Archive for 2025

INTERESTING THREAD:

I can say that as a child I considered going into science or engineering, but by the time I was in high school I had figured out that people who actually did STEM were all too often powerless drones in their organizations a la Dilbert.

GOOD MORNING!

IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, YES:  Replace the Income Tax With Tariffs?

Just getting the IRS’s nose out of our every endeavor would be worth it.

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OPEN THREAD: Party like it’s Saturday Night.

NOW OUT FROM ANDREW WAREHAM: A New Sort of War.

IT’S NOT JUST DOGE WHERE ELON IS REPLACING OBSOLETE COMPONENTS: Mass Retirement? SpaceX Spotted Deorbiting Dozens of Starlink Satellites. “SpaceX didn’t respond to a request for comment, but the company might be retiring large batches of older Starlink satellites, which are designed to orbit the Earth for around five years. Once deorbited, SpaceX can then replace them with newer models through future space launches.”

YES, YES I DO: