Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

TRUMP’S POLICIES ARE POPULAR:

Wokeness was always an elite preference only, rejected by the masses and maintained only through bullying and shaming tactics that no longer work.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:

THINK YOU HATE THE MEDIA? NOT ENOUGH, YOU DON’T:

ROGER SIMON: Taking Counter Terrorism Lessons in Samaria.

I don’t think “counter terrorism” works long-term, no matter how good you are, when the entire population supports terrorists. It then requires a much less surgical approach designed to break the will to fight, a la World War II.

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!

WHERE WE ARE TODAY:

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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:

#WINNING:

PROBABLY:

Actually, as many NGO flunkies and government bureaucrats lose their jobs in the coming months, it’s wise to remember Eric Hoffer’s words: “Nothing is so unsettling to a social order as the presence of a mass of scribes without suitable employment and an acknowledged status.”

There needs to be a plan, as their response is likely to be drastic, and possibly dangerous.

THAT DOES SEEM TO BE HOW IT WORKS: