Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

OPEN THREAD: Bloggin’ all over the world.

IT’S A FORM OF BULLYING, OR MAYBE TYRANNY: The protesters are not just expressing themselves but demanding that other people stop living their lives freely and become one with the protest. “I am reminded of something Michelle Obama said back in 2008: ‘Barack Obama … is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.'”

TRUST THE SCIENCE: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial kept secret: Report. “A 6-year-old Chinese girl died last year after receiving an experimental gene therapy to correct a non-life-threatening condition, according to an investigation by Science and Retraction Watch.”

THE LEFT ALWAYS PRETENDS THAT ITS EXTREMIST MINORITY VIEWS ARE ACTUALLY THE NORM:

TRUMP’S SUCCESS and AI’s Bias. “The apology is welcome, but it would be better if AI programs didn’t regurgitate liberal talking points in the first place.”

NOT MINCING WORDS HERE:

BRIAN WANG: SpaceX Starship Flight 13 Had a Miracle. “SpaceX Starship flight 13 had a miracle happen. The landing of Starship was so soft that the fires did not cause an explosion. Starship stayed intact. It did not explode. Every prior Starship was destroyed and exploded when they went into the ocean. The wealth of information from an intact 18000 tile heat shield and the pattern and amount of damage is going to help SpaceX learn a lot. This massively increases the likelihood that flight 14 will be completely successful for catching both the booster AND the Starship. Certainly flight 15 or 16 will be completely successful and we will enter an age of fully and rapidly reusable Starship by the end 2026.”

LET’S HOPE: SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM IS THE ANGEL OF DEATH FOR CANCEL CULTURE. The subtext was clear to her aspirant cancelers: I hear you, I see you, and I don’t care. This is 2026, not 2016.

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ICYMI: NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: