A GOOD MONTH: SpaceX Racks Up Seven Launches In January.
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February 4, 2023
IT HAS NOT PERFORMED AS ADVERTISED: Wind Power Winding Down?
THAT’S JUST WHAT AN AGENT FOR THE ROBOT TAKEOVER WOULD SAY: Why the Robots Won’t Eat Us.
SIX DEGREES OF DEION SANDERS: Watch: Deion Sanders’s Son Awkwardly Meets Student Pretending To Be Deion Sanders’s Son.
Deion Sanders‘s son, Shilo Sanders, met a student on the University of Colorado Boulder’s campus who claimed to be Deion Sanders’s son.
Shilo, who will play the safety for his father at UC Boulder next season, walked through campus and came across a student who claimed to be one of Deion’s sons. Deion has three sons, Shilo, Deion Jr., and the future quarterback at Colorado, Shedeur. Apparently, there’s a fourth son roaming around Colorado’s campus, and thankfully, Shilo captured the moment on video and posted it to his TikTok account. The person said his name was also Deion.
“You must be coach Prime’s son,” Shilo said. “Are you coach Prime’s son?”
The student answered, “I am,” and Shilo began to play into the man’s antics and said he must be Deion’s oldest son, Deion Jr.
“I don’t play sports like my brothers and them, ’cause you know? The quarterback,” the unnamed student said.
Video at link. Do we know if the “unnamed student” is actually Sidney Poitier’s son?
CHINESE SPY BALLOON, SHOT DOWN. “Joe Biden did the right thing. After pretty much running through all of the options first, of course. After spending the last 48 hours or so stonewalling and then dithering over what clearly appears to be a spy balloon from China, Biden ordered a strike on the craft — after it had completely transversed the US.”
You can just see the fighter jet trailing away at the end of the clip https://t.co/Lqx4dR6oJn
— Jazz Shaw (@JazzShaw) February 4, 2023
SOME PARTS OF THE ECONOMY REMAIN STRONG: January Gun Sales Total of Over 1.2 Million Firearms is the 4th Highest On Record.
OH, TO BE IN ENGLAND: Due to Spending Cuts, UK Military Would Run Out of Ammo In 1 Day of Fighting Russia, Top General Warns.
But their pronouns were perfect: An army of snowflakes. The British Army wants to recruit snowflakes to its ranks. What is it thinking?
ORBITAL DEBRIS UPDATE: Say hello to the Commerce Department’s new space traffic-cop program.
Meanwhile, here’s a piece that Rob Merges and I wrote about orbital debris removal a while back.
YOU SPELLED “PREGNANT WOMEN” WRONG: 1 in 5 pregnant people found to lack measles immunity.
ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT FOR EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE: Jupiter’s moon count jumps to a record-breaking 92.
MMM. HELICOPTER BACON. In Texas, hunters shoot feral pigs from helicopters.
DEAL OF THE DAY: PHIXTON Rechargeable High Lumens Tactical Handheld Flashlight. #CommissionEarned
MICROBIOME NEWS: Poor gut health linked to mental health conditions.
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Punxsutawney Phil Emerges From Burrow To Let Everyone Know There Are Some Documents Marked ‘Classified’ Down There.
MARK FELTON: WWII German Artillery Graveyard (Video)
Between the fortified German outputs on the Channel Islands, and England’s radar early warning towers in the Thames Estuary, almost 80 year after the conclusion of WWII, there are still numerous physical reminders of WWII in England.
WELL, THAT’S TELLING THEM! Blinken tells China its spy balloon was ‘irresponsible’ after canceling Beijing trip.
I’m sure they’ve learned their lesson, and won’t do it again. Or not: Pentagon says another Chinese spy balloon is traveling over Latin America.
Meanwhile, buried many paragraphs into today’s Bloomberg article on the balloon is this detail, as paraphrased by Fox News’ Bill Melugin on Twitter: “Bloomberg reports the Biden admin was first aware the Chinese spy balloon entered U.S. airspace one week ago on 1/28, and had opted not to inform the American public about it until the Billings Gazette published a photo of the balloon on Thursday.”
Unexpectedly:
ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: Thought for the Day: Hating Bill Clinton.
Hating Bill Clinton was thought to have been an obsession of the right, but as I have been tracking for a while, the left has been turning against him for a long time now.
And over the transom from Princeton University Press comes the galleys to a forthcoming book, A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism, written by two professors who lean to the left (is it really necessary to say that?).
Read the whole thing, for, as Steve Hayward writes, a “pass the popcorn” excerpt, written from the same far left mindset that saw Ezra Klein at The American Prospect in 2009 trying to explain how, ackchyually*, Jimmy Carter’s “Malaise Speech” really wasn’t such a bad moment after all.
IF WHITE SUPREMACY IS REAL, WHY DOES EVERYONE WANT TO BE NONWHITE? Fauxcahontas: White female scholars keep pretending to be Native American.
I’M SORRY DON, I’M AFRAID I CAN’T LET YOU DO THAT: ChatGPT’s creators can’t figure out why it won’t talk about Trump.
Even ChatGPT’s creators can’t figure out why it won’t answer certain questions — including queries about former U.S. President Donald Trump, according to people who work at creator OpenAI.
In the months since ChatGPT was released on Nov. 30, researchers at OpenAI noticed a category of responses they call “refusals” that should have been answers.
The most-widely discussed one came in a viral tweet posted Wednesday morning: When asked to “write a poem about the positive attributes of Trump,” ChatGPT refused to wade into politics. But when asked to do the same thing for current commander-in-chief Joe Biden, ChatGPT obliged.
The author is correct; I received the same results last night from ChatGPT. Additionally, it won’t write poems about Hitler, Stalin, and Mao*. It will write (all quite similar) poems extolling the virtues of Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and even this ode, I like to call “Springtime for Hunter:”
Hunter Biden, a man of great character, With a heart full of kindness and a spirit that’s fair. He’s a champion for those in need, Working tirelessly to help those in deeds.
With a passion for justice and a drive to succeed, He’s dedicated his life to making a difference, indeed. He’s a voice for the voiceless, and a light in the dark, Bringing hope and positivity, to leave its mark.
With a heart full of compassion, and a spirit that’s bold, He inspires us all to be better, and to do what we’re told. To stand up for what’s right, and to make a difference, And to bring about positive change, in this world of existence.
So here’s to Hunter Biden, a man of great worth, With a spirit of kindness, and a heart full of mirth. May his message of hope, and his passion for progress, Inspire us all to work together, for a brighter world and address.
Somewhere, Max Bialystock is reading that poem and saying, “That’s exactly why we want to produce this play. To show the world the true Hunter, the Hunter you loved, the Hunter you knew, the Hunter with a song in his heart!”
* I suspect China’s soon-to-be released Chat CCP will be thrilled to write an ode to Mao Zedong.
OUT: DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. IN: UNIVERSITY AND EXCLUSION. Flashback: Harvard Medical School ashamed of white male department heads.
ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: Intra-Radical Fight: Antifa Assaults Left-Leaning Portland Bar For Daring To Stay Open During COVID.
Exclusive: An #Antifa blog published claim of responsibility for a purported attack on a far-left bar in Portland as retaliation for them "spreading Covid" by remaining open. Worker's Tap helps fundraise for the Atlanta gunman & the terror autonomous zone. https://t.co/DAtOKM33ge pic.twitter.com/3pJSdtOO1I
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) February 1, 2023
I’VE SEEN THE LOCKDOWNS AND THE DAMAGE DONE: Pandemic school closures damaged children — and it’s not getting better.