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Archive for 2023
February 5, 2023
OPEN THREAD: Make the most of it.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: China to build satellite ground stations in Antarctica.
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER — IF THEY WILL LET YOU. My latest Substack column.
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MOVING CLOSER TO ICE NINE: Scientists Discover a Weird New Form of Ice That May Change How We Think About Water.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Aux 88 Member Keith Tucker’s Guide to Detroit Electro.
THAT’S BECAUSE DIVERSITY TRAINING IS A SCAM TO ENRICH CONSULTANTS: Commonly used police diversity training unlikely to change officers’ behavior, study finds.
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Soft robotic wearable restores arm function for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
READER FAVORITE: PHIXTON Rechargeable High Lumens Tactical Handheld Flashlight. #CommissionEarned
ROGER KIMBALL: Peace Through Strength or Chaos Through Senility? The Chinese would not have been deploying spy balloons over U.S. nuclear installations if Donald Trump was still president.
Related: The ‘cabal’ that bragged of foisting Joe Biden on us must answer for his failed presidency.
STARLINK FOR THE WIN: How Elon Musk’s satellites have saved Ukraine and changed warfare. “This kind of connectivity is something no previous army has enjoyed. Western armies fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq had access to some vast flows of data. For the most part, though (with special forces being the notable exceptions) they found it very hard to get that information to where it was needed in a timely manner. . . . Developing such a capability within the military-industrial complex has been slow; the bureaucracy has proved predictably resistant. Now it seems all but available off the shelf.”
Plus: “Cyber-attacks like the one aimed at Ukraine’s legacy satellite system on February 24th are one possibility. So far, though, similar sallies against Starlink appear to have been ineffective, in part thanks to SpaceX’s ability to quickly update the system’s software. Dave Tremper, director of electronic warfare for the Office of the Secretary of Defence, has said the speed of the software response he witnessed to one attack was ‘eye-watering’.”
Also: “And when satellites are small and mass-produced, as the Starlink ones are, they can be replaced with much less fuss than would previously have been the case. Brian Weeden of the Secure World Foundation, an ngo, reckons that Starlink’s use in Ukraine marks ‘the beginning of the end’ for the value of anti-satellite missiles. ‘[It] turns out they’re only useful if your adversary relies on small numbers of really large/expensive satellites.'”
EVEN THE HOUSE OF STEPHANOPOULOS IS ASKING, ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO? Record numbers of people are worse off, a recipe for political discontent: Poll.
DISPATCHES FROM WEIMAR AMERICA: Gamer Groomers: ‘The Sims’ Introduces ‘Top Surgery Scars,’ ‘Binders’ as Character Accessories.
OBVIOUSLY, THE DEER MUST BE SUBJECTED TO MANDATORY MASKING: Early COVID-19 variants remain in deer populations.
2024 FORD MUSTANG FIRST LOOK: Photos and Full Details on the New Pony Car! “Executive chairman Bill Ford said he knows the last internal combustion, stick shift Mustang will roll off the line in Flat Rock, Michigan, in his lifetime, and he will have a tear in his eye—but we’re not there yet. Regardless of what the future holds, the 2024 Ford Mustang, revealed in Detroit on September 14 at the 2022 North American International Auto Show, is a commitment to many more years of traditional pony car sales. There will still be a ’23 model year for the existing model with orders to open soon. And then the new-for-2024 car rides in, a de facto victory lap for the breed with its taut new looks, modern interior, electronic drift brake, and the ability to rev the engine with your key fob.”
BE PREPARED: ThisWorx Car Vacuum Cleaner. #CommissionEarned We just bought one of these and it works very well, but do note that it runs from the lighter in your car and does not have an actual electric plug.
MONTANA OFFICIALS DENY VIRAL MIDAIR ‘EXPLOSION’ VIDEO AMID CONCERNS OVER CHINESE SPY BALLOON:
A viral video depicting what appeared to be an explosion over Billings, Montana Friday night was met both with skepticism and concern amid widespread reports of a Chinese spy balloon flying over the state earlier in the week.
“We’re monitoring the situation. I’m talking to our National Guard to find out if they have additional information,” Gov. Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) told Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson in an on-air interview shortly after the video was posted.
Later in the evening, the City of Billings reported on its Twitter account that they confirmed with Montana’s Disaster Emergency Services and Gov. Gianforte that there were no explosions “in, around, or across” the state. In addition, the City of Billings said the video “can not be substantiated.”
Ok, so here’s what I just caught I few minutes ago out my window. I saw a jet go by so fast and then explosion in the sky. Holy crap! Billings MT. pic.twitter.com/swr8ERC6pf
— Dolly Mills-Moore (@MMtTreasures) February 4, 2023
Which seems fair enough. We live in an era in which almost everyone has an HD video camera in his smartphone. But only one person “shot” the above clip. If something that spectacular happened, there should be clips of it online posted at various camera angles and distances by numerous people.
OLD AND BUSTED: “The Science is Settled.”
The New Hotness? Bill Maher Roasts Woke Revolutionaries Who Scream At ‘Reality,’ Say Biology Is A ‘Theory.’
Related: Bill Maher compares the ‘woke’ movement to China’s communist revolution.
BIDEN VOTERS POSTING THEIR L’S ONLINE: Majority of Democrats Want Someone Other Than Biden to Be 2024 Nominee: Poll.
PREJUDICE AGAINST HORMONE REPLACEMENT: Hot flashes, sleeplessness, pain during sex: For some of menopause’s worst symptoms, there’s an established treatment. Why aren’t more women offered it? Blame the “Today” show for spreading a medical panic.
There’s a similar prejudice against hormone replacement in men, but this article still tries to play the sexism card because of course.