ALWAYS RECEDING INTO THE FUTURE: The ITER (International Tokomak) fusion reactor currently being built in France will not achieve first operation until 2034 – almost a decade later than previously planned and some 50 years after the project was first conceived in 1985.
This has led some cynics to conclude that it’s always been more of a jobs program than a technology development program. Me. I’m those cynics. Well, you may call me a cynic, but I’m not the only one.
IT’S ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: The hunt for the most efficient heat pump in the world. “It was my clerk’s idea. Oh, Maxwell. . . ”
(Stolen from Larry Niven.)
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Crew inside NASA’s Mars habitat simulator to exit after more than a year.
WELL, MAYBE: Living longer tied to gratitude for positives in life, Harvard study suggests. The Insta-wife likes to point out that people who live longer are healthier, and people who are healthier have more positive attitudes.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: MIT grew staff size by 1,200 while enrollment barely budged: University hired 6 new DEI deans in 1 year.
GO AWAY, KID, YA BOTHER ME: SJP pens message to ‘progressive left’: ‘We are not loyal to our oppressors.’ You’re loyal to terrorists, which is not an improvement.
UK ELECTIONS: Keir Starmer is new UK prime minister after landslide election win.
A low-turnout landslide, though: U.K. Election Turnout Set to Be Lowest in Over 20 Years.
YOU GO TO WAR WITH THE DUD YOU HAVE, NOT THE DUD YOU WANT: Kamala Harris is a dud, just 25% say she helps Biden.
JESUS NEVER SHOWERED WITH HIS DAUGHTER OR FALSELY ACCUSED A TRUCK DRIVER OF KILLING HIS WIFE: Dem Rep Compares Joe Biden to Jesus at Virginia Fundraiser.
And Biden never sacrificed himself for his fellow man.
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY:
How it started vs How it‘s going pic.twitter.com/kb70W8Blof
— Velina Tchakarova (@vtchakarova) July 4, 2024
OPEN THREAD: How was your Fourth?
THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX targeting July 31 for launch of historic Polaris Dawn astronaut mission.
ON THE UPSIDE, MONKEYPOX HAS BEEN COMPLETELY ERADICATED, YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT IT ANYMORE: Mpox Has Infected Nearly 100,000 People. Here’s What You Need to Know.
EXCITING BUT SCARY: A “Word Processor” for Genes – Scientists Unveil Fundamentally New Mechanism for Biological Programming. “Arc Institute scientists have discovered the bridge recombinase mechanism, a revolutionary tool that enables fully programmable DNA rearrangements. Their finding, detailed in a recent Nature publication, is the first DNA recombinase that uses a non-coding RNA for sequence-specific selection of target and donor DNA molecules. This bridge RNA is programmable, allowing the user to specify any desired genomic target sequence and any donor DNA molecule to be inserted.”
“HEALTHCARE PROTECTIONS:” Judge halts new HHS rule extending healthcare protections to transgender patients.
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY: The Fourth of July: America Celebrates a History of Freedom Won by Firearms.
HE’S LEARNED STUFF:
Credit where credit is due, Trump is letting the democrats tear themselves apart in front of the voters, without providing anything dumb for the media to jump on as a distraction. https://t.co/2zVXtyaaBJ
— Larry Correia (@monsterhunter45) July 3, 2024
THREAD:
Newspapers are where universities were 10-15 years ago. An old guard of liberal institutionalists remains — people who know that. like universities, newspapers exist to report the truth no matter who it hurts.
— David Mastio (@DavidMastio) July 3, 2024
HEY, EDITH WILSON DIDN’T EVEN HAVE A DISSERTATION: Madam President’s Midwit Manifesto: Reviewing the dissertation of the woman (probably) running the country.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX completes Satrlink launch, brings Direct to Cell satellite total to 103.
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