THE BIG NEWS IS THAT THE DOJ IS DOING ANYTHING: DoJ Indicts Two Foreign Nationals for Swatting Prof Turley, Members of Congress, and Others.
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
November 25, 2024
ALMOST.
It’s almost as if the “diversity is our strength” narrative is complete and total bullsh*t
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) November 24, 2024
PIERRE TRUDEAU’S BIGOTED POLICE STATE:
CANADA HAS FALLEN
Watch and share how my boss Ezra Levant was arrested in Toronto today for being Jewish while practising journalism
Help him fight back at https://t.co/y0N5bzmSdJ
— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) November 24, 2024
November 24, 2024
OPEN THREAD: Almost three weeks since the election. How are you guys feeling about things?
THE NEW SPACE RACE: FAA updates environmental review for increased Starship launches. “The Federal Aviation Administration released Nov. 20 an updated version of a draft environmental assessment for an increase in the number of annual launches and landings of Starship/Super Heavy from its Starbase test site at Boca Chica, Texas. The assessment examined the impacts of up to 25 launches a year, along with 25 landings each of the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stages.”
FASTER, PLEASE: Stem Cells Grown in Space Turn Out to Have a Surprise Advantage. “Stem cells are special in the way they can keep on replicating, and turn themselves into many other types of cell. Now scientists have discovered how their superpowers get a remarkable boost when they’re grown in space. The microgravity environment increases some of the regenerative capacities of stem cells even further, researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Florida have found, based on experiments carried out on the International Space Station (ISS).”
GOOD ADVICE:
2/2 by the top tier for "holistic" reasons. Your 2025 entering class will be sensationally talented. Within a few years, you will be flooded with top applicants, a high proportion of which have parents who can pay full tuition. Your prestige will have soared.
— Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) November 23, 2024
CONTAMINATION HAPPENS. Ryugu asteroid sample rapidly colonized by terrestrial life despite strict contamination control.
Rods and filaments of organic matter, interpreted as filamentous microorganisms, were observed on the sample’s surface. Variations in size and morphology of these structures resembled known terrestrial microbes. Observations showed that the abundance of these filaments changed over time, suggesting the growth and decline of a prokaryote population with a generation time of 5.2 days.
Population statistics indicate that the microorganisms originated from terrestrial contamination during the sample preparation stage rather than being indigenous to the asteroid.
Results of the study determined that terrestrial biota had rapidly colonized the extraterrestrial material, even under strict contamination control. Researchers recommend enhanced contamination control procedures for future sample-return missions to prevent microbial colonization and ensure the integrity of extraterrestrial samples.
Germs are tricky.
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY UNDER BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DIPLOMACY: Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine portends new era of warfare: This is the first time an IRBM, once restricted by a Cold War arms treaty, has been used in combat.
THIS COULD BE BIG: Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Nondelegation Case. “This case arises out of challenges to the constitutionality of the FCC’s Universal Service Fee, and may produce a major administrative law decision–but the Court also gave itself an out. . . . Note that this case both presents traditional nondelegation questions–whether there are limits on Congress’ power to delegate authority to a federal agency–but also what is referred to as the ‘private nondelegation doctrine.’ This latter doctrine concerns whether there are distinct limits on the ability of Congress to delegate (or authorize the delegation of) power to private entities. Concluding there are limits to the delegation of power to private entities (or limits on the ability of agencies to subdelegate such power) does not require concluding that the nondelegation doctrine itself has much force. In other words, the Court could conclude that the method of determining or imposing the Universal Service Fee is unconstitutional without overturning or tightening the ‘intelligible principle’ standard reaffirmed in Whitman v. American Trucking Associations.”
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW. The Trillionaires of Mars.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ‘Queer Marxism’ course coming to Cornell University next semester.
MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Is AI Coming for Your Kids? Yes, yes it is. The Insta-Daughter comments: “I’m anti-AI chatbot after seeing what Slack has done to productivity.”
Plus: “Our friends with kids mostly have a zero screen policy, except on flights.” There’s more and more of that.
PREPAREDNESS: Our Embarrassing Rust-Bucket Navy.
FEARS, CERTAINTY, WHATEVER: Biden-Harris Admin Races To Dish Out $25 Billion for Green Energy Before Trump Takes Office, Sparking Fraud Fears.
Shoveling out the payoffs before it’s all over.
THE LEADERSHIP WE ELECTED, VS. WHAT WE HAVE NOW: White House Report Card: Biden sleepwalking into war, Trump taking care of business.
HE WAS PREVIOUSLY BECLOWNED BY THE STEAKUMMS TWITTER ACCOUNT: Bill Maher Beclowns Neil deGrasse Tyson on Scientific Bias: You Are ‘Part of the Problem.’
Flashback:
the irony of neil’s tweet is that by framing science itself as “true” he’s influencing people to be more skeptical of it in a time of unprecedented misinformation. science is an ever refining process to find truth, not a dogma. no matter his intent, this message isn’t helpful https://t.co/sf4zLm33Jm
— Steak-umm (@steak_umm) April 13, 2021
IF YOU LIVE IN THIS WORLD, YOU’RE FEELING THE CHANGE OF THE GUARD:
Pundits have noticed the incoming senior appointees are rather young. This is characteristic of the changing of the guard. For comparison the Founding Fathers averaged 44 years of age. Many were under 35. For obvious reasons few had gov't experience.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) November 23, 2024