“THE HIT JOB WAS ON THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE. REAGAN WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE”:

I was once a Scientific American subscriber. I loved that magazine; reading it was one of the highlights of my month. I canceled, and wept for what the magazine was becoming, when they published a theme issue that was a transparent political hit job.

Sounds like current news?… https://t.co/YI86oiNOic

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) September 4, 2026

Takeaway: “It’s time for a dissolution of the monasteries.”