GOOD IDEA:
I would terminate all the probationary agents. Let them reapply – they’ll get hired back if it wasn’t DEI that got them hired. That creates more openings for non-DEI in 2025. https://t.co/isThEIycEE
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) January 31, 2025
OPEN THREAD: Make it special.
ELON’S END-RUN: iPhone Starlink compatibility sends direct-to-smartphone stocks sliding. “Shares in Globalstar, which enables connectivity beyond the reach of cellular towers on the latest iPhones via a far-reaching partnership with Apple, closed down nearly 18% the following day. Constellation developer AST SpaceMobile slipped 12%. Canada’s MDA, which is building at least 17 satellites for Globalstar after Apple agreed to cover most of the costs to replenish the constellation, also saw its shares fall more than 9%.”
Starlink is a (much) more robust network, technically superior, and already in existence. That makes it a formidable competitor, to say the least.
THEY WERE UNTHINKING PARTY LOYALISTS:
No kidding. pic.twitter.com/PUl8VcVY7i
— Rothmus 🏴 (@Rothmus) January 31, 2025
And thought there was no way the Democrats would ever be out of power.
STRANGE BEAUTY: Eerie Features Seen on Mars Are Unlike Anything on Earth. All of this will disappear once the terraforming is complete.
CHANGE:
Excellent. I love that Donald Trump is doing the exact things that he promised to do when we eagerly voted for him. https://t.co/BPGDlVWHjn
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) January 31, 2025
CHANGE:
A Chinese national who organizes pro-Hamas rallies at UCLA just got arrested and her visa revoked. She’s going back to China. pic.twitter.com/jWqBA0TS4O
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) January 31, 2025
WE’RE SAFE FOR NOW, THERE WON’T BE A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FOR FOUR YEARS: Scientists Discover First Henipavirus in North America, Raising Pandemic Fears.
HOW BAD WAS IT? THIS BAD. CNN Makes Shocking Admission on How Badly Democrats Did Against RFK Jr.
THIS SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT:
Trump, in 2016, tried to do something outside of his comfort zone. Play politics.
Trump, in 2024, is doing what he was built for. A hostile takeover of a bankrupt and failing business.
— The Lectern Guy🇺🇸 (@lecternleader) January 30, 2025
CHOLESTEROL AND DEMENTIA: “Seniors whose cholesterol levels spike and plummet year-to-year could be at increased risk of dementia and failing brain health, a new study suggests. . . . However, research into the impact of cholesterol on brain health in seniors has yielded mixed results. Some studies have said cholesterol has no impact on the brain in old age, while others have found that low cholesterol might actually increase dementia risk.”
AND NO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR OFFICIALS, WHICH MAKES IT A BIGGER DEAL: U Tenn Pharmacy School Pays $250K Settlement for Trying to Expel Student for Sexually Themed Tweets. “Unfortunately, Kim’s ordeal was not unique. For years, colleges around the country have wielded professionalism codes against students for their expression even when the student’s speech has no bearing on their ability to succeed in a given field.”
I’d have more respect for “professionalism” requirements if the people who ran our institutions acted more professionally.
NO. Are Hydrogen Cars Inevitable? Hydrogen isn’t a fuel, it’s an energy storage medium. It’s made by electrolysis — we’d need a lot of nuclear plants — or by steam reformation of natural gas, where it’s basically just a fossil fuel. I’m in favor of a lot of nuclear plants, but. . . There are other issues of storage, etc. I drove a hydrogen car for Popular Mechanics some years ago, but my objections there still hold: “The car advertises itself as petroleum-free, which is true. But—and here’s my problem with hydrogen cars—it’s not really fossil fuel free. Most hydrogen is made by ‘steam reformation’ of natural gas, which is still a fossil fuel. You can also make it out of water, via electrolysis, but unless you’ve got a non-fossil source of electricity the hydrogen is really just functioning as an energy-storage medium, rather than a source of energy. Of course, build lots of nice, clean nuclear plants, or orbiting solar power plants, or whatever, and that problem goes away.”
FLASHBACK: In light of Tulsi Gabbard’s comments on Edward Snowden, Don’t Fear the Leaker.
Related: The full length article on Bureaucracy and Ethical Whistleblowing.
And here’s a video of me speaking on the topic before the Information Systems Security Association.
FASTER, PLEASE: First steps taken toward developing interstellar lightsails.
COLOR ME UNSURPRISED; Ventilation in hospitals could cause viruses to spread further, study suggests.
WELL, YES:
No shit they were lying.
It's China. https://t.co/nazeZwjxHf
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 31, 2025
Might want to look into who shorted Nvidia before the announcement.
ADMINISTRATIVE BLOAT: New research identifies more than 1,100 DEI-related jobs at University of Michigan.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ‘I don’t give a f**k if you have a right to be here’: leftist tries to shut down conservative students.
WELL, GOOD:
DNC forum is currently talking systemic racism, slavery, 1619, diversity, equity, inclusion. They learned nothing. pic.twitter.com/gHvVdIElh9
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 31, 2025
If you’re feeling a little down or depressed, read this thread. https://t.co/npbwukZoMZ
— Glenn Diagram (@GlennAndTonic) January 31, 2025
Text from a Dem campaign vet watching this pic.twitter.com/eQVOBpAAI6
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) January 31, 2025
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