency powers — special low-capacity rules for city eateries only, setting bar- and restaurant-closing hours, insisting that even winery patrons order “substantial food” and so on, all with zero basis in science — also ate away at the public’s trust.

As for the Legislature: Cuomo’s made a lot of enemies over the years, from his cynical and deceptive handling of pay raises to his hard-knuckle manipulation of factions in both parties to his regular outmaneuvering of the angry left.

And now that he’s wounded and bleeding, those enemies no longer fear him.

It’s better to be feared than loved, until people don’t fear you anymore.

REMEMBER WHEN THEY TOLD US THINGS WOULD GET LESS CRAZY IN 2021?

NEVER TRUST A “MALE FEMINIST:” Cuomo’s alleged harassment “derailed” aide’s career, lawyer says.

“I understood that the governor wanted to sleep with me, and felt horribly uncomfortable and scared.” Who wouldn’t?

BUT OF COURSE. Earlier this year I purchased an expensive, fancy competition-oriented Sig. So now Sig has come out with a more expensive, fancy competition-oriented Sig.

GUESS AGAIN: Here’s Obama celebrating rAciSt Dr. Seuss a few years ago, so I guess he’s canceled now.

SPOILER ALERT: SHE WASN’T THE VICTIM. Cop-Hating Portland City Councilor Involved in Hit-and-Run Accident. “PJ Media reached out to Hardesty’s office for comment, but the number listed on her city website is disconnected.”

WHY YOUNG PEOPLE are having less sex.

WHO’S IN CHARGE HERE ’21? White House curbs press, public access as Biden struggles with public demands of job.

A CNN report last month stated that the president regularly returns to his private residence at 7:00 p.m. each day and is “more of an early-to-bed type” than both Obama and Trump. Biden has thus far failed to host a single West Wing news conference, though the White House hosts daily news briefings.

The president became well-known over the course of his presidential campaign for having difficulties speaking publicly, so much so that the New York Times in 2019 ran a feature report on his struggles to give public addresses. A fifty-year veteran of Washington politics, Biden has logged hundreds and hundreds of hours of public speaking, where he has been known to make gaffes on occasion, such as his remark in 2007 that then-presidential candidate Barack Obama was “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean.”

His latest struggles, meanwhile, often appear less gaffe-like and more fundamental, such as at a recent Pentagon appearance when he struggled with teleprompter-fed words such as “Tuskegee,” “because of,” “defeated” and “dishonor.”

But no mean tweets, so there’s that.

LIVE IN FIVE… FOUR… THREE…‘Five O’Clock Somewhere’ with Kruiser, Preston, VodkaPundit.

BRYAN PRESTON, JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE VET: ‘Seven Minutes of Horror’ – How the Mars Rover’s Batteries Survived Landing and Keep Perseverance Rolling and Flying.

And my latest is for our VIP supporters. WANTED: 8 Civilian Crewmembers for a Private SpaceX Flight Around the Moon.

I signed up for a (very small) chance at joining the crew.

SPOILER: IT’S THE SUN. Scientists locate source of hazardous, high-energy solar particles.